The Banzai Beat Anime Podcast

We look ahead to summer 2026 anime and what we'll be watching!

Fred reviews My Hero Academia Vigilantes

We review SHIBOYUGI: Playing Death Games to Put Food on the Table

We review Playing Death Games to Put Food on the Table

We talk about all the new shows we are watching!

Jellokun returns from Japan and talks about it and the guys discuss what they will be watching in the new season

Jellokun returns from Japan and talks about it and the guys discuss what they will be watching in the new season

We talking about Playing Death Games To Put Food On The Table and Fred reviews One Punch Man Season 3.

Fred talks about what he is watching from the winter 2026 anime line up.

Trailer

In this episode, Jellokun and Fred talk about their top 5 anime of 2025, sharing the shows that stuck with them and a few takes that might spark some debate. They also vent about AI frustrations, especially when it confidently makes things up, before looking ahead to Winter 2026, a season that’s shaping up to be almost entirely sequels—so clear your schedule and dust off your “previously on” memory. Yes, this episode summary was written by AI, so if anything sounds suspicious… now you know why.

Fred reviews Lazarus

Jellokun discusses Chainsaw Man Reze Arc and reviews Tales Of Wedding Rings

ANOTHER season of new anime has dropped and we talk about it

We review Rent-A-Girlfriend & Dan Da Dan and we talk about what we are watching next season!

Fred reviews Makina-San's A Love Robot!

We review Please Put Them On Takemina-san

We review what we are watching for summer 2025!

Fred HATES Lazarus and we talk about what we'll be watching in Summer 2025

We talk about what we are watching and Fred reviews Code Geass R2!