Ep 89: Spring Anime 2026 Review

It's getting hot, hot, hot, on the podcast because the boys finally spoil and rank this year's spring anime season. Which anime show will take home the gold today? Also, Frank stays cool as he catches up on this summers' blockbusters. Miles gets sick again with gacha fever. Ray waits almost 30 years to do a barrel roll and can someone please help Slippy?

 

Video Games and Anime We Talked About this Episode:

 

Mina the Hollower

The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales

Supergirl (2026)

Umamusume: Pretty Derby

Honkai: Star Rail

Zenless Zone Zero

Star Fox (2026)

inKONBINI: One Store. Many Stories

Gals Can't Be Kind to Otaku!?

Daemons of the Shadow Realm

The Ramparts of Ice

 

Time Markers:

Teaser: 0:00

Intro: 0:53

Frank's Week: 3:12

Miles's Week: 15:54

Ray's Week: 22:20

Gals Can't Be Kind to Otaku: 34:00

OtaGal Spoilers: 47:05

Daemons of the Shadow Realm: 1:04:09

Daemons Spoilers: 1:18:52

The Ramparts of Ice: 1:33:43

Ramparts Spoilers: 1:52:01

Spring 2026 Anime Rankings: 2:06:00

Outro: 2:11:54

 

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