Kaiseki Anime Podcast Ep. 188 — Summer 2026 Seasonal Impressions

Podcast,

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS

I’m really trying hard to drop things!

00:00 Intro
00:50 Dropped
BanG Dream! YUME∞MITA
Chainsmoker Cat
Dara-san of the Reiwa Era
The Frontier Lord Begins with Zero Subjects
Hanaori-san Still Wants to Fight in the Next Life
Heroine? Saint? No, I’m an All-Works Maid (And Proud of It)!
I Want to Love You Till Your Dying Day
The Insipid Prince’s Furtive Grab for the Throne
Iron Wok Jan!
Mebius Dust
My Stepmother and Stepsisters Aren’t Wicked
The Oblivious Saint Can’t Contain Her Power
Oh Boy, Was I Wrong About Her
The Villager of Level 999
06:05 Clevatess Season 2
06:55 The Elusive Samurai Season 2
07:21 Hana-Kimi Season 2
07:53 Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha EXCEEDS Gun Blaze Vengeance
09:52 Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Season 3
10:13 Saga of Tanya the Evil Season 2
12:12 You and I Are Polar Opposites Season 2
12:35 BLACK TORCH
13:36 The Duke’s Son Claims He Won’t Love Me Yet Showers Me with Adoration
14:40 The Forsaken Saintess and Her Foodie Roadtrip in Another World
15:57 From Overshadowed to Overpowered: Second Reincarnation of a Talentless Sage
16:40 I Became a Legend After My 10 Year-Long Last Stand
19:58 KAIJU GIRL CARAMELISE
20:40 A Livid Lady’s Guide to Getting Even: How I Crushed My Homeland with My Mighty Grimoires
21:51 The Ogre’s Bride
23:42 Recommendations from Iwamoto-Senpai
25:51 Red River
28:17 Victoria of Many Faces
29:55 The Cat and the Dragon
31:15 Draw This, Then Die!
32:55 The Exiled Heavy Knight Knows How to Game the System
35:10 THE GHOST IN THE SHELL
37:37 Grow Up Show
39:00 Love Unseen Beneath the Clear Night Sky
40:55 Please Excuse My Younger Brothers
42:05 Rich Girl Caretaker: I’m Secretly the Caretaker of the Most Popular Girl in This Rich Kid School
43:18 Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You
44:30 Sparks of Tomorrow
46:42 Though I Am an Inept Villainess
49:10 Young Ladies Don’t Play Fighting Games
51:00 Goodbye, Lara
52:30 Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia
54:54 The World is Dancing
56:12 Ascendance of a Bookworm: Adopted Daughter of an Archduke
56:30 Daemons of the Shadow Realm
56:37 Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 4
57:00 Outro

Music Credits:

“Clover 3” by Vibe Mountain
“Seasons” by roljui

Seasonal Impressions — Summer 2026

Seasonal Impressions,

Sequels: The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really…, Bleach Thousand-Year Blood War The Calamity, Cleavtess S2, Daemons of the Shadow Realm, The Drops of God, The Elusive Samurai S2, From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman 2, Grand Blue Dreaming S3, Hana-Kimi S2,  Hell Mode 2, Magilumiere Magical Girls Inc. S2, Mao, Mushoku Tensei S3, Re: Zero S4, Saga of Tanya the Evil S2, Skeleton Knight in Another World S2, Trapped in a Dating Sim: The World of Otome Games is Tough For Mobs S2, Welcome to the Demon School Iruma-kun S4, Yoroi-Shinden Samurai Troopers Cour 2, You And I Are Polar Opposites S2

Shorts / Kids Shows: Skipping

44. Chainsmoker Cat
Couldn’t get past the first thirty seconds… Absolutely disgusting.

43. The World’s Strongest Rearguard
Felt completely soulless.

42. My Stepmother and Stepsisters Aren’t Wicked
Happy families. Ugh. Don’t care. Continue reading Seasonal Impressions — Summer 2026 →

Kaiseki Anime Podcast Ep. 187 — Spring 2026 Seasonal Review

Podcast,

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS

Listen to our thoughts on the past season!

00:00 Intro
01:00 I Made Friends with the Second Prettiest Girl in My Class
02:22 That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Season 4
03:24 Welcome to the Demon School Iruma-kun S4
04:18 Always a Catch!
06:00 Ascendance of a Bookworm: Adopted Daughter of an Archduke
09:00 Dr. Stone Science Future Cour 3
11:22 The Klutzy Class Monitor and the Girl with the Short Skirt
11:53 Kusunoki’s Garden of Gods
12:30 The Most Heretical Last Boss Queen: From Villainess to Savior Season 2
13:45 Pardon the Intrusion, I’m Home!
16:15 Reborn as a Vending Machine, I Now Wander the Dungeon Season 3
17:17 The Warrior Princess and the Barbaric King
18:38 Wistoria: Wand and Sword S2
19:15 Akane-banashi
19:30 An Observation Log of My Fiancee Who Calls Herself a Villainess
21:10 Classroom of the Elite 4th Season: Second Year, First Semester
22:57 Daemons of the Shadow Realm
24:02 Eren the Southpaw
26:55 Go For It, Nakamura-kun!!
27:55 Kujima: Why Sing, When You Can Warble?
30:02 KILL BLUE
31:43 MARRIAGETOXIN
32:29 The Ramparts of Ice
34:25 Release That Witch
38:42 Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 4
41:32 SNOWBALL EARTH
42:35 Dorohedoro Season 2
46:00 A Hundred Scenes of AWAJIMA
48:37 NIPPON SANGOKU: The Three Nations of the Crimson Sun
48:55 Witch Hat Atelier
50:50 Outro

Music Credits:
“Clover 3” by Vibe Mountain
“Seasons” by roljui

A Seasonal Review — Spring 2026

Seasonal Review,

Didn’t Watch: See Seasonal Impressions

I watched way too much anime this season…

22. I Made Friends with the Second Prettiest Girl in My Class — D+
They start dating in six episodes. Also let’s rank all the girls by how pretty they are.

21. That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime S4 — Ongoing
Surprisingly lack of genocide recently.

20. Ascendance of a Bookworm — Ongoing
This anime has somehow made me hate a child for being a class traitor.

19. Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun — Ongoing
This season was kind of boring… not enough president…

18. Wistoria: Wand and Sword — Ongoing
Eh, it’s fine.

17. Klutzy Class Monitor and the Girl with the Short Skirt — C
I thought it was cute, still forgettable.

16. Always a Catch! — C+
Very mixed feelings… I liked parts, but it lacked focus and could have been so much better.

15. The Warrior Princess and the Barbaric King — C+
Surprisingly good.
Continue reading A Seasonal Review — Spring 2026 →