The Banzai Beat Anime Podcast

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

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!

We review I Have a Crush At Work & Solo Leveling season 2!

We talk new airing anime including the BIG one!

We review Sakamoto Days!

We talk about what were watching and Fred reviews Mecha Ude

So much to talk about in this episode we give our thoughts on the new shows airing in winter 2025, we look back at 2024 with our yearly top 5 and we review Dan Da Dan!

We talk about what we are watching next season and review the Netflix remake of Rnama 1/2

Fred reviews alya hides her feelings in russian

Jellokun talks about his trip to Japan and Fred reviews How I became a Tubing Legend by leaving my stream on.