Anivision Podcast

The Anivision hosts gather to discuss the latest anime from the Winter 2026 Anime Season. Including Frieren, Jujutsu Kaisen, Oshi no Ko, Sentenced To Be a Hero, Fate/Strange Fake, and much more! Notes: Jujutsu Kaisen: The Culling Game Pt 1 (3:00) Chained Soldier (10:20) Frieren S2 (12:50) Hell’s Paradise S2 (16:15) Oshi no Ko S3 (18:10) MHA Vigilantes S2 (19:55) Fire Force S3 Pt 2 (20:40) Golden Kamuy Final Season (21:00) Samurai Troopers (23:10) Sentenced To Be a Hero (26:20) Jack-of-All-Trades, Party of None (34:40) Scum of the Brave (37:40) There was a cute girl in the party, so I tried confessing to her (41:00) Champignon Witch (46:30) Isekai Office Worker (51:20) A Gentle Noble’s Vacation Recommendation (58:15) Dark Moon: The Blood Altar (1:03:50) The Holy Grail of Eris (1:05:20) Hana-Kimi (1:12:00) You and I Are Polar Opposites (1:16:40) In the Clear Moonlit Dusk (1:20:30) Tune In to the Midnight Heart (1:25:45) Tamon’s B-Side (1:29:50) You Can’t Be in a Rom-Com with Your Childhood Friends (1:36:45) Playing Death Games to Put Food on the Table (1:42:35) Kaya-chan Isn’t Scary (1:45:50) The Daily Life of a Part-Time Torturer (1:48:50) Wash It All Away (1:49:50) Journal with Witch (1:53:40) Fate/Stange Fake (2:00:00) Overall Thoughts (2:07:05)

The Anivision Hosts gather to give talk about their favorite anime and video games of 2025. They also discuss some of the major stories and events in the Anime and gaming worlds. Notes: Anime Notable stories & events (0:01:30) My Hero Academia anime ends One Piece Season 1 ends Demon Slayer and Chainsaw Man do well at theaters Japan’s Fair Trade Commission takes administrative action against Visa Trump’s FTC backs it Favorites of 2025 Amuro: Worst Thing You Watched to Completion (0:19:20) Jrow: Best animation (0:25:15) steev: Best Supporting Character (0:27:00) Top 10 Anime (0:31:00 Special Segment Waifu of 2025 (1:20:00) Husbando of 2025 (1:23:20) Games Notable stories & events (1:26:30) Nintendo Switch 2 released in June Consoles increase in price AI usage a big subject in game development Collective Shout and pressuring credit card processors to have Steam/Itch.io remove adult-themed games EA agrees to sell to Saudi PIF for $55 billion Steam hardware announced (Machine, Controller, Frame) RAM Crisis Favorites of 2025 steev: Best Switch 2 Exclusive. (1:45:15) Amuro: Best Game You Played This Year not from this year (1:51:20) Jrow: Favorite playable character (1:56:00) Top 5+1 Games (2:00:10)

With the Xbox Series and Playstation 5 consoles having been out for 5 years, and the Nintendo Switch beginning the Switch 2, the guys discuss their thoughts on this generation of console gaming from the library to pricing and more, and they also think back on where we’ve been with past generations and where we’re heading with future consoles.

On this episode, the guys discuss the Steam announcements of the Controller/Machine/Frame, Amuro reviews Dispath while steev reviews Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment, and the guys issue a challenge to themselves by seeing if an anime from yesteryears still holds up after a re-watch. Steam hardware reveals (1:10) Dispatch (Amuro) (28:25) Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment (steev) (41:15) Anivision Challenge: Revisting an old and loved anime series (52:32)

This week the Anivision Hosts gather to review some of the latest video game releases, including Hades 2, Super Robot Wars Y, Ghost of Yotei, and Pokemon Legends Z-A Notes: Halo Campaign Remake (0:00:45) Hades 2 (0:18:00) Super Robot Wars Y (0:27:27) Ghost of Yotei (0:35:40) Pokemon Legends Z-A (1:16:40)

This week the Anivision hosts gather to discuss the lates shows from the 2025 Anime Season including Spy Family, My Awkward Sempai, May I Ask For One Final Thing, My Hero Academia, and much more! Notes: Impromptu Crunchyroll Discussion Tojima Wants to Be a Kamen Rider (7:00) SANDA (12:20) Mechanical Marie (18:15) This Monster Wants to Eat Me (24:10) My Status as an Assassin Obviously Exceeds the Hero’s (28:04) A Wild Last Boss Appeared! (35:30) A Gatherer’s Adventure in Isekai (40:50) A Mangaka’s Weirdly Wonderful Workplace (42:05) Alma-chan Wants to Be a Family! (46:00) My Awkward Senpai (58:20) Chitose Is in the Ramune Bottle (53:25) My Friend’s Little Sister Has It In for Me! (57:36) Yano-kun’s Ordinary Days (1:04:00) Inexpressive Kashiwada and Expressive Oota (1:07:15)  A Star Brighter Than the Sun (1:10:10) Hands off: Sawaranaide Kotesashi-kun! (1:15:10) Pass the Monster Meat, Milady! (1:20:00) May I Ask For One Final Thing? (1:24:00) Hero Without a Class: Who Even Needs Skills?! (1:25:25) My Gift Lvl 9999 Unlimited Gacha (1:30:35) Digimon Beatbreak (1:36:15) Dusk Beyond the End of the World (1:40:07) Gintama – Mr. Ginpachi’s Zany Class (1:46:30) My Hero Academia Final Season (1:48:55) Tales of Wedding Rings S2 (1:50:28) Ranma 1/2 (2024) Season 2 (1:51:45) One-Punch Man Season 3 (1:53:50) Spy x Family S3 (1:57:43) Overall Thoughts? (2:00:00

On this episode, the guys cover the latest from Nintendo/Sony/Microsoft, and wrap up the Summer ’25 season with closing impressions on Dress Up Darling, Silent Witch, Gachiakuta, and more shows. Nintendo Direct Metroid 4 date, Virtual Boy, etc. PS State of Play Saros, Wolverine, etc. Microsoft news ROG Ally priced at $600/$1000 Console price increase, Series X now $650 Note: This was recorded before the Gamepass announcements Summer 25 Anime Wrap-Up  My Dress-up Darling  Call of the Night S2 Ruri Rocks Dr. Stone S4 Silent Witch Kaiju No 8 Dandadan Gachiakuta Witch Watch To Be Hero X

This week steev reviews Metal Gear Solid Delta, Jrow gives his impressions on Hollow Knight: Silksong, and they take a look at the upcoming Fall 2025 video Games. Metal Gear Solid Delta (2:00) Hollow Knight: Silksong (22:30) Fall Gaming Preview (34:10) September Hollow Knight: Silksong (4th) Hell is Us (4th) Daemon X Machina: Titanic Scion (5th) Everybody’s Golf Hot Shots (5th) Borderlands 4 (12th) Dying Light: The Beast (19th) Silent Hill f (25th) Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles (30th) October Ghost of Yotei (2nd) Battlefield 6 (10th) Pokémon Legends: Z-A (16th) Ninja Gaiden 4 (21st) Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 (21st) Plants vs. Zombies: Replanted (23rd) The Outer Worlds 2 (29th) ARC Raiders (30th) November Lumines Arise (11th) Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 (14th) Where Winds Meet (14th) Kirby Air Riders (20th)

The crew discusses the PS5 price increase in the states, give a recap of Gamescom, discuss Twitch’s crackdown on bot viewing, and give updated impressions on the Summer 2025 anime season including Kaiju No. 8, Turkey!, and more including full thoughts on Takopi’s Original Sin. Sony increases all PS5 console prices by $50 (00:29) Gamescom news (7:22) Twitch started cracking down on view botting (19:08) Summer 2025 anime updated impressions (30:04) Dandadan (30:19) Kaiju No. 8 (33:47) My Dress Up Darling (36:24) City the Animation (48:22) Ruri Rocks (55:11) Silent Witch (57:23) Turkey! Time to Strike (1:00:27) New Saga (1:04:13) To Be Hero X (1:07:46) Takopi’s Original Sin (1:11:42) -Spoiler Warning: full series review-

This week the Anivision hosts have an in-depth discussion about the latest report from IGN’s Gamer Trends, they give their impressions on Donkey Kong Bananza, and they take a look back at the Rascal Dreams of Bunny Girl Senpai Movies. IGN Launches Gamer Trends Platform (Games Industry.biz) (1:30) Reddit Breakdown by Megaapplepie 93% of Gen Alpha prefer playing on mobile, according to IGN’s segmentation study. But preference for mobile is actually growing for Millennials, too, with 32% calling it their preferred device. Daily concurrent user numbers have grown in Roblox from 3.8 million in June 2022 to more than 25 million in June 2025. Over the same period, Fortnite has grown from 1.2 million to 1.77 million concurrents – with occasional blips, like when 15.3 million players logged on for the Marvel Galactus event. Millennials and Gen X tend to be loyal to platforms or genres – now, the younger generations tend to be more loyal to specific experiences. They no longer identify as gamers – they identify as players of a specific game. What game do we identify ourselves as players of or do you see yourself as platform specific? Can we fault companies for pursuing the live service Model when gamers are becoming more loyal to specific games? Every two years, IGN conducts a study into audience attitudes towards older games, and the findings have shown that people are increasingly looking back. Now, 71% agree that they’re feeling more and more nostalgic for franchises that were around when they were kids. Gen Z and Gen Alpha now expect every song and TV show to be available to them instantly, and they expect the same for video games. Donkey Kong Bananza Impressions (50:45) Rascal Dreams of Bunny Girl Senpai Discussion (1:08:35)

The Anivision hosts gather to discuss the latest anime from the 2025 Anime season. Including Kaiju No. 8, Dandadan, My Dress-Up Darling, New Panty & Stocking wit Garterbelt, Secrets of the Silent Witch, City the Animation, and much more! Notes: The Sequels: Sakamoto Days Part 2 (2:11) Rascal Does Not Dream of Santa Claus (4:40)  Kaiju No. 8 Season 2 (7:20)  Grand Blue Season 2 (10:15) Dandadan 2nd Season (13:00) Call of the Night Season 2 (14:40) My Dress-Up Darling Season 2 (17:30) I Was Reincarnated as the 7th Prince so I Can Take My Time Perfecting My Magical Ability Season 2 (19:55) Mr. Osomatsu 4th Season (22:55) The Rising of the Shield Hero Season 4 (24:15) Dr. Stone: Science Future Part 2 (25:55) New Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt (27:00) Clevatess (31:25) New Saga (34:10)  Welcome to the Outcast’s Restaurant! (41:30) Secrets of the Silent Witch (45:00) The Shy Hero and the Assassin Princesses (50:24) Apocalypse Bringer Mynoghra: World Conquest Starts with the Civilization of Ruin (53:30) Scooped Up by an S-Ranked Adventurer (55:00) The Water Magician (57:10) Uglymug, Epic Fighter (1:03:30)  Betrothed to My Sister’s Ex (1:09:50) Watari-kun’s XX Is about to Collapse (1:14:00) Dealing with Mikadono Sisters Is a Breeze (1:20:25) “mild days” by Hitsujibungaku (Secrets of the Silent Witch) Detectives These Days Are Crazy! (1:25:10) City The Animation (1:29:48) Lord of Mysteries (1:31:30) Gachiakuta (1:34:00) Ruri Rocks (1:40:45) Turkey! (1:46:05) Solo Camping for Two (1:49:40) Nyaight of the Living Cat (1:53:30) Cultural Exchange With a Game Centre Girl (1:55:00)  See You Tomorrow at the Food Court (1:59:25) With You and the Rain (2:01:24) The Summer Hikaru Died (2:05:20) Takopi’s Original Sin (2:10:50) Overall Thoughts () 2: “Tomoshibi” by DUSTCELL (Gachiakuta)

The crew talks about the Microsoft layoffs, Jrow talks Death Standing 2 and South of Midnight, and Amuro/steev wrap up the Spring ’25 season with thoughts on Gundam, MHA Vigilantes, Kowloon and more shows! Anime Expo news (02:30) Xbox layoffs (08:05) Game impressions (13:02)  Death Stranding 2: On the Beach (Jrow)  South of Midnight (Jrow)  Spring 2025 Anime Wrap-up (22:55) Mobile Suit Gundam: GQuuuuuuX My Hero Academia Vigilantes Can A Boy Girl Friendship Survive? Kowloon Generic Romance The Too-Perfect Saint: Tossed Aside by My Fiancé and Sold to Another Kingdom Evil Overlord Intergalactic Empire Go! Go! Loser Ranger! Season 2 A Ninja and an Assassin Under One Roof Mono Brilliant Hero’s New Life in the Shadows To Be Hero X

This week the Anivision hosts gather to discuss the latest news and biggest reveals from the PlayStation State of Play, Summer Games Showcase, Future Games Show, and the Xbox Games Showcase. State of Play (Gamespot) Summer Games Showcase (Polygon) Future Games Show (Games Radar) Xbox Games Showcase (Xbox Wire) Xbox ROG Ally (Xbox Wire) (The Verge) Partnership with Asus Handheld Loads Xbox App on top of a slimmed down Windows Plays games natively, remote (PC/Xbox), and cloud Will run 3rd party PC Game Stores/Libraries Steam, Epic, Battlenet, etc 2 Versions (Ally and Ally X) No price, but likely around $800 as other ROG Ally units cost

On this episode, the crew discusses the recent price hikes for Xbox consoles, they give impressions on Clair Obscur and Assassin’s Creed Shadows, and updated impressions on Spring ’25 anime like Lazarus, Kowloon Generic Romance and many more shows! Xbox Series system gets price increases (00:37) What are we playing? (15:19) Spring 2025 Anime updated impressions (43:34) Lazarus Kowloon Generic Romance Mono / Food for the Soul Country Bumpkin A Ninja and an Assassin Under One Roof Can A Boy Girl Friendship Survive? I’m the Evil Overlord of an Intergalactic Empire! To Be Hero X Shiunji Family Children The Brilliant Healer’s New Life in the Shadows GQuuuuuuX

The trailer is out, the information is live, and here is what I learned. The most disappointing thing is that it looks like you can’t dive. Diving was the greatest thing to come out of Black Ops and to see it gone here is very saddening. It honestly looks like most of this game is MW2 based. Large numbers of the improvements and modifications that Treyarch did are gone. The game does look good though. It doesn’t look like it will be significantly different from previous CoD games, but it is its own game . Killstreaks, along with the Nuke, are GONE! They are now call strike packages and they are point based and not kill based, which means we will call them Pointstreaks from here on out. That is really awesome. They also have 3 versions of pointstreaks: Assault, Support, and Specialist. Assault streaks are all about the rewards. They give you big ticket items like AC130’s, Juggernauts, and Helicopters. They reset upon dying. Support is all about being a team player. You earn things like EMP, Air Drops, Remote turrets, and Ballistic Vests. These pointstreaks don’t resent when you die. Specialist is all about the elite player. You earn perks when you get points. You can run around with up to 6 perks by earning points. I don’t know if they reset or not. Personally, specialist sounds badass. I would love to run around with a shotgun and have Lightweight, Marathon, Ninja, Cold Blooded, Slight of Hand, and Steady Aim. They have changed the type of pointstreaks too. You can directly drop a hacked air package, which I am not 100% sure about. I also saw that they had a controllable turret, which is pretty cool. The strangest of the additions are NPC killstreaks. You can call in Juggernauts and remote turrets. Calling in computer players is something that hasn’t been in CoD before. I guess you can say that helicopters and such are technically NPCs, but they aren’t on the ground. No more commando, last stand, and one man army! There are a lot of new perks and some good ole’ fashion ones coming back. I really like how they brought back Overkill and it was a perk that I found use for several times back during CoD4. Right now I know of: Old Perks: Slight of Hand Hardline Sitrep Scavenger Overkill Extreme Conditioning New Perks: Recon – Explosive damage paints the target on the mini map Blind Eye – Undetectable by air support/sentries Assassin – Undetectable by UAV, Portable Radar, Termal, Hearbeat Quickdraw – Faster aiming down sight Stalker – Move faster while aiming Marksman – Identify Targets at longer range Some of these perks are very interesting and thinking of all the combinations, especially with Specialist, makes my skin tingle. They also brought back deathstreaks, which a lot of people hated in MW2. I was surprised to hear that, but I saw that one was a speed one that allowed you to move quickly for a few seconds and I like that. It looks like they have added all sorts of new equipment and attachments. We have a preview earlier about the double sights, but seeing them in MP is pretty cool. They also added Bouncing Bettie’s to MW3 and they are pretty interesting looking. I like how you toss them on the ground. They should prove to be annoying because they are a 360 degree pop. I just hope they require you to get really close. They also brought in Motion Sensors, which I like to use in Black Ops. I don’t understand why they also brought in Heartbeat sensors. Those were overpowered in MW2 and made you use Ninja as a perk. They never should’ve brought those back. Motion Sensors are enough. The flying helicopters are really awesome. We were told about them before, but they will allow you to locate and put people on the mini map, which is awesome. There is also some kind of sensor that will disable explosives and automated pointstreaks. Weapon proficiencies have been added to CoD. That means the more you use the gun the better the gun gets. Things like sway, recoil, more attachments, and other things will be improved and reduced as you use the weapon. Every gun, including pistols, will have its own proficiency to it. I don’t know if I like that. That is giving those who play the game better stuff than those who don’t play as much. Perks, guns, and killstreaks don’t really change much when you get higher levels in CoD now. It is more a matter of preference than actually being better. Either way I’ll be playing the game enough that it won’t effect me much. The biggest thing they promised us, at least in my mind, was that they were going to make the maps more like CoD4 and remove a lot of the verticality from MW2. I’ve watched gameplay videos from Dome, Underground, Arkaden, and Resitance, and overall it does remind me of CoD4. I can’t make that claim until I get my hands on it, but it does look like the maps are much flatter. There are several new game modes, but the ones they showed off were Kill Confirmed and Team Defender. Kill Confirmed is interesting because what you have to do is collect dog tags of those who have been killed. Killing them is not enough. This adds a new level of strategy to the game. Team Defender is a capture the flag variation. You must hold onto the flag as long as possible, instead of bringing it to a certain point. The flag can’t be returned either. Where it drops is where you must defend. I play CTF more than any other mode, so this sounds pretty interesting to me. There will also be Private match game modes. This will allow some kind of custom game system that will allow players to make their own game variations. They have included some of their own and they are: Infection – The infected kills enemies to recruit them for the infected team. Drop Zone – Hold the Drop Zone for Team Points and Care Packages. Team Juggernaut – With the support of a juggernaut, kill players on the opposing team. The first team to reach the score limit wins. Juggernaut – Kill the Juggernaut to become the new Juggernaut. Gun Game – Be the first to dominate with every gun. One in the Chamber – Gain ammo by eliminating enemies. Be the last to survive. This sounds like they are bringing wager matches to MW3 and a bunch of new modes. I am pretty excited about this and am looking forward to what the community creates. MW3 Hardened Edition Xbox 360 is really funny. It is set up so that it makes noises based on MW3 when you do things like open the tray or turn it on. They released the sound files online so we can turn them into ring tones. I have them for you below~ The MW3 console also comes with 2 MW3 controllers. The rumor is that Harden Edition of the game will come with a year of Call of Duty Elite, which is enough to sell me on. You get every piece of DLC, including map packs, and all sorts of crazy stuff for free. That doesn’t include all the other cool things you get with the Harden Edition That is all I have for you now, but if any new information surfaces you can count on me to let you know! Xbox 360 Console Eject Sound — Xbox 360 MW3 Console Power Sound