Anime For Blondes

We’re officially kicking off our FIRST true weekly romance anime recap series with You & I Are Polar Opposites Season 2, and we could not be more excited! In this episode, we talk about our favorite moments from Season 1, why this series became one of our favorite romance anime overall, and everything that happened in the Season 2 premiere. From the adorable relationship dynamics to the awkwar...

WE'RE BACK BABY 💖 After a short break (and a LOT of life changes), Anime for Blondes is officially entering its ✨virtual era✨ In this comeback episode, we catch you up on everything we’ve been doing, talk through the chaos of recording remotely for the first time, and thank you for sticking with us while we figure out the inevitable technical difficulties lol. Then we dive into one of the m...

We’re joined again by our favorite Apothecary Diaries expert Yumna and we’re diving into all the chaos: palace intrigue, the White Lady’s influence, Maomao doing what she does best, and everything unfolding behind the scenes. We talk about how this series is surprisingly woke & if this volume was boring or not! If you’ve only watched the anime, this is where things start to go back to their ro...

This week’s episode is a little different… 💔 We’re sitting down for a chatty catch-up episode where we share a big life update... Ali is moving out of state, which means some changes are coming for Anime for Blondes (yes, there are tears 😭).After that, we move onto lighter topics and catch up on everything we’ve been loving lately, everything from Frieren Season 2 reflections, to KPop Demon Hunt...

This week on Anime for Blondes, we’re recapping the Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End Season 2 Finale… and it's bittersweet to say the least 💔From Himmel continuing to haunt the narrative (#WWHD) and Frieren having the most random friends, to suprise eco conservation and studio ghibli animals?? This episode truly feels like Frieren at its finest. We share our honest thoughts on the finale and sea...

This week on Anime for Blondes, we’re recapping Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End Season 2 Episode 9 and this episode is half dragons, half emotional damage. 😭From Stark literally getting bitten by a dragon, to Frieren casually getting snatched mid-battle, to the surprisingly emotional moment with Himmel’s memoirs, this episode perfectly balances action, comedy, and the deeper themes that make Friere...

This week on Anime for Blondes, we’re recapping Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End Season 2 Episode 8, an episode packed with insane animation that our eyes DIDN'T glaze over during, brutal demon fights, and one of the most emotional arc endings in the entire series. From Stark and Genau’s chaotic battle against the four-armed demon Divine Revolte, to Fern absolutely cooking her opponent with Heite...

This week on Anime for Blondes, we’re celebrating International Women’s Day the only way we know how… by talking about Frieren! 💅In our Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End Season 2 Episode 7 Recap, we break down the newest developments in the Northern Plateau arc, the incredible female characters in this series, the new villain, and the moments that reminded us exactly why Frieren is one of the best fa...

This week on Anime for Blondes, we’re recapping Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End Season 2 Episode 6 and asking the real question… WHO ARE YOU PEOPLE?! Between the brutal village massacre, Genau’s heartbreaking return home, and a demon that feels straight out of Jujutsu Kaisen, this episode completely shifts the tone of the season. We break down the darker atmosphere, the absence of our usual cozy tri...

✨ Join the Anime for Blondes Book Club! ✨Sign up for our cozy monthly newsletter to read along, get book club questions, and receive free printable bookmarks! 💌https://animeforblondes.kit.com/WE'RE BACK with another Anime for Blondes Book Club!! This month, we’re diving into The Apothecary Diaries Light Novel Volume 6 of COURSE with our virtual guest Yumna and things get dark QUICK. We star...

✨ Join the Anime for Blondes Book Club! ✨Sign up for our monthly newsletter to read The Apothecary Diaries LN with us, get book club questions, and receive free printable bookmarks! 💌https://animeforblondes.kit.com/This week on Anime for Blondes, we’re recapping Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End Season 2 Episode 5, and honestly… did we just hit our first filler episode of the season? The girls make...

✨ Join the Anime for Blondes Book Club! ✨Sign up for our monthly newsletter to read The Apothecary Diaries LN with us, get book club questions, and receive free printable bookmarks! 💌 https://animeforblondes.kit.com/ We’re back with another cozy Anime for Blondes Frieren recap, this time covering Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End Season 2 Episode 4! Call us psychic, but this episode was everything...

✨ Join the Anime for Blondes Book Club! ✨Sign up for our monthly newsletter to read The Apothecary Diaries LN with us, get book club questions, and receive free printable bookmarks! 💌https://animeforblondes.kit.com/This week on Anime for Blondes, we’re recapping Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End Season 2 Episode 3, and IT'S A BIG ONE. Cozy hot springs, emotional flashbacks, AND Stark finally as...

EDITOR'S NOTE: SO SORRY for the audio issues starting around 3:30!! Becca's mic got unplugged a bit unknowingly so her audio goes in and out throughout the first half of this episode. It gets significantly better around 17:53. Love you guys and promise we'll work on these tech issues! In this episode of Anime for Blondes, we’re recapping Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End Season 2 Episode 2...

Anime for Blondes is back from our holiday break... and so is Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End!! In this episode, we’re recapping Frieren Season 2 Episode 1, breaking down the return of Frieren, Fern, Stark (AND HIMMEL!) as they travel north, run into relationship troubles, and face real danger without magic. Becca even surprised Ali by cosplaying as Frieren to celebrate the coziest BEST anime comeba...

IT'S THE ANIME FOR BLONDES HOLIDAY SPECIAL!! & we’re diving STRAIGHT into Jujutsu Kaisen: Execution, the brand-new movie that officially kicks off JJK Season 3! We watched it in theaters (with popcorn, festive sweaters, and emotional support candy), and now we’re giving you our full, honest, girly-pop review. Was it worth the hype? Is this the best or the WORST way to start Season 3? And w...

✨ Join the Anime for Blondes Book Club! ✨ Sign up for our cozy monthly newsletter to read along, get book club questions, and receive free printable bookmarks! 💌 https://animeforblondes.kit.com/ Welcome back, Book Club Blondies! Today we’re diving into Apothecary Diaries Light Novel Vol. 5, featuring our favorite guest and Apothecary Diaries expert, @NotYumna. This volume officially takes us be...

Today we’re recapping the entire first season of Spy x Family, the ULTIMATE comfort anime that is part retro spy thriller, part cozy found family romance. In this episode we break down the story arcs, character growth, and why WE THINK this found family has become one of the most iconic in modern anime. We’re covering the Loid being the perfect blonde daddy, why the Forgers work so well as a unit,...

We have another blonde badass female lead to welcome to the club! This week we're going on a first date with the new hit villainess anime "May I Ask for One Final Thing" and it's SO MUCH BETTER THAN WE COULD HAVE EXPECTED! Find out if we’re ghosting this show, going out on another date, kissing at the front door, or if it’s love at first sight. This episode contains spoilers for...

Welcome to Anime Girl Autumn 🍂 In this episode, we’re sharing our top 5 cozy anime recommendations to help cure your seasonal depression and get you through fall and winter with comfort and serotonin. We’ll chat favorite moments, characters that healed our souls, and why these anime deserve a spot on your fall watchlist. 💬 VOTE in the comments: should our next weekly recap be Jujutsu Kaisen Seas...

✨ Join the Anime for Blondes Book Club! ✨ Sign up for our cozy monthly newsletter to read along, get book club questions, and receive free printable bookmarks! 💌 https://animeforblondes.kit.com/ Welcome to the very first episode of the Anime for Blondes Book Club! We’re joined by the amazing  ⁨@notyumna⁩  to discuss The Apothecary Diaries Light Novel Volume 4, which covers the second half of se...

It’s spooky season, and we’re celebrating Halloween with one of the most infamous anime of the 2000s: Vampire Knight! This so-bad-it’s-good classic has EVERYTHING: brooding vampire boys, a lose-lose love triangle, and more drama than a CW show. In this episode, we’re diving fang-first into Vampire Knight Season 1, sharing our first impressions, favorite moments, and a breakdown of why this series...

Welcome back, anime girlies! This week, we’re diving into Demon Slayer Season 1. We both watched the first 21 episodes and we’re talking first impressions of Tanjiro, Nezuko, Zenitsu, and Inosuke, the emotional storytelling, and how Demon Slayer compares to Jujutsu Kaisen, Attack on Titan, and My Hero Academia when it comes to character tropes and emotional stakes. Ali opens up about struggling wi...

Death Note is turning 20 years old, and we finally sat down to watch the first two episodes for our Anime First Impressions series. In this series, we watch the first 2 episodes of an anime we haven't seen before and decide: is it love at first sight, kiss-on-the-first-date material, a second date, or are we ghosting? As two anime girlies, we had to ask… did Death Note predict 2025 internet in...

This week on Anime for Blondes, Ali and Becca are diving into the world of cosplay, romance, and fan service with My Dress-Up Darling! 💖 We’re recapping My Dress-Up Darling Season 1, discussing why Marin and Gojo have quickly become one of our favorite anime couples, and unpacking the ethics of male-gaze fan service in anime... can a show be s*xy and wholesome at the same time?! If you are a girl...