Sakura Society | An Anime Appreciation Podcast

Welcome to Manga Monday ! This week we're diving into The Color of the End by Haruo Iwamune, a post-apocalyptic seinen running in Harta that reads like the intersection of Blame! and Mushishi in the best way possible. Fifty years after alien creatures called Executioners wiped out most of humanity, a young researcher named Saya walks alone through the beautiful, empty ruins of civilisation. Her mi...

Welcome to Manga Monday ! This week we're diving into Make the Exorcist Fall in Love , written by Aruma Arima and illustrated by Masuku Fukayama, a supernatural action romance on Shonen Jump+ that has no business being this emotionally devastating. Joshua is a 16 year old boy chosen by God to be the world's strongest exorcist, trained and abused by the Church since childhood to fight Demon Lords....

Strap in, the anime world is going crazy this week! Let’s talk about it. MAPPA’s 15th Anniversary event delivered massive news and announcements for Jujutsu Kaisen, Chainsaw Man, Fall in Love, You False Angels, Dorohedoro, Ranma 1/2, and Oblivion Battery. We also had a live action version of Kiki’s Delivery Service announced as well as updates on the Kagurabachi manga and Great Teacher Onizuka. If...

Summer 2026 is here and it is absolutely loaded. This episode, I'm counting down my top 10 most anticipated anime of the season — Ghost in the Shell, the Bleach finale, 100 Girlfriends Season 3, and a few picks that might surprise you. Plus some honorable mentions that almost made the cut. Tune in and let me know your top picks too. If you enjoy the show, please rate, review, like, and subscribe t...

Welcome to Manga Monday ! This week we're diving into Dai Dark by Q Hayashida, the creator of Dorohedoro, and if you loved that unhinged masterpiece then buckle up because she did it again but in space. Zaha Sanko is a 14 year old kid cursed with bones that can supposedly grant any wish, which means every alien, space pirate, and cult fanatic in the galaxy wants to rip him apart. Armed with a shap...

Welcome to Manhwa Monday ! This week we're diving into The Spark in Your Eyes by MURO, a historical fantasy romance on Webtoon that sets up one of the most gut wrenching slow burns you'll find anywhere. Erkin is a young pharmacist from the north, orphaned by the war between the Northern Nations and Mormeratta, who's spent his whole life quietly hunting for one person: the Witch of the Sun, the inf...

Strap in, the anime world is going wild this week! Let’s talk about it. Massive updates on Solo Leveling, a Vampire Survivors and Jujutsu Kaisen crossover, Black Clover, BLUELOCK, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners x Wuthering Waves. If you enjoy the show, please rate, review, like, and subscribe to Sakura Society | An Anime Appreciation Podcast — and any other podcasts you love. It takes seconds, costs nothi...

Welcome to Manga Monday ! This week we're diving into MAD by Yusuke Otori, a post-apocalyptic sci-fi horror running on Shonen Jump+ that plays like Alien meets Chainsaw Man and refuses to let you breathe. Alien life forms have invaded Earth and wiped out most of humanity. John, his sister, and a handful of survivors are just trying to stay alive in a world that has absolutely no interest in lettin...

Strap in, the anime world went mad this week. Let’s talk about it. Massive updates on The Apothecary Diaries, Gachiakuta, Smoking Behind the Supermarket With You, Mushoku Tensei, Wasted Chef, and Kadokawa CEO being tone deaf. If you enjoy the show, please rate, review, like, and subscribe to Sakura Society | An Anime Appreciation Podcast — and any other podcasts you love. It takes seconds, costs n...

The anime world went crazy this week. Let’s talk about it. Massive updates on Bleach, Tekken 8 AND Baki, Dorohedoro, You And I Are Polar Opposites, and Takopi’s Original Sin. If you enjoy the show, please rate, review, like, and subscribe to Sakura Society | An Anime Appreciation Podcast — and any other podcasts you love. It takes seconds, costs nothing, and means everything to us creators. (The a...

Welcome to Manga Monday ! This week we're diving into RuriDragon by Masaoki Shindo, a slice of life manga running in Shonen Jump that proves you don't need a single fight scene to be one of the most captivating series in the magazine. Ruri Aoki wakes up one morning with horns growing out of her head. Her mom's response? "Oh yeah, your dad's a dragon." And Ruri, in the most relatable move possible,...

Strap in. The anime world did not come to play this week. Let’s talk about it. Bigtime updates on Kagurabachi, Studio Ghibli, Gigantic (from the mind of the creator of Gantz), The Book of Human Insects, Bocchi the Rock, and Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint, which is one of the greatest manhwa of all time. If you enjoy the show, please rate, review, like, and subscribe to Sakura Society | An Anime App...

Welcome to Manga Monday ! This week we're diving into Tenkaichi - The Greatest Warrior Under the Rising Sun , written by Yosuke Nakamaru and illustrated by Kyotaro Azuma, an alternate history martial arts manga that asks one question: what if Oda Nobunaga unified Japan, found out he was dying, and decided the most entertaining way to choose his successor was a sixteen fighter death tournament feat...

Welcome to Manga Monday ! This week we're diving into The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You , written by Rikito Nakamura and illustrated by Yukiko Nozawa, and yes you did just read that title correctly. Rentarou Aijou is a hopeless romantic who confessed his love to 100 different girls before high school and got rejected every single time. After praying at a shrin...

Strap in. The anime world did not come to play this week. Let’s talk about it. Bigtime updates on The Ribbon Hero, My Hero Academia's epilogue, Glasses with a Chance of Delinquent, Copycat, and Sydney Sweeney's live-action Gundam film (please god be good). If you enjoy the show, please rate, review, like, and subscribe to Sakura Society | An Anime Appreciation Podcast — and any other podcasts you...

Welcome to Manhwa Monday ! This week we're diving into Unholy Blood by Lina Im, the number one supernatural webtoon on the platform and a vampire story that throws out every post-Twilight cliche in the book. Ten years ago, vampires infiltrated South Korea, and violent crime has skyrocketed ever since. Hayan Park is a college student who just wants a normal, quiet life, but she's hiding a dangerous...

Strap in. The anime world did not come to play this week. Let’s talk about it. Bigtime updates on Witch and Mercenary, the Japanese government targeting massive growth via global anime domination, Ascendence of a Bookworm AI controversy, and MAPPA x Honkai: Star Rail. If you enjoy the show, please rate, review, like, and subscribe to Sakura Society | An Anime Appreciation Podcast — and any other p...

Welcome to Manga Monday ! This week we're diving into The Summer You Were There by Yuama, a yuri manga that ran in Comic Yuri Hime and will absolutely destroy you in the most beautiful way possible. Shizuku Hoshikawa is a shy, isolated high schooler carrying deep guilt from her past as a bully. She writes stories as an escape but never plans to show anyone. Then Kaori Asaka, the bright, popular gi...

Your weekly anime news fix is HERE and it did not come to play… Big updates on One Piece, ISHOWSPEED, Date A Live, Dandadan, and Yaebuki Kikan. If you enjoy the show, please rate, review, like, and subscribe to Sakura Society | An Anime Appreciation Podcast — and any other podcasts you love. It takes seconds, costs nothing, and means everything to us creators. (The algorithm only accepts 5 stars,...

Welcome to Manga Monday ! This week we're diving into Shikabane Kaigo , also known as Cadaver Nursing, a horror manga adapted from Harumi Miura's Kadokawa Horror Bunko novel with art by Ayuko. Akane Kuritani is a young caregiver looking for a fresh start who takes a live-in job at a secluded mansion deep in the mountains. Her patient is the wealthy, bedridden owner Hiwako Miyazono. Except when Aka...

Welcome to Manga Monday ! This week we're diving into The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity by Saka Mikami, a romance manga running on Magazine Pocket that is basically Romeo and Juliet if Romeo worked in a cake shop and Juliet was really, really hungry. Chidori Public High School and Kikyo Girls' Academy sit right next to each other but couldn't be more different. Chidori is full of so-called d...

The anime headlines you NEED to know about. This week’s In Bloom is stacked with big updates on Frieren, Sentenced To Be A Hero, You And I Are Polar Opposites, Eminence in Shadow, Solo Leveling, and Rascal Does Not Dream. If you enjoy the show, please rate, review, like, and subscribe to Sakura Society | An Anime Appreciation Podcast — and any other podcasts you love. It takes seconds, costs nothi...

Welcome to Manga Monday ! This week we're diving into Kagurabachi , Takeru Hokazono's sword fighting revenge epic running in Weekly Shonen Jump that memed its way into the conversation and then backed it up with one of the best action manga in years. Chihiro Rokuhira grew up training under his father Kunishige, a legendary swordsmith whose six Enchanted Blades single-handedly ended a war. The goof...

Your weekly anime news fix is HERE and it did not come to play… Big updates on The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You, Crunchyroll getting hacked, Jack-of-All-Trades, Party of None, Steel Ball Run, and The Anime Trending Awards. If you enjoy the show, please rate, review, like, and subscribe to Sakura Society | An Anime Appreciation Podcast — and any other...

Welcome to Manhwa Monday ! This week we're diving into The Greatest Estate Developer , written by BK_Moon and illustrated by Kim Hyunsoo, a fantasy isekai on Webtoon that takes the "reincarnated into a novel" premise and turns it into something genuinely hilarious. Civil engineering student Suho Kim falls asleep reading a fantasy novel and wakes up as Lloyd Frontera, a lazy, drunk nobleman whose f...