The Anime Freshmen Podcast

The Tournament of Ranking demands participants, and the Freshmen will once again take part in ranking...things. Let the Ranking commence! Every effort is made to keep spoilers to a minimum. (The only exception being older titles) Catch our Fresh Bites Review Show and AMVs on our YouTube channel:  The Anime Freshmen Be sure to rate and subscribe to the show & follow on our socials:  How to connect:...

How many times can you bench press a helicopter? Can you karate chop a giant elephant to death? Will you fight sperm whales for no reason? Has the concept of Death been retired in your universe? Do you enjoy completely disregarding and rewriting the laws of physics & nature?   These are the questions that both Baki & Kengan Ashura ask separately, and having come together for a special crossover, n...

We love our community. Even when it includes those that are uninitiated into the Anime is Life movement. So it's with the Power of Friendship that we have our sisters from the After Eight Podcast on today's episode. Who doesn't watch Anime? After Eight don't. And we needed to have a serious discussion about why they've forsaken the path that potentially leads to a lifetime of dWeebiness. We dWeebe...

Oh, how time flies by, Like an Eren Yeager genocide. Oh, where did the time go? So many memories, how do we decide?   We take a look back, And dare to reminisce, At the wonders we've encountered, At how Anime provides bliss.   Every effort is made to keep spoilers to a minimum. (The only exception being older titles) Catch our Fresh Bites Review Show and AMVs on our YouTube channel:  The Anime Fre...

The Anime Freshmen ranking system is as old as Old Man Yama, and as revered as Rock Lee's ankle weights. Our Brother Gerrd adores it so much he said we either use said ranking system or he'll snitch on us to Muzan. Strong words indeed. Nuff said. In this episode we rank things in anime. Yes, you heard right. THINGS. That's how much we love you. Also, someone makes a historic comeback. Cue Anime Fr...

Demon Slayer, Season 4. Inosuke stays butchering Tanjiro's name; Zenitsu's love for Nezuko continues to go unrequited; and Muzan goes full Michael Jackson. The Hashira take finally take centre stage, with the Freshmen deciding we needed to hold a group huddle on what we'd witnessed.  It was indeed special. When your hear the  Biwa being strummed, best pray you're not in an uncompromising position....

It is the Year 3000 and something. Humans now live in space and have evolved to photosynthesise for most of their energy needs.  Similiarly to how Skynet is the enemy of the Anime Freshmen, gigantic alien creatures called Gauna have for some reason decided to 'on sight' what remains of the human race. A Mecha anime with some rather, interesting, turns throughout. Skynet, you did it again. Every ef...

In this episode, Gerrd decides to test the limits of our collective logic and question both the legitimacy of sequels to anime series, and whether said sequels are needed at all. It was borderline blasphemous, but as sure as Vegeta will reference his Saiyin pride, we the forces of good will fight back against Gerrd's tyranny and restore order to the Anime Freshmen Kingdom. Freshmen, a call to arms...

Is Meliodas a pervert? Should Master Roshi be banned from having nose bleeds? Will Hisoka eventually end in the electric chair? Weird is everywhere, and today we discuss how some aspects of anime could be seen as not just being weird, but marrying weird and having a baby with it. The terms are lolicon and young girl aesthetic, and we take great care to not go full crazy with it. It got real. Every...

As inevitable as the proverbial tide and the main shonen character befriending a once hated enemy, Skynet makes its return to our time to once again perform sexy jutsu. How ironic. The entry on this occasion revolves around a world in which a Europol robot detective attempts to solve a string of robot and human deaths, instead of causing them.  A world in which robots have essentially attained par...

Sport. It incites a passion and fervour so strong that Shoyo Hinata looks like Snorlax in comparison. And with anime daring to touch most, if not all aspects of life, it comes as no surprise that this area of life is no exception to the rule. From ping-pong to basketball to ice skating, we get involved. We even touch on surfing....somehow. Chaaaa dude:) Every effort is made to keep spoilers to a m...

This one is special. For every Kamehameha we all attempted in our rooms, and the times certain situations made us think we would really turn Super Saiyan, Dragon Ball Z in particular and Dragon Ball in general, have had an impact and influence on Anime and those that love it so enduring it makes the 1st Goku vs Frieza fight actually look like it lasted 5mins. Akira Toriyama has passed away, starti...

Join us in this episode when we sit with the amazing team from Anime District!    We talk about everything amazing about women! Every effort is made to keep spoilers to a minimum. (The only exception being older titles) Catch our Fresh Bites Review Show and AMVs on our YouTube channel:  The Anime Freshmen Be sure to rate and subscribe to the show & follow on our socials:  How to connect: Website:...

The Freshie Awards have kept the peace throughout the realms since the Streaming Wars came to an end, and the peace must be upheld for the sake of the Soul Society Grand Line. To that end we return for our annual award ceremony, in conjuctuion with the Crunchyroll Awards, with all the pomp and circumstance that it entails, and on this occasion, a most honoured comrade of ours is in attendence. He...

Riddle us this: How much waffle could a Freshman waffle if the Freshmen could Freshman waffle? To whomever guesses right,  100 points for Gryffindor and an all expenses paid economy flight Sukana's Domain Expansion. Every effort is made to keep spoilers to a minimum. (The only exception being older titles) Catch our Fresh Bites Review Show and AMVs on our YouTube channel:  The Anime Freshmen Be su...

It could be said that we love Love, and with Valentine's Day coming up, it felt right to dedicate some time to the inspiration behind Kaguya-sama: Love is War. How Cute. But that's not all. This episode is a double special because it's an exclusive done by the unsung heroines of the Anime Freshmen. Presenting MGK and Yoshida. They take it all the way there, as only our sisters would, and by the ti...

The anime the world has been waiting for dropped, and caused shockwaves like a Rasengan coupled with a Spirit Bomb, mixed with the mental effort it takes to understand cursed techniques in Jujutsu Kaisen, and sprinkled with emotional upheaval caused by Ace's death. Solo Levelling is here and you know the Anime Freshmen had to provide our expert & haphazard analysis on what promises to be one for t...

Shone. Seinen. Josei. Isekai. Long ago the 4 genres lived in harmony. Then everything changed when Skynet launched its attack.  Only The Anime Freshmen can stop them, and although their Anime powers are great, they are also chaos personified. But the Anime community believes the AF can save themselves. Also, Season 5 of Skynet is here to start off 2024. Get involved. Why not start the year right w...

Another revolution around the Sun and saying that the highs and lows have left their mark would only be the beginning. 2023 has been incredible for so many reasons; from our beloved guests, hosting our 1st Convention, to finally completing a Skynet Season, and so much more. From the entire Anime Freshmen Team, we want to send the biggest shoutout to everyone that's been in our corner and supported...

Skynet remains undefeated and just like the T-1001 Terminator it's back yet again. Being a teenager is hard. It can be even harder when a supernatural being decides to expose a group of friends to various supernatural, sense-altering phenomena in their daily lives.  You read that right. A teenage drama/slice of life with touches of coming of age and, at times, handling mature themes like Law & Ord...

We have it on good authority that watching the dual multiverse sci-fi romance anime films 'To Me, the One Who Loved You' and 'To Every You I've Loved Before' in different orders will affect your ending. To save you time and space,we've split the team down the middle to tackle these titles in alternate sequences. While you wrap your head around that, why not unwrap a box from our first-ever episode...

In this episode, someone of great importance is locked up in a supermax prison on a deserted island and you need to put together a tactical espionage team to break them out. Can the team pull off a great escape or will they ROT inside the prison for the rest of time?!?! Find out what happens in this episode of The Anime Freshmen Podcast Every effort is made to keep spoilers to a minimum. (The only...

Skynet has returned, and this time with a rather insightful choice. An anime called Ping Pong: The Animation that hardly has any ping pong matches.  Hear us out though. Instead it deals with themes such as 'who am i?', 'where am I going?', talent vs hardwork, and so many other life questions. It draws you in with the promise of being a sports anime and keeps you with its rallies of teenagers findi...

Bells and Whistles, Trumpets and Bankais, The Anime Freshmen are going to need a training montage soon because this is the 1st episode of our 5TH Season!!! The journey's been long and at times arduous, but we've loved every minute and we're grateful to all those who have been with us, with a big Rasengan thank you to the Anime Freshmen Community. And to show out for our 5th Season, as we do, our t...

It's said that those from our neck of the woods have Main Character Sydrome. Damn right we do, since the squad have joined the 100 episode club! Call it multiple seasons, hosting our own events, collaborations, and to celebrate you know we had to run the Quiz Night back. And for Quiz Night, our friendly neighbourhood don Lightskin Kage came and partook in what always leads to chaos. Shoutout to Ka...