Class-1A

Today, Brennan and Meth discuss the full reveal for live action Chopper for Netflix live action 2 and, well, it's certainly something (not the best but not worst). We also discuss all the recent changes to Webtoons, including the shutting down of a Webtoon pirating website, new South Korean government guidelines, and colored manga appearing on the site.Send us a text

Today, Brennan and Meth discuss the controversial and always disappointing Crunchyroll Anime Awards. How Solo Leveling wins Anime of the Year over Frieren will never make sense. Also, Anne Shirley will be the next One Piece, we are calling it here.Send us a text

Today, Brennan, Meth, and special guest Sara host a 3 round mad anime game with drawing, guessing, and a brainrot test. It's madness, but in the best and most fun way possible. Play along!Send us a text

Today, Brennan and Meth discuss May the 4th and our equal love for Star Wars (Meth is a huge Star Wars fan, as everyone knows). We also discuss Meth's demon One Piece theory and Brennan's Sun and Moon One Piece theory, which if true, would make us future predictors.Send us a text

Today, Brennan and Meth discuss Sara's wonderful idea for us to combine the two things anime fans love, Miku and the Minecraft Movie. The launch of Class-1Alpha coming soon... (totally real and not a joke at all).Send us a text

Today, Brennan and Meth discuss what new shows we're watching in the Spring 2025 anime season and how many good shows there are this season. We also judge the Crunchyroll Anime Awards and how they can't help but nominate the same shows for every category (our votes are the only correct ones). Happy National Anime Day!Send us a text

Today, Brennan and Meth look ahead to the Spring 2025 anime season and what news shows you should be looking forward to! Of course, Solo Leveling had to end with some more aura farming from our king JinwooSend us a text

Today, Brennan and Meth discuss the great debate of Blue Box of who Taiki should end up with, Hina or Chinatsu. We also cover all the news from AnimeJapan 2025. That Jinwoo and Beru fight was also incredible. Look forward to our Spring 2025 look-ahead episode next week!Send us a text

Today, Brennan and Meth discuss the ending of Orb: On the Movements of the Earth and how it's such a great historical show. We're almost at the end of the Winter season so look forward to our Spring 2025 look ahead next week as we discuss new announcements, trailers, and visuals for upcoming anime this year.Send us a text

Today, Brennan and Meth discuss how some upcoming Chinese animated shows look incredible and are definitely something to look forward to in the Spring and Summer, how Frieren and One Punch Man finally have release windows, and that Brennan called that the Demon Slayer move will release in the US in September. We know our stuff when it comes to anime.Send us a text

Today, Brennan and Meth discuss a fruit tier list (which is definitely relevant to anime), how Solo Leveling went insane this week with its animation and storytelling, and how Trump and Elon showed up in Baki (yes, this is real and the manga is insane).Send us a text

Today, Brennan and Meth discuss the upcoming Hatsune Miku anime movie, how shows like Re: Zero and A Certain Scientific series get brought down by weird fan service, and of course, how hot Jinwoo gets getting each episode. Send us a text

Today, Brennan and Meth discuss how basically all of Fujimoto's staff have become huge names in the manga community and how Spy x Family has been going crazy recently with 5-page chapters. Jinwoo continues to be hot as the highest-level characters in anime without any stoppage in sight.Send us a text

Today, Brennan and Meth discuss the new Anne Shirley anime airing in April and how it will be the next One Piece with its eleven books, prequels, and sequels. The live-action Solo Leveling will definitely be quite the adventure. Guilty Gear Strive is getting an anime and Lazarus will have the smoothest animation of all time. Send us a text

Today, Brennan and Meth (and surprise commentator Sara) discuss which shows we're checking out as part of the Winter 2024 season and how, Solo Leveling is back with even more fun action and an even hotter Jinwoo. We are holding hope that the new upcoming Crunchyroll manga app is actually good.Send us a text

We are back from our Holiday break to enter into a new year of Class-1A! We hope everyone had a wonderful Holiday season. Thank you all for your support over the past year and we hope you will look forward to what this year brings! Today, Brennan and Meth discuss all the Jump Festa 2024 news, as well as do a look ahead for what new shows you should keep an eye out for in the Winter 2024 season.Send us a text

Today, Brennan and Meth have their first and most passionate couples' argument about One Piece lore yet, as Brennan is caught up to the show. Truly, who can know if their relationship will last beyond this...also Franky's voice actor is retiring (insert crying emoji here). Demon Lord 2099 is trash, don't every watch it (according the never-wrong critic Meth). Look forward to the Winter 2024 look-ahead and Jump Festa news coming at you next week!Send us a text

Today, Brennan and Meth discuss that very weird episode of Dandadan and how, hopefully, there won't be any strange stuff like that again (although not all of the episode was weird). Meth will soon be a Detective Conan fan, Brennan is almost caught up with One Piece, and Lazarus will become a masterpiece next year.Send us a text

Today, Brennan and Meth wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving full of joy and time with family!! Take some time away from anime (as Brennan unintentionally did this week) and be thankful for all that we have (including Dandadan).Send us a text

Today, Brennan and Meth discuss the wonderfully beautiful latest episode of Dandadan and how well Science Saru animated that entire episode. We also discuss the AoT live orchestral performance coming to the US next year and the disappointment of Nagi's goal in Blue Lock Season 2...what went wrong...Send us a text

Today, Brennan and Meth discuss the ending of Oshi no Ko (seems like we're in for quite a weird ending and yes, we know we're posting this on the day the last chapter came out. Lol) and Brennan's One Piece journey loving Big Mom and getting hyped for Gear 5. Hina is also the best character in Blue Box, so much better than Chinatsu according to Brennan (Meth is convinced Chinatsu is the better girl in the end).Send us a text

Today, Brennan and Meth discuss Election Day in America (go vote!) and why Sanji is clearly the worst Straw Hat pirate. Meth also finally explains why Gravity Falls has had a revival recently and why we think it will come back in some format in the future.Send us a text

Today, Brennan and Meth discuss anime YouTubers and how most are weirdos and their content definitely is quite unique. We also discuss how bad Adult Swim animes have been this year and what classifies someone as a weeb (we promise we aren't weird anime fans).Send us a text

Today, Brennan and Meth discuss how amazing the One Piece Fan Letter episode was and how absolutely terrible Blue Lock Season2 has been. A truly historic collapse. Also studios are bidding for Kagurabachi, so all the memes ended up working in the end.Send us a text

Today, Brennan and Meth discuss anime commercials (for some reason) and how, sometimes, Japan spends way too much money on animating some fantastic commercials. We also talk about Brennan's childhood Roblox obsession and Meth's new anime Minecraft server that he joined. Oh, and One Piece is on break until April.Send us a text

Today, Brennan and Meth discuss the beginning of the Fall season and how fantastic Dandadan has been so far, as well as other amazing shows to check out this season. Rest in Peace to the original voiceover actor for Dragon Ball, a true legend whose voice will be heard forever.Send us a text

Today, Brennan and Meth discuss the disappointing ending of Jujutsu Kaisen and how Gege Akutami can't finish a story to save his life, along with the endings of the Spring shows and the beginnings of the Fall season.Send us a text

Today, Brennan and Meth discuss what to look forward to in the upcoming Fall 2024 season. There are definitely some hidden gems to look out for, along with some fantastic shows to check out! Send us a text

Today, Brennan and Meth discuss Brennan's love and obsession for the One Piece manga (Meth has made another One Piece fan), the new Kyoto Animation announcement coming next Saturday, and the rumor that Ufotable is animating Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint. The world of Manhwa adaptions is changing forever.Send us a text

Today, Brennan and Meth discuss Brennan's One Piece journey and how much he's enjoying the manga, Wistoria's potential to be a very cool and unique anime, and how Meth can't seem to watch fantastic old shows.Also Happy Birthday Sara!!! Thank you for doing all you do for Class-1A!! Be sure to show her love on Twitter and Twitch @spaceseals!! Send us a text

Today, Brennan and Meth host an anime guessing game between Meth and Sara (give her some love @spaceseals on Twitch and Twitter)! See who's the biggest weeb while enjoying Brennan's miraculous singing and Japanese pronunciation. Send us a text

Today, Brennan and Meth are finally back with a new episode! Hear us discuss all the new anime announcements for 2025 and what we've been thinking about the last month of the Summer 2024 seasonal anime.Send us a Text Message.

Today, Brennan and Meth discuss the fall-off of Marvel and why casting RDJ as Dr. Doom is very stupid (we walk about this for way too long). We also discuss anime fanbases while Brennan gives an update on his first One Piece volume he has read.Send us a Text Message.

Today, Brennan and Meth discuss the best animation, story, and choreography we've seen in anime to truly see how anime has evolved. Brennan also provides an update on his One Piece journey, while Meth realizes who the best manga creator of all time is.Send us a Text Message.

Today, Brennan and Meth, along with our surprise guest star Jason, discuss Brennan's rant about Harry Potter being mid and how Star Wars is better (of course also Brennan's opinion). We also talk about how surprisingly good the summer season is with all the sleeper hits this season.Send us a Text Message.

Today, Brennan and Meth are back from their summer break with one of the biggest news that Meth has been waiting years for, new information and a trailer for the Witch Hat Atelier anime. We also discuss all the others news from AnimeExpo, as well as looking ahead for the summer season. Send us a Text Message.

Today, Brennan and Meth discuss the Witch Hat Atelier Crunchyroll panel at AnimeExpo (he's finally getting an update), the other anime at Crunchyroll's panel this year, and how Netflix has acquired an original animation project from HBO suggesting a greater respect and emphasis on animation from the big streaming platforms (a welcome change).

Today, Brennan and Meth discuss tennis (of course we do) while quizzing Meth's tennis guessing skills, new revelations about the horrible treatment the director of the Look Back movie received, and the tax fraud conviction of the Apothecary Diaries author (actual Mao Mao moment)

Today, Brennan and Meth discuss the official announcement of a Sakamoto Days anime (and the very interesting studio choice for the show), the terrible working conditions at Studio Shaft that recently came to light, and Meth's desire to avoid his obsession with Genshin Impact again. 

Today, Brennan and Meth discuss Meth's new mobile game obsession that he plays during the episode (what a terrible betray), a potential anime-themed baseball team called the Hashiras, and how the Suicide Squad Isekai anime differs from the Terminator or Cyberpunk animes. 

Today, (after an unexpected absence) Brennan and Meth are back and discuss the return of My Hero Academia and Demon Slayer, how backstories have ruined shonen anime such as Naruto and Demon Slayer by adding unnecessary filler, and of course, how weird Jobless Reincarnation has gotten (this show needs to die please kill it already)

Today, Brennan and Meth discuss why all anime games fail and why Shonen properties don't make good game adaptations.  Meth also rants about his hatred of harems after a spin-off Quintessential Quintuplets anime was announced. Nothing new for him to do. 

Today, Brennan and Meth discuss what's on our to-watch lists and our plans for anime we plan to watch in the future (we got you with that click-bait title). We also talk about how representation has been evolving in anime, with more POC characters being represented in a less-harmful way than in the past.

Today, Brennan and Meth discuss Kaiju No. 8's pretty good first episode, despite Meth talking trash about it from the beginning as well as Brennan's fantastic humming of very accurate anime openings.

Today, Brennan and Meth discuss more of the new Spring 2024 shows that we've checked out and which ones you should be on the lookout for. We also rant about top 10 anime lists on MAL and IMDB for way too long and lose our point at the end, but what else is new at this point. 

Today, Brennan and Meth discuss the beginning  of the Spring 2024 season as well as our grading for the best (and worst) shows of the Winter 2024 season. We also talk about Frieren and Meth's love for Himmel as well because of course we can't go one episode without talking about it. 

Today, Brennan and Meth discuss the Boston Red Socks One Piece bobblehead collab this year and what it means for anime expansion in the West as a whole (we have to go to Boston now to get one). We also discuss the news from AnimeJapan including release windows and trailers for upcoming properties like the incest Oshi no Ko season 2.

Today, Brennan and Meth discuss the upcoming shows you should look out for in the next Spring 2024 season and which ones you can avoid (lots of crazy long titles and weird isekais as usual)

Today, Brennan and Meth, after a week break, return to discuss the very sad passing of legend Akira Toriyama, the news of One Punch Man season 3 and how JC Staff is doing it again, and the wonderful news of Call of the Night season 2 (Brennan is thrilled about this news). Plus, a wonderful audio error that we fixed in a perfect way.

Today, Brennan, Meth, and our surprise special guest Jason discuss how good Pluto is (Jason is the real fan of it here), how the Netflix Live Action Avatar is ok at best (and how Brennan needs to watch the original cartoon), and our guesses on the best picture nominees for the Oscars.

Today, Brennan and Meth discuss a very interesting sponsor we would "like" to have, more examples of companies getting more involved in the anime space, and Meth trying to explain the Fate universe and its spinoffs once more.