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Short answer is sort of. We're back, it's been a minute and that's kind of been a pattern, for good reason but we'll get to that. We mentioned a few episode ago that the scope and scale of the podcast was likely to change and if you've been a long time listener you've already likely noticed. We've made the decision to keep moving in an even more casual direction that'll honestly look a lot more like this episode in terms of format, what do I mean by that? Really the structure and frequency of our episodes are the things that'll be changing most. We'll be continuing with our kind of sporadic upload schedule for the foreseeable future and our  content will be a lot less comprehensive and a lot more based on what we're watching rather than focusing on a season as a whole. We've had a blast these past 4 years covering anime, and we don't want to hang that up but the reality is as always that things change and this how things shook out. Thank you to all of the folks who've tuned in either for an episode or since the beginning, we're not going away, we'll still be around bullshitting about cartoons from time to time, but it feels worthy of an explanation so there it is. Power Rankings live @tjapod on instagram

We're back! It's been a minute, but you all know how it goes. Fortunately for us this little delay has line us right up with the new season, that's right it's Spring 2025 over here at TJA and we've got a whole slew of new shows to talk about. There are some anticipated new titles, a few top notch returning shows, and a whole bunch of middle of the road nonsense and as per usual we're gonna try to watch a little bit of all of it. So thanks for your patience while we get back into the swing of things, and if you're wondering what to watch this season then we've got you covered. Power Rankings live @tjapod on instagram

We had lofty goals of talking about all things Arcane this week, but reality had other plans. As such we're talking about our favorite show this season, and maybe anime of the year, DanDaDan. We're 8 episodes in at the time of recording and it has been a wild ride to say the least. All hype aside, this one feels like something special so we're dedicating this whole episode to seeing if we can put our finger on just what that is.Power Rankings live @tjapod on instagram

We're finally at the end of our first impressions for the fall season, and we managed to do it before the season was half over so that's not nothing. We've got a couple of returning titles and one or two new ones in this episode before finally dropping our top 5 new and top 3(sort of) returning titles of the season. It's a little slower than some falls in the past, but there are a number of really solid titles on offer so tune in to see which ones we're keeping up with. Power Rankings live @tjapod on instagram

We're back and we've got another 12 or so new titles to talk about for first impressions this week. This episode is pretty heavy on the fantasy titles for the fall season, but once again there's a little bit of everything this week as well as a number of pretty surprising titles. This week is pretty much exclusively new shows, except for one remake of an older title, but we'll be hitting some of the returning series in an episode soon! Power Rankings live @tjapod on instagram

Fall is here and along with cooler temperatures we've got a solid crop of new first impressions to get to. We've got twelve new titles to cover this week ,and a lot of them were pretty damn good actually with one in particular really impressing us. There's all sorts of new stuff to get to, but overall we've got some good ones right off the bat. The next few episodes will be more of the same hopefully as we've got a lot to watch this fall. Power Rankings live @tjapod on instagram

We're back once again proving that inconsistency is key. We've wrapped up the Summer season and naturally we have thoughts, but only a few because we've got the Fall season breathing down our necks. There are a good few titles that peak our interest and we've got some speculation before the onslaught of new shows to take in. Curious about where to start this season? We'll have you covered in this episode and our first impressions hopefully out soon.  Power Rankings live @tjapod on instagram

The end of the Summer season is rapidly approaching so we figured we should do  a little ranking to see where things stand. Rather than categorizing every show we're just hitting a top five new and top three returning series plus a couple of honorable mentions that maybe didn't make the cut. This list is a little more freeform than you're maybe used to if you've been listening to us for a while now but hey it still gives you an idea of what we're watching and what you might want to catch up on. Power Rankings live @tjapod on instagram

Just when you thought everything had dropped this season here we are with two more first impressions. Both titles receiving a fair bit of hype in their own right, this week we're talking Delico's Nursery and Kimi No Todoke season 3. The former is a new title set in a world of vampire aristocracy and upset children while the latter is a much beloved classic rom com dropping a new season. As always we've got our thoughts and first impressions as well as some other nonsense to keep you up to date on this anime season.  Power Rankings live @tjapod on instagram

I know it's a late episode this week and the title doesn't fit the meme format but it's the best we got this week. Here's another round of first impressions as we start moving towards the middle of the season. Due to a weird release schedule we're really spreading out the first impressions, but we've got 6 titles some new and some returning to go over this week as we wait for the last couple of holdouts to start. Power Rankings live @tjapod on instagram

We're doing this thing, another episode right here and guess what? It's more first impressions! This week Nick decided to try and watch all the shows that looked halfway decent, and Cory picked all the titles that seemed like terrible fanservicey garbage. So we've got a pretty good smattering of new shows to pick from this week, some of them good and some of them maybe not as much. So sit back and maybe you'll find your next favorite show for the season. Power Rankings live @tjapod on instagram

Hey everyone, we're still doing this thing! If you stuck around we probably owe you an explanation, but essentially life took a larger focus and Cory was fortunate enough to get married recently which is also pretty cool. We're still planning on making this happen from time to time though, so here's a new episode choc full of new first impressions for the currently happening summer season. If you're worried about how spring ended up... don't be probably, though we may retroactively crown a bgbfg. In the meantime here's summer in all of its weird horniness here to stay. Power Rankings live @tjapod on instagram

This week we're testing our new short format and talking about two things that do prominently feature shirtless people. First up is Nick's favorite, a new season of Demon Slayer Kimetsu no Yaiba is out and the hashira training arc is well underway. Will this be the season that brings Nick back into the fold or is it too little too late? Next up we're talking the most recent live action adaptation of a beloved anime. This time it's Golden Kamuy who get's its meatspace debut. This adaptation was full of surprises, a number of them pleasant even. Covering live action anime seems to be the main focus of our episodes these days, but all the same we've got a full deep dive if you're into that sort of thing.   Power Rankings live @tjapod on instagram

This week in our newly streamlined formula we're just talking about one thing, Blue Giant. It's an anime film about you guessed it, jazz, which came out a while ago but is finally available to stream this month. With the director of Mob Pschyo 100  at the helm and music by Hiromi Uehara, we were pretty excited to see this one. But did it live up to the hype? Sort of... it's complicated which is why we did a whole review for you to enjoy. We'll be back to more seasonal focused content soon, but for now let us know what you thought of Blue Giant.  Power Rankings live @tjapod on instagram

Maybe, It's hard to say. With life changing in somewhat significant ways as well as a series of other things we've decided to reexamine our format a little bit and change things up. We'll be going into more detail in a future episode, but we wanted to give an abbreviated powercast a shot, one with less structure and tiers and more of a top 10 new and top 5 returning respectively. We're trying things out, we're keeping things a little briefer than usual, and honestly we cover a lot of things in first impressions anyway so bare with us as we try stuff out to find our new vibe a little bit. Power Rankings live @tjapod on instagram

It is, and it's called Tadiama, Okaeri. Spring continues to drop a whole bunch of new  shows and we're doing our level best to try and see all of them. This episode is another batch of first impressions for Spring 2024. The season continues to deliver a pretty mixed bag of titles, but we each found at least one show we're pretty hyped for in this episode as well as plenty of other shows that left us scratching our heads like the previously mentioned Tadaima, Okaeri. If you're looking for a place to start this season then as always we've got you covered, no matter what you're looking for I guess.Power Rankings live @tjapod on instagram

Spring is officially here and in addition to seasonal allergies we also get new seasonal anime releases! Much like allergies, some of these titles may bring tears to your eyes, but whether they're from laughter, boredom, or sadness remain to be seen. We checked out the first 14 or so new titles that dropped this season and barring a few exceptions were largely skeptical of most of what we saw. But nevertheless we've got our first batch of first impressions. We've got our first couple of romcoms, some goblin themed isekai, and a show about really attractive old people so things are off to a weird start if we ever saw one. Power Rankings live @tjapod on instagram

Winter has come to an end and with is we've got another awardscast to get to. That being said this one is a little trimmed down compared to awardscasts in the past. Due to a combination of life things mostly we decided to trim down the categories for this particular season, but don't worry we still crown a BGBFG for the season. Honestly Winter 2024 was a pretty solid season for a variety of genres so if you're looking to see how your favorites stack up, or maybe which shows to go back to and finish that you dropped mid season, we've got you covered. Power Rankings live @tjapod on instagram

Maybe a little later than we planned, but between a couple of shows that had to wrap up their season late, a few delays, and our own personal live we managed to put out our definitive 2023 Awardscast. This is for the whole year, so all four season of anime.  As per usual we start with the more recognizable categories you might see on other awards shows before devolving into our own weird subjective stuff. Overall 2023 had a lot of heavy hitters both in new and returning titles, it was a year for bucking trends and established genres and had a couple of instant classics to boot. If you like our takes feel free to let us know, and as always if you've got a different idea of how the rankings should have gone we'd love to hear from you!Power Rankings live @tjapod on instagram

This title could be a reference to a lot of things in this episode? Why did we abruptly not record for almost a month? What was the plot of Maboroshi, Mari Okada's new film on Netflix about? What did we think of the latest risky live action adaptation that was of a beloved story that was Netflix Avatar the Last Airbender? Also I thought this was an anime podcast with a focus on seasonal titles, where did that content go? Fortunately for you dear listener we have all the answers to those questions as well as maybe a few more, so thank you for your patience and now back to your regularly scheduled weirdness from us two nerds on the internet.  Power Rankings live @tjapod on instagram

As stated previously this season is mostly horny nonsense. Ok Maybe not mostly, but certainly more than average, along that there are actually quite a few solid titles out now and we've conveniently ranked them all according to our preference for you to enjoy. If you're just tuning in we explain how it works in the beginning, but this is kind of our thing. We've got a lot of run on one sentence summaries and a rough tier system for each new title and returning show this season, it's all here and as usual it's mostly our opinion but if you're looking for something to watch this season or just like to hear us list things then either way we've got you covered. Rankings will be posted in instagram if you want to follow along at home!Power Rankings live @tjapod on instagram

We've finally gotten to the last of first impressions for this winter season and there are a few gems left to cover as well as maybe some other titles that didn't sparkle quite as much for us. This episode has 2 new villainess titles along with several fantasy shows of varying quality, and also Bucchigiri?! which deserves its own strange shoutout. This season overall fells promising with plenty of middle of the pack titles and now we've touched on all of them so use the information we've given you wisely, and formulate your watchlist accordingly. Power Rankings live @tjapod on instagram

This week is all more first impressions! It's a new season and that means we're busy watching everything that comes out and boy let us tell you, there are some wild shows this season. Winter 2024 is coming in thirsty and it might be just what you need if you're looking for something dumb to get you through the cold. We've got a pretty good mix of titles this episode, we got a lot of the fantasy stuff out of the way last week, but there's still a bit more on offer along with some passable romance and some real degenerate stuff too. So if you're curious where to start this episode has some titles to look out for, both in the good and not so good sense. Power Rankings live @tjapod on instagram

But for real though we want to know. This is the first episode of a new season, Winter 2024 is here and you know that means it's time for first impressions. We've already started digging in to the new season this week and have found it to be pretty fantasy heavy with above average horniness levels, in spite of all that we seem to be enjoying this new content. Maybe we've finally lost it, but the new year has us filled with hope and there's plenty worth watching already so if you want a taste of the earliest shows to premier this year then this episode is a good place to start. Along with that we've got our first buy it or deny it of the new season along with the results from last season over in our nailed it segment. Here's to another year full of crazy anime to watch. Power Rankings live @tjapod on instagram

For Real though this season was stacked especially at the top and we had a tough time even just narrowing down nominees. If you've never listened to one of our awards shows before, We start with the top 5 new and returning shows before moving into the more recognizable categories and ending on some of the ones we made up ourselves. There's been something for everyone this season and we're here to celebrate it, so let us know what your favorites were. Also on a less fun note, we've linked to some Japan earthquake relief funds on this episode, if you didn't see a New Year's earthquake hit Ishikawa and did some pretty serious damage so we're spreading awareness how we can and if you're in a place to offer some support here's one way to do so.   Power Rankings live @tjapod on instagram

The holidays are here or come and gone depending on what you celebrate, and while that always tends to mess with our upload schedule a little bit we've got a full episode for you just a little later than usual. This week we're talking about some of the biggest finale episodes to drop right after Christmas, Jujutsu Kaisen and Spy Family just to name a few. After that we've got our first peek into the titles of the new season before finally finishing out our advent watchalong, only a few days later than we maybe should be, of Spice and Wolf. We've got our thoughts on the exciting conclusion as well as lots of hype for the upcoming new season!Power Rankings live @tjapod on instagram

Supposedly the last Hayao Miyazaki film has been released in theaters worldwide and naturally we had to see it. It's still in theaters for a few days after this episode releases if you'd like to see it for yourself, but if you'd like our thoughts before you make up your mind then we're here for you. We're keeping it fairly spoiler free but still talking about visuals, themes, story, and how it compares to other Miyazaki films so if you need a little bit more info before making up your mind then this episode is for you. We also have episodes 11-17 of our Spice and Wolf advent calendar watchalong, some pretty major stuff goes down in these episodes and we've officially crossed into season 2 territory so if you're keeping up let us know what  you think. Power Rankings live @tjapod on instagram

This episode has some heavier topics toward the middle, so fair warning y'all. We start off light enough with some confirmation of season two of both Dangers in My Heart as well as the much anticipated Oshi No Ko but worth looking forward to, but we've got some really baseless speculation about how the second season could play out. From there we get into what the hell is going on with MAPPA and how they've been treating their animators, it's a topic we've cover before but an important one all the same. It's an ongoing conversation that bares repeating, but JuJutsu Kaisen season two seems to have pushed the pressure to a new limit. Finally we've got our Spice and Wolf advent calendar to get to and hopefully round things out on a lighter note.  Power Rankings live @tjapod on instagram

The Frieren pun is really the gift that keeps on giving, but seriously we've got a lot of ground to cover this episose and some of it does involve our favorite sad elf girl. Scott Pilgrim Takes Off and Pluto both dropped on Netflix recently and are both really solid and very different titles. We've got our thoughts on them both before revisiting Frieren and discussing exactly what makes it so worth the hype. Lastly we've officially started our Spice and Wolf advent calendar, so if you plan to watch along now is the time to start, you still have time to catch up on what is sure to be a long overdue rewatch of a classic.  Power Rankings live @tjapod on instagram

Netflix has dropped a whole bunch of shows on us in one week and while we desperately try to catch them all, we both managed to catch all of Blue Eye Samurai. It's gotten some hype online, but what did we think? There's a lot of top tier talent and a relatively unknown studio at the helm, so anything is possible. We've got a full review that's mostly spoiler free if you're thinking of giving it a shot. We're also running a vibe check on some of the titles we covered in first impressions so there's plenty to catch you up this week. Power Rankings live @tjapod on instagram

There are like 61 shows on our list and we watched almost every single one of em so naturally we're gonna do what we do best. If you're new to the Powercast or just forgot, we ranked a whole bunch of shows by tier and then in order within each level to give you our take on seasonal anime this fall. We've also done our typical one sentence summary for each title on offer to give you an idea if you might like the show and want to try it for yourself. It's a labor of love, but what can we say other than maybe we have a problem? Fall is here and it brought a bunch of content with it, so if you're looking for a place to start then here's as good as any.  Power Rankings live @tjapod on instagram

First impressions are done finally... mostly, so to celebrate we've got the two new FLCL titles to review. Both FLCL Grunge and FLCL Shoegaze dropped recently and we finally got a minute to see what we thought. With the former being a prequel to the original series and the latter being a sequel to FLCL Alternative, are FLCL fans eating good this year, or was it maybe shy of the glory that the original holds? We've got our take on things as well a some speculation on what may be in store for the series down the road, but that's not all! We wanted to spend some time talking about bad shows in general for no reason, we promise, as well as take a look at  some reviews of much beloved titles currently airing to see if they have some valid critiques or maybe are just salty. Power Rankings live @tjapod on instagram

It's a bigass season this Fall and we've got another episode dedicated completely to first impressions for new series. This week brings us a few fantasy titles, a whole bunch of girlfriends, a vexed vampire princess, and maybe even an alien or two. We're a couple weeks out from what is sure to be a massive powercast, but this will be the end of our first impressions for the season. There's probably a little something for everyone this fall, so if you're looking for a place to jump in then we've got you covered. Power Rankings live @tjapod on instagram

Fall first impressions keep coming and we're not even close to all of the new shows this season. We're waiting to talk returning titles until the powercast so in the meantime it's all first impressions all the time. We've got a little bit of everything this week, plenty of fantasy, some detectives, superheroes, masochism, and even a goofy office romance so there's sure to be a little something for every type of fan this season. As to whether or not any of these shows are good, you'll have to take a look for yourself, or take our word for it as we bravely watch everything dropping this fall. Power Rankings live @tjapod on instagram

Fall is here and with it brings the last bit of 90 degree weather and a whole slew of new titles for us to sink our teeth into. As we tend to with the first few episodes of the season we've got our first impressions to look forward to. We've got a couple of solid fantasy titles, an excellent racing show, and even a show about witches and boobs so there's a little something for everyone.  We also have our nailed it from last season and buy it or deny it for fall 2023 to get to so if you like seeing us be wrong in the past tense then check out this episode. Power Rankings live @tjapod on instagram

Another season has come and gone and despite some delays and some split course options we had a pretty full Summer season. As always we've kept up with our season rankings to give you the top five new and returning titles for the season as well as a brief overview how the rest of the shows stack up. From there we've got our awards to hand out, the first few are categories that might be at home on any other awards show and the last few are our "special" categories. Tune in next week as we begin talking about the Fall season almost immediately. Power Rankings live @tjapod on instagram

Fall is meteorologically here, and the Fall anime season is fast approaching so we've taken it upon ourselves to look ahead at all the titles coming up and see if there's anything that catches our eyes. Fall is normally a banger of a season, but will this one hold up? We've got a lot of really solid returning titles cough cough JuJutsu Kaisen and Spy Family to say the least, but how are the new shows looking? We've cherry picked a number of shows based on initial looks alone to speculate on as well as some just overall vibes for the season, but now all we have to do is wait a week or two and see if we've got it right.  Power Rankings live @tjapod on instagram

It's here, One Piece Netflix live action has landed and believe it or not it has been met largely with praise. Reaching both number 1 in the US streaming and abroad it's safe to say this is a successful live action adaptation. But how good is it? Did we like it? What makes this a success when so many others have failed? We've naturally got a few opinions on it as well as a healthy dose of speculation for what comes next. But before we get too carried away we've got a vibe check for a few of the titles this season that we felt like talking about. We're about 9-10 episodes deep in most shows this season so see how your favorites are coming out either on this vibe check or over on the rankings.  Power Rankings live @tjapod on instagram

After 10,000 years I'm freeeeeeeeee! Time to return to the CoryCast. We haven't done one of these in a minute, but we're excited to bring it back. Cory wrote the entire outline on this episode and is steering the show. This week we've got a bunch of news Cory handpicked that everyone else is sure to be excited about. We've got some news on the Deathnote musical which as of the time of recording has made its London debut. We also find ourselves in the fortunate position to get Nick's predictions of the One Piece live action that just dropped on Netflix. We hope you enjoy this slightly different format to our normal offering, get ready for a long overdue vibe check next week.  Power Rankings live @tjapod on instagram

This week is a single topic for once, we're talking all things Ooku The Inner Chambers. This is a new title coming to us in Netflix based pretty faithfully on the popular manga by the same name. It's a historical drama but with a pretty major caveat that really asks a lot of great questions. With 10 episodes covering roughly half the manga's story we've got a solid look at what if gender roles were reversed in feudal Japan. It's a really interesting idea that's presented pretty beautifully, so we're giving you our honest opinions on the series as a whole, things we found most effective and maybe a couple of things we were unsure about as well. If you're looking for your next historical drama, this episode might be able to point you in the right direction. Power Rankings live @tjapod on instagram

Long titles are the trend now in case you didn't know. This is our normal powercast though, you probably know how it goes by now. We're gonna rank all the new and returning titles this season, we're gonna put them in a less than arbitrary tier system, and then we're gonna pick one or two  from each tier to talk about in a little more detail and maybe figure out why they landed where they are. As always these rankings are pretty likely to change over the course of the season, so you can stay up to date over on instagram if you're curious about how your favorite show is doing. Power Rankings live @tjapod on instagram

We actually mean it this time we do have a slightly shorter episode for y'all this week. We're still in awe of the most recent episode of Jujutsu Kaisen so we wanted to dig into it a little bit. Does the show deserve the hype? Is season two stacking up how we want it to? Some shit went down this week so you bet we gotta talk about it. We're getting all up in there and unpacking it for the first of probably many times over this 24 episode run. From there we're taking a look back at last season's bold Nailed It predictions before repeating the same cycle of tomfoolery for Summer 2023 and making our buy it or deny its for the season. Power Rankings live @tjapod on instagram

No for real though, it's actually not bad. The Summer season can be kind of a mixed bag aside from big flashy shonen titles, but we're pleased to report there's a little bit of something for everybody this season. We're not going to  be able to hit every new show this season for first impressions, but we've highlighted a couple that might be worth your time for good or maybe more nefarious reasons. No matter how you slice it there's plenty to watch this summer whether your jam is lovesick high schoolers, or badass battle dudes there's a lot to like in new series. Returning titles also get a couple of nods, the season is a little less stacked than some recent ones but with the return of Jujutsu Kaisen and Horimiya along with a few other big names rest assured your favorites are bringing it as well. Power Rankings live @tjapod on instagram

All jokes aside, Oshi No Ko was really damn good, but so were a bunch of other shows this season so we're gonna tell you about em. You probably know how it works at this point, we're gonna go through our rankings for the season, highlight the top 5 new and returning series and then give you the bullet points for the rest of them. From there we've got our awards to hand out, some recognizable categories you might see in another awards thing, and then a bunch of categories we made up because we felt like it. This spring had a lot on offer, and definitely something for everyone, so if you want to talk about your favorite titles one last time before being buried by the summer rush then this is the place to do it!Power Rankings live @tjapod on instagram

As you may or may not know Demon Slayer Swordsmith Village arc just concluded with its hour long epic finale episode for the season. We've talked a lot about it this season, but we're summarizing our thoughts here as well as getting into some good details about the finale itself, so spoilers are inbound you have been warned. Before we can get to that though, we've got a sneak preview at the summer season. We've got a whole bunch of really great looking returning series, cough cough Jujutsu Kaisen, as well as others to be stoked for, and a handful of new titles we're getting hyped for. There are some pretty strange looking shows to look forward to as well so come along as we figure out what's got us excited or maybe just confused.  Power Rankings live @tjapod on instagram

Hey We've got a whole bunch of news dropping this week and  Cory is particularly excited for both personal and podcast related things, so listen in to find out what. We got new Persona news, Misfit of Demon Kin Academy, Rascal Boy Does Not Dream of Various Things, as well as a whole slew of new premieres announced and feature length finales to boot. From there we're diving into anime villains and what makes them good. We've had kind of an ongoing discussion about shonen action series so we wanted to look at how to do an antagonist well and what we value in our bad guys. Finally Nick made a game you can play along with at home this time, Guess My SR is back and this time we give the quotes before the answer. Cory did decently for once so see how you stack up!Power Rankings live @tjapod on instagram

Spring is pretty rapidly drawing to a close and we've been eating pretty good this season. We've had a lot of solid shows to keep up on, but this episode is largely dedicated to shows that maybe still had the jury out on them or maybe didn't get the hype they deserved. We're still talking about some of the big names this season like Hell's Paradise and Demon Slayer but we're also revisiting some of those titles that may have slipped under the radar or quietly faded into obscurity as the summer season closes in. As always this is our somewhat biased opinion, but it you're in your mid season slump and looking to catch up on something between episodes of Rokudo's Bad Girls or whatever the hell else you're watching then hey we got you covered fam. Power Rankings live @tjapod on instagram

We have sort of a Yuri double feature for you this week as we'll be talking about Yuri is My Job which definitely counts and Mobile Suit Gundam Witch From Mercury which in our opinions should also kind of count at least for the purposes of naming this episode. Both of  these titles have left quite an impression on us this season so we're doing a deep dive to figure out just why GWitch is so appealing to us. From there rather than just talk about Yuri is My Job we're taking a look at Studio Passione as a whole. They're a super small studio with only 25 employees or so, but they've cemented a reputation for having a couple of decent titles under their belt as well as a plethora of maybe indecent ecchi shows, but is there more there than just jiggle physics? Maybe we had this studio all wrong.  Power Rankings live @tjapod on instagram

Power Rankings are done and we can breathe a brief sigh of relief. This week on the show we're going in depth on Oshi No Ko, the new idol show that is taking the internet by storm and demanding a great deal of our attention. A lot of people are pretty hype on this show, but we're particularly interested in its portrayal of the idol and entertainment industry in general as well as what separates it from all of the other idol type shows that have come before it. From there we get into Nick's personal gripes with Demon Slayer or maybe just hero type shows in general, is he being crazy or does he have a point? You be the judge. We're also celebrating the return of Golden Kamuy and Kubo Won't Let Me Be Invisible both of which suffered a delay but are finally back. We've also got a funny little hacking incident featured on this last week's one big thing. Power Rankings live @tjapod on instagram

It may seem weird to jump straight from first impressions into the Powercast, but whatever we're doing it and there's nothing stopping us. This season has some absolute banger new titles, and enough heat in the returning section to really demand all of our free time. There are a ton of shows to watch this season and at least half of them are pretty good. With the likes of Oshi no Ko and Demon Slayer there's truly something for every kind of anime fan and we are all eating good this spring. It might be time to finally get a Hidive account if you don't already have one though, because 2/3 of the top new titles aren't on Crunchyroll. We've got a stacked season ahead of us, so if you're looking for recs we've got you with our usual one sentence summaries and a few deep dives thrown in as well. Power Rankings live @tjapod on instagram

That's right not only are we giving you our review of Makoto Shinkai's newest work, Suzume, we're also covering the Kaguya-Sama movie that dropped a couple of weeks ago. I think it's pretty obvious we were enthused about both Suzume and Kaguya-Sama: Love Is War- The First Kiss That Never Ends, but did they live up to the hype? We'll let you know. We also have the remainder of first impressions for everything for this season except the two titles that haven't dropped yet in this episode. There's a lot in this one whether you're looking for a movie to watch or a new show we've got you covered. Stay tuned for this season's power rankings real soon! Power Rankings live @tjapod on instagram