#frieren returns after a week off with an arc to cover the latter half of this short season. It's a slow burn of build-up as we inch closer to finding the enemy's identity, but it offers quiet, valuable character development before the intensity ramps up.
New on the review board today has @kestrelswift.bsky.social keeping up with the latest Frieren anime episode.
This may not be the strongest episode of #frieren but that's a high bar, so even when it doesn't quite live up to the highs, there's plenty of laughs, beautiful imagery, and generally good times to be had before we get into the upcoming arc of the season.
"Just date already" exclaimed Sein in the first season of #frieren. Well here you go. It's incredibly awkward and all the more adorable for it. Then we reach the Northern Plateau that we spent 11 episodes on an exam arc for, delivering on promised action.
One of a few reviews up today, @kestrelswift.bsky.social takes a look at the latest episode of this anime series.
Episode 166
#frieren is back! There's probably some other stuff airing too. #JujutsuKaisen? #ikoku_anime? #YouandIArePolarOpposites? More? Yeah, it's a good season. Plus news about more #kaguyasamaloveiswar and #DragonBall anime. Yeah, it's a packed episode. Share your thoughts!
If I had a nickel for every time I listened to a podcast episode from a different series today that included @zachlogan.com talking about Mr. Tonegawa: Middle Management Blues, I'd have two nickels-- which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice.
It's another week of #frieren being silly. In fact, perhaps sillier than ever. There are a lot of laughs to be had, perhaps some tears, and maybe even some progress on romantic elements that have been teased at in the first season. It's simple, but great.
My Top 10 Movies of 2025:
01. Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc
02. No Other Choice
03. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba The Movie: Infinity Castle
04. Sentimental Value
05. The Secret Agent
06. Sinners
07. Hamnet
08. 100 Meters
09. Train Dreams
10. Ne Zha 2
Another episode of #frieren brings another variety of stories, but carries the weight we've come to expect of the series in subtle ways from Frieren's growth to Himmel's influence and some very intriguing quandaries about the nature of time and free will.
And @kestrelswift.bsky.social nabs the noon slot with a new review of the... I think Frieren is a popular anime?
Episode 165
There's a certain returning anime that we'd all love to be talking about right now... but this was recorded before its new season premiered. So let's talk about last year instead! We got a phenomenal #chainsawman movie, new seasons of favorites, and great new series!
Following my 5000-word review of the first season, I am back to review the second season of #FrierenBeyondJourneysEnd as it releases weekly. This first episode sets aside any concerns that the directorial changes would mean the end of the Frieren we know.
And @kestrelswift.bsky.social is back into the good stuff with a look at the start of the 2nd season of the Frieren anime!
Here's my coverage of @animelosangeles.bsky.social 2026, focusing on the weekend panels of Hiroshi Nagahama and @t-kotobuki.bsky.social, including Nagahama's explanation of the ill-fated production of the Uzumaki anime from his perspective.
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And a new convention report from @kestrelswift.bsky.social has arrived today! Did you attend?
Episode 164
While you're coming up with your lists of the best anime of 2025, here's one last discussion of its final season, from #MyHeroAcademia's highest highs to #OnePunchMan's lowest lows, all the #jumpfesta2026 news worth talking about, plus more of #DemonSlayer's success.
The siren song of this series drew @kestrelswift.bsky.social back to take a look at the newest installment.
Happy New Year! You know what that means. It's time for us to count down our top anime of 2025. That also means we'll be taking your top 5 anime of 2025 to read and aggregate on the show. You have... probably about a week!
Our new podcast by @fandompostradio.bsky.social is now up!
Episode 163
We used up all our holiday cheer in November, so now we can spend December being downers as corporations continue to consume more and churn out AI slop. Plus another milestone for #DemonSlayer and a discussion of the Fragrant Flower anime. See, it's not all bad news.
Episode 162
It's the most wonderful anime of the year, or at least the most festive. Sometimes the spirit of Christmas is represented no better than a homeless makeshift family, sometimes it's humanboarding and a Neo Armstrong Cyclone Jet Armstrong Cannon. Happy Merry Christmas.
No more deaths of legendary Japanese entertainers named Tatsuya Na- this week please.
Episode 161
A new season is here, and #OnePunchMan is sliding right down that hill of quality for its third outing. As one superhero anime is worse than another, another is better than ever, with #myheroacademia's final season. Plus, a new #gintama spinoff, and much, much more.
My final piece of coverage for @animationisfilm.bsky.social this year is an in-depth panel on the production of @sonyanimation.tumblr.com.web.brid.gy and @netflix.com smash hit of the year, #KPOPDEMONHUNTERS. As a casual fan, it gave me infinitely more appreciation of the film. Give it a look.
I still haven't seen this film, but @kestrelswift.bsky.social has stepped in with the latest from Animation is Film regarding this project.
My next article from @animationisfilm.bsky.social is for an early screening of the new anime film adaptation of All You Need Is Kill, best known to Americans as the source material of Edge of Tomorrow, before it's released in Japan, and by @gkids.com here next year.
Next up from @animationisfilm.bsky.social is the annual early look at the new Walt Disney Animation Studios film, this time the highly anticipated #Zootopia2. The original was one of my favorites, and we got to see a ton of the new movie. Check out my thoughts on this production.
