On this episode, the guys discuss Sony’s State of Play stream (with Amuro giving impressions of Sons of Sparta), the changes at Xbox, the shutdown of Bluepoint, and talk about what they’re currently playing and watching from the Winter ’26 season.

• Discord (00:35)
• State of Play (5:40)
• Sons of Sparta (Amuro) (25:25)
• Bluepoint Games is shut down (28:50)
• Changes at Xbox: Asha Sharma named new CEO (33:58)
• What are we playing? (42:22)
• Anime Revolver (56:21)
  • You and I Are Polar Opposites
  • Fate Strange Fake
  • Jujutsu Kaisen
  • Journal with Witch
  • Sentenced to Be a Hero
  • In the Clear Moonlit Dusk

The Anivision hosts gather to discuss the latest anime from the Winter 2026 Anime Season. Including Frieren, Jujutsu Kaisen, Oshi no Ko, Sentenced To Be a Hero, Fate/Strange Fake, and much more!

Notes:

1. Jujutsu Kaisen: The Culling Game Pt 1 (3:00)
2. Chained Soldier (10:20)
3. Frieren S2 (12:50)
4. Hell’s Paradise S2 (16:15)
5. Oshi no Ko S3 (18:10)
6. MHA Vigilantes S2 (19:55)
7. Fire Force S3 Pt 2 (20:40)
8. Golden Kamuy Final Season (21:00)
9. Samurai Troopers (23:10)
10. Sentenced To Be a Hero (26:20)
11. Jack-of-All-Trades, Party of None (34:40)
12. Scum of the Brave (37:40)
13. There was a cute girl in the party, so I tried confessing to her (41:00)
14. Champignon Witch (46:30)
15. Isekai Office Worker (51:20)
16. A Gentle Noble’s Vacation Recommendation (58:15)
17. Dark Moon: The Blood Altar (1:03:50)
18. The Holy Grail of Eris (1:05:20)
19. Hana-Kimi (1:12:00)
20. You and I Are Polar Opposites (1:16:40)
21. In the Clear Moonlit Dusk (1:20:30)
22. Tune In to the Midnight Heart (1:25:45)
23. Tamon’s B-Side (1:29:50)
24. You Can’t Be in a Rom-Com with Your Childhood Friends (1:36:45)
25. Playing Death Games to Put Food on the Table (1:42:35)
26. Kaya-chan Isn’t Scary (1:45:50)
27. The Daily Life of a Part-Time Torturer (1:48:50)
28. Wash It All Away (1:49:50)
29. Journal with Witch (1:53:40)
30. Fate/Stange Fake (2:00:00)
31. Overall Thoughts (2:07:05)

This week the Anivision hosts have an in-depth discussion about the latest report from IGN’s Gamer Trends, they give their impressions on Donkey Kong Bananza, and they take a look back at the Rascal Dreams of Bunny Girl Senpai Movies.

• IGN Launches Gamer Trends Platform (Games Industry.biz) (1:30)
  • Reddit Breakdown by Megaapplepie
  • 93% of Gen Alpha prefer playing on mobile, according to IGN’s segmentation study. But preference for mobile is actually growing for Millennials, too, with 32% calling it their preferred device.
  • Daily concurrent user numbers have grown in Roblox from 3.8 million in June 2022 to more than 25 million in June 2025.
  • Over the same period, Fortnite has grown from 1.2 million to 1.77 million concurrents – with occasional blips, like when 15.3 million players logged on for the Marvel Galactus event.
  • Millennials and Gen X tend to be loyal to platforms or genres – now, the younger generations tend to be more loyal to specific experiences. They no longer identify as gamers – they identify as players of a specific game.
    • What game do we identify ourselves as players of or do you see yourself as platform specific?
    • Can we fault companies for pursuing the live service Model when gamers are becoming more loyal to specific games?
  • Every two years, IGN conducts a study into audience attitudes towards older games, and the findings have shown that people are increasingly looking back. Now, 71% agree that they’re feeling more and more nostalgic for franchises that were around when they were kids.
  • Gen Z and Gen Alpha now expect every song and TV show to be available to them instantly, and they expect the same for video games.
• Donkey Kong Bananza Impressions (50:45)
• Rascal Dreams of Bunny Girl Senpai Discussion (1:08:35)

The Anivision hosts gather to discuss the latest anime from the 2025 Anime season. Including Kaiju No. 8, Dandadan, My Dress-Up Darling, New Panty & Stocking wit Garterbelt, Secrets of the Silent Witch, City the Animation, and much more!

Notes:

1. The Sequels:
   • Sakamoto Days Part 2 (2:11)
   • Rascal Does Not Dream of Santa Claus (4:40) 
   • Kaiju No. 8 Season 2 (7:20) 
   • Grand Blue Season 2 (10:15)
   • Dandadan 2nd Season (13:00)
   • Call of the Night Season 2 (14:40)
   • My Dress-Up Darling Season 2 (17:30)
   • I Was Reincarnated as the 7th Prince so I Can Take My Time Perfecting My Magical Ability Season 2 (19:55)
   • Mr. Osomatsu 4th Season (22:55)
   • The Rising of the Shield Hero Season 4 (24:15)
   • Dr. Stone: Science Future Part 2 (25:55)
2. New Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt (27:00)
3. Clevatess (31:25)
4. New Saga (34:10) 
5. Welcome to the Outcast’s Restaurant! (41:30)
6. Secrets of the Silent Witch (45:00)
7. The Shy Hero and the Assassin Princesses (50:24)
8. Apocalypse Bringer Mynoghra: World Conquest Starts with the Civilization of Ruin (53:30)
9. Scooped Up by an S-Ranked Adventurer (55:00)
10. The Water Magician (57:10)
11. Uglymug, Epic Fighter (1:03:30) 
12. Betrothed to My Sister’s Ex (1:09:50)
13. Watari-kun’s XX Is about to Collapse (1:14:00)
14. Dealing with Mikadono Sisters Is a Breeze (1:20:25)
15. “mild days” by Hitsujibungaku (Secrets of the Silent Witch)
16. Detectives These Days Are Crazy! (1:25:10)
17. City The Animation (1:29:48)
18. Lord of Mysteries (1:31:30)
19. Gachiakuta (1:34:00)
20. Ruri Rocks (1:40:45)
21. Turkey! (1:46:05)
22. Solo Camping for Two (1:49:40)
23. Nyaight of the Living Cat (1:53:30)
24. Cultural Exchange With a Game Centre Girl (1:55:00) 
25. See You Tomorrow at the Food Court (1:59:25)
26. With You and the Rain (2:01:24)
27. The Summer Hikaru Died (2:05:20)
28. Takopi’s Original Sin (2:10:50)
29. Overall Thoughts ()
30. 2: “Tomoshibi” by DUSTCELL (Gachiakuta)

The crew talks about the Microsoft layoffs, Jrow talks Death Standing 2 and South of Midnight, and Amuro/steev wrap up the Spring ’25 season with thoughts on Gundam, MHA Vigilantes, Kowloon and more shows!

• Anime Expo news (02:30)
• Xbox layoffs (08:05)
• Game impressions (13:02) 
  • Death Stranding 2: On the Beach (Jrow) 
  • South of Midnight (Jrow) 
• Spring 2025 Anime Wrap-up (22:55)
  • Mobile Suit Gundam: GQuuuuuuX
  • My Hero Academia Vigilantes
  • Can A Boy Girl Friendship Survive?
  • Kowloon Generic Romance
  • The Too-Perfect Saint: Tossed Aside by My Fiancé and Sold to Another Kingdom
  • Evil Overlord Intergalactic Empire
  • Go! Go! Loser Ranger! Season 2
  • A Ninja and an Assassin Under One Roof
  • Mono
  • Brilliant Hero’s New Life in the Shadows
  • To Be Hero X

This week the Anivision hosts gather to discuss the latest news and biggest reveals from the PlayStation State of Play, Summer Games Showcase, Future Games Show, and the Xbox Games Showcase.

• State of Play (Gamespot)
• Summer Games Showcase (Polygon)
• Future Games Show (Games Radar)
• Xbox Games Showcase (Xbox Wire)
  • Xbox ROG Ally (Xbox Wire) (The Verge)
    • Partnership with Asus
    • Handheld
    • Loads Xbox App on top of a slimmed down Windows
    • Plays games natively, remote (PC/Xbox), and cloud
    • Will run 3rd party PC Game Stores/Libraries
      • Steam, Epic, Battlenet, etc
    • 2 Versions (Ally and Ally X)
    • No price, but likely around $800 as other ROG Ally units cost

On this episode, the crew discusses the recent price hikes for Xbox consoles, they give impressions on Clair Obscur and Assassin’s Creed Shadows, and updated impressions on Spring ’25 anime like Lazarus, Kowloon Generic Romance and many more shows!

• Xbox Series system gets price increases (00:37)
• What are we playing? (15:19)
• Spring 2025 Anime updated impressions (43:34)
  • Lazarus
  • Kowloon Generic Romance
  • Mono / Food for the Soul
  • Country Bumpkin
  • A Ninja and an Assassin Under One Roof
  • Can A Boy Girl Friendship Survive?
  • I’m the Evil Overlord of an Intergalactic Empire!
  • To Be Hero X
  • Shiunji Family Children
  • The Brilliant Healer’s New Life in the Shadows
  • GQuuuuuuX

The Anivision Hosts gather to give talk about their favorite anime and video games of 2025. They also discuss some of the major stories and events in the Anime and gaming worlds.

Notes:

Anime

• Notable stories & events (0:01:30)
  • My Hero Academia anime ends
  • One Piece Season 1 ends
  • Demon Slayer and Chainsaw Man do well at theaters
  • Japan’s Fair Trade Commission takes administrative action against Visa
    • Trump’s FTC backs it
• Favorites of 2025
  • Amuro: Worst Thing You Watched to Completion (0:19:20)
  • Jrow: Best animation (0:25:15)
  • steev: Best Supporting Character (0:27:00)
• Top 10 Anime (0:31:00

Special Segment

• Waifu of 2025 (1:20:00)
• Husbando of 2025 (1:23:20)

Games

• Notable stories & events (1:26:30)
  • Nintendo Switch 2 released in June
  • Consoles increase in price
  • AI usage a big subject in game development
  • Collective Shout and pressuring credit card processors to have Steam/Itch.io remove adult-themed games
  • EA agrees to sell to Saudi PIF for $55 billion
  • Steam hardware announced (Machine, Controller, Frame)
  • RAM Crisis
• Favorites of 2025
  • steev: Best Switch 2 Exclusive. (1:45:15)
  • Amuro: Best Game You Played This Year not from this year (1:51:20)
  • Jrow: Favorite playable character (1:56:00)
• Top 5+1 Games (2:00:10)

With the Xbox Series and Playstation 5 consoles having been out for 5 years, and the Nintendo Switch beginning the Switch 2, the guys discuss their thoughts on this generation of console gaming from the library to pricing and more, and they also think back on where we’ve been with past generations and where we’re heading with future consoles.

On this episode, the guys discuss the Steam announcements of the Controller/Machine/Frame, Amuro reviews Dispath while steev reviews Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment, and the guys issue a challenge to themselves by seeing if an anime from yesteryears still holds up after a re-watch.

• Steam hardware reveals (1:10)
• Dispatch (Amuro) (28:25)
• Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment (steev) (41:15)
• Anivision Challenge: Revisting an old and loved anime series (52:32)

This week the Anivision Hosts gather to review some of the latest video game releases, including Hades 2, Super Robot Wars Y, Ghost of Yotei, and Pokemon Legends Z-A

Notes:

• Halo Campaign Remake (0:00:45)
• Hades 2 (0:18:00)
• Super Robot Wars Y (0:27:27)
• Ghost of Yotei (0:35:40)
• Pokemon Legends Z-A (1:16:40)

This week the Anivision hosts gather to discuss the lates shows from the 2025 Anime Season including Spy Family, My Awkward Sempai, May I Ask For One Final Thing, My Hero Academia, and much more!

Notes:

1. Impromptu Crunchyroll Discussion
2. Tojima Wants to Be a Kamen Rider (7:00)
3. SANDA (12:20)
4. Mechanical Marie (18:15)
5. This Monster Wants to Eat Me (24:10)
6. My Status as an Assassin Obviously Exceeds the Hero’s (28:04)
7. A Wild Last Boss Appeared! (35:30)
8. A Gatherer’s Adventure in Isekai (40:50)
9. A Mangaka’s Weirdly Wonderful Workplace (42:05)
10. Alma-chan Wants to Be a Family! (46:00)
11. My Awkward Senpai (58:20)
12. Chitose Is in the Ramune Bottle (53:25)
13. My Friend’s Little Sister Has It In for Me! (57:36)
14. Yano-kun’s Ordinary Days (1:04:00)
15. Inexpressive Kashiwada and Expressive Oota (1:07:15) 
16. A Star Brighter Than the Sun (1:10:10)
17. Hands off: Sawaranaide Kotesashi-kun! (1:15:10)
18. Pass the Monster Meat, Milady! (1:20:00)
19. May I Ask For One Final Thing? (1:24:00)
20. Hero Without a Class: Who Even Needs Skills?! (1:25:25)
21. My Gift Lvl 9999 Unlimited Gacha (1:30:35)
22. Digimon Beatbreak (1:36:15)
23. Dusk Beyond the End of the World (1:40:07)
24. Gintama – Mr. Ginpachi’s Zany Class (1:46:30)
25. My Hero Academia Final Season (1:48:55)
26. Tales of Wedding Rings S2 (1:50:28)
27. Ranma 1/2 (2024) Season 2 (1:51:45)
28. One-Punch Man Season 3 (1:53:50)
29. Spy x Family S3 (1:57:43)
30. Overall Thoughts? (2:00:00

On this episode, the guys cover the latest from Nintendo/Sony/Microsoft, and wrap up the Summer ’25 season with closing impressions on Dress Up Darling, Silent Witch, Gachiakuta, and more shows.

• Nintendo Direct
  • Metroid 4 date, Virtual Boy, etc.
• PS State of Play
  • Saros, Wolverine, etc.
• Microsoft news
  • ROG Ally priced at $600/$1000
  • Console price increase, Series X now $650
  • Note: This was recorded before the Gamepass announcements
• Summer 25 Anime Wrap-Up 
  • My Dress-up Darling 
  • Call of the Night S2
  • Ruri Rocks
  • Dr. Stone S4
  • Silent Witch
  • Kaiju No 8
  • Dandadan
  • Gachiakuta
  • Witch Watch
  • To Be Hero X

This week steev reviews Metal Gear Solid Delta, Jrow gives his impressions on Hollow Knight: Silksong, and they take a look at the upcoming Fall 2025 video Games.

• Metal Gear Solid Delta (2:00)
• Hollow Knight: Silksong (22:30)
• Fall Gaming Preview (34:10)
  • September
    • Hollow Knight: Silksong (4th)
    • Hell is Us (4th)
    • Daemon X Machina: Titanic Scion (5th)
    • Everybody’s Golf Hot Shots (5th)
    • Borderlands 4 (12th)
    • Dying Light: The Beast (19th)
    • Silent Hill f (25th)
    • Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles (30th)
  • October
    • Ghost of Yotei (2nd)
    • Battlefield 6 (10th)
    • Pokémon Legends: Z-A (16th)
    • Ninja Gaiden 4 (21st)
    • Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 (21st)
    • Plants vs. Zombies: Replanted (23rd)
    • The Outer Worlds 2 (29th)
    • ARC Raiders (30th)
  • November
    • Lumines Arise (11th)
    • Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 (14th)
    • Where Winds Meet (14th)
    • Kirby Air Riders (20th)

The crew discusses the PS5 price increase in the states, give a recap of Gamescom, discuss Twitch’s crackdown on bot viewing, and give updated impressions on the Summer 2025 anime season including Kaiju No. 8, Turkey!, and more including full thoughts on Takopi’s Original Sin.

• Sony increases all PS5 console prices by $50 (00:29)
• Gamescom news (7:22)
• Twitch started cracking down on view botting (19:08)
• Summer 2025 anime updated impressions (30:04)
  • Dandadan (30:19)
  • Kaiju No. 8 (33:47)
  • My Dress Up Darling (36:24)
  • City the Animation (48:22)
  • Ruri Rocks (55:11)
  • Silent Witch (57:23)
  • Turkey! Time to Strike (1:00:27)
  • New Saga (1:04:13)
  • To Be Hero X (1:07:46)
  • Takopi’s Original Sin (1:11:42) -Spoiler Warning: full series review-

This week the Anivision hosts discuss the death of Highguard, talk about Sony pulling back from releasing their exclusive single player games on PC, they do a Retro Season Preview, give their thoughts on Game Prices, and review Slay the Spire 2.

• Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced (Twitter) (01:35)
• Highguard shutting down 3/12 (Twitter) (06:45)
• Sony pulling back from releasing single-player games on PC (Bloomberg) (13:10)
• Project Helix (IGN) (21:40)
• MindsEye developer lays off staff, accuses of “organised espionage and corporate sabotage” (LinkedIn) (31:20)
• Nintendo of America sues over tariffs (Aftermath) (35:00)
  • Pokemon company condemns White House for use of Pikachu in meme (BBC)
• BYOT
  • Jrow – Retro Anime Season Preview (39:05)
  • steev – Resident Evil Requiem sold 5 million copies in 5 days. (IGN) (54:30)
    • Game pricing
  • Amuro – Slay the Spire 2 (1:07:00)

This week, the Anivision hosts discuss the news around the current gen consoles of Sony and Nintendo, Nexon’s comments on The First Descendant, steev gives updated impressions on Crimson Desert, steev gives final thoughts on Fire Force, and the guys do one more Winter ’26 topic focusing on the shows getting sequels.

• PS5 price hikes (00:50)
• Nintendo cuts back on Switch 2 production (11:20)
• The First Descendant “has no staying power” (15:15)
• Updated Impressions of Crimson Desert (27:10)
• Fire Force (37:49)
• Winter 26 Anime: The sequels to come 
  • JJK (44:17)
  • Frieren (47:20)
  • Sentenced to be a Hero (50:44)
  • Fate Strange/Fake (54:19)
  • Oshi no Ko (56:23)
  • Polar Opposites (58:30)
  • Hell’s Paradise (1:00:09)
  • Tune In to the Midnight Heart (1:03:27)
  • Golden Kamuy (1:05:09)

On this episode, the Anivision hosts discuss DLSS5’s showcase imagery, steev has impressions on Crimson Desert, steev and Jrow discuss One Piece LA Season 2, and the guys give impressions of the Winter ’26 anime season as it comes to a close.

• NVIDIA shows off DLSS 5 (NVIDIA)
• Crimson Desert Impressions
• One Piece LA Season 2
• Anime Season Wrap Up
  • Golden Kamuy
  • Fate/strange Fake
  • Digimon BeatBreak
  • Jujutsu Kaisen: The Culling Game Part 1
  • Sentenced to Be a Hero
  • My Hero Academia: Vigilantes Season 2
  • Journal with Witch
  • Tojima Wants to Be Kamen Rider
  • You and I Are Polar Opposites
  • Tamon’s B-Side
  • In the Clear Moonlit Dusk
  • [Oshi No Ko] Season 3
  • Wash It All Away
  • Chained Soldier S2
  • Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End Season 2

The Anivision hosts gather to discuss the latest anime from the Spring 2026 Anime Season. Including Re:Zero Season 4, Daemons of the Shadow Realm, Marriage Toxin, Gals Can’t Be Kind to Otaku, Ramparts of Ice, Witch Hat Atelier, Nippon Sangoku, and much more.

1. Sequels:
   • Re:Zero S4 (1:00)
   • Reincarnated as a Slime S4 (4:10)
   • Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten S2 (5:35)
   • Wistoria S2 (9:20)
   • Dr Stone Science Future Cour 3 (10:50)
   • Beginning After the End S2 (11:54)
   • Most Heretical Last Boss Queen S2 (13:26)
2. An Observation Log of My Fiancée Who Calls Herself a Villainess (16:00)
3. The Food Diary of Miss Maid (19:00)
4. Haibara’s Teenage New Game + (22:55)
5. Daemons of the Shadow Realm (25:30)
6. Marriage Toxin (29:25)
7. Petals of Reincarnation (39:10)
8. Klutzy Class Monitor and the Girl with the Short Skirt (41:00) 
9. Botan Kamiina Blossoms When Drunk (44:25))
10. Gals Can’t Be Kind to Otaku (46:25) 
11. Second Prettiest Girl in Class (50:15)
12.  I Want to End this Love Game (58:20)
13. Ramparts of Ice (1:00:20)
14. Go For It, Nakamura-kun!! (1:04:00)
15. Mistress Kanan is Devilishly Easy (1:05:50)
16. Even a Replica Can Fall in Love (1:09:00)
17. Pardon the Intrusion, I’m Home! (1:10:15) 
18. Ichijyoma Mankitsu Gurashi (1:18:20)
19. Akane-banashi (1:20:00)
20. Eren the Southpaw (1:26:50) 
21. Liar Game (1:29:00)
22. Kirio Fan Club (1:33:20)
23. NEEDY GIRL OVERDOSE (1:35:50) 
24. The Warrior Princess and the Barbaric King (1:37:40) 
25. Kujima: Why Sing, When You Can Warble? (1:43:55) 
26. Rooster Fighter (1:45:00)
27. MAO (1:48:00) 
28. Killed again, Mr. Detective (1:50:40) 
29. Yowayowa Sensei (1:52:10) 
30. Kusunoki’s Garden of Gods (1:55:00)
31. Classroom of the Black Cat and a Witch (1:57:30) 
32. Witch Hat Atelier (2:02:00)
33. NIPPON SANGOKU: The Three Nations of the Crimson Sun (2:09:30)
34. Overall Thoughts (2:17:10)

On this episode, the guys give impressions on recent game releases Neverness to Everness, Pragmata, and Saros in addition to recent game news of Game Pass’s price decrease.

• News (00:30)
  • Microsoft reduces Game Pass prices for upper tiers
  • Redditor found that in a recent PS5 update Sony added DRM for Digital Games (Tom’s Hardware)
  • Splatoon Raiders out July
  • From Software game adaptations
• Neverness to Everness (17:22)
• Pragmata (24:12)
• Saros (38:40)

On this episode, the guys discuss the latest game announcements from Sony’s State of Play, Summer Games Fest, Xbox Showcase and more.

• Steam Deck price increases (00:30)
• Rocket League to get tune-up with Unreal Engine 6’s eventual release (06:05)
• Xbox lost millions of games pass subscribers last year after 50% price increase (The Gamer) (10:10)
• Witcher 3 expansion Songs of the Past announced for 2027 release (14:50)
• State of Play (16:24)
• Summer Games Fest (43:24)
• Xbox Showcase (1:04:22)