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Class-1A
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Episodes
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Ep.196 - Happy (Belated) Halloween!
Today, Brennan and Meth discuss our favorite Halloween candy and remember some great Halloween memories. We also discuss the recent online debate around…
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Ep.195 - Megan Thee Stallion and Michael B. Jordan for Class-1A
Today, Brennan and Meth discuss our dream podcast guests and how we'll definitely somehow get Megan Thee Stallion and Michael B. Jordan to premiere as guests…
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Ep.194 - Naruto is Back?! Class-1A is 5 Years Old!
Today, Brennan and Meth discuss the announcement of a new Naruto anime series, as well as a new Naruto manga series (Boruto is officially dead). We also thank…
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Ep.193 - The Start of the Mid Fall Season
Today, Brennan and Meth discuss which Fall anime season shows we're watching and how, as we talked about before, this season is a pretty mid and some heavy…
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Ep.192 - Fall 2026 Season Look Ahead
Today, Brennan and Meth discuss the (disappointing) upcoming Fall 2026 anime season and what new shows and seasons you should keep a look out for! We also…
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Ep.191 - The Problems with AI and Anime Companies
Today, Brennan and Meth discuss the current issues YouTubers are facing with overreaching AI copyrights strikes against their anime content. We also give our…
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Ep.190 - Class is Back in Session
Today, Brennan and Meth are back from summer break, as class is back in session for Class-1A. We discuss what shows we've been enjoying from the Summer season…
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Ep.189 - Summer 2026 Season Look-Ahead
Today, Brennan and Meth recap our favorite shows from the Spring 2026 anime season and look-ahead to the Summer 2026 anime season, and which shows you should…
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Ep.188 - Mappa is Trying to Change the Game for Anime Studios
Today, Brennan and Meth discuss how Mappa is adjusting their business model to buying IPs and copyrights directly to possible animes and the impact it may have…
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Ep.187 - The Roast of the Top 50 List
Today, Brennan Meth discuss special guest Karl's top 50 anime of all time and, of course, roast him for some controversial takes. In the process, we…
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Ep.186 - Crunchyroll Anime Awards Does it Again...
Today, Brennan and Meth discuss the terrible Crunchyroll Anime Award winners and how My Hero didn't deserve Anime of the Year in any universe. As usual, the…
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Ep.185 - Based Witch Hat Atelier Mangaka
Today, Brennan and Meth discuss Witch Hat Atelier mangaka's interview with UNESCO and the completely unnecessary and ridiculous controversy behind it. We also…
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Ep.184 - The 2026 Crunchyroll Anime Award Nominees...They Can't Keep Getting Away with It
Today, Brennan and Meth discuss the 2025 Crunchyroll Anime Award Nominees and how, again, Crunchyroll can't help nominating the same 6 shows for every category…
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Ep.183 - Spring 2026 Look Ahead
Today, Brennan and Meth look ahead to the Spring 2026 anime season and which shows you should be look-out for upcoming in the next month (Witch Hat Atelier…
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Ep.182 - Cancel the Manga App ONE
Today, Brennan and Meth discuss the controversy behind the manga app ONE and how horrible business decisions have killed the app. It deserves to be canceled…
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Ep.181 - ASU, Clavicular, and Witch Hat Atelier
Today, Brennan, Meth, and surprise guest Jason discusses what's on everyone's mind: ASU and Clavicular. We also discuss actual anime news such as the new Witch…
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Ep.180 - Anime Takeover of Osamu Nishi
Today, Brennan and Meth discuss how Iruma-kun's spinoff is getting an anime (which is crazy since Iruma-kun is also getting a season 4) and how well Mappa has…
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Ep.177 - The Best Anime Season in Years
Today, Brennan and Meth discuss the anime Winter 2026 season, one of the best anime seasons in years. There are countless great shows with some sleeper hits…
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Ep.176 - Look Ahead to the Winter 2026 Season and Recap of 2025 (Note: Recorded on January 2nd)
Today, Brennan and Meth discuss what new shows and seasons you should be keeping an eye on in the Winter 2026 season. We also recap the 2025 anime season and…
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Ep.175 - The Game Awards
Today, Brennan and Meth discuss The Game Awards nominees as we vote for the best games of the year (and how Expedition 33 will sweep every category). We also…
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Ep.174 - The One Piece World Government is the Hero
Today, Brennan and Meth discuss (totally without any sarcasm at all) how the World Government and Blackbeard in One Piece are actually the heroes of the show…
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Ep.173 - The Next Upcoming Era of Manga
Today, Brennan and Meth talk about the current state of Shonen Jump and what new genre of manga will start a new era. We also discuss the fantastic upcoming…
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Ep.172 - The Bomb Devil Would Destroy Bakugo
Today, Brennan and Meth discuss the on-going debate between the Bomb Devil and Bakugo, and who would beat who (the Bomb Devil would destroy Bakugo). We also…
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Ep.171 - The Fall Season is Here and Crunchyroll is in Hot Water
Today, Brennan and Meth discuss the beginning of the Fall anime season and which shows we're watching this season. We also discuss AI, its dangers, and the…
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Ep.170 - Look Ahead to Fall 2025
Today, Brennan and Meth look ahead to the Fall 2025 anime season, and all the new and continuing shows that we recommend you all keep an eye out for airing…
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Ep.169 - Ranting about some Anime Controversy
Today, Brennan and Meth discuss the current anime controversy about the screen writer of Boochi the Rock changing the original manga for the anime and all the…
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Ep.168 - Aliens are the Answer to JJK
Today, Brennan and Meth discuss the new sequel Jujutsu Kaisen manga and how it has potential but also may fumble the bag (Boruto has created a precedent). We…
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Ep.167 - Meth's New Rocket Money Sponsorship
Today, Brennan and Meth discuss Brennan's annual Crunchyroll swag box (we talk economics and Brennan's subscriptions). We also cover all the news recently…
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Ep.166 - The Umamusume Takeover of Society
Today, Brennan and Meth discuss how Umamusume is generating so much money and having a huge cultural impact both in the US and in Japan. Meth is obsessed with…
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Ep.165 - The Lost Episode (And All the Recent News)
Today, Brennan and Meth discuss how a water bottle caused 30 minutes of footage to become lost media and all the news over the past month. The Summer season is…
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Ep.164 - Look-Ahead to Summer 2025 (Note: Recorded on July 3rd)
Today, Brennan and Meth discuss what new shows and new seasons you should be looking out for in the Summer 2025 season. It should be a good season for sure!…
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Ep.163 - Brennan and Meth's Anne Shirley Book Club
Today, Brennan and Meth discuss all the deaths and emotional beats from episodes this week (so many deaths and emotional moments that hit us in the heart). We…
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Ep.162 - Live Action Chopper is Certainly a Choice
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…
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Ep.161 - The Anime Awards Disappoint Again
Today, Brennan and Meth discuss the controversial and always disappointing Crunchyroll Anime Awards. How Solo Leveling wins Anime of the Year over Frieren will…
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Ep.160 - Anime Game Madness with Sara
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…
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Ep.159 - The Demon One Piece Game Theory
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…
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Ep.158 - Anime Chicken Jockey
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…
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Ep.157 - The 2025 Crunchyroll Anime Awards
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…
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Ep.156 - Spring 2025 Look Ahead
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…
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Ep.155 - The Great Blue Box Debate and AnimeJapan 2025
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…
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Ep.154 - The Beautiful Universe
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…
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Ep.153 - Chinese Animation is the Future
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…
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Ep. 152 - POG Juice Anime Coming Soon and Trump and Elon in Baki
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…
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Ep.151 - Hatsune Miku on the Big Screen is Almost Here...
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…
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Ep.150 - Fujimoto is the New Daddy of All New Manga
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…
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Ep.149 - Anne Shirley is the Next One Piece
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…
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Ep.148 - The Winter is Here with a Hot Jinwoo
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…
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Ep.147 - We Are Back for 2025 with a Look Ahead for the Winter 2024 Season and Jump Festa 2024 News
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…
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Ep.146 - The Five Elders Backstory Confirmed! (And Some Other Not-So-Super One Piece News)
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…
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Ep.145 - The Anime Weirdness has Infiltrated Dandadan and John Wick x Lazarus
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…
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Ep.144 - Happy Thanksgiving from Class-1A!!
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…
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Ep.143 - Science Saru is the Goat Studio
Today, Brennan and Meth discuss the wonderfully beautiful latest episode of Dandadan and how well Science Saru animated that entire episode. We also discuss…
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Ep.142 - The End of Oshi no Ko (Finally, the World is Healing)
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…
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Ep.141 - Election Day > Anime
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…
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Ep.140 - Where Have All the Good YouTubers Gone
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…
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Ep.139 - The Blue Lock Microsoft PowerPoint
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…
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Ep.138 - Roblox Tycoons and Anime Minecraft Servers are Peak
Today, Brennan and Meth discuss anime commercials (for some reason) and how, sometimes, Japan spends way too much money on animating some fantastic…
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Ep.137 - Next Time on Class-1A!...The Takeover of Dandadan
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…