Bring out your bikinis and beach balls! Today the Taco Otaku crew dive into the newest anime series from Summer 2025. Which anime shows will float to the top and which will get buried in the sand? Also, Miles unpacks a watermelon for summer festivals. Frank imagines winning 5 million dollars. Ray finally falls down the gacha rabbit hole.
Things We Talked About this Episode:
Zenless Zone Zero
My Hero Academia Season 6
Spy x Family Code: White
The Apothecary Diaries Season 2
Ironheart
New Podcast Artwork
Umamusume: Pretty Derby
Ruri no Houseki
Gachiakuta
Betrothed to My Sister's Ex
The Water Magician
See You Tomorrow at the Food Court
Detectives These Days Are Crazy!
Secrets of the Silent Witch
Clevatess: Majuu no Ou to Akago to Shikabane no Yuusha
Hikaru ga Shinda Natsu
Time Markers:
Teaser: 0:00
Intro: 0:49
Miles's Week: 3:21
Frank's Week: 6:16
Ray's Week: 15:04
Ruri Rocks: 28:33
Gachiakuta: 33:37
Sister's Ex: 40:45
Food Court: 48:28
Water Magician: 54:58
Detectives: 1:02:13
Silent Witch: 1:09:59
Clevatess: 1:17:06
The Summer Hikaru Died: 1:24:42
Summer 2025 Rankings: 1:32:35
Outro: 1:47:47
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