Failing Forward | Kanpai Cast 235

Bad anime isn't a waste of time - it's a masterclass in disguise. This week we make the case for sitting through the rough stuff, and what it teaches you that the good shows never could. Suffering builds character. 📢 Kanpai Cast 📢 Discord:   / discord   Bluesky: https://kanpaicast.bsky.social https://kanpaicast.com/ 🎧 Listen to Kanpai Cast on Spotify, or your favorite podcasting app! 🎧 https://open.spotify.com/show/2OSrJ2J... https://tiamat.tv/RSS/1 🗼 Thaylien 🗼 Bluesky: https://thaylien.bsky.social 🏯 Nasuth 🏯 Bluesky: https://nasuth.bsky.social Twitch:   / nasuth   Patreon:   / nasuth   ⛩️ Xenogelion ⛩️ Bluesky: https://xenogelion.bsky.social YouTube:    / xenogelion   Patreon:   / xenogelion   🎨 Blue Backgrounds by Thaylien 🎨 Bluesky: https://thaylien.bsky.social 🖌️ Kanpai Cast Logo by Yeeture Creator 🖌️ Twitter:   / yeeturecreator   🎵 Background Music by JoeyZero 🎵 Twitter:   / joeyzerotv   YouTube:    / joeyzero   📽️ D&D Alignment Chart Episode 📽️ Help us make a future episode! We need your input! Fill out your own Anime D&D Alignment Chart - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1DgGl... 🔗 Links 🔗 😂 Memes 😂 Nasuth 1 - https://kanpaicast.com/2026-04-23/nas... Nasuth 2 - https://kanpaicast.com/2026-04-23/nas... Nasuth 3 - https://kanpaicast.com/2026-04-23/nas... Nasuth 4 - https://kanpaicast.com/2026-04-23/nas... Nasuth 5 - https://kanpaicast.com/2026-04-23/nas... Nasuth 6 - https://kanpaicast.com/2026-04-23/nas... Thaylien 1 - https://kanpaicast.com/2026-04-23/tha... Thaylien 2 - https://kanpaicast.com/2026-04-23/tha... Thaylien 3 - https://kanpaicast.com/2026-04-23/tha... Thaylien 4 - https://kanpaicast.com/2026-04-23/tha... Thaylien 5 - https://kanpaicast.com/2026-04-23/tha... Thaylien 6 - https://kanpaicast.com/2026-04-23/tha... Xeno 1 - https://kanpaicast.com/2026-04-23/xeno/1 Xeno 2 - https://kanpaicast.com/2026-04-23/xeno/2 Xeno 3 - https://kanpaicast.com/2026-04-23/xeno/3 Xeno 4 - https://kanpaicast.com/2026-04-23/xeno/4 Xeno 5 - https://kanpaicast.com/2026-04-23/xeno/5 Xeno 6 - https://kanpaicast.com/2026-04-23/xeno/6 Viewer 1 - https://kanpaicast.com/2026-04-23/vie... Viewer 2 - https://kanpaicast.com/2026-04-23/vie... Viewer 3 - https://kanpaicast.com/2026-04-23/vie... Viewer 4 - https://kanpaicast.com/2026-04-23/vie... Viewer 5 - https://kanpaicast.com/2026-04-23/vie... 📰 News 📰    • Dead Air | Kanpai News W/C 19th of April 2026   📅 Next Week 📅 ⏰ Timings ⏰ 0:00 - Kanpai! 3:55 - Topic: Learning from Bad Ideas 4:00 - What do we see as 'bad for a good reason'? 7:45 - E.Y.E.S. of Mars 8:55 - Palette Cleansers 10:54 - Our perspective as Reviewers 13:24 - Pushing through bad shows 16:13 - Naturally finding bad anime 22:10 - Attack On Titan 25:25 - Rewatching older shows to re-evaluate them 26:21 - Comparing DBZ to Solo Levelling 32:20 - Finding edgy shows from mainstream 34:14 - Elfen Lied and bad edgy anime 37:44 - Comparing .Hack//Sign to Sword Art Online 46:00 - Repeating attempts to try and make bad shows work 49:00 - Shangri-La Frontier 52:42 - Bubblegum Crisis and how Reviews change 1:07:03 - Cowboy Bebop 1:08:51 - Lazarus 1:13:06 - ReCreators 1:15:07 - Lazarus 1:15:12 - FLCL and failures to recreate greatness 1:19:09 - Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt 1:20:30 - New Panty Stocking with Garterbelt 1:27:34 - Excel Saga 1:28:40 - Dragon Half 1:30:55 - Conclusions, Questions, & Comments 1:49:05 - Memes! 1:59:10 - Outro 1:59:39 - I wonder if my job will still be there when I get out of here?