Episode Details

In Bloom is your weekly 60-second anime news recap — the comfiest way to stay caught up with all the biggest weekly anime episode drops (spoiler-free of course-ish)!

This week:

Time travel, kaiju, queer rage, sandwich therapy &… an astronaut novelist?

🚀 Aharen-san went full space-romcom

💔 Apothecary Diaries broke our hearts beautifully

⛪ Fire Force dives into church drama & time twists

🌈 Rock is a Lady’s Modesty slapped—and we loved it

🧸 To Be Hero X gave us Loli vs. cuteness

🥪 Wind Breaker ends with feels & a villain tease

😭 Witch Watch hit us right in the emotions

🤯 Your Forma stayed confusing (why skip the first novel?!)

If you enjoy the show, please rate, review, like, and subscribe to Sakura Society | An Anime Appreciation Podcast — and any other podcasts you love. It takes seconds, costs nothing, and means everything to us creators. (The algorithm only accepts 5 stars, just so you know.)

• Stay up to date with me on Bluesky | Instagram | TikTok | Twitter
• Join our Discord — a community full of anime and culture fans just like you
• Follow my anime Spotify playlist

My amazing sponsors:

• Audio-Technica — the best in audio equipment
• Iced Tea Aesthetics — anime streetwear done right (use code SAKURASOCIETY5 at checkout to save $5)
• Japan Crate — Japanese snacks and treats delivered to your door (use code ATEBIT15 at checkout to save 15% + get free shipping)

Affiliate links:

• Captivate.fm - the best podcast hosting platform
• Komi.io - the best linkinbio website
• Riverside.fm - the best remote video/podcast recording platform