Ben Lindbergh

Well, hello, and welcome into the Ringerverse, your Nexus feed for all things fandom.

I am Ben Lindberg, senior editor for the Ringer, Button Mash host, and also your host here at Ringerverse Recommends.

Rejoined this month by Grumpkin the Great, my companion and co-host, who was absent for last month's edition.

I was in the office, now I'm back home, and so is Grumpkin, and we are bringing you the February 2026 edition of Ringerverse Recommends.

As is often the case with February, this month seems to be over before I knew it.

And we had plenty of nerd culture content to discuss on our various feeds.

But as always, some excellent releases slipped through the cracks, and that's where Ringerverse Recommends comes in to pick up the slack.

So today I will be talking to your friend and mine, Charles Holmes, one of the Midnight Boys, one of the Midnight Men.

And as we all know, he is the anime master.

I am but the learner.

But today he will be schooling me.

And actually, he has already changed my life by introducing me to the show that we will be featuring on this month's edition, Freerun Beyond Journey's End, which I am head over heels in love with.

It is one of my favorite fantasy stories ever.

It's an anime adapted from a manga.

You can see the first two seasons on Crunchyroll.

The second season is airing now.

The first season is also on Netflix.

And if you're not a huge anime head, that's okay.

I wouldn't describe myself as one either, but Freeren is perfect for you in that case.

And it could even be a gateway to more.