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Ben Lindbergh

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Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

The Ringer-Verse
Ringer-Verse Recommends: February 2026 (Featuring ‘Frieren’ and a Massive Month for Anime)

We started watching this, I guess, around the beginning of the year, and I just caught up now.

The Ringer-Verse
Ringer-Verse Recommends: February 2026 (Featuring ‘Frieren’ and a Massive Month for Anime)

So it'll take you some time.

The Ringer-Verse
Ringer-Verse Recommends: February 2026 (Featuring ‘Frieren’ and a Massive Month for Anime)

But each episode is super digestible.

The Ringer-Verse
Ringer-Verse Recommends: February 2026 (Featuring ‘Frieren’ and a Massive Month for Anime)

Because these are like sitcom lengths, you know, kind of typical for anime, I guess.

The Ringer-Verse
Ringer-Verse Recommends: February 2026 (Featuring ‘Frieren’ and a Massive Month for Anime)

It's just, it's like 20 minutes, you know, when you take out the credits and the previously on.

The Ringer-Verse
Ringer-Verse Recommends: February 2026 (Featuring ‘Frieren’ and a Massive Month for Anime)

And so really bite size, you know?

The Ringer-Verse
Ringer-Verse Recommends: February 2026 (Featuring ‘Frieren’ and a Massive Month for Anime)

And so it's the perfect combination of like,

The Ringer-Verse
Ringer-Verse Recommends: February 2026 (Featuring ‘Frieren’ and a Massive Month for Anime)

I can watch this when I have half an hour, 20 minutes to kill.

The Ringer-Verse
Ringer-Verse Recommends: February 2026 (Featuring ‘Frieren’ and a Massive Month for Anime)

But also, I will be watching this for weeks.

The Ringer-Verse
Ringer-Verse Recommends: February 2026 (Featuring ‘Frieren’ and a Massive Month for Anime)

And it'll just be my constant companion, my found family.

The Ringer-Verse
Ringer-Verse Recommends: February 2026 (Featuring ‘Frieren’ and a Massive Month for Anime)

And that's the best.

The Ringer-Verse
Ringer-Verse Recommends: February 2026 (Featuring ‘Frieren’ and a Massive Month for Anime)

The only downside of Fear in Season 2 is it's only 10 episodes long.

The Ringer-Verse
Ringer-Verse Recommends: February 2026 (Featuring ‘Frieren’ and a Massive Month for Anime)

Which I think is because the manga is on indefinite hiatus right now, just like for the health of the artist and the creator.

The Ringer-Verse
Ringer-Verse Recommends: February 2026 (Featuring ‘Frieren’ and a Massive Month for Anime)

And they were really churning it out.

The Ringer-Verse
Ringer-Verse Recommends: February 2026 (Featuring ‘Frieren’ and a Massive Month for Anime)

And so they've taken some breaks and they don't want a Game of Thrones situation where they get ahead of the source material.

The Ringer-Verse
Ringer-Verse Recommends: February 2026 (Featuring ‘Frieren’ and a Massive Month for Anime)

So fair enough.

The Ringer-Verse
Ringer-Verse Recommends: February 2026 (Featuring ‘Frieren’ and a Massive Month for Anime)

Another comp I wanted to make is to the Legend of Zelda, which we talked about on ButtMesh last week.

The Ringer-Verse
Ringer-Verse Recommends: February 2026 (Featuring ‘Frieren’ and a Massive Month for Anime)

There's a lot of Zelda, just the world design, the music, the dungeons, the dungeon maps, the fighting dark versions of yourself, and the traveling around.

The Ringer-Verse
Ringer-Verse Recommends: February 2026 (Featuring ‘Frieren’ and a Massive Month for Anime)

The only time where Fearon got a little slow for me was toward the end of the first season, where there was an arc where they're inside a dungeon for several episodes.

The Ringer-Verse
Ringer-Verse Recommends: February 2026 (Featuring ‘Frieren’ and a Massive Month for Anime)

And it was kind of cool, but also...