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Tony K.
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Season 01: Reborn as a Vending Machine, I Now Wander the Dungeon (TV) Season 02: Reborn as a Vending Machine, I Now Wander the Dungeon (TV 2) (discussion starts here) Season 03: Reborn as a Vending Machine, I Now Wander the Dungeon (TV 3) Source: Light Novel (completed @ 3 volumes, written by Hirukuma, illustrated by Itsuwa Kato) Demographic: Shounen Animation Studio: AXsiZ Studio Gokumi Genres: action, adventure, comedy, drama, fantasy, slice of life Themes: anthropomorphs, aristocracy, demi-humans, factions, ingenuity, isekai, medieval, monsters, reincarnation, sentient machine, transformations Plot Summary: The protagonist was a vending machine otaku in his past life, having died protecting vending machines from traffic accidents. When he awakens, he finds himself on a lakeshore and confused about what happened. He knows only one thing, now he's a vending machine. He meets a girl outside of a labyrinth in this new world, and his story starts to progress. Air Date & Platform: Season 01: July 05, 2023 (Wednesday) Available on: Crunchyroll Season 02: July 02, 2025 (Wednesday) Available on: Crunchyroll Season 03: April 01, 2026 (Wednesday) Available on: Crunchyroll Episode Count / Runtime: Season 01: 12 episodes Season 02: 12 episodes Season 03: Pending Total: 24 episodes ---------------------------------- EPISODE INDEX (Clicking on the episode will [eventually] take you to my post that has a summary, comments, and screen-caps) - Season 01 Episode 01: The Vending Machine Travels Episode 02: The King Frog Fiend Appears Episode 03: Rebuilding Episode 04: Boxxo is Abducted Episode 05: Vanity, Pride, and Vending Machine Episode 06: The Fighting Vending Machine Episode 07: The Voracious Devils Episode 08: The Flame Skeletitan of the Labyrinth Stratum Episode 09: A Less-than-Ideal Hero Episode 10: Gastric Measures Episode 11: The Dead's Lament Stratum Episode 12: What Can Be Done as a Vending Machine OP1 (w/ Lyrics in CC): "Fanfare" by BRADIO ED1: "(The) Usual Soup" by Peel the Apple ---------------------------------- - Season 02 Episode 13 (S02E01): [url=]Hunters and Motives[/url] Episode 14 (S02E02): [url=]Mutual Understanding[/url] Episode 15 (S02E03): [url=]Strong Feelings[/url] Episode 16 (S02E04): [url=]The Clergyman and the Vending Machine[/url] Episode 17 (S02E05): [url=]Respective Wishes[/url] Episode 18 (S02E06): [url=]Sweet Temptation[/url] Episode 19 (S02E07): [url=]The Animals and the Girl[/url] Episode 20 (S02E08): [url=]The Dark Forest Stratum[/url] Episode 21 (S02E09): [url=]Conflagration[/url] Episode 22 (S02E10): [url=]The Dungeon Goddess Grand Prix[/url] Episode 23 (S02E11): [url=]Into the Scorching Desert[/url] Episode 24 (S02E12): [url=]Blizzard in the Desert[/url] ---------------------------------- - Season 03 Episode 25 (S03E01): [url=][/url] Episode 26 (S03E02): [url=][/url] Episode 27 (S03E03): [url=][/url] Episode 28 (S03E04): [url=][/url] Episode 29 (S03E05): [url=][/url] Episode 30 (S03E06): [url=][/url] Episode 31 (S03E07): [url=][/url] Episode 32 (S03E08): [url=][/url] Episode 33 (S03E09): [url=][/url] Episode 34 (S03E10): [url=][/url] Episode 35 (S03E11): [url=][/url] Episode 36 (S03E12): [url=][/url] ---------------------------------- When I first heard about this a month ago, I thought to myself, "people must be using a dart board with random pictures on 'em or just looking at their surroundings to find items to turn into isekai stories." I couldn't help but laugh out-loud at work and tell my friend/workmate right next to me (who is also into anime) about how ridiculous the premise for this one sounded. And this, after I just got him into watching Campfire Cooking in Another World. He laughed, too, and agreed the "reincarnated as a vending machine" idea sounded really silly. But I'll be watching this for three reasons: 1. It sounds ridiculous enough to try. And with the novels being done, I'm sure one season is all this needs. 2. Jun Fukuyama doing more comedic roles. I like him a lot in (The) Vampire Dies in No Time, so I'm curious to hear Lelouch play a vending machine otaku. 3. BRADIO. They're my favorite J-Band, at the moment, and I love their music. Even if the show itself is so-so, at least the opening will be rockin.' Last edited by Tony K. on Thu Mar 26, 2026 4:01 pm; edited 34 times in total |
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Blood-
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If this was Reborn as a Coffee Maker, I Now Wander the Dungeon, Edjwald would lose his mind with excitement...
I agree with you Tony K., the premise of this is just way too goofy to not at least give it a test drive. And who knows? It might actually end up being good/entertaining. |
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Edjwald
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No...no I wouldn't! (Definitely not imagining a sentient coffee maker resting on a counter in some adventurers guild, dispensing common sense advice and strong coffee while all of these priests and barbarians and wizards and thieves gather around interacting and gossiping and b!+ching about their jobs as if they were in a modern day office comedy...) |
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I've said it before and I'm sure I'll say it again, but... Edjwald, if some anime studio doesn't snap you up as a writer, they're CRAZY!!!
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smurky turkey
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Believe it or not, but the light novels of this have a pretty good story with some actual emotional moments even.
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Edjwald
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Edited because I asked if the vending machine was stationary like a dumb@$$,, then realized that the title said it wandered, and I thought I'd try to avoid a bunch of posts pointing that out.
So how does it work? Do they wheel the person around on a wagon? Does the vending machine have little penguin feet or something? Or would that be a spoiler? |
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smurky turkey
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The vending machine can not move, 99% of the time he is carried by the blond girl who has some rather overpowered strength due to a blessing of might. In this case the wandering part of the title refers more to him being carried through the different dungeons and being useful than him walking around himself.
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Edjwald
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Welp, like Blood and Tony K said, I'm in. If nothing else, I'm curious to see where that dramatic tension you were talking comes from.
(Everyone's depending on me. Must...make...peanut butter Nabs....). |
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smurky turkey
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It is also a good show in showing off just how vending machine crazy Japan can be.
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smurky turkey
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Despite having read some of the novels I had some doubts as to how good the anime would actually be....but I really liked the first episode. The animation is solid and the whole thing is presented with a fair bit of charm. The characters are fun and the world is an interesting enough place to learn more about. Color me pleasantly surprised.
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Edjwald
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Welp, it's not a suspense thriller or a laugh riot, but it kept me interested for 20+ minutes, so I'll give it a go. I will say that the main character's love of vending machines seems pathologically insane to me, but if it keeps him from being tortured while essentially trapped in a big can, here's hoping he doesn't recover from it.
It'll be interesting to see how he upgrades in any case. |
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InfiniteJest
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I consider this title a sign of desperation for a new idea (that failed)
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Episode 1
The premise for this is so outlandish that I expected it to be funnier than it ended up being. I'll continue watching some more but I don't get that, "oh yeah, this is a keeper for sure" instinct I sometimes do when a show really clicks for me. |
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ACｘS
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You know when was the exact moment I knew this was going to be a mindless show? It's when the guy saw the vending machine about to fall off the truck, and decided to somehow save it while riding a scooter. Because no human being in their right mind would think that that's a good idea. And then, it sealed itself to be a mindless show when he admits to be a vending machine otaku, which explained just about everything. Seeing how overdone isekai in the manga/anime community, I was actually wondering if this is going to be a parody of the genre. Maybe it is, but also, maybe it is not; it's still very much an isekai show. Maybe the only difference is that, unlike most isekai shows that take the action/adventure route, this one's taking the slice-of-life direction. I was actually beginning to feel bored when the first one-third of the show is basically a monologue by the vending machine, which began to feel like a Japanese stand-up comedy routine... and I'm not a fan of Japanese stand-up comedy routines. Thank goodness Lammis came and broke the stagnating comedy bit just in time. Am I going to stick around? Not sure. Just wondering where the story is going to go from here. |
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smurky turkey
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You should go on a trip on youtube about vending machine otaku, there are some real hardcore fans out there. So hardcore in fact, that I find the premise of the mc dying no longer to be that absurd.
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