Himitsukessha Taka no Tsume GG

Eagle Talon, a secret society, wants to take over the world, but first they need to actually understand how the world works. That's the whole premise, and it's funnier than it has any right to be. In this ONA season, the bumbling villains — led by the Chancellor and his overeager assistant Yoshida — sit down panel-show style to break down real current events, like Starbucks ditching plastic straws. The twist is that these episodes were dropping within days of the actual news stories, so you're basically watching incompetent supervillains give their hot takes on headlines you just read. Deluxe Fighter, the superhero who usually foils their schemes, is also around, though the plans he's foiling here are mostly just bad opinions. The whole thing is done in that distinctive Flash animation style the Eagle Talon franchise is known for — cheap-looking on purpose, which only makes the deadpan humor land harder. If you've seen Tentai Senshi Sunred and enjoyed the idea of heroes and villains just kind of hanging out instead of fighting, this hits a similar frequency. Fans of Special Duty Combat Unit Shinesman's parody of sentai tropes will also feel at home here. Each episode is short, the comedy is topical, and the satire stays grounded enough that it doesn't feel like it's trying too hard. It's a villain podcast before villain podcasts were a thing.