The hosts of the Otaku Spirit return to give their updated guide to anime for newcomers and those seeking to learn more about the anime world they are venturing into! Read more »
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Anime 101, Podcast | Andrew | 
May 30, 2020 10:54 pm | 
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The hosts of the Otaku Spirit Animecast sit down to discuss, oddly enough, the most complicated genre to really nail down. The Slice of Life Genre seems to cover everything, but some argue doesn’t cover much. Listen and get the hosts’ take. Read more »
Tags: A Lull In The Sea, Anime, Barakamon, beck, Blend S, bloom into you, Clannad, Domestic Girlfriend, durarara, eccentric family, erased, flying witch, from the new world, fruits basket, gamers, genre, Girls' Last Tour, Golden Time, grave of the fireflies, Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash, haibane renmei, hakume to mikochi, Hanasaku Iroha, High Score Girl, hitoribochi, in this corner of the world, K-On!, kiminotodoke, Little Busters, love chuunibyo, march comes in like a lion, Mushishi, my teenage romantic comedy snafu, natsume yuujinchou, non non biyori, o maidens in your savage season, podcast, recovery of an mmo junkie, relife, Saekano, school-live, SHIROBAKO, showa genroku rakugo shinju, silver spoon, slice of life, Sound! Euphonium, spice and wolf, tada-kun never falls in love, tari tari, time of eve, Today's Menu for the Emiya Family, toradora, your lie in april
Anime 101, Podcast | Andrew | November 16, 2019 10:52 pm | Comments Off on Animecast: Slice of Life
The hosts of the Otaku Spirit Animecast take time to go through one of anime’s most unique and iconic genres that sets it apart from many other mediums. What makes Mecha so unique and what are its pros and cons. Read more »
Tags: Aldnoah Zero, Anime, code geass, Darling in the Franxx, escaflowne, genre, gundam, history, iron blooded orphans, knights of sidonia, mecha, neon genesis evangelion, podcast, rayearth
Anime 101, Podcast | Andrew | June 2, 2019 8:29 am | Comments Off on Animecast: Mecha Anime
After a lot of random rants about the state of anime service, the hosts of the Otaku Spirit Animecast take a moment to really dig deep on what it means to really service the fans of anime. Read more »
Tags: Anime, aniplex, crunchyroll, customer service, fandom, funimation, idol, podcast, quality control, sentai filmworks, service, social media
Anime 101, Podcast | Andrew | May 19, 2019 12:21 am | Comments Off on Animecast: Literally Fan Service
Anime creation hasn’t been without its share of controversial creators. Artists with skeletons in their closets that make us really question if we can continue to support many titles. The hosts tackle this issue and give their take. Read more »
Tags: Anime, art, artist, composition, crime, director, hayao miyazaki, kazuyoshi yaginuma, mangaka, news, nobuhiro watsuki, podcast, publisher, recovery of an mmo junkie, rurouni kenshin, script, seiyu
Anime 101, Podcast | Andrew | March 17, 2019 8:30 am | Comments Off on Animecast: Separating Art from Artist
Anime got you rolling on the floor laughing or shedding tears of joy? Comedy remains one of the top most genre for anime and for a good reason. Writers love making us laugh. Join the hosts as they talk about comedy and anime, and some of their favorites over the years. Read more »
Tags: 3 leaves 3 colors, actually i am, ah my goddess, Anime, azumanga daioh, best, Blend S, Castletown Dandelion, comedy, crossing time, daily lives of high school boys, ecchi, familiar of zero, gamers, golden boy, great teacher onizuka, guruguru, hagane orchestra, hare and guu, harem, Haven't You Heard I'm Sakamoto, henneko, hi-scool! seha girls, high school dxd, high school of the dead, hinamatsuri, How Not To Summon A Demon Lord, is the order a rabbit, Kaguya-sama Love Is War, kiss x sis, KONOSUBA, kotoura-san, Last Period, love chuunibyo and other delusions, love hina, lucky star, midori no hibi days, minami ke, miss monochrome, Mitsuboshi Colors, monster musume, Monthly Girls' Nozaki kun, my wife is the student council president, negima, nichijou, non non biyori, oreimo, parody, Please Tell Me Galko-chan, Prison School, project ako, ranma, rizelmine, romantic comedy, rosario to vampire, saiki k, servant x service, shuffle, sitcom, slapstick, soul eater, Space Battleship Tiramisu, tanaka kun is always listless, tenchi muyo, the art club has a problem, Tonari no Seki-kun, top, tsuredure children, uzamaid, Wakaba Girl, Watamote, working!!, world god only knows, wotaku, yuuna and the haunted hotsprings, Zombieland Saga
Anime 101, Podcast | Andrew | March 2, 2019 11:00 pm | Comments Off on Animecast: Anime Comedy
The not-so perfect heroes, the bad guys you learn to love, and the moral dilemmas it creates. Join the hosts as they discuss Anti-Heroes and Villains and their increase in favorability as main characters in anime. Read more »
Tags: 18if, 91 Days, Ajin, Akame ga Kill, Aldnoah Zero, Anime, anti-hero, Assassination Classroom, attack on titan, BANANA FISH, Big Order, claymore, code geass, cross ange, Death Parade, Dropkick on my Devil, eden of the easy, expelled from paradise, from the new world, future diary, Golden Kamuy, gundam, happy sugar life, heroes, How Not To Summon A Demon Lord, Inuyashiki, juuni taisen, Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress, kado, Kill la Kill, lostorage conflated wixoss, Madoka Magica, monogatari series, Noragami, Overlord, podcast, rage of bahamut, saga of tanya the evil, School Days, Scrapped Princess, seven deadly sins, terror in resonance, testament of sister new devil, tokyo ghoul, trinity seven, ushio and tora
Anime 101, Podcast | Andrew | December 2, 2018 10:54 am | Comments Off on Animecast: Anti-Heroes and Villainous Leads
Celebrating the New Years seems to be the most portrayed element of Japanese tradition in anime, even more so than birthdays! Join the hosts of the Otaku Spirit Animecast as they look into different aspects of this holiday and which seems to be portrayed in the anime medium. Read more »
Tags: amazake, Anime, bonenkai, ema, hanetsuki, hatsuhinode, hatsumode, Japan, karuta, nengajo, new years, omamori, omikuji, osechi ryori, otoshidama, ozoni, podcast, shinnenkai, shogatsu, shrine, takoage, tradition
Anime 101, Podcast | Andrew | November 18, 2018 10:30 am | Comments Off on Animecast: Japanese New Years
The Otaku Spirit Animecast hosts have explored many of the archetypes in anime, but never tackled one in-depth. After some recent discussion about the anime trap, they decided to dive into what it is, why it exists, and talk about some of their favorite characters that have come out of it. Read more »
Tags: Anime, Aoharu x Machinegun, archetype, ashuramaru, Assassination Classroom, astalfo, Blend S, Caligula, chihiro hashima, cowboy bebop, daruku hoshino, eccentric family, fate apocrypha, felix argyle, gasper, gatchaman crowds, genshiken, hacka doll, hideri kanzaki, high school dxd, himegoto, If Her Flag Breaks, kaoru hanase, kenjirou hato, kino's journey, kiss him not me, knights of sidonia, load galax, made in abyss, magical girl raising project, maruruk, megumu touzokuyama, minami ke, Monthly Girls' Nozaki kun, nagisa shiota, Nanana's Buried Treasure, Overlord, persona 4, ranma 1/2, re:zero, romantic comedy snafu, ruka urushibara, saika totsuka, sailor moon, Seraph of the End, showa genroku rakugo shinju, sister is all you need, souta, Steins;Gate, sweet p, tamako market, they were eleven, trap, uq holder, utawarerumono, working!!, yakumo
Anime 101, Podcast | Andrew | September 9, 2018 9:26 am | Comments Off on Animecast: The Anime Trap!
Have you ever listened to someone talk about a show and you suddenly think to yourself “Are they even watching the same show as I am?!” Join the hosts of the Animecast as they analyze analysts and where some of it all falls apart. Read more »
Tags: Ajin, analysis, Anime, bias, centaur's life, colorful, critical theory, Darling in the Franxx, discussion, durarara, erased, Interview With Monster Girls, me me me, podcast, Re:Creators, re:zero, school-live
Anime 101, Podcast | Andrew | June 3, 2018 9:26 am | Comments Off on Animecast: Are We Watching The Same Show?
