
It’s been over a year since Amazon left the Simulcast Anime World, so the hosts of the Otaku Spirit Animecast are here to give a post mortem on the service, what can be learned, and why we need them to return! Read more »
Tags: amazon, Anime, anime strike, animenetwork, battery, crunchyroll, funimation, hidive, hulu, Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress, licencing, netflix, noitamina, Onihei, paywall, podcast, prime, streaming, subscription, success, The Promised Neverland
Podcast | Andrew |
March 31, 2021 6:49 pm |
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It has been some time since the hosts have looked into the news of Anime. Nearly a month and a half! Listen in and get their catch-up of the news and their perspective on the happenings around the industry. Read more »
Tags: Anime, aniplex usa, ascendance of a bookworm, Beastars, bna, brand new animal, children of whales, digimon adventure, Doga Kobo, dorohedoo, dragon quest, encouragement of climb, funimation, gegege no kitaro, ghibli, interspecies reviewers, jasmine gyuh, Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress, kuma kuma kuma bear, Log Horizon, lovely complex, manga, my romantic comedy snafu, netflix, news, one piece, podcast, re: zero, saki the succubus hungers tonight, sayonara tyranno, SHIROBAKO, sing yesterday for me, The Promised Neverland, to your eternity, tomohiko ito, trigger, uzaki-chan wants to hang out, vinland saga, World Trigger, yesterday o uttate
News, Podcast | Andrew |
February 9, 2020 1:36 am |
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The hosts of the Otaku Spirit Animecast dive into the fandom to find the most hated anime characters and challenge themselves to both explain them, and even justify them. Read more »
Tags: Ajin, Akame ga Kill, Aldnoah Zero, Anime, berserk, bleach, brotherhood, code geass, Darling in the Franxx, Death Note, dragon ball z, eccentric family, Fairy Tail, fate stay night, from the new world, fruits basket, fullmetal alchemist, future diary, hated, Himouto! Umaru-chan, Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress, My Hero Academia, naruto, neon genesis evangelion, podcast, Puella Magi Madoka Magica, re:zero, School Days, soul eater, Sword Art Online, The Rising of the Shield Hero, top list
Podcast | Andrew |
September 7, 2019 10:45 pm |
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The hosts of the Otaku Spirit Animecast put a hold on current shows and dive into the growing news of anime today. Listen in and get their take on the happenings. Read more »
Tags: Anime, atelier ryza, berserk, blockpunk, crunchyroll, duranki, eleven arts, gundam, Hatsune Miku, junji ito, Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress, kentarou miura, kizuna ai, laid back camp, Legend of the Galactic Heroes, manga, mari okada, millennium actress, miru tights, netflix, news, ooparts, podcast, pqube, rising of the shield hero, root letter, spice and wolf, studio bb, switch, Sword Art Online, type moon, uzumaki, visual novel
News, Podcast | Andrew |
September 1, 2019 10:26 am |
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News over the last few weeks have been surprisingly game-changing for the anime industry and causes quite the rabbit hole chasing for the hosts. Listen and find out what sends the rabbit running. Read more »
Tags: 7seeds, Anime, aniplex, azure lane, cells at work, china, colin decker, crunchyroll, discotek, fate stay night, funimation, grisaia, heaven's feel, Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress, netflix, news, nintendo, non non biyori, podcast, seven deadly sins, shuffle, switch, tatsuki, tokyo school life, twelve kingdoms, visual novel
News, Podcast | Andrew |
May 11, 2019 10:58 pm |
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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 |
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The hosts of the Otaku Spirit Animecast are here to discuss something that has been bothering one for quite some time. The criticism of something being forgettable. What makes a show memorable or stick with you? Listen and hear their take. Read more »
Tags: Anime, another, Clannad, cross ange, dies irae, durara, eccentric family, erased, flip flappers, Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash, henneko, high school dxd, inari konkon, Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress, kado, Kemono Friends, kokoro connect, KONOSUBA, Land of the Lustrous, made in abyss, Madoka Magica, march comes in like a lion, memorable, monogatari series, monster musume, natsume yuujinchou, Noragami, occultic nine, Onihei, oreimo, Overlord, podcast, pupa, rage of bahamut, re:creator, re:zero, recovery of an mmo junkie, rewrite, school-live, shelter, showa genroku rakugo shinju, Sword Art Online, ushio and tora, wizard barristers, your name, Yuki Yuna is a Hero
Podcast | Andrew |
August 26, 2018 8:47 am |
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It has been an absolutely insane month of news! Join the hosts of the Otaku Spirit Animecast as they try to break down the biggest news and give their opinions on them. Read more »
Tags: Anime, boogiepop phantom, crunchyroll, Dagashi Kashi, discotek, dororo, flcl, funimation, girls und panzer, happy sugar life, hi score girl, hidive, hisone to misotan, Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress, Kemono Friends, kizuna ai, kodansha, kunihiko ikuhara, light novel, Magical Girl Site, maiden japan, manga, mappa, mob psycho 100, natsume's book of friends, news, pa works, podcast, polygon pictures, ranjou miyake, re:zero, reincarnated as a slime, right stuf, seishun buta yarou, sentai filmworks, seven seas, spike chunsoft, Strike the Blood, studio 3hz, symphogears, tezuka productions, tsutomu nihei, twin engine, vinland saga, violet evergarden, viz, voln, wit studio
News, Podcast | Andrew |
March 25, 2018 8:27 am |
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Anime can produce many different sets of emotions such as fear and suspense. In this episode of the Animecast, the hosts dive into the two genres that produce such emotions. Does Thriller and Horror work in anime? Listen and find out! Read more »
Tags: Anime, another, Black Bullet, claymore, code geass, Death Note, Death Parade, Eden of the East, Elfen Lied, erased, from the new world, Highschool of the Dead, Higurashi When They Cry, horror, Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress, kado, Kagewani, magical girl raising project, neon genesis evangelion, paranoia agent, perfect blue, podcast, psycho pass, re:zero, school-live, Serial Experiments Lain, Steins Gate, thriller
Anime 101, Podcast | Andrew |
August 20, 2017 8:42 am |
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You’ve heard the Otaku Spirit Animecast Hosts’ deliberations, and the community’s votes have been tallied. Now it’s time for the official Otaku Spirit Anime Awards. Listen in and find out the final verdict on choices for the best anime of 2016! Read more »
Tags: Ajin, Anime, best of 2016, durarara, erased, flip flappers, flying witch, gate, Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash, gundam iron-blooded orphans, Haikyuu!!, Joker Game, Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress, Kiznaiver, KONOSUBA, magical girl raising project, mob psycho 100, My Hero Academia, natsume yujincho, new game, orange, planetarian, Please Tell Me Galko-chan, podcast, re:zero, she and her cat, shelter, showa genroku rakugo shinju, Sound! Euphonium, tanaka kun is always listless, the lost village, Three Leaves Three Colors, ushio and tora, yuri on ice
Podcast | Andrew |
January 29, 2017 11:52 am |
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