
The hosts of the Otaku Spirit Animecast dive into the realm of Cute Girls Doing Cute Things. Defining where they feel it began, where it began, and why it’s so huge. Read more »
Tags: 22 7, 3 leaves 3 colors, angel 3p, Anima Yell!, Anime, anime 101, anitore, Anne Happy, are you lost, asteroid in love, bermuda triangle, Blend S, Comic Girls, cute girls doing cute things, diary of our day at the breakwater, encouragement of climb, Endro, Gabriel DropOut, genre, girls und panzer, helpful fox senko san, Hinako Note, hitoribocchi, how heavy are the dumbells you lift, Interview With Monster Girls, is the order a rabbit, K-On!, Kemono Friends, kirino mosaic, Konohana Kitan, laid back camp, long riders, love live, lucky star, magic of stella, manaria friends, minami kamakura, minami ke, Mitsuboshi Colors, music girls, nekopara, new game, nichijou, non non biyori, nyanko days, One Room, podcast, rifle is beautiful, sabagebu, school-live, Scorching Ping Pong Girls, seiyu life, Show by Rock!!, Slow Start, Sora No Woto, strike witches, the demon girl next door, Uma Musume, Urara Meirochou, Wakaba Girl, Wake Up Girls, wataten
Anime 101, Podcast | Andrew |
August 15, 2020 9:20 pm |
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World versus character has been a long running debate between the hosts of the Otaku Spirit Animecast. Listen in to get their opinions on each and what makes them work. Read more »
Tags: Anime, bunny drop, character, erased, grave of the fireflies, Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash, Hanasaku Iroha, kino's journey, kokoro connect, Kyoto Animation, made in abyss, mardock scramble, monogatari series, non non biyori, Overlord, podcast, promised neverland, re:zero, showa genroku rakugo shinju, snafu, spice and wolf, Sword Art Online, world building
Podcast | Andrew |
May 17, 2020 9:53 am |
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The last 10 years has been an exciting time for anime fans. A roster of thousands of anime titles that offered us a mix of genres to fit any taste. But now comes the time for the hosts to sit down and talk about their favorites of the decade. Read more »
Tags: a silent voice, Aldnoah Zero, angel beats, Anime, anohana, babylon, Death Parade, decade, demon slayer, durarara, erased, fate stay night, from the new world, fullmetal alchemist brotherhood, gatchaman, gridman, gundam, Hanasaku Iroha, K-On!, kaguya-sama, Katanagatari, KONOSUBA, Land of the Lustrous, Madoka Magica, march comes in like a lion, Mitsuboshi Colors, monogatari series, monster girls, Mushishi, nichijou, non non biyori, Noragami, nozaki-kun, oreimo, Overlord, Planet With, Punchline, re creators, re: zero, Saekano, SHIROBAKO, showa genroku rakugo shinju, sidonia, top 100, tsuki ga kirei, Wolf Children, Yuki Yuna is a Hero
Podcast, Top Lists | Andrew |
February 16, 2020 12:02 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 |
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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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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 |
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The hosts of the Otaku Spirit Animecast take a deep dive into the wonderful world of anime school life. Taking a look at what makes them special, and why they appear so often. Read more »
Tags: angel beats, Anime, animegataris, Assassination Classroom, azumanga daioh, big wind up, Blue Spring Ride, cardcaptor sakura, Clannad, defrag, galko-chan, genshiken, girls und panzer, great teacher onizuka, Haikyuu!!, haruhi suzumiya, henneko, hero academia, high school dxd, K-On!, Kill la Kill, kimi kiss, Kimi ni Todoke, kiss him not me, kotoura-san, Little Busters, love chuunibyo, lucky star, lull in the sea, nichijou, Nisekoi, non non biyori, podcast, Prince of Stride, Prison School, sagrada reset, saiki k, sailor moon, sakamoto, school, seki-kun, Sound! Euphonium, special a, toradora, true tears, Tsukigakirei, tsuredure children, wolf girl and black prince, your lie in april
Anime 101, Podcast | Andrew |
March 11, 2018 10:14 am |
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After a long break from the news, the Otaku Spirit Animecast hosts are back to run through the bits that they deem interesting. From the Anime Awards, to the new streaming scene, nothing is off limits! Read more »
Tags: aico incarnation, alternative gun gale online, Anime, anime awards, animeeigo, aniplex usa, attack on titan, crunchyroll, cryptocurrency, DanMachi, fate apocrypha, funimation, Gunsmith Cats, kakegurui, Key, love live sunshine, Mamoru Hosoda, mirai in the future, mob psycho 100, movie, My Hero Academia, netflix, news, non non biyori, podcast, polygon pictures, Renjuro Kindaichi, saga of tanya the evil, sd gundam g generation genesis, Summer Pockets, sunshine, Sword Art Online, Three Leaves Three Colors, tiger and bunny, today's menu for emiya family, tokyo otaku mode, violet evergarden, visual arts, Yu Yu Hakusho, Zuko Owarimonogatari
News, Podcast | Andrew |
January 21, 2018 11:51 am |
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While news is sparse, that doesn’t keep the hosts of the Animecast from sparking some fun and interesting discussion. The return of anime creator legends and anime releases, potential big changes in the anime creation sphere, and some fun community questions are focus of this discussional podcast episode. Read more »
Tags: a silent voice, aniplex usa, boy and the beast, captain harlock, chihayafuru, devilman, facebook, fate grand order, fruits basket, fuana and the dragonewt's seven kingdom, funimation, galaxy angel z, ghibli, hayao miyazaki, kickstarter, kimi no na wa, koe no katachi, kuromukuro, Kyoto Animation, love chunibyo and other delusions, Mamoru Hosoda, midori days, mirai, ninja nonsense, non non biyori, panda z, ponycan, re: zero, right stuf, saint seiya, saintia shou, section23 films, seven seas, studio chiza, take on me, tobi tv, ultra kaiju anthropomorphic project, violet evergarden, Wolf Children, World Trigger, yen press, your name, zeta gundam a new translation
Podcast | Andrew |
May 28, 2017 8:27 am |
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Anime in 2015 made us cry, angry, happy, filled with laughter, or expressing some other form of emotion. In this episode of the Animecast, we talk about our favorite moments in anime for the year. Starting with the least spoilery, before getting further and further into heavy spoiler territory. Read more »
Tags: actually i am, Anime, beautiful bones, best moments 2015, Blood Blockade Battlefront, Castletown Dandelion, chivalry of a failed knight, cinderella girls, Death Parade, Gangsta, Gatchaman Crowds Insight, gate, knights of sidonia, Maria the Virgin Witch, my love story, non non biyori, Noragami Aragoto, Overlord, Plastic Memories, podcast, Punch Line, Romantic Comedy SNAFU Too, Saekano, school-live, seiyu's life, Seraph of the End 2, seven deadly sins, SHIROBAKO, Sound! Euphonium, unlimited blade works, ushio and tora, Young Black Jack, your lie in april
Podcast | Andrew |
January 13, 2016 9:06 pm |
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