Otaku Spirit Anime

As Summer comes to a close, it’s time to join the hosts of the Otaku Spirit Animecast as they dive into all the information we have for the coming Fall season. Get your watch lists ready to be filled! Anime Discussed In This Preview: Assassin’s Pride, The Hero is Overpowered But Overly Cautious, Kabukicho Sherlock, Azur Lane, BEASTARS, Are You Really The Only One Who Likes Me?, Ahiru no Sora, CHOYOYU High School Prodigies Have It Easy Even In Another World, No Guns Life, Didn’t I Say To Make My Abilities Average In The Next Life?, Babylon, pet, Stars Align, Hataage Kemono Michi, Ascendance of a Bookworm, Welcome to Demon School Iruma-kun, Special Crime Investigation Unit Special 7, Blade of Immortal, Val x Love, Houkago Saikoro Club, Rifle Is Beautiful, Z/X Code Reunion, Chuubyou Gekihatsu Boy, Stand My Heroes Piece of Truth, Null Peta, Kandagawa Jet Girls, Africa no Salaryman, ACTORS Songs Connection, Shin Chuka Ichiban, My Hero Academia 4, Sword Art Online Alicization War of Underworld, Seven Deadly Sins W

Taking on the second half of the Summer 2019 anime list, the hosts of the Otaku Spirit Animecast are back for another impressions episode. Listen and get the rest of their thoughts of the season so far. Anime Featured in this Episode: O Maidens in Your Savage Season, If It’s For My Daughter I’d Even Defeat A Demon Lord, Demon Lord Retry, Cop Craft, To The Abandoned Sacred Beasts, The Ones Within, Given, Wasteful Days of High School Girls, Granbelm, BEM, The Demon Girl Next Door, Magical Sempai, and Are You Lost. The intro music for this episode is the OP for BEM called “Uchuu no Koiku” by Maaya Sakamoto. The outro music for this episode is the ED for O Maidens in Your Savage Season called “Yume Cinderella” by Momo Asakura.

Following the tragedy that struck Japan this week, the hosts of the Otaku Spirit Animecast take a moment to highlight the support and talk about their experiences with Kyoto Animation and their works. Topics this episode: The Tragedy, How to Support KyoAni, First Experiences With KyoAni, Thoughts on Each Show, and much more! To Support Kyoto Animation via GoFundMe, go to the below link: http://www.gofundme.com/f/help-kyoani-heal If You Can Navigate, KyoAni Has A Digital Image Store: http://kyoani.shop-pro.jp The opening for this episode is the OP for Clannad After Story called “Toki O Kizamu Uta” by Lia. The closing for this episode is the OP for Air TV called “Tori No Uta” by Lia.

While the last couple of weeks has been light on the news, the hosts of the Otaku Spirit Animecast still find some interesting discussion in some licenses and controversies surrounding the industry. Topics this episode: The Case of Hana and Alice, Genius Party, Granblue Fantasy Versus, Sound Euphonium, Goblin Slayer, Xebec, Honey and Clover, Kemono Friends, Funimation and Manga UK, Magia Record, Yutaka Tamamoto outrage, and much more! The opening for this episode is the OP for Honey and Clover 2 called “Fugainaiya” by YUKI. The closing for this episode is the ED for Kemono Friends called “Boku no Friend” by Mewhan.

Following up the review of Please Teacher, the Otaku Spirit Animecast takes another dive into the past with the sequel series Please Twins. Listen in and find out if this sequel manages to outshine its predecessor! As mentioned in the podcast, this copy of Please Twins Blu-ray was provided to us for review by Nozomi Entertainment and Lucky Penny. The opening for this episode is the OP for Please Twins called “Second Flight” by KOTOKO and Sato Hiromi. The closing for this episode is the ED for Please Twins called “Asu e no Namida” by Mami Kawada.

The Winter 2019 Anime Season is wrapping up and the hosts are plugged in to give their take on what succeeded and what failed. Listen in and get their opinions on the season. Anime Reviewed in this Episode: Mob Psycho 100 II, Kaguya-sama Love Is War, Magical Girl Spec-Ops Asuka, Endro!, Bermuda Triangle Colorful Pastorale, Wataten An Angel Flew Down To Me, Grimms Notes The Animation, and That Time I Got Reincarnated As A Slime. The opening song for this episode is the OP for Magical Girl Spec-Ops Asuka OP called “KODO” by nonoc. The closing song for this episode is the ED2 for Kaguya-sama Love Is War by Konomi Kohara.

The Winter 2019 Anime Season is wrapping up and the hosts are plugged in to give their take on what succeeded and what failed. Listen in and get their opinions on the season. Anime Reviewed in this Episode: The Price of Smiles, The Promised Neverland, Domestic Girlfriend, Kemurikusa, Boogiepop and Others, Mysteria Friends, How Clumsy You Are Miss Ueno, and Run With The Wind. The opening song for this episode is the OP for The Promised Neverland called “Touch Off” by UVERworld. The closing song for this episode is the ED for Boogiepop and Others called “Whiteout” by Riko Azuna.

Returning to the early two thousands, the hosts throw on their nostalgia glasses for the teacher romance title Please Teacher. Now on Blu-ray! As mentioned in the podcast, this copy of Please Teacher Blu-ray were provided to us for review by Nozomi Entertainment and Lucky Penny. The opening for this episode is the OP for Please Teacher called “Shooting Star” by Kotoko. The closing for this episode is the ED for Please Teacher called “Sora no Mori De” by Mami Kawada.

The hosts of the Otaku Spirit Animecast are here once again to tackle the upcoming anime for Spring 2019! Listen in with pens ready to get a slew of new titles to get excited about! Anime Discussed In This Preview: Blade of Demon, Philosopher’s Grandson, Fruits Basket, We Never Learn, Carole and Tuesday, Beyond of Being Alone, Meddlesome Kitsune Senko-san, Fairy Gone, Sarazanmai, Annihilated City, A Girl Who Chants Love, Stop This Sound, Magmel of the Sea Blue, Midnight Occult Civil Servants, RobiHachi, Cinderella Nine in August, Namu Amida Butsu, Hi no Tori, I’m From Japan, Gundam The Origin TV, 7Seeds, Ultraman, Miru Tights, The Island of Giant Insects, One Punch Man 2, Attack on Titan 3 Part 2, Bungou Stray Dogs 3, Diamond no Ace Act 2, Million Arthur 2, Mix, Fafner The Beyond, Bakumatsu Crisis, King of Prism, Aikatsu Friends, Isekai Quartet, Why The Hell Are You Here Teacher, Senryuu Girl, Ao-chan Can’t Study, Joshi Kausei, Mr Nobunaga’s young Bride, Strike Witches 501, Yatogame-chan Kansatsu Nikki, Over

Continuing on down the trail of the Mobile Suit Gundam franchise, the hosts of the Otaku Spirit Animecast tackle one of the most divisive titles in the series. The Gundam that jumped the shark from the beginning. As mentioned in the podcast, this copy of Mobile Fighter G Gundam Part 1 and Part 2 Blu-rays were provided to us for review by Right Stuf and Sunrise. The opening for this episode is the OP1 for Mobile Fighter G Gundam called “Trust You Forever” by Yoshifumi Ushima. The closing for this episode is the ED2 for Mobile Fighter G Gundam called “Kimi No Naka No Eien” by Inoue Takehide.

The hosts of the Otaku Spirit Animecast take on another slew of headlines straight out of the anime realm. Get the scoop, and of course, the important opinions. Topics this episode: Banpresto, Good Smile Company, If It’s For My Daughter, Haikyu, Vita, Piracy, Kizumonogatari, Osamu Masuyama New Project, Princess Connect Anime, Kakegurui Novel, Last Idea Game, Gundam Origin TV, Nippon Ichi Game, Reggie Fils-Aime, Carole and Tuesday, Kaguya-sama Love Is War Live Action, Crunchyroll Loses Funi Titles, Fuminori Kizaki project, River’s Edge Live Action, Radiant Season 2, Take On Me Film, Miss Kobayashi Season 2, Monogatari Series, Miru Tights, Licenses, Crunchyroll Anime Awards, Nintendo Direct, and much more! The opening for this episode is the OP for Kakegurui called “Deal with the devil” by Tia. The closing for this episode is from the PV for Carole and Tuesday.

A lot has happened in the anime sphere, and it has been some time since the hosts of the Otaku Spirit Animecast have sat down for a deep dive on how they see the industry as a whole. Topics this episode: Biggest Changes, MyAnimeList Ownership, Sony’s Involvement with Funimation, Crunchyroll’s Relationship Changes, Netflix’s Evolution, FuniRoll Breakup, Amazon’s Dwindling, Twin Engine’s Rise, Drama in 2018, Controversial Topics in Storytelling, Anime Bubble, Improvements in Distribution, Social Media Toxicity, Returning Series, Genre Trends, and passings of last year. The opening for this episode is the OP for Children of Whales OP called “Sono Saki e” by RIRIKO. The closing for this episode is the ED for After The Rain called “Ref:rain” by Aimer.

It’s been nearly 2 months since the hosts of the Otaku Spirit Animecast had a moment to sit down and look over the news. Join them as they dive into the recent happenings around anime and their thoughts on the bigger news bits. Topics this episode: Cells At Work, Nekopara, Opantsu, Yuko Ono, Kinoko Nasu, Clannad Switch, Takagi-san, Final Fantasy, School-Live, Flat Studio, In Spectre, MAL, Dropkick on my Devil, Fairy Gone, Moe Chronicles, Toonami, A Silent Voice Blu-ray, Aniplex, Gonna Be The Twintails, SpecialThanks, Astra Lost, Sacred Beasts, Ultra Violet, Re:Zero Replacements, Monogatari, Beastars, Madman Entertainment, Vinland Saga, Alita, Happiness Manga, FFXIV, Fate Grand Order, Vic Mignogna, and much more! The opening for this episode is the OP for Wolf Girl and Black Prince called “LOVE GOOD TIME” by SpecialThanks. The closing for this episode is the OP for Skilled Teaser Takagi-san called “Iwanai kedo ne” by Yuiko Oohara.

With the conclusion of the Fall 2018 Anime Season, the hosts of the Otaku Spirit Animecast are firing up the mics to give their take on what made waves, or what ended up dried up in the end. Anime Reviewed in this Episode: Merc Storia, Zombieland Saga, Golden Kamuy 2, Space Battleship Tiramisu Zwei, Goblin Slayer, Fist of the Blue Sky: Regenesis 2, Thunderbolt Fantasy: The Sword of Life and Death, and Thunderbolt Fantasy 2. The opening song for this episode is the OP for Golden Kamuy 2 called “Reimei” by Sayuri x MY FIRST STORY. The closing for this episode is the ED for Thunderbolt Fantasy 2 called “Roll The Dice” by Takanori Nishikawa x Sawano Hiroyuki.

The 2018 Anime Year has come to a close and it’s time for the hosts of the Otaku Spirit Animecast to tackle the age old question of which is best. Join them in this 4 part series as they run through each genre, best of topics, seasonal picks, and finally the best of the year! Please note: Deliberation episodes are intended to be nearly unfiltered and lightly edited. These were recorded over hours of deliberations and, while a bit of dead air was removed, it may have points of silence. This isn’t a reflection of our typical podcast episodes that are heavily edited for better listening experience. Deliberations covered in this episode: Sci-fi Mecha, Horror Psychological, Comedy, Harem, Ecchi, and Romance.. The opening for this episode is the OP for Darling in the Franxx called “KISS OF DEATH” by Mika Nakashima x Hyde. The closing for this episode is the ED for How Not To Summon A Demon Lord called “Saiaku na hi demo Anata ga Suki” by Yuu Serizawa.

The 2018 Anime Year has come to a close and it’s time for the hosts of the Otaku Spirit Animecast to tackle the age old question of which is best. Join them in this 4 part series as they run through each genre, best of topics, seasonal picks, and finally the best of the year! Please note: Deliberation episodes are intended to be nearly unfiltered and lightly edited. These were recorded over hours of deliberations and, while a bit of dead air was removed, it may have points of silence. This isn’t a reflection of our typical podcast episodes that are heavily edited for better listening experience. Deliberations covered in this episode: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, and Drama. The opening for this episode is the OP for Angolmois called “Braver” by Straightener. The closing for this episode is the ED for Megalobox called “Kakatte Koi yo” by NakamuraEmi.

While the Fall 2018 Anime Season comes to an end, the hosts of the Otaku Spirit Animecast are already looking forward to the future. Listen in and get a full breakdown on what to expect in Winter 2019. Anime Discussed In This Preview: The Rising of the Shield Hero, The Promised Neverland, Boogiepop Never Laughs, Kaguya-sama Love Is War, Dororo, The Quintessential Quintuplets, Revisions, Domestic Girlfriend, Magical Girl Spec-Ops Asuka, Endro, Girly Air Force, How Clumsy Your Are Miss Ueno, An Angel Flew Down To Me, Doukyonin wa Hiza, Kouya no Kotobuki Hikoutai, Kemurikusa, Grimms Notes The Animation, Pastel Memories, W’z, The Cost of Smiles, Circlet Princess, Bermuda Triangle Colorful Pastrale, Dimension High School, Mob Psycho 100 II, Kakegurui xx, Date A Live III, Real Girl 2, BanG Dream 2, Kemono Friends 2, The Morose Mononokean 2, Forest of Piano 2, B-Project 2, Meiji Tokyo Renka, Manaria Friends, Ameiro Cocoa SideG, Mini Toji, Continuing Series, and some random ONA/Movie/OVAs! The opening of this episo

Streaming partnerships are popping up left and right following the fallout of the Crunchyroll and Funimation deal. With this news and more on the doc, the hosts are here to break it down and give their perspective on the happenings. Topics this episode: Troyca Fate Anime, Kill La Kill Game, Evangelion on Netflix, Cowboy Bebop Live Action, 7SEEDS anime, A Silent Voice Theater Again, Tumblr bans, Strike Witches anime, New Rumiko Manga, Funimation and Hulu, To Love Ru Dub, Kurayukaba crowdfunding, Garo project, HiDive and VRV, Yen Press Konosuba license, New Sound Euphonium novels, Joker on Smash, Last Story trademark, Magical Girl Site continues, Tokyo District Court and Youtube, Yu Yamamoto passing, Blade Runner Animation, Mari Okada’s manga adapted, Spice and Wolf kickstarter, Frontwing takes Grisaia Back, and much more! Thanks to Fullmetal-Senpai for the great questions featured on this episode. The opening for this episode is the ED for Spice and Wolf called “The Wolf Whistling Song” by Rocky Chack. The

Expanding the world of Attack on Titan further, the hosts of the Otaku Spirit Animecast take a dive into the Light Novel side story of the Harsh Mistress of the City. An interesting take on the events following the initial downfall of the walls. This is a spoiler free review of Attack on Titan: The Harsh Mistress of the City novel that was listened to in its Audible format. Be sure to check our review of the anime adaptation of the manga series! The opening for this episode is the OP for Attack on Titan 2nd Season called “Shinzou wo Sasageyo!” by Linked Horizon. The closing for this episode is the ED1 for Attack on Titan called “Utsukushiki Zankoku na Sekai” by Yoko Hikasa.

Falling off the end of the Summer 2018 Anime Season, the Otaku Spirit Animecast is here to give the complete review of Angels of Death as it concluded its 4 episode ONA. Is there any sanity to be had here? This is a spoiler free review of Angels of Death (Satsuriku no Tenshi) from the Summer 2018 Anime Season and its 4 episode ONA sequel. The opening for this episode is the ED for Angels of Death called “Pray” by Haruka Chisuga. The closing for this episode is the OP for Angels of Death called “Vital” by Masaaki Endoh.