Otaku Spirit Anime

It’s time for the second of the Otaku Spirit Animecast reviews for the Spring 2016 season. Some of the bigger hitters of the season as well as some of the more controversial. Join us and find out what the hosts feel became hits or misses. Anime Reviewed in this Episode: Anne Happy, Bungou Stray Dogs, Kumamiko -Girl Meets Bear, Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress, My Hero Academia, Rainbow Days, Pan de Peace!, and Ushio and Tora 2. The intro music for this episode is the OP for Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress called “Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress” by Egoist. The outro for this episode is the ED for Kumamiko called “KUMAMIKO DANCING” by the cast.

"Cute Girls Doing Cute Things" can easily be a genre on its own in the anime sphere. However, cute girls riding tanks is a whole different story. Join the hosts as they explore a world where girls live on ships while battling tanks. A train wreck of an idea, turned into something fantastic. The intro for this episode is the OP for Girls und Panzer called "DreamRiser" by ChouCho which can be found on iTunes. The outro music is the ED for Girls und Panzer called "Enter Enter MISSION!" by the cast.

The Spring 2016 Anime Season is finally coming to a conclusion and the Otaku Spirit Animecast hosts are kicking off their reviews of its offerings. To start things off, they tackle some of the more controversial and even more anticipated. Anime Reviewed in this Episode: The Lost Village, Big Order, Kagewani 2, Hundred, Joker Game, Terraformars Revenge, Space Patrol Luluco, and The Asterisk War 2. The intro music for this episode was the OP for Big Order called “Disorder” by Yousei Teikoku and is available on iTunes. The outro music for this episode was the ED for Space Patrol Luluco called “Pipo Password” by TeddyLoid feat Bonjour Suzuki.

While the last few weeks have been very light on news, it doesn’t stop the hosts of the Animecast from throwing together some discussion to kick off the new week. Releases, Anime Dads, E3, and much more are ready to fill listener’s ears and there’s plenty of fun to be had. Discussions include: Discotek Releases, Funimation Releases, Best Fathers of Anime, E3 Thoughts (57:10-1:30:35), and more! The intro to this episode is called “Song of..Am” by SawanoHiroyuki and Mizuki. The outro for this episode is the ED for Bunny Drop called “High High High” by kasarinchu.

A past self, a new future, and uncertainty of one’s identity. All elements that are explored in the 2013 Romance Comedy Golden Time. Join the Otaku Spirit Animecast Hosts as they dive once again into this title and give their final take on if it’s worth a watch or not. Note: After giving a spoiler free review of Golden Time and following our outro music, we move on to a spoiler filled discussion of the series. If you have not watched Golden Time, avoid listening beyond the 27:04 marker. The intro for this episode was the first OP for Golden Time called “Golden Time” by Yui Horie. The outro for this episode is the first ED for Golden Time called “Sweet and Sweet CHERRY” by Yui Horie. Following the spoiler discussion, we close with the second OP for Golden Time called “The World’s End” by Yui Horie.

The Summer Season is upon us and with it comes a load of new anime titles for us to get excited for! While the season seems lighter than usual, it does have some heavy hitters that we cannot ignore. Join the Otaku Spirit Animecast Hosts as we explore its offerings. Anime Discussed In This Preview: 91Days, Active Raid 2, Sweetness and Lightning, Amanchu!, Ange Vierge, The Heroic Legend of Arslan 2, B-Project, Battery, Berserk 2016, Cute High Earth Defense Club Love Love, Cheer Boys!, D.Gray-man Hallow, Danganronpa 3, Days, Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya 3rei, Fudanshi Koukou Seikatsu, Fukigen na Mononokean, Handa-kun, Hatsukoi Monster, The Art Club Has a Problem, Love Live! Sunshine, Mahou Shoujo? Naria Girls, Masou Gakuen HxH, Mob Psycho 100, Alderamin on the Sky, NEW GAME, Orange, Puzzle and Dragons X, Qualidea Code, Regalia: The Three Sacred Stars, ReLIFE, Rewrite, The Disaster of Psi Kusuo Saiki, Sacred Rider XechS, SERVAMP, Food Wars The Second Plate, Taboo Tattoo, Tales of Zestiria the X, Time Travel Sh

Mamoru Hosoda’s newest film The Boy and the Beast has finally released in North America on home video. Being the unfortunates who could not reach it in theaters, the hosts of the Otaku Spirit Animecast are here to finally give their take on the newest title. Note: After giving a spoiler free review of The Boy and the Beast and following our outro music, we move on to a spoiler filled discussion of the movie. If you have not watched The Boy and the Beast, avoid listening beyond the 38:16 marker. The intro music for this episode is called “The Beast of Festivities,” the outro is called “A Child Full of Life,” and the outro for the spoiler segment is called “Free the Wind” which are all composed by Masakatsu Takagi from The Boy and the Beast Soundtrack. All are available on iTunes.

The Hosts of the Animecast take another trip back 20 years to review the fantasy romp El Hazard The Wanderers. Fabricated by the same producer that brought us a host favorite Tenchu Muyo series. But does it contain the same charm? Does it still hold up to today? Listen and find out! As mentioned in the podcast, this copy of El Hazard The Wanderers was provided to us for review by Nozomi Entertainment and Rightstuf. It can be purchased at RightStufAnime.com. We open this episode with the El Hazard OP called “Illusion” by Invoice. Closing this episode is the ED for El Hazard called “Bukiyou Janakya Koi wa Dekinai” by Etsuko Kozakura, Kikuko Inoue, and Rio Natsuki. We hope you all enjoy!

It’s time to dive head first into the story of Tsubasa with Nekomonogatari Black. The first segment in her story for the Monogatari Second Season. Join the Hosts of the Animecast and get their take on Tsubasa and if she remains candidate for best girl! Note: Following the Spoiler-Free Review of Nekomonogatari Black, we dive into some spoiler discussion about the season. If you have not watched Nekomonogatari Black, avoid listening beyond the 15:00 mark.

Trigger is well known for its work in producing Kill la Kill, but the other special title they put together was Little Witch Academia. In this episode of the Animecast, the hosts tackle the short episode produced through Anime Mirai, as well as the movie they put together in The Enchanted Parade. We open this episode with “Akko’s Idea The Happy Time Project” from the Little Witch Academia soundtrack. The closing for this episode is called “Luna Nova’s Witch Parade Happy Time”, also from the Little Witch Academia soundtrack.

People have been asking, and here’s your answer! The return of the Otaku Spirit Fairycast! In this seventh installment, we tackle the first large arc covering Edolas and the large amounts of interweaving back-plots it involves! Warning: We will be discussing Fairy Tail spoilers for the entire first 95 episodes of the series. This is the original Fairy Tail series. The opening for this episode is the OP7 of Fairy Tail called “Evidence” by Daisy x Daisy. The outro is the ED7 for Fairy Tail called “Hitori Samishiku” by ShaNa. We hope you all enjoy!

While the Winter 2016 Anime Season didn’t have a large quantity of twist filled shows, we still had plenty of events to talk about. Join us as we recap our favorite moments of the Winter 2016 Season, full on spoilers! Be sure to check the following time stamps to avoid listening to show discussions about shows you don’t want to be spoiled on. Special thanks to everyone as we reach our 200th episode of the Otaku Spirit Animecast! Timestamps: 2:49 – AOKANA 7:12 – KONOSUBA 13:48 – Dagashi Kashi 18:35 – Sekko Boys 19:33 – Dimension W 26:44 – Heavy Object 34:13 – Bubuki Buranki 39:56- Ojisan and Marshmallow 44:39 – Please Tell Me! Galko-chan 51:12 – Myriad Colors Phantom World 58:42 – Norn9: Norn+Nonet 1:00:03 – Prince of Stride: Alternative 1:01:58 – Gate II 1:11:51 – Divine Gate 1:19:19 – God Eater 1:23:46 – Schwarzesmarken 1:32:41 – Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju 1:41:48 – Mobile Suit Gundam Iron-Blooded Orphans 1:49:51 – Ajin: Demi-Human 1:54:17 – Tabi Machi Late Show 1:56:29 – Erased 2:03:32 – Grimgar of Fant

The last few weeks have been crazy, and with reviews being in order, we’ve had to put off discussion for some time. So here it is, a slew of news, new and old! And… a little bit of ranting included. Discussions include Heaven’s Feel, Fate/Extra, Rage of Bahamut Virgin Soul, A Silent Voice PV, Your Name (Kimi no na Wa) PV, Planetarian Anime, Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju 2nd Season, Poco Udon, Netflix and Kuromukuro, Toonami and FLCL, Eromanga Sensei, Berserk, Tomoyo After, Skip Beat, and Hatsune Miku!

Bakemonogatari has been a big hit in certain sections of the anime fandom. Praised for its witty dialog exchange that could make any subtitle purist’s eyes bleed. In all seriousness, the lack of an Otaku Spirit Animecast review of it was just downright criminal. Seeking to change that, we sit down and review this classic and give it a proper examination. Note: Following the Spoiler-Free Review of Bakemonogatari, we dive into some spoiler discussion about the first season. If you have not watched Bakemonogatari, avoid listening beyond the 27:42 mark. We open this episode with the Bakemonogatari OP4 called “Renai Circulation” by Kana Hanazawa. Closing, we play the ED for Bakemonogatari called “Kimi no Shiranai Monogatari” by supercell. The closing of the spoiler segment is “Sugar Sweet Nightmare” by Yui Horie.

Spring brings quite an exciting new season of anime that one can’t help but get excited about. Not only is the offering showing promising, but the number is one for the record books. Over 60 new titles stretching from mecha, to moe, to shounen, to fantasy, to mafia, and more. Plug in your sound projectors of choice and join us as we break it down! Anime Discussed In This Preview: Age 12, Bakuon, Big Order, My Hero Academia, Bungou Stray Dogs, Endride, flying witch, Gekidol, Ace Attorney, Hai Furi, Hundred, Joker Game, Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn RE:0096, Kiznaiver, Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress, Kuma Miko, Kuromukuro, Mayoiga, And You Thought There is Never a Girl Online?, Pan de Peace, Life in a Different World From Zero, Haven’t You Heard I’m Sakamoto, Sansha Sanyou, Seisen Cerberus Ryuukoku no Fatelite, Shounen Maid, Twin Star Exorcists, Super Lovers, Sword Gai, Tanaka-kun wa Itsumo Kedaruge, Anne Happy, Sailor Moon Crystal 3, Concrete Revolutio 2 The Last Song, The Asterisk War 2, Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure

While there isn’t too much news to cover the last couple weeks, there’s still plenty of content to discuss in this week’s Otaku Spirit Animecast Discussional. After diving into some brief news, we check in with our community and then follow things up with some interesting spoiler discussion. At the 1:20:00 mark, we jump into some spoiler discussion for the Winter 2016 Season. Be sure to avoid listening to segments of shows you have not seen! Time Stamps: 1:20:38 – ERASED Ep10 1:44:57 – Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash Ep9 2:14:52 – Myriad Color Phantom World Ep10 2:15:55 – GATE II Ep22 2:29:15 – Luck and Logic Ep9 2:31:51 – Girls Beyond the Wasteland Ep10 2:37:06 – Schwarzenmarken Ep9 2:47:05 – Post Show

The hosts of the Otaku Spirit Animecast have knocked out yet another title in their pile of shame by confronting a sadly missed P.A. Work original. Join as they examine the musical slice-of-life drama of Tari Tari. The intro music for this episode is the OP for Tari Tari called “Shiokaze no Harmony” by Shirahamazaka High School Chorus Club (the cast). The outro music is the ED for Tari Tari called “goin’ my way!” by Shirahamazaka High School Chorus Club (the cast).

Humans and Demons are in what seems like a never ending bloody war. As the Hero faces against the Demon Lord, things take an interesting twist into an odd tale of companionship and.. potatoes?! Join the hosts of the Animecast as they once again visit the tale of Maoyu and give a full take in a revised review! The intro music for this episode is the OP for Maoyu called “Mukaikaze” by YOHKO. The outro music for this episode is the ED for Maoyu called “Unknown Vision” by Akino Arai.

Funimation Netflix, and Section23 are on the radar this time around for the Otaku Spirit Animecast Discussional. Join us as we dive into license rescues, new adaptation announcements, and ... Kickstarter rants. Thanks to AstDeprived, Kocurek, JackTWD4th, SemiBolt, Justaguy, Lenzark, and Baka Ichigo for the great questions featured in this podcast.

Jumping into the future of 2400, part of mankind is digitized in an orbiting colony of DEVA. After it is hacked by a source on Earth, System Security Officer Angela Balzac is sent to take down the hacker while learning the quirks of being human. Thus is the opening to a movie created by a team of big names, but can it live up to the backing? Join the hosts of the Animecast and find out! The music for this episode is the theme for Expelled From Paradise called “Eonian” by ELISA connect EFP. The English Version can be purchased from iTunes. The Japanese Version can also be purchased from iTunes.