Otaku Spirit Anime

We're down to the final shows for our Winter 2015 Season Reviews! It’s a crazy list of moe food eating, idols, crazy otaku, moe bike riding, and some debate over the most divisive show of the season. Give it a listen and keep your bears to yourself! Anime Reviewed in this Episode: Gourmet Girl Graffiti, iDOLM@STER: Cinderella Girls, Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend, The Rolling Girls, and Yurikuma Arashi.

It has been a slow week in news, but that didn’t stop the community from providing plenty of questions to fuel another fun-filled discussional podcast. Join us as we talk about the wonders of Japanese crowdfunding, new license rescues, favorite tropes, and more! Special thanks to Ellie, Homebound11, Vern-kun, Star-K, Arslen, justaguy1253, shikakage, and almightyhiki for the great questions featured in this episode!

It’s time for part 3 of our Winter 2015 anime reviews! A jam-packed episode with some big name 2-cour shows and some very unique titles that surprised us. Tons of laughs, tons of interesting insight, and a few cases of disagreement. Anime Reviewed in this Episode: Absolute Duo, Cross Ange: Rondo of Angel and Dragon, Shirobako, Yona of the Dawn, Maria the Virgin Witch, and Aldnoah Zero 2.

It's time for a quick mid-week discussional podcast from the Animecast. The last week was a very bumpy week for news. We got sad news in the closure of AnimeSols and cancellation of Gargantia Second Season, but we also got good news in a standard Unlimited Blade Works release and Noragami Second Season. Special thanks to Logan, Aridean, Lenzark, almightyhiki, Homebound11, ALongStoryShort, and justaguy1253 for the great questions featured in this episode.

The Winter 2015 Anime Season is finally coming to an end, and we're here to tell you what shaped up and why they are great or duds! In this first week of reviews, we cover everything from talking hands, judgements, tone deaf boys, and seductive sisters. Anime Reviewed in this Episode: Parasyte -the maxim-, The Testament of Sister New Devil, Death Parade, Handsome High School Earth Defense Club Love!, Your Lie In April, and Durarara!! X2 Shou.

It's that time again, time to take a peak into the next season of anime! Spring 2015 is merely a couple of weeks away and it's packed with a slew of promising shows. Cat girls, brass bands, dungeon harems, food battles, and more! Anime Discussed in this Preview: Rainy Cocoa, The Heroic Legend of Arslan, Baby Steps 2, Denpa Kyoushi, Digimon Adventure tri, Is it Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?, Sushi and Beyond, Etotama, Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works 2, Le Eden De La Grisaia, Gunslinger Stratos: The Animation, Sound! Euphonium, Wish Upon the Pleiades, Blood Blockade Battlefront, Ghost in the Shell Arise: Alternative Architecture, Kyoukai no Rinne, Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha ViVid, Mikagura Gakuen Kumikyoku, Narudoma, Nisekoi 2, Ore Monogatari!!, Seraph of the End, Plastic Memories, Punch Line, Re-Kan!, Food Wars!, Show by Rock!!, Triage X, Urawa no Usagi-chan, My Teenage Romantic Comedy SNAFU Zoku, and Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches.

Have you ever desired to become a yandere that desperately fights to keep other girls from their senpai? In this episode of the Otaku Spirit Animecast we dive into some news that includes Yandere Simulator as well as other great topics. Then after jumping into some community questions we have a short discussion on the recent happenings of Aldnoah Zero. Note: Our discussion on Aldnoah Zero begins at the 45:12 mark. So if you have not watched up to episode 22 of Aldnoah Zero, please avoid listening beyond that point.

The Studio Ghibli marathon continues as the hosts of the Animecast continue on to review two more recently released films.  After reviewing and discussing The Wind Rises, they then move on to The Tale of the Princess Kaguya.  Listen in to get our take! The spoiler segment for The Tale of the Princess Kaguya begins at the 48:30 marker.  So avoid listening beyond that point.

Love is in the air, and so is the news. In this episode we hit up a load of news before diving into some listener questions. Rounding out the episode, we pay tribute to Valentine’s Day by attempting to spotlight romance in anime. Special thanks to Star-K, Lenzark, RedJohn, Homebound11, and JustAGuy for the great questions and comments featured on this episode!

The Time of Eve original net animation was a huge hit in 2008, spawning a movie that was equally impressive. Thanks to a Kickstarter effort, the Time of Eve movie reached western audiences and managed to impress even the biggest ONA fans; including ourselves! Join us as we review this movie and give our take on what makes it so special. The spoiler discussion segment begins at the 33:10 marker. If you have not watched Time of Eve, avoid listening beyond that point.

Studio Ghibli is, by far, one of the greatest animation studios of all time. When paired with the genius creator Hayao Miyazaki, we got great films like Kiki’s Delivery Service and Princess Mononoke. Two timeless classics that we highlight as we review the blu-ray releases in this Animecast.

After a brief break from the discussional podcasts, we return with a hefty episode filled to the brim with discussion and news! After news on Crunchyroll, Happiness, ufotable’s God Eater, and Neon Genesis Evangelion HD, we jump into community questions. Following that, we have some in-depth discussion on Death Parade and Yatterman Night. Note: We discuss both Death Parade and Yatterman Night in detail, including up to episode 5 spoilers. Discussion on Death Parade runs from 1h19m10s to 1h38m45s. Discussion on Yatterman Night runs from 1h38m45s until the podcast’s conclusion.

The Winter 2015 Anime Season has been given some time to let the dust settle, but now it’s time to stir up the dust once again with the Otaku Spirit Animecast First Impressions. Join us as we dive into the line-up and give our take on each show. Vetting the best and worst, so you don’t have to! Anime discussed in this episode: Maria the Virgin Witch, Yatterman Night, World Break: Aria of Curse for a Holy Swordsman, Absolute Duo, Yurikuma Arashi, Cute High Earth Defense Club LOVE!, KanColle, The Testament of Sister New Devil, Isuca, Saekano -How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend-, The iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls, Assassination Classroom, Death Parade, Rolling Girls, Gourmet Girl Graffiti, Unlimited Fafnir, and Military!.

A completely fabricated and insane title can mean only one thing: another Discussional Animecast is upon us! After discussing a new project by the Anohana team and some recent anime distribution announcements, we jump into a load of great new questions from the community to discuss in detail. Special thanks to Xeron21, TheLastShadow96, Loli-Knight, Mys145, GamerColyn117, shikakage, Zudotakikato, JustAGuy, and Shiloh for the great questions and comments we featured on this episode!

Fall 2014 seen the conclusion of several key series that we can’t ignore. Akame ga Kill, Mushishi The Second Passage, and Sword Art Online II. In this Animecast, we review these shows and give our in-depth analysis on why you should or shouldn’t watch them. Due to Sword Art Online’s nature, we put it as our final show to review for those who are very sensitive to spoilers regarding the conclusion of Sword Art Online Season 1. Though there really isn’t much to spoil, characters’ fates could be seen as spoilers.

The votes are in and it's time to announce the best anime of 2014! Join us as the two hosts list their favorite anime of each season, as well as their best overall shows, music, characters, and disappointments. Joining in the awards are picks from the OtakuSpirit community as well! A special thanks to our great community for chiming in on their favorites of 2014! If you didn't get your selections in, be sure to leave us a comment and let us know which shows you enjoyed!

Cute pillows, meltdown moe, cute drama, and chess battlefields! The Animecast is here to wrap up the final of the Fall 2014 Anime Reviews! They may be the “rest” of the reviews, but there’s still some good to be had. Anime Reviewed in this Episode: A Good Librarian Like a Good Shepherd, When Supernatural Battles Became Commonplace, Celestial Method, Lord Marksman and Vanadis, and Orenchi no Furo Jijo.

The Fall 2014 Reviews continue as the Animecast takes on five more shows to discuss. Join us as we talk about zombie girls, magic harems, assassin maids, twin-tail fetishes, and alien husbands! Anime Reviewed in this Episode: The Fruit of Grisaia, Trinity Seven, Gonna be the Twin-Tail!, Rage of Bahamut: Genesis, and I Can't Understand What My Husband Is Saying.

It’s that time again, another fun filled discussional podcast! In this episode, we discuss quite a bit of news hitting the presses this last week before jumping into a huge list of great community questions. CLANNAD, Fate/kaleid, Dubs, unforgettable moments, and fansubs are all on the agenda! Special thanks to justaguy1253, 1HalfRanma, JackTWD4th, Loli-Knight, and Zudotakikato13 for the great questions answered in this episode!

The Fall 2014 Season is officially over for the Anime fandom, and with it comes a slew of reviews from the OtakuSpirit Animecast. Join us as we run through five shows and give our goods and bads for each one. Magical Girls, Abusive Boyfriends, Roaches, and more! Anime Reviewed in this Episode: Gugure! Kokkuri-san, TERRAFORMARS, Wolf Girl and Black Prince, Hi-sCool! Seha Girls, and Yuki Yuna is a Hero.