Ani-Gamers Podcast

Evan and David finally get around to properly discussing Devilman Crybaby, now that everybody else has finally stopped talking about it and they both finished it. Plus, a little send-off to Ghibli founder Isao Takahata, who passed away a few weeks ago, some Life is Strange and Bloodborne talk, and the long-awaited answer to which host is the seme and which is the uke. Topics include: “wowsers,” Th...

Evan and David welcome back the AGP’s reigning bad ’80s anime champion Stephen McAuliffe to talk about the legendary apocalyptic psychic action movie Harmagedon (a.k.a. Genma Wars) at the request of friend of the podcast Vinnie Averello. The trio marvels at both the nonsensical plot of the movie itself and Central Park Media’s extremely powerful English dub. Topics include: Street Fighter diversit...

Not a lot is known about O-ei, Katsushika Hokusai’s third daughter, and that’s what makes Miss Hokusai less an interesting biopic than dramatic historical fiction. This movie, which adapts Hinako Sugiura’s original manga, paints a portrait of an artist in vignettes and brings to light a historical figure who lived in the shadows for a good deal of her life. Daughte...

E-Cheese Zone, one of the games at “That Party.” This episode Evan and David talk Celeste and David’s new PS4 (he’s playing Bloodborne), the parties and wacky indie games of the Game Developers Conference, game dev unionization efforts, and their most anticipated Spring 2018 anime. Topics include: The Daily Isin Dose, the Ed Chavez anime, and Godwin’s Law but for game strea...

The Eccentric Family , which adapts the novels of Tomohiko Morimi, is directed by  Masayuki Yoshihara and features animation production via P.A. Works. The story focuses on the Shimogamo family, which is comprised of shape-shifting tanukis, in a fictionalized but superbly rendered Kyoto which is also inhabited by tengus and humans.  The Eccentric Family is, above all things, about famili...

Jersey Boy Evan and New Yorker David bring in guest Rickie Sherman to talk Neo Yokio, the inscrutable vanity anime co-production from Vampire Weekend lead singer Ezra Koenig. But first, a recap of Evan’s weekend with Studio Trigger at Genericon 2018 and some Boogiepop news. Topics include: Kim and Kanye’s favorite anime, the pineapple on pizza of anime, and a shockingly sincere discussion of race...

Evan and David recap some anime news, including Crunchyroll streaming The Garden of Sinners, the incredibly cool staff for next season’s Hisone to Masotan, and Genericon 2018’s Trigger guests. Then the hosts talk Darling in the Franxx, Today’s Menu for the Emiya Family, more Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, and the latest indie darling platformer, Celeste. Plus questions about video game nostalgia...

The hosts look back on the best anime, manga and video games of last year, including Zelda, NieR, Land of the Lustrous, and In This Corner of the World, with guest Nate Ming from Crunchyroll. Plus listener questions and lots of pontificating on the nature of Best-of lists. Topics include: fancy root beer glasses, nuclear takes, and Shigesato Itoi’s Mother starring Jennifer Lawrence. Runtime: ...

Adapting the novel by Shion Miura, The Great Passage tells the story of an editorial crew assembling a dictionary. Exciting stuff, right? Well, actually this simple tale of ordinary people who love words and all they can do is as gripping and dramatic as it can be visually beautiful. Sadly, not too many people have experienced this imagery-heavy anime. It premiered in the noitaminA progr...

There’s lots of anime and games to talk about this episode as Evan and David discuss the baffling Nintendo Labo cardboard accessory system, Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, the absurd comedy of gdgd men’s party and Pop Team Epic, and of course, Devilman Crybaby. In the questions segment, the hosts give some advice on how to avoid feeling inadequate about the amou...

Time for a deep cut to some awesome mecha designs and ’80s rock music! Jared finally gets robot-anime h8ter Ink to sit down and watch all eight Bubblegum Crisis OAVs. Come for Jared’s idol debut and stay for some great discussion and reminiscing with special guest Doug Weinman about this late-’80s, early-’90s cyberpunk series that packs some serious talent. In addition...

From the 2013 JAXA/NASA collaboration anime . Evan and David are back for the new year to talk about their favorite anime from Fall 2017, their most anticipated anime from Winter 2018 (although they forgot a couple big ones!), and Kim-Jong Un’s favorite manga. Plus an important Kyoto Animation confession. Topics include: Kino’s Journey is Windwaker, the prequel to Boss Baby, and raw milk idols. Ru...

Welcome to  Anime Secret Santa , a gift exchange run by our friends at  Reverse Thieves  where the gifts are anime review recommendations! For their first Reverse Thieves Secret Santa entry, Jared and Ink stare into the bleak and violent landscape of Casshern Sins . This reboot of the 1973 anime Casshan follows an immortal, amnesiac robot named Casshern, whose initial act of violenc...

At long last, the NieR: Automata show has arrived! David and Evan sit down with their buddy Natasha (@illegenes on Twitter) from Isn’t It Electrifying and Crunchyroll News to discuss the game’s multiple playthroughs and fan-favorite characters, as well as the indelible charm of its creator, Yoko Taro. Topics include: getting owned by Yoko Taro, 9S’s pineapple pizza preferences, and Evan’s bad NieR...

We had to postpone our NieR: Automata episode due to scheduling problems, but there’s a lot of news for Evan and David to go over in the meantime, like the Batman Ninja trailer, Nobuhiro Watsuki being a pedophile, and EA’s Battlefront 2 loot box shenanigans. Then it’s time for David to actually watch anime for once: In This Corner of the World, Fate: Apocrypha, and Fate/stay night: Heaven’s Feel....

Released in 2003, the first Kino’s Journey anime is an episodic affair that centers around an AI-imbued motorad named Hermes and its rider, a traveler named Kino. They visit country (town) after country and stay no more than three days at a time to observe the inhabitants and their customs. The series, based on a series of light novels (…no wait, keep reading!) by Keiichi Sigsawa and...

Evan and David discuss the biggest gaming news of the decade: the CIA’s release of Osama bin Laden’s personal files, including a bunch of downloaded video games. Then it’s time to talk Super Mario Odyssey, the Super NES Classic (David’s playing Donkey Kong Country), and the currently airing TV anime Juni Taisen – Zodiac War (based on a novel by the Monogatari series’s Nisioisin). Topics include: B...

Happy (month of) Halloween! To celebrate, we at Oldtaku no Radio bring you the true horror that is  Gyo: Tokyo Fish Attack  – the 2012 OVA which adapts Junji Ito’s Gyo manga. Because we were too scared to tackle this title alone, we decided to re-traumatize All Geeks Considered co-host Vinnie via an invite. After having read the original manga and watched the movie, we s...

Evan and David are joined by Tatsuru Tatemoto, a.k.a. Tattun, PR rep for anime studio Trigger (Kill la Kill, Little Witch Academia, Inferno Cop) to talk about what it’s like to be an American working for an anime studio, the charms of Little Witch Academia’s new TV series, and gaming in Japan. Then we answer listener questions about Trigger’s mascot Trigger-chan and the influences for Little...

Evan and David go over the news from the Nintendo Direct; get unexpectedly excited for the upcoming Studio Trigger/A-1 Pictures anime Darling in the Frankxx; confess their sometimes mixed feelings on Code Geass and its spin-off, Akito the Exiled; and delve into the psychological horror visual novel Tokyo Dark. Topics include: Mario’s nipples, Battle Royale the movie but with Kirby, and Evan&...

If you’ve yet to watch the epic drama about traditional storytelling that is Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju , get yourself on over to Crunchyroll and do so. If you’ve yet to watch the sequel, Descending Stories , feel free to listen up until the spoilers section (or past if you don’t care about such things). In our final episode of our first season of Oldtaku no Radio, we return to...

Con season is officially over for our hosts, so Evan “The Teflon Criminal” Minto and David “The Content God” Estrella are back to catch you all up on Crunchyroll Expo, David’s Nintendo Switch escapades, and the greatest live-action anime adaptation of all time: the Netflix Death Note movie. Topics include: anime TED talks, “sleep is the key to strong thought,&#8...

Once again Evan roped a bunch of his podcaster friends into a post-Otakon episode. Reigning Ani-Gamers Podcast champions Al and Kate (@hisuiRT, @narutakiRT, Reverse Thieves), Carl (@sdshamshel, Ogiue Maniax) and Patz (@PatzPrime, The Cockpit) discuss the anime convention’s new Washington, DC location, their favorite and least favorite fan panels, the premieres of Eureka Seven: Hi-Evolution a...

Released in 1991 as a pair of OVAs, Otaku no Video is much more than this podcast’s namesake. Otaku no Video , produced by animation studio Gainax, is a time capsule, an enshrined symbol of counter culture, commentary on the otaku way of life, a commercial, and on the surface … a pretty poorly written slice-of-life anime. Want to find out how one title can be so many things? Just click...