Anime Sickos

The Sickos try to talk about how awful it is to be ruled over by nine cloaked wizards who every month or so put out a new law about how racism is now mandatory, but almost immediately start talking about Disney Quest and Six Flags. Do you guys remember that fucked up Jetsons-ass ferris wheel they had

The Sickos read a true story about a kid who met a real vampire and believe it unreservedly. When you hear us talk about it you'll agree! Then, we rank more game mechanics and in doing so accidentally create a political philosophy that, if implemented, would save the world and render it a perfect paradise. Classic Sickos!

The Sickos welcome Magenta Geist, musician and Tom's co-star on the audio drama series The Disappearances of Lydia Fountayne (new episodes begin releasing on June 21st 2026)! We talk about what it was like to be two of the three main characters on the show (fun), whether you should listen to the show (yes), and if Magenta's music kicks ass (does). Check it out!! Learn more about The Disappearances...

The Sickos discuss "Fear," the famous emotion you have when a guy pops out and goes bleeeehhh. What is fear? What does it mean to be spookified? Our wide-ranging discussion finally answers these age-old questions and more.

The Sickos have recently utilized their powerful brains to increase their quality of life even in the face of unemployed loserdom and are here to share their findings with you. Plus, we list the six best new characters that a new Smash Brothers game must feature. This one is a classic folks

The Sickos watched Park Chan-wook's 2025 movie No Other Choice, a movie about loser husbands with no jobs. Personally we think it is extremely rude that we were not cast in a movie based on our lives but whatever, we don't speak Korean. This movie is insanely funny and fucked up, Sickos fans cannot miss it 

Charles Star, one of the premier podcasting lawyers and host of the new show No Homework goes guesto mode! We talk about why being the specific kind of podcasters we are is the most moral thing in the world, perverts, ultrarare specialty trains, lawyers with funny billboards, and more. Charles is one of the best people in the world to yap at length with and we are proud to help him in his quest to...

Listen folks, no one has money and it's only going to get worse. You either gotta start shopping at Aldi or start shopping at the coffin store. Most Aldi products are good, but you gotta know the joke foods they stock as a trap. Luckily your favorite Sickos are here to tell you which Aldi brand items to avoid at all costs. You're welcome. Plus, we once again rank some game mechanics on our funny t...

Joe Kassabian, host of the Lions Led by Donkeys podcast and author of the upcoming fantasy novel The Highlands Burn, goes guesto mode! Joe is one of the few guests who is on our level regarding JRPGs, the insane game genre that sucks. Plus, we discuss how to be into military history without being a scary guy, and the dreaded "writing process" you need to do to write a dang book. This one is a slam...

The Sickos celebrate 250 big ones by doing a mailbag episode, a classic type of episode for podcasters who want to kick up their feet and let someone else come up with all the topics. Turns out: it's really fun! This one turned out great. We have loved doing 250 episodes of Anime Sickos Podcast and look forward to many more!

June Sternbach from Kill The Computer and Ill Conceived goes guesto mode! We have a vibrant and wide-ranging conversation on the things that have us going sicko mode: live comedy, Pokemon, Super Smash Bros Melee, Lost, folk punk, board games where you fuckin lie, and a twitter user dedicated to defending the masculine, Christian values of Ninjago. This one was a great time, and you will have a gre...

Smart podcasters doing an episode about a popular new video game would ensure their discussion is broad and accessible to the larger listening audience. Well the Anime Sickos are fucking stupid, so our discussion of the roguelike deckbuilder is intensely specific as we discuss the design intricacies of this incredible game. If you are a gamer, first: I'm sorry. Second: You must play Slay the Spire...

The Devil is still real and he's more present than ever! Folks, the horrors are innumerable as the evil country "America" has begun a pointless campaign of death that will only make the world worse. The Sickos discuss and complain about the indignity of living in a world that is so much stupider and crueler than it needs to be. The reason is the Devil is making shit worse. Thanks to Max Kreisky an...

I never thought it would happen again: it's a posting episode. The Sickos go nuts over an instant classic thread about a bus driver gone rogue, share the best Steam update of all time (and possibly a reverse wife post?), discover "the Epstein Files of your generation," and learn about the Leviathan, a type of MALE creature that some allege can kick Godzilla's ass. It was not easy to find enough po...

For a while we have struggled to come up with anything to add about All The Horrors: after all, you live here too! That's when it hit us: that's the point. You live here too! We dive into this deep truth, how it exposes the evil in the hearts of ICE, the foolishness of awful elected Dems, and the beautiful solidarity among those attacked by the fascists. You live here too!!

Jacob Dallas of Worker's Lit goes guesto mode! We discuss his new fantasy novel, They Called Her Rebel, the canon length of orc arms (long), how gaming influences the writing process, and why it kicks ass when books have a funny map in the front. Check it out!  Find They Called Her Rebel here: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/They-Called-Her-Rebel/Jacob-Dallas-Main/9781803419480 Check out Wo...

Aaron and Vince from Kame House Party join the Sickos to talk about Dragonball Daima, a new Dragonball anime we somehow barely heard about. Turns out it's great! A little cartoon devil from Halloween turns all the Dragonball characters into muppet babies so they can sell more anime figures. There's a hollow earth where robot bugs make you do puzzles. It's great.

The Sickos go absolutely nuts over our favorite guy Tim Robinson and his unbelievable new comedy/thriller show The Chair Company. To watch this show is like watching a master martial artist transcend his physical limits and learn how to shoot energy beams. Students of comedy must understand what he is doing here...this is an all-time talent at work

Uh oh! Computer parts cost a million dollars now and Crucial is just straight up not making products for consumers anymore! Of course we all know the world is pivoting away from live humans/having a society and toward a centralized class of immortal Wealth-Lords, but now it's actually hitting us where it hurts. Plus, Tom goes nuts about how he set up a household media server (and you can, too!)

For too long the noble podcaster, the last moral profession left on earth, has been subject to countless indignities and hateful vexations. Tom and guest co-Sicko Riley Hopkins thus present The Podcaster's Bill of Rights, a list of 19 inalienable rights that restores dignity and respect to the honorable "podcaster." This shit is the law now. The Second Amendment is we get to have a gun

It's complete condiment chaos as Colin Padgett Arnold joins Tom for CONDIMENT KIDS 2, the long-awaited sequel to the smash hit podcast pilot CONDIMENT KIDS, originally released as the 100th episode of The Podcast Mines. We are back to taste six award-winning gourmet mustards and four mysterious wild-card condiments. Get ready to hear a lot of slurping and chewing right into the mic baby!!  Check o...

UNLOCKED FOR NON-PATRONS: We get lost and die in the pitiless troll-infested woods of ancient Norway as we discuss the black metal classic Bergtatt: Et Eeventyr I 5 Capitler by Ulver. This band was a group of fuckin teens trying to recreate the otherworldly, ice-cold brutality of their country's folk traditions and somehow they kinda got there. Tom is famously a metal disliker, but Josh's passion...

The Sickos have always been trendsetters, and as more and more people follow their lead into the ever-fashionable "unemployment," we share our tips for cooking yummy meals that kick ass on a tight budget. Plus, Joe shares an in-depth "Joe Update" on his physical and mental health, and we yap about games we're playing (He is Coming and Hades 2). Also there's a sketch.

It's been four years since the Sickos covered One Piece, and a lot has happened since then. Tom and Guest co-Sicko Marquez are current on One Piece and ready to yap about all the latest developments in this incredible comic book. A lot of it stupid. A lot of it is goofy. But mostly? It kick ass and make us cry. We know this may hold little appeal to non-One Piece fans, but for the fellow freaks th...

Ed Zitron, the guy on the internet who is always saying that this AI shit is a stupid grift that makes no financial sense, goes guesto mode. Turns out this AI shit is a stupid grift that makes no financial sense! Plus, we talk about the fraught psychosexual politics of a world made up of living cars, and gasp over Ed's very passionate opinions about Jojo's Bizarre Adventure. It was a blast yapping...