Anime Sickos

Fellow Sicko Matthew Marquez (call him Marquez) goes guesto mode! We discuss Marquez's strange addiction to superhero comics, his burgeoning career as an anime boy, and the time a teen murdered him with the greatest roast of all time. Plus, a Cog Talk about staying home sick that hits super different now that we're post-The Event! Follow the Sickos on Twitter @AnimeSickos Follow Marquez @MarquezTh...

The Sickos discuss the greatest thing that can ever happen in fiction: tournaments. Follow the Sickos on Twitter @AnimeSickos Follow Joe @ShariaUncle Follow Tom @TomHarrison19

Straight from their virus-proof podcast bunkers, the Sickos bring you a very special episode about the total collapse of society. Turns out, it's pretty dumb and bad! But your good sickos find out a way to talk about anime anyway. Follow the Sickos on Twitter @AnimeSickos Follow Joe @ShariaUncle Follow Tom @TomHarrison19

The Sickos diagnose Media Brain, a mind-destroying affliction that affects every single person on TV who your dad trusts. Then, we talk about how open world games are class traitors designed to steal our souls. Follow the Sickos on Twitter @AnimeSickos Follow Joe @ShariaUncle Follow Tom @TomHarrison19

Posting is an arcane and mystical art understood by few, but your good Sickos are here to break down the dark discipline into seven easily understood elements. Then, we talk about how the only good sport is sumo and that also it's anime. Follow the Sickos on Twitter @AnimeSickos Follow Joe @ShariaUncle Follow Tom @TomHarrison19

Mega sicko and excellent human erica dreisbach joins your sickos for a scintillating bout of Guesto Mode! We discuss erica's taste in anime and gaming, her hard-fought freedom from cog hell, and her and Tom's artistic partnership! Then, we all become cancelled for agreeing that Infinite Jest is a good book that is fun to read. Follow the Sickos on Twitter @AnimeSickos Follow Joe @ShariaUncle Follo...

The Sickos discuss Toriko, a terrible manga Tom just read about muscle guys who fight big monsters in order to eat weird gourmet food. It's extremely terrible but also sweet and thoughtful in a way very few things are. Then, we discuss how being a dumb goof with your buds is praxis.

Riley Hopkins, podcaster, game designer, and all-around sicko goes Guesto Mode! The boys talk about how designing a successful tabletop RPG makes you extremely rich (did not fact check this), Riley's truly staggering Naruto consumption habits, and more. Then, Riley and the Sickos face off to convince the other to give one of their favorite shows a try: Riley wants the Sickos to watch Power Rangers...

Inspired by the mind-bendingly terrible new satire from Dave Eggers, the Sickos review why comedy seems to suck so fucken hard in 2019. Then in Cog Talk, they moan about the indignity of having to use hyper-precise language in office environments, only to have your boss email you "diag convo?" Follow the Sickos on Twitter @AnimeSickos Follow Joe @ShariaUncle Follow Tom @TomHarrison19

The Sickos return from the Posting Mines with three new Wife Post gems, and are generous enough to share their riches with you. They discuss the big time wife post crimes committed in the recent past by ProJared, Chance the Rapper, and Shaun King, and learn that no matter how unique a wife post is, the energy behind them all is the same. Then, they discuss how sometimes, Devil Fruits are real. Fol...

Tom wakes up in the ruins of Sicko City, the world's first real-life roguelike. With no memory of how he got there, he must explore the ruins of the Procedurally Generated Nightmare searching for answers. Will his build let him win the run, or will RNG kill him before he discovers the truth? Follow the Sickos on Twitter @AnimeSickos Follow Joe @ShariaUncle Follow Tom @TomHarrison19 Follow guest st...

The sickos are joined by homie James Medley, an all-around creative and filmmaker. The crew discusses how making stuff is the only way to reclaim your spirit from Cog World but also how creative pursuits make you feel like a dumb baby. Follow the Sickos on Twitter @AnimeSickos Follow James @heymedley Follow Joe @ShariaUncle Follow Tom @TomHarrison19

The Sickos ruminate on how understanding that the things you like actually suck is the key to unlocking an extremely powerful brain that frees you from mental prison. Then on Cog Talk, we prove why it's a good idea to mistrust anyone and everyone at work: the absolute state of the kitchen and bathroom. Follow the Sickos on Twitter @AnimeSickos Follow Joe @ShariaUncle Follow Tom @TomHarrison19

The Sickos have trapped Actual Scientist John Hasier and are determined to waste his time and expertise as stupidly as possible. Listen as they force him to do Anime Science, discuss how being a scientist is exactly the same as being a cog, and philosophize about how science, while useful, is not the panacea STEM weirdos want you to think it is. Follow the Sickos on Twitter @AnimeSickos Follow Joe...

The Sickos take a load off and discuss what video games they're playing lately, and how Dragon Quest's complete refusal to do anything you don't expect can sometimes be exactly the kind of soothing balm a sicko mind needs. Then we relive the hated years known as College, explaining why it's a big lie that we got tricked into. Follow the Sickos on Twitter @AnimeSickos Follow Joe @ShariaUncle Follow...

The Sickos discuss the 1989 cinema classic Road House, and share their irrefutable theory that it is anime. With 7 undeniable pieces of evidence, you will never be able to see Road House the same way--you will see it in a better way. An anime way. Follow the Sickos on Twitter @AnimeSickos Follow Joe @ShariaUncle Follow Tom @TomHarrison19

Sicko Extraordinaire Sara McHenry joins the Sickos to discuss her freedom from anime, her compulsion to post, her love of The Mountain Goats (arguably a form of anime?), and why zines are a unique and fulfilling way to create art in a fucked up world! Follow the Sickos on Twitter @AnimeSickos Follow Joe @ShariaUncle Follow Tom @TomHarrison19

The Sickos revisit the fan favorite segment Cog Talk to dissect the odious phrase "bring your whole self to work," and how it's a ludicrous lie that would make life worse for boss and cog alike if you actually did it. Then, we reflect on the phantom fifth pillar of modern despair that we both are miraculously free of: Online Dating. Follow the Sickos on Twitter @AnimeSickos Follow Joe @ShariaUncle...

On the rain-slicked streets of Sicko City, one hard-boiled PI faces down an anime sicko who stands accused of watching Food Wars: Shokugeki No Soma. Will our grizzled lawman put this freak away, or will he go sicko mode after being tempted by anime? It's just another day in Sicko City...

The sickos discuss Epstein's very normal death and find comfort in the knowledge that Goku would never go on the Lolita Express. Cog Talk explores how famous media depictions of office drudgery don't actually scan in 2019. Follow the Sickos on Twitter @AnimeSickos Follow Joe @ShariaUncle Follow Tom @TomHarrison19 Music by Chuck Rios Art by Shawn Bowers

The sickos jaw about Hunter X Hunter, an anime with dope fights, compelling characters, short pants, and a total disregard for your time. The sickos also discuss the author's suffering as he was forced to work himself to the bone to meet deadlines on his previous series, Yu Yu Hakusho, until his body fell apart. Follow the Sickos on Twitter @AnimeSickos Follow Joe @ShariaUncle Follow Tom @TomHarri...

The Sickos take you on a guided tour of one of the greatest achievements in posting: The Wife Pentacle. Five holy posts, all about wife. Friends, enjoy. (PS we recorded this months ago so apologies if parts are dated) Follow the Sickos on Twitter @AnimeSickos Follow Joe @ShariaUncle Follow Tom @TomHarrison19 Music by Chuck Rios Art by Shawn Bowers

The Sickos explore one of the few recent memes to survive more than a few hours and to expand beyond a niche audience, 30-50 Feral Hogs. What makes something stick in a world of noise? Plus, the debut of Cog Talk, our signature segment about being an office cog. Follow the Sickos on Twitter @AnimeSickos Follow Joe @ShariaUncle Follow Tom @TomHarrison19 Music by Chuck Rios Art by Shawn Bowers

OG Sicko and Anime Sickos theme composer Chuck Rios joins the Sickos and explains how he was born into the sicko life, and how he became a composer and musician who cannot stop being in sicko mode. Then, Tom quizzes Joe and Chuck on the abilities of some of the dumbest-named Devil Fruits in all of One Piece. Follow the Sickos on Twitter @AnimeSickos Follow Joe @ShariaUncle Follow Tom @TomHarrison1...

Meet Tom and Joe, the Anime Sickos, as they explain how anime, posting, gaming, and jobs are the four pillars of modern misery, and how anime is simultaneously the best and worst thing ever. They also storyboard the first season of Paint the LINE!!, an anime about a prestigious high school in post-apocalyptic neo-Tokyo where students prepare themselves for a career of painting dotted yellow lines...