Anime Summit Podcast

Episode 436: This week we review another non-anime, Netflix Animation: Blue Eye Samurai. Although a simple tale of Samurai revenge, the unique characters and their stories are brought to life by this uniquely animated piece created by French animation studio Blue Spirit.

Episode 435: To kick off the year we said goodbye to 2023 with our Fall Review so this week we FINALLY welcome 2024 with our predictions for the Anime Community and Industry as well as make resolutions on how we want to contribute to it. Let us know whats on your list!

Episode 434: HAPPY NEW YEAR! It's good to be back, and what better way to introduce the new year by saying goodbye to the last season of 2023 by giving it a whole ass review! This week we talk about Overtake!, MF Ghost, Jujutsu Kaisen S2, Frieren, and more! 0:00 Intro4:34 Listeners Question of the Week 8:37 Waifu of the Week / Husbando of the Hour 10:14 Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End 18:20 Spy...

**This week an EX episode will take place of the regular episode while the Summit Crew recovers from the holidays and gears up for Fall Review EX34: NEXT on the Brat Pack Series review is St. Elmo's Fire and Weird Science! Dannie and King tackle these brat pack classics both hailing from the year 1985!

Episode 432: This week we are joined by one of the coolest Anime podcasters and Yu Yu Hakusho superfan, Earthworm from Anime Bros Podcast to talk about Netflix's live action adaptation of the famous manga and anime Yu Yu Hakusho by Yoshihiro Togashi. Did Netflix make another adaptation hit? Or did they fall flat like a lot of other anime adaptations? Follow Anime Bros Podcast here! https://lin...

Episode 431: What if you took a an action packed and emotionally intense story arc from a manga from the 60s and adapted it into a modern day murder mystery thriller? That is exactly what Naoki Urasawa did with Osamu Tezuka's Astro Boy. Taking the "Greatest Robot On Earth" story arc and turning it into the story where we follow Europol's finest Cyborg Detective, Geshict and his m...

EX33: No seriously.  We take it personally.  From the pencil hitting the page, to it being rendered to it being checked by the Director, and even beyond that...from designing fashion to making a simply 18 x 24 poster of some waifu, anime and manga is a medium that goes far beyond whats on your favorite streaming service and whats in your weekly manga magazine.  Sen joins me (Som) as we tend to bon...

Episode 430: FIRST AND FOREMOST this is all in good fun and this is just for fun smack talk. We don't really care that much what you rate and score or think about certain anime. Our motto first and foremost is like what you like and dislike what you dont and let others do the same. That being said we take a look at our Patron's anime watch lists from MAL, Anilist, and other places and WTF...

Episode 429: Today we review Scott Pilgrim Takes Off. The anime adaptation of Bryan Lee O'Malley's famous graphic novel from the early 2000s that is filled with video game nostalgia that is used as a front to uncover what it means to love. Director Abel Gongora along with Science Saru take on the task of adapting this famous story and reminds us what its like to be in Lesbians with someone...

Episode 428: As the holidays roll around what better time then now to review a wholesome movie based on one the earliest pieces of animation that could be called Anime. Speed Racer follows the racer family and their driver, Speed Racer, the middle child of the family who wants to become the best racer of all time in the WRL. HERE IS THE CODE FOR 15% OFF OUR MERCH SHOP CYBERBUTTS23 at check out for...

Episode 427: This week we finish our first impressions of the Fall Anime season with part 2. With Dannie rejoining us this week we get in insight to what three of us will be watching for the rest of the Fall Season.

Episode 426: This week the hosts finally dive into the Fall season of anime! We talk about Goblin Slayer 2, Shangri-La Frontier, 100 Girlfriends, Overtake!, MF Ghost, Under Ninja, and more!

Episode 425: Adding to our ever growing completion list of 2000s shows, we decided to do another show swap. This time between Dannie and Nick. Nick offers up the hard sci-fi anime: Planetes, while Dannie offers up the CLAMP classic: Chobits.

EX32: This week Dannie, King, and Som review the 1998 teen horror classic, THE FACULTY. But before you listen to this review, snort some of this white powder from this pen so I know you're a human.

Episode 424: Time for another edition of Anime Shark Tank.  We made a google form and shared it with yall to pitch us, the hosts, your idea for a spooky themed anime.  Thank you to the awesome Summit Squad peeps who submitted their ideas!

Episode 423: Michael Meyers, Freddy, Carrie, Alien...Classic horror films. What if they could be adapted into an anime? We talk about some famous horror movies that could have potential stories or adaptations that could be made into an anime. All I am saying is if Michael Meyers was a full on Waifu I would be in that joint gettin stabbed hella.

Episode 422: It is spooky season! So time for a MONSTER review on the latest addition to Netflix's Castlevania Animated universe with Castlevania: Nocturne! This time centered around the young Richter Belmont of the famous Belmont clan of Vampire killers! https://godisaloli.com

Episode 421: As the leaves begin to fall and hit the ground as quickly as Summer ended. This week we give our final review of the Summer Season and talk about our favorite shows, what we finished, and our anime of the Summer Season of anime for 2023.

EX31: Cinnamontography 10: Brat Pack Series 2: On this edition of Dannie and King's Brat pack series they are joined by Som and talk about the next two years in the Brat Pack era! Sixteen Candles and The Breakfast Club!

Episode 420: This year, the classic historical drama anime film, Barefoot Gen, turned 40 years old. This classic based on the manga by Keiji Nakazawa tells the story of the Nakaoka family during the trying times of WWII and the immediate aftermath of the bombing of Hiroshima.

Get the drinks ready cuz it's time for HAPPY HOUR!! King and Snowman are back in a drunken stupor to talk about everything they're watching, listening to, and reading. This week, we're joined by Turtle Marlowe from Manga Club and Discord and our very special guest, Nick from Anime Summit!!! Sit back, relax, pour yourself something good, and enjoy another Drunk Cast!

Episode 419: At Anime Summit we take our mental health seriously! So how do we feel about the depiction of mental health in anime? We bring on Psychologist and fellow Nerd/Weeb Dr. William Nation on to help us look into the matter. Dr. William's Website - https://williamtnation.com/ Dr. Goblin YT channel - https://www.youtube.com/@Dr. Goblin

Episode 418: The Summit Crew are joined by Plummet Host, King for our review of the live action adaptation of One Piece. The famous manga by Eichiro Oda was adapted for an 8 episode live action series on Netflix, and there is too much to say about it, but as far as western live action adaptations go, it seems to be mostly positive!

Episode 417: We were cruising Netflix and we just had to review the short form series centered around our favorite eggy-boi, Gudetama. I honestly don't know what to write in this description...you should just watch it!

Episode 416: Thanks to Patron Huntertain for submitting this to our list of reviews recommended by our Patrons on Patreon! Sing A Bit Of Harmony is an anime musical powered by Shion, an AI / Android sent on a field test to see if she can fool the student body, but is soon figured out by Satomi, the daughter of the person who created Shion, while also being discovered by Satomi's classmates. Wa...