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Requested by one of our listeners, we discuss the anime whose deaths either personally impacted us or we thought did excellent to the narrative. Or both! Anime Discussed: Agents of the Four Seasons, Vinland Saga, Orange, Food Wars, Demon Slayer, Tokyo Revengers

It's not just the movie world obsessed with remakes - the anime world has also seen an uptick. In this week's episode, we discuss what we feel about these remakes.

We check in our watchlist - sorry for skipping an episode! A couple of us got sick. One anime it turns out is our favorite - and none of us were expecting it to be.

They're almost a requirement if there's an anime that takes place in present day Japan!

What's on your watchlist this season? Here's ours!

When you're posting from large social media groups, you start to notice certain patterns after the group reaches a certain size of followers. We discuss how that entails with the community, throughout Japanese history, and in the anime itself.

Some of the most popular anime characters have this personality type, and we discuss why.

Either this year is going to be insane or we're already doomed b/c we've reached too high

Anime's use of slavery, a real life horrifying historical system, has been troubling to say the least. We explore some of the most egregious examples we've seen but also touch on some of the anime who do make a genuine effort to incorporate it into their story outside of just shock value.

Hello! We're back from hiatus, and yeah this season is CRAZY good. I don't know how we're going to top this. Also, obligatory check out my book plug! Apologizing ahead of time for the whole year of plugging about my novel. Please bear with me! https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0G4QDN9PT?tag=deepdesirespr-20&th=1&psc=1&geniuslink=true

Hi everyone! It's true. Gracie has a book that's coming out on January 30th called A Cinderella Crime Story. It's a BL YA Cinderella retelling with a Chinese American bent. You can preorder the ebook on the following links but will need to wait for the published physical book at the end of this month. Please support her if you can! Amazon: https://t.co/OuL5pohUTG B&N: https://t.co/...

Sometimes, there's anime you watch and you realize it just doesn't work in the anime format. This is what we discuss this episode! ALSO - I PUBLISHED A NOVEL! Check out A Cinderella Crime Story on Amazon, B&N, and various others outlets at @Girltaku_AT! Anime Discussed: ReLife, Deadman Wonderland, Golden Kamuy, Log Horizon, In/Spectre, Tadaima Okaerie

Jack is back! This week, we talk about anime merch - how our personal stories tie to merch, the kind of merch, and how we feel about each.

We discuss our feelings on our anime homework this season. Discussed: May I Ask For One Final Thing, With You Our Love Will Continue, and Sanda

Time for the MBTI type that tends to get typecasted as villains

We discuss our thoughts and feelings about Fall 2025!

Nekos. Love them, hate them, they've permeated every aspect of anime lingo, and we spend our time talking about them! Anime Discussed: Log Horizon, The Masterful Cat Is Depressed Again, Shugo Chara, Natsume's Book of Friends, Dandandan, Pokemon

We talk about the moments we became fans of these Japanese voice actors. Share your favorites with us in the comments!

We tortured Isabelle with Nyaight of the Living Cat Anime Discussed: The Summer Hikaru Died, My Dress-Up Darling S2, Nyaight of the Living Cat, Secrets of the Silent Witch

Are you a plot girlie or a character girlie? This is what we're diving to understand this week!

A guest joins us this week to take Isabelle's place, and we exchange fun anime convention stories!

Thank you to one of our listeners for suggesting this topic! The famous senpai trope of anime has become a big popular meme at this point, but there's a lot to discuss on it! Anime Discussed: Run With the Wind, Golden Kamuy, Sasaki and Miyano, Shugo Chara, Blue Box, Diamond no Ace

We talk about what we're watching for the newest season! After being exhausted from AX

MBTI character analysis are back before we head out to AX! We cover ESTJ this week!

There's quite a bit of shorter anime mediums but we think they tend to go under the radar. This week, we discuss our favorites! CW: One of the short anime discussed centers on depression and suicide