Oldtaku no Radio

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...

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...

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...

It’s time for Old Spice & Taiikuwolves! For episode ten of Oldtaku no Radio, Jared and Ink are joined by Kory and Chris of the Taiiku Podcast to talk about the  mostly  beloved anime  Spice & Wolf . And don’t you worry, this ain’t just a Holo fancast; some surprising revelations come up in the discussion that will  really  make...

Produced  waaaaaaay back in 2001, R.O.D. (Read or Die), directed by Koji Masunari, revolves around special agent Yomiko Readman (a.k.a. “The Paper”) and her allies at the British Library as they try to obtain and protect a book that, in the wrong hands, could lead to the end of all human life on Earth. This OVA is, despite only being sixteen years old, a classic among cl...

©2016 TOHO / CoMix Wave Films / KADOKAWA / JR Kikaku / AMUSE / voque ting / Lawson HMV Entertainment Because we were not invited to the cool podcast (actually, we recorded this before the AGP), the Oldtaku crew and special guest Scott Spaziani recorded our own your name. podcast. Scott and Ink are seasoned Shinkai viewers (both have panels on the director that they present at cons), and...

For episode double-o-seven, Jared and Ink train their sights on the 2008 anime adaptation of a seinen classic: Golgo 13 . This super-expressionless super assassin has become legend, but why? What is the secret behind Duke Togo’s staying power? Is it the length of his barrel, the cock of his rifle, his prowess in hitting the G-spot, or the uber-ridiculousness of the whole gun fantasy/power tr...

Welcome to Oldtaku no Radio’s first official B-side. In the anime season lulls that happen between regular OnR episodes, we lightly blather about what shows we stuck with – what worked and what didn’t and why – from the past season and try to make predictions as to what might hold our interest or earn our ire in the upcoming season. We have a decisive (if only a smidge...

In 2001, Genndy Tartakovsky’s Samurai Jack stunned audiences with ambitious and beautiful visual storytelling, a mostly stoic hero, and perhaps the world’s best (if not most lovable) villain. Samurai Jack ran for four seasons (52 episodes) but was cut down in its prime. This Emmy-winning cartoon, which had a largely episodic structure (save Jack’s building frustration), sadly nev...

In 2001, Genndy Tartakovsky’s Samurai Jack stunned audiences with ambitious and beautiful visual storytelling, a mostly stoic hero, and perhaps the world’s best (if not most lovable) villain. Samurai Jack ran for four seasons (52 episodes) but was cut down in its prime. This Emmy-winning cartoon, which had a largely episodic structure (save Jack’s building frustration), sadl...

Not only is OnR Episode #005 the first time we focus on a movie, namely Mamoru Hosoda’s  The Girl Who Leapt Through Time , but this is also the first episode in which we host a most honoured guest: (exiled) Ani-Gamer turned UK Anime Network podcasting star, Elliot Page! Hosoda’s directing was the lure for Jared, who’d previously not seen this particular title, while Ink...

We’ve passed the three-episode mark! (Has Oldtaku no Radio passed your test?) In Episode #004, we talk about the 2007 anime series Moribito Guardian of the Spirit ( Seirei no Moribito ), which is based on a young adult novel by Nahoko Uehashi and combines animation production via Production I.G. with the directorial hand of Kenji Kamiyama ( Ghost in the Shell SAC & 2nd Gig...

We were planning on lightly touching on the saving graces and disappointments of the Fall 2016 anime season before talking about Moribito for our official fourth episode, but with so many titles to comment on, we ran a little long. After noticing the clock, we decided tack on our thoughts on which Winter 2017 anime we are looking forward to and recorded the whole thing as a separate podcast....

Third time’s the charm(er)! Episode No. 003: Ink and Jared assemble to form … their opinions on 2016’s  Voltron: Legendary Defender . Both hosts watched Voltron: Defender of the Universe on TV while growing up, so this episode looks at the property’s most recent reboot through the rose-colored glasses of nostalgia as tempered by a recent twelve-episode rewatch of...

For their second official “Oldtaku no Radio” podcast, Ink and Jared focus on the influences, execution, and effects of the short form horror anime Yamishibai: Japanese Ghost Stories . It was Jared’s first time watching and Ink’s second visitation. After discussing  Yamishibai in general, they dissect, with spoilers, their favorite episodes as well as the bombs of each...

Hello! Welcome to a brand new monthly podcast, Oldtaku no Radio, hosted by Ink and Jared here at Ani-Gamers. This new cast spun off an impomptu recording by the aforementioned hosts after they hijacked the Ani-Gamers Podcast proper to review ReLife, but now it’s its own monster. For their first official episode, Ink and Jared talk at length about the Winter 2016 anime Showa Genroku Rakugo Sh...