Otaku Host Club

We’re back on the creator spotlight game and this time we’re taking a look at the work of Yoshitoshi ABe (no this is not a typo) and reviewing his original work Haibane Renmei. You might be familiar with ABe’s work as the character designer on classics like Serial Experiments Lain, Texhnolyze, and Welcome to the NHK to name a few and in this episode we’re going to dive into just how prolific this...

This rainbow does have an end, but it’s not COVID, instead, it came in the form of cosplayers, merch-tables, gaming, and panel discussions. The latter being our ticket into what would have been a hundred-dollar membership to attend one of the east coast's biggest anime conventions, Otakon! We decided to choose a past episodes theme of iconic anime characters and with that, we had ourselves a winne...

Alas, it’s the big moment for Siscon fans to shine. Matt remains supreme-leader of music-trivia and his spoils come in the form of Oreimo, the Siscon gem from 2010. We also discuss the preview trailer of the new Star Wars Visions project slated for Disney. But can Dan make it through the episode without sneezing his brains out? Find out in this episode of the Otaku Host Club podcast! Our website i...

When you have as collab episodes in a row as we did sometimes you just want a break from watching anime. What happens when we let Dan run free and topics go where ever the wind takes us? Trying to make us not sound lazy sure is a lot of work...We just wanted to sit down have a normal conversation, like we usually do. We talk about what we're watching, some anime news, and Otakon now that conventio...

We don’t really subscribe to the seasonal anime grind but when a show gets talked about this much we’ve gotta see for ourselves what all the hype is about. Vivy Fluorite Eye’s Song was all we were hearing about, the new original anime by Wit Studio, written by Re:Zero and Chaos;Head creators, you can’t help but wonder what these two teaming up might produce. There’s a reason why we picked it but w...

This past weekend was Memorial Day and two OHC host birthdays so there was a lot to celebrate and we thought what better way to celebrate than getting together all of our podcast friends we've met along the way and have a good 'ol rootin' tootin' time of anime music trivia! And if you've listened to a music trivia episode before then you know the winner gets to pick an anime for everyone to watch...

We wanted to know who the most iconic anime characters were so we polled a bunch of people in our daily lives, strangers, our discord members and instagram followers to bring you this wild discussion! And we brought on some friends to help us out, Kristella and Eben, who arguably did their homework better than the podcast hosts… whoopsies! Who do you think are the most iconic anime characters!? Oh...

You might have been wondering where the second half of our one-year episode was and here it is!! We were just soooooo excited about Mugen Train that we decided to release that little bonus ep first. So if you have't listened to part-one of our one-year episode, GO DO IT NOW; then come back here!! In this episode we are describing our anime 3x3s, which will be up in our discord or if you're watchin...

SPOILER WARNING ‼️ We are talking about the highest grossing anime movie of all time and if you're a regular listener you probably know we go all in BUT incase this is your first time listening you have been warned. and if you wanna.. we have a discord you can chat with us about Demon Slayer uwu or other anime... https://discord.gg/Ac5Gfr9 uwu Welcome to a bonus episode! We weren't planning on tal...

TRIGGER WARNING In this episode we will be talking about Wonder Egg Priority which has themes of suicide, rape, self-harm, bullying, depression, and heavy trauma. If those things are harmful to your mental health please use your discretion on listening to this episode. Review starts at 54:27 Welcome to our attempt at doing a seasonal episode. Amelia’s seasonal anime love has rubbed off on another...

Shounen Jump has a track record of producing some of the most popular series in recent and anime of the past. We wanted to take a look at the evolution of shounen anime. Has it changed over the years? What makes it so iconic? The new "Big Three?" Who not better to tackle this topic than the self proclaimed 'shounen shumcks' themselves the Anime Brothers!! These guys were a blast to record with and...

Well, we finally got confirmation of what we knew all along, this was in fact part one of the “final season” of Attack on Titan. We hate to say I told you so, but WE TOLD YOU SO. And just like almost every character in this final season.. besides Onyankopon, he’s a good dude who’s friends just leave him out of the loop.. we can’t trust the Attack on Titan production committee to be sincere about j...

So we've reached a milestone this month. One year ago—right as lockdowns went into place, a numerous amount of anime fans started up podcast including us. These included people who we are dear friends with now, people we have built community with. Even under adversity like we've never seen in our lifetime—every cloud has a silver lining as they say. Fast-forward a year later to 2021 and all is not...

The Otaku Host Club stands with Asian communities and would like to help raise awareness with our platform on the rise of asian hate crimes in lieu of the recent evens in Atlana. Help us in raising awareness by supporting organizations, signing petitions, and educating yourselves and others on racism of Asian and Black communities. Below are links you can donate to directly help the victims famili...

Aschente ! This episode rounds out our Host Pick content with one of Amelia's favorite anime No Game No Life. I mean the guys made her watch two mecha shows IN A ROW so she had to stun 'em with one of the most noted fan service anime. Don't be fooled by bumbling breasts or shower scenes, on the surface this might look like an over exposed kaleidoscope but if you give it a chance there is some real...

While there still weren’t any titans in the episode it was worthy of yelling at the computer screen.. or tv.. or however you watch Attack on Titan.. you were probably yelling! We finally get some drama and some questions to ponder on the moral implications of killing children.. even if they did kill best potatoe girl. And you probably won’t be seeing us drink wine anytime soon… or will we? Find ou...

It seems like these last few episodes have been setting up for some rumblings.. or have they? Hopefully! Because we only have four more episodes to go before ‘the end’ of Attack on Titan and a whole lot of nothing and some explosive things went down on Paradis… Eren explosively glowing up into a fine ass man. We might be meandering in this episode but when your source also meanders it’s hard not t...

Do you remember the good old days of renting VHS tapes from Blockbuster, spending 30 minutes just to decide blindly what anime was worth that rental fee or did your appetite far succeed the cost of late fees? Did you happen upon titles like Akira , Macross II , Plastic Little , or perhaps Patlbor ? Those days are long and gone but the nostalgia remains largely intact and for good reason. Join us a...

The saga of Gabi hatred continues in a Gabi heavy episode this week. We were down a man but not in our hearts… Geoff took this week off for some R&R but Dan and Amelia powered through. What was this episode about and what was it’s purpose? Let’s take an airboat ride in the sky and discover new lands, or just how much Gabi sucks. Have we mentioned how much Gabi sucks? Find out in this week’s Ro...

We're back with another info dump episode with poorly executed time jumps.. we're still not really sure what timeline we're on BUT what we do know is no jail can hold our angsty edge boy and you're either too smart or too dump to inherit a titan. Could this be our collective least favorite episode or did Dan give it another 10/10 Find out in this episode of our Road to Paradise where we talk about...

It's official, Dan finally made it through his so called "Year of The Gundam" and Amelia has reached the last level of anime purgatory! But don't fret she survived to tell the tail of Mobile Suit Iron Blooded Orphans; her first Gundam experience ever! In the first half of the episode we lightly touch upon each iteration off the franchise, with the exception of a few unpopular titles; as Dan gives...

We finally made it back to Paradis but not for long because MAPPA said we’re sorry we killed off best girl but here’s a Sasha appreciation episode to make up for it! And we’re not mad at it…well most of us. Load up your boats and sail on over to paradise where they welcome everyone with open insults and hunky titans ready to eat you! Find out how filthy Levi’s mouth is in this episode of the Road...

Our poor potato queen has passed onto the great unknown with hopefully an endless plate of meat to feast on. If Gabi isn’t on your most hated character list then we are NOT friends anymore! and you should join the discord and defend your wrong opinion! and we’re not just trying trick you into the joining the discord or anything…. Anyway.. what is it about attack on titan that makes us talk about o...

2020 was a very memorable year to say the least. It was a great year for anime and an awful year for public health. We came out the gate strong with shows like Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! and ended with shows like Jujutsu Kaisen; a strong contender for best new shonen anime. With so much content available on multiple streaming-services, like Netflix and CrunchRoll, it was just damn right hard to...

This episode was jam packed with action! And in true Attack on Titan fashion we’re jumping from one storyline to another, i hope you can keep up! The tides of the war might have been turned in Paradis’s favor but we won’t find out until next episode… because yes, this epic battle still isn’t finished yet! I mean we need to see the fate of that precious Galliard! poor baby… Find out in this episode...