Otaku Melancholy

Sonic the Hedgehog! He's 35 years old now so you know his knee joints just aren't going to be what they used to be but we still love him. We love him so much that we wanted to talk a little bit about him and his first foray into anime with the 1996 OVA named Sonic the Hedgehog! We review and discuss all the fun of the short but sweet two episode OVA as well as our long history with the blu...

This episode was originally recorded in April 2025 for the Anime Brothers Podcast. Any misinformed statements in this episode based off future events is not due to willful stupidity and/or blatant ignorance. For once. We talk about what it would be like to have 100 girlfriends in an episode that could only be described as content! It's like waifu wars on a world war scale. Wait, there's on...

Firstly, Audrey's audio is subpar because of technical issues. Secondly, we have a guest this week so everyone act on your best behavior. Lastly, how are your grades looking like? You're grounded if you didn't get at least all B's. I'm a strict parent, I think. We cap off Anno Live Action Whatever I Don't Know Month with Shin Kamen Rider! Is it good? We talk about that! Is...

Big shiny dudes fighting for humanity! It's a tale as old as time and it's being retold again this week with our review and discussion on Shin Ultraman! We're exploring the live action films of Hideaki Anno this month so obviously here's your Shin Ultraman episode. Anno didn't have a seat in the director's chair for this one but he still wrote and produced this! Does it sho...

Well, I mean, we're not called ANIME MELANCHOLY so I guess we can be kaiju or tokusatsu otaku or whatever. We're discussing the live action works of acclaimed (and deadline missing) director, Hideaki Anno! While known and generally beloved for the Evangelion series, Anno also directed a trio of films that reimagined three of Japan's most beloved properties and this week we're cover...

Love! It's in the air! Get a better air filter to prevent love from getting into your lungs, people! We didn't do that in this episode because we absolutely breathed in deep the fumes of romance with a discussion on You and I Are Polar Opposites! We're feeling more FEELINGS than ever before this week! Join in to hear slander on Reddit, slander on isekai protagonists, and slander agains...

In a winter season full of absolute hype machine anime, Journal with Witch was a show that tackled the complicated dynamics of people especially as they live in the wake of grief. That show is obviously going to be Journal with Witch since that's the name of this episode and all but I don't know how adept some of you are at reading. I've been using these show notes as my own personal m...

We're talking all about some vampire night this episode (and not like the anime Vampire Knight or anything, I'm so funny) as we discuss the first season of Call of the Night! It's all about vibes, relationship turmoil, and the council of hot vampire MILFs in your area! You don't even have to stay up late to watch this episode! Or maybe you do. It's like 8pm CST when I'm upl...

We continue our dive into the Umamusume franchise with a review and discussion of seasons two and three of Umamusume Pretty Derby in this episode! They're big improvements over the lackluster first season but which horse anime should you bet on? We stumble out the gate to answer that question and more all in this week's episode! Music in this episode: (Intro) "koishii" - Deoxys B...

Himmel was right. Doing an emotional goodbye really is embarrassing if you do meet again. We're back and we're here more than ever (but not better by any means) to yell at you about anime and anime accessories like it's 2020 all over again. In this episode, we discuss how the last two years have been treating us as well as indulge our horse girl hyper fixation with a review and discuss...

Hey gang! Due to copyright restrictions, some of our old episodes will be removed for an indefinite amount of time until I can either A) contest the songs used in each episode under fair use or B) just edit them out. I don't know if this matters to anyone but I'd download the following episodes from a platform such as podbay.fm if you like them because they might soon be unavailable for a...

You sure look lively today, listener. Did something good happen? Plot twists, Kaiki praise, and timeline confusion are abound in this week's episode where we (after three years) talk about the next Monogatari in our Journey-gatari, Monogatari Second Season! Listen like a regular person or skip around the episode to get the full Monogatari style experience! Use code " MELANCHOLY " for...

Get ready to love love tenkyoken one more time! Use code " MELANCHOLY " for $5 off your first #TokyoTreat box through our link:  https://team.tokyotreat.com/otakumelancholy [Special thanks to Boomslank for sponsoring the episode! You can get 10% off your total order by using our coupon code OTAKUMELANCHOLYPODCAST on their website by going to ⁠ www.boomslank.com/otakumelancholypodcast⁠  t...

Let's all have a nice clean Gundam fight to determine the King of Space and a big shoutout to all the people listening from Neo Iceland. Use code " MELANCHOLY " for $5 off your first #TokyoTreat box through our link:  https://team.tokyotreat.com/otakumelancholy [Special thanks to Boomslank for sponsoring the episode! You can get 10% off your total order by using our coupon code OTAKU...

Break through the heavens with your drill! Or don't. I'm not your mother. Use code " MELANCHOLY " for $5 off your first #TokyoTreat box through our link:  https://team.tokyotreat.com/otakumelancholy [Special thanks to Boomslank for sponsoring the episode! You can get 10% off your total order by using our coupon code OTAKUMELANCHOLYPODCAST on their website by going to ⁠ www.boomsl...

It's Katsura, not Zura. Hurry up and read this episode description already. I'm missing a soap opera rerun I want to watch. Use code " MELANCHOLY " for $5 off your first #TokyoTreat box through our link:  https://team.tokyotreat.com/otakumelancholy [Special thanks to Boomslank for sponsoring the episode! You can get 10% off your total order by using our coupon code OTAKUMELANCHOL...

Gay space lesbians (but it's up to interpretation) Use code " MELANCHOLY " for $5 off your first #TokyoTreat box through our link:  https://team.tokyotreat.com/otakumelancholy [Special thanks to Boomslank for sponsoring the episode! You can get 10% off your total order by using our coupon code OTAKUMELANCHOLYPODCAST on their website by going to ⁠ www.boomslank.com/otakumelancholypodc...

(Due to the nature of this anime, there is no spoiler safe section. You've been warned!) In this week's OtaMel, we take off and go full boomer mode as we fail to discuss anything except how great the ol' days were, MyAnimeList vs. AniList, and video game culture. We also rag a little bit on the writer of one New York Times article but it's all in (mostly) good fun. This review is u...

Featuring the return of Audrey! Attack on Titan has finally ended which means that we are obligated by the spirit of vengeance that has unfortunately inhabited our bodies to talk about it. Is there that much to talk about though? The rumbling in our hearts have conscripted us to criticize these specials and criticize it we do (mostly just Eren and the ending really) so hopefully you'll listen!...

As always, check out new episodes every Sunday by going to our website at  www.otakumelancholy.com  to see all our links including our social media and join the Discord at  https://discord.gg/rUHYUyW  to continue the conversation! Ganbatte! Use code " MELANCHOLY " for $5 off your first #TokyoTreat box through my link:  https://team.tokyotreat.com/otakumelancholy [Special thanks to Boomsl...

As always, check out new episodes every Sunday by going to our website at  www.otakumelancholy.com  to see all our links including our social media and join the Discord at  https://discord.gg/rUHYUyW  to continue the conversation! Ganbatte![Special thanks to Boomslank for sponsoring the episode! You can get 10% off your total order by using our coupon code OTAKUMELANCHOLYPODCAST on their website b...

It's like the annual sportsball draft but with seasonal anime! In this week's episode, we read off a bunch of anime and their synopsis and then say "ay imma watch that" or "ay imma not watch that and pretend I did if anyone asks" for the sake of entertainment. Hopefully it's entertaining for you because then it's just going to be a whole lot of "oH i ReAd T...

I took a vacation (again) and didn't watch anime (again) but I did do some other weeaboo activities (again) and I'm here to talk about them this week including the joys of Tearmoon Empire and The 100 Girlfriends Who Really Really Really Really Really Love you and the pains of Jujutsu Kaisen's 236th chapter. There's also a small rant at Crunchyroll for killing RightStuf (like they s...

Netflix's One Piece is a thing but is it a good thing? We find out in this week's episode! Spoilers within! As always, check out new episodes every Sunday by going to our website at www.otakumelancholy.com to see all our links including our social media and join the Discord at https://discord.gg/rUHYUyW to continue the conversation! Ganbatte! [Special thanks to Boomslank for sponsoring the...

I'm gonna be King of the Getting Podcast Episodes Out on Time! It'll be a long journey and I might never get there but I'm going to try with my loyal crew of my cat and producer Craig. Anyways, first impressions of Netflix's One Piece. Final review will be next week! Stay tuned. As always, check out new episodes every Sunday by going to our website at www.otakumelancholy.com to see...