Otaku Melancholy

It's festival arc time! Hard to believe this is Attack on Titan with all the joy in this episode? Also hard to believe since we're hardly still seeing any titans but hey. I'm not complaining; I'm just pointing it out. We see a lot more of Falco and Brad's new favorite AoT character and we learn more about the world of AoT in some fun world lore and development. That ending though! That ending! We...

(This episode contains talk on sexual violence that may not be suitable for all listeners.) We had so much fun talking bad anime with these guys that we brought them on to talk good anime! We brought out friends from the Otaku Host Club to talk all about the first animated adaptation of Kentaro Miura's manga masterpiece: Berserk! We dive deep into the journey of Guts and the Band of the Hawk as th...

It's a big ol' flashback to the initial invasion of Paradis as we see from Reiner's perspective just what the toll of war has on the people who dive into it.  We also see a bigger amount of backstory on what it takes to be one of the Nine (just a little bit) as well as some more of Annie after about two seasons of her being largely absent. Maybe that's for the better as we see her just brutal...

Praise the sun, Animisery is over. No more of this. Last one for a long long long time. The evil is dead or at least severely hospitalized for an extended period. In this Animisery, we're covering Kodomo no Jikan and it's... Man, it's just hard. Do you think it's easy watching this? Do you think we're happy watching little kids show their panties and stuff in an anime? I'm not. I'm uncomfortable....

The sun saw fit to rise for another episode of Attack on Titan: The Final Season so we saw fit to talk about it! We're talking all about the trains, the strains, and the pains of this latest episode which sees the Marley gang going to their home and dropping tons and tons of lore on us! We see more discussion of the Nine and what it means to replace one of the members and Reiner reminisces on unfa...

Ah, the time loop. What was once a curse that only the most kawaii of all anime characters Bill Murray had to experience in the movie Groundhog Day is now something that almost every Japanese high school student has to go through once in their lives from the S.O.S. Brigade to Natsuki Subaru. Well, college students are no exceptions as Okabe Rintaro finds himself repeating a few days in his life tr...

Sorry for the rush in the opening! I was coming down off a caffeine fueled bender rage from the last record and kind of just didn't even care to introduce ourselves. Anyways! The final season of Attack on Titan is here and we're present to discuss all about it in our latest series: ATTALK ON TITAN or THE ATTALK ON TITANS if you like that better. I'm not picky but I like to give you guys options. W...

Nyanpasu~! We are always so appreciative when you guys tell us what to watch and what to talk about because it means we don't have to plan anything or make decision for ourselves! We hate intense decision making or our crushing free will that has failed us so much in the past! So when we were told to watch Non Non Biyori, we did (sort of). Non Non Biyori is a comfy slice of life mixed with slightl...

Get ready for a colossal episode, listeners! Armor up and get ready to go beast because this is the THICKEST, LONGEST,  HUGEST, WALL CRUSHING-EST episode we've done yet. Additional titan pun! We're covering the first three seasons of Attack on Titan to get you hype for the new season dropping in just a couple days and we're going through all three seasons and all our favorite plot points, cha...

Get comfy, listeners! We're cooking up a discussion all about the cutest and sweetest father-daughter show, Sweetness and Lightning! Take off your squeaky shoes, lay out your ingredients for your Hamburg steak, and cozy up with your Mr. Galigali doll as you listen in to our take on this diabetes giving piece of anime goodness! I think this might be the most snug episode we've ever done. There's no...

It's time for more Monogatari! Or should I say more "Meownogatari"? I shouldn't say it. It's a stupid joke. We're back with another review and discussion of Monogatari and this time we're covering Nekomonogatari or Nekomonogatari Black if you're like that or Nekomonogatari Kuro if you're just a weeb who never wants to be absolved of his sin. The clocks rewind and we finally get to see that fateful...

Still new season! Even more shows! Another preview episode! We're talking more about the shows from the latest season and this is the second part of that chunky episode! This time we're covering Kamisama ni Natta Hi, Osomatsu-san Season Three, I'm Standing on a Million Lives, Taiso Samurai, Jujutsu Kaisen, Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle, Talentless Nana, and Love Live Nijigasaki High School I...

New season! New shows! New preview episode! We're talking about the shows from the latest season of anime and what we think about them! This episode was once again split into two parts because it was HEFTY but you know what? That's okay. In this episode, we're giving our thoughts on the first episodes of Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Gou, Ochikobore Fruit Tart, Noblesse, Iwa Kakeru Sport Climbing Girl...

It's spoopy month time and we're talking all about the blood soaked citizens of Hinamizawa from When They Cry in this spoopy celebration episode! I mean, what's spoopier than waifus and rural living!? Waifus who want to kill you AND rural living! Well, the thoughts I have before I go to bed are WAAAAY scarier than that but this episode isn't about the existential horror of being alive in a crumbli...

What do you think would happen if you were suddenly hit by a truck? Well, you'd die of course but death seems to be just the beginning in anime as more and more teenaged youths find themselves following the disturbing trend of being transported to another world (or isekai'd if you like that term) the moment that truck-kun decides to give them just a little kiss. Such is the case again with Touya M...

It's time for the second half of our seasonal review and oh geez is it powerful. I even gave you more time stamps because I care about you. Our producer Craig demanded we cut this thing in half and I'm not going to argue with him because I don't know how to work Audition and also he gives really nice gift baskets or so I've heard. I wouldn't know. I HAVEN'T GOTTEN ONE. In this episode, we're talki...

Hey look! I added in time stamps so you could see when we talk about a show now! Isn't that cool? Summer anime was a blazing firework that shone bright when it flared up to the reach the heavens but soon fizzled out when it exploded. Or was it? I guess you'll have to listen to these reviews to find out, huh? Or you could've watched them yourself or gone to some other review site or show and figure...

WARNING: Awful metal screaming occurs several times in this episode and once within the first minute. It's bad and I've warned you and I'm sorry. Also spoilers for all of Aggretsuko too, you know? Aggretsuko details the life of one hella cute red panda known as Retsuko as she battles the turmoil of just being alive in the actual world with jerk bosses, horny hyenas, and the sheer dread of just goi...

Oh yeah, it's big fake time. We're covering Nisemonogatari the second part of the Monogatari series and what is arguably one of the most interesting shifts in anime that we've ever seen. Where as Bakemonogatari was kinda pervy in way, Nisemonogatari just takes control of the wheel of the car and proudly declares that IT IS HORNY ON MAIN AND ALT AND EVERY ACCOUNT IN BETWEEN and drives us off the pi...

Have you ever wished that you just didn't have to look in two places for a waifu and a delicious refreshing beverage? Maybe you wanted to satisfy your thirst for anime girls while you were actual sating your thirst? While you watch 2009's Akikan, you don't have to! It's just too bad you'll have to look for some actual quality while you enjoy your senpai soda or whatever.  Haha, I'm kidding th...

Some anime fans just have it better. They get season after season and they never have to worry about more content cause it's coming (looking at your My Hero fans). Some are less lucky and get another season and maybe a movie after but then everything is just quietly swept under the rug and forgotten. Some fans are even MEGA unlucky and get one season and that's it: too bad, so sad, be mad. We've b...

You ever just read an anime's description and realize you're going to be watching one of those "I can't talk about with anyone unless they've seen it and understand that it's anime" anime? You know what gave it away for us? Alien lesbian bears. That's a big danger in Yurikuma Arashi (or Yuri Kumaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Arashi if you wanna be technical) and it's also a hazard for us who had to experience...

On July 19th 2019, congoers met for the last time at the Von Braun Center in Huntsville, AL to enjoy their time at the tenth and final year at North Alabama premiere anime and gaming con, Hama-con. It had been an adventure to get to this point and many a tear were no doubt shed as friends and family parted knowing that they would never meet again in celebration of this convention. Hama-con touched...

Okay okay okay. This time, we're actually talking about Netflix's Japan Sinks 2020.  Also this is all spoilers so I can't help you there and I'm sorry. Misaaki Yuasa is here to ruin and destroy his fictional version of Japan just like any good anime director feels compelled to. I mean, you have to at least take out Tokyo Tower or just a couple of districts in Tokyo or you're just not even try...

Released in 1995 to critical acclaim, Ghost in the Shell remains a standout example of the cyberpunk genre and has stretched its influence out across not only the anime industry but the Hollywood film one as well. Such beloved example of cinema such as The Matrix and even Avatar have massive amounts of themes and storytelling that have been borrowed from director Mamoru Oshii amazing dive into cyb...