Otaku Melancholy

Good friends share everything, right? They share their favorite food, their personal problems, and even their favorite shows and movies. Well, Brad and Matt are the absolute GOODEST (I KNOW that's not a word spell check, jeez) of friends and they're sharing their garbage taste with one another. Enter these two shows with whiny protagonists that our hosts just can't stand. Matt hates Neo Yokio and...

The Satoshi Kon-quest continues with a review of Kon's only anime series: Paranoia Agent. Paranoia Agent is a psychological driven series focused on the meaning of repression and the unique perspective it brings to society as a series of assaults occur in Tokyo by an assailant known as Lil' Slugger/Shonen Bat. Join us in this episode to find out how Brad and Matt completely ignored shadows, how mu...

For as long as humankind has had hobbies so have there been conventions for people to gather and discuss them and also use all their food money on cute Fate charms. Whether it be an oversized large venue where the smell of B.O. permeates every molecule of your being or a small hotel lot where the only cosplayer is a guy wearing a Naruto headband and a smile, anime conventions are special. That's w...

Imagine this: an anime that takes magical girls and puts them in a grim and depressing light in way to deconstruct and create a new twist on the genre. Yeah, that's not this show. That's Puella Magi Madoka Magika. This show is if someone copied Madoka's homework and ran in through Google Translate in a million different languages and then attempted to turn it in for the wrong class. In this episod...

Every anime podcast does this so we're doing it too: it's seasonal first impressions time! Listen to hear your hosts give their thoughts on the first few episodes of series such as Darwin's Game, Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken, Smile Down the Runway, ID/Invaded, Plunderer, Ishuzoku Reviewers, and so much more. Find out what girl has the scowl you must protect, what it means to be Psycho-Pass with ex...

Everyone has an origin story. From cool anime characters to your neighbors who inexplicably have twenty-two cats, everyone has some sort of tale of their beginnings. Some origin stories are just way better than others. The hosts of Otaku Melancholy definitely do not have one of those way better stories. In this episode, find out Brad and Matt's anime origins, what their transformative shows were,...

Released in 2003, Tokyo Godfathers is about an unconventional family of three homeless people who make a winter trip to return a baby found in the garbage to their mother. This Satoshi Kon directed film has garnered wide acclaim by other anime fans but what do the hosts of Otaku Melancholy think of it? Listen now to find out why Hana is best girl, how Brad would shill for a certain entertainment c...

In this premiere episode of Animisery, Matt and Audrey discuss and review the sister-loving-light-novel-writing-baka-yelling-way-too-focused-on-legs-and-lips classic that is Eromanga-sensei. Listen and find out why this is the lowest rated anime on Audrey's MyAnimeList and why Matt think Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is the best movie ever.

Do you love anime? Like the kind of love where you argue about who best waifu of husbando is or become distraught at the death of your favorite character? If that's a big yes then this is your podcast. Every Tuesday the hosts of the Otaku Melancholy podcast are going to bring you the discussion about all types of show and topics that will be sure to please your kawaii ears. Give us a listen! Ganba...