Raleigh Run Podcasts

It's that time of year... we review/react to the 2026 CR Awards in April/May for the year prior.  It's a weird timing thing but we are here to see what the public and judges thought of 2025 anime.  Also, we have a special guest!  Our friend is here to give us his different takes on anime.   As for the Crunchyroll Anime Awards, the Award Ceremony was held on May 23 2026.   We have some huge moments...

Could qualifying for the World Cup between to countries lead to war?! It's just soccer, right? It was more than that between Honduras and El Salvador.  Heated history and the love of futbol leads to much more.  

Ozzy and Logan try a new podcast talking about sports history and some of the crazier stories in history. This week we discuss the largest blowout in sports history in the 222-0 victory of Georgia Tech over Cumberland college. We discuss how a grudge over a baseball game was taken to an extreme conclusion. We also learn about John Heisman and talk about his impact on the sport.    if you would lik...

This week Ozzy and Logan discuss the Mecha genre. What is the history of Mecha and what makes it special. What is the difference between Mechas in anime and Mechs in Western Media. What are our favorite Mechs and where do we think the genre stands currently. If you love Gundams, Voltron, Megas XLR, or Mechs in general then be sure to listen in.

This week Ozzy and Logan summarize the end of the summer season and what anime they have like thus far as well as what anime they are looking forward to next season

This week Ozzy and Logan talk about the spring and summer anime seasons.

This week Ozzy and Logan discuss their time at the Animazement Anime convention in Raleigh and talk about what they enjoy in general about anime conventions.

This week the guys discuss the year that was for anime in 2024 and give out their awards for best superlatives and best anime awards for 2024.

This week Ozzy and Logan give their thoughts on the anime from the winter 2024 season before looking at the new 2025 spring season.   This week the manga is Centuria

This week Ozzy and Logan recap what was good and what was bad from the Summer anime season. Highlights include Makeine: Too Many Losing Heroines, Terminator 0, and the disappointment that was Tower of God.   We then discuss the the Fall anime season which is well underway. Dan Da Dan is off and running as the clear front runner of the anime season. Bleach, Re-Zero, and Shangri-La Frontier are back...

This week Ozzy and Logan do a deep dive on a hidden anime gem in Ping Pong the animation. We discuss the unique art style and how the different characters and perspectives make this a masterpiece coming of age story. We highly recommend you check out the anime before listening, but feel free to hear our takes.   We also review the midpoint of the 2024 summer anime season and discuss which anime's...

This week Ozzy and Logan discuss the shows they watched through the spring season of anime and are looking forward to for the summer season. 

This week Ozzy and Logan discuss the shows they have viewed so far in the 2024 Spring season of anime.  To start things off we actually discuss a western animation in XMen 97 and how it is a worthwhile watch. We then discuss some of our personal watches on the season with Archdemon's Dilemma and Jellyfish Can't Swim at Night. As we continue we discuss Kaijuu #8, Train to the End of the World, Go G...

This week Ozzy and Logan wrap up the Winter season of anime and look forward to the upcoming spring anime.

This week Colin joins Logan and Ozzy to discuss their thoughts on the Crunchyroll awards. We discuss what the awards are, the problems we see with the awards, and how they can be improved. We also discuss which awards we agree with and which ones either upset or perplex us.   This week the manga is Iris Zero, the manga for our next podcast will be Killer Shark in Another World. 

This week Logan and Ozzy give their thoughts on the Winter 2024 Anime season so far. This season seems to have a bit of something no matter what your anime tastes are.   First we recap the ongoing series from 2023. Ozzy talks about Ecchi Magical girl anime while Logan takes time to focus on reincarnated princesses. We then cover what is some nice mindless action in Solo Leveling and Ninja Kamui. F...

This week Ozzy and Logan take a look back at a fantastic year in anime and give out their superlatives and awards for the animes of 2023. List of Awards: Best OP/ED Combo Best Score Best Couple Biggest Trauma Conga Line Character Best Male Character Best Female Character Best Supporting Character Biggest Surprise Favorite Moment 6th man show of the year Best Western Animation Show Best Action/Figh...

This week Ozzy and Logan review the top anime, and a few cartoons, from the fall 2023 season. From Blue eyed Samurai, Shangri La Frontier, and of Course Frieren we cover all the top anime for fall 2023. We then discuss what anime we are hyped for in winter of 2024.

This week Logan and Ozzy take a look at the anime's that have come out thus far in Fall of 2023 and give their thoughts on what is worth watching right now. We discuss some anime which are continuing from previous seasons such as Jujutsu Kaisen, SpyxFamily, Goblin Slayer, Eminence in Shadow, and Shield Hero. We also cover the "Definitely 100% final finale" of Attack on Titan.    In the new anime c...

This week Ozzy and Logan discuss their favorite anime from the summer season, some of which are running into Fall a bit. Zom 100, Undead Murder Farce, Bleach, and Jujutsu Kaisen are a few of the ones on the list of discussion.   After we finish discussing the summer season we move on to the fall and discuss the hot upcoming anime that we are looking forward to. Plenty of sequels such as Goblin Sla...

With the release of the live action adaptation of One Piece on Netflix, Logan and Ozzy have decided to talk about an anime they generally avoid. For this episode we have brought in a guest, One Piece specialist Colin, to assist in our discussion. Together we discuss the world impact around One Piece along with what exactly this story is that has captured the imagination of so many people world wid...

This week Ozzy and Logan discuss how the summer season is progressing.

This week Ozzy and Logan have plenty to cover as they cover all the big anime of the Spring 2023 season and discuss the anime they are excited for this summer.    From Spring, Hell's Paradise and Heavenly delusion delivered in different ways and Ozzy found some gems in Skip and Loafer and Insomniacs after school. Vinland Saga was undeniably our favorite anime of the season, but Gundam: Witch of Me...

This week Ozzy and Logan review all episodes of the newly released Star Wars Visions 2.