Third Impact Anime Podcast

Surprising nobody, the Third Impact Anime gang spent this year's Halloween weekend at a convention -- Anime Weekend Atlanta, to be precise! How did the convention fair in this unconventional date? What guests did they bring out? How many people will stay up until 3 AM to see a panel about anime-inspired musical theater!? All these questions are answered in our convention report, starring Ryan, Sul...

Happy Black Jack-sgiving! Or, Black (Jack's) Friday? Either way, he'd be the best one to slice the turkey. This episode, we're gathering around the dinner table to discuss the Osamu Dezaki directed film based on the classic Osamu Tezuka character, Black Jack: The Movie! Joining us for this family get together is returning champion and "question-asker-supreme," our wonderful friend Basil from OSMCa...

Note: This episode was recorded before Halloween and intended to be released before we went to Anime Weekend Atlanta but hey, we had a convention to prep for so please pardon the outdated info in the beginning. To stave off the inevitable arrive of Thank-Christmas-giving, we're here to extend the Halloween season just a bit with our post-Halloween special on legends and yokai in the TV series Yami...

To conclude(?) our reviews of 2019 Summer anime, we're back with Team "Our-Shows-are-Over-More-or-Less" giving final thoughts on: How Heavy are the Dumbells You Lift? Do You Love Your Mom and Her Two-Hit Multi-Target Attacks? O Maidens in Your Savage Season Tori, Sarah, and Edwin discuss what they loved and hated about their chosen shows and give you their final recommendations on if anything they...

Following up on our previous Summer Anime Impressions episodes, we're back with "Team Midpoint". These shows will be running for more than one cour, so we're taking a break halfway to discuss our thoughts so far. Do they still burn as brightly as they did 13 weeks ago? Will they make history in the saga of anime canon? Here's the ensemble we're bringing you today: Fire Force (Bill) Vinland Saga (R...

In this episode, Sully, Tobias, Austin, and Bill discuss Isao Takahata's directorial debut feature film, Horus, Prince of the Sun. We discuss the film's background, legacy, possible inspirations on The Legend of Zelda, and what we thought of watching it through our 2019, post-Ghibli eyes. In a lot of ways, it feels like an anime from the 60s, but in a lot of ways... it doesn't! Buy Horus, Prince o...

In this episode, Sully, Tobias, and Bill discuss Eiichi Yamamoto’s surreal, psychedelic classic Belladonna of Sadness, the story of a young French peasant woman who after a traumatizing event, uses the power of witchcraft to forge her place in her country’s national consciousness. The gang dig into the film’s deeper cultural, psychological, and artistic meanings, as well as debate in the canon of...

Here's the promised Group B of our summer seasonal anime impressions! Sorry this is coming out a week or so later than we intended. School has started and Austin is a BUSY BEE! In this episode, Tobias, Tori, Bill, and Edwin talk about their seasonal picks (1 per) and give their modest first impressions. The anime reviewed in this episode are: Fire Force (Bill) How Heavy are the Dumbbells That You...

Wow we're doing a seasonal impressions episode?! We haven't done that in forever! In this episode, Sarah, Austin, and Ryan talk about their seasonal picks (1 per) and give their modest first impressions. The anime reviewed in this episode are: Vinland Saga (Ryan) Do You Love Your Mom and Her Two-Hit Multi-Target Attacks? (Sarah) Dr. Stone (Austin) Briefly Fire Force, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba...

A couple weeks ago, we were given the great pleasure of attending Hamacon in Huntsville, Alabama for the second year in a row as their Featured Panelists. This year's Hamacon was the last EVER and while we are sad to see it go, we are truly grateful for the great times and awesome friends we've made through it!  In this con-versation episode, Tori, Tobias, Austin, and Edwin are joined by fellow po...

Naoko Yamada (A Silent Voice, Liz & the Blue Bird) is one of the youngest and most critically acclaimed anime directors in the business today. Austin, Tori, and Andrew look back at her 2013 original TV series and subsequent sequel film, Tamako Market and Tamako Love Story. Thank you for listening!  If you'd like to support our show, please consider sharing our show with your friends, or donate to...

If you haven't heard by now, Final Fantasy VII's long awaited Remake is coming out next March! We got a ton of new information about it at this year's E3, so of course it's the perfect time to revisit Final Fantasy VII in anime form! Austin, Tobias, and Tori are joined by our gaming pals, Will and Ryan of Mid Shelf Gaming , to discuss the 2005 film Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children, as well as it...

To celebrate Pride month, Sully sat down with voice actor, script writer, and ADR director David Wald to discuss his work in working to dub and license LGBTQ themed anime, including Love Stage!! and Hitorijime My Hero.  David is known for voicing Gajeel Refox in Fairy Tail, Bulat in Akame ga Kill!, Berg Katze in Gatchaman Crowds, and Tetsutetsu in My Hero Academia, and has been the ADR director fo...

So while some jerks were in Atlanta on Memorial Day weekend, the rest of us were in Raleigh for Animazement ! The con brought us out as Featured Panelists, doing what we do best: talk way too much about Japanese cartoons. We had a total of 24 hours of content to provide over the weekend, some new, some old. As we’ve never really talked in-depth about our panels on the podcast, we break all of them...

A couple weeks ago, bits and pieces of the Third Impact crew visited Momocon 2019 in Atlanta, GA. Panels, parties...plenty of fun was had! Join Ryan, Sarah, and recurring-side-characters-with-cult-followings Edwin and Will as they share some of their favorite experiences from the con and determine if Momocon is worth the hype or not! Thank you for listening!  If you'd like to support our show, ple...

Last weekend, at Animazement in Raleigh, NC, Sully got the chance to sit down with voice actor Linda Young, most famous for her iconic portrayal of the evil Frieza in the first Funimation dub of Dragon Ball Z! Besides Frieza, Linda has a long history of acting and voice work, from stage and commercials, to other anime roles. Notably she can be heard as Genkai in the dub of Yu Yu Hakusho, and the l...

Last weekend at Animazement in Raleigh, NC, Bill and I had the pleasure of having Robert Woodhead on the show. Robert is the Founder and CEO of Wilmington, NC's AnimEigo, one of the oldest anime licensing companies in North America. Anime fans these days would know them best for their highly successful Kickstarter campaigns to re-release titles such as Bubblegum Crisis, Otaku no Video, Riding Bean...

Tori, Austin, and Tobias review the latest anime adaptation of a Tomihiko Moremi novel, Penguin Highway! We have lots of good things to say about it, but a solid handful of critiques as well, so give it a listen! Hopefully you had the chance to see it in theaters recently yourself!  Our next convention coming up is Animazement in Raleigh, North Carolina (May 24th-26th, 2019) and we hope to see you...

This week, Austin and Bill pay tribute to Kazuhiko Katō (a.k.a. Monkey Punch), the creator of Lupin the Third, who passed away of pneumonia on April 11th, 2019. To celebrate his life and work, we're reviewing the first Lupin the Third TV special, 1989's Bye Bye Lady Liberty! Please enjoy! Show notes are available at  www.thirdimpactanime.com Follow us on Twitter at  twitter.com/TI_Anime PodBean: ...

Tori and Austin recount their recent trip to NYC to see Frozen on Broadway, Perfume in concert, and Sailor Moon: The Super Live! Sully jumps in as well to give a brief history of Sailor Moon on stage. Please enjoy! Available on most podcasting services!  Show notes are available at  www.thirdimpactanime.com Follow us on Twitter at  twitter.com/TI_Anime

In this week's episode, Sully, Ryan, and Jon travel into the Mushroom Kingdom where things aren't as they seem, and arguably aren't as they should be. We're reviewing the 1987 theatrical film, Super Mario Brothers: Great Mission to Rescue Princess Peach! Sounds exciting, right? Well..... listen and find out. Available on most podcasting services!  Show notes are available at www.thirdimpactanime.c...

We're diving back into the Go Nagai-iverse with a review of the 80s/90s Devilman OVA!  Sully, Ryan, Tobias, and returning good boi Jon give you the rundown on this infamous OVA, discussing the cast & crew, production history, relation to the original Devilman manga and TV series, the so-bad-it's-good English dub (courtesy of Manga Ent. UK), and how it compares to Masaaki Yuasa's Devilman Crybaby f...

If we had to sum up our review of Alita: Battle Angel, it would be "go see this movie!"  Austin, Tobias, Tori, and Bill give their thoughts on the film, how it compares to the original OVA, what their favorite moments were, and we answer your questions from Twitter and Facebook!  We will be Featured Guest Panelists coming up at the end of this weekend in Winston-Salem, NC at Triad Anime Convention...

LUM HAS INVADED! Sully, Austin, Tobias, and Bill take a journey into the wild and crazy world of Urusei Yatsura with arguably it's most famous and critically acclaimed entry, the Mamoru Oshii directed film Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer! So what's this Urusei Yatsura thing all about? Are you telling me the Angel's Egg and Ghost in the Shell guy can do comedy too? What is The Curse of Lum? Did...

Back in Episode 44 , Sully, Bill, and Austin discussed the Konmari method of tidying up. Since then, Marie Kondo has become an online sensation with her recent Netflix series Tidying Up with Marie Kondo that released in January. In this episode, we take a look at her new show and reevaluate our thoughts on her method and how to apply it to anime/nerd fandom. We also answer twitter questions, both...