Third Impact Anime Podcast

We are so excited to share with you all our interview with the legendary, the iconic, the incomparable Tiffany Grant! You may know Tiffany from her performances in innumerable ADV Films and Sentai Filmworks dubs, including her most iconic role as Asuka Langley Soryu/Shikinami in Neon Genesis Evangelion and the Rebuild of Evangelion films. Tiffany was kind enough to give us some of her time to pick...

2018 was a titanic year for anime, and we're here to tell you about some of the best series' and movies of the year! By no means did we cover it all, but here's a solid list of 25 series/films that we really enjoyed. This episode is over 4 hours long so we don't necessarily expect you to listen to the whole thing, so here's our full list in order in case you want to skip around. But hey it'd be be...

We're back! The holidays were a wonderful time for us to all relax, spend time with our friends and family, and catch up on some anime. Before we went on break though, Austin (@bebopshock) and Tori (@worstwaifu) went to see Mamoru Hosoda's latest film Mirai! Join us as we discuss what we thought of the film, what lessons it was attempting to convey, how the family relationships came across, our fa...

Congratulations to Colcam94 for winning our The Rose of Versailles DVD Part 1 giveaway! Please contact us via the Third Impact Anime facebook page to claim your prize ( www.facebook.com/thirdimpactanime ) We hope you all have a fantastic Christmas/Holiday/Winter break time with your friends and family! Hopefully we'll see some of you at Ichibancon in January. Keep an eye out for our Mirai episode...

Bill's Christmas gift to you all is a breakdown and analysis of all the major business events and news items that happened in the anime world in 2018. He takes a look back at the following: -The death of Isao Takahata -The Crunchyroll/Funimation breakup -Anime Strike's downfall -Anime on Netflix and the return of Neon Genesis Evangelion -Anime industry working conditions -Anime Kickstarter campaig...

"What is a man but a miserable little pile of podcasts?" Ryan hosts a special bonus episode of the show all about Netflix's not-quite-anime-but-basically-anime series, Castlevania! Joining him are Marisa, Sully, and special guest pal, Edwin to talk about vampires, Belmonts, magic ladies, bickering, getting burned at the stake, and not being able to cross running water.  Have you seen Netflix's Cas...

Since our previous Lupin the Third episodes (on The Mystery of Mamo and The Fuma Conspiracy) have done extremely well and everyone seems to like them, we decided we definitely needed to do another one before 2018 was over. So, we did! and we made it extra special by having on Daryl Surat! You may know Daryl from his long-running anime podcast, Anime World Order, or from his articles in Otaku USA a...

Did you know that the guy who created AKIRA also made other stuff? Did you know he worked with THE Satoshi Kon?! and THE Yoko Kanno?!!?? That's what we talk about in this episode, reviewing the criminally under watched anthology film from Studio MADHOUSE and Studio 4C, MEMORIES. We are happy to announce that Bill has graciously provided a copy of The Rose of Versailles Part 1 as a FREE giveaway to...

The leaves are turning red, a cold breeze blows through the air, happy haunts materialize! It's SPOOKY TIME! Join us for our first ever Third Impact Anime Spooky Special! Tobias, Austin, Tori, and Sarah bring 3 of their top favorite horror/spooky time anime to the table, we introduce why we love them, and then collectively we decide what the arbitrary TOP 3 Third Impact Anime ESSENTIAL Halloween a...

Austin, Bill, Tobias, and Ryan W. all compare crime coefficients and review 2012's PSYCHO-PASS from Production I.G and writer Gen Urobuchi. (00:00 - 15:53) Catch up time! Ryan talks about playing Undertale for the first time and watching Altered Carbon on Netflix, Bill talks about checking out the Quincy Jones documentary on Netflix, Tobias talks Bojack Horseman, and Austin talks about going to Ja...

Anime Weekend Atlanta 2018 was hype! Listen to us chat about it.  Ryan, Marisa, Jon, Tori, Austin, Tobias, Andrew, and our pals Edwin and Will, all went down to Anime Weekend Atlanta (Sept. 20-23) and had a blast. Listen to part of the crew chat about guests, dealers, artists, panels, Anime Hell, Video Game Hell, Chargeman Ken, and Jon's not-so-crazy volunteering adventures.  Thanks to Jon Swasey...

Lupin is back! This time we're reviewing the 1987 film/OVA Lupin the Third: The Fuma Conspiracy. First off, Tobias drops in to chat about Charlotte, NC's Queen City Anime Convention where he was the main panel man for much of the weekend. He and Bill give their 2 cents on this up-and-coming con that seems to be growing pretty fast.  Then, Austin, Andrew, and Bill chat about Lupin! Always a great t...

Add this one to your anime Mother's Day playlist right next to Wolf Children.  This week, Tori and Austin review Mari Okada's directorial debut, from studio P.A. Works, Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms. For all you cryers out there, prepare yourself, but in a good way!  (00:00 - 18:06) Catchup. Tori and Austin discuss NON-ANIME RELATED THINGS like movies they've been watching. They've been...

This week, Tobias, Austin, and Ryan got stuck in a time loop where they were forced to watch The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya 15,527 times until they finally did their homework.  Haruhi is now a 12 year old anime series! Time really flies when you're having fun, I guess. Join us as we take a look back at one of the most influential and infamous anime series' of the 00s.  Were you a big fan of Har...

On this episode, Ashita no Austin, Megalobill, and Gearless Tobias discuss the announcements, licenses, and premieres of Anime Expo 2018. After the break, they review the current reigning champion of 2018 anime, MEGALOBOX!  (3:43 - 7:10) Short discussion of studio Shaft's Fireworks . You can read more in detail via Austin's review here .  (7:11 - 54:03) Recapping the events, announcements, and lic...

We've done the improbable! We made it to 50 episodes! What better way to celebrate than to review a favorite, GAINAX's 1991 parody OVA, Otaku no Video! Before the episode formally begins, we also discuss our takes on E3 2018. (0:00-2:36) 50 episodes announcement and thanks! (2:36-26:17) Hamacon and E3 2018 recap Remembering the Bethesda Banshee, honoring flute-guy, and Kingdom Hearts hype. (27:39-...

Yes, we are tackling the impossible! This week, Bill and special guest Ryan (not the same Ryan from before) discuss their fandom for the true leviathan of anime fandom, Legend of the Galactic Heroes.  Austin and Tobias join in to ask questions and be the ignorant fools they are.  Please listen and enjoy! Are you an LOGH fan? Let us know how you got into it and how best to get new fans into it as w...

This is a very special bonus episode that we put little to no effort into creating! At Animazement 2018, Tobias and I attended the "100 Years of Anime" panel hosted by Producer Masuo Ueda, animator Kazushige Yusa, director Akitaro Daichi, and curator of the Tokyo Anime Center, Asaba-san (I couldn't make out his full name). They discuss the most influential anime on their life and work, how anime h...

Another year, another AZ down. This was a good one, folks. Tobias, Austin, Tori, Marisa, and Ryan chat about panels, guests, dealers, dinosaur volunteers, UMD disks, bootleggers, and all those wonderful things you find at cons these days.  This episode is a little bit dated as we recorded it about 2 weeks ago and I mention being excited for E3 which has now passed and BOY there were some choice an...

Austin got the chance to sit down with Animazement 2018 guest of honor and Director of International Recruitment at the University of Akron, JP Yates! Mr. Yates is an educator, anime fan, cool dude, and professional Japan enthusiast. Austin picked his brain about his work in international education, living and working in Japan, panels, language, embarassing inter-cultural escapades, working for Ep...

"Why so serious, Batman-kun?" This week, Ryan, Austin, Marisa, Sully, and Bill discuss the insanely fun BATMAN NINJA!!! We also take a look back at 2008's anime anthology Batman: Gotham Knight, discuss the history of Batman in Japan, and breakdown the historical parallels hidden between the whacky layers of Batman Ninja. This episode is NOT SPOILER FREE so GO WATCH THESE THINGS.  Audio clips used...

Sully, Bill, and Austin discuss Marie Kondo and her interesting theories on cleaning up your space, decluttering your lifestyle, only keeping things that spark joy. We start off with some catchup, Sully talks a little about Kirby: Star Allies and checking out My Hero Academia for the first time, Bill and Austin talk about Avengers: Infinity War, and then we introduce the KonMari method, discuss it...

Back at it again with some seasonal anime impressions and BOY are there a ton this time around.  In this episode, we take a look at an ABSURD amount of shows including: -Umamusume: Pretty Derby -Cutie Honey Universe -My Hero Academia Season 3 -Golden Kamuy -Comic Girls -PERSONA5 the Animation -Magical Girl Site -Magical Girl Ore -Aggretsuko -Lupin the Third Part 5 -Caligula -Tokyo Ghoul:re -Gegege...

After everyone already discussed this weeks ago, here we are rolling up to class 15 minutes late with Starbucks to discuss Winter Anime from 2018!  Also, please give a warm welcome to our newest Third Impact Anime crew member, Sarah!  In this episode, we recap what we've all been doing lately, then discuss some season highlights from Winter including: -Laid-Back Camp -Takagi-san -A Place Further T...

Bill indoctrinates Jon and Tobias into his favorite anime OVA ever, Osamu Dezaki's SWORD for TRUTH a.k.a. Shuranosuke the Demon: Man of the Death Scythes Crest. One of the BEST anime EVER definitely NOT joking. Even better than M.D. GEIST! Fun for the whole family!  [No tigers were harmed in the making of this podcast.] Twitter:  https://twitter.com/TI_Anime Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/thi...