The Anime Nostalgia Podcast

Subscribers! Be sure to go to the blog to read the description easier & check out links for this episode! One of Japan’s biggest anime properties is not only finally available legally in the English-speaking world, but it’s also seeing somewhat of a renaissance currently throughout fandom! Join me and Legend of the Galactic Heroes   superfan Diana  as we give a surprisingly spoiler-f...

Subscribers! Be sure to go to the blog to read the description easier & check out links for this episode! This month’s episode is another ReView! What is a “ReView” episode, you might ask? Well, it’s my highly-clever (ok not really) title for episodes where I go back and watch an older title I haven’t seen in a long time, and see if what I remember (and what my opinions on it) are still the sa...

Subscribers! Be sure to go to the blog to read the description easier & check out links for this episode! Over the years, many people have seen the infamous Miami Mike screencap . But what’s the story behind it? After all this time, we’ll finally have some answers! Join me & my guest Pat , former co-worker of Miami Mike, as I explain how I found him and interview him about his now infamous...

Subscribers! Be sure to go to the blog to read the description easier & check out links for this episode! It’s February! So what better time to chill with a friend I love to have a little walk down memory lane about something we both have a fondness of? That’s right, Newtypelady is back, and we’re having a fun, somewhat laid-back look at some of the work of the all-female mangaka group CLAMP!...

Subscribers! Be sure to go to the blog to read the description easier & check out links for this episode! Happy 2018, everyone! This month’s episode is another ReView! What is a “ReView” episode, you might ask? Well, it’s my highly-clever (ok not really) title for episodes where I go back and watch an older title I haven’t seen in a long time, and see if what I remember (and what my opinions o...

Subscribers! Be sure to go to the blog to read the description easier & check out links for this episode! 2017 is almost over! So you know what that means–that’s right, it’s the Year in Review! Nitro is here with me to discuss the results of my annual year-end survey, as filled out by you, the listeners! What older anime titles were you excited to buy (again) this year, and what titles are you...

  iTunes & Stitcher subscribers! Be sure to go to the blog to read the description easier & check out links for this episode! Before Social Media, before AOL Chatrooms, and even before Geocities Fansites, hundreds of anime fans socialized the old fashioned way: through snail mail! The hayday of anime penpalling is long forgotten, but my long-time friend Mayra is here to recollect how...

   iTunes & Stitcher subscribers! Be sure to go to the blog to read the description easier & check out links for this episode! October is not only Halloween month this year--it also marks the 25th Anniversary of the Yu Yu Hakusho anime’s debut in Japan! And so Tricia has returned to gush with me over this beloved series in this special extra-long celebration of all things YY...

    iTunes & Stitcher subscribers! Be sure to go to the blog to read the description easier & check out links for this episode! This month’s episode is another ReView! What is a “ReView” episode, you might ask? Well, it’s my highly-clever (ok not really) title for episodes where I go back and watch an older title I haven’t seen in a long time, and see if what I remember (and what...

    iTunes & Stitcher subscribers! Be sure to go to the blog to read the description easier & check out links for this episode! This month’s podcast episode is a double feature! First, returning guest Nitro & I discuss the Atsuko Tanaka panel from this year’s AnimeFest convention, as she’s a very prolific animator who’s worked on many notable things--including working with Ha...

    iTunes & Stitcher subscribers! Be sure to go to the blog to read the description easier & check out links for this episode! This month’s episode, I’m joined by Khoda (aka 80sanime on Tumblr) to talk about one of our favorite lesser-known anime films: Goshogun: The Time Etranger (also released here previously as Time Stranger ). Listen as Khoda shares her anime origin story wi...

    iTunes & Stitcher subscribers! Be sure to go to the blog to read the description easier & check out links for this episode!   This month’s episode is another ReView! What is a “ReView” episode, you might ask? Well, it’s my highly-clever (ok not really) title for episodes where I go back and watch an older title I haven’t seen in a long time, and see if what I remember (a...

    iTunes & Stitcher subscribers! Be sure to go to the blog to read the description easier & check out links for this episode! The Saturday Anime series is back, and this time Nitro of the MDisk Playlist Podcast joins me to talk all about Fatal Fury: The Motion Picture ! Listen as we discuss playing arcade games in the 90s, how Mai is basically the best, and why the dub of this...

    iTunes & Stitcher subscribers! Be sure to go to the blog to read the description easier & check out links for this episode! It’s episode 50! And to celebrate, I’m finally tackling a MUCH requested topic--that’s right, it’s Dragon Ball ! Join me & my buddy Mark from Tapes From The Crypt as we discuss the unique world Akira Toriyama created, from the classic to Super, how D...

    iTunes & Stitcher subscribers! Be sure to go to the blog to read the description easier & check out links for this episode! This month’s episode is another ReView! What is a “ReView” episode, you might ask? Well, it’s my highly-clever (ok not really) title for episodes where I go back and watch an older title I haven’t seen in a long time, and see if what I remember (and what...

  iTunes & Stitcher subscribers! Be sure to go to the blog to read the description easier & check out links for this episode!   February 25, 2017 marks the 30th anniversary of Bubblegum Crisis ’ original release in Japan! So to celebrate, I’ve invited Sean of Zimmerit.moe to talk all about it: the many western influences that inspired it, why it’s label of “cyberpunk” is a bit of...

  iTunes & Stitcher subscribers! Be sure to go to the blog to read the description easier & check out links for this episode! Happy New Year! (Hey, it’s still January!) The first ep of 2017 is here! I’m joined by my friend Tricia (aka boobly ) to watch Sailor Moon R: The Movie as it was shown in US theaters, then wax nostalgic about it & the brand new Viz dub. Listen as we discuss...

  iTunes & Stitcher subscribers! Be sure to go to the blog to read the description easier & check out links for this episode! 2016 is almost over! So you know what that means–that’s right, Zee is back with me to discuss the results of my annual year-end survey, as filled out by you, the listeners! What older anime titles were you excited to buy (again) this year, and what titles are y...

iTunes & Stitcher subscribers! Be sure to go to the blog to read the description easier & check out links for this episode!   With all the talk about the upcoming live action Ghost in the Shell movie, what better time to revisit another (slightly less popular) 90s series about a kick-ass cyborg who sometimes questions what it means to be human! My friend Rachel from RachelLovesComics...

    iTunes & Stitcher subscribers! Be sure to go to the blog to read the description easier & check out links for this episode! This month’s episode is another ReView! What is a “ReView” episode, you might ask? Well, it’s my highly-clever (ok not really) title for episodes where I go back and watch an older title I haven’t seen in a long time, and see if what I remember (and what...

iTunes & Stitcher subscribers! Be sure to go to the blog to read the description easier & check out links for this episode!   With a new Voltron series out now, it seems like the perfect time to go back and talk about not only the original 80s classic, but the entire world of Voltron ! Whether you were a fan back in the 80s or discovered it through syndication or Toonami, Voltron was...

    iTunes & Stitcher subscribers! Be sure to go to the blog to read the description easier & check out links for this episode! Heather is back! And this time we teamed up to bring you our report on all the cool vintage anime-related panels we went to at AnimeFest 2016--which were surprisingly a lot! Hear us talk about seeing the iconic seiyuu for Lum & Ataru, getting to watc...

    iTunes & Stitcher subscribers! Be sure to go to the blog to read the description easier & check out links for this episode! This month’s episode is another ReView! What is a “ReView” episode, you might ask? Well, it’s my highly-clever (ok not really) title for episodes where I go back and watch an older title I haven’t seen in a long time, and see if what I remember (and what...

    iTunes & Stitcher subscribers! Be sure to go to the blog to read the description easier & check out links for this episode! It’s been a while since I did a music-themed episode! And what better guest to have than the host of a music-themed podcast, Nitro of MDisk Playlist , to talk all about the music of Joe Hisaishi! You probably have heard Hisaishi’s work in Miyazaki’s film...

    iTunes & Stitcher subscribers! Be sure to go to the blog to read the description easier & check out links for this episode! Continuing with my ongoing series here at The Anime Nostalgia Podcast: The Saturday Anime series! Every so often, I’ll be highlighting one of the anime titles that we remember from Sci-Fi Channel back in the 90s. This time I’m joined by Let’s Anime’s Dav...