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Have you ever seen the first episode of a new anime that wowed you so much that you ended up binging the whole thing? Well we have, some of us quite a few times. Join us as we talk about our favorite first anime episodes and also chat about current anime such as isekai, My Hero Academia, and My Hero Academia isekai (and other things). *hybrid’s audio got slightly desynced later in the episode. We have changed our recording methods to improve audio quality, but there are still some bumps in the road. We apologize for that and Requiem’s terrible favorite first episode selections. This episode’s members: hybridmink, Requiem, Kinksy, Raitzeno Chapters Intro: 00:00 - 1:00 AniTAY News: 1:01 - 3:48 No Guns Life: 3:49 - 6:05 Babylon (Not the fate kind): 6:06 - 8:15 Ascendance of a Bookworm: 8:16 - 10:53 Null & Peta: 10:54 - 13:49 Yu Yu Hakuso: 13:50 - 15:51 Chihyafuru: 15:52 - 17:26 Blade of the Immortal: 17:27 - 21:23 Sword Art Online: 21:24 - 23:41 We Never Learn: 23:42 - 28:34 Didn’t I Say to Make My Abilities

Fall 2019 is in full swing and so are the hot takes about all the spicy products on the seasonal menu. After all, why kill each other over Popeye’s chicken sandwiches when we can just kill each other over some tennis anime? Join the AniTAY crew as we discuss Japanese emperors, Stars Align, and our favorite opening themes of 2019, all in one episode! *Apologies for slight cut outs in the audio this episode. Everyone’s internet was a bit sketchy when we recorded. This episode’s members: Protonstorm, Gugsy, Reikaze, Requiem Chapters Intro: 00:00 - 0:45 Hater’s Guide to MHA: 0:46 - 3:00 A Silent Voice: 3:01 - 4:14 Little Town Hero: 4:15 - 7:17 Maquia When the Promised Flower Blooms: 7:18 - 10:14 Pokemon Sword and Shield: 10:15 - 16:00 Stars Align News: 16:01 - 22:26 Japanese Imperial Enthronement: 22:27 - 27:27 Kabukicho Sherlock: 27:28 - 31:13 Stars Align: 31:14 - 46:49 Assassin’s Pride: 46:50 - 52:25 Cautious Hero: 52:26 - 58:58 Are You the Only One Who Loves Me: 58:59 - 1:05:10 Favorite Anime Openings (Gugsy):

Not content to let you enjoy the new fall anime season in peace, the AniTAY podcast has returned to offer you our thoughts on all the anime premieres from the past couple of weeks. Oh wait, did you actually like My Hero Academia? Sorry but according to the king of never letting it go, Gugsy, it actually turns out that you are wrong (although Dil disagrees). If you want to send him your hate mail, I’d recommend listening to the whole episode so that you can really thoroughly eviscerate him when you complain. This episode’s members: hybridmink, Gugsy, Requiem, DilKokoro, Edmundton Chapters Intro: 00:00 - 1:09 Mob Psycho 100 II AniTAY Review: 1:10 - 2:40 News Japan Sinks Masaaki Yuasa Film Announcement: 2:41 - 6:09 Drop Kick My Devil S2: 6:10 - 7:23 Yu Gi Oh Jewelry: 7:24 - 8:55 Fire Force Sales: 8:56 - 11:49 City Hunter Live Action French Adaptation: 11:50 - 13:51 Recent Anime Thoughts Promare: 13:52 - 15:26 Bunny Girl Senpai (Movie): 15:27 - 20:38 Seven Deadly Sins: 20:38 - 24:18 Blood Blockade Battlefront: 24

The summer 2019 anime season has come to a close, and what better way to send it off than to sing odes to the highest highs and lowest lows that the season has to offer? Join the AniTAY crew as we discuss the end of this season, take a look at some new and upcoming theatrical releases, and realize just how many sequels are coming out this fall despite the fact that some of our favorites are probably forever doomed to be sequel-less. This episode’s members: Protonstorm, Gugsy, TheMamaLuigi, DilKokoro Itinerary Intro: 00:00 - 00:40 I Love You Colonel Sanders (VN): 00:41 - 5:18 AniTAY Articles Sequel Guide Fall 2019: 5:19 - 9:11 Promare: 9:12 - 12:46 Naruto: 12:46 - 14:04 DocKev’s Monogatari Article Series: 14:05 - 16:37 News Demon Slayer/Anime Sequel Films: 16:37 - 20:13 Danmachi: 20:13 - 26:01 Promised Neverland: 26:02 - 30:02 Japan Times Article: 30:03 - 39:35 End of Season Anime Thoughts Carol and Tuesday: 39:36 - 55:51 Demon Girl Next Door: 55:52 - 1:00:21 MomSekai: 1:00:22 - 1:04:02 O Maidens in Your Savag

This week’s episode is already a classic in more than one way. Want some of that piping hot Colonel Sanders news? We’ve got you covered. Want some chit-chat about the latest in anime nonsense? Done and done. And last but not least, we take a look at some of our favorite classic anime. What does everyone like? What excellent classic anime has Kinksy not yet managed to see despite finding the time to watch Conception last year? Find out on the latest episode of the AniTAY Podcast. This episode’s members: hybridmink, Requiem, Gugsy, Kinksy Itinerary Intro: 0:00 - 0:23 AniTAY Posts Dexomega’s Kingdom Post: 0:23 - 1:43 Dec’s Spy X Family Post: 1:43 - 2:29 Dororo review: 2:29 - 4:24 News Tanya the Evil Movie Comes to Crunchyroll: 4:24-6:36 Weathering with You: 6:36 - 8:00 Madoka Anime: 8:00 - 10:56 KFC Visual Novel: 10:56 - 14:25 Let’s actually talk about anime here Astra: 14:25 - 17:32 Cannon Busters: 17:32 - 21:03 Arufureta: 21:03 -25:26 Carole & Tuesday: 25:26 - 29:13 Fire Force: 29:13-32:58 Dr. Stone: 32:58

Rumor has it that a new anime season is on its way, and who better to report at the scene of the crime than AniTAY? Join our intrepid reporters as we plunge into the depths of the dark underbelly that is the isekai genre and provide our impressions of the upcoming anime season. We are joined this episode by our long-lost correspondent Dex who, riding his trusty GugRug, somehow managed to surf his way out of the isekai quagmire to make it onto this episode. Will we too make it out alive? What does GugRug even mean? These questions and more will be answered in this week’s exciting episode. This episode’s members: Protonstorm, Kinksy, Raitzeno, Gugsy, Dexomega, Thatsmapizza, Requiem Full Itinerary at https://anitay.kinja.com/anitay-podcast-s4-e6-5-fall-2019-season-preview-1838176294

The AniTAY Podcast prides ourselves in being your third or fourth choice for anime news and commentary. But little did we know, there was a traitor amongst us all along. He’s a man so despicable that even the filthy pirates at Manga Rock revile him. I am talking, of course, of AniTAY author and frequent stowaway on the podcast, Kinksy. To find out more, you’ll have to give this week’s episode a listen. We also talk about some new anime like Weathering with You and sprinkle in some geopolitical news for some reason. Note: This episode was recorded like a day before Manga Rock announced they were shutting down (good riddance). Coincidence? I think not. This episode’s members: Protonstorm, Kinksy, Requiem, DilKokoro Itinerary Intro: 0:00 - 1:20 News Manga Rock/Piracy: 1:20 - 14:15 Shaq Animation: 14:15 - 19:14 Uzumaki OVA: 19:14-23:42 Korea & Japan Geopolitics: 23:42 - 30:43 AniTAY Collab: 30:43 - 36:50 What We’ve Been Watching Lately That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime: 36:50-41:20 Demon Girl Next Door:

This week’s AniTAY podcast starts off on a slightly different note with some video game discussion before quickly devolving into the aggressive mediocrity that is most anime (according to gugsy). But are there some diamonds in the rough, and is one of them Granbelm? Only one way to find out! This episode’s members: hybridmink, Gugsy, Requiem, Dilkokoro Itinerary Intro: 0:00 - 0:35 Tales of Berseria: 0:36 - 6:52 Fire Emblem Three Houses: 6:53 - 12:56 Kentaro Miura: 12:57 - 17:40 We Never Learn: 17:41 - 19:24 Vinland Saga: 19:25 - 23:19 Canon Busters: 23:20 - 29:07 Danmachi Season 2: 29:08 - 32:53 Rascal Doesn’t Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai: 32:54 - 38:49 City Hunter: 38:50 - 39:49 O Maidens in your Savage Season: 39:50 - 44:50 To the Abandoned Sacred Beasts: 44:51 - 48:43 Dr. Stone: 48:44 - 56:23 Dropped Shows: 56:24 - 1:01:46 Granbelm: 1:01:47 - 1:03:23 Yu-No: 1:03:24 - 1:08:49 Outro: 1:08:50 - End Thanks to Thatsmapizza for his help editing this episode of the podcast!

After the devastating loss of the previous episode, the AniTAY Podcast has managed to return despite longtime fans’ hopes that we would just end it and finally remove Requiem’s platform for offering his terrible anime selections to the unsuspecting masses. This episode, we warm up with some bad takes from Japanese anime fans (via Crunchyroll) and move on to some truly terrible takes from the AniTAY authors themselves. When will the madness end? This episode’s members: hybridmink, Kinksy, Requiem, Dilkokoro Itinerary Intro: 0:00 - 1:37 News (IGN Article on Demon Slayer): 1:38 - 5:03 News (Crunchyroll popularity poll): 5:04 - 20:35 Jojo’s Bizzare Adventure: 20:36 - 27:23 Vinland Saga: 27:24 - 31:25 Astra Lost in Space: 31:26 - 35:54 Fruits Basket: 35:55 - 40:30 Carol and Tuesday: 40:31 - 45:20 Kotura-san: 45:36 - 48:53 Code Geass: 49:15 - 53:01 Angel Beats: 53:02 - 54:12 Denocoil: 54:13 - 58:29 Kinksy’s Rapid Fire Anime Recommendations: 58:43 - 1:02:45 Land of the Lustrous: 1:03:32 - 1:05:04 Ghost in the Shell:

This episode is an extra-long one! With the spring season coming to an end and the summer already beginning, we decided to try concluding this past season and give our first impressions of the new one. I apologize in advance for my colleagues’ shit taste (and Gugsy’s audio mishaps). This episode’s members: hybridmink, Gugsy, Requiem, TheMamaLuigi Note: This episode was originally intended for posting earlier this week, but we decided to delay the release out of respect for the victims of the horrible fire at Kyoto Animation’s Studio 1. Please be aware that the contents of this episode were recorded several days before the incident. Itinerary Intro: 00:00 - 00:54 Demon Slayer: 00:55 - 6:00 Aggretsuko S2: 06:00 - 9:06 Aoi-chan: 9:07 - 12:06 Sarazanmai: 12:07 - 17:16 Senryu Girl: 17:17 - 18:20 Kono Oto Tomare: 18:21 - 19:50 Mix: 19:51 - 22:14 Fruits Basket: 22:15 - 24:29 Carol & Tuesday: 24:30 - 26:43 Attack on Titan: 26:44 - 29:04 Some Brief Anime News: 29:05 - 38:15 Dr. Stone: 38:30 - 41:20 Fire Force: 41:

The AniTAY Podcast season preview returns! Join us as we take a few (sometimes educated) guesses at the good, bad and ugly of the upcoming summer 2019 anime season! This episode doesn’t follow our new format, so we decided to label it episode 2.5 stay tuned in the upcoming weeks for a return to our regular programming. This episode’s members: Protonstorm, Kinksy, Reikaze, Edmundton, Raitzeno Itinerary Intro: 0:00 - 0:56 A Certain Scientific Accelerator: 0:56 - 5:00 Arifureta: 5:00 - 9:15 Astra Lost in Space: 9:15 - 12: 18 BEM: 12:18 - 15:44 Cop Craft: 15:44 - 18:40 Do You Love Your Mom and Her Two-Hit Multi-Target Attacks?: 18:40 - 21:00 Dr: Stone: 21:00 - 24:11 Ensemble Stars: 24:11 - 24:56 Fire Force: 24:56 - 27:21 Given: 27:21 -28:57 Granbelm: 28:57 - 31:50 Hensuki: Are you willing to fall in love with a pervert, as long as she’s a cutie?: 31:50 - 34:51 How Heavy are the dumbbells you lift?: 34:51-37:54 Is it Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? II: 37-54 - 40:05 Isekai Cheat Magician: 40:05 - 42:30

In this week’s episode of the AniTAY Podcast, new host hybridmink leads a discussion on the latest video game announcements from E3, Gugsy hawks his latest baseball anime wares, and the cast shares their hype shows for the upcoming summer 2019 anime season. This episode’s members: hybridmink, Protonstorm, Gugsy, and Raitzeno Itinerary Question of Last Week Review Funny Anime Convention Stories: 0:20 - 4:55 Anime/Japanese Pop Culture News Nisiosin Translation 2nd Most in English: 4:55 - 9:55 Visual Novels: 9:55 - 12:44 E3: 12:44 - 20:03 Anime Discussion Kimetsu no Yaiba/Demon Slayer: 20:03 - 26:17 Ao Chan Can’t Study: 26:17 -29:33 Meddlesome Kitsune Senko-san: 29:33 -33:43 We Never Learn: 33:43 - 37:50 Mix: 37:50 -45:44 Question of the Week Some Anime Looking Forward to Next Season: 45:44 - 53:08 Conclusion: 53:08 - 54:09 A special thanks to Rockmandash12/Reikaze for his help editing this episode of the podcast!

The AniTAY Podcast is back, this time with the premiere of the fourth season of the podcast and a new format. Join myself, hybridmink, TheMamaLuigi, and Requiem as we talk about the latest in anime and pop culture news from Japan. This episode, we discuss the successes/failures of One Punch Man’s sequel anime and the much more aggressive failures of some other shows this season before switching gears to discuss streaming rights, foreign tourism in Japan, and the extremely exciting new trailer for Makoto Shinkai’s new movie, Weathering with You. Itinerary Anime Discussion One Punch Man 2: 0:58 - 6:50 Code Geass (Spoilers): 6:51 - 14:38 RobiHachi: 14:38 - 18:01 Fairy Gone: 18:01 - 21:46 Nobunaga-sensei no Osanazuma (god help us all): 21:46 - 25:30 NEW SECTION - AniTAY Broadcasting Channel NEWS Attack on Titan Delay?!?: 25:30 - 30:06 Tourists are Causing Headaches in Japan: 30:06 - 40:50 Weathering With You: 40:50 - 51:20 NEW SECTION - Question of the Podcast Funny Anime Convention Stories: 51:20 - 1:02:24 Concl

The Spring 2019 season is in full swing, and we here at AniTAY are hard at work on our seasonal anime recommendation collaboration. But for those of you who just can’t wait any longer, this is the podcast episode for you! Today’s spring first impressions episode is brought to you by yours truly along with bold commentators hybridmink, Rockmandash12, Requiem and new-to-the-podcast Edmundton. What did we think, and how bad is their taste?

The snow is melting, flowers blooming...spring is in the air. And we all know what that means: more anime. Join the AniTAY crew as we investigate this forecasted April shower of anime. This spring, Japan has trimmed some of the fat and there are fewer shows than previous years. This helped us continue our streak of hour and a half long preview episodes, a feat seemingly impossible as recently as two years ago. And when I say us, I mean myself and the lovely lads Raitzeno, Requiem, TheMamaLuigi, and newcomer XMetalWolf.

You may have seen/heard that the Crunchyroll Anime Awards aired last month. Quite a few of us over here on AniTAY tuned in together to listen. This is the resulting audio. This is not an official episode of the podcast (there was really no planning or organization involved whatsoever), but if you are looking for some goons to listen to and inevitably be disappointed by the award selections with, then look no further than this podcast. To follow along, watch the Crunchyroll Anime Awards video (https://www.crunchyroll.com/the-crunchyroll-anime-awards/the-crunchyroll-anime-awards-the-crunchyroll-anime-awards-782355). The podcast recording starts about 20 seconds into the award video, so if you start the podcast at that point you can be in sync with us as you watch.

From the menu of anime airing this winter, we here at AniTAY have selected some of our favorites to discuss on this brief episode. Join me as I settle down for the winter and have a lovely discussion with newcomer TheMamaLuigi and series regulars dilkokoro and Requiem.* *Disclaimer: Gugsy is also present in this episode.

The AniTAY podcast’s year-in-review episode is finally here! Join us as we take an extra long look at the year of 2018 in anime! This podcast follows a similar structure to the 2017 one that was never published (may it rest in peace). Naturally, that means no one knows how we do this, so I’ll outline it: we go through the list of AniTAY’s favorite anime of 2018 and discuss our thoughts on all of the shows from the bottom of the list to the top! At the time of recording this, the final part with the top 10 anime was still not published yet, so most of the members of the podcast did not know which shows were going to appear. If you want to join them in surprise, then give this a listen before reading the article! Joining me on our podcast adventure this time were intrepid lads Gugsy, hybridmink, Requiem, Thatsmapizza, and TGRIP. Please judge their terrible taste in 2018 anime for one final time along with me. Itinerary To follow along with us, use the articles on the kinja tag “AniTAY top 2018.” I’ve dropped th

We’re back, and in the interest of time I decided to do a winter preview episode before our end-of-the-year episode (stay tuned). Let’s take a glance at the winter 2019 season! Joining me today are cast members Raitzeno, Stinolez, Rockmandash12, and Kinksy. Believe it or not, we actually clocked in at around the hour and a half goal that I always have. That makes the first time in a while (ever?).

Happy holidays folks! Let’s send the fall 2018 season off in style with a new podcast episode. It’s the only present you’re getting from us, so you better enjoy it. On today’s episode, I am joined by community members Hybridmink, Requiem, Kinksy, and Thatsmapizza to discuss some of our favorite (or for some, not-so-favorite) shows from this anime season. Itinerary Intro: 0:00:00 to 0:03:50 Karakuri Circus: 0:03:51 to 0:14:50 Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai: 0:14:51 to 0:29:42 SSSS.Gridman: 0:29:43 to 0:39:50 That Time I got Reincarnated as a Slime: 0:39:51 to 0:56:15 Zombie Land Saga: 0:56:15 to 1:10:39