Aniki

By Ben & Jon

Brothers Ben and Jon review and decompose anime series with focus on story, characters, and cultural relevance. Every other monday brings you a new series breakdown and before every season they delive... more

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The podcast currently has 333 episodes available.

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April 11, 2023 150: Spring 2023 Anime Season Preview
As the sun finally breaks through the clouds and flowers bloom, what kind of hot takes do the Aniki bros have for the spring anime season? Running down the Anichart.net listings from least to most popular, they help you sort what shouldn't be missed, what might be ok, and what you should probably avoid. What shows are you most excited for? Let us know on Twitter and Facebook!
Like Aniki? Please leave us a review on iTunes so more people can be exposed to our insanity.
Show Notes
Spring 2023 Hotakes00:15
Spring 2023 Anime Season Preview
Follow along with the Aniki Hotake Experience!
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Note: Order determined as of recording on 4/3/2023
Aniki's Picks
Our picks for consideration for this anime season. Click the links to go to where you can watch or get more info.
TOKYO MEW MEW NEW Season 2TOO CUTE CRISISBIRDIE WING -Golf Girls’ Story- Season 2Pokémon Horizons: The SeriesMy Clueless First FriendSkip and LoaferMy Home HeroRanking of Kings: The Treasure Chest of CourageThe Dangers in My HeartInsomniacs after schoolHeavenly DelusionMy Love Story with Yamada-kun at Lv999MASHLE: MAGIC AND MUSCLESKONOSUBA - An Explosion on This Wonderful World!Oshi No KoKaguya-sama: Love is War -The First Kiss That Never Ends-
Cover Image: LN
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1h 5min
January 10, 2023 SP: Winter 2023 Anime Season Preview
Christmas has past and the new year has dawned, but what kind of anime season has Santa left us? Its time for hotakes! Running down the Anichart.net listings from least to most popular, they help you sort what shouldn't be missed, what might be ok, and what you should probably avoid. What shows are you most excited for? Let us know on Twitter and Facebook!
Like Aniki? Please leave us a review on iTunes so more people can be exposed to our insanity.
Show Notes
Winter 2023 Hotakes00:15
Winter 2023 Anime Season Preview
Follow along with the Aniki Hotake Experience!
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Note: Order determined as of recording on 1/5/2023
Aniki's Picks
Our picks for consideration for this anime season. Click the links to go to where you can watch or get more info.
Pocket Monsters: Mezase Pokémon Master
Saving 80,000 Gold in Another World for My Retirement
HIGH CARD
Kaina of the Great Snow Sea
Endo and Kobayashi Live! The Latest on Tsundere Villainess Lieselotte
TRIGUN STAMPEDE
The Ice Guy and His Cool Female Colleague
Tomo-chan Is a Girl!
NieR:Automata Ver. 1.1a
Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro 2nd Attack
Vinland Saga Season 2
Cover Image: Kemo Chiharu
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1h
September 27, 2022 SP: Fall 2022 Anime Season Preview
The weather might be cooling down, but Aniki's takes on the new anime season are hotter than ever! It's time for hotakes! Running down the Anichart.net listings from least to most popular, they help you sort what shouldn't be missed, what might be ok, and what you should probably avoid. What shows are you most excited for? Let us know on Twitter and Facebook!
Like Aniki? Please leave us a review on iTunes so more people can be exposed to our insanity.
Show Notes
Fall 2022 Hotakes00:15
Fall 2022 Anime Season Preview
Follow along with the Aniki Hotake Experience!
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Note: Order determined as of recording on 9/25/2022
Aniki's Picks
Our picks for consideration for this anime season. Click the links to go to where you can watch or get more info.
My Master Has No Tail
Arknights: Prelude to Dawn
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury
BOCCHI THE ROCK!
Do It Yourself!!
Golden Kamuy 4
Urusei Yatsura (2022)
To Your Eternity Season 2
BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War
Mob Psycho 100 III
SPY x FAMILY Cour 2
Chainsaw Man
Cover Image: Bowstringsmall
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1h 11min
September 05, 2022 149: Flantastic (I’ve Been Killing Slimes For 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level)
Aniki goes on a slimeicide in order to get a chill, adoptive family in I've Been Killing Slimes For 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level. Office worker Azusa ends up dying from over-working herself and is reincarnated as an immortal witch with a big hat. Wanting to take it easy, she limits herself to killing 25 slimes a day for basic income and keeps to herself. Unfortunately, her quiet life is disturbed by all manner of fantastic denizens when it becomes known that she's hit the level cap. Now her house is brimming with noise, but maybe that's ok. Also featuring: Fire Punch.
Haven't seen this show? Go watch I've Been Killing Slimes For 300 Years And Maxed Out My Level. Watch before you listen!
Show Notes
General0:15Anime Review3:36
General
Chainsaw Man
Fire Punch
I've Been Killing Slimes For 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level
Watch Now
Mihoshi from Tenchi Muyo!
Tower of God
Ayn Rand as a Dating Sim
Next Time
Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt
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38min
August 08, 2022 148: Washizu no Golf (Birdie Wing: Golf Girls’ Story)
After years of joking about Washizu no Golf, where you bet your own destruction, Aniki's wishes are granted in Birdie Wing: Golf Girl's Story. Eve is an underground betting golf ringer, raking in enough money to scrape by. Seeing golf as only a means to an end, her world view is challenged when a true rival known as Aoi putts into her life. Wanting to get closer to Aoi, Eve starts making bedfellows with the golf mafia, driving a wedge between her and her adoptive family. Can Eve drive her way to success or will she land back in the rough? Also featuring: Wheel of Time.
Haven't seen this show? Go watch Birdie Wing: Golf Girls' Story. Watch before you listen!
Show Notes
General0:15Anime Review5:52
General
Nozaki-kun
Wheel of Time
Birdie Wing: Golf Girls' Story
Watch Now
Urusei Yatsura
Putting Witch
Next Time
I've Been Killing Slimes For 300 Years And Maxed Out My Level
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34min
July 25, 2022 147: Yor Name (Spy x Family)
The Aniki brothers go undercover to catch the spy, the assassin, and the esper who all live together in Spy x Family. Loid Forger, aka Twilight, is a famous spy trying to infuriate a school to stop the next war from occurring. But to do so, he'll have to get himself a family. Joining him are Anya, a five-year old telepath, and Yor, an assassin for hire. The thing is, none of them know about the others' double lives.
Haven't seen this show? Go watch Spy x Family. Watch before you listen!
Show Notes
General0:15Anime Review9:53
General
Tomochan is a Girl
Jon's Tree bois
Speed paints
New Trigun
Spy x Family
Watch Now
Chinese Censorship
What Jon Sent
Next Time
BIRDIE WING -Golf Girls' Story-
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38min
June 28, 2022 SP: Summer 2022 Anime Season Preview
Summer is here and its getting hot. But is it as hot as the brothers' new anime season takes? Aniki hotakes are here! Running down the Anichart.net listings from least to most popular, they help you sort what shouldn't be missed, what might be ok, and what you should probably avoid. What shows are you most excited for? Let us know on Twitter and Facebook!
Like Aniki? Please leave us a review on iTunes so more people can be exposed to our insanity.
Show Notes
Summer 2022 Hotakes00:15
Summer 2022 Anime Season Preview
Follow along with the Aniki Hotake Experience!
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Note: Order determined as of recording on 6/24/2022
Aniki's Picks
Our picks for consideration for this anime season. Click the links to go to where you can watch or get more info.
TOKYO MEW MEW NEW
Lycoris Recoil
UNCLE FROM ANOTHER WORLD
SHADOWS HOUSE 2nd Season
When Will Ayumu Make His Move?
Call of the Night
Made in Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun
Overlord IV
Cover Image: Reddizen
Not sure what anime to watch on Netflix? Check out our Netflix Recommendations.
First time listening? Subscribe and leave a review on your favorite platform: iTunes | Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS | YouTube | iHeart Radio
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56min
June 20, 2022 146: Smoliv vs Lechonk (My Senpai is Annoying)
The Aniki brothers go back to the office for some good old fashioned romantic comedy with My Senpai is Annoying. Short and petite, Futaba is a 23 year old second year salesman at a trading company, working with Takeda, her bear-of-a-man senpai. While she refuses to admit it, she devlops feelings for him that go beyond spreadsheets. Meanwhile, the very attractive Sakurai has the eye of every man in the office, but she only has feelings for the quiet Kazuma with mean looking eyes. Who will hold hands first? When will there be kisses? Also featuring: Wixoss
Haven't seen this show? Go watch My Senpai is Annoying. Watch before you listen!
Show Notes
General0:15Anime Review8:02
General
Spider recall article (from 2011)
The Errand Boy and the Banchou in Love
Wixross
My Senpai is Annoying
Watch Now
My Love Story
Business
Wotakoi
Is she into you?
Next Time
Spy x Family
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36min
June 06, 2022 145: Basically Batman (Kaguya-sama Season 2)
Aniki gets back into the game of love with the second season of the hit comedy drama Kaguya-sama: Love is War Season 2. The new season means a new school year and all new comedy. It also introduces a new character as Miyuki Shirogane's rival for the student council presidency, Miko Iino, who's sole desire is to see that rules are followed to the letter. In addition, Ishigami's backstory is revealed to sound of manly tears. Plus all the silliness you've come to expect from Kaguya-sama.
Haven't seen this show? Go watch Kaguya-sama Season 2. Watch before you listen!
Show Notes
General0:15Anime Review5:37
General
Pokemon Astral Radiance
V Rising
Forbidden Psalm
Going through a Lv999 Love with Yamada-kun
Kaguya-sama Season 2
Watch Now
Aniki's season 1 take
Next Time
My Senpai is Annoying
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32min
May 16, 2022 144: Quentin Tarantino Presents (Akebi’s Sailor Uniform)
The Aniki brothers partake in yet another cute girls doing cute things show, with a twist, in Akebi's Sailor Uniform. Akebi-chan is a new middle-school student who's dream, ever since she saw her favorite idol wearing one, is to wear a sailor uniform to school. Now that she'd gotten into her mother's alma mater, her opportunity has come. Yet, the school has recently changed uniforms and now she's the only girl in her archaic dress. With renewed confidence, Akebi meets fascinating classmates as they experience school life together. Under the colorful shower of blossoming prospects, an exciting tomorrow awaits them! Also featuring: Weiß Schwarz.
Haven't seen this show? Go watch Akebi's Sailor Uniform. Watch before you listen!
Show Notes
General0:15Anime Review6:09
General
Jon's Doggo
Doggo without teefs
Weiß Schwarz Hololive
Akebi's Sailor Uniform
Watch Now
Aria the Natural
House Hair
What Jon Sent
Next Time
Kaguya-sama Season 2
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36min

FAQs about Aniki:

How many episodes does Aniki have?

The podcast currently has 333 episodes available.