IGN Anime Club

Bandai Namco's Associate Brand Manager Stephen Akana and Community Specialist David Lee join the IGN Anime Club hosts to talk about the new Sword Art Online game, One Piece, and more from Jump Festa.

Meghan is back! She joins Miranda and Kallie to discuss some of our most memorable holiday episodes, the best gifts to give to other anime fans, and anime you should watch with your family.

Shows in this episode:

• One-Punch Man
• Comet Lucifer
• Spice and Wolf
• Haikyu
• Beautiful Bones - Sakurako's Investigation
• Nisekoi
• My Love Story
• Sailor Moon S: The Movie
• Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood
• Death Parade
• Cowboy Bebop
• Steins;Gate
• Natsume's Book of Friends
• Death Note
• Fairy Tale
• Black Butler
• My Neighbor Totoro
• Dragon Ball
• Himouto! Umaru-chan
• Yowamushi Pedal
• Free
• Sound! Euphonium
• Pokemon
• Gurren Lagann
• SpongeBob SquarePants

IGN's Katie Kasarda joins Kallie and Miranda this week to, like most adults, try and understand the teens - the anime teens. Where are their parents? Why are they so darn mature? How do they always score the seat in the back of the class? We also discuss Undertale and Kallie talks about her time at PlayStation Experience.

Anime in this episode:

• Penguindrum
• Digimon Adventure Tri
• The Perfect Insider
• Beautiful Bones: Sakurako's Investigation
• Cowboy Bebop
• One-Punch Man
• Revolutionary Girl Utena
• Yuri Kuma Arashi
• Puella Magi Madoka Magica
• Sound! Euphonium
• YuruYuri
• Hanayamata
• K-On!
• Parasyte
• School Days
• Durarara
• Persona 4 Golden: The Animation
• Another
• Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun
• Fate/Stay Night: Unlimited Blade Works
• Anthem of the Heart
• Neon Genesis Evangelion
• Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches
• Gurren Lagann
• Undertale (Game)
• Hatoful Boyfriend (Game)
• My First Errand (Hajimete no Otsukai)

IGN's James Faulkner joins Kallie and Miranda this week to discuss the most delicious-looking food in anime and a few of our favorite anime that does food best. Also, Miranda gives a brief breakdown on Digimon Adventure Tri and we imagine what our holiday parties would look like with our favorite anime characters.

Anime mentioned in this episode:

• Shirobako
• Digimon Adventure
• Digimon Adventure Tri
• Dragon Ball Super
• Sailor Moon Crystal
• Revolutionary Girl Utena
• YuruYuri
• Yuri Kuma Arashi
• Sound! Euphonium
• Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma
• Naruto
• Makura no Danshi
• Blood Blockade Battlefront (Kekkai Sensen)
• Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun
• Bonjour Sweet Love Patisserie
• My Love Story
• Yakitate Japan
• Ponyo
• Steins;Gate
• Gurren Lagann
• Master of None (not anime)
• Banshee (not anime)

Max Scoville returns to IGN Anime Club to talk about the great Hayao Miyazaki films with Miranda, Meghan, and Kallie. The group also discusses Meghan's Sword Art Online: Lost Song review, and how anime games could be better.

Anime Mentioned This Week:

• Akira
• Sword Art Online
• Bubblegum Crisis
• Dragon Ball Z
• Fist of the North Star
• Project A-ko
• Yuri Kuma Arashi
• Penguindrum
• Revolutionary Girl Utena
• Nichijou
• Princess Kaguya
• Lily C.A.T.
• Sound Euphonium
• Wakakozake
• Spirited Away
• Princess Mononoke
• Kiki's Delivery Service
• My Neighbor Totoro
• Ponyo
• Porco Rosso
• Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
• Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro
• Howl's Moving Castle
• When Marnie Was There
• The Wind Rises

The club shares their favorite anime heroes and villains... and who they'd like to see couple up. Plus, they recommend 4 classic '80s shows!

Anime mentioned:

• One-Punch Man
• Fairy Tail
• Beautiful Bones - Sakurako's Investigation
• The Perfect Insider
• Project A-Ko
• Dirty Pair
• Fist of the North Star
• Bubblegum Crisis
• Death Note
• Pokémon
• Dragon Ball Z
• Sailor Moon
• Slayers
• Kill la Kill
• Food Wars
• Puella Magi Madoka Magica
• JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
• Persona 4: The Animation
• Pokémon
• Sword Art Online
• Steins;Gate
• Record of Lotus War
• Cutie Honey
• Gurren Lagann

Kallie, Meghan, and Miranda watched Anthem in the Heart in theaters this week and discuss their thoughts on the film. With anime becoming more available, the group speculates what could happen if anime reaches mainstream popularity, talk about weird Yo-Kai, and the best arcs in Sword Art Online

Shows mentioned this week:

• Sword Art Online
• Steins;Gate
• Yo-Kai Watch
• The Perfect Insider
• Sakurako's Investigation - Beautiful Bones
• One-Punch Man
• Anthem of the Heart
• Seven Deadly Sins
• Knights of Sidonia
• Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
• Steven Universe
• RWBY
• Ghost in the Shell
• Kill la Kill
• Rick and Morty
• BoJack Horseman
• Archer
• Futurama
• Gurren Lagann

This week IGN Anime Club transforms into Umaru, discusses different types of horror anime, and announce the next Anime Watch Party show.

Anime mentioned in this week's episode:

• xxxHolic
• Milpom
• Shiki
• Boogiepop Phantom
• Himouto! Umaru-chan
• Beautiful Bones - Sakurako's Investigation
• The Perfect Insider
• Yamishibai
• Another
• Ghost Stories
• School-Live!
• Nisekoi
• High School of the Dead
• Elfen Lied
• Higurashi no naku koro ni (When They Cry)
• School Days
• Paranoia Agent
• Perfect Blue
• The Enigma of Amigara Fault (manga)
• Mnemosyne
• Death Note
• Monster
• Steins;Gate
• Gurren Lagann

Jared joins Kallie, Meghan, and Miranda as they discuss what they love and hate about fan service in anime. Plus, Jared offers insight into the cultural differences between Japan and the West.

Anime mentioned in this episode:

• The Devil Is a Part-Timer
• Call Me Tonight
• Burn-Up W
• Utawarerumono: The False Faces
• Comet Lucifer
• Gunbuster
• Free!
• Slayers
• Prison School
• Steins;Gate
• Himouto! Umaru-chan
• Neon Genesis Evangelion
• Gangsta
• Mitchiko and Hatchin
• Asterisk War
• Shimoneta: A Boring World Where the Concept of Dirty Jokes Doesn't Exist
• Bakemonogatari
• Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma

Kallie, Meghan, and Miranda tackle another batch of fall anime and are pleasantly surprised with some great new mature shows and another funny anime parody. The club analyzes a few of the new not-so-short anime shorts and Kallie expresses her disdain for talking animals.

Anime discussed in this episode:

• Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans
• Mr. Osomatsu
• Utawarerumono: The False Faces
• Beautiful Bones - Sakurako's Investigation
• The Perfect Insider
• Kagewani
• Aldnoah.Zero
• Lovely Muco
• School-Live
• Milpom
• Fushigi Yugi
• Fairy Tail
• Yamishibai
• Steins;Gate