Guardian Enzo and Setsuken are back solving (or at least calling out) the problems facing anime.  This time we talk about a few non-anime things we're watching, and a new feature to our news segment, and discuss whether "gatekeepers" exist in the anime fandom (and what role they play).  Plus a manga recommendation, a little off-the-cuff-poetry, and a question about series we loved in spite of the visuals.  

Please make sure and join us next week for our very special Fall Season Preview episode!  If you have anything you'd like us to answer or discuss related to the fall season, please let us know.  

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Introduction 0:09 

Kimchi 3:50 

What We're Watching 5:21 

The Anime News 13:31 

Topic of the Week (Are Mediocrity Pushers Anime's New Gatekeepers?) 49:32 

Manga Recommendation Corner (Flat by Aogiri Natsu) 1:29:11 

Enzo's Haiku Challenge (new) 1:34:57 

Listener Questions 1:37:25 

Sign-off 1:43:48  

Series Mentioned: 

Avatar the Last Airbender https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0417299/ 

Midnight Diner (Shin'ya shokudô) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1882928/ 

The God of High School https://anilist.co/anime/116006/THE-GOD-OF-HIGH-SCHOOL 

Fruits Basket https://anilist.co/anime/111762/Fruits-Basket-2nd-Season/ 

Violet Evergarden https://anilist.co/anime/21827/Violet-Evergarden 

The Mandalorian https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8111088/ 

Flat https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=27624 

Kingdom https://anilist.co/anime/113108/Kingdom-3 

Kaiji https://anilist.co/anime/3002/Gyakkyou-Burai-Kaiji-Ultimate-Survivor

Kira the Cockatoo https://twitter.com/benichan0905

Setsuken and Guardian Enzo are at it once again. This week's episode of  Notaku Anime Chat covers the latest Anime news featuring a ton of Light  novel and anime announcements alongside a look at the New York Times  Best selling Graphic Novels list. The duo then dives into what Anime  series they wish they could see a continuation off, before capping it  all off with some really intriguing listener questions. Another Must  watch episode if we do say ourselves!

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On the latest episode of the Notaku Anime Chat, Guardian Enzo and  Setsuken throw out a bunch of manga that would make for great Anime. And  there's of course, a good chunk of news to go through, with everything  from Crunchyroll's new payment tiers to remembering a legend in Satoshi  Kon.  

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Introduction: 0:00 

Feedback: 3:45 

What We're Watching: 4:42 

Anime News: 8:42 

Topic of the Week: (Manga That Would Make Great Anime): 42:42 

Manga Recommendation Corner: 1:18:25 

Listener Questions: 1:25:30  

*Anime in this episode:*  

The Devil is a Part-timer (Hataraku Maou-sama), Great Pretender,  Re:Zero, Millionaire Detective (Fugou Keiju - Balance Unlimited), Kanata  no Astra, Paprika, Perfect Blue  

*Manga in this episode:* 

Mx0, The Dungeon of Black Company, Until Death Do Us Part, Spirit  Circle, Dungeon Meshi, Vagabond, Watashi no Shounen

On the third episode of the Notaku Anime Chat, Setsuken and Guardian  Enzo dive deep into the whole Isekai craze (complete with a ton of  recommendations), while of course, giving a run down of the latest anime  news, series announcements and capping it all off with some listener  questions. 

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On the latest episode of the Notaku Anime Chat, Guardian Enzo and Setsuken cover some startling news about the Act-Age Manga, take a tour of the various ins and outs going on in the Anime Industry, dive deep into the larger trend of the industry as a whole, Add a new segment and top it all off with some listener questions.

Notaku Anime Chat returns after 4 years, this time as a podcast! Setsuken and Guardian Enzo pick up from where they left off and introduce a new, better and more powerful show. And with COVID currently ravaging both everyone's lives and the Anime Industry as a whole, the duo tries their best to make sense of the chaos.

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