Love is in the air, and so is the news. In this episode we hit up a load of news before diving into some listener questions. Rounding out the episode, we pay tribute to Valentine’s Day by attempting to spotlight romance in anime.

Special thanks to Star-K, Lenzark, RedJohn, Homebound11, and JustAGuy for the great questions and comments featured on this episode!

Love is in the air, and so is the news. In this episode we hit up a load of news before diving into some listener questions. Rounding out the episode, we pay tribute to Valentine’s Day by attempting to spotlight romance in anime.

Special thanks to Star-K, Lenzark, RedJohn, Homebound11, and JustAGuy for the great questions and comments featured on this episode!

The Time of Eve original net animation was a huge hit in 2008, spawning a movie that was equally impressive. Thanks to a Kickstarter effort, the Time of Eve movie reached western audiences and managed to impress even the biggest ONA fans; including ourselves! Join us as we review this movie and give our take on what makes it so special.

The spoiler discussion segment begins at the 33:10 marker. If you have not watched Time of Eve, avoid listening beyond that point.

Studio Ghibli is, by far, one of the greatest animation studios of all time. When paired with the genius creator Hayao Miyazaki, we got great films like Kiki’s Delivery Service and Princess Mononoke. Two timeless classics that we highlight as we review the blu-ray releases in this Animecast.

After a brief break from the discussional podcasts, we return with a hefty episode filled to the brim with discussion and news! After news on Crunchyroll, Happiness, ufotable’s God Eater, and Neon Genesis Evangelion HD, we jump into community questions. Following that, we have some in-depth discussion on Death Parade and Yatterman Night.

Note: We discuss both Death Parade and Yatterman Night in detail, including up to episode 5 spoilers. Discussion on Death Parade runs from 1h19m10s to 1h38m45s. Discussion on Yatterman Night runs from 1h38m45s until the podcast’s conclusion.

The Winter 2015 Anime Season has been given some time to let the dust settle, but now it’s time to stir up the dust once again with the Otaku Spirit Animecast First Impressions. Join us as we dive into the line-up and give our take on each show. Vetting the best and worst, so you don’t have to!

Anime discussed in this episode: Maria the Virgin Witch, Yatterman Night, World Break: Aria of Curse for a Holy Swordsman, Absolute Duo, Yurikuma Arashi, Cute High Earth Defense Club LOVE!, KanColle, The Testament of Sister New Devil, Isuca, Saekano -How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend-, The iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls, Assassination Classroom, Death Parade, Rolling Girls, Gourmet Girl Graffiti, Unlimited Fafnir, and Military!.

The Winter 2015 Anime Season has been given some time to let the dust settle, but now it’s time to stir up the dust once again with the Otaku Spirit Animecast First Impressions. Join us as we dive into the line-up and give our take on each show. Vetting the best and worst, so you don’t have to!

Anime discussed in this episode: Maria the Virgin Witch, Yatterman Night, World Break: Aria of Curse for a Holy Swordsman, Absolute Duo, Yurikuma Arashi, Cute High Earth Defense Club LOVE!, KanColle, The Testament of Sister New Devil, Isuca, Saekano -How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend-, The iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls, Assassination Classroom, Death Parade, Rolling Girls, Gourmet Girl Graffiti, Unlimited Fafnir, and Military!.

A completely fabricated and insane title can mean only one thing: another Discussional Animecast is upon us! After discussing a new project by the Anohana team and some recent anime distribution announcements, we jump into a load of great new questions from the community to discuss in detail.

Special thanks to Xeron21, TheLastShadow96, Loli-Knight, Mys145, GamerColyn117, shikakage, Zudotakikato, JustAGuy, and Shiloh for the great questions and comments we featured on this episode!

We’re knee-deep into the Winter 2015 season and have managed to get an earful of new musical tracks! What better time than to run through a list of the Otaku Spirit favorites! Hit the download, hit the volume, and listen in!

We got a host of great tracks from different genres. Amazing traditional Japanese style from Akiko Shikata, some more great work from Sawano Hiroyuki, some sexy Bonjour Suzuki, and even some sugary Maaya Sakamoto!

Fall 2014 seen the conclusion of several key series that we can’t ignore. Akame ga Kill, Mushishi The Second Passage, and Sword Art Online II. In this Animecast, we review these shows and give our in-depth analysis on why you should or shouldn’t watch them.

Due to Sword Art Online’s nature, we put it as our final show to review for those who are very sensitive to spoilers regarding the conclusion of Sword Art Online Season 1. Though there really isn’t much to spoil, characters’ fates could be seen as spoilers.