The hosts of the Otaku Spirit Animecast sit down to discuss, oddly enough, the most complicated genre to really nail down. The Slice of Life Genre seems to cover everything, but some argue doesn’t cover much. Listen and get the hosts’ take.

Topics Covered in this Episode: What is Slice of Life, The Convolution of the Genre, Opinion Against Sub-Genres, Opinions Against Unnatural Elements in Slice of Life, What Slice of Life Means To You, Pros and Cons of Slice of Life, and breaking down several shows on their validity of Slice of Life label.

The opening song for this episode is the OP1 for Hanasaku Iroha called “Hana no Iro” by nano.RIPE. The closing for this episode is the ED for Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju called “Kawa, Taredoki” by Kana Shibue.

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TV & Film

Reviews of the Winter 2024 Anime Season!


0:00 Intro
1:36 Fluffy Paradise
18:25 Shangri La Frontier
39:08 My Instant Death Ability is Overpowered
53:25 Wrong way to Healing
1:07:44 Isekai Onsen Paradise
1:14:21 Weakest Tamer Began a Jouney to Pick Up Trash
1:34:02 Dangers in my Heart 2nd Season
1:51:56 Unwanted Undead Adventurer
2:03:55 Sengoku Youko 
2:19:02 Spring Hype


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Winter 2024 Anime Review Part 3 - Bokuyaba 2, Isekai Onsen, Sengoku Youko, Shangrila

Reviews of the Winter 2024 Anime Season!

0:00 Intro
0:56 Solo Leveling
25:11 Lv99 Villainess
41:44 Dr Elise
1:01:10 Bottom Tier Character Tomozaki 2nd Stage
1:12:14 Gushing Over Magical girls
1:28:39 Metallic Rouge
1:35:52 Undead Unluck
1:52:47 Witch and the Beast
2:03:52 Frieren Beyond Journey’s End
2:29:38 Outro

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Winter 2024 Anime Review 2 - Frieren, Solo Leveling, Gushing Over Magical Girls and More!

Reviews of the Winter 2024 Anime Season!


0:00 Intro
5:03 Ishura
15:19 Chained Soldier
29:06 Sasaki and Peeps
37:15 Tales of Wedding Rings
53:15 A Sign of Affection
1:08:51 7th Time Loop
1:27:58 Hokkaido Gals are Super Adorable
1:37:04 Strongest Tank's Labyrinth Raids
1:43:35 Bang Brave Bravern
1:57:29 The Apothecary Diaries


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Winter 2024 Anime Review 1 - Apothecary Diaries, Bang Bravern, Chained Soldier, and More!

Eira from the Otaku Spirit Anime Discord Community joins the podcast as we go over the winners for anime of the year of 2023!

12:07 OPs
30:47 EDs Part 1
46:02 Eria to Play Blue Archive
49:41 EDs Part 2
52:08 Voice Actors Chatter
59:24 EDs Part 3
1:08:59 Action
1:29:45 Fantasy
1:44:30 Sci Fi
2:02:03 Comedy
2:22:46 Romance
2:47:05 Slice of Life
3:01:27 Cute Girls Cute Things
3:13:58 Ecchi
3:23:11 Shorts
3:30:04 Movies
3:53:50 Boy
4:11:04 Girl
4:36:35 Cutest Character
5:00:18 Couple
5:21:29 Male VA
5:43:17 Female VA
5:56:32 Edgy Magical Girl Talk
6:02:51 Animation
6:21:11 Seasonal
7:23:23 Anime Of The Year
7:41:22 After Discussion

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Otaku Spirit Community Anime Awards of 2023!

The hosts of the Otaku Spirit Animecast run through the 62 Anime Titles coming in the Spring 2024 Anime Season!

0:00 Intro
2:57 Kaiju no8
8:55 Spice and Wolf
19:38 Rising Impact
23:46 SAND LAND
27:25 Whisper Me A Love Song
32:39 Go go Loser Ranger
39:14 A Condition Called Love
45:19 WIND BREAKER
49:38 I Was Reincarnated as the 7th Prince
56:57 Mission Yozakura Family
1:02:33 Unnamed Memory
1:07:27 BARTENDER Glass of God
1:13:35 Chillin in Another World with Level 2 Super cheat
1:18:44 God’s Game We Pay
1:22:14 Jellyfish Can’t Swim in the Night
1:27:29 An Archdemon’s Dilemma
1:32:34 As a Reincarnated Aristocrat
1:36:50 Blue Archive The Animation
1:39:26 A Story About a Grandpa and Grandma
1:44:15 Mysteries Maidens and Mysterious Disapperances
1:48:17 The Two Sides of Voice Actor Radio
1:52:45 The Fable
1:55:46 Girls Band Cry
2:00:33 The New Gate
2:02:17 Studio Apartment Good Lighting Angel Included
2:05:38 Vampire Dormitory
2:09:22 The Banished Former Hero Lives as He Pleases
2:12:43 Re Monster
2:15:52 Highspeed Etoile
2:19:34 Viral Hit
2:22:45 Where Does The Doomsday Train Go
2:26:10 Welcome Back I’m Home
2:30:01 Astro Note
2:33:56 Salad Bowl of Eccentrics
2:37:19 The Idolmaster Shiny Colors
2:39:58 Oblivion Battery
2:44:37 Rinkai
2:46:43 The Crow Does Not Choose the Lord
2:50:20 Touken Ranbu Kai
2:53:54 Tonari no Youkai-san
2:56:53 Hey Tonbo
2:59:26 Himitsu no AiPri
2:59:44 Shinkalion Change the World
3:00:37 Konosuba 3
3:01:34 Mushoku Tensei II Part 2
3:02:23 Demon Slayer Hashira Training Arc
3:02:49 Reincarnated as a Slime 3rd Season
3:03:20 My Hero Academia 7
3:05:15 Misfit of Demon King Academy 2 Part 2
3:05:30 Date a Live V
3:05:55 Irregular at Magic High 3rd Season
3:06:48 Laid Back Camp 3
3:07:13 Sound Euphonium 3
3:07:47 Black Butler Public School Arc
3:08:01 The Duke of Death and his Maid 3
3:08:33 Mahjong Soul Kan
3:08:41 Shadowverse Flame Arc hen
3:08:50 Nijiyon Animation 2
3:09:05 Continuing Series
3:09:26 Movies and OVAs
3:10:42 Most Anticipated
3:15:32 Outro

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