Every year, the folks at Crunchyroll give out their official anime awards for some of the best OSTs, characters, directors, and series in the industry. Unfortunately, with great visibility comes great criticism. Much like last year, the AniTAY crew got together to watch the awards ceremony via live stream and offer our live impressions/commentary. Come and join us in listening to “The Voice of the People” Tim absolutely destroy it on stage at the 2020 Anime Awards.

Thanks to Thatsmapizza for their work editing this episode of the podcast!

What do Darwin(’s game), coronavirus, and gacha games all have in common? They’re all featured on the latest episode of the AniTAY Podcast! Join us as we bask in the winter 2020 anime season before plunging into the depths of terrible internet fandoms.

This episode’s members: Protonstorm, Requiem, Thatsmapizza, Reikaze, Gugsy

Intro: 0:00 - 1:48

If My Favorite Pop Idol made it to the Budokan, I would Die: 1:49 - 8:57

In/Spectre: 8:58 - 15:52

ID:Invaded: 15:53 - 21:24

Seton Academy: 21:25 - 27:49

Darwin’s Game: 27:50 - 43:32

AI3 Production Issues: 43:33 - 45:47

Interspecies Reviewers: 45:48 - 51:45

Tower of God: 51:46 - 55:22

Coronavirus: 55:23 - 1:00:11

Recent Pokemon Fans: 1:00:12 - 1:03:44

Boston Sports Fans: 1:03:45 - 1:06:08

Beyonce Fans: 1:06:09 - 1:07:29

Gatcha Game Fans: 1:07:30 - 1:11:09

Rick and Morty Fans: 1:11:10 - end

Thanks to Thatsmapizza for their work editing this episode of the podcast!

Coming at you live from AniTAY, it’s a bonus episode of the AniTAY Podcast! It perhaps goes without saying that Babylon made its viewers feel...something when it aired this fall. Months later, many of the AniTAY authors still haven’t recovered. And so today, I offer you the opportunity to join our local circus clowns in a spoiler-filled podcast where they discuss all things Babylon.

Thanks to Reikaze for their work editing this episode of the podcast!

Just when you thought you had managed to leave all the negativity behind in the previous decade, the AniTAY podcast crawls out of the ruins of 2019 just in time for some winter 2020 anime impressions. Tune in this episode to hear about all things (not) anime, from the Oscars so some of what I will call familial hang ups on the part of our podcast members. What does that mean? Only one way to find out.

Intro: 0:00 - 3:07

Radiant S2: 3:08 - 5:30

Baccano: 5:31 - 7:57

Carol & Tuesday: 7:58 - 12:06

Psycho Pass S3: 12:07 - 12:40

Chihiyafuru S3: 12:41 - 14:10

Babylon: 13:11 - 18:30

Demon Slayers: 18:31 - 21:46

Oscars: 21:47 - 24:30

Made in Abyss: 24:31 - 27:13

Aoi Yuki: 27:14 - 31:21

Bofuri: 31:22 - 34:13

Astroid in Love: 34:14 - 37:14

Plunderer: 37:15 - 40:01

Infinite Dendrogram: 40:02 - 43:41

Somali and The Forest Spirit: 43:42 - 50:35

22/7: 50:36 - 55:04

ID: Invaded: 55:05 - 56:23

In/Spectre: 56:24 - 1:00:30

Sorcerer Stabber Orphen: 1:00:31 - 1:06:17

Science Fell in Love: 1:06:18 - 1:08:31

Oda Cinnamon Nobunaga, A Destructive God Sits Next to Me, Seton Academy & Room Camp: 1:08:32 - 1:12:00

Keep your Hands Off Eizouken: 1:12:01 - 1:16:42

A Certain Scientific Railgun T: 1:16:43 - 1:24:00

Magia Record: 1:24:01 - 1:26:52

Dorohedoro: 1:26:53 - 1:29:52

Outro: 1:26:53 - End

Thanks to Thatsmapizza for their work editing this episode of the podcast!

At long last, the hot take of the year that you all have been waiting for: AniTAY’s top anime of 2019! In this episode of the AniTAY Podcast, we go through the official AniTAY list as shown in our three part article series. Author TGRIP collected the top 10 anime from each AniTAY author, assigned points based on rank (i.e. #1 receives 10 points, #2 receives 9, etc), tallied the total score for each show, and created our official top anime list from the results. Since this episode was recorded before the final list was released, you can listen along to our genuine first impressions as we discuss the top 10.

This episode’s members: Protonstorm, TGRIP, Kinksy, TheMamaLuigi, Requiem

P.S. We have a new official theme song for the AniTAY podcast that premiered this episode (for the full version, check out the end of the episode). Give it a listen and let us know what you think!

Thanks to Reikaze for their work editing this episode of the podcast!