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Episode 144: (COMING SOON)

The Best Anime You’ve Never Seen (Maybe)

• Discussion Topic: Inspired by Mitsugi’s “The Best Anime You’ve Never Seen, or Heard Of!” panel this brings the AAA con experience to you. We cover some fantastic anime that you have likely never seen. Test your anime level with how many you know on our list!
• Impressions: Tari Tari and Oda Nobuna No Yabou
• Reviews: Ozuma

Episode 143: (Right Click and “Save Target As” to Download)

Get Fit with Anime!

• Discussion Topic: Our resident work out guru Mitsugi with the help of Chiaki covers buff anime characters and the workouts they do in the show. Then, makes suggestions for how you can do your own anime inspired workouts. Disclaimer: We’re not doctors, so please consult one as needed and listen to your body.
• Impressions: Binbou Gami Ga and Moyashimon Returns
• Reviews: Hiiro no Kakera, Sakamichi no Apollon, and Zetman

Episode 142: (Right Click and “Save Target As” to Download)

Disturbed and Deranged Anime Characters

• Discussion Topic: Mitsugi and Roukou take over the show to talk about sick and disturbed anime characters. From psychopaths to murderers this episode gets twisted.
• Impressions: None
• Reviews: Nazo no Kanojo X

Episode 141: (Right Click and “Save Target As” to Download)

Anime Families and their Kids

• Discussion Topic: Inspired by a mailbag from Mr. Freelance in this explicit episode we make up our own anime families and talk about how messed up – or normal – their kids would be.  The moral of the story is anime characters make bad parents!
• Impressions: None
• Reviews: Tsuritama and Sankarea

Episode 140: (Right Click and “Save Target As” to Download)

The Big Ol’ Love Episode

• Discussion Topic: We thought you could use some lovin, so we made a whole episode dedicated to the things we love.
• Impressions: None
• Reviews: Fate/Zero and Mirai Nikki

Episode 139: (Right Click and “Save Target As” to Download)

The Great Mailbag Episode 2.0

• Discussion Topic: We catch up on some mailbags and do a whole episode that is nothing but answering YOUR questions!
• Impressions: None
• Reviews: Excel Saga

Episode 138: (Right Click and “Save Target As” to Download)

Summer 2012

• Discussion Topic: What’s coming out this coming anime season? We cover the summer 2012 anime season and what we’re watching!
• Impressions: None
• Reviews: Steamboy

Episode 137: (Right Click and “Save Target As” to Download)

All about Fansubbing

• Discussion Topic: Fansubbing, including its history, the process of fansubbing, and some notable fansubbing groups. We also review two forum requested anime; Copikan and Blue Flames.
• Impressions: None
• Reviews: Copihan and Blue Flames

Episode 136: (Right Click and “Save Target As” to Download)

Japanese Mythology

• Discussion Topic: Japanese mythology including doing readings of several Japanese folk stories and a discussion of the Shinto belief of the creation of the world. (Recommended by BurstingOutLife)
• Impressions: ???
• Reviews: Bardock Father of Goku, Winter Cicada, and  Eiyuu Densetsu Sora No Kiseki the Animation

Episode 135: (Right Click and “Save Target As” to Download)

FAE Recap and Toonami Returns!

• Discussion Topic: The return of Toonami and the Florida Anime Experience Anime Convention! (Inspired by ZComix)
• Impressions: AKB0048, Hyouka, Saki Achiga Hen Episode of Side A, and Jorgamund
• Reviews: Inu x Boku SS

Episode 134: (Right Click and “Save Target As” to Download)

American Series into Anime

• Discussion Topic: American franchises that we would like to see made into anime!
• Impressions: Tasogare Otome X Amnesia
• Reviews: Moyashimon and AIR the 1000th Summer

Episode 133: (Right Click and “Save Target As” to Download)

Anime Addict Girlfriends

• Discussion Topic: Anime is better with friends! Even GIRL-friends! We discuss anime to get your girlfriend hooked. (Inspired by Patalight)
• Impressions: Hiro no Kakera, Tsuritama, and Haiyore Nyaruko-San
• Reviews: Natsume Yuujinchou Shi

Episode 132: (Right Click and “Save Target As” to Download)

The Dubbing Industry in the U.S.A.

• Discussion Topic: The Anime Addicts discuss the state of the anime dubbing industry in the United States and it’s structure and problems.
• Impressions: Naza no Kanoujo X, Eureka 7 Ao Astral Ocean, Ozma, Fate/Zero Season 2, Ginga e Kickoff
• Reviews: New Prince of Tennis

Episode 131: (Right Click and “Save Target As” to Download)

Categories of Fans

• Discussion Topic: The Anime Addicts discuss different categories of anime viewers!  Which categories do you fit into?
• Impressions: Kuroko No Basket, Sankarea, Achi Kochi, Accel World
• Reviews: Nisemonogatari

Episode 130: (Right Click and “Save Target As” to Download)

CAT! DRINK!

• Discussion Topic: Play the Mystery Science Theater 3000 Drinking Game with the hosts of the anime addicts anonymous podcast!  Drink whenever you see a cat from Kimi to Boku 2!
• Impressions: Kimi to Boku Season 2, Space Brothers and Uppote!
• Reviews: Ano Natsu De Matter and Papa no Iukoto Kikinasai

Episode 129: (Right Click and “Save Target As” to Download)

Anime Trivia

• Discussion Topic: Interactive anime Trivia!  Play against the live chat and test your anime knowledge!
• Impressions: None
• Reviews: Persona 4 the Animation and Chihayafuru

Episode 128: (Right Click and “Save Target As” to Download)

Conventions through the Ages

• Discussion Topic: Per listener request we discuss difficulties different generations of convention attendees face when going to anime conventions.
• Impressions: None
• Reviews: Black Rock Shooter (TV) & Bakuman 2

Episode 127: (Right Click and “Save Target As” to Download)

Bring it!!

• Discussion Topic: We talk about some of the most epic fight scenes.
• Impressions: None
• Reviews: Another & Amagami SS

 

Episode 126: (Right Click and “Save Target As” to Download)

Spring 2012 Preview

• Discussion Topic: The spring 2012 Anime lineup!  Sneak peek and brief summaries about the shows.
• Impressions: None
• Reviews: Poyopoyo and Brave 10

 

Episode 125: (Right Click and “Save Target As” to Download)

What Grinds Our Gears

• Discussion Topic: Chiaki and Kimiko caught cold over the weekend and they rant about things that grind their gears!
• Impressions: None
• Reviews: Sakura Diaries

 

Episode 124: (Right Click and “Save Target As” to Download)

Cooking with Chiaki, number 2!

• Discussion Topic: Chiaki teachhes how to make ramen! Everything from making the broth to rollin’ the dough!  We also cover some Japanese table manners while we enjoy the fruits of our labor.
• Impressions: None
• Reviews: Kara Kuri no Kimi (The Puppet Princess)

 

Episode 123: (Right Click and “Save Target As” to Download)

How Anime is Made: The Animation Process

• Discussion Topic: We cover how anime is made, today and in the past.  The process from conception to art and how it has changed over time.
• Impressions: None
• Reviews: Animation Runner Kuromi

 

Episode 122: (Right Click and “Save Target As” to Download)

The American Box Office

• Discussion Topic: We saw the Secret World of Arriettty and decided to discuss anime movies in America and how they fair.
• Impressions: None
• Reviews: Cowboy Bebop: The Movie

 

Episode 121: (Right Click and “Save Target As” to Download)

An Almighty Anime Mailbag (AAA Mailbag) Episode!!

• Discussion Topic: The addicts go through all of their mailbags and answer YOUR questions!
• Impressions: Zero no Tsukaima F and High School D x D
• Reviews: None

 

Episode 120: (Right Click and “Save Target As” to Download)

Happy Valentines Day!

• Discussion Topic: Love is in the air and we discuss the greatest romance of Studio Ghibli.
• Impressions: Black Rock Shooter (TV), The Daily Lives of High School Boys, Recorder to Randorosu, Brave 10, Kill Me Baby, and Papa no Iu Koto o Kikinasai
• Reviews: None

 

Episode 119: (Right Click and “Save Target As” to Download)

The History of Anime

• Discussion Topic: How did anime evolve? Where did the style come from and how has it become what it is today? Chiaki uses her educational knowledge from Japan to give a chronological history of anime.
• Impressions: Moretsu Pirates, Ano Natsu De Matteru, Amagami SS Plus, Natsume Yuujinchou Shi, Another
• Reviews: Blood the Last Vampire

 

Episode 118: (Right Click and “Save Target As” to Download)

2011 Anime Oscars Awards Show

• Discussion Topic: We contacted a number of other podcasts and used our own knowledge to create the first anime oscars! Joined by Felix Alburne we decide the best anime of 2011.
• Impressions: None
• Reviews: None

 

Episode 117: (Right Click and “Save Target As” to Download)

Working and Finding a Job in Japan

• Discussion Topic: Have you ever wanted to go work in Japan? Do you know how you’d go about finding a job? We talk about the good and the bad of working in Japan.
• Impressions: New Prince of Tennis, Senki Zesshou Symphonogear, Nisemonogatari and Poyopoyo
• Reviews: Un-Go

 

Episode 116: (Right Click and “Save Target As” to Download)

Musicals and Abridged Series

• Discussion Topic: Its a standard cliche to have a musical episode in all long-running series. We get ours out of the way and talk about musicals and abridged series.
• Impressions: None
• Reviews: Tamayura Hitotose and Ben-to

 

Episode 115: (Right Click and “Save Target As” to Download)

Cen**rship in An**e

• Discussion Topic: We talk about censorship in Japan and anime, what constitutes porn, what are the laws like, and more!
• Impressions: None
• Reviews: Kimi to Boku and Mawaru Penguindrum

 

Episode 114: (Right Click and “Save Target As” to Download)

The New Year Clerical Episode

• Discussion Topic: Our new con season is revealed as well as changes to the show.
• Impressions: None
• Reviews: Fate/Zero Season 1

 

Episode 113: (Right Click and “Save Target As” to Download)

The Christmas Special

• Discussion Topic: The Addicts talk about their Christmas plans and Christmas in Japan and Anime.
• Impressions: None
• Reviews: Love Hina xMas Special and Itsudatte My Santa

 

Episode 112: (Right Click and “Save Target As” to Download)

Winter 2011/2012 Season

• Discussion Topic: It’s time for a new anime season, so its time for the addicts to break down what they will be following and giving you the inside scoop on. We watch it so you don’t have to!
• Impressions: None
• Reviews: Le Portrait de Petit Cossette

 

Episode 111: (Right Click and “Save Target As” to Download)

The “Real” Japan in Anime

• Discussion Topic: Miss Erika Central Parker re-joins the show to lend an insight from a Japanese perspective on the aspects of anime that occur in real life in Japan
• Impressions: None
• Reviews: Porco Rosso

 

Episode 110: (Right Click and “Save Target As” to Download)

Characters that make some HOT cosplay

• Discussion Topic: Some characters look awesome, and some don’t make even the hottest chick look good in their cosplay. This is not a video you want to miss!
• Impressions: None
• Reviews: Black Lagoon OVA: Roberta’s Blood Trail and Witch Hunter Robin

 

Episode 109: (Right Click and “Save Target As” to Download)

They Die So Young

• Discussion Topic: Spoiler Alert! We discuss some of the anime characters we wish hadn’t died or whose death changed their respective anime.
• Impressions: None
• Reviews: Happy Lesson

 

Episode 108: (Right Click and “Save Target As” to Download)

Anime Familiars We Would Put in a Blender!

• Discussion Topic: What is a familiar? Often times its that little furry annoying thing that tags along with the main character and does nothing other than look cute at best. We talk about the familiars we would like to put in a blender, and some we’d spare.
• Impressions: Hunter x Hunter 2011, Tamayura Hitotose, Un-Go, Guilty Crown, and Kyoukai Senjou no Horizon
• Reviews: Junjou Romantica

 

Episode 107: (Right Click and “Save Target As” to Download)

The Best and Worst Anime Sidekicks

• Discussion Topic: Sidekicks, do they help or hurt? What do we mean by an anime sidekick and who are some of the best ones out there?
• Impressions: Mobile Suit Gundam Age, Bakuman (Season 2), and Mirai Nikki
• Reviews: Haibane Renmei and Tiger & Bunny

 

Episode 106: (Right Click and “Save Target As” to Download)

History of the Horror Anime Genre

• Discussion Topic: Chiaki brings her panel “The History of the Horror Anime Genre” to you in this Halloween Special.
• Impressions: Persona 4, Chihayafuru, and Last Exile: Fam the Silver Wing
• Reviews: Petshop of Horrors and Perfect Blue

 

Episode 105: (Right Click and “Save Target As” to Download)

Things that Make or Break our anime fandom

• Discussion Topic: Some things in anime are just wonderful. Where others, make you want to cry. We go over the things that make, and break, our anime fandoms. Things that renew our faith in the anime universe and things that just make us want to throw our hands up in the air and cry.
• Impressions: Fate/Zero, Ben-To, and Kimi to Boku
• Reviews: Ao no Exorcist and Double J

 

Episode 104: (Right Click and “Save Target As” to Download)

Cooking with Chiaki – Lets Make a Bento!

• Discussion Topic: Chiaki displays her cooking techniques and lets you know her recipes for how to make a bento. She also shares her techniques about making it look as good as it tastes! For full recipes click here.
• Impressions: None
• Reviews: Kamisama Dolls and Blood-C

 

Episode 103: (Right Click and “Save Target As” to Download)

How to Run an Anime Club

• Discussion Topic: With a collective 10 years of experience between three hosts in running an anime club we know the ins and outs of what makes a great anime club. By request, we share this knowledge with you.
• Impressions: None
• Reviews: Nyanpire, Mayo Chiki, and Hanasaku Iroha

 

Episode 102: (Right Click and “Save Target As” to Download)

Continuing the Hunt for 100 cliches

• Discussion Topic: You know that thing, yeah, that THING in anime you cannot stand when they do it?  Well, neither can we!  So we’re going to rant about it for a little bit!
• Impressions: None
• Reviews: Dantalian no Shoka, Ikoku Meiro no Croisee, No. 6, and Ryo-Kyu-Bu!

 

Episode 101: (Right Click and “Save Target As” to Download)

The Great Debate 2.0

• Discussion Topic: You submitted the topics, you questioned the addicts, so now see your favorite hosts pitted against each other debating the most crazy topics in the world.
• Impressions: None
• Reviews: Kamisama no Memo Chou and Usagi Drop

 

Episode 100: (Right Click and “Save Target As” to Download)

The Big 100

• Discussion Topic: For the first time ever we take callers on the fly to talk about and reminiscence with us on our favorite memories from the first 100 episodes. Then we cover the Fall 2011 anime season.
• Impressions: None
• Reviews: Super Robot Wars OAV and Eikenbu Yori Ai Komete

Episode 99: (Right Click and “Save Target As” to Download)

The Art and Artists of Anime

• Discussion Topic: We discuss the artists of anime, the various art styles, and the anime they have influenced.
• Impressions: None
• Reviews: Nichijou and The Borrower Arrietty

 

Episode 98: (Right Click and “Save Target As” to Download)

Getting anime legally

• Discussion Topic: People think it’s so hard to get anime legally in America for a decent price. We’d like to argue differently! So we cover all the legal and FREE or partially free ways to get anime.
• Impressions: None
• Reviews: Redline, A-Channel, Tokyo Godfathers

 

Episode 97: (Right Click and “Save Target As” to Download)

Anime weapons and attacks

• Discussion Topic: The top 15 anime weapons/moves/attacks that we think are pretty B.A.!
• Impressions:  Appleseed XIII and Baka to Test to Shoukanju ni
• Reviews: Appleseed, Outlaw Star, Sekai Ichi Hatsukoi

 

Episode 96: (Right Click and “Save Target As” to Download)

Aniblogging with Kyokai from Metanorn.net

• Discussion Topic: Aniblogging
• Impressions: Manyuu hikenchou, Double J, Ikoku mero no croisee, Itsuka tenma shiro usagi, Dantalian no Shoka
• Reviews: Natsume Yuujinchou, Full Metal Alchemist: Sacred Star of Milos, and Chi’s New Address

 

Episode 95: (Right Click and “Save Target As” to Download)

Anime Characters who Can’t Get Laid!

• Discussion Topic: Warning EXPLICIT! This episode got a little out of hand as we talk about anime characters who can’t get lucky.
• Impressions: Kamisama Dolls, Mayo Chiaki, Sacred Seven, Usagi Drop, Kame-Sama no Memouchou
• Reviews: Hoshi o Ou Kodomo: Children Who Chase Lost Voices from Deep Below and Full Metal Alchemist: Sacred Star of Milos

Episode 93: (Right Click and “Save Target As” to Download)

Gundamn it! They Did it Again.

• Discussion Topic: Chris from Gundamn! Joins to talk about movies that were almost great but were kept from reaching that point for some reason.
• Impressions: Nyanpire, No. 6, and Ro-Kyu-Bu!
• Reviews: Aria the Scarlett Ammo, X-Men, and Requiem from the Darkness

 

Episode 92: (Right Click and “Save Target As” to Download)

Stigma against old anime

• Discussion Topic: Requested by forum member Robertthecrimson we talk about the stigma against old anime from animation styles, to story, to voice acting. What makes new fans be so against the good old days??
• Impressions: None
• Reviews: GoSick and Old Boy (live action)

 

Episode 91: (Right Click and “Save Target As” to Download)

Osamu Tezuka

• Discussion Topic: Osamu Tezuka is the father of anime. Why? Do you not know who he is? Then you really should! We talk about why this man is the father of what we love, what he contributed to the anime community, and why anime wouldn’t be what it is without him.
• Impressions: None
• Reviews: [C] The Money of the Soul and Possibility of Control and Electromagnetic Wave Woman and Adolescent Man

 

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