Otaku Melancholy

As always, check out new episodes every Sunday by going to our website at www.otakumelancholy.com to see all our links including our social media and join the Discord at https://discord.gg/rUHYUyW to continue the conversation! Ganbatte![Special thanks to Boomslank for sponsoring the episode! You can get 10% off your total order by using our coupon code OTAKUMELANCHOLYPODCAST on their website by going to www.boomslank.com/otakumelancholypodcast to have it automatically applied at checkout!]

Opening and ending song is koishii by Deoxys Beats Cover art is by SinfulScientist

I'm gonna be King of the Getting Podcast Episodes Out on Time! It'll be a long journey and I might never get there but I'm going to try with my loyal crew of my cat and producer Craig. Anyways, first impressions of Netflix's One Piece. Final review will be next week! Stay tuned. As always, check out new episodes every Sunday by going to our website at www.otakumelancholy.com to see all our links including our social media and join the Discord at https://discord.gg/rUHYUyW to continue the conversation! Ganbatte![Special thanks to Boomslank for sponsoring the episode! You can get 10% off your total order by using our coupon code OTAKUMELANCHOLYPODCAST on their website by going to www.boomslank.com/otakumelancholypodcast to have it automatically applied at checkout!]

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Opening and ending song is koishii by Deoxys Beats

Cover art is by Sinful Scientist

In this week's episode, I talk about how hot Toji Fushiguro is. That's the entire episode. What does it mean to be a prequel? It means having established lore to follow and not being able to stray from it. It means you can't kill off anyone important so why even bother? Jujutsu Kaisen dared to bother by showing us Gojo's past and explore his relationship with his super best bud Geto and his slow evolution from cool guy to cool guy with a scar on his head who is also kind of racist. Or ability-ist? Jujutsu-ist? Something like that. With only five episodes to cover what could be essential world building, does it even hold up? We don't ask those questions and more all in one hour long handy dandy podcast episode that you should share with the people in your life who have scars on their foreheads! As always, check out new episodes every Sunday by going to our website at www.otakumelancholy.com to see all our links including our social media and join the Discord at https://discord.gg/rUHYUyW to continue the conversation! Ganbatte![Special thanks to Boomslank for sponsoring the episode! You can get 10% off your total order by using our coupon code OTAKUMELANCHOLYPODCAST on their website by going to www.boomslank.com/otakumelancholypodcast to have it automatically applied at checkout!]

We do not own or claim to own the songs and any media used in this podcast. All rights belong to their respective owners. All songs and clips used in this podcast are applied for critical analysis and reflect a usage that pertains to fair use.

Opening and ending song is "koishii" by Deoxys Beats

Art is by SinfulScientist

As always, check out new episodes every Sunday by going to our website at www.otakumelancholy.com to see all our links including our social media and join the Discord at https://discord.gg/rUHYUyW to continue the conversation! Ganbatte! [Special thanks to Boomslank for sponsoring the episode! You can get 10% off your total order by using our coupon code OTAKUMELANCHOLYPODCAST on their website by going to www.boomslank.com/otakumelancholypodcast to have it automatically applied at checkout!]

We do not own or claim to own the songs and media used in this podcast. All rights belong to their respective owners. All songs and clips used in this podcast are applied for critical analysis and reflect a usage that pertains to fair use.

Opening and ending song is "koishii" by Deoxys Beats (with added anime samples by me)

As always, check out new episodes every Sunday by going to our website at www.otakumelancholy.com to see all our links including our social media and join the Discord at https://discord.gg/rUHYUyW to continue the conversation! Ganbatte![Special thanks to Boomslank for helping to support the podcast! You can get 10% off your total order by using our coupon code OTAKUMELANCHOLYPODCAST on their website by going to www.boomslank.com/otakumelancholypodcast to have it automatically applied at checkout!]

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1. "wimp feat. lil' fang (from FAKY)" - BACK ON (- Gundam Build Fighters

2. "Raise your flag" - Man with a Mission (Gundam Iron Blooded Orphans)

3. "Flying in the Sky" - Yoshifuni Ushima (G Gundam)

4. "Saturday Night Question" - Megumi Nakajima (Recovery of an MMO Junkie)

5. "Miraikei Answer" - TRUSTRICK (My Love Story!!!)

6. "Papapa" - Shuka Saitou (Are You the Only One Who Loves Me?)

7. "Alones" - Aqua Timez (Bleach)

8. "Kanashimi wo Yasashisa Ni" - little by little (Naruto)

9. "One Day" - The Rootless (One Piece)

10. "Lum no Love Song" - Yuuko Matsutani (Urusei Yatsura)

11. "Delicate ni Sukishite" - Takako Oota (Creamy Mami)

12. "Ai wo Torimodose" - Crystal King (Fist of the North Star)

13. “Kien Romance” - Akari Nanowo (Otaku Elf)

14. “Kizuna no Kiseki” - milet feat. Man With a Mission

15. “Graduation” - KANA-BOON feat. Yuuho Kitazawa (Loving Yamada at Lvl 999)

16. “Irony” - Claris (Oreimo S1)

17. “Kaikaikitan” - Eve (Jujutsu Kaisen)

18. “DADDY DADDY DO! Feat Airi Suzuki” - Masayuki Suzuki (Kaguya-sama: Love is War Season 2)

Mattie wasn't able to adequately produce an episode due to some mild health issues and a waning mood due to certain life events so here's a curated collection of colorfully crafted ending songs courtesy of the delightfully not real radio station: 103.3 The Weeb. With all due earnest affection, I'd like to extend a huge amount of love to everyone for giving your support and sending out positive vibes during this time. Without listeners like you or people who just give this podcast a single listen to check it out, there wouldn't be a podcast. We're obviously not the biggest or the best but with such great people like you then we end up being just something and that means so much. I'm glad to have you here. Thank you for listening. As always, check out new episodes every Sunday by going to our website at www.otakumelancholy.com to see all our links including our social media and join the Discord at https://discord.gg/rUHYUyW to continue the conversation! Ganbatte![Special thanks to Boomslank for helping to support the podcast! You can get 10% off your total order by using our coupon code OTAKUMELANCHOLYPODCAST on their website by going to www.boomslank.com/otakumelancholypodcast to have it automatically applied at checkout!]

We do not own or claim to own the songs and media used in this podcast. All rights belong to their respective owners. All songs and clips used in this podcast are applied for critical analysis and reflect a usage that pertains to fair use.

1. Naruto Shippuden - "Shooting Star" - Home Made Kazoku

2. SSSS. Gridman - "Youthful Beautiful" - Maaya Uchida

3. Bakemonogatari - "Kimino Shiranai Monogatari" (君の知らない物語, The Story You Don't Know) - Supercell

4. Jujutsu Kaisen - "Lost in Paradise" - ALI feat. AKLO

5 Kaguya-sama S1 - "Sentimental Crisis" - Hala

6. Fullmetal Alchemist - "Kesenai Tsumi/Indelible Sin" - Nana Kitade

7. Soul Eater - "Style" - Kana Nishino

8. Ningen Fushin: Adventurers Who Don't Believe Humanity Will Save the World - "Never Fear" - Mao Abe

9. Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood - SCANDAL - Shunkan Sentimental

10. Spy x Family - "Comedy" Gen Hoshino

11. Bleach - "Life is Like a Boat" - Rei Fu

12. My Hero Academia S2 - "Dakara, Hitori Ja Nai" - Little Glee Monster

13. BNA - "NIGHT RUNNINGS" - Shin Sakiura feat AAAMYYY

14. Durarara - "Trust Me" - Yuya Matsushita

15. Gantz - "Kiss Me" - Bonnie Pink

16. Komi Can't Communicate - "Koshaberi Biyori" by Fantastic Youth

17. Sing Yesterday for Me - "Aoibashi" by Sayuri

18. Naruto - "Viva Rock Japanese Side" - Orange Range

Our spoilers are sectioned off for your convenience! Please go check out Alex's fantastic podcast the Anibuddies wherever you get your podcasts! As always, check out new episodes every Sunday by going to our website at www.otakumelancholy.com to see all our links including our social media and join the Discord at https://discord.gg/rUHYUyW to continue the conversation! Ganbatte![Special thanks to Boomslank for sponsoring the episode! You can get 10% off your total order by using our coupon code OTAKUMELANCHOLYPODCAST on their website by going to www.boomslank.com/otakumelancholypodcast to have it automatically applied at checkout!]

Go listen to the AniBuddies on Spotify here!

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We do not own or claim to own the songs and media used in this podcast. All rights belong to their respective owners. All songs and clips used in this podcast are applied for critical analysis and reflect a usage that pertains to fair use.

We play a classic a game this week of "Would You Rather?" but with (ALMOST) exclusively anime related questions with JD from the Anime Brothers Podcast! It's an episode full of discussion on quality vs. quantity as it relates to anime, the value of your hobbies in your social life, and the sexual reproductive appendages of the majestic whale! It's mostly about that last topic though. Marine biology is just so cool, you know? A very special thank you to JD for answering the call and joining in on this episode! Check out links to the Anime Brothers Podcast in the links below! As always, check out new episodes every Sunday by going to our website at www.otakumelancholy.com to see all our links including our social media and join the Discord at https://discord.gg/rUHYUyW to continue the conversation! Ganbatte! Special thanks to Boomslank for helping to sponsor the episode! You can get 10% off your total order by using our coupon code OTAKUMELANCHOLYPODCAST on their website by going to www.boomslank.com/otakumelancholypodcast to have it automatically applied at checkout!

Check out the Anime Brothers Podcast on Spotify here!

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Did you know that May is Mental Health Awareness month? I didn't for sure but maybe Alex from The AniBuddies Podcast did as they suggested this week's topic of mental health and illness and how it's portrayed in anime! It sounds a lot more insightful and intellectual than it actually is (I mean we're basically talking about cartoon character brains or whatever) but hopefully you'll have fun listening regardless! Remember to take care of your brain! You only get one! Unless you don't! Big shout out to Alex for joining in on this episode! Go check out their podcast in the links below! Like right now. Stop reading. Go listen to Alex. They're great. As always, check out new episodes every Sunday by going to our website at www.otakumelancholy.com to see all our links including our social media and join the Discord at https://discord.gg/rUHYUyW to continue the conversation! Ganbatte![Special thanks to Boomslank for sponsoring the episode! You can get 10% off your total order by using our coupon code OTAKUMELANCHOLYPODCAST on their website by going to www.boomslank.com/otakumelancholypodcast to have it automatically applied at checkout!]

Go listen to the AniBuddies on Spotify here!

Go listen to the AniBuddies on Apple Podcasts here!

We do not own or claim to own the songs and media used in this podcast. All rights belong to their respective owners. All songs and clips used in this podcast are applied for critical analysis and reflect a usage that pertains to fair use.

As always, check out new episodes every Sunday by going to our website at www.otakumelancholy.com to see all our links including our social media and join the Discord at https://discord.gg/rUHYUyW to continue the conversation! Ganbatte![Special thanks to Boomslank for sponsoring the episode! You can get 10% off your total order by using our coupon code OTAKUMELANCHOLYPODCAST on their website by going to www.boomslank.com/otakumelancholypodcast to have it automatically applied at checkout!]

We do not own or claim to own the songs and media used in this podcast. All rights belong to their respective owners. All songs and clips used in this podcast are applied for critical analysis and reflect a usage that pertains to fair use.

A big thanks to Earthworm for joining us for another week of anime discussion again! Go listen to the Anime Brothers Podcast on Spotify!

As always, check out new episodes every Sunday by going to our website at www.otakumelancholy.com to see all our links including our social media and join the Discord at https://discord.gg/rUHYUyW to continue the conversation! Ganbatte![Special thanks to Boomslank for sponsoring the episode! You can get 10% off your total order by using our coupon code OTAKUMELANCHOLYPODCAST on their website by going to www.boomslank.com/otakumelancholypodcast to have it automatically applied at checkout!]

The National Alliance on Mental Health:

https://www.nami.org/help

988 Suicide & Crisis Hotline:

https://988lifeline.org or call/text 988

We do not own or claim to own the songs and media used in this podcast. All rights belong to their respective owners. All songs and clips used in this podcast are applied for critical analysis and reflect a usage that pertains to fair use.

[songs used]

KODOMOi - Sayonara April https://soundcloud.com/kodomoimusic

CC: Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0)

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In this episode, we get our goopy goblin gamer brains togethers as Earthworm from the Anime Brothers Podcast joins us to pick more anime characters for a huge hypothetical Smash Bros. style game! We choose our special attacks and even a couple of stages as we go from stands to seances deciding on a roster of characters from all across the anime spectrum. Listen in to find out if your favorite made the list and give us the characters you'd pick on our Discord or by sending an e-mail to otakumelancholypodcast@gmail.com or filling out a contact form on our website! We'd like to give a very huge thanks to Earthworm for taking the time out to hang out and giving us the best of his creativity! As always, check out new episodes every Sunday by going to our website at www.otakumelancholy.com to see all our links including our social media and join the Discord at https://discord.gg/rUHYUyW to continue the conversation! Ganbatte![Special thanks to Boomslank for sponsoring the episode! You can get 10% off your total order by using our coupon code OTAKUMELANCHOLYPODCAST on their website by going to www.boomslank.com/otakumelancholypodcast to have it automatically applied at checkout!]

Check out more of Earthworm on the Anime Brothers on Spotify!

Check out more of Earthworm on the Anime Brothers on their YouTube channel!

We do not own or claim to own the songs and media used in this podcast. All rights belong to their respective owners. All songs and clips used in this podcast are applied for critical analysis and reflect a usage that pertains to fair use.

[songs used]

KODOMOi - Sayonara April https://soundcloud.com/kodomoimusic

CC: Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0)

Music promoted by Just No Copyright ツ https://youtu.be/beHDY4qjqKM

Description to be added later! It's Easter and I'm struggling! As always, check out new episodes every Sunday by going to our website at www.otakumelancholy.com to see all our links including our social media and join the Discord at https://discord.gg/rUHYUyW to continue the conversation! Ganbatte![Special thanks to Boomslank for sponsoring the episode! You can get 10% off your total order by using our coupon code OTAKUMELANCHOLYPODCAST on their website by going to www.boomslank.com/otakumelancholypodcast to have it automatically applied at checkout!]

Celebrities liking anime? It might be closer than you think. Michael B. Jordan talked about his top 5 anime for people who aren't into anime and since I've watched a Michael B. Jordan movie then that means he and I are practically business associates (I think that's how it works) so I also wanted to make my curated list of anime that might be great to give to someone who hasn't seen an anime before as his colleague. Your mileage will definitely vary on this list because I'm going to presume that if you're listening to this episode then you're probably familiar with anime but hey! Maybe use it to help with your friends? I don't have any friends who aren't already into anime so I can't test this out. Maybe I'll mind wipe a few but then they might now want to be my friend any more. The cost of science is too high and profits are too low. Maybe Michael B. Jordan might even use this list? He won't but hey! A man can dream... But usually those dreams just turn to nightmares huh? As always, check out new episodes every Sunday by going to our website at www.otakumelancholy.com to see all our links including our social media and join the Discord at https://discord.gg/rUHYUyW to continue the conversation! Ganbatte![Special thanks to Boomslank for sponsoring the episode! You can get 10% off your total order by using our coupon code OTAKUMELANCHOLYPODCAST on their website by going to www.boomslank.com/otakumelancholypodcast to have it automatically applied at checkout!]

We do not own or claim to own the songs and media used in this podcast. All rights belong to their respective owners. All songs and clips used in this podcast are applied for critical analysis and reflect a usage that pertains to fair use.

[songs used]

KODOMOi - Sayonara April https://soundcloud.com/kodomoimusic

CC: Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0)

Music promoted by Just No Copyright ツ https://youtu.be/beHDY4qjqKM

As always, check out new episodes every Sunday by going to our website at www.otakumelancholy.com to see all our links including our social media and join the Discord at https://discord.gg/rUHYUyW to continue the conversation! Ganbatte! [Special thanks to Boomslank for sponsoring the episode! You can get 10% off your total order by using our coupon code OTAKUMELANCHOLYPODCAST on their website by going to www.boomslank.com/otakumelancholypodcast to have it automatically applied at checkout!] We do not own or claim to own the songs and media used in this podcast. All rights belong to their respective owners. All songs and clips used in this podcast are applied for critical analysis and reflect a usage that pertains to fair use.



[songs used]

KODOMOi - Sayonara April https://soundcloud.com/kodomoimusic

CC: Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0)

Music promoted by Just No Copyright ツ https://youtu.be/beHDY4qjqKM

Video games! They're like anime except they're not like anime at all except for when they're entirely like anime or have anime influences or are based off anime or have anime in them. They're basically anime, yeah? As long as the human race has been on this Earth, we have sought out with great vigor to adapt video games to EVERYTHING for no reason. Like EVERYTHING. They tried to turn Sonic into a bath product. I know that's not an adaptation or anything but I'm going to count it anyways. So what video games do we think could make for good anime? That's what this episode is about and I hope you'll sit and enjoy it or work out and enjoy it or whatever. Just try to enjoy it however you can! Give us your ideas and thoughts too! Thank you as always for your support! As always, check out new episodes every Sunday by going to our website at www.otakumelancholy.com to see all our links including our social media and join the Discord at https://discord.gg/rUHYUyW to continue the conversation! Fuel the friendship by supporting us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/otakumelancholy if you want for sponsor-free episodes and bonus content as well as a special shout out in every episode! Ganbatte! [Special thanks to Boomslank for sponsoring the episode! You can get 10% off your total order by using our coupon code OTAKUMELANCHOLYPODCAST on their website by going to www.boomslank.com/otakumelancholypodcast to have it automatically applied at checkout!]

We do not own or claim to own the songs and media used in this podcast. All rights belong to their respective owners. All songs and clips used in this podcast are applied for critical analysis and reflect a usage that pertains to fair use.

[songs used]

KODOMOi - Sayonara April https://soundcloud.com/kodomoimusic

CC: Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0)

Music promoted by Just No Copyright ツ https://youtu.be/beHDY4qjqKM

There's a spoiler section! So you could get the review for the film and just not get spoiled! For the movie, at least. Is this review objective? A little. Is it subjective? Very. I'd just sit back and hope you like Kaguya-sama enough to hear one person rave about it for a half hour and then clamor for more. That's all this episode really is. Sorry to disappoint if you don't want to hear that kind of thing. As always, check out new episodes every Sunday by going to our website at www.otakumelancholy.com to see all our links including our social media and join the Discord at https://discord.gg/rUHYUyW to continue the conversation! Fuel the friendship by supporting us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/otakumelancholy if you want for sponsor-free episodes and bonus content as well as a special shout out in every episode! Ganbatte! [Special thanks to Boomslank for sponsoring the episode! You can get 10% off your total order by using our coupon code OTAKUMELANCHOLYPODCAST on their website by going to www.boomslank.com/otakumelancholypodcast to have it automatically applied at checkout!]

We do not own or claim to own the songs and media used in this podcast. All rights belong to their respective owners. All songs and clips used in this podcast are applied for critical analysis and reflect a usage that pertains to fair use.

[songs used]

KODOMOi - Sayonara April https://soundcloud.com/kodomoimusic

CC: Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0)

Music promoted by Just No Copyright ツ https://youtu.be/beHDY4qjqKM

After a year and some months, Yu Yu Hakusho has finally been completed! It took a lot of determination and fighting spirit but we fought against the tides of apathy, new anime, and just everything else to finish it and now there are some opinions to be had. It's mostly an opinion in the questionable ending and quality of the final saga or arc or whatever you want to call it but still an opinion and this is a podcast so I'll presume you want a little bit of an opinion. There's no real doubt to be had about the greatness of Yu Yu Hakusho but this final story? There's some greatness to be debated and debated it is in this very episode. We hope you'll listen and check it out and that we'll see you soon in the next week! As always, check out new episodes every Sunday by going to our website at www.otakumelancholy.com to see all our links including our social media and join the Discord at https://discord.gg/rUHYUyW to continue the conversation! Fuel the friendship by supporting us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/otakumelancholy if you want for sponsor-free episodes and bonus content as well as a special shout out in every episode! Ganbatte! [Special thanks to Boomslank for sponsoring the episode! You can get 10% off your total order by using our coupon code OTAKUMELANCHOLYPODCAST on their website by going to www.boomslank.com/otakumelancholypodcast to have it automatically applied at checkout!]

We do not own or claim to own the songs and media used in this podcast. All rights belong to their respective owners. All songs and clips used in this podcast are applied for critical analysis and reflect a usage that pertains to fair use.







[songs used]

KODOMOi - Sayonara April https://soundcloud.com/kodomoimusic

CC: Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0)

Music promoted by Just No Copyright ツ https://youtu.be/beHDY4qjqKM

Scheduling is hard. Audrey is out this week so it's another solo session as Matt talks about when anime series get movies because That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime got a movie and someone wasn't particularly thrilled about it. Join us as one person talks about watching anime movies on Adult Swim, driving to Ohio to watch the Naruto: The Last movie, and more! I'm trying my best, dad! As always, check out new episodes every Sunday by going to our website at www.otakumelancholy.com to see all our links including our social media and join the Discord at https://discord.gg/rUHYUyW to continue the conversation! Ganbatte! [Special thanks to Boomslank for sponsoring the episode! You can get 10% off your total order by using our coupon code OTAKUMELANCHOLYPODCAST on their website by going to www.boomslank.com/otakumelancholypodcast to have it automatically applied at checkout!]

I mean, the description is in the title, right? And just so you know there is a spoiler section so don't worry about, you know, random spoilers or something. We talk Chainsaw Man which is practically like the anime version of The Beatles in that everyone knows about it and certain people have made it the whole of their personality but that's not a bad thing. OR IS IT? We break all that down and more! We shred through this anime like a chainsaw devil through a tomato devil! As always, check out new episodes every Sunday by going to our website at www.otakumelancholy.com to see all our links including our social media and join the Discord at https://discord.gg/rUHYUyW to continue the conversation! Fuel the friendship by supporting us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/otakumelancholy if you want for sponsor-free episodes and bonus content as well as a special shout out in every episode! Ganbatte! [Special thanks to Boomslank for sponsoring the episode! You can get 10% off your total order by using our coupon code OTAKUMELANCHOLYPODCAST on their website by going to www.boomslank.com/otakumelancholypodcast to have it automatically applied at checkout!]

We do not own or claim to own the songs and media used in this podcast. All rights belong to their respective owners. All songs and clips used in this podcast are applied for critical analysis and reflect a usage that pertains to fair use.



[songs used]

KODOMOi - Sayonara April https://soundcloud.com/kodomoimusic

CC: Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0)

Music promoted by Just No Copyright ツ https://youtu.be/beHDY4qjqKM

Plus we read off some anniversary e-mails and listen to a message! Gundam! It's back and it's going full on magic high school in this latest entry, The Witch from Mercury! Did you know that Audrey likes Gundam? Cause Audrey likes Gundam and talks a lot about Gundam. Gundamn there's so much Gundam. We break down the cutest little muffin known as Suletta, talk a whole lot of fan theory, and think about the other times we thought. This is a very Audrey heavy episode! Like seriously. She tuckered herself out from talking so much by the end. As always, check out new episodes every Sunday by going to our website at www.otakumelancholy.com to see all our links including our social media and join the Discord at https://discord.gg/rUHYUyW to continue the conversation! Fuel the friendship by supporting us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/otakumelancholy if you want for sponsor-free episodes and bonus content as well as a special shout out in every episode! Ganbatte! [Special thanks to Boomslank for sponsoring the episode! You can get 10% off your total order by using our coupon code OTAKUMELANCHOLYPODCAST on their website by going to www.boomslank.com/otakumelancholypodcast to have it automatically applied at checkout!]

We do not own or claim to own the songs and media used in this podcast. All rights belong to their respective owners. All songs and clips used in this podcast are applied for critical analysis and reflect a usage that pertains to fair use.

[songs used]

KODOMOi - Sayonara April https://soundcloud.com/kodomoimusic

CC: Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0)

Music promoted by Just No Copyright ツ https://youtu.be/beHDY4qjqKM

We're back! To talk about ourselves! It was another year of OtaMel and what a year it was between two hiatus and infinite solocast episodes but WE PERSISTED and that's all that matters, right? A D is a passing grade and all that. We are the bugs in your walls of anime podcasts or something similar to that. We break down some of the anime and content we made in this year and reflect on what we're going to do differently and how we're going to do it and all that. Thanks for supporting us through these trying times! You're the best! As always, check out new episodes every Sunday by going to our website at www.otakumelancholy.com to see all our links including our social media and join the Discord at https://discord.gg/rUHYUyW to continue the conversation! Fuel the friendship by supporting us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/otakumelancholy if you want for sponsor-free episodes and bonus content as well as a special shout out in every episode! Ganbatte! [Special thanks to Boomslank for sponsoring the episode! You can get 10% off your total order by using our coupon code OTAKUMELANCHOLYPODCAST on their website by going to www.boomslank.com/otakumelancholypodcast to have it automatically applied at checkout!]

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As always, check out new episodes every Sunday by going to our website at www.otakumelancholy.com to see all our links including our social media and join the Discord at https://discord.gg/rUHYUyW to continue the conversation! Ganbatte!

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We all need motivation some times and so I chose some select anime quote that get me feeling pretty okay and just decided to read them out loud and talk about them! It's been a hard few weeks for us and the motivation to lead with your best foot forward can be so hard to find but hey! Some small sentiment of determination can be found in everything even anime! Just always try your best. I hope you have a great week. Thanks for supporting us and listening like you always do. It means a whole lot. As always, check out new episodes every Sunday by going to our website at www.otakumelancholy.com to see all our links including our social media and join the Discord at https://discord.gg/rUHYUyW to continue the conversation! Ganbatte! 

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KODOMOi - Sayonara April https://soundcloud.com/kodomoimusic

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[songs used]

KODOMOi - Sayonara April https://soundcloud.com/kodomoimusic

CC: Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0)

Music promoted by Just No Copyright ツ https://youtu.be/beHDY4qjqKM

Spooky anime! Japanese curses! Umbrellas! Is Another even really that scary? We talk all that and more (but mostly more) in this episode! As always, check out new episodes every Sunday by going to our website at www.otakumelancholy.com to see all our links including our social media and join the Discord at https://discord.gg/rUHYUyW to continue the conversation! Ganbatte!

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[songs used]

KODOMOi - Sayonara April https://soundcloud.com/kodomoimusic

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It might be kind of late to give some impressions but we're talking about the Fall 2022 seasonals that we're checking out anyways! Audrey is watching THREE WHOLE SHOWS! It's like a high score among high scores! We also talk about what we've been doing too. In case you care. I hope you care. I care about you. Friendly reminder that this is a mature podcast for mature people who are mature and do mature things so, you know, be wary. Like keep your guard up at all times. You never know when a mature discussion could strike. Bond is also best boy of the year. Borf. As always, check out new episodes every Sunday by going to our website at www.otakumelancholy.com to see all our links including our social media and join the Discord at https://discord.gg/rUHYUyW to continue the conversation! Ganbatte!

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[songs used]

KODOMOi - Sayonara April https://soundcloud.com/kodomoimusic

CC: Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0)

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This Atlanta sure has a lot of anime weekend, huh? I said AWA so much this weekend that it started to sound wrong and I had to doubt that I had a grasp of the English vernacular and language. One of us went to AWA and one of us had to talk about it so here it is! One of us talking about it for about forty minutes or so? Maybe thirty? Time is an illusion. Break free of the shackles of allowing time to dictate your life. Be anti-time. All thoughts and feelings about this convention are basically one person's so don't allow that to dictate your enjoyment or anything like that. If you had fun and thought that Line-mageddon of AWA was fun then you keep that energy and carry it with you. I won't hate you for it. I think you're beautiful. Anyways yadda yadda as always, check out new episodes every Sunday by going to our website at www.otakumelancholy.com to see all our links including our social media and join the Discord at https://discord.gg/rUHYUyW to continue the conversation! Ganbatte!

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We do not own or claim to own the songs and media used in this podcast. All rights belong to their respective owners. All songs and clips used in this podcast are applied for critical analysis and reflect a usage that pertains to fair use.

[songs used]

KODOMOi - Sayonara April https://soundcloud.com/kodomoimusic

CC: Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0)

Music promoted by Just No Copyright ツ https://youtu.be/beHDY4qjqKM

Special thanks to Boomslank with their help in sponsoring this episode! You can go to www.boomslank.com/otakumelancholypodcast to take 10% off your total purchase or just use OTAKUMELANCHOLYPODCAST at check out to take that 10% off! It helps support the podcast and you get some of the coolest anime apparel merch out there!

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[songs used]

KODOMOi - Sayonara April https://soundcloud.com/kodomoimusic

CC: Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0) 

Music promoted by Just No Copyright ツ https://youtu.be/beHDY4qjqKM

Visual novels! They exist and we play them. Sometimes. With the recent (well recent when we recorded this) rejection and then reacceptance of Chaos;Head Noah on Steam, we thought maybe we'd talk about that! What does this mean for the medium of visual novels in the west and what even is a visual novel? We break down most of that and more this week! BE SURE TO CHECK OUT OUR SPONSOR BOOMSLANK FEATURING THEIR NEW IPHONE 14 CASES! GO TO WWW.BOOMSLANK.COM/OTAKUMELANCHOLYPODCAST OR USE COUPON CODE "OTAKUMELANCHOLYPODCAST" TO GET 10% OFF YOUR ORDER! As always, check out new episodes every Sunday by going to our website at www.otakumelancholy.com to see all our links including our social media and join the Discord at https://discord.gg/rUHYUyW to continue the conversation! Ganbatte!

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[Spoiler Warning Included in the Episode!] It's a Cyberpunk Edgerunners review and discussion, chooms! I don't got much else to tell ya unless you got the eddies for it. As you can tell by my hip lingo, I'm kind of a big deal in Night City. We discuss and review the latest and greatest(?) Trigger anime this week so join us and be sure to delta out to our website at www.otakumelancholy.com to see all our past, present, and future episodes as well as links to all our social media including our Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook. Be sure to join our Discord to hang out with your fellow netrunners! Ganbatte!

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Flash back to 2020. What were you doing back then? Trying to bake bread or grow some beans or some other superfluous plant in your house while you waited the pandemic out like the rest of us? I know what we were doing. We were talking about a certain siscon anime until suddenly someone's computer didn't process their audio correctly and left us with half an audio file. Now, thanks to the marvels of modern technology and an overwhelming insisting attitude that WE WILL FIX THIS EPISODE, you can travel back in time with us to this newly repaired "lost" episode of OtaMel! We talked a whole lot of pee and poop... and we talked about anime too, I guess. This episode is two years late but it's still as relevant as ever, right? We still talk dirty on this show. Not much has changed. I did add special footnotes or podcast notes or whatever and we tried to scrub Audrey's dead name from this episode so I hope you'll enjoy this heavily doctored and much beloved episode. We had so much fun recording it and we're glad it can finally get to your ear holes. A very special thanks to Amelia and Dan for taking the time out to record this episode with us and for being our very first podcast pals. We love you guys and we can't wait for two more years of hanging out. As always, check out new episodes every Sunday by going to our website at www.otakumelancholy.com to see all our links including our social media and join the Discord at https://discord.gg/rUHYUyW to continue the conversation! Ganbatte!

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Please consider helping to support our host Audrey in her transition by donating on her GoFundMe or share the word around! Thank you so much!

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My audio sounds off cause we had to use the Discord Craig's recording of my audio so it's not going to sound super fantastic but it could be nonexistent! It's already late to release and all. The fresh spring breeze washes over the winter chill and delights us anew as the blooms of seasonal anime come forth in a rainbow of all sorts of colors and KAGUYA AND KOMI ARE BACK BAYBEE AND THAT'S ALL THAT MATTERS HEYYYOOOOOOOOOO. In all seriousness, spring anime has already came and went at this point but there were so many delights in this wonderful season that we had to drop this episode even if it's a month after the final episodes of many of these series including Tomodachi Game, Ya Boy Kongming, Spy x Family, Komi Can't Communicate Season 2, Dance Dance Danseur, and Kaguya-sama: Love is War - Ultra Romantic! What a beautiful bouquet of seasonal anime to delight any weeb's MAL garden. I'll include time stamps later or maybe not at all. I don't know. Also Amelia totally lightly spoils Tomodachi Game in the first minute of talking about it so fair warning about that.

You can listen to Amelia's podcast, Otaku Host Club, on Spotify by clicking HERE!
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As always, check out new episodes every Sunday by going to our website at www.otakumelancholy.com to see all our links including our social media and join the Discord at https://discord.gg/rUHYUyW to continue the conversation! Ganbatte!

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You ever say "oh man this anime is gonna be MID" and then lo and behold the anime was not, in fact, mid? It turns out that it was actually something revolutionary and life changing for you in such a way that it became iconoclastic in just how much it reformed your thoughts on anime. Yeah, that's what this episode is about. It's not really about that. I lied. I just need to fill up this episode description because it didn't look long enough. I also didn't really know what to call this content except The Pleasant Surprises of Anime but that sounded like a dissertation on anime being actually good or something. It's also "'our' anime surprises" because you contributed! I mean, I hope you did but if you didn't then that's okay. So what anime did we expect to be trash but actually turned out to be treasure? Listen in and find out! As always, check out new episodes every Sunday by going to our website at www.otakumelancholy.com to see all our links including our social media and join the Discord at https://discord.gg/rUHYUyW to continue the conversation! Ganbatte!

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We like to make a special episode each June for our listeners who celebrate Pride Month by focusing our critical lens on a piece of media (be it anime, manga, or game) that puts LGBTQIA+ groups in the spotlight and this year we chose Wandering Son or Hourou Musuko, the story of a young trans woman and her transformation in her blooming years of middle school as she deals with love, drama, and friendship. Of course we can't do it alone (I say we but Audrey hasn't come back from her training or journey of self discovery or whatever I'm calling it this week) so we got our friend Sinful Scientist to join in since he has a lot to say about this anime and had kind of a hand in introducing it to us? He uses my Crunchyroll so I can see what he watches and he watched this like forever ago. Anyways, they Vtube and that's cool so we're cool by the transitive property, you know? We also discuss other LGBTQIA+ stories and manga but we really just kind of spew tangents but hey! It's a solid episode, I think. I'm a pretty good judge of my own character. I'm like a 6.5 out of 10. That's how you know I'm not a liar because I didn't give myself the 10 out of 10 that I deserve. As always, check out new episodes every Sunday by going to our website at www.otakumelancholy.com to see all our links including our social media and join the Discord at https://discord.gg/rUHYUyW to continue the conversation! Ganbatte!

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