
Otaku Melancholy
By The Otaku Melancholy Team

Otaku MelancholyJan 14, 2020

Netflix's One Piece - The Final Review
Netflix's One Piece is a thing but is it a good thing? We find out in this week's episode! Spoilers within!
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

Netflix's One Piece - The First Impressions
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!]
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
Cover art is by Sinful Scientist

Jujutsu Kaisen: Hidden Inventory / Premature Death (Season 2, Episodes 1 - 5)
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

How I Spent My Summer Hiatus (By Watching a Few Anime)
It's been a minute. The hiatus is over. I've missed you. I've also missed wanted to watch anime. I watched a tiny bit during the hiatus. I'm going to talk to you about them. I hope you'll enjoy it.
Anime discussed in this podcast:
Demon Slayer: The Swordsmith Village Arc
The Dangers in My Heart
Digimon Adventure 01
The Eminence in Shadow (Season One)
The Girl I Like Forgot Her Glasses
Jujutsu Kaisen (Season One)
Jujutsu Kaisen (Season Two)
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)

The OtaMel (Almost) Radio Hour: The One With Anime Openings
I tried to use a lot of vocabulary for the title of last week's episode and you all just bounced off that. Or does no one care about EDs? That's a shame. Either I'm supposed to know only two or three words or ending songs from anime are just not beloved. I guess you all just skip EDs and never call your mother. I've seen the abbreviation ED so much lately that I keep thinking about erectile dysfunction. Well, it's time for the (almost) radio hour with a choice selection of Mattie's current favorite OPs that weren't in the last OP episode from a year or two ago. Enjoy!
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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.
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)

The OtaMel Radio (Almost) Hour: An Essential Array of Exquisite EDs for Ending Enjoyers
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

Trade Ya! Kakushigoto + Flip Flappers (feat. Alex from the AniBuddies Podcast)
momma always said, "get busy flippin' or get busy flappin'"
finally I see that this is what she meant
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!]
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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.

The "Would You Rather?" Game But It's Anime! (feat. JD from the Anime Brothers Podcast)
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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A (Mild) Discussion on Mental Health and Illness in Anime (feat. Alex from the AniBuddies Podcast)
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.

A Small Review of Suzume: Locking Up the Doors on the Latest Makoto Shinkai Film
Spoiler warnings are in the episode if you care about that sort of thing! The bonus content becomes the regular content this week as we break down Makoto Shinkai's latest film: Suzume! Is this new movie the film that will finally have the KEY to our host's heart or will it LOCK up any chances of our host caring about Shinkai? Is the main character aDOORable enough to be a perfect FRAME of reference for all future heroines in Shinkai's work? We're KNOB joking about how this film may or may not be unHINGEd and yeah yeah yeah door puns door puns I'm great I'm great roll up and see the circus because I'm a clown. We break down our thoughts and feelings in this week's 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![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.

Wonder Egg Priority (feat. Earthworm from the Anime Brothers Podcast)
Egg time.
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)
Music promoted by Just No Copyright ツ https://youtu.be/beHDY4qjqKM

Anime Super Smashers! - Round 2 (feat. Earthworm from the Anime Brothers Podcast)
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

The Check In: Very Early Impressions of Spring 2023, Catching Up on One Piece, and Persona 5 Royal
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!]

Spring 2023 Seasonal Anime Picks and Previews
We're back to our seasonal shenanigans so it's time to strap yourselves in and make a long commitment to what anime you're (probably) going to watch during the course of the season! Spring 2023 is looking kind of thick so the plan was to just talk about and read off the descriptions of (almost) every anime and break down the absolute why and what of each show and how that's going to affect our lives for the foreseeable twelve week future! I know it's been a minute since we've given seasonal anime a fair chance but I swear that we're 200% serious this time and I absolutely will not drop every single show in a fit of manic depression and frustration. I super promise it. Let us know what you're excited for and what you plan to watch too! 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

The Animisery Anime Tier List (as of March 2023)
We've watched a lot of bad anime for this podcast and some of it, if you didn't know, has been misery inducing. So... here we are officially putting that in a tier list. That's what the kids like, right? 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.

Five Starting Anime (Just Because Michael B. Jordan Had A List Too)
THIS EPISODE ISN'T LATE BECAUSE I FORGOT TO UPLOAD IT, YOU'RE LATE
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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

Is "The Fruit of Evolution: Before I Knew It, My Life Had It Made" SAVING anime!?
No, of course it isn't, you very silly person but it makes for a great episode title, huh? (I'm sorry) We talk about a dumpster fire of an anime this week and say a small farewell to Audrey's status as a full time host all in an hour of (not so much) power this week on 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!] 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

An Annoucement from Audrey
またいつか会おうね、オードリーちゃん.
いつも 私 の そば に いて くれて ありがとう.
元気でね.
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Video Games to Anime: Some Adaptations That Wouldn't Completely Suck (Vol. 1)
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
![Kaguya-sama: Love is War - The First Kiss That Never Ends Review [Includes Spoiler Section]](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_nologo/2690636/2690636-1591201805052-5545c411528cc.jpg)
Kaguya-sama: Love is War - The First Kiss That Never Ends Review [Includes Spoiler Section]
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

Yu Yu Hakusho: The Three Kings Saga (Ep. 95 - 112) + Final Thoughts and Review
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!]
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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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![When TV Anime Series Get Movies and Assorted Ramblings + [Spoiler Free] That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime: Scarlet Bond Mini Review](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_nologo/2690636/2690636-1591201805052-5545c411528cc.jpg)
When TV Anime Series Get Movies and Assorted Ramblings + [Spoiler Free] That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime: Scarlet Bond Mini Review
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!]

The Obligatory Chainsaw Man Discussion Episode
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

Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury
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

Reflecting on Another Year of Doing This: 3rd Year's the Charm, Right? (It Wasn't But Thanks For Listening and Supporting Anyways)
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!]
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.

Announcement! We're Going on Hiatus Until January 15th! (More Details Within)
Thank you all for always supporting us! We'll see you soon!
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 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!
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.

Anime Motivation! Some Anime Quotes To Charge the Spirit and Heat the Soul
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!
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!
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

I Think Maison Ikkoku and Rumiko Takahashi Are Neat
It's another week of just me, myself, and I as hosts of the podcast so I really struggled to just come up with something to talk about but I've recently started reading Ranma 1/2 and thought to myself that I really really do like Rumiko Takahashi's manga especially Maison Ikkoku so I just went ahead and talked about it in a spoiler free discussion. Maybe you'll get something out of it and gather up the urge to read Maison Ikkoku yourself or maybe you'll just not do that and live your life. I think you're doing great regardless. Solo podcasts are hard unless you just script everything. I'm kind of tired of doing them.
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!
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

"Spooktober" Special: Another
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!
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!
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

The Fall 2022 Seasonal Anime We're Watching (With An Extended Check In)
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!
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!
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

Are Light Novels Literature?
It's a trashed episode that was turned into a Patreon exclusive that's been turned into a regular episode again! It's a wonderful butterfly of a piece of podcast content! We couldn't record this week but we had to have something so here's the something! Light novels are an ever looming threat (I think) to anime and must be treated with respect and dignity and sincere thoughtful consideration but it's just so hard when you're trying to read a book that is titled something like" The Results From When I Time Leaped to My Second Year of High School and Confessed to the Teacher I Liked at the Time", you know? We (and by we I mean me, Matt) break down literature and if light novels are literature! The answer will not shock you but we have to have dramatic tension for the sake of content, you know. 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!]

A Con-versation: Anime Weekend Atlanta 2022
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!
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!
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

Watchlist Roulette: My Stepmom's Daughter is My Ex
The wheel giveth and the wheel taketh. The wheel be taketh-ing an awful lot lately as we discuss the recently finished anime My Stepmom's Daughter is My Ex! It's not quite Domestic Girlfriend and it's not quite Scum's Wish either so what even is it? It's mid is what it is but you won't know that for sure unless you listen to this episode and get our opinions on it. Well, you could watch it yourself and make your own opinion or whatever but it's 2022! You don't have time for that. You only have time for us to talk about it for you. I humbly accept this glorious position. 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 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!
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

Some Discourse on Visual Novels (and How Steam Hates Them)
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!
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.

Cyberpunk Edgerunners
[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!
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.

Watchlist Roulette: High School of the Dead
"If the anime boobies be floppin' then you know the show is probably not gonna be rockin'" is the old saying and we're out to see if that's true with our review of High School of the Dead! Is this zombie show really a classic or is the universe collectively playing a game trick on everyone by making this one of the most popular anime out there? We dive into that question (but not for very long) and more all in another episode of our watchlist roulette reviews! 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!
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.

Growing Up With Anime: A Mild (Self) Discussion on Affirmation, Acceptance, and Cringe
I'm not saying we have filler episodes or anything but this? It's kinda filler-ish. Filler-esque even. Audrey's on a personal break this week due to being a very good supportive partner so we couldn't cover High School of the Dead like we planned but we gotta put something out and OH NO it's Saturday so I decided I'd discuss a little bit about growing up with anime and all those mixed experiences but it's mostly kind of like therapy where you're the counselor, you know? Hopefully this will just let you know that it's okay to be into anime or something. Really not the biggest fan of this episode but hey we HAVE to put out something and I'm just trying my best. Just don't ever try to live in the south if you can avoid. 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!
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.

Tsuki ga Kirei
We get in touch with our romantic side in this week's episode as we discuss the coming of age middle school romance anime: Tsuki ga Kirei! One of us has a VERY high opinion of this series but does that actually mean anything when you haven't seen in it in three years? It doesn't. We break down our thoughts and feelings on young love and why it doesn't mean anything and how you'll probably never really find peace. We don't really but maybe! You'll have to listen in to find out, won't you? 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!
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.

The Tatami Galaxy
Bruh, how do I even describe the Tatami Galaxy??? I'm getting super bad at doing these descriptions lately. Go watch the Tatami Galaxy!
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!
![Sonic X - New World Saga [Episodes 1 - 13]](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_episode400/2690636/2690636-1662290235087-3f5af3f1dff23.jpg)
Sonic X - New World Saga [Episodes 1 - 13]
GOTTA GO FAST
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!
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 Discussion on (Some Episodes of) Requiem of the Rose King
Well well well. If it isn't the consequences of our own actions. We've started doing a watchlist roulette and this anime was the result of our first spin of the watchlist wheel and... it's a show for sure. We're breaking down (some episodes of) The Requiem of the Rose King, a story that attempts to adapt some of Shakespeare's historical plays but removes all the boring history in favor of pretty boys being pretty and betrayals and schemes and all that political jazz. Did we enjoy what we watched? Spoilers: no, not really but it's a groundbreaking show since it's the very first anime that neither one of us could finish! Listen in and find out why! 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!
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.
![Mob Psycho 100 [Season One]](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_nologo/2690636/2690636-1591201805052-5545c411528cc.jpg)
Mob Psycho 100 [Season One]
Fun fact: we both have colds during this episode! It's a Mob Psycho 100 review. You're going to listen in or you're not going to listen in. I don't know how to sell this to you in the episode description. Maybe listen to it at 2x speed for an extra burst of fun since we both sound a little dead. 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!
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.

The "Lost" Episode: Yosuga no Sora (feat. Amelia and Dan from the Otaku Host Club Podcast)
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!
You can listen to Amelia and Dan's podcast, Otaku Host Club, on Spotify by clicking HERE!
You can go watch Amelia be a weeb on her YouTube by clicking HERE!
You can go buy Lewd Driip streetwear here and support Amelia's crippling figure addiction 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.

One Punch Man
Audrey's back after a THREE MONTH HIATUS (wow) and so she got to pick all our content this month in a celebration I am definitely calling Audgust! It's a combination of Audrey and August. Do you get why that's great? It's also basically going to be ONE month as we cover One Punch Man this week and some other show based off a manga of his (Mab Psychosis or something) during this month long celebration. But yeah, One Punch Man. You know what it is and we talk about it because, surprise surprise, neither one of us had seen it before. We talk about the hard hits and the Mumen Rider slips of this show including the music we hate and the sounds of southern violence so check it out! Hope you'll enjoy especially as we return back to form this 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! Ganbatte!
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Snacks, Sports, and Swoleness: The Hobbies We Picked Up From Anime
WHAT EVEN ARE DEADLINES I DON'T CARE THIS EPISODE CAME OUT ON TIME YOU CAN'T PROVE ME WRONG. Anime is a hobby in itself but it's a hobby that can create other hobbies as you watch other people do hobbies that make you think "man I wish I had another hobby that was like the hobby that these hobbyists are currently hobbying on about in this hobby anime" and thus you pursue that other hobby from your very own hobby of watching anime. I typed out hobby so many times that it looks like I spelled it wrong. Hobby is a weird word. Anyways, we talk about the hobbies we picked up by watching anime. That's all I wanted to say. 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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Spring 2022 Season Review
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.
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Anime Video Games: The Good, The Bad, and the Naruto Ninja Destiny for Nintendo DS
I thought that making a podcast into three acts so I could focus on everything appropriately was a good idea and then the episode became 2 hours long so, uh, enjoy. Anime video games! Since the dawn of man, man has wished to become more like anime and less like a person so they invented video games but oh wait these games have no waifus (unless you like 8 bit Princess Peach I'm not gonna judge you for being you) so man gave up on video games but then decided not to quite give up and keep making anime video game after anime video game until perfection was finally achieved as it was in 2018 with the release of Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise. But for real, we're talking all about anime video games in this episode including our top and bottom five games and even a little bit of a history lesson that may or may not need corrections! We hope you'll enjoy this episode and maybe find some new games to love or hate! 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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Articles mentioned:
"Anime vs. The NES"
by Todd Ciolek, May 1st 2020 (Anime News Network)
"The Secret History of Anime Video Games"
by Jared Clemons 2019 (Crunchyroll News)
"On the History of Anime based Video Games"
by Miriam Perez (Medium)

The VHS Ventures - Rurouni Kenshin: Trust and Betrayal
New style of opening! It's SUPPOSED to sound like that! It's art! Yep, I mispronounce "rurouni" a lot in this episode so get ready for that. We explore the classics of anime OVAs in this new series: The VHS Ventures! We're kicking it off with the samurai classic Rurouni Kenshin: Trust and Betrayal that serves as a prequel for the franchise! Is it good? YE BOI AND I DON'T SHUT UP ABOUT IT. Prepare for 50 minutes of dumb hype and you should really bring water for these solocasts, Matt. I don't know why you don't and just let your throat dry out like that. Anyways, it's late. Time for bed. Description time is over. 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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Our Anime Pleasant Surprises (Vol. 1)
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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Wandering Son [Hourou Musuko] (feat. Sinful Scientist)
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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