2024-03-20 18:57
Just ignore the outdated number in the intro, this one took… a while. Evan fulfills a Golden Ticket request from patron FatDrunkFriendOtaku with a review of the PlayStation JRPG/datin… Read More
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2024-03-12 14:36
This is a teaser for a podcast available on the Ani-Gamers Patreon.
To celebrate Patron Appreciation Month 2024, for the first time EVER the entire current Ani-Gamers staff — Evan… Read More
2024-03-12 14:36
This is a teaser for a podcast available on the Ani-Gamers Patreon.
To celebrate Patron Appreciation Month 2024, for the first time EVER the entire current Ani-Gamers staff — Evan… Read More
2024-03-05 16:54
Back in 2022 we created Patron Appreciation Month as an excuse to kick our asses into gear and make a bunch of fun, unique content for Ani-Gamers’ patrons on our Patreon. This month we… Read More
2024-02-03 13:43
We are back at it again with the light novels in this eighth episode of AGBC Part IV: Book Club is Not Crash. This time, we’re reading Min-Maxing My TRPG Build in Another World Vol. 2… Read More
2024-01-24 22:31
Evan and Ink recap the anime of Fall 2023, then cover the anime premieres they checked out for Winter 2024! The shows: Brave Bang Bravern, Burn the Witch #0.8, Delicious in Dungeon, Delusion… Read More
2024-01-06 13:33
We continue our annual Staff Picks list with our second entry, counting down our favorite anime series and movies from 2023! Any anime project released (in the case of films) or completed (i… Read More
2024-01-04 15:12
The year has wrapped up so here at Ani-Gamers it’s once again time to count down our staff’s favorite media of the year. This year we’re skipping the manga list since our t… Read More
2023-12-31 12:45
For our final episode of the year, Evan and David check in for a Quicksave podcast about a bunch of anime, manga and games they’ve been checking out recently, including Mario Wonder, T… Read More
2023-12-24 14:00
Reuniting for the annual Anime Secret Santa project, Jared and Ink stuff your stocking with opinions about 2004’s Planetes via a special episode of Oldtaku no Radio. Thank you, Sant… Read More
2023-12-24 12:00
Welcome to Anime Secret Santa, a gift exchange — founded by our friends at Reverse Thieves and currently run by the Taiiku Podcast — where the gifts are anime review recommendati… Read More
2023-12-24 12:00
Welcome to Anime Secret Santa, a gift exchange — founded by our friends at Reverse Thieves and currently run by the Taiiku Podcast — where the gifts are anime review recommendati… Read More
2023-11-26 21:50
We are back at it again with the light novels in this seventh episode of AGBC Part IV: Book Club is Not Crash. This time, we’re reading The Apothecary Diaries Vol. 2, continuing the s… Read More
2023-11-03 22:58
We missed an episode, so Evan and Ink recap both Spring and Summer 2023, then dive into Fall 2023! The shows: The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really Love You, Bullbuster, Dark Gath… Read More
2023-10-07 20:58
He Fucked The Girl Out Of Me is one of those rare works that is at once deeply personal, whilst also being universal, familiar, and even mundane. The narrative is painfully and uncomfortabl… Read More
2023-10-07 13:58
He Fucked The Girl Out Of Me is one of those rare works that is at once deeply personal, whilst also being universal, familiar, and even mundane. The narrative is painfully and uncomfortabl… Read More
2023-09-30 13:03
originally appeared on Ani-Gamers on September 30, 2023 at 1:03 PM Read More
2023-09-20 03:41
Evan is joined by Ani-Gamers Podcast editor Patrick Sutton and friend of the show Tom Aznable to recap their weekend at Otakon 2023. Topics include: train man, Macross in America, and the b… Read More
2023-08-26 00:14
originally appeared on Ani-Gamers on August 26, 2023 at 12:14 AM Read More
2023-08-05 16:41
originally appeared on Ani-Gamers on August 5, 2023 at 4:41 PM Read More
2023-07-15 22:01
It’s summertime and that means lots of travel and conventions! In between Anime Expo and Otakon, Evan and David sit down to recap what they’ve been up to, which includes Anime E… Read More
2023-06-04 22:30
Evan and David review Tomie, the manga that started Junji Ito’s career as one of the most famous horror artists in the world. We confront the original girlboss and become gaslit into… Read More
2023-05-08 22:30
Evan and Ink discuss what they finished in Winter 2023 and take a look at the anime premieres of Spring 2023! This time we cover Birdie Wing Season 2, The Cafe Terrace and its Goddesses, H… Read More
2023-04-17 18:03
Fulfilling a Patreon Golden Ticket request from Jums, Evan reviews Daisuke “Pixel” Amaya’s famous indie action-platformer Cave Story, with a lot of help from Cave Story fa… Read More
2023-03-24 23:38
originally appeared on Ani-Gamers on March 24, 2023 at 11:38 PM Read More
2023-03-04 22:57
Evan and David sit down to chat about the latest anime and games they’ve been checking out in another Quicksave episode! We cover Pokémon, Bocchi the Rock, Stardew Valley, and… Read More
2023-01-16 16:21
The Seasonal Sampler boys are back after a packed Fall 2022 anime season to discuss what they finished last time and take a look at the anime premieres of Winter 2023! This time we cover Tr… Read More
2023-01-07 23:29
Welcome to the second set of Ani-Gamers Staff Picks, our annual countdown of our staff’s favorite stuff from the past year. Below you’ll find a list of extraordinary anime TV sho… Read More
2023-01-06 21:01
Welcome to Staff Picks, our annual countdown of our staff’s favorite stuff from the past year. We begin this year with video games instead of manga, because our staff members were so b… Read More
2022-12-24 17:31
Welcome to Anime Secret Santa, a gift exchange — founded by our friends at Reverse Thieves and currently run by the AGC Podcast — where the gifts are anime review recommendation… Read More
2022-12-24 14:00
Welcome to Anime Secret Santa, a gift exchange — founded by our friends at Reverse Thieves and currently run by the AGC Podcast — where the gifts are anime review recommendation… Read More
2022-12-24 05:31
Welcome to Anime Secret Santa, a gift exchange — founded by our friends at Reverse Thieves and currently run by the AGC Podcast — where the gifts are anime review recommendation… Read More
2022-12-24 02:00
Welcome to Anime Secret Santa, a gift exchange — founded by our friends at Reverse Thieves and currently run by the AGC Podcast — where the gifts are anime review recommendation… Read More
2022-12-13 22:57
Ginga is a young girl from a country province in 17th-century China. Headstrong, curious, and rude to her higher-ups, she decides on a whim to accept a challenge to become the consort of th… Read More
2022-12-13 10:57
Ginga is a young girl from a country province in 17th-century China. Headstrong, curious, and rude to her higher-ups, she decides on a whim to accept a challenge to become the consort of th… Read More
2022-12-07 17:16
Callum May from The Canipa Effect YouTube channel joins Evan and David to review the latest anime series from Studio Trigger, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners. We discuss its connection to the origin… Read More
2022-12-03 19:46
originally appeared on Ani-Gamers on December 3, 2022 at 7:46 PM Read More
2022-11-07 15:33
Evan and Ink start the show with a discussion of the Mob Psycho 100 III casting controversy, in which Mob actor Kyle McCarley tried to get CR to agree to a meeting with actor’s… Read More
2022-10-30 16:51
It is very difficult on this, the 20th anniversary of Age of Mythology, to put everything this little game means to me into words. So I suppose it is easiest to start with the raw facts. Ag… Read More
2022-10-30 04:51
It is very difficult on this, the 20th anniversary of Age of Mythology, to put everything this little game means to me into words. So I suppose it is easiest to start with the raw facts. Ag… Read More
2022-10-20 14:20
Evan and David return from a little unplanned hiatus with a review of Arkane Lyon's 2021 first-person shooter Deathloop! Topics include: FPS with powers, fucked up little guys, and killing… Read More
2022-10-03 13:23
originally appeared on Ani-Gamers on October 3, 2022 at 1:23 PM Read More
2022-09-21 19:19
originally appeared on Ani-Gamers on September 21, 2022 at 7:19 PM Read More
2022-09-04 13:54
Evan and David are back on the mic with a Quicksave show covering a bunch of anime news plus two games they’ve been playing! First up is a recap of the anime cons Evan attended this s… Read More
2022-08-29 19:28
originally appeared on Ani-Gamers on August 29, 2022 at 7:28 PM Read More
2022-08-14 18:53
Evan and Ink recap the anime series they watched from the Spring 2022 season and then discuss their Summer 2022 shows: Call of the Night, Extreme Hearts, Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer, Lyc… Read More
2022-08-03 12:55
originally appeared on Ani-Gamers on August 3, 2022 at 12:55 PM Read More
2022-07-29 12:49
It’s a double header this episode as Evan and our editor Patrick Sutton (subbing in for David) review the Steam Deck and the only game they’re playing on it: the addictive casua… Read More
2022-07-14 14:08
originally appeared on Ani-Gamers on July 14, 2022 at 2:08 PM Read More
2022-06-14 15:24
Imagine if Jack Burton from Big Trouble in Little China ran a detective agency. Imagine if, instead of being a completely incompetent idiot, he actually had the skills to back it up. And im… Read More
2022-06-09 12:55
It‘s another Golden Ticket episode! On request from patron Nice (that’s their name), Evan and David review the 2003 hard sci-fi anime series Planetes, about space debris hauler… Read More
2022-06-06 21:45
originally appeared on Ani-Gamers on June 6, 2022 at 9:45 PM Read More
2022-05-15 19:50
In celebration of Elden Ring’s massive mainstream success, David records his first-ever full-length podcast review of a From Software title, featuring returning guest Kyle Cardine of… Read More
2022-05-04 00:59
originally appeared on Ani-Gamers on May 4, 2022 at 12:59 AM Read More
2022-04-28 15:52
Evan and Ink recap the anime series they watched from the winter season and then discuss their Spring 2022 shows: Dance Dance Danseur, Fanfare of Adolescence, Healer Girl, Love After World… Read More
2022-04-18 01:13
originally appeared on Ani-Gamers on April 18, 2022 at 1:13 AM Read More
2022-04-07 19:48
It’s another Quicksave episode as Evan and David cover all the news they missed about Gran Turismo, the Advance Wars delay, Dragalia Lost shutting down, Activision Blizzard lawsuits… Read More
2022-03-15 15:32
Evan and David reminisce on their youth with a review of the 2012 anime series The Daily Lives of High School Boys, based on the manga by Yasunobu Yamauchi. This year marks the 10th anniver… Read More
2022-03-06 16:11
originally appeared on Ani-Gamers on March 6, 2022 at 4:11 PM Read More
2022-02-27 20:34
It’s time for our annual Best of 2021 show! Evan and David run down their favorite video games, manga, and anime of last year. We managed to fit this in before March! Topics include:… Read More
2022-02-18 16:38
originally appeared on Ani-Gamers on February 18, 2022 at 4:38 PM Read More
2022-02-15 21:32
Evan and David are trying out a new show format! These “Quicksave” episodes will feature our news, Queues, and mailbag segments, freeing up our other shows to focus 100% on thei… Read More
2022-01-29 23:59
Evan and Ink recap the anime series they watched from the summer season and then discuss their Winter 2022 shows: Ranking of Kings, Sabikui Bisco, Miss KUROITSU from the Monster Development… Read More
2022-01-23 22:08
It’s a full house as Ink and Patrick join Evan and David to discuss the anime they watched for Anime Secret Santa, the annual blogger tradition wherein participants secretly recommend… Read More
2022-01-18 15:00
They're the Part 2 of 3 you receive when both bookends are out of print. They’re the discs marked down to $1 during clearance and holiday sales. They're fodder for Ani-Gamers… Read More
2022-01-12 15:35
The final entry in our 2021 Staff Picks series ranks not kings, but anime — specifically those that aired in their entirety this year or ended in it. There was a lot to appreciate… Read More
2022-01-11 14:51
For the second article in our 2021 Staff Picks series, we rank the games that stood out to us last year! Thanks to continuing supply chain shortages due to COVID-19, the PlayStation 5 was st… Read More
2022-01-10 15:25
Welcome to the first in our annual four-part Staff Picks series, in which the Ani-Gamers team celebrates our favorite anime, manga, games, and more from the previous year. As always, we star… Read More
2022-01-02 23:58
Spoiler alert, and also this manga is very NSFW if that’s the kind of thing that might bother you.
Pink Heart Jam by Shikke and translated by Valentina Casetta brings the reader into… Read More
2021-12-24 20:23
Welcome to Anime Secret Santa, a gift exchange — founded by our friends at Reverse Thieves and currently run by the AGC Podcast — where the gifts are anime review recommendation… Read More
2021-12-24 16:36
Welcome to Anime Secret Santa, a gift exchange — founded by our friends at Reverse Thieves and currently run by the AGC Podcast — where the gifts are anime review recommendation… Read More
2021-12-24 00:44
Welcome to Anime Secret Santa, a gift exchange — founded by our friends at Reverse Thieves and currently run by All Geeks Considered — where the gifts are anime review recommend… Read More
2021-12-15 14:57
It’s been a busy holiday season with both hosts narrowly missing the Omicron COVID variant at Anime NYC and picking up lots of games for Black Friday! We discuss both of those, as wel… Read More
2021-12-13 17:22
Did you know that the award-winning MMO Final Fantasy XIV has a free trial including the entirety of A Realm Reborn and the first expansion, Heavensward, with unlimited play up to level 60… Read More
2021-11-18 23:48
It’s Metroid Time again! Evan and David dive back into 2-D Metroid with a review of Metroid Fusion for the Game Boy Advance. There’s some Dread talk in here too since Evan finis… Read More
2021-11-14 14:12
Dear listeners,
Thank you for your ears and comments and questions and patience with our amateur podcast, Oldtaku no Radio. It has been an absolute joy crafting episodes that let us tal… Read More
2021-11-12 20:14
Jared, Ink, and Phillip continue their dive into Satoshi Kon's anime career with Millennium Actress. Joined by the movie's number one superfan, Evan "Vampt Vo" Minto, the hosts discuss… Read More
2021-11-01 16:21
Evan and Ink recap they shows they watched from the summer season — Sonny Boy, Kageki Shoujo!!, The Duke of Death and His Maid, and Yamishibai. Then it’s time for Fall 2021… Read More
2021-10-27 18:42
Houshou Marine, the pirate-themed, charisma bomb of a vtuber, recently passed the two-year anniversary of her debut. In that very brief period her career has gone from strength to strength… Read More
2021-10-25 21:41
In Primal, a caveman and dinosaur travel alongside one another through the unrelenting nature of prehistory. Director Genndy Tartakovsky (Samurai Jack), in a true return to form, ups his mi… Read More
2021-10-23 22:04
Happy Halloween! In celebration of the season, Evan and David review the 2020 indie visual novel Necrobarista, the story of a Melbourne café whose customers include both the living a… Read More
2021-10-11 21:54
Much to our chagrin it’s time to talk about Star Wars content. Evan reviews Star Wars: Visions, a surprisingly varied anthology from star anime creators like Hiroyuki Imaishi and Euny… Read More
2021-09-29 23:50
Oldtaku no Radio's celebrating Halloween a little early this year with Lily C.A.T. Gather around a campfire or shine a flashlight up towards your chin as Jared and Ink pick apart… Read More
2021-09-27 19:05
In preparation for Metroid Dread, Evan and David review the classic SNES game Super Metroid. Plus more Evangelion box set news, the Switch bluetooth headphone update, WarioWare for the Game… Read More
2021-09-03 22:01
In this jam-packed episode, Evan and David enlist the help of Anime News Network's Lynzee Loveridge to say farewell to all of Evangelion. That's right, it's our review of Evangelion 3.0 + 1… Read More
2021-08-29 22:46
For this episode, Jared and Ink talk about Kaiji - the anime about a hapless loser with a heart of gold (and a gambling problem). This anime from 2007, which adapts part of Nobuyuki Fukumot… Read More
2021-08-01 14:45
Evan and Ink recap they shows they watched from last season — Oddtaxi, Megalobox: Nomad, SSSS.Dynazenon, Those Snow White Notes, and Wonder Egg Priority (technically two seasons ago b… Read More
2021-07-22 02:39
Evan and David discuss Evan’s new digital manga service Azuki (the subject of a new recurring disclaimer), the E3 2021 Nintendo Direct, the Switch OLED, and AnimeTube. In the queue th… Read More
2021-07-16 18:10
Tatsuhiko Takimoto’s Welcome the NHK is an important piece of 21st century fiction that provides a vivid fictional account of social problems in turn-of-the-century Japan. Based on th… Read More
2021-07-01 14:50
After three years of clerking in a mom-and-pop liquor store (which was right next to my other part-time job), I was finally of age but still did not drink. A couple years later, I moved to… Read More
2021-06-25 18:32
Evan is back after a break (and a cross-country move) to talk the first half of E3 2021 with David. The boys cover the Microsoft, Ubisoft, and Square Enix press conferences. Evan is getting… Read More
2021-06-25 18:32
Evan is back after a break (and a cross-country move) to talk the first half of E3 2021 with David. The boys cover the Microsoft, Ubisoft, and Square Enix press conferences. Evan is getting… Read More
2021-06-25 01:20
Inspired and made possible by the magic of Pili's glove puppetry as well as the bloodthirsty mind of Gen Urobuchi, Thunderbolt Fantasy is a wuxia tale about sword keepers, wanderi… Read More
2021-05-28 12:18
They're the Part 2 of 3 you receive when both bookends are out of print. They’re the discs marked down to $1 during clearance and holiday sales. They're fodder for Ani-Gamers… Read More
2021-05-19 16:38
David and Patrick host a rare no-Evan episode (he’s busy moving to New York). First the boys discuss the news about a new Madoka sequel movie, NieR: Replicant, and Halo: Master Chief… Read More
2021-05-13 09:24
We’re going way, way, way back to live in the present by talking about something set in the future: Space Battleship Yamato 2199. Leading us on this journey of appreciation and l… Read More
2021-05-01 01:09
Evan and Ink kick off a brand new podcast series, covering the first episode or two of various anime series from the current TV and streaming season. Shows: 86, Battle Athletes, CESTVS The… Read More
2021-04-23 18:22
I am a lifelong fan of the Age of Empires series, and I do mean “lifelong.” The original Age of Empires was a foundational game for me, and I distinctly remember anticipating th… Read More
2021-04-21 03:59
Wah, anime blogger from Analog Housou, joins Evan for an extended episode revisiting the classic high school girl sitcom manga and anime Azumanga Daioh, which is now over 20 years old! Plus… Read More
2021-04-11 09:21
What better to follow our episode about a formative sitcom than a genre satire? This month, Jared and Ink focus on Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun, which adapts some of the 4-koma by Izumi Tsubak… Read More
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