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Otaku Melancholy

The Otaku Melancholy Team

Otaku Melancholy Podcast is the podcast for the people who like anime a little too much by people who like anime a little too much. Covering all sorts of topics from the worst, the wildest, and the weirdest of anime in their Animisery episodes to breaking down and analyzing if the modern classics are really classic or just "crap"sic in their Was It Hype series, Otaku Melancholy is the part serious anime discussion and part stupid comedy podcast that"s all weeaboo for you. New episodes every Tuesday

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All Episodes

01:16:09

Winter 2020 Season Review (Part 2 / 2)

Otaku Melancholy ·

2020/04/18

First off: sorry for Matt's less than stellar audio quality but he had to record in a massage room... it's a long story. We're wrapping up our seasonal review with some of the hottest shows... and Science Fell in Love. We watched them so you didn't have to and now we're talking about Science Fell In Love So I Tried to Prove It, Interspecies Reviewers, and Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! Come for the monster girl boobs and butts but stay for the passionate anime discussion. Or don't. Please do. Go to

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01:57:24

Winter 2020 Season Review (Part 1 / 2)

Otaku Melancholy ·

2020/04/08

It's seasonal review time! We put ourselves through this so you can find out what was worth watching and what you should be dropping. Winter 2020 had some ups and some downs but what was worth taking a look at? In this epsiode, we're covering ID/Invaded, Darwin's Game, Smile Down the Runway, Toilet Bound Hanako-kun, I Don't Want to Get Hurt So I'll Max Out My Defense, The Case Files of Jeweler Richard, In/Spectre, Somali and the Forest Spirit, Sorcerous Stabber Orphen, and Seton Academy: Join the

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01:12:55

Animisery: School Days

Otaku Melancholy ·

2020/04/03

Ah, high school. The carefree years of your life where doing something so leisurely as snapping a picture of your crush will quickly escalate to you being able to finally get ahead and take a fun ride on a nice boat sans your body. We're talking about School Days this Animisery and it's THAT School Days. You know it. Your mom knows it. Your dog knows it. It's all about the doki-doki escapades of Makoto Itou and his harem of girls that casually morphs into a creep show of underage debauchery and

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01:04:21

The Vision of Escaflowne

Otaku Melancholy ·

2020/03/31

Peanut butter and jelly. Knives and forks. Anime panties and a conveniently placed camera. These are all classic combos. Now what about the unfamiliar ones? What about something new? What about an isekei mixed with mecha that's also a shoujo that's also a fantasy that's also a romance? Studio Sunrise in 1996 decided to just combine everything in their anime blender and out came The Vision of Escaflowne. So how is it? Is it a great combo like chocolate and peanut butter or is it questionable one like

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01:00:28

Perfect Blue

Otaku Melancholy ·

2020/03/24

It's another stop on the Satoshi Kon-quest and this time we're doing his most psychological taxing and haunting work: Perfect Blue! This 1997 classic is definitely the kind of anime that you don't show to your parents so listen to our review to hear our take on it! In this episode, find out why Matt cancelled his Nintendo Power subscription, who in the OtaMel team was personally traumatized by Perfect Blue, and what K-pop band that Brad stanned as a teenager. Join us in our Discord at

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01:08:35

PatLabor Collection / Ō-sama Weiss-kun!? Episode 0

Otaku Melancholy ·

2020/03/20

You might think that mecha shows are only about fighting and destroying and epic warfare and heavy political intrigue but PatLabor would dare to prove you wrong. PatLabor is a classic anime franchise about the men and women who use their mechs to solve weirdly philosophical based crime and look really confusing doing it! Is it good though? Your OtaMel hosts are here to get those answers for you. In this episode, find out all about mech based crime, why you should definitely be an adult to watch

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01:10:09

Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket

Otaku Melancholy ·

2020/03/17

March Mecha Madness continues! The hosts are talking about arguably the best entry in the Gundam franchise with Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket. It is serious real anime discussion time about the nature of war, the loss of innocence, and how giant robots play a part in that. In this episode, find out what it's like to meet famous people as a kid, how much sadness one anime can bring, and why it's important to write your little kid characters as somewhat annoying. I'm just going to warn you that the

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01:02:46

Introduction to Gundam

Otaku Melancholy ·

2020/03/11

Have you ever wanted to get into Gundam but were just too lazy to Google how to start? I hope so because we're talking Gundam in this episode and almost all you need to know so that you don't get your Universal Century confused with your Correct Century. Gundamn there's a lot of timelines! In this episode, hear what started our hosts into watching anime's arguably biggest mecha franchise, how many times SagiriLover94 has watched Gundam Wing just to not finish it, and why you just should just give

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01:04:17

Anime Quiz Bowl!

Otaku Melancholy ·

2020/03/06

Our hosts fight each other in a glorious battle of anime intellect as they go head to head in anime quiz bowl! Play along and see how much (probably useless) info you know! Which host will be the one fated to have a shameful nickname thrust upon them? Listen to find out how loud Matt can yell "buzz", what you should probably do when someone has a stroke, and why you should probably have someone who knows a bit more Japanese say all these names. Thanks again, Lucas! Join our server at

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01:25:21

Animisery: Darling in the FranXX

Otaku Melancholy ·

2020/03/04

Okay, listen real quick before you murder us. Zero Two might be your waifu. That's respectable. We are not bashing her (mostly). We're just saying what everyone else has said already and that maybe the second half of Darling isn't the best thing in the world and ruins the first half and might have made Matt lose some faith in anime. That's all. Put the dakimakura down and let's talk. You'll mostly be listening this time but you're always welcome to join the Discord at https://discord.gg/rUHYUyW and

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00:58:32

Lucky Star: The Magnificent Manifestation of...

Otaku Melancholy ·

2020/02/25

You ever see something that just made you want to hug it and protect it from all the impure evils and heinous sins of this world? Well, that thing was probably moe and there's probably nothing (in anime) more moe than 2007's slice of life classic Lucky Star. Following the lives of otaku Konata and her assemble of friends, Lucky Star is the kind of cute that makes a grown man cry manly tears in marvel of the moe madness. In this episode, Brad and Matt discuss the meaning of moe, why it hurts when

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01:00:26

Streaming and Piracy (ft. Sinful Scientist)

Otaku Melancholy ·

2020/02/21

With the recent controversy of Funimation removing the too-ecchi-not-to-be-hentai series Interspecies Reviewers, the hosts of Otaku Melancholy decided to take a critical look at anime streaming services and piracy. In this episode, we joined up with our friend Lucas (artist and creator of the Webtoon F*cking Magical who also did the awesome art for our pod) to talk about all things streaming including the good(?) ol' days of watching anime on YouTube, the censorship of hentai, and why these mooches

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00:57:53

Trade Ya!: Neo Yokio vs. Himouto! Umaru-chan

Otaku Melancholy ·

2020/02/18

Good friends share everything, right? They share their favorite food, their personal problems, and even their favorite shows and movies. Well, Brad and Matt are the absolute GOODEST (I KNOW that's not a word spell check, jeez) of friends and they're sharing their garbage taste with one another. Enter these two shows with whiny protagonists that our hosts just can't stand. Matt hates Neo Yokio and Brad kind of sort of dislikes Umaru-chan. Find out how Brad became slightly nauseated watching

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00:54:05

Paranoia Agent

Otaku Melancholy ·

2020/02/11

The Satoshi Kon-quest continues with a review of Kon's only anime series: Paranoia Agent. Paranoia Agent is a psychological driven series focused on the meaning of repression and the unique perspective it brings to society as a series of assaults occur in Tokyo by an assailant known as Lil' Slugger/Shonen Bat. Join us in this episode to find out how Brad and Matt completely ignored shadows, how much themes can be over-analyzed, and just to the extent that main character names can be mispronounced

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00:56:07

The Convention Experience / Kami-con

Otaku Melancholy ·

2020/02/07

For as long as humankind has had hobbies so have there been conventions for people to gather and discuss them and also use all their food money on cute Fate charms. Whether it be an oversized large venue where the smell of B.O. permeates every molecule of your being or a small hotel lot where the only cosplayer is a guy wearing a Naruto headband and a smile, anime conventions are special. That's why we're here to talk about them and "review" the one we just went to. In this episode, listen to the

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01:16:39

Animisery: Magical Girl Site

Otaku Melancholy ·

2020/02/04

Imagine this: an anime that takes magical girls and puts them in a grim and depressing light in way to deconstruct and create a new twist on the genre. Yeah, that's not this show. That's Puella Magi Madoka Magika. This show is if someone copied Madoka's homework and ran in through Google Translate in a million different languages and then attempted to turn it in for the wrong class. In this episode of Animisery, Matt and Brad discuss Magical Girl Site: an anime for when you actually want to feel

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01:50:15

Winter 2020 First Impressions (State of the Season)

Otaku Melancholy ·

2020/01/28

Every anime podcast does this so we're doing it too: it's seasonal first impressions time! Listen to hear your hosts give their thoughts on the first few episodes of series such as Darwin's Game, Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken, Smile Down the Runway, ID/Invaded, Plunderer, Ishuzoku Reviewers, and so much more. Find out what girl has the scowl you must protect, what it means to be Psycho-Pass with extra steps, and how Harry Potter probably uses the restroom according to our hosts! It'll all make sense,

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01:05:47

Anime Origins or Welcome to the Hosts

Otaku Melancholy ·

2020/01/24

Everyone has an origin story. From cool anime characters to your neighbors who inexplicably have twenty-two cats, everyone has some sort of tale of their beginnings. Some origin stories are just way better than others. The hosts of Otaku Melancholy definitely do not have one of those way better stories. In this episode, find out Brad and Matt's anime origins, what their transformative shows were, and listen as the hosts share a sentimental moment as to the greatest anime gift they've given each

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00:38:08

Tokyo Godfathers

Otaku Melancholy ·

2020/01/21

Released in 2003, Tokyo Godfathers is about an unconventional family of three homeless people who make a winter trip to return a baby found in the garbage to their mother. This Satoshi Kon directed film has garnered wide acclaim by other anime fans but what do the hosts of Otaku Melancholy think of it? Listen now to find out why Hana is best girl, how Brad would shill for a certain entertainment company, and a series of Satoshi Kon puns that will leave you Kon-vinced that the hosts are idiots.

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01:02:14

Animisery: Eromanga-Sensei

Otaku Melancholy ·

2020/01/14

In this premiere episode of Animisery, Matt and Audrey discuss and review the sister-loving-light-novel-writing-baka-yelling-way-too-focused-on-legs-and-lips classic that is Eromanga-sensei. Listen and find out why this is the lowest rated anime on Audrey's MyAnimeList and why Matt think Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is the best movie ever.

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