Overly Animated Anime Podcasts: Recent Episodes
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We attempt to crown the greatest Anime OP/Opening theme song of all time as we go through a bracket of 32 of the best ones! Hear each OP on the podcast as we go through the match-ups. Hosts this week: […]
Welcome to our mega-bracket of Animated TV Theme Songs where we’ll crown the ultimate cartoon theme song! Hear each theme songs as we give our selections for the best Recent, Classic, & Anime theme songs. Hosts this week: Dylan Hysen, […]
When Marnie Was There is a gorgeous film by Hiromasa Yonebayashi, the final Studio Ghibli entry before its temporary closure. Listen to hear us break down everything from this film in our latest installment of the Ghibli Rewatch podcast series, […]
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya is legendary animator Isao Takahata’s final film and perhaps his magnum opus. Listen to hear us break down everything from this film in our latest installment of the Ghibli Rewatch podcast series, going through […]
The Wind Rises is Hayao Miyazaki’s adult drama film centered on war and romance. Listen to hear us break down everything from this film in our latest installment of the Ghibli Rewatch podcast series, going through every Studio Ghibli movie […]
From Up on Poppy Hill is a gorgeous period-piece romance, Goro Miyazaki’s 2nd film. Listen to hear us break down everything from this film in our latest installment of the Ghibli Rewatch podcast series, going through every Studio Ghibli movie […]
The Secret World of Arrietty is a gorgeous fantasy film from Hiromasa Yonebayashi, his directorial debut. Listen to hear us break down everything from this film in our latest installment of the Ghibli Rewatch podcast series, going through every Studio […]
Ponyo features some of Hayao Miyazaki’s most gorgeous animation in such a joyful movie. Listen to hear us break down everything from this film in our latest installment of the Ghibli Rewatch podcast series, going through every Studio Ghibli movie […]
Tales from Earthsea is Goro Miyazaki’s (son of Hayao) directorial debut, an epic fantasy movie that got mixed reviews. Listen to hear us break down everything from this film in our latest installment of the Ghibli Rewatch podcast series, going […]
Howl’s Moving Castle is one Hayao Miyazaki’s most magical films and is beloved by many. Listen to hear us break down everything from this film in our latest installment of the Ghibli Rewatch podcast series, going through every Studio Ghibli […]
The Cat Returns is a fun fantasy film inspired by Whisperer of the Heart. Listen to hear us break down everything from this film in our latest installment of the Ghibli Rewatch podcast series, going through every Studio Ghibli movie […]
Spirited Away is likely Hayao Miyazaki’s most revered film and considered by many to be the greatest animated film of all time. Listen to hear us break down everything from this film in our latest installment of the Ghibli Rewatch […]
One of the most obscure Studio Ghibli films, but a marvel of animation, My Neighbors the Yamadas is our next film by Isao Takahata. Listen to hear us break down everything from this film in our latest installment of the […]
Princess Mononoke is one of the most revered and influential of Hayao Miyazaki’s movies, and of animated movies in general. Listen to hear us break down everything from this film in our latest installment of the Ghibli Rewatch podcast series, […]
Whisper of the Heart is a 1995 slice of life masterpiece from director Yoshifumi Kondō and written by Hayao Miyazaki. Listen to hear us break down everything from this film in our latest installment of the Ghibli Rewatch podcast series, […]
Pom Poko is Isao Takahata’s 1994 very strange and visually spectacular parable about urban sprawl. Listen to hear us break down everything from this film in our latest installment of the Ghibli Rewatch podcast series, going through every Studio Ghibli […]
Ocean Waves is the Studio Ghibli movie you’ve never seen! A 1993 collaboration from some of the younger Ghibli crew, listen to hear us break down everything from this film in our latest installment of the Ghibli Rewatch podcast series, […]
Some call Porco Rosso from Hayao Miyazaki one of his most underrated films, featuring the director at his most Miyazaki-ian. Listen to hear us break down everything from this film in our latest installment of the Ghibli Rewatch podcast series, […]
Only Yesterday from Isao Takahata is an adult female drama featuring strikingly contrasting animation styles and for some of us one of our personal favorites! Listen to hear us break down everything from this film in our latest installment of […]
Kiki’s Delivery Service from Hayao Miyazaki is such a beloved film for many women and more and maybe Miyazaki’s most feminist film! Listen to hear us break down everything from this film in our latest installment of the Ghibli Rewatch […]
My Neighbor Totoro from Hayao Miyazaki is perhaps the most iconic and beloved Studio Ghibli movie! Listen to hear us break down everything from this film in our latest installment of the Ghibli Rewatch podcast series, going through every Ghibli […]
Grave of the Fireflies from Isao Takahata has been called one of the greatest war movies of all time. Listen to hear us break down everything from this film in our latest installment of the Ghibli Rewatch podcast series, going […]
Castle in the Sky (aka Laputa: Castle in the Sky) is an epic adventure movie from Hayao Miyazaki. Listen to hear us break down everything from this film in our latest installment of the Ghibli Rewatch podcast series, going through […]
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind is one of the most influential films of all time and Hayao Miyazaki’s finest works. Listen to hear us break down all of the themes and characters from this film in our latest […]
We kick off our Ghibli Rewatch podcast series, going through every Ghibli movie chronologically in honor of the films being available to stream for the first time, with Hayao Miyazaki’s directorial debut, The Castle of Cagliostro (1979). Hosts this week: […]
Dylan Hysen, Beatriz Mourad, & Alex Bonilla recap and review Makoto Shinkai’s latest film, “Weathering With You”. Spoilers start at 13 minutes into the podcast!
Happy New Year everyone! After years of moving forward with a similar format, we’re switching things up for the podcast. The headline is: We’re going to stop doing episode recap podcasts, and we’re going to focus on more high-level discussions. […]
Beatriz Mourad, Michelle Anderer, and April Collins discuss episodes twenty-four and twenty five of Fruits Basket, “Let’s Go Home” and “Summer Will Be Coming Soon.”
Beatriz Mourad, Michelle Anderer, and Alex Bonilla discuss the twenty-third episode of Fruits Basket, “You Look Well…” This is the outfit we discussed on the pod:
Beatriz Mourad, Michelle Anderer, and April Collins discuss the twenty-second episode of Fruits Basket, “Because I Was Happy.”
Beatriz Mourad, Michelle Anderer, and Alex Bonilla discuss the twenty-first episode of Fruits Basket, “I Never Back Down From a Wave Fight.”
Beatriz Mourad, Michelle Anderer, and April Collins discuss the twentieth episode of Fruits Basket, “I Can’t Believe You Picked It Up.”
Beatriz Mourad, Michelle Anderer, and April Collins discuss the eighteenth and nineteenth episodes of Fruits Basket, “What’s Important Is…” & “I’m So Sorry!”
April Collins, Michelle Anderer, and Alex Bonilla discuss the seventeenth episode of Fruits Basket, “This Is For Uo-Chan”.
Beatriz Mourad, Michelle Anderer, and April Collins discuss the sixteenth episode of Fruits Basket, “She Said Don’t Step on Them”.
Beatriz Mourad, Michelle Anderer, and April Collins discuss the fifteenth episode of Fruits Basket, “I Wouldn’t Say That”!
Beatriz Mourad, Michelle Anderer, and April Collins discuss the fourteenth episode of Fruits Basket, “That’s a Secret”.
Beatriz Mourad, Michelle Anderer, and April Collins discuss the thirteenth episode of Fruits Basket, “How Have You Been, My Brother?”.
Beatriz Mourad, Michelle Anderer, and April Collins discuss the twelfth episode of Fruits Basket, “You Look Like You’re Having Fun”.
Beatriz Mourad, Michelle Anderer, and April Collins discuss the eleventh episode of Fruits Basket, “This Is a Wonderful Inn”.
Beatriz Mourad, Michelle Anderer, and April Collins discuss the tenth episode of Fruits Basket, “It’s Valentine’s, After All”.
Beatriz Mourad, Michelle Anderer, and April Collins discuss the ninth episode of Fruits Basket.
Beatriz Mourad, Michelle Anderer, and April Collins discuss the eighth episode of Fruits Basket, “See You When You Get Back”!
Beatriz Mourad, Michelle Anderer, and April Collins discuss the seventh episode of Fruits Basket.
Beatriz Mourad, Michelle Anderer, and April Collins discuss the sixth episode of Fruits Basket, “Perhaps We Should Invite Ourselves Over”!
Beatriz Mourad, Michelle Anderer, and April Collins discuss the fifth episode of Fruits Basket.
Beatriz Mourad, Michelle Anderer, and April Collins discuss the fourth episode of 2019 Fruits Basket adaptation, “What Year Is She?”.
Beatriz Mourad, Michelle Anderer, and April Collins discuss the third episode of Fruits Basket, “Let’s Play Rich Man-Poor Man!”
Beatriz Mourad, Michelle Anderer, and April Collins discuss the second episode of the 2019 Fruits Basket adaptation.
Beatriz Mourad, Dylan Hysen, John McKenna, and Steve Zec discuss the first episode of the 2019 Fruits Basket anime, “See You After School”.
Dylan Hysen, Michelle Anderer, Andy Potter, & April Collins recap the Season 1 finale of The Promised Neverland, “150146”.
Andy Potter, Alex Bonilla, & Steve Zec recap Episode 11 of The Promised Neverland, “140146”.
Dylan Hysen, Michelle Anderer, Andy Potter, & April Collins recap Episode 10 of The Promised Neverland, “130146”.
Dylan Hysen, Michelle Anderer, Andy Potter, & April Collins recap Episode 9 of The Promised Neverland, “031145”.
Dylan Hysen, Andy Potter, April Collins, & Steve Zec recap Episode 8 of The Promised Neverland, “021145”.
Andy Potter, April Collins, & Steve Zec recap Episode 7 of The Promised Neverland, “011145”.
Dylan Hysen, Andy Potter, April Collins, & Steve Zec recap Episode 6 of The Promised Neverland, “311045”.
April Collins, Michelle Anderer, Andy Potter and John McKenna talk about Episode 5 of The Promised Neverland, “301045”.
Andy Potter, Alex Bonilla, & John McKenna review and recap the new Dragon Ball movie, “Dragon Ball Super: Broly”!
Dylan Hysen, Michelle Anderer, April Collins, & Andy Potter recap Episode 4 of The Promised Neverland, “291045”.
Dylan Hysen, Michelle Anderer, Andy Potter, & Steve Zec recap Episode 3 of The Promised Neverland, “181045”.
Dylan Hysen, Michelle Anderer, April Collins, & Ally Martin recap the 2nd episode of winter 2019 anime “The Promised Neverland”!
Dylan Hysen, Andy Potter, Steve Zec, & John McKenna recap the first episode of new winter anime The Promised Neverland (Yakusoku no Neverland), “121045”.
Dylan Hysen, Delaney Stovall, Sam Quattro, & Michelle Anderer look back on the ups and downs of portrays of queer characters and romance in 2018 animation, including Steven Universe, Adventure Time, Voltron: Legendary Defender, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, […]
Alex Bonilla, Sam Quattro, and Michelle Anderer talk about the Neo Yokio Christmas special, titled “Pink Christmas”.
Justin Cummings and John McKenna review the latest film from director Mamoru Hosoda, "Mirai"!
Dylan Hysen, Andy Potter, John McKenna, & Michael Smith discuss all the animes they’re watching from the current Fall 2018 season at its mid-way point. Shows covered include: Zombie Land Saga, Bloom Into You, Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl […]
Beatriz Mourad, April Collins, and John McKenna discuss all of Season 1 of the new Netflix anime, Aggretsuko. Quote of the Pod: Hello Everybody! (I am so sorry)
Beatriz Mourad and Hayley Nabuurs discuss Mamoru Hosoda’s “Wolf Children.” Quote of the Pod: “What was the name of the werewolf from Twilight?”
Beatriz Mourad, Michelle Anderer, John McKenna, and Steve Zec discuss the first three episodes of the Netflix anime, “Devilman Crybaby.” WARNING: Rated M for Mature.
Beatriz Mourad & Dylan Hysen review and recap the Studio Ponoc (Studio Ghibli legacy) film, “Mary and the Witch’s Flower”.
Beatriz Mourad, Michelle Anderer, and Steve Zec discuss the Infinity Arc of Sailor Moon.
Andy Potter and Steve Zec discuss the third and probably darkest season of Digimon, Digimon Tamers.
Dylan Hysen, Beatriz Mourad, April Collins, and Steve Zec recap the final four episodes of Little Witch Academia: “Things We Said Today”, “Yesterday”, “A Road to Arcturus”, and “Changing at the End of the World”.
Dylan Hysen, Beatriz Mourad, and Steve Zec recap episodes 18, 19, 20, and 21 of the Netflix anime, Little Witch Academia: “Starship Take Off!”, “Cavendish”, “Intellect and Sensibility”, and “Discipline”.
Beatriz Mourad, Steve Zec, and April Collins discuss episodes 14,15, 16, and 17 of the Netflix anime, Little Witch Academia. Quote of the Pod: “Ursula, Chariot, you queen.”
Justin Cummings and Andy Potter look back on the 2013 anime, “Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet”.
Dylan Hysen, Beatriz Mourad, Steve Zec, and April Collins recap Episodes 11, 12, and 13 of Little Witch Academia, “Blue Moon”, “What You Will”, and “Samhain Magic Festival”.
Alex Bonilla, Sam Quattro, & Michelle Anderer discuss Neo Yokio, the six-episode anime created by Vampire Weekend frontman Ezra Koenig.
Beatriz Mourad, Steve Zec, and April Collins discuss episodes 8,9, and 10 of the Netflix anime Little Witch Academia. Quote of the Pod: “Let Lotte be happy.”
Beatriz Mourad, Michelle Anderer, and Hayley Nabuurs celebrate the 20th Anniversary of Revolutionary Girl Utena by discussing its theatrical remake, “Adolescence of Utena.”
Dylan Hysen, Steve Zec, April Collins, and Beatriz Mourad recap episodes 4, 5, 6, and 7 of the 2017 anime Little Witch Academia, now on Netflix!
Dylan Hysen, Steve Zec, April Collins, and Beatriz Mourad recap the first three episodes of the 2017 anime “Little Witch Academia” (now on Netflix!).
Dylan Hysen, Hayley Nabuurs, and Beatriz Mourad rank their Top 5 Hayao Miyazaki directed films. This discussion is suitable for Miyazaki newbies and experts alike!
Justin Cummings and Dylan Hysen discuss the 2016 anime film, “Yu-Gi-Oh! The Dark Side of Dimensions”.
Dylan Hysen, Sam Quattro, and Ally Martin discuss the 2016 Makoto Shinkai film, “Your Name” (Kimi no Na wa).
Dylan Hysen and Ally Martin discuss Season 1 of Yuri!!! On Ice including the finale, the season as a whole, and Yuri and Victor’s characters and their romance.
Justin Cummings and Michelle Anderer look back on the 2006 anime film, “The Girl Who Leapt Through Time”.
Dylan Hysen and Ally Martin discuss the 2015 Kyoto Animation anime series Sound! Euphonium.
We look back on the 2011 Studio Ghibli film “From Up on Poppy Hill” as Dylan Hysen is joined by Sam Quattro.
We look back on Miyazaki’s classic epic fantasy film Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind as Dylan Hysen is joined by Mel Moyer.
The latest Studio Ghibli release, When Marnie Was There, is discussed and reviewed as Dylan Hysen is joined by Sam Quattro and Delaney Stovall. Spoilers for the film throughout.