The New American Otaku: Recent Episodes
Thomas O'Neil, Ryan Richards
In honor of Halloween, Ryan and Tommy take a deep dive into the cursed and insanely dangerous horror world of Another. I mean like... people die via umbrella in this show. Yikes.
Join Ryan and Tommy on their quest to truly understand what lies at the heart of the cards... Spoiler: it's classical Japanese poetry juxtaposed with high school sports and animated josei drama. Who knew?!
In this episode we step into the dark world of revenge fantasy, defense focused abilities, magical electric torture tattoos, and... bird girls? You guessed it! Ryan and Tommy are reviewing the heck out of The Rising of the Shield Hero.
Join Ryan and Tommy as they discuss their take on the tear inducing and quantum mechanical tale of a rascal and his bunny girl senpai.
Join Ryan and Tommy as they come to terms with the insanity and glory that is JoJo's Bizarre Adventure S1.
Katana wielding waitresses, punch-happy androphobics, pint-sized senpais, and begrudgingly cross-dressed protagonists. Join Ryan & Tommy as they review season 1 of Working!!
In this episode Ryan and Tommy explore the world of figure skating otaku, pork cutlet bowls, and the many meanings of love... It's time to review Yuri On Ice!
Soldiers, bears, and scat-kings... Oh my! Join Ryan and Tommy as they dissect the themes, conditions, and Meiji-era brutality of Golden Kamuy Season 1.
In this episode, Ryan and Tommy share their thoughts on season one of Overlord. Nothing is sacred as they pick apart how the show exposes the very essence of online otaku culture.
In this episode Ryan & Tommy give a thorough review of the 2016 anime ReLIFE. Contents include: major spoilers, adults pretending to be in high school, pseudo-philosophical banter, a predictable romance, and serious head-pat analysis.