Third Impact Anime Podcast

At long last, after podcasting for 8 years and counting (wow...), we have finally gone and done it; we're reviewing some Mobile Suit Gundam. Since we are very sensible and reasonable folk at TIA, we thought we would start at the very beginning. Just kidding, we picked an entry that sounded interesting to us after Austin and Bill had independently been dabbling in various Gundam entries for the past several years. Although to be fair, some people claim that the OVA we're reviewing in this episode, Mobile Suit Gundam: 08th MS Team, is a solid entry point into the franchise for beginners, but is that actually true? Let's test that theory! We're happy to welcome Coop back to the show! Coop has been on the show a number of times to talk about anime conventions, but never to actually review a series with us before. As a giant robot aficionado, we could think of no better friend of the show to have on for our first leap into the world of Gundam. Coop regularly writes for Anime News Network, including the weekly This Week in Anime Column, and contributes to releases from Discotek and AnimEigo. Check out Coop's work, social media, and podcasts here! Have you seen 08th MS Team? What do you think of it? Does it live up to the hype? Do you think it's a good entry point to Gundam or not? Let us know by sending us an email at thirdimpactanime@gmail.com and we'll discuss it on the show. If you enjoy this or any other episode, leave us a Rating and Review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or elsewhere! Show notes are available on our website: www.thirdimpactanime.com More helpful links: https://beacons.ai/thirdimpactanime Follow us on Bluesky at thirdimpactanime.bsky.social Follow us on Instagram at instagram.com/ThirdImpactAnime Listen & Subscribe on Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | Podbean Support us on Ko-Fi | Patreon

It's a bird, it's a plane, it's the return of our chronically neglected sub show, Kotatsu Corner! Join us as we gather around a tiny table to chat about not-anime. Okay, maybe a little anime. Austin, Bill, and returning special guest Drew from Sideburns & Cigarettes: A Lupin III Podcast join together to chat about Superman (2025) but not before Bill and Drew talk about one of their other favorite TMS anime, Detective Conan, and its recent brand-new English dub. If you enjoy this or any other episode, leave us a Rating and Review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or elsewhere! Show notes are available on our website: www.thirdimpactanime.com More helpful links: https://beacons.ai/thirdimpactanime Follow us on Bluesky at thirdimpactanime.bsky.social Follow us on Instagram at instagram.com/ThirdImpactAnime Listen & Subscribe on Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | Podbean Support us on Ko-Fi | Patreon

Another great year of Animazement has come and gone and Bill, Austin, and Tori are here to tell you all about it. Pay no mind that the convention ended almost a month and a half ago! This episode was a beast to edit, and for good reason! Not only do we talk about our panels, the cool sights and sounds we experienced, the good food we ate, and merch we bought, but we also had not one or two, but FIVE special guests join us for various segments throughout this episode to talk about some of the cool things they saw and did over the weekend. Going through them in appearance order, you may know a few of them from being on the show before or encountering their work on the internet in various places; we have returning friends Coop (@RiderStrike) and Maddy (@hyakushiki0087) back on the show but also Megan (@brainchild129), Cody (@codyanskaya), and Kurt (@GreatSG) join us for the first time! Coop, Megan, and Maddy travelled from far off lands (the Midwest and the west coast) to see if the rumors about Animazement being "good" were true. Listen to find out! Coop regularly writes for Anime News Network, contributes to releases from Discotek and AnimEigo, and does some podcasty stuff from time to time. Maddy appears as a regular contributor to Giant Robot FM. Megan is a frequent panelist and writes for Anime Feminist as well as her own blog, The Manga Test Drive! Cody is a long-time Animazement head but joins us to talk about their debut panel Rotund Mecha Gentleman, something we really got a kick out of and I'm sure you all will too. Kurt is the mastermind behind panels such as the Awesomely Bad Japanese Music Videos and Ugly Giant Robots Arbitrarily Ranked but we had him on specifically to talk about his brand new endeavor The Anime Home Video Museum, a audio visual odyssey through the history of anime on home video. It's a heck of a thing and I know you guys will love to hear Kurt talk about it. Did you attend Animazement this year? If not, did you attend one of the other 900 conventions happening over Memorial Day weekend? Let us know by sending us an email at thirdimpactanime@gmail.com and we'll discuss it on the show. 00:00:00 - Live from the hotel room on Sunday afternoon, it's The Nagahomies! (Austin, Tori, Coop, Maddy, and Megan!) 00:19:23 - The actual con-versation starts! (Lots of autograph and panel talk) 00:39:48 - Cody joins us to talk about Rotund Mecha Gentlemen and their general thoughts about the con 00:59:39 - The con-versation continues! (Mostly on the Aimi concert) 01:04:38 - Kurt joins us to talk about the origins and the madness of The Anime Home Video Museum! 01:35:59 - Extra talking about the AHVM, Tori's horrors in the horror panel, most notable cosplays, Austin talks about his panels (10 Anime Movies You May Have Missed and Road of Resistance: 15 Years of BABYMETAL), Bill and Austin talk about being invited onto a Trivia Knights game show, reflecting on the Masao Maruyama panel, Bill playing Mario Golf, and talking about what we did (and didn't) buy. 02:19:00 - Wrap up, recommendations, and social media plugs! If you enjoy this or any other episode, leave us a Rating and Review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or elsewhere! Show notes are available on our website: www.thirdimpactanime.com More helpful links: https://beacons.ai/thirdimpactanime Follow us on Bluesky at thirdimpactanime.bsky.social Follow us on Instagram at instagram.com/ThirdImpactAnime Listen & Subscribe on Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | Podbean Support us on Ko-Fi | Patreon

The podcast finally returns with a look at a few of the anime we are watching during the Spring 2025 anime season! Austin and Bill discuss Yaiba: Samurai Legend, Austin and Sully discuss Witch Watch, and Austin reviews Colorful Stage! The Movie: A Miku Who Can't Sing. David Letterman makes an appearance (archival audio only. We asked, but he was busy).  Austin, Tori, and Bill will be at Animazement in Raleigh, NC at the end of May and we hope to see you there! Time stamps: 00:00:00 - Intro and explanation of the slightly new format 00:02:28 - Austin and Bill's first impressions of Yaiba: Samurai Legend 00:23:12 - Sully's first impressions of Witch Watch (Austin is there too because he read some of the manga) 00:49:30 - Austin reviews Colorful Stage! The Movie: A Miku Who Can't Sing and Bill provides some color commentary 01:13:12 - Outro where we tell you to come see us at Animazement at the end of May! If you enjoy this or any other episode, leave us a Rating and Review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or elsewhere! Show notes are available on our website: www.thirdimpactanime.com More helpful links: https://beacons.ai/thirdimpactanime Follow us on Bluesky at thirdimpactanime.bsky.social Follow us on Instagram at instagram.com/ThirdImpactAnime Listen & Subscribe on Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | Podbean Support us on Ko-Fi | Patreon

On January 16th, 2025, the world lost one of the greats; American filmmaker David Lynch passed away at the age of 78, leaving behind a decades-long career of truly unique films and television series' including Twin Peaks, Eraserhead, Mulholland Drive, Blue Velvet, Inland Empire, and many more. Many of us at Third Impact are big fans of Lynch's work, and Sully wanted to take some time to reflect on his life, his art, and his influence on various anime and Japanese video games over the years. Joining us are two returning friends, Drew and Emma of Sideburns and Cigarettes: A Lupin the Third Podcast who are also big Lynch fans. We dedicate this episode of David's life and his work. Remember; one day, the sadness will end. Time Stamps: 00:00:00 - Intro and everyone's history with David Lynch's work 00:10:53 - General chatting about David Lynch's works and their influence (whether explicitly or only speculatively) on many Japanese works including: Paranoia Agent The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening Ghost in the Shell Lupin the Third: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine Revolutionary Girl Utena Silent Hill Persona Soul Eater P.T. Perfect Blue Paprika 00:56:52 - Final thoughts and wrap up If you enjoy this or any other episode, leave us a Rating and Review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or elsewhere! Show notes are available on our website: www.thirdimpactanime.com More helpful links: https://beacons.ai/thirdimpactanime Follow us on Bluesky at thirdimpactanime.bsky.social Follow us on Instagram at instagram.com/ThirdImpactAnime Listen & Subscribe on Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | Podbean Support us on Ko-Fi | Patreon

Happy New Year, I say through gritted teeth. 2025 is certainly off to a, well, ya know what. No comment. Let's talk about anime. 2024 had some pretty good anime! Austin and Bill take a Tatsuki Fujimoto's Look Back at the year to talk about some of our favorites that we finished, a couple things we sampled and enjoyed but didn't complete, and a couple things that didn't quite make it into the favorites list. Grab a box of shika senbei, sit back, and enjoy! Time stamps: 00:00:00 - Intro and cold open 00:10:12 - Honorable mentions (shows we watched some of and liked but didn't finish) Metallic Rouge Uzumaki Mayonaka Punch A Condition Called Love Dandadan Magilumiere Co. Ltd. Girls Band Cry 00:58:28 - Our Best Anime of 2024 (and some others) The Idolm@ster Shiny Colors My Deer Friend Nokotan A Sign of Affection The Colors Within Delicious in Dungeon Look Back Brave Bang Bravern Dead Dead Demon's DeDeDeDe Destruction If you enjoy this or any other episode, leave us a Rating and Review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or elsewhere! Show notes are available on our website: www.thirdimpactanime.com More helpful links: https://beacons.ai/thirdimpactanime Follow us on Instagram at instagram.com/ThirdImpactAnime Follow us on Bluesky at thirdimpactanime.bsky.social Listen & Subscribe on Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | Podbean Support us on Ko-Fi | Patreon

It's the most wonderful time of the year! Anime Secret Santa-san has once again performed his annual B&E and left us with an interesting array of anime series, movies, and OVAs under our tree. Austin and Bill and are joined by Tori and Sarah, two first-timers to the Anime Secret Santa festivities! Bill reviews three of his picks because he likes being extra (Roujin Z, Tsuritama, and Mai Mai Miracle), Austin reviews Chihayafuru (Season 1), Tori reviews Kaiji: Ultimate Survivor, and Sarah reviews Gunbuster! As our holiday gift to you, I hope you enjoy the lively conversation. A huge special thanks to everyone who participates in this fun project every year, especially the folks at the Taiiku Podcast who have kept it going the last few years. Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and may God save your little broken body. Time Stamps: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:04:50 - Our history with Anime Secret Santa and welcoming Tori and Sarah to it for the first time! 00:10:25 - The shows we were suggested that we didn't watch 00:18:45 - Bill's review of Roujin Z 00:30:16 - Tori's review of Kaiji: Ultimate Survivor 00:47:27 - Austin's review of Chihayafuru (Season 1) 01:11:34 - Bill's review of Tsuritama 01:26:46 - Sarah's review of Gunbuster 01:41:56 - Bill's review of Mai Mai Miracle 01:55:16 - Wrap up and social media plugs If you enjoy this or any other episode, leave us a Rating and Review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or elsewhere! Show notes are available on our website: www.thirdimpactanime.com More helpful links: https://beacons.ai/thirdimpactanime Follow us on Instagram at instagram.com/ThirdImpactAnime Follow us on Bluesky at thirdimpactanime.bsky.social Listen & Subscribe on Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | Podbean Support us on Ko-Fi | Patreon

Honey Flash! Sully and returning guest Salvatore (@RetroSofa) sit down with VA and dub director David Wald and OG Cutie Honey dub actress Jessica Calvello to discuss their work on the recent English dub for the 2004 OVA Re: Cutie Honey from Discotek! Topics include how Go Nagai chose Jessica for the role of Honey, how dubbing has changed since Jessica first took the role in the 90s for New Cutie Honey, and what makes Honey so special all these years later. An important note: This was recorded a few months ago, prior to David's statement on Crunchyroll opening his fan mail without his knowledge and dispersing the contents to their staff. Upon David's request, we didn't go back and add any additional mention of this in the episode, but we did want to state here in text that we are deeply disappointed in Crunchyroll's behavior and we encourage anyone listening or reading this to support David and call upon Crunchyroll to do better. Time stamps: 00:00:00 - Intro and Jessica's long history with the character 00:12:59 - Bringing back returning cast members from previous Cutie Honey and Go Nagai anime projects 00:15:49 - David's thoughts on directing dubs for "archival anime" as opposed to newly airing anime 00:18:04 - Salvatore on being a Cutie Honey super-fan, archivist, and working with Discotek Media 00:27:07 - Jessica and David on the nuances and differences across the various Cutie Honey series' 00:40:21 - How does Jessica approach the work of acting within the limitations of anime 00:46:04 - Jessica and David on dub script adaptation and directing 00:53:26 - A brief aside about Excel Saga and Jessica's "Excel Saga Journal" 01:03:49 - Knowing that Cutie Honey is a very fanservice heavy show, how do you approach that with pathos? 01:15:45 - David's approach to the lesbian text of Cutie Honey 01:27:39 - Casting Kayleigh McKee as Black Claw 01:34:46 - What's Cutie Honey's appeal for Salvatore? 01:50:49 - Salvatore asks about the mythical Cutie Honey CGI project that never materialized 02:01:24 - Jessica has a crucial question for Salvatore: Is Cutie Honey an android or a magical girl? 02:07:36 - Would Jessica and David return to dub Cutie Honey Flash if given the chance? 02:10:27 - Outro If you enjoy this or any other episode, leave us a Rating and Review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or elsewhere! Show notes are available on our website: www.thirdimpactanime.com More helpful links: https://beacons.ai/thirdimpactanime Follow us on Instagram at instagram.com/ThirdImpactAnime Follow us on Bluesky at thirdimpactanime.bsky.social Listen & Subscribe on Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | Podbean Support us on Ko-Fi | Patreon

When the hollow boats creak and the noh masks quake, mononoke come out for a swinging wake! Welcome to our 2024 Halloween special where Austin, Tori, and Sully review the 2007 TV anime Mononoke, a spooky series of ghost stories following the enigmatic Medicine Peddler as he exorcises troublesome spirits wreaking havoc on the world and the people in it. Tricks, treats, truths, forms, reasons, we've got it all in this one. Please enjoy and have a happy Halloween! Time stamps: 00:00:00 - Intro and general talk about our Halloween season 00:18:17 - Mononoke history and production notes 00:40:33 - Our review of Mononoke, primarily focusing on our favorite segments 01:28:02 - Most iconic moments and closing If you enjoy this or any other episode, leave us a Rating and Review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or elsewhere! Show notes are available on our website: www.thirdimpactanime.com More helpful links: https://beacons.ai/thirdimpactanime Follow us on Instagram at instagram.com/ThirdImpactAnime Follow us on Bluesky at thirdimpactanime.bsky.social Listen & Subscribe on Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | Podbean Support us on Ko-Fi | Patreon

We went to our biggest anime convention yet and what better way to celebrate than having our longest Con-versations episode yet. This time, Austin and Tori review Otakon 2024 which was held in Washington, DC from August 2-4th, 2024. This episode would have been out earlier, but between life stuff and us recording for over three and a half hours, it was a lot to get through. Totally worth it though, if you ask me, due in large part to our very special guests, Coop and Maddy! Coop you may know from their work at Discotek Media, Anime News Network, AnimEigo, J-Novel Club, and their own podcast, Dude, You Remember Macross? and Maddy you may have heard appear on shows like Giant Robot FM and Chatty AF: The Anime Feminist Podcast. Both of them are very cool, kind folks who yapped with us for way too long about an awesome convention weekend. 00:00:00 - Introduction and everyone's history with Otakon (or lack-thereof) 00:24:40 - Venue talk, including artist's alley and dealer's room 00:40:53 - Fan panels, and a tangent about Gundam 01:05:58 - Industry panels, with tangents about EGL fashion, gas stations, and more 02:08:04 - The Great and the Terrible of autograph sessions 02:24:04 - Cosplay talk! And an aside about places to eat around the con 02:51:12 - Most iconic moment(s) 02:56:41 - Social medias and outro If you enjoy this or any other episode, leave us a Rating and Review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or elsewhere! Show notes are available on our website: www.thirdimpactanime.com More helpful links: https://beacons.ai/thirdimpactanime Follow us on Instagram at instagram.com/ThirdImpactAnime Follow us on Bluesky at thirdimpactanime.bsky.social Follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/TI_Anime Listen & Subscribe on Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | Podbean Support us on Ko-Fi | Patreon

Beware, this podcast might be a mimic! Or maybe it melts clothing? Either way, Himmel the hero would have loved it. Austin forms a party with three adventurers, Sarah, Ryan, and Will, to hunt for grimoires and help old ladies in our review of Frieren: Beyond Journey's End. 00:00:00 - Introduction and brief pre-show yapping 00:19:03 - Frieren manga/anime background and creative staff 00:31:59 - Japanese/English cast breakdown and sub/dub discussion 00:44:09 - Frieren series discussion and review 01:44:03 - Wrap up and "most iconic scene" discussion 01:55:04 - Social media plugs and outro If you enjoy this or any other episode, leave us a Rating and Review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or elsewhere! Show notes are available on our website: www.thirdimpactanime.com More helpful links: https://beacons.ai/thirdimpactanime Follow us on Instagram at instagram.com/ThirdImpactAnime Follow us on Bluesky at thirdimpactanime.bsky.social Follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/TI_Anime Listen & Subscribe on Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | Podbean Support us on Ko-Fi | Patreon

Fantasy, finances, and fickle gods! A wise wolf has descended upon the podcast for our review of the 2008 anime series Spice and Wolf, which is currently getting a remake at the time of this recording. Bill hosts with returning special guest Will to talk about both original seasons of the show and speculate on the wheat and apple markets. Enjoy! If you enjoy this or any other episode, leave us a Rating and Review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or elsewhere! Show notes are available on our website: www.thirdimpactanime.com More helpful links: https://beacons.ai/thirdimpactanime Follow us on Instagram at instagram.com/ThirdImpactAnime Follow us on Bluesky at thirdimpactanime.bsky.social Follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/TI_Anime Listen & Subscribe on Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | Podbean Support us on Ko-Fi | Patreon

Back in May, we once again attended Animazement in Raleigh, NC because of course we did! Austin hosts this week, joined by Sully and Tori to recap the fun weekend full of panels, cosplay, autographed Funko Pop scalping, and spending too much money. If you were one of the extremely cool people who attended any of our panels, thanks for coming out! If you'd be inclined to let us know what you thought of them, feel free to shoot us an email and we'll discuss it on the show (link below). If you enjoy this or any other episode, leave us a Rating and Review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or elsewhere! Show notes are available on our website: www.thirdimpactanime.com More helpful links: https://beacons.ai/thirdimpactanime Follow us on Instagram at instagram.com/ThirdImpactAnime Follow us on Bluesky at thirdimpactanime.bsky.social Follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/TI_Anime Listen & Subscribe on Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | Podbean Support us on Ko-Fi | Patreon

150 episodes! How about that? For this special milestone, we decided to do something a little different than our usual fair; Bill put together a really fun TRIVIA episode to delight listeners and stump his contestants (Austin, Tori, and Sully). Of course this is heavily influenced by the annual trivia episodes produced by our podcasting senseis over at Anime World Order and we hope they don't mind us lovingly ripping them off. With three rounds of three categories, Bill stumps us with questions about superheroes, idols, school clubs, Letterboxd reviews, McDonalds, and much more. We hope you enjoy. And to everyone who has been listening to us since the beginning, or are just now jumping in, thanks for being here! Here's to the next 150 episodes. If you enjoy this or any other episode, leave us a Rating and Review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or elsewhere! Show notes are available on our website: www.thirdimpactanime.com More helpful links: https://beacons.ai/thirdimpactanime Follow us on Instagram at instagram.com/ThirdImpactAnime Follow us on Bluesky at thirdimpactanime.bsky.social Follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/TI_Anime Listen & Subscribe on Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | Podbean Support us on Ko-Fi | Patreon

Over the Rainbow is out and Fancy Girl is in! Join us for a very special episode covering the 1986 anime adaptation of the L. Frank Baum classic, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Sully, being a life-long Oz fan and aspiring Wicked Witch himself, sits down with Zoe O'Haillin-Berne and Garrett Kilgore, two massive Oz fans and board members of the International Wizard of Oz Fan Club. They discuss the series in depth, particularly the first 17 episodes covering the first book, and various other Japanese takes on Oz. Grab your legally-distinct-not-ruby-slippers and join us! Note: Sully's audio quality is not great in this episode. Apologies! Time stamps 00:00:00 - Introduction & Sully, Zoe, and Garrett's history with Oz 00:11:22 - How did everyone first encounter the 1986 anime series? 00:17:22 - Background on The Wizard of Oz and its many entries 00:24:10 - Discussing The Wonderful Wizard of Oz anime series and other related Japanese versions 01:14:24 - Final thoughts and wrap up If you enjoy this or any other episode, leave us a Rating and Review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or elsewhere! Show notes are available on our website: www.thirdimpactanime.com More helpful links: https://beacons.ai/thirdimpactanime Follow us on Instagram at instagram.com/ThirdImpactAnime Follow us on Bluesky at thirdimpactanime.bsky.social Follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/TI_Anime Subscribe on Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | Podbean Support us on Ko-Fi | Patreon

Here's the perfect podcast episode to listen to while you clean your abandoned castle. Austin, Tori, and Ryan are here to discuss tall women and even taller trees in our review of the second half of Attack on Titan Season 1. Please enjoy. 00:00:00 - Intro and Austin talks about seeing The End of Evangelion in theaters 00:06:07 - Briefly remembering Akira Toriyama 00:09:38 - We will once again be at Animazement 2024 as Featured Panelists! 00:16:05 - Opening song discussion and Attack on Titan memes we remember 00:22:31 - Cast breakdown 00:26:30 - Season 1 Part 2 discussion 01:08:56 - Complaining about how long it took for a second season to come out and Ryan complaining about "The Plan" arc in the manga 01:14:29 - Final thoughts, most iconic scene, and outro What do you think of Attack on Titan Season 1 Part 2? What were your favorite scenes? Let us know by sending us an email at thirdimpactanime@gmail.com and we'll discuss it on the show. If you enjoy this or any other episode, leave us a Rating and Review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or elsewhere! Show notes are available on our website: www.thirdimpactanime.com More helpful links: https://beacons.ai/thirdimpactanime Follow us on Instagram at instagram.com/ThirdImpactAnime Follow us on Bluesky at thirdimpactanime.bsky.social Follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/TI_Anime Subscribe on Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | Podbean Support us on Ko-Fi | Patreon

Our resident seasonal anime watchers, Sarah and Bill, are back once again for their review of the recently-wrapped winter 2024 anime season! With continuing smash hits like The Apothecary Diaries, popular adaptations like Delicious in Dungeon and Solo Leveling, and total surprises out of nowhere like Bravern, there is a LOT to cover in this one, and a lot to love. What do you think of the winter 2024 season? Let us know by sending us an email at thirdimpactanime@gmail.com and we'll discuss it on the show. If you enjoy this or any other episode, leave us a Rating and Review on Apple Podcasts! Show notes are available on our website: www.thirdimpactanime.com More helpful links: https://beacons.ai/thirdimpactanime Follow us on Instagram at instagram.com/ThirdImpactAnime Follow us on Bluesky at thirdimpactanime.bsky.social Follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/TI_Anime Subscribe on Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | Podbean Support us on Ko-Fi | Patreon

On that day, this podcast feed received a grim reminder. Humanity lives in fear of yet another episode of the Third Impact Anime Podcast. Not only is this our first proper episode of 2024, it's the beginning of a retrospective looking back at the one and only Attack on Titan, a series that defined the 2010s and finally wrapped up last year. How well does that first season hold up? What do we think of the parts we have and haven't seen yet? Is this series legitimately good or a bunch of hot titan smoke? Austin, Tori, and Ryan venture outside the walls to tell you just that. This episode is our review of the first 13 episodes with subsequent parts releasing over the course of the next few months. Please enjoy! What do you think of Attack on Titan? What are some of your memories associated with it? Did you stick it out to the end? Did you drop off? Why? Let us know by sending us an email at thirdimpactanime@gmail.com and we'll discuss it on the show. If you enjoy this or any other episode, leave us a Rating and Review on Apple Podcasts! Show notes are available on our website: www.thirdimpactanime.com More helpful links: https://beacons.ai/thirdimpactanime Follow us on Instagram at instagram.com/ThirdImpactAnime Follow us on Bluesky at thirdimpactanime.bsky.social Follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/TI_Anime Subscribe on Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | YouTube | Podbean Support us on Ko-Fi | Patreon

Happy New Year, everyone! We hope your 2023 ended on a high note and your 2024 has begun with the same. Much like last year, Tobias presents a few segments from TIA members reflecting on a few of the anime, manga, video games, books, movies, TV series, concerts, experiences, or life events that we found meaningful this past year. We hope you enjoy listening and that you'll stick around with us for another year. If you enjoy this or any other episode, leave us a Rating and Review on Apple Podcasts! Show notes are available on our website: www.thirdimpactanime.com More helpful links: https://beacons.ai/thirdimpactanime Follow us on Instagram at instagram.com/ThirdImpactAnime Follow us on Bluesky at thirdimpactanime.bsky.social Follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/TI_Anime Subscribe on Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | YouTube | Podbean Support us on Ko-Fi | Patreon

And if youuuuu caaaaannnn believe it, it's Christmas once again! We're happy to present (ha) our 2023 Anime Secret Santa Special! If you're not familiar with this project, the kind folks over at the Taiiku Podcast (formerly the All Geeks Considered Podcast, formerly more-so the Reverse Thieves Podcast) organize an annual Secret Santa swap between various bloggers and podcasters in the fandom space. The way it works is that every year, you're randomly assigned a Secret Santa, and they pick three shows for you to check out based on what you've seen via your favorite anime tracking site (MyAnimeList, Kitsu, Anime Planet, etc.). Then, you are to review at least one of those shows and either write or podcast about it. Austin, Tobias, and Bill all participated this year with their own individual picks, and here we are reviewing them all at once for a fun Christmas extravaganza! Here's what we got from Santa-san this Christmas: KILL ME BABY and STAR DRIVER (Tobias) SAMURAI FLAMENCO and LOVE LIVE! SUPERSTAR!! (partial review) (Austin) KAIJI: ULTIMATE SURVIVOR and DEVILMAN CRYBABY (Bill) Please enjoy, and thanks again to Kory and the Taiiku Podcast for hosting this awesome annual event once again! It's not Christmas without Anime Secret Santa, so thank you from the bottom of our kokoro. The thumbnail image (depending on what pod-catcher you're viewing this on) is our official TIA Christmas card, designed by PeachCannoli on Instagram. Be sure to give them a follow! If you enjoy this or any other episode, leave us a Rating and Review on Apple Podcasts! Show notes are available on our website: www.thirdimpactanime.com More helpful links: https://beacons.ai/thirdimpactanime Follow us on Instagram at instagram.com/ThirdImpactAnime Follow us on Bluesky at thirdimpactanime.bsky.social Follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/TI_Anime Subscribe on Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | YouTube | Podbean Support us on Ko-Fi | Patreon