Wicked Anime

In the tradition of basic story telling, all things in a well-developed story eventually become explained. A well developed story also tries its best to not insult the intelligence of its audience. Well, listen here listeners . . . anime wants to hold your hand every step of the way, because it thinks its story is far beyond your understanding! That’s right, we’re calling out all the shows that think you’re dumb and they’ll spoon-feed you the very story they’re trying to tell. Get to book-learning! This episode, we talk about science-y stuff, fangirl about fighting robots, and who’s more perverted than Japan! Join Jonathan, Andrew, Glitch, Sean and Victoria as they talk about the shows they are currently watching and the shows that are way too complicated for your puny human mind!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

You know, we all think we have those friends who don’t know if they like anime, hate it out of spite, or are just intrigued by how much of a nerd you are! Today, we bring you the Anime Starter Kit, our recommendations for anime that you should show your friends to get THEM on their anime kick. Create some new addicts! This episode we talk about summer anime, men in tights, and Mad Men . . . again! Join the super-sized group, Jonathan, Andrew, Dillon, James and Christine as they talk about what all the shows you should be showing your friends! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Coming off of a con high really leaves you with a lot of extra work to do, so for this episode, we want to remind you all that we haven’t forgotten about you, the fans! Your questions and input have been building up for the past month and boy, do you guys know where to find the good parts of the internet! Apologies for any missed content; you all really did send us THAT much stuff! Now, listen faithful followers! This episode we talk about a whole lotta vidya games, pink eye, and most importantly . . . ourselves! Join Jonathan, Andrew, Dillon, Glitch, Victoria, and James as they talk about what YOU want us to . . . you sick and twisted people! This episode was also recorded before Microsoft flipped their script for XBone.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

It’s the final episode of our Con series this year! Listen to us as we sit in a circle and talk about how we had such a good time at a place you weren’t even at! Now that Anime Boston 2013 is behind us, we can work on more important things . . . like getting over this con depression! Slap on your Goldbond and take your Aleve! This episode we talk who got the con sick, who got inappropriately touched, and who was just outright disrespectful in public! Join the super-sized group, Jonathan, Andrew, Victoria, James, Christine, Rob, and Jeff as they talk about Anime Boston 2013 and fight away more sleep! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

It’s part two of our Con Season special, everyone! This time, we’re diving into the world of cosplay! We’re gonna touch on to making them AND wearing them, you lucky ducks. Every day is Halloween! This episode we talk about hot glue gun mishaps, cosplaying electric razors, and even more ways of how not to be a dick in public! Join Jonathan, Andrew, Dillon, Sean, Victoria, and the Cardboard Cosplayer Daina as they talk about what they are currently watching and the dangerous world of wearing costumes! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

It’s Con Season, everyone! You know what that means? It’s time to get your cosplay together, spend money you don’t have, skip showers, and forget sleep altogether! We’re gonna bring you a month of convention-related topics. While conventions may happen all year round, now is where the real action starts. This time of year is Wicked Anime’s time to shine: Anime Boston is on the horizon! This week, we’re discussing the Con Survival Guide and the basic rules on how to get along with everyone around you and avoid the Con Sick! Put on your Con Legs! This episode we talk about edible rodents, the basics of bathroom guy code, and the how not to be a dick! Join Jonathan, Andrew, Dillon, Sean, and the Lovebird Victoria as they talk about what they are currently watching and the Pros and CONs!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

It’s safe to assume that everyone on this show here loves their anime, right? Okay, now before I continue, I want to remind you all that there’s a reason for why we do this show . . . Because this time, we’re turning the tables as our rage comes out and we tear every anime trope limb from limb and discuss our anime Love/Hate Relationships! We’ll be talking about what makes us the happiest of campers when it comes to making a good show, but mostly it’s going to be about what we just cannot stand every time a show comes on! I hope we can still be friends! This episode we talk about what actually defines Luigi’s Mansion, even MORE hamburgers, and definitely what not to do with sea creatures! Join Jonathan, Andrew, Dillon, Glitch, and Sean as they talk about what they are currently watching and how much anime sucks!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

What happens when we decide to plan ahead for an episode 2 weeks in advance? You get 2 weeks of cancellations! Happily, when plans A through C fail, our Plan D works out for everyone! We’re happy to bring you the first fan picked topic for the Wicked Anime Podcast, and what are we discussing? None other than American cartoons! There’s less pony talk than you’d think! This episode we talk about Tomodachi wa Maho, the end of video games as we know it, TV-watching hamburgers! Join Jonathan, Andrew, Dillon, and Glitch as they talk about what they are currently watching and what to get a certain someone for his birthday!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Everyone has his or her guilty little pleasures. You know, like a movie or show that you won’t let any one else know that you watch . . . No, not THAT kind! Specifically, we mean the anime that you would never admit to liking, something that compromises your integrity, or is bound to get a demerit on your man card! Where did Sean go?! This episode we talk about the new season of anime, Andrew’s been playing video games, and explosions for her pleasure! Join Jonathan, Andrew, Sean, and Glitch as they talk about what they are currently watching and the anime that we secretly can’t live without!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Everyone who has experienced puberty has experienced love at least once in their lifetime, or at least has had a crush. I can even guarantee that once, it may have been a cartoon character. That’s right, we’re talking about character crushes! We’re also breaking down the animation industry and picking at the human brain a little to uncover how normal you actually are! Time to marry your hug pillow! This episode we talk about all-you-can-eat fan news, drunken Japanese men teach robots how to love, and the gross mysteries of female biology! Join Jonathan, Andrew, Dillon, Sean, and the Lovebird Victoria as they talk about what they are currently watching and how loving a cartoon character makes you not all that strange!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

So much of the PS4’s speculation is about the console not being revealed, but why has no one considered that the system will be all in our minds?! We’re taking on video games and the industry itself this episode, so it’s only fair to warn you in advance, it’s mostly American . . . sorry. Ghost into the PS4! This episode we also talk about psycho revenge thrillers, more Naruto Shippuden than you can handle, and naughty time sports cars! Join Jonathan, Andrew, Dillon, Glitch, and Sean as they talk about what they are currently playing and pretty much everything Nerdy Show talked about in their episode that air prior to this one (Total coincidence)!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A little less than ten years ago, something like anime was a foreign concept in America. HA! I made a pun! Somewhere along the line, someone had the idea to take two cultures and clash them into modern day media. Now, you can’t look at much pop-culture without seeing an anime influence or counterpart! I’ve always wondered if Japan has had American conventions in the same way we’ve adopted their culture . . . Time to monopolize everything! This episode we talk about the decline of MMORPGs, money CAN buy you love . . . in China, and all the Asian celebrity doppelgangers! Join Jonathan, Andrew, Dillon, and Sean as they talk about what they are currently watching and how America wants to grow up to be just like Japan!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Ah, love; so innocent, so pure – and the energies and emotions you have to wield to express it are immeasurable . . . and Japan is the only place in the world to prove that squids can express that too! Wicked Anime is bringing you Valentine’s early this month as we dive head-first into the world of love, romance, and incidental boob touching! Grab your significant other – this episode we talk about Poképorn, saving ALL the princesses and some more of that lovey-dovey crap! Join Jonathan, Andrew, Dillon, Glitch and the lovebirds Victoria and James as they talk about what they’re currently watching and which anime couple makes us fangirl the hardest!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Manga is the paper mirror of the anime world and somehow, we found a way to wait ten episodes to talk about it! There are some manga out there that will make you say, “the book was better,” there are some that make you crazy for more, . . . and then there are some that you just want to see burn, OR AT LEAST END!!! It’s the paperback digest edition of Wicked Anime! This episode, we discuss the realities of Sentai behind Sean’s back, Korea accidentally doing illegal things, and how The Sims may be making you a sadistic killer! With 90’s musical guest, NO DOUBT! Join Jonathan, Andrew, Dillon and Glitch as they talk about what they’re currently watching and . . . what they’re currently reading!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A new year means new beginnings, and what would be more fitting than where we began, huh? That’s right- this is our pilot episode, the episode we gave to Nerdy Show to ask them if we could have our own talky time. . . Still trying to figure out why they gave us the green light. This episode is RAW. Turn down your volume! Look forward to no audio tests or leveling, outdated news stories, and double compressed files. In this episode we talk about news stories we didn’t research, Dillon has some jokes that are in bad taste, and why the hell Glitch can’t get enough of females with broad shoulders. All that plus a new intro by Wicked Anime’s co-creators, Jonathan and Andrew.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Happy non-denominational holiday season, everyone! Wicked Anime’s present for you all, an episode devoted to bygone elementary school days filled with Pokémon. We bring in a specialist and good friend of ours, Katrina, to talk about the cute fuzzy creatures bred to kick the crap out of each other. Gotta catch ‘em all! This episode we talk about the anime Japan doesn’t want to watch, adorable dictators, and how the dress code for Nintendo Land is red pants! Join Jonathan, Andrew, Dillon, Sean, Glitch, and Katrina as they talk about what they’re currently watching and which Pokémon is man’s best friend!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Let’s face it, we’ve all seen some bad dubs in our day, we’ve all see some remakes that’ll make you claw your eyes out too. On the flip side, there have also been triumphs for both! This week we explore the good and bad. . . oh, and all the other stuff we usually talk about (eh, we’ll cut that in post). Switch over to subtitles! This episode we talk about holding a steady job as a pirate, how video game characters no longer have personal space, and how Uma Thurman is not Charlize Theron! Join Jonathan, Andrew, Dillon, and Sean as they talk about what they’re currently watching and and more!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Ever wanted to enter a virtual reality where you could live a whole second life? How about give up your body entirely just to send instant messages with your mind? The digital world is a dodgy topic that has its benefits and sacrifices. Even though this is what’s up for discussion, we still don’t fully trust it, hell I don’t even trust the Cloud with my music files! Get ready to jack in (you read that wrong), this episode, we talk about Victoria’s Secret, taking imaginary baths, and get at least 3 people’s names wrong! Join Jonathan, Andrew, Dillon, and Sean as they talk about what they’re currently watching and stumble through the most complicated episode of the series, and while doing it all over Skype!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We’ve all had stressful days before, you know the ones; someone’s put a hit out on you, or you’re about to face your greatest foe. So, the most logical thing to do in said situation is to go to a hot spring or play a soccer game or two. Anime has long made use of the dreaded filler episode, but is the filler episode so much of a curse, or a gift? Put on your swimsuits! This episode, we talk about Disney Voltron, Prairie Oysters, and Seinfeld: the Anime! Join Jonathan, Andrew, Dillon, Lerok, and Chris as they talk about what they’re currently watching and their favorite [?] filler episodes! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Flex your muscles, Grow a beard, and headbutt the closest thing to you because this week, it’s all about MANIME!!! We have the fearless leader of Orlando’s Propeller Anime club, Kent Ward, joining us as we talk about animes made of pure testosterone. Get some beef jerky, this week we talk about manly men, manly women, womanly men, and Saved by the Bell! Join Jonathan, Andrew, Dillon, Glitch, Sean and Kent as they talk about what they’re currently watching and who can call themselves worthy to be on the same team as Chuck Norris!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.