Anime World Order Podcast

We're getting this episode out just on the edge of tomorrow. Fitting, since we're in a live, die, repeat sort of cycle this time around, as Gerald reviews the feature film anime adaptation of All You Need Is Kill, which is not quite the same as the original light novel, manga adaptation of same, or the Hollywood live-action film. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

In this episode, Daryl doesn't seem to understand that we already reviewed Serial Experiments Lain 20 years ago! A shame, he seemed an...incredibly dishonest man, but still! How close/far to the mark was this speculation on the Internet from 28 years ago? Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

It's our 250th episode, except it's actually closer to 332! No better time for Gerald to review 1983's Prime Rose: A Time Slip of 10,000 Years by Osamu Tezuka, now officially released in English. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

It's a brand new year, but not quite a brand new animal as Daryl reviews the somehow already half decade old TV series Odd Taxi (or ODDTAXI, if you prefer). Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

This episode marks our 20th year of podcasting, to the day! After some reflection on the two decades journey we've undertaken, it's down to business as usual as we give some thoughts on the concluding anime season before once again recapping some Christmas-focused episodes of anime. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

Our annual Thanksgiving trivia episode returns! We're joined by none other than Red Bard (Kennedy) whose success as a YouTuber vastly exceeds anything we've ever done. Like Daryl, they too are a contributor to Anime Herald Magazine, the first issue of which is out now in print and digital. BUT HOW MUCH DO THEY KNOW ABOUT ODIN AND BLACK LION?! (Disclaimer: we all mixed up Nobunaga in Black Lion with Ginnai, so we don't know very much ourselves.) Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

Halloween is upon us, and while we don't quite have any bona fide horror anime lined up, after everyone gives initial impressions of the Fall 2025 anime season Clarissa reviews the somewhat eerie and entirely too short anime adaptation of Pet Shop of Horrors. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

As the Fall 2025 anime season approaches, we talk about our favorites of Summer 2025 before Gerald reviews Bubblegum Crash!, the 3-part sequel to Bubblegum Crisis which we reviewed some 17 years ago. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

Malady and illness caused us to miss last month, but Gerald attended Otakon 2025 and Daryl reviews what he considers a landmark of "post-Evangelion TV anime," the mecha comedy-drama Martian Successor Nadesico. And also...the movie. But also the Gekiganger 3 OVA. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

We were all guest panelists at Anime Boston 2025, so we didn't review anything this month.. Along wiht our con report, we do catch up on some recent emails sent to us. Been a while since we did either! Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

In this episode, by popular request Daryl reviews the 1998 sci-fi Western Outlaw Star, which we all remember so little about it's almost like we're seeing it for the first time. The original Toonami Generation is now middle-aged, after all. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

Now that it's been a year since the untimely passing of Akira Toriyama, Clarissa reviews his greatest work released in the US...namely, the first five Dr. Slump movies! These were released on DVD from Discotek, but are now long out of print. Gerald approves of this maneuver. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

In this episode, Gerald jazzes up the proceedings by reviewing the 2023 theatrical film Blue Giant, released in theaters, home video, and streaming by GKIDS. Visit http://www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

2025 is off to a terrible start, not just in terms of current world events but because in this episode Daryl follows up on his previous review of the 1997 Berserk TV series with this review of the decades-anticipated 2016 Berserk TV series. Oh boy. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

As we mark our 19th year of anime podcasting, it's time for our annual holiday roundup of Christmas episodes! But first, we take a moment to pay our respects to the recently departed Jan Scott-Frazier, not by pressing F but by talking about her influence on us and this podcast. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

For the tenth time, it's our annual trivia episode! We are joined by Basil, head honcho of the OSMcast as well as The Carbuncle Chronicle and OSMquest podcasts who's been doing this for just about as long as we have. Basil has been doing this for about as long as us and is from our same fandom generation, though he's got more experience on camera as our Patreon supporters at the $5 and up tiers were able to see during the live recording which was held about a week ago. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

Although we're posting this on Halloween, there's not much especially spooky about this episode since after having seen Uzumaki, Daryl has instead elected to review the theatrical film adaptation of Look Back by Tatsuki Fujimoto. Be forewarned that we do spoil it all in the event you didn't already read or watch it first. Visit http://www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

Despite a grievous tech failure, we're back to discuss the upcoming Fall 2024 anime season before Daryl reviews the 1997 anime adaptation of Berserk, recently back in print in the US due to a Blu-Ray release. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

No review this time around, but Gerald and Clarissa went to Otakon 2024 so here's their convention report. Despite another record breaking attendance figure, they did NOT catch COVID! They did however, barely manage to avoid getting heat stroke/exhaustion. Curse you, climate change! Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

This time around, Clarissa "pulls a Gerald" by reviewing something that we thought was still readily available via streaming and home video but is in fact totally out of print: 1993's four-part OVA, 8 Man After. This gives us a good excuse to talk about the original 8 Man from the 1960s, its American localization, and of course Streamline Pictures and "Uncle" Carl Macek. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

Even though TimeHealsAllWoundsButWeSTILLAskWHYYYY, through a combination of its thirty year anniversary as well as upcoming new announcements, Daryl is reviewing the Patient Zero of fighting game anime that is the original Fatal Fury anime trilogy: the OVAs and the 1994 motion picture. In an age of scientific wonders, the human body is still the world's most dangerous machine. Especially when it can fire ki bullets. Unless the scientific wonder in question is Mai Shiranui because she's cutting diamond and putting out eyes with those things. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

It's finally time. As a result of us reaching over 250 Patrons, we're reviewing what you've voted "the worst anime of all time": Hand Shakers from 2017. But maybe it's NOT actually the worst, since we can name at least one show that was much worse than it... Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

In a feeble attempt to delay the inevitable even if by just another month or so, Daryl elects to talk about what is only one of the most popular anime currently running, as he reviews SPY x FAMILY CODE: White, the standalone theatrical installment of the mega-hit Shonen Jump sitcom SPY x FAMILY, which is about as mainstream a title as anime gets in America. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

After talking about the Crunchyroll Anime Awards presentation held in Japan, we touch upon the death of the legendary artist Akira Toriyama for a bit before Clarissa reviews the 2022 12-episode series Akiba Maid War without really delving into spoiler territory. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

In a last-ditch effort to not review Hand Shakers, we decide to make a bunch of anger-inducing statements about anime, mecha, and conventions before reviewing the latest--and perhaps actually final this time--Hayao Miyazaki film, the critically acclaimed The Boy and the Heron. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

For our first episode of 2024 we are joined by the two cohosts of the Shoujo Sundae podcast, Giana Luna and Chika Supreme, as we review the manga ION by Arina Tanemura. Apologies are in order, for despite the episode number, this podcast does not contain Jackée. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

We're finally legal, for this episode of AWO marks the start of our 18th year of anime podcasting! Let's celebrate with another holiday roundup of anime Christmas episodes, organized from "least evocative of Wham's Last Christmas" to...MOST EVOCATIVE~! Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

After vanishing--NINJA vanishing--for nearly a decade to start raising a family in NYC, we're reunited with Erin and Noah of the long-defunct Ninja Consultant podcast (and Livejournal!) for the annual pre-Thanksgiving tradition that is THE TRIVIA EPISODE~!. Lots of new gimmicks this time around, be it game types or the fact that our Patreon supporters at the $5 and up tiers were able to watch this carnage unfold live on video courtesy of our Discord! Just take a gander at what you missed out on. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

Mike Toole returns to the show for this MONSTER CHILLER HORROR edition of AWO released on Halloween, in which Gerald reviews the polar opposite of The Poe Clan: Go Nagai's Shuten Doji! Now that we've done this, the YouTubers can follow in our wake and make this one a meme darling. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

This is perhaps our most tragic episode ever, for not only have we lost our sole sponsor Right Stuf due to Crunchyroll shutting it down, but Clarissa is reviewing The Poe Clan, one of the great shojo manga masterworks by Moto Hagio. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

In this episode, Daryl reviews a title suggested by our top Patreon backers as he reviews the now beloved super robot OVA series from 1998, Shin Getter Robo, which for the sake of avoiding confusion we might just want to call Getter Robo: Armageddon. Visit animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

We're joined by longtime mecha enthusiast Rob Lantz as we offer up a MOSTLY SPOILER-FREE review of Gerald's favorite OVA series of all time: 1988's Aim for the Top! Gunbuster, the pro directorial debut of Hideaki Anno and one of the first subtitled anime ever legally released in the United States which is now available on Blu-Ray. It's uh, kind of a big deal. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

This was originally the intro of Show 219, but it took a little longer to edit. So, PRESTO! In Show 220 Gerald shares his thoughts on Knights of the Zodiac, the 2023 live-action film adaptation of Saint Seiya. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

The intro ended up running long, but fret not as we'll release that audio next time! For now, Clarissa reviews 1987's Zillion, the coolest 80s Saturday morning cartoon / toy advertisement we never grew up with. Whether you're into Sega, Production IG, or Robotech, be ready to be mad at us getting things wrong here! Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

It took us a while--okay, it took 17 years since the last one--but we finally get around to completing our coverage of the 1980s Yoshikazu Yasuhiko post-Gundam film trilogy as Gerald reviews 1986's Neo Heroic Fantasia Arion, which most of us just knew as "Arion." Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

In this episode we bring Dave Merrill back on to talk about his favorite movie (and a Patreon request): 1969's The Flying Phantom Ship, adapted from a manga by Shotaro Ishinomori. DID YOU KNOW HAYAO MIYAZAKI DREW A PART OF THIS MOVIE? (Yes. Yes we do know. You can lower your hand and sit down now.) Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

IF YOUR DOWNLOADED EPISODE 216 IS JUST EPISODE 215 AGAIN: please delete and then redownload the episode from your podcast app. There was a typo in the RSS feed that we fixed immediately, but it didn't propagate to the podcast directories for two hours. We meant to release this in January but uh, didn't. Anyway, this time around Gerald reviews the latest film from Masaaki Yuasa, Inu-Oh from 2021 (though it didn't come out in Japan/USA until 2022). Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

So begins a new year of podcasting for us! We're trying something new out by not necessarily reviewing one thing, but talking about a selection of Christmas-themed episodes of anime arranged from "least Christmas-y" to "most Christmas-y." Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

It's our annual Thanksgiving trivia episode! We're joined this time by the highly versatile writer Kara Dennison (@RubyCosmos), who in addition to writing prose fiction also contributes to Crunchyroll and Otaku USA. As Lupin the Third would say, compared to her we're stumblebums. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

Because we just don't have enough randos blaming us singlehandedly for American anime fandom's ignorance, we've decided to talk about the theatrical film Mobile Suit Gundam: Cucuruz Doan's Island, a remake of the "lost episode" of the original Mobile Suit Gundam series. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

It's been a while since Gerald "pulled a Gerald": reviewed something that you can't easily go see. But he's back at it, reviewing the 1992 3-part OAV series Genesis Surviver Gaiarth. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

We're graced by a dangerous duo of mecha/mahjong enthusiasts this time around: Dave Cabrera (@Sasuraiger on Twitter) and Carl (@SDShamshel) join us for a convention report of Otakon 2022 which was held in Washington D.C. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

With Otakon 2022 nearly upon us (we'll be there and have panels), Clarissa reviews 2014's Witch Craft Works, a 12-episode adaptation of Ryu Mizunami's recently-completed manga, the entirety of which is now available in English both digitally as well as in print. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

We're picking another one from the Patreon request tier this time around, as Daryl reviews the 2009 series Basquash!, which despite being Satelight's highly anticipated follow-up to Macross Frontier was not released in the US until a full decade later. LET'S SPECULATE WHY. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

April seems like a good time to review horror anime, right? With the amount of viable horror anime picks being so slim, Gerald has opted for the 4-part OAV Demon Prince Enma, a dark reimagining of Go Nagai's classic character Enma-kun. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

Once upon a time, this would have been labeled as a "bonus" episode since we don't even introduce ourselves or say the episode number, but since the last time we had him on was over a decade ago we decided to catch up with Jim Kaposztas, creator of the first AMV and certified "oldtaku" to talk about anime fandom, conventions, and creative fan endeavors in both the pre-Internet era as well as today. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

We totally missed December entirely because we couldn't think of a suitable Christmas title, but with this new year Daryl elects to review the anime adventures of Locke the Superman: the 1984 movie as well as the OVAs Lord Leon, New World Command...and Mirror Ring. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

It's the annual trivia episode! For the first time, we have TWO special trivia guests: Christina Rose and Jason Moses, freelance Japanese to English otaku translators whose most recent gig is Super Robot Wars 30, out now on Playstation 4, Nintendo Switch, and for the first time with no region lockout, PC via Steam! Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

In this episode, Clarissa reviews one of the signature titles from manga supergroup CLAMP: the 1994 anime series Magic Knight Rayearth. Fair warning: in addition to the TV series, we also talk about...Rayearth. You know, that OVA we all try to pretend doesn't exist. Which Clarissa and Gerald had actually never seen or really heard about until just now. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

As Halloween approaches and a new anime season begins, we offer some (very preliminary) thoughts on what we?ve seen so far, and Gerald reviews the sci-fi horror OVA Lily C.A.T., best known for being a thing that aired on the Sci-Fi Channel back when it was spelled that way. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

In this episode, Daryl reviews one of his favorite titles from the 2010s which is finally readily available for viewing in English: the two-part theatrical film adaptation of the formative shojo classic Haikara-san: Here Comes Miss Modern! (Spoilers: Gerald thought it absolutely sucked and is of appeal to nobody who is watching anime in the 21st century.) Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

We are joined by Evan Minto of the newly launched digital manga service Azuki as well as the Ani-Gamers podcast to recap Otakon 2021, which we all attended. How are anime conventions faring in what was supposed to be the tail end of the COVID-19 pandemic? Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

It's our 200th episode! To celebrate, we interview the UK's Most Dangerous anime scholar garderner/poet, Helen McCarthy! Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

We slacked off on getting to this one, but at least it's thematically appropriate for Daryl reviews The Irresponsible Captain Tylor, soon to be released on Blu-Ray in the US. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

Yeah, yeah, we missed releasing this in March. But hey, it means that we can talk about the anime that just ended, and what's about to start! In this episode, Gerald reviews the 1992 3-part OAV series Green Legend Ran. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplementary links.

We flip-flop a bit on our promise to be the anime podcast that sticks to talking about anime, but after a while Clarissa gets us back on track by talking about 2016's Flip Flappers, per request of our Patreon donors. See? We pay attention to those requests sometimes! Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

It's our Sweet Sixteenth year of podcasting! To celebrate, Daryl decides we need more Ken Ishikawa so we review 1989's Kyomu Senshi Miroku. But we think it's probably Kyomu Senki Miroku? Whatever, you'll surely be hearing about this from the YouTubers soon enough. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

At long last, it is finished. The words of triumph may be spoken now. The debt is paid in full, for the 2010s Decade in Review COMES TO A CONCLUSION~! as we talk about the notable titles of 2019...that we managed to see, anyway, because truth be told we still haven't seen a lot of the shows we wanted to from last year. NEVERTHELESS. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

It's the 7th annual trivia episode! For this edition we're joined by Ryan aka BlacOtaku1 on Twitter and OldtypeNewtype on Tumblr. How infuriating will the categories be this year? ONLY ONE WAY TO FIND OUT. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

We may be losing our grasp on the passage of time, but it's still almost the end of 2020 and we never finished our 2010s Decade In Review. We'd better get 2018 out of the way RIGHT NOW. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

You asked for this. Literally. Thanks to Patreon support, we have brought The Internet's Mike Toole on to discuss the theatrical film Mobile Suit Gundam Narrative, whose US Blu-Ray release is now but mere days away. Oh boy. It's one of THOSE episodes. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

In what Gerald describes as possibly the greatest episode of AWO ever recorded, we review the 2018 Netflix anime adaptation of Baki. We thought we'd have the Gundam NT episode out before this, but we're doing that...SOON. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

Think you can prank OUR Patreon? We?ll show YOU. Here are TWO episodes this month (technically, by a few hours)! The DECADE IN REVIEW~! continues as we finally get to talking about 2017, now that 2020 is more than halfway done at this point. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

It's 4th of July as we post this, so what better way to commemorate than by Clarissa reviewing a tale of the pursuit of the American Dream gone awry? I guess you could say that's what 2018's Banana Fish was about. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

We give our thoughts on the virtual anime convention Anime Lockdown, and then the Decade In Review continues on as we get to 2-2-2016!!!! Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

It's MDK all f'n day as Daryl reviews BY PATREON DONOR REQUEST~! the 2018 film Batman: Ninja! And we also talk about some cartoons made 30 years ago. You know how it goes. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

The last episode was supposed to come out in February but didn't come out until March, so in order to make up for lost time we are double-dipping and continuing on with THE DECADE IN REVIEW~!, as we look back on the year 2015. This is quite a task, considering that a year's worth of world events seem to have already happened between January 2020 and March 2020 alone. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

In this episode, we technically do but don't fulfill a Patreon review request as Gerald reviews the greatest OAV of all by Koichi Ohata, the 5-part saga of Genocyber. Yes, there really are five parts and not three. And it's the greatest because uh, it's the longest one. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

Another decade is upon us, so we figure the world is finally ready to hear about 2003's Beast Fighter: The Apocalypse. Also, the Decade in Review continues as we get around to covering 2014! Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

For our last show of the year, we interview Right Stuf co-founder Shawne Kleckner and tick off another year of the 2010s Decade in Review. That's our way of saying this show is over three hours long. What better way to celebrate the winter solstice? Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

It's the moment Gerald has been waiting for all year: the annual pre-Thanksgiving trivia episode! This time our guest is Zac Bertschy from Anime News Network, a site which you have probably heard of. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

It's a double-length episode as we report on Anime Weekend Atlanta 2019, review the 2009 film Mai Mai Miracle, and continue on with the Decade in Review! Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

The Decade in Review continues as we cover the year 2011, but since it's Halloween time we review something suitably SPOOKY as Daryl springs the latest Gekimation triumph, Violence Voyager, upon an unsuspecting Gerald and Clarissa! Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

We've been around for so long that it's time for ANOTHER decade in review. How many years do you think we'll manage to get through this episode now that we have an entire decade of accumulated experience built up, anyway? Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

We?ve got a short window between conventions, writing assignments, and natural disasters to release an episode, so let?s take advantage! We give our convention report for Otakon 2019, have stern objections to Netflix's marketing/propaganda wing, and then fulfill a Patreon goal by reviewing the listener-suggested Macross II: Lovers Again. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

As convention prep comes down to the wire, we?re joined once again by Mike Toole to do what we do best with him. Namely, talk about some Discotek Media developments and review anime from Yoshiyuki Tomino! This time around, it's Blue Gale Xabungle aka Combat Mecha Xabungle. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

The listeners have demanded it: we must return to our roots! After playing some audio submissions from LISTENERS LIKE YOU, Daryl reviews the 2018 theatrical film, Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

Now that Devilman Crybaby is all the rage?or well, WAS all the rage a year and a half ago?Gerald reviews the Devilman OVAs from 1987, 1990, and 2000. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

Two episodes in a month! It?s practically an AWO double decker, so it's only fitting that Clarissa review the surprisingly overlooked Tiger and Bunny spinoff of sorts, Double Decker! Doug and Kirill. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

Two episodes ago we told you to go check out Erica Friedman and her blog Okazu, but much like a rogue outlaw space idol singer this Most Dangerous Erica has come to us so that we can talk about the 2018 yuri anime Kase-san and Morning Glories. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

As promised in Show 170, we fulfill the latest donation marker met by once again reviewing a listener suggestion as Daryl and gang talk about the 2005 sci-fi western series, Gun x Sword. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

To kick off our 13th year of anime podcasting, we talk a bit about yuri manga before Clarissa reviews the largely overlooked and recently concluded spinoff to Kaiji: Ultimate Survivor, 2018's Mr. Tonegawa: Middle Management Blues. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

In what is likely but hopefully not our last episode of the year, thus silently celebrating another podcasting anniversary (12 years!), we partially fulfill the donation goal requests by reviewing the 1991 one-shot OAV that is Judge aka Judge: The Magistrate of Darkness. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

With Thanksgiving holidays upon us, as a public service to those of you with lengthy commutes on your way to or from relatives it's time once again for another trivia episode, this time as tinged by mystery-colored happiness thanks to our special guest Emily from Shoujo Manga Land aka MagicalEmi on Twitter! Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

For this special SPOOOOOOOOOKY edition of the Anime World Order podcast, we're rejoined by Mike Toole to review the most recent of Yoshiyuki Tomino's head-scratching trainwrecks, Gundam Reconguista in G. Why do we keep doing this to ourselves? Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

It's October now, so that does mean we missed September. To make up for it, Gerald has elected to review something thematically appropriate for the Halloween month by doubling up and reviewing both the 1985 Vampire Hunter D as well as its sequel, Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust from the year 2000. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

In this episode, we have returned from our voyage to Otakon 2018, and offer up our press coverage of same. Then Daryl subjects the gang to the 2016 anime adaptation of the spy mystery series Joker Game. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

Why did two months pass without a new episode? Some cartoons break even the strongest of spirits. But finally, Clarissa reviews Go Nagai's precursor to Devilman, Demon Lord Dante. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

We'll be guests at AnimeNEXT in Atlantic City June 8-10! This gives Gerald a small window of opportunity to review the recently-concluded (for now?) Girls' Last Tour. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

Daryl and the gang review 2010?s Rainbow ? Nisha Rokubou no Shichinin, a show about criminals for which the biggest crime is how overlooked it remains. With the timing of this episode, it is likely to remain that way. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

We missed another month because Gerald changed his mind on what he wanted to review. So rather than have another Spriggan on our hands, have THIS review instead of the recently-concluded (for now) Land of the Lustrous! Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

It's been quite a while since we had him for the highly-beloved Sword for Truth review, but we're finally joined once more by Evan Minto from Ani-Gamers to talk about Sunao Katabuchi's finally-completed film, In This Corner of the World. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

It's a Christmas miracle, everybody! We're joined once again by Mike Toole, hot off the release of the 2017 Crunchyroll Holiday Special, to talk about 1998's Brain Powerd, directed by--yep, you guessed it!--Yoshiyuki Tomino. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

It's once again Thanksgiving time, which means it's time for another trivia episode! We're joined by animal handler, alcohol connoisseur, cosplayer, and anime nerd Emma Bowers as Gerald unleashes another barrage of trivia questions for us to either not know, pretend to not know, and in some cases actually know! The perfect thing to listen to rather than interact with your visiting relatives who you can't stand to talk to anyway! Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

For this SPOOKY HALLOWEEN edition of Anime World Order, we're not even attempting to review anything scary whatsoever, as Gerald weighs in on one of the most popular and beloved anime titles of the decade, the 2016 anime film Your Name by Makoto Shinkai. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

Hurricane Irma may have left us without power for weeks but we are FINALLY back to talk about our time at Otakon 2017 before Daryl reviews the 2001 film Osamu Tezuka?s Metropolis. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

After saying we'd do it back during our Garzey's Wing review and then proceeding to put it off for nearly six years due to fear, the time has finally come. We're joined once again by The Internet's Mike Toole, now Editor-at-Large for the Anime News Network and still the biweekly author of The Mike Toole Show to talk about the six-part ONA series The Wings of Rean. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

In this episode, Gerald reviews the just-recently concluded (for now, anyway!) Saga of Tanya the Evil. Will this turn out exactly as envisioned, or exactly the opposite? ONLY ONE WAY TO FIND OUT. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

Since we've got to spend most of June working on panels, we'll try and knock out an episode or two this month. This time around, Clarissa reviews the relatively recent anime series Flying Witch, for which print editions of the manga have just started to be released in English. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

Though technically it's already like a year late, we finally review Mobile Suit Gundam 00! Note: this isn't edited. Like, at all in fact. Normally we edit for clarity and to remove cross-talk, excess noise, table banging, and the like. NOT THIS TIME. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

It's been entirely too long since we've reviewed something from before the 1980s, so we all checked out the Toei Douga 1975 film adaptation of The Little Mermaid to see how it compares to the original story...and yes, the Disney film everyone knows! Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

We're not done awakening the trailblazers yet as planned, so for this special extra large THANKSGIVING DAY episode, Gerald's put together another exciting trivia episode to expose how little Daryl and Clarissa know, even when the topics pertain to things previously reviewed on this very show! Plus, we're joined by Dawn from the Anime Nostalgia Podcast, who agreed to show up mere hours before the start of recording and mere minutes after waking up. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

It's a podcast. It's a special podcast. It's got super discussions about Code Geass, Berserk Season 2, Anime Weekend Atlanta 2016, and Gerald's review of a Most Dangerous film from 1986, Ai City. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

We missed the entire month of August, so we may as well double up with our con report on Otakon 2016 as well as Clarissa's review of the recent NoitaminA series Erased. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

We've got a bit of time between one convention and another, so Gerald takes this opportunity to review the recently-concluded Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

With Anime Fan Fest 2016 concluded and our writing deadlines met, we've got a short window before AnimeNEXT 2016 where we'll all be guests and be presenting panels to record and release a new episode. In this episode, Daryl reviews Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

Daryl was a guest at Anime Fan Fest 2016, and used the opportunity to finally get some time with Charles Dunbar, Darius Washington, and Sean O'Mara. The topic was allegedly How to Stay Excited Over Anime After Decades but it was early in the morning and everyone just talked at one another about who knows what. Same as usual, minus the early in the morning part I suppose. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

This episode came out a month late because of trauma incurred by a CG talking dog and also CG drifting cars, the one-two punch of which was enough to give Gerald pause before he could review the CG anime adaptation of Knights of Sidonia. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

The following episode contains zero edits whatsoever to remove microphone pops, crosstalk, dead air, us saying UM, clearing our throats constantly, or anything that in any way makes the listening experience palatable or enjoyable. That is because we are reviewing Initial D. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplementary links.

Ten years sure is easy to type, but living them's another story! To celebrate our decade of podcasting, we er, had nothing planned. But it's a new year, so let's do a 2015 Year in Review despite the fact that we never did 2010 through 2014. Look, we never figured this whole podcasting thing out, okay? Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

Is THIS going to mark ten years of our podcast? Clarissa reviews THE BASKETBALL WHICH KUROKO PLAYS, or as rational people call it, Kuroko's Basketball. Any native English speaker who says Kuroko no Basuke or even weirder Kuroko's Basket probably reads pirated scans. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplementary links.

In this episode, we've implemented multiple new ways to drive away listeners as this episode is primarily about sports anime. We also give our convention report of Anime Weekend Atlanta 2015 and Gerald reviews the bicycle racing anime Yowamushi Pedal. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

As a result of donations sent in via his Twitch channel at www.twitch.tv/suratd, Daryl was tasked with reviewing an anime selected by those who donated. The decision was unanimous: Ben-To. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental details.

After giving our convention/panel coverage of Otakon 2015, Gerald reviews the recent released theatrical film Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection of F (or, if you prefer, Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F'). As Gerald does not actually like Dragon Ball Z, this makes him either the least qualified person to do such a thing...or perhaps the MOST. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

With Hama-con over and Otakon mere days away, we go over some of the major Anime Expo 2015 announcements (this takes 28 minutes) and Daryl reviews the now 20-year old OAV series El Hazard: The Magnificent World (invariably bringing up the original Tenchi Muyo! in the process). Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplementary links.

Yep, we missed an entire month, but Shirobako is all about missing deadlines, as Clarissa points out this episode. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

Wait, did we turn the clocks back to the early 2000s for this episode? Only partially, for while it?s true that we?re reviewing The Anime Encyclopedia, it's the newly revised 3rd Edition as opposed to the older editions. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

Freelance videogame journalist Heidi Kemps of the website gaming.moe joins the battle to discuss the recently-concluded short comedy series Hi-sCoool! SeHa Girls. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

It wasn't easy, but we finally managed to get a hold of Ardith Carlton, who played a formative role in American anime fandom and is still going strong to this day. Her tales of 70s geekdom and what it took to make it to Japan where she now lives is one of Attack No. 1 levels of determination. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

To celebrate roughly nine years of this podcast existing, Gerald has decided to do this episode in the style of a podcast he ACTUALLY enjoys: Atomic Trivia War 9000. Joining us for this episode is Paul ?White Daryl? Chapman from Otaku USA Magazine and The Greatest Movie EVER! podcast. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

Clarissa and Gerald thought they could get a podcast review done with minimal editing and minimal viewing overhead if they just watched something that was already on Netflix. But then they chose the 2013 Space Pirate Harlock CG animated film directed by Shinji Aramaki. How does this compare to what Daryl said in Show 125? ONLY ONE WAY TO FIND OUT. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

This is not a standard style episode, as we're interviewing Robert W. Gibson, a longtime anime fan who was there in the foundational era of US anime fandom. Part 1 is available at Tim Eldred's Cosmo DNA website. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

In this episode, Gerald reviews the 1978 theatrical film Lupin the Third: The Mystery of Mamo. Be forewarned that this episode is heavier on spoilers than usual and the person we are likely to model our pronunciation of ?Lupin? after is Dennis Moore. Dennis Moore. Dum de dum. The night. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

In this episode we free our souls from the weight of gravity and gain true understanding of one another as you belong to me, I belong to you, we belong to Earth, and Daryl reviews the 7-part OAV series Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

Despite the fact that Clarissa is in the middle of moving and Gerald is in the middle of helping Clarissa move, it was decided that the computers and microphones shouldn't be packed up just yet, since Gerald's got an Otakon report due. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

Seriously? We missed the entire month of June yet still say this thing is updated weekly? No matter, what?s done is done. Or rather, what?s not done is done. For this episode, Gerald reviews the classic 1980s Sunrise mecha series Giant Gorg. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

After months of general unwillingness to record due to the difficulty of assembling a proper review without spoiling everything, we're back! Clarissa reviews the recently completed television series Samurai Flamenco. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

It's a lot less structured than usual, but Daryl rambles on about the CG Space Pirate Captain Harlock film as well as Bayonetta: Bloody Fate. At no point does he say what either are about. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

After 2 months, we spend a lot of time not talking about anime, read an email about not watching it, and then FINALLY Daryl reviews the new anime anthology Short Peace. We're out of practice, okay? Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplementary links.

We imagine there aren't too many people who listen to us that do not listen to the ANNCast, but just in case it may be worth pointing out that all of us were on the latest episode, answering Twitter questions for about two hours. Give it a listen if you want to hear our thoughts on Space Dandy and learn sordid details of our lives which we've already disclosed in either previous episodes or on Twitter. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

To kick off 2014, Gerald has taken it upon himself to review the 2012 feature film 009 Re: Cyborg. We also delve into an oft-repeated discussion of modern anime regarding its hierarchy relative to other special interest media. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

For the final episode of 2013, here?s the third and final installment in which Gerald and Daryl answer another batch of Anime82's questions. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

Here's the second of three parts of our answers to Anime82's questions. We may have a separate episode before posting the third part. Or not. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

We were sent another batch of questions from the Anime82 Podcast, so we figured we'd post our responses here across 3 installments. Here are Questions 1-6. Perhaps we should have sent our responses to Anime82 first before posting this ourselves, since our not having sent this audio is probably preventing them from posting in the first place? Details, details. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

After over 2 months between episodes, with so much that has happened as far as titles and news events, we're...not talking about any of those things since Daryl has to catch up on doing what he said he'd do months ago, which is review the 2012 theatrical animated film Asura. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

Daryl and Gerald recount their experiences attending Otakon 2013 and Gerald reviews a title he saw for the first time at Otakon: Midori - Shoujo Tsubaki, also known as Mr. Arashi's Freak Show. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

After a many-year hiatus we've got Tim Eldred back to talk about Space Battleship Yamato 2199. Sorry for lack of description, but we've got an Otakon flight to catch. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

We're joined by "Mitsugi" from the Anime Addicts Anonymous podcast, who's currently in Japan and just saw the latest Studio Ghibli film, The Wind Rises. So we talk about that and uh, siscom. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

We had this interview scheduled with Sam Pinansky of the just-launched website AnimeSols, but then he went on ANNCast right before this recording and they asked all the stuff we originally were planning to ask. We then had to improvise for questions. THIS INTERVIEW IS THE RESULT. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

It has finally come to pass. After all the years of idle chatter, we have finally sat down to interview the man, the myth, the LEGEND~! that is Mike Reynolds. For decades, Mike's voiced tons of "old man" characters in anime as well as done work for Power Rangers, VR Troopers, and the like. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

We thought we would be able to line up some guests to do the next review we had planned. That didn't work out, so we're recording this IN HASTE. Clarissa had a grad school conference to attend and thus couldn't make this recording. Daryl has articles overdue...and thus, is here! As such, Gerald is telling everybody the (bad) news and reviewing Gdgd Fairies. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

Gerald's out sick, so here's an interview conducted with two of their guests, the dangerous acting duo of Michael McConnohie and Melodee M. Spevack. Rest assured: you've heard their work, so BECOME A PART OF US. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

Another new year, another set of broken promises from us. No, we didn't get a final recording out before the end of 2012. But we're back, and this time Daryl reviews Kids on the Slope. To his surprise. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

No, it's not the end of the world: Clarissa's semester has ended, which means we can get back to the usual...er, actually it didn't end so recently that we have something to review. So we read three emails instead. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

In a rare deviation from our usual set of hijinks, Clarissa isn't around and we review a NEW show for a change as Gerald espouses the merits of Shoji Kawamori's latest venture, AKB0048. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

Clarissa is occupied with schoolwork, so substituting as her is Paul Chapman from Otaku USA Magazine and the Greatest Movie EVER! podcast. In this episode, we talk about our time at Anime Weekend Atlanta 2012, Daryl reviews The Drops of God manga, and we totally don't guilt/anger-trip you over the Production IG Kick-Heart Kickstarter. That's it. Nothing else happened. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

As promised, here's a re-casting of Daryl's answers to the latest round of anime podcaster questions put forth by Regan Strongblood of the Anime82 podcast. We'll be back to actual episodes next time. Probably. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

With Anime Weekend Atlanta next week, we're putting the final touches on our panels. And...playing Torchlight II. In the meantime, here's a re-casting of Gerald's answers to the latest round of anime podcaster questions put forth by Regan Strongblood of the Anime82 podcast. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

If you thought we were done with this A and B nomenclature thing just because we said we were, THINK AGAIN. We were going to have this after the Otakon 2012 report but things were running long, so here's where Gerald reviews the Discotek Media releases of The Fantastic Adventures of Unico as well as Unico in the Island of Magic. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

Three months between proper episodes is pretty deplorable even for us. We had meant for this episode to contain our Otakon 2012 report as well as the review of Unico, but the report ran long so we're splitting this in half. Joining us for the con report via rather low quality landline reception is AWA Video Programming Director (and amateur Strong Sad impersonator), Darius Washington. We tried recording this using Google Hangout instead of Skype, so the audio quality is a bit "off." Visit http://www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

Due to overwhelming demand--well, it was more like one person--Daryl has posted more audio of himself that can charitably be described as "filler" while the next episode proper of AWO is prepared. Contains a hopefully fair overview of Sakura-con 2012. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

In this episode, Clarissa SPEAKS~! about her favorite things: gay porn and horror, the two girliest genres there is. After a slew of yaoi manga recommendations that gay men might like, she reviews the anime mystery/horror series Another. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

Due to anime conventions, magazine deadlines, and to a lesser extent DE REEPAZ we missed our chance to release this way back in March when this was initially recorded. But in this episode, after dispensing some advice on running mecha panels at anime conventions Gerald reviews the unjustifiably recent theatrical film, Trigun: Badlands Rumble. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

We've been having a decent amount of guests on lately, huh? This time we are joined by Evan Minto from the Anigamers podcast and Genericon staff to talk about--PER HIS REQUEST--the notoriously disliked Sword for Truth by Osamu Dezaki and Akio Sugino. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

In this news-only installment, we discuss the recent Bandai Entertainment downsizing and cancelation of new releases. Our guests are professional anime translator Neil Nadelman (who's done many Bandai translations) and Anime News Network columnist Mike Toole. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

For the final segment of Show 102, Gerald reviews Model Suit Gunpla Builders Beginning G, which for brevity's sake we'll just call "Gunpla Builders," and continues to bombard us with trivia questions. Our guest remains Erin Finnegan, who is very displeased that we did not inform everyone that ERIN EDITED THIS PODCAST. Well, she did! Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

We missed a month. Again. We thought we'd record a thing with Erin from the Ninja Consultant podcast, aka Erin from ANN's Shelf Life. We thought we could win a war on trivia. But we lost the war against sibilance. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

After entirely too many years we once again have as a guest Patrick Macias! He's an author, editor, podcaster, Internet video star, and television personality. He's also a paranoiac who's a menace to our society, which is why we need HIM to back Gerald up as he reviews the...divisive...Rintaro film Harmagedon! Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

Gerald and Daryl were on the latest episode of the Anime82 podcast, and since we STILL don't have a podcast of our own recorded yet, we're just going to abuse Creative Commons and post our audio segments from it. The full episode was 3 hours long; our part was 80 minutes! We said some...endearing...things! Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

The AWO was all present for this installment of the Ninja Consultant podcast, recorded at 2:30 AM on Saturday of Anime Weekend Atlanta 2011. Also present: the OSMCast!, the Most Dangerous Ed Chavez of Vertical Inc, and a [quite possibly Most] Dangerous Mystery Person! Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

It took about four years longer than it should have but we're finally at Show 100! To commemorate this occasion, we bring back Mike Toole to discuss Yoshiyuki Tomino's most heartfelt work...Garzey's Wing. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

This is the most un-weekly podcast ever. It?s been yet another month since episodes. You know what we were doing during that time? Being at Otakon 2011, followed by Anime Festival Orlando 2011. This is our convention report for the former. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

In the final hours of Otakon 2011, it was decided that the true Fantastic Four should covertly gather in a press room to talk about the final episode of Mad Bull 34, the prior 1:00 AM viewing of which threatened to keep Erin and Noah awake despite their 9:00 AM panel. This unedited podcast audio is the result. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

Between the Steam Summer Sale, magazine deadlines, grad school, and con prep we forgot to record podcasts for 2 months. Gerald reviews the Dirty Pair TV series here. Listen to find out how to win a copy! Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

Here's our review of our experience at Anime Boston 2011. We went to panels and did some too. Daryl overuses the phrase "wing it" in his recollections of events. Oh, and we talk about bara. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

For this episode we're joined by SF author, un-milky DJ, and Twitter entity Tim Maughan for a spoiler-free discussion of Redline by Takeshi Koike. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

We still haven't got the next episode edited yet (because we haven't STARTED editing it yet...) but in the meantime the three of us were interviewed by Andrew over at Podcast Squared, a podcast which specializes in reviewing other podcasts. Listen and find out THE SECRETS OF HOW TO BE COOL...or the direct opposite. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

In this episode, we interview the voice of like, everybody EVER, the one and only Steve Blum! Best known to gradually aging anime fans as the voice of Spike Spiegel in Cowboy Bebop and less aging anime fans as the voice of Leeron in Gurren Lagann, Steve has been warping youths for decades now. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

Wow, we missed...quite some time! It's as though we disappeared! (Or perhaps expired?) To that note, Gerald reviews the manga Disappearance Diary...after we spend half the show talking about US animation for a change! Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

It took something like nine months, but now that Clarissa isn't working full time and taking a full load of graduate school classes she can now bring to us her review of the Viz Signature release of Kingyo Used Books. Joining us is "Chiaki" from the AAA Podcast. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

We didn't record anything at Genericon 2011 ourselves, but we did sit down for an interview with the Reverse Thieves for their podcast, The Speakeasy. We basically disrupted whatever was planned. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

We haven't posted anything lately, and with our convention appearance at Genericon impending, Daryl figured we may as well let people know that the convention appearance at Genericon actually exists! Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

In this recorded-on-New-Year's-Eve installment of AWO, Gerald reviews the recently-concluded Gainax anime series Panty and Stocking With Garterbelt...eventually. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

So concludes five years of podcasting! We begin Year 6 by reviewing Peepo Choo by Felipe Smith with special guest, Paul Chapman aka "The Almighty Gooberzilla" aka "White Daryl." Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

Daryl decided to record this by himself in lieu of a real episode since everyone else has been busy for over a month. If you're naughty this Christmas, this may happen again. And you don't want that. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

Boy, we sure put this one off! Daryl finally bites the bullet after saying he'd do it for four months and reviews Gosenzo-sama Banbanzai!, a little-known OAV from Mamoru Oshii. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

Ah, Garcian...how long has it been? Entirely too long; we missed about two months of podcasting! But fear not, for we are back?long enough to record ONE review anyway! Gerald?s reviewing the old 1990 OAV series AD Police Files. If you haven't already done so, we recommend listening to our Show # 75a podcast on Bubblegum Crisis before this one, since AD Police Files is a prequel to that. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

It's been a month since the last episode due to Otakon 2010, so the least we could do is give you a convention report of it! While we're at it, we review the new theatrical film Welcome to the Space Show. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

We forgot to record a closing and tell people what we were reviewing next time. In fact, we took so long that we lost the voicemail number! Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

Suffering a broken back for disrespecting THE LEGEND caused this review to be delayed, but here now is Daryl?s review of Swallowing The Earth by Osamu Tezuka. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

Gerald reviews the first anime released by Gainax as a studio and what he considers to be the greatest anime movie of all time, Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honneamise. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

Finally we get to the reviews for this episode! Clarissa reviews 5 cm Per Second by Makoto Shinkai, whose works we?ve not actually reviewed until now. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

We sort of forgot to do news segments for the last several months! Oops! We also forgot to do a convention report for Anime Boston 2010, which Gerald attended as Press and Daryl/Clarissa attended as panelists. Let's tackle these before we get into the reviews. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

In this episode, we finally review that which had been suggested to us in that "suggest things for us to review" contest. Well, not THIS episode. Here, we're just answering emails. But you can listen to it for now since it's edited. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

What was supposed to be one or two bonus installments at most became a month-long affair, but it's finally over: the last bonus installment of our decade in review! Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

What should have been the final installment of the AWO 2000-2009 Decade in Review is now the penultimate since the recording went too long. No matter! That makes this a "mere" 45 minutes long! Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

Matt Alt had to peace out to DC on a business trip, so we?ll be hitting up this installment of the decade in review without him. We cover two more years, and from this point on things start looking slightly bleak. You've been warned. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

The AWO decade in review soldiers on, and we are joined once again by TV's Matt Alt! We only got through two years this time, but there was a lot to talk about. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

Two months after everyone else on the planet has done THEIR decade in review, we decide it's time we start on ours! In this part, we cover 2000-2002. With special guest, TV's Matt Alt! Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

In part 4 of Show 85 Clarissa wraps things up by reviewing the hardcover edition (with DVD) of this new coffee table style book by Helen McCarthy. Want the whole show right now in one file? It's on the website as a direct download ONLY as our segmented RSS feed release experiment continues. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

In part 3 of Show 85 Gerald reviews Bobby's Girl, a forgotten classic of the 1980s. Want the whole show right now in one file? It's on the website as a direct download ONLY as our segmented RSS feed release experiment continues. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

In Part 2 of Show 85, Daryl reviews the anime OAV adaptation of Go Nagai's highly influential and highly infamous series, Violence Jack. Want the whole show right now in one file? It's on the website as a direct download ONLY as our segmented RSS feed release experiment continues. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

As we kick off 2010 we've decided to try experimenting with releasing episodes in both per-segment as well as contiguous versions. As such, this is Part 1 of Show 85, the emails and news segments. The remaining parts will be posted once a week. Want the whole show right now in one file? It's on the website as a direct download ONLY. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

Christmas is typically a time for family and loved ones. But for us, it's just another day. So let's answer some emails. Oh, and announce the winners of the contest we've been running for the last several months. Recording quality is a bit below the norm since this wasn't processed the usual way. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

It's our fourth year anniversary! Our special guest is Otaku USA's Jason Thompson, author of Manga: The Complete Guide, so we're doing an all-manga edition of AWO. Clarissa spirals into madness with Uzumaki, Gerald lets fly with Crying Freeman, and Daryl passes on to the next life courtesy of Violence Hero Riki-Oh! For this episode we offer the option of downloading the show in segments if you go to the website. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

As a result of the hidden catches of web hosting, this podcast MAY VANISH FOREVER (or temporarily), but not before Gerald reviews Astro Fighter Sunred, Clarissa reviews Ristorante Paradiso, and Daryl reviews Sword of the Stranger! Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

WARNING: audio quality and editing aren't up to our usual "standards." But regardless, here's our quite-delayed, quite chaotic convention report for Anime Weekend Atlanta 2009! With our special guests, Gerald's Harem Plus Plus! [Amanda, Andrea, Laina, Brian] Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

After two and a half months we finally got it together and have edited some of our Otakon audio! Here's our interview with the Philadelphia Animation Society's "Old Timers of Anime," conducted Saturday, July 18 at Otakon 2009. Do go back and listen to our 2008 interview with them if you haven't already done so. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

Courtesy of the Ani-Gamers Podcast at www.anigamers.com, here is the Otakon 2009 press conference for Japanese guests Noboru Ishiguro, Masao Maruyama, Yukio Kikukawa, and Hidenori Matsubara. Gerald and Clarissa were in attendance, as were several others. They edited it so we don't have to! Anime Weekend Atlanta panel preparations are still taking up all of our time, so if you'll be there, be sure and attend Doujin World (18+), History of Hentai (18+), Black Jack: Tezuka's Dark Doctor, the Panel OF DOOM!, and Anime's Craziest Deaths!

Show 82 concludes with Daryl's review of Bartender and Clarissa's review of One Outs. But first, a special voice mail from the ONE AND ONLY Vic Mignogna, who tells us all about his experience at Whack-a-Nerd at Anime Festival Orlando! Keep your eyes on our Youtube channel for possibly related material in the near future. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

We've moved to new hosting! Let us know if you encounter any broken links. This time, Clarissa's picking the shows for everyone. In return for what Gerald made her review, she's assigning him to review the Starship Troopers anime. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

It's been entirely too long since we've done any con reports. In fact, we owe about a year's worth. But here's our report for Otakon 2009 while it's still fresh in our minds. Warning: in order to release this "on time," we opted to more or less release the audio unedited. It's rougher than we'd like. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

Show 81 concludes with Daryl's review of Kekko Kamen and Clarissa's review of Butt Attack Punisher Girl Gautaman. Along with the post-Anime Expo news, can you really call it the second half of a podcast when it's over 2 hours long? WE CAN! Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

The deadly experiment continues! This time it's Gerald's turn to pick the titles for everyone to review. He's taken the heavy burden of reviewing Yukikaze upon himself. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

The news segment for Show #80 ran long, so here it is in its own separate file. Numbered #80b because you guys said you didn't mind it. SORRY, BOSTONIANS! Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

Show #80 begins Gerald's experiment, in which one host selects what everyone else reviews. Daryl is up first, and as such he is dragging everyone into the Madhouse! Gerald's reviewing Kemonozume and Clarissa's reviewing Kaiba. Meanwhile, Daryl himself speaks of the grand masterpiece that is Goku: Midnight Eye!

Here's the second half of AWO Show 79. Along with a news addendum, Clarissa reviews Detroit Metal City and Daryl reviews Queen Millennia. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

Here's the first half of Show 79, where we read some emails, play a voicemail, talk the news, and Gerald reviews Chi's Sweet Home. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

Here's the second half of Show 78, containing the news segment and Clarissa's review of Heaven Wars Shurato. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

Once again, we're splitting this one in two due to the ever-increasing running time. In this first half, Gerald reviews Roujin Z and Daryl finally breaks his silence on Mamoru Oshii to talk about Angel's Egg. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

Here's the second half of Show 77 with our special guest Mike Toole. It contains Gerald's review of Five Star Stories and Clarissa's review of The Big O. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

Our special guest this episode is the returning Mike Toole! This first half of the show contains our introductory feedback response session, the news, and Daryl's review of Baccano!. The second half will have Gerald's review of Five Star Stories and Clarissa's review of The Big O. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

OH NO, THE BANDANA'S COME OFF! Here now is the second half of Show 76 containing the reviews of Shootfighter Tekken, Baoh, and Part 4 of Jojo's Bizarre Adventure. Warning: this might melt your brain. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

Here's the first half of Show 76, containing the "general chat" portions of the show; reading emails and responding to recent anime news developments. Show 76b will contain the actual reviews. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

Show 75 with our special guest Ryan Gavigan concludes with the news segment, Gerald's review/summary of Riding Bean, and Clarissa's review of Yakitate! Japan. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

For our final podcast of the year, we celebrate our third year anniversary with our special guest, Ryan Gavigan! Took us long enough; we'd been meaning to record this since before our first year anniversary. In the first part of this show, we talk to Ryan about his sordid life in anime fandom and Daryl reviews the Bubblegum Crisis OAVs, aka "the only Bubblegum Crisis that exists" or if you prefer "the REAL Bubblegum Crisis." Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes, archives, and supplemental links.

Here's the last of our con reports for the year, this time for both SITACon 2008 and EXPCon 2008. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

Even though the convention was back in September, here's our con report for Anime Weekend Atlanta 2008. Show 75 is recorded and will hopefully be posted soon, but there may be one more convention report bonus edition posted first. Three bonus recordings in a row? Man, we are lazy. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

Here's a recording of the JAM Project press conference that was held at Otakon 2008, courtesy of Mike Dent and the R5 Central podcast at http://r5central.wordpress.com. Special thanks also to Tyler from Rangercast; between Mike, Tyler, and us that comprised nearly all of the questions asked during this interview. Warning: as we realized that the rest of the press in attendance was not going to ask anything, our questions become progressively more absurd until...well...

Kept you waiting, huh? For this episode we're all reviewing manga titles. Gerald's reviewing Dororo by Osamu Tezuka and Daryl's reviewing Ressentiment by Kengo Hanazawa. Clarissa's review of Part 4 of Jojo's Bizarre Adventure will be posted soon. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

This episode probably sets some sort of AWO record for going off-topic, so if you find yourself wondering "when are they going to actually talk about anime" then you are encouraged to consult the timecodes listed on our website. Gerald reviews Witchblade (which he repeatedly paid money to own), Daryl reviews Strait Jacket (probably the newest thing he's ever done), and Clarissa reviews Moyashimon. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

Here's an interview we conducted at Otakon 2008 with the Philadelphia Animation Society's "Old Farts" of anime: Bill Thomas, Kevin McHenry, Sydney Whitfield, and Jim Kaposztas. All of these gentlemen were present at the Old Farts Anime Appreciation panel, hence the moniker. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

Clarissa's reviewing the BL manga Dog Style, Gerald reviews the terrible wannabe cyberpunk OAV Burn Up! which unfortunately got multiple sequels, and Daryl reviews the awesome non-wannabe cyberpunk OAV Cyber City Oedo 808 which unfortunately got no sequels at all. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

Alternate title: "Noah, When I Want Your Opinion I'll Take My Cl*t Out of Your Mouth and Ask You For It." Rather than edit our own con report which was hastily recorded a few days ago, here's the Ninja Consultant Otakon 2008 report recorded LIVE at the con! With special guests Daryl Surat and Gerald Rathkolb from AWO! Also, Mike Dent from R5 Central, Tyler Waldman from Rangercast, and James Veronico from Animepodcast.net! Featuring Dave Riley from Fast Karate for the Gentleman, and Mike Toole as the Voice of God. Recorded Saturday night from about 1 AM to 4 AM WHILE COMPLETELY SOBER. Except for those Irish anime podcasters. You can't keep them away from the bottle.

The remainder of Show 71 is quite lengthy, but let it tide you over for a while since we've got conventions coming up. Gerald reviews Nobody's Boy Remi, Clarissa reviews the anime version of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Daryl finally covers Part 3 of Jojo's Bizarre Adventure. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

Here's an interview we conducted with veteran anime voice actor and ADR director Richard Epcar at Florida Supercon 2008. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

Show 71 ran a little long, so here's just the news segment rounding up what transpired at Anime Expo 2008. It's not as well-edited as usual due to a broken monitor plus writing deadlines, so bear with it. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

Caught up by greed and the war economy, this episode is all about the pursuit--and parting--of cash. Clarissa reviews the Black Jack TV series, Gerald opines on Tekkon Kinkreet, and Daryl gambles it all away on Kaiji. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

Here's a live podcast we recorded at JACON 2008 for the dearly departed Snacktime Online podcast to tide people over in the meantime. For this bonus installment of AWO, the role of Gerald will be played by Paul Chapman from the Greatest Movie EVER! podcast and the role of Clarissa will be played by Joey Snackpants, whom we interviewed back in Show # 18. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

Show 69 concludes with Clarissa and Zero-chan's introduction to doujinshi. But since that would be ONLY an hour, we've got yet another news segment in front of it too. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

The hentai hoedown that is Show 69 continues, with our special guest Zero-chan from Japanator. Gerald reviews Cream Lemon and Daryl doesn't review Wicked City so much as synopsize it scene by scene so you don't have to see it. Psst: see it. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

Behold the much-dreaded Show 69: another all-hentai episode! With special guest, Zero-chan from Japantor! Both Clarissa and she will be talking about doujinshi in general. Gerald's reviewing Cream Lemon, and Daryl's not-reviewing Wicked City! Actually this is just the first part of the show where we don't technically talk about hentai since the recording ran extremely long. This is just the emails and news. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplementary links.

Here's our interview from Anime Weekend Atlanta 2007 with renowned science fiction anime director Noboru Ishiguro, whose works include Space Battleship Yamato (Star Blazers) as well as Superdimensional Fortress Macross (part of which became Robotech). Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

The full-on Podcast411-approved rig is officially in full effect! Daryl reviews The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, Clarissa has the baseball anime Ookiku Furikabutte ("Swing Big"), and Gerald catches Clarissa's moe infection brought on by Potemayo as he reviews Lucky Star. Lucky Star? LUCKY STAR? NAJICA?! Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

Daryl gets back on the horse [heroin...?] with his review of Paprika, Clarissa's tackling School Rumble, and Gerald double-dips on Detonator Orgun. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

Here's our interview from AWA 2007 with noted anime scholar Helen McCarthy, author of The Anime Encyclopedia, which is now in its second edition. Also appearing is anime fandom gatekeeper/Flexible Metal Hose Guy Dave III from Corn Pone Flicks fame, and Rob Fenelon, whom we interviewed back in Show # 64. Listen as we all get totally schooled! Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes, supplemental links, and feedback.

After over a month of no new episodes, this show--recorded a month ago--is now out. Nothing but absolute evil is contained within as Daryl reviews MW by Vertical Inc (featuring nonstop depictions of evil), Gerald reviews Dangaioh (the dub of which is truly evil), and Clarissa reviews the most evil of them all: Potemayo (a moe show). Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

Here's the rest of Show # 65: Gerald's super-short review of Sonic Soldier Borgman and Daryl's super-long report on the New York Anime Festival 2007. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

Clarissa's reviewing Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann and we speculate on this whole ADV / Sojitz scenario. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

The much-belated, and hopefully final, segment of Show # 64. We discuss the news, which is rather hilariously out of date as there have been several further developments since the time this was recorded. With the current craziness going on, expect more on these topics in the future. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

This is Part 2 of our interview with Walter Amos and Rob Fenelon. You probably want to listen to Part 1 first. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

Apologies for the one month delay between episodes. Anyway, we're back with Part 1 of an interview we conducted with Walter Amos and Rob Fenelon back at Anime Weekend Atlanta 2007. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

Show 63 concludes with Clarissa's review of the much-dreaded Crystal Triangle and our run-in with 4chan, the INTERNET HATE MACHINE, at AWA 2007. Two year anniversary? Probably. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

Our special guest is Neil Nadelman and the Totally Lame Anime floodgates have been unleashed! Daryl reviews Dog Soldier, and Gerald reviews Machine Robo: Revenge of Chronos! Stay tuned for Clarissa's Crystal Triangle review which will be uploaded in a few days. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

It's catch-up week for all of us. Daryl's going back and reviewing the remainder of To Terra and Gerald's reviewing the rest of Hakugei and Vol 1 of Xenosaga. Clarissa's belated AWA report was split into a separate bonus file that we uploaded prior to this. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

Show 62 was running pretty long and we needed to get SOMETHING out before Thanksgiving, so we figured we'd put the con report for Anime Weekend Atlanta 2007 up as its own separate thing. You know, so you have something to listen to while you're waiting in line/traffic on Black Friday. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

Are we deliberately trying to get people to stop listening to us? Not only is this episode late, it's also nearly three hours long. THREE HOURS LONG. And it's another all-mecha podcast! Gerald reviews Space Runaway Ideon, Clarissa tells us about Gravion, and Daryl might need a helping hand with Godannar. Huh huh, huh huh. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

This is the third and final part of our 60th show and Osamu Tezuka spotlight, featuring Clarissa's review of the Black Jack OAVs and movie from the 1990s. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

This is Part 2 of our 60th show and Osamu Tezuka spotlight, containing Gerald's news segment as well as his review of Vertical Inc's release of the manga Apollo's Song. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

This is Part 1 of our 60th show! To celebrate, we're focusing on Osamu Tezuka works, and Daryl starts things off by talking about Astro Boy in its various anime TV incarnations over the years. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

Is time and space broken, or have the cartoons driven us crazy? Daryl's reviewing the historic anime anthology Robot Carnival, Gerald talks about the historical business manga Project X: Cup Noodle, and Clarissa makes AWO history by talking about When They Cry: Higurashi. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

This show ran long, so we're splitting it in half. In this section, we read emails and talk about the news. We'll put up the file with the actual reviews in a few days. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

Finally, an actual episode again! Clarissa reviews Suzuka, and Daryl not only recounts his experience at Florida Supercon, but also reviews Barefoot Gen, which is a very important work indeed. Gerald's Otakon report has been split off into a separate file. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

This is Gerald's report on Otakon 2007. It was the length of an entire episode on its own, so we have split it apart from the regular show and given it this separate feed item. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

Skype's acting haywire, so we don't have a show for THIS week either. Here then is the audio for the interview we did with Colleen Clinkenbeard at Anime Festival Orlando 2007. We're even more addled than in the first interview. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

We don't actually have a show recorded for this week, so here's the audio to our interview from Anime Festival Orlando 2007 with Funimation voice actor, director, and comicbook artist Sonny Strait (Krillin in DBZ, Hughes in FMA). None of us have ever done a live interview before prior to this. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

You thought last week was pain? This week is ALL bad anime. Daryl secretly loves Angel Cop, Gerald is ashamed to own The Humanoid, and Clarissa's blood pressure is DA BOMB when she watches Zaizen Jotaro. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

Everything this week causes pain one way or another as Daryl reviews Demon City Shinjuku, Clarissa reviews Birth / Planet Busters, and Gerald wraps things up with Megazone 23 III. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

After over a month of no new recordings, we have returned, but our attempt to resume normal releases hit some roadblocks. This week, Daryl's finally talking about the Sanrio film Sea Prince and the Fire Child, Gerald discusses the Gainax television series Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water, and Clarissa goes nuts over MPD Psycho. This file is the first hour or so of the show, encapsulating all segments except for the news and the Nadia review which are available as a separate download on the feed. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

We're releasing the news as well as the Nadia review in their own file separate from the rest of Show # 55 since these two segments alone run about two hours in all. We go over some of the news items arising out of Anime Expo 2007 and talk all about Fushigi no Umi no Nadia. Beware: discussion of "the island episodes" are contained within. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

After a month of procrastination and being occupied with actual work, we conclude the super-extended Show # 54 with Clarissa's review of Ai no Kusabi. Its DBR--Dudes Bein' Rude--rating is quite powerful indeed. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

It's time, it's time, it's...GERALD TIME! The extra drawn-out Show 54 continues as a result of Daryl's moving, so this week is Gerald's review of Black Lion by the almighty Go Nagai. Egged on by Daryl's solo recordings last week, Gerald follows suit. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

Please don't let this be your first impression of this podcast. Please? Show 54 continues with Daryl's advance review of 009-1...but due to technical difficulties and the onset of madness, Daryl decided to record the remaining segments...BY HIMSELF. As such, this is probably the single worst segment of AWO ever. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

In an attempt to at least release SOME content on a weekly basis, we're splitting Show 54 up across the next few weeks. This is our report for JACON 2007. Normally we'd try and keep this to 20-30 minutes, but...yeah, we failed at that. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

Daryl reviews Record of Lodoss War, Gerald reviews The Notenki Memoirs, and Clarissa reviews the BL anthology J-Boy. Apologies for the delay, but it's probably not the last of it. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

This is not a standard episode of AWO, but since we're all incredibly busy with school, convention preparation, and relocating to another city, we're talking about the subject of bootlegging in anime as well as Volume 1 of the journal Mechademia. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

This week, it's all stuff we're feeling kind of "eh" about, which partially accounts for why it took so long for us to edit it. Daryl reviews all of Ergo Proxy, Gerald tackles Megazone 23 Part 2, and Clarissa's keeping it real [robot] with Hades Project Zeorymer. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

In addition to our Megacon 2007 report, Clarissa reviews Animation Runner Kuromi, Gerald revisits The Venus Wars, and Daryl finally gets around to reviewing To Terra Volume 1. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

It's our glorious 50th episode! Gerald reviews Megazone 23 Part 1, Clarissa's got Princess Tutu, and Daryl rambles about Macross: Do You Remember Love? for nearly an hour. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

This is not like our usual episodes, so don't let this be your first episode you hear. We keep asking for voicemails, but we never seem to play them. Here we shall rectify this and also procrastinate on releasing Show # 50. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

Daryl keeps the manga reviews coming with a review of The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service, Clarissa gets back her shojo mojo talking about Loveless, and Gerald celebrates its 20th anniversary by reviewing Dirty Pair: Project E.D.E.N. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full notes and supplemental links.

Daryl reviews the MANLY MANGA Satsuma Gishiden, Gerald reviews the MANLY CARTOON Spirit of Wonder (what?), and Clarissa is the MANLIEST of us all since she reviews MAZINKAISER~! which law dictates must be spelled in all-caps tilde exclamation point. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

Daryl has an advance review of Le Chevalier d'Eon, Gerald gets sprung with Utawarerumono, and Clarissa reflects upon Nerima Daikon Brothers. As a test to see if we can hang with REAL reviewers, all of us have decided to review just Volume 1 of shows we've never seen before, all courtesy of ADV Films. We're going nowhere fast. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

In what will go down in history as the AWO's darkest hour (it was Gerald's idea!), this episode is entirely devoted to hentai. Daryl reviews the extensively surreal Kanashimi no Belladonna, Clarissa reviews the manga Pink Sniper by her favorite hentai artist Kengo Yonekura, and Gerald fulfills the dream by providing us with a highly-researched review of Urotsukidoji: Legend of the Overfiend. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

Daryl reviews the books The Push Man and Other Stories and also Abandon the Old in Tokyo, Clarissa reviews the recent anime series Black Lagoon, and Gerald reviews Voltes V. The books contain dead babies, they probably shoot babies in Black Lagoon, and women are repulsed enough by 70s super robot anime such as Voltes V that they miscarry. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and details.

This week, the theme is unbridled optimism in the face of adversity, so who better to have on as a guest than veteran anime fan and Corn Pone Flicks personality Joe Vecchio. Daryl reviews Studio 4C's 2004 theatrical film Mind Game, Gerald weighs in with his thoughts on Vertical Inc's release of the Osamu Tezuka manga Ode to Kirihito, and Clarissa feels all warm and fuzzy inside as she shares with us her thoughts on ADV's manga release of Yotsuba! Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

This isn't technically an episode, so if you've never heard our show before, don't listen to this episode first, okay? All we do this episode is answer emails...on Christmas Eve. We were supposed to put this up weeks ago, but then the entire project got corrupted and the whole thing had to be hastily re-edited and processed. As a result, the first 30 minutes or so may sound like we recorded this in a tin can. Also, there is no music at the beginning or end. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

Daryl reviews the obscure and INCREDIBLY DEPRESSING 1970s film Ringing Bell (from the people who brought you Hello Kitty!), Gerald is quite let down by Kishin Corps, and Clarissa saves the day with Part 2 of Jojo's Bizarre Adventure. This is perhaps the last episode of 2006, what with Christmas and New Year's coming. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

It's our one year anniversary! Funimation sent us DVDs to review, so Clarissa reviews Full Metal Panic: The Second Raid, Gerald has the unenviable task of reviewing Moon Phase, and Daryl pitches in with his viewpoint on the Limited Edition of Fullmetal Alchemist The Movie: The Conqueror of Shambala. Be sure to listen to the end for a SPECIAL ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY SURPRISE! Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

This week, it's titles that for one reason or another just aren't for everyone. More so than usual, anyway. Daryl reviews the 2004 Gonzo anime series Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo, Gerald reviews the manga Voyeur and its followup Voyeurs Inc, and Clarissa reviews the Studio Ghibli film Omoide Poroporo, aka Only Yesterday. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

We're officially over the hill. Can you believe we've been babbling for 40 episodes? Daryl--whose gain level introduced lots of static whenever he spoke--reviews the semi-obscure 1980s film The Dagger of Kamui, Gerald reviews the quite obscure 1980s TV series Future Police Urashiman, and Clarissa gets the ball rolling with Part 1 of our Jojo's Bizarre Adventure review. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

By popular demand, here's what we--and by we I mean Clarissa--think of the Fall 2006 anime lineup. What we watched of it, anyway. Death Note and D. Gray-Man were covered in Show # 39. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

There are officially too many good videogames coming out right now, but we resist the urge to slack off just barely. Daryl talks about The Twelve Kingdoms, Clarissa gives us her thoughts on the first few episodes of both Death Note and D. Gray Man, and we somehow manage to talk about our experiences at Anime Weekend Atlanta 2006 in 30 minutes instead of 2 hours. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and descriptions.

In perhaps the manliest (and longest) episode to date, Gerald reviews the Kazuo Koike jigoku manga masterpiece Lady Snowblood (this episode's title being a reference to the editorial thought process governing this manga), Daryl opines on the new Fist of the North Star movie Raoh Gaiden, and Clarissa weighs in with her thoughts on the first season of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex. Visit http://www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

This one's for all the Gerald acolytes out there, as he conducts an interview with Michiko Ito, professor of Japanese Studies at the University of Kansas. Tim Eldred, whom we interviewed in Show 14, is also present. Listen on, would-be otaku, and discover exactly what inanimate objects YOU should be praying to in order to guarantee that you see that next episode of Gundam! Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

Departing from our typical show format, our special guest this week is Marc Handler, who's worked in various roles on localizing titles such as Voltron, Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs, Transformers, FLCL, Naruto, Cowboy Bebop, Ghost in the Shell, Astro Boy, Avalon, Zatoichi, and much, MUCH more. Visit http://www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

This isn't really an episode. Well, it was until we decided it was cosmically lame. See, it's mostly composed of the audio to our panel at AWA 2006, and it was pretty boring. Oh, and we sound like robots for the first 30 minutes. Oh well. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

This episode is a week late due to computer troubles, but hopefully the wait is worth it. Gerald reviews Hayao Miyazaki's theatrical directorial debut The Castle of Cagliostro, Daryl reviews the 2004 anime remake of Osamu Tezuka's Phoenix (aka Hi no Tori), and Clarissa reviews the yaoi manga Embracing Love by Youka Nitta. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

No time for a final quality check listen, we've got to drive to Anime Weekend Atlanta! Gerald reviews Cromartie High School, Clarissa continues the ABe kick from last week with Serial Experiments Lain, and Daryl unveils a small portion of THE TRUTH he discovered at Metrocon 2006! Visit http://www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

Finally, a normal format episode again! Gerald lets us know all about the uncut version of Street Fighter II: The Movie, Clarissa kicks it old school with My Youth in Arcadia (aka Arcadia of My Youth), and Daryl offers his own unique insight on Haibane Renmei! Visit http://www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

In our longest podcast to date, we were supposed to get caught up on responding to listener feedback with our special guest, the now-retired head of Anime Weekend Atlanta / Corn Pone Flicks member / Anime Hell founder / comicbook creator / Totally Lame Anime expert / Misterkitty.org co-creator / no longer a "Cap'n," Dave Merrill. But we got too preoccupied with having him impart his wisdom to us so that our kung fu might become stronger. Visit http://www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

Our special guest this week is Zac "Answerman" Bertschy from Anime News Network! We spend the episode giving our con report of Otakon 2006. Clarissa is woefully absent from this recording, but she'll be back next time. If you're lucky. Visit http://www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

This week we deviate from the typical show format and devote an episode to giving our con report on AFO 2006, with our special guest via telephone, AFO vice president Erik Reiss. We talk about what went right, what went wrong, and why the search for THE TRUTH might have died for good at this convention! Visit http://www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

We're back from Otakon and fighting off coughs. Clarissa reviews the manga Antique Bakery, Daryl discusses the MANLY CARTOON that is New Getter Robo, and Gerald opines on the limited edition release of Patlabor the Movie 2. Visit http://www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

Nope, it's not really a new episode, but here's the audio to our interviews with Christine Auten and Nobuteru Yuuki, conducted at Otakon 2006. We should be back on schedule next week. Visit http://www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

Better late than never, I guess. Daryl reviews the horror anime Requiem From the Darkness, Clarissa reminisces on The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya now that it's ended, and Gerald talks about his favorite anime of all time, Gall Force. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

In an attempt to more accurately reflect what this podcast is SUPPOSED to be, Gerald reviews the new(ish) anime Fantastic Children, Clarissa reviews the not-so-surprisingly forgotten A Wind Named Amnesia, and Daryl's search for THE TRUTH at anime conventions continues with Part 2 of The Japanese Animation Convention is Decadent and Depraved! Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

It's another 90 minutes of mirth as Gerald talks about Goshogun: The Time Etranger aka. Time Stranger in the newer DVD release, Daryl reviews Discotek's latest classic anime DVD release Puss n' Boots, and Clarissa gawks over little boys more than even Michael Jackson would as she discusses CLAMP Campus Detectives! Visit http://www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

This week, our special guest is Steve Harrison, which is fitting because this week none of us have a clue what we're talking about! Gerald rants about the state of the anime industry, Daryl does a braindump of MD Geist, and Clarissa reviews Shinesman! Informed viewpoints? What are those?! Visit http://www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

It's all about the catfights this week as Clarissa talks about Air Master, Daryl reviews Shadow Skill, and Gerald discusses Project A-Ko! Outrageous! Truly outrageous! Visit http://www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

The sound quality on this is pretty bad. We did the best we could to amplify this sufficiently so that people could hear it, but the levels are all over the place and we apologize in advance. This week, Gerald reviews one of his all-time favorites Crusher Joe, Daryl reviews the Often Overlooked Prefectural Earth Defense Force, and Clarissa continues her "pretty boys in armor" overview by telling about Ronin Warriors aka Yoroiden Samurai Troopers. Visit http://www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

The theme of this episode was "disasters," and that's what befell us all. Gerald was going to review Spriggan but couldn't find the words, Clarissa reviews the "gay porn only without the porn" title My Sexual Harassment (and eventually found the words), and Daryl's ongoing search for THE TRUTH leads him to the simple, startling, and plagiarized revelation that The Japanese Animation Convention is Decadent and Depraved. Visit http://www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

This episode is entirely about anime and manga which itself is about obsessive fans of anime and manga, or otaku. Gerald reviews Otaku no Video, Clarissa reviews Genshiken, and Daryl reviews Welcome to the NHK. Visit http://www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

It's flexible, it's metal, it's our 21st podcast as Daryl reviews Giant Robo (perhaps his favorite anime ever), Gerald reviews Combattler V, and Clarissa tackles Saint Seiya! Visit http://www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

This week, it's all anime reviews as Clarissa talks about Ouran High School Host Club, Gerald reviews the limited edition release of Patlabor the Movie, and all will receive the anime blessing...and the cleansing. But will they lift up their arms and praise Daryl for reviewing Karas, as the vapors make them pure? NNNAYYYY, they will WAIL and SCREAM, most ungrateful...! Visit http://www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

It's a sappho-riffic episode of Anime World Order this week as Clarissa reviews Maria-sama ga Miteru, Daryl kicks SCIENCE~! like no one else can by talking about the Often Overlooked Ippatsu Kikimusume (in clear defiance of the episode's yuri theme), and Gerald reviews the hentai title Another Lady Innocent.

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Our special guest (via a kind of flaky telephone line) is Ken Nabbe aka Joey Snackpants, the chair of JACON, a local Florida anime convention which all of us attended and ran panels at. We talk about the history of the convention and the club which founded it, what happened at JACON 2006, and what we can expect from JACON in the future. THE TRUTH about JACON will be revealed at a later date. Visit http://www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

We skipped a week because of Jacon, but we're still lazy! As compensation for this relatively segment-light episode, we present to you the long-awaited next part of Daryl's search for THE TRUTH. This time, at Megacon.

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The show was running long this week, so we're pushing the Megacon report back yet another week. Clarissa explains it all about Eyeshield 21 and Gerald reviews the classic anime Taro the Dragon Boy.

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This week we're breaking new grounds in laziness as we not only catch up on reading listener emails, we try out new microphones that sound well, bad. Fortunately, Ichigo from Anime Pulse is our guest to offer his unique and robotic-sounding perspective! Visit http://www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

This week we depart from the standard show format to conduct an interview with Tim Eldred, who's been an anime fan for about as long as we've been alive. Tim is a huge fan of Space Battleship Yamato (aka Star Blazers) as well as Armored Trooper VOTOMS and Fist of the North Star. In addition, he has written comicbooks and does work in Western animated works such as Teen Titans, MTV's Spider-Man, and much more. Visit http://www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

This week Daryl talks about the currently-running manga series Pluto, Clarissa talks about the really old but also currently-running manga series From Eroica With Love, and Gerald tells us all about the works of director Katsuhito Akiyama.

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Our guest this week is Mike Toole from Anime Jump who's been putting the "dumb" in anime fandom since 1998! Gerald and Clarissa review the excellent series Monster, and Mike and Daryl review the Often Overlooked (and notoriously terrible) Odin: Photon Space Sailer Starlight. Yes, that's spelled correctly. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

We're testing to see if recording in mono sounds better or worse. PLEASE let us know if it sounds bad. This week we read lots of email, Gerald conveys his thoughts on Zipang, Clarissa finally reviews Death Note, and Daryl's search for THE TRUTH continues!

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We talk about anime fans outside of the US, then Gerald discusses the Often Overlooked Lensman (the DUB!) Clarissa reviews the manga Homunculus, and Daryl's search for THE TRUTH kicks off with Part 1 of his Katsucon experience. If you don't normally read the show notes, now is the time to start. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

We're back to the "regular" show format. Daryl talks about the Often Overlooked gekiga mainstay Golgo 13 and gets made fun of by shut from 4chan, Gerald reviews Cannon God Exaxxion, and we offer a sample of the upcoming Katsucon and Megacon interview segments. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

It's a much dreaded hentai-themed episode as Gerald talks about Gonad the Barbarian in what is technically the end of the Patrick Macias interview. Actually, we have nearly two more hours worth. We also talk about cyberpunk anime as well as follow up on Prefectural Earth Defense Force. Visit http://www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

The Patrick Macias interview rolls on, as we talk about "jigoku manga," best embodied by the works of Kazuo Koike! Plus Space Battlecruiser Yamato and uh...Anna Miller's. Visit http://www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

In this episode we talk about why harem shows all suck, why you NEED to buy Prefectural Earth Defense Force when it comes out, and how to fix conventions so the only people who'll attend them is us. Plus part two of the Patrick Macias interview! Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

For Show # 5 we talk about why "voting with your dollars" doesn't really work, discuss the Often Overlooked classic anime They Were Eleven, and conclude with Part 1 of our interview with Patrick Macias, author of "Cruising the Anime City: An Otaku Guide to Neo Tokyo" and the Most Dangerous Man Alive. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

For Show # 4, Gerald talks about the Often Overlooked Hakugei: Legend of Moby Dick, Daryl's Anime Then and Now compares the original Area 88 OAVs of the 1980s to its 2004 TV series remake, and Clarissa reviews the BL title Sensitive Pornograph. We apologize for the audio quality of this episode. Visit http://www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

This one's all about the robots. We talk about why most anime fans don't really like robot shows, then Daryl reviews Gundam SEED Destiny: Final Plus and Gerald does a Creator Spotlight on Shoji Kawamori. Double ouch. Clarissa wraps things up by talking about The King of Braves GaoGaiGar. Visit http://www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

Daryl talks about the Often Overlooked theatrical anime classic Hols (Horus?), Prince of the Sun. Gerald reviews the City Hunter sequel Angel Heart, and Clarissa picks up from part of the discussion in the last episode to talk about fansubs, scanlations, and their relevance in anime fandom today. Visit http://www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

It's our inaugural podcast! After we introduce ourselves, Clarissa offers up a review of Ai Yazawa's manga title Nana, Gerald discusses the Often Overlooked classic Animal Treasure Island, and Daryl rants about Fortune magazine's attempt to get investors for a live action Evangelion. Visit http://www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.