Anime World Order Show # 248 – Our Twenty Year Legacy of Shame Is Also Our Third Christmas Roundup

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.

Introduction (0:00 – 52:55)
How were things twenty years ago, when we first started anyway? Do we even remember? Now that Anime Herald Issue #1 is out in both print and digital, you can read Daryl’s article which happens to be exactly about this very topic! We also talk about our closing thoughts on the current anime season as well as how the inaugural AWO Secret Santa SANDA turned out.

The AWO Christmas Roundup, Volume 3 (52:55 – 2:08:23)
Another year, another set of Christmas episodes! This year, our selections are less in line with Last Christmas by Wham–the official anthem of Japanese Christmas–but there’s still a heaping portion of angst to go around. “Angst” sure was the word of choice for many an anime back in the days of IRC in the 1990s.

Cardcaptor Sakura (55:32 – 1:06:16)

Cyborg 009: The Cyborg Soldier (1:06:16 – 1:17:52)

Maison Ikkoku (1:17:52 – 1:34:48)

Yawara! A Fashionable Judo Girl (1:34:48 – 1:48:00)

Aggretsuko (1:48:00 – 1:54:59)

Strawberry Marshmallow (1:54:59 – 2:03:04)

Anime World Order Show # 247 – Red Bard Carves Thanksgiving Turkey Using a RUBBER KNIFE

It’s that time of year again: our annual trivia episode We’re joined by YouTuber Red Bard this time around, who we met at Anime Boston earlier this year. Like Daryl, they are a contributor to Anime Herald Magazine, which is now released in both 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.)

If this sounds enjoyable to watch unfold in real time, consider joining our Patreon. We’re trying to round up enough participants to do a Secret SANDA gift exchange, but the deadline is but a day or two away.

This is NOT Oda Nobunaga like we all kept saying.
And what are we to do with these DVD cases and artwork now?!
The absurd dimensions of Samurai Deeper Kyo’s wooden box packaging are all we “need” remember about that series.
Daryl hanging onto this is the reason why some of the extras exclusive to it are present in the Discotek Blu-Ray.
If you look carefully, there’s a giant robot in the background.
If you look carefully, there’s a giant robot in the background.