Third Impact Anime Podcast

Hey folks! We'll be on a brief hiatus until probably mid-January when we return to discuss our picks for anime of the decade! Until then, have a wonderful holiday and feel free to check out our backlog of episodes. We wish you a happy and healthy holiday and a happier and healthier 2020. See You Space Cowboys. Visit our website at www.thirdimpactanime.com Follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/TI_Anime Subscribe on Apple Podcasts | Google Play | YouTube | Stitcher | Podbean Support on Ko-Fi | Patreon

Surprising nobody, the Third Impact Anime gang spent this year's Halloween weekend at a convention -- Anime Weekend Atlanta, to be precise! How did the convention fair in this unconventional date? What guests did they bring out? How many people will stay up until 3 AM to see a panel about anime-inspired musical theater!? All these questions are answered in our convention report, starring Ryan, Sully, Andrew, and Tobias. Thank you for listening! If you'd like to support our show, please consider sharing it with your friends! Show notes are available on our website: www.thirdimpactanime.com More helpful links: https://linktr.ee/thirdimpactanime Follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/TI_Anime Subscribe on Apple Podcasts | Google Play | YouTube | Stitcher | Podbean Support on Ko-Fi | Patreon

Happy Black Jack-sgiving! Or, Black (Jack's) Friday? Either way, he'd be the best one to slice the turkey. This episode, we're gathering around the dinner table to discuss the Osamu Dezaki directed film based on the classic Osamu Tezuka character, Black Jack: The Movie! Joining us for this family get together is returning champion and "question-asker-supreme," our wonderful friend Basil from OSMCast. Enjoy! Thank you for listening! If you'd like to support our show, please consider sharing it with your friends! Show notes are available on our website: www.thirdimpactanime.com More helpful links: https://linktr.ee/thirdimpactanime Follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/TI_Anime Subscribe on Apple Podcasts | Google Play | YouTube | Stitcher | Podbean Support on Ko-Fi | Patreon

Note: This episode was recorded before Halloween and intended to be released before we went to Anime Weekend Atlanta but hey, we had a convention to prep for so please pardon the outdated info in the beginning. To stave off the inevitable arrive of Thank-Christmas-giving, we're here to extend the Halloween season just a bit with our post-Halloween special on legends and yokai in the TV series Yamishibai. For those unaware, or if you didn't listen to last year's Halloween special, Yamishibai is an anime anthology series consisting of a bunch of spooky short stories. This year, we picked 2 episodes each to explore the urban legends, yokai, or cultural elements they were based on. Please enjoy! Thank you for listening! If you'd like to support our show, please consider sharing it with your friends! Show notes are available on our website: www.thirdimpactanime.com More helpful links: https://linktr.ee/thirdimpactanime Follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/TI_Anime Subscribe on Apple Podcasts | Google Play | YouTube | Stitcher | Podbean Support on Ko-Fi | Patreon

To conclude(?) our reviews of 2019 Summer anime, we're back with Team "Our-Shows-are-Over-More-or-Less" giving final thoughts on: How Heavy are the Dumbells You Lift? Do You Love Your Mom and Her Two-Hit Multi-Target Attacks? O Maidens in Your Savage Season Tori, Sarah, and Edwin discuss what they loved and hated about their chosen shows and give you their final recommendations on if anything they watched was really worth it. Thank you for listening! If you'd like to support our show, please consider sharing it with your friends! Show notes are available on our website: www.thirdimpactanime.com More helpful links: https://linktr.ee/thirdimpactanime Follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/TI_Anime Subscribe on Apple Podcasts | Google Play | YouTube | Stitcher | Podbean Support on Ko-Fi | Patreon

Following up on our previous Summer Anime Impressions episodes, we're back with "Team Midpoint". These shows will be running for more than one cour, so we're taking a break halfway to discuss our thoughts so far. Do they still burn as brightly as they did 13 weeks ago? Will they make history in the saga of anime canon? Here's the ensemble we're bringing you today: Fire Force (Bill) Vinland Saga (Ryan) Ensemble Stars (Tobias) Also discussed: Link's Awakening, My Hero Academia, Dragon Quest XI, Untitled Goose Game, and more! Thank you for listening! If you'd like to support our show, please consider sharing it with your friends! Show notes are available on our website: www.thirdimpactanime.com More helpful links: https://linktr.ee/thirdimpactanime Follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/TI_Anime Subscribe on Apple Podcasts | Google Play | YouTube | Stitcher | Podbean Support on Ko-Fi | Patreon

In this episode, Sully, Tobias, Austin, and Bill discuss Isao Takahata's directorial debut feature film, Horus, Prince of the Sun. We discuss the film's background, legacy, possible inspirations on The Legend of Zelda, and what we thought of watching it through our 2019, post-Ghibli eyes. In a lot of ways, it feels like an anime from the 60s, but in a lot of ways... it doesn't! Buy Horus, Prince of the Sun on bluray from Discotek! Thank you for listening! Want to support our podcast? Please share our episodes with your friends or visit our iTunes/Stitcher pages and leave a review, we would really appreciate it! Thank you for listening! If you'd like to support our show, please consider sharing it with your friends! Show notes are available on our website: www.thirdimpactanime.com More helpful links: https://linktr.ee/thirdimpactanime Follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/TI_Anime Subscribe on Apple Podcasts | Google Play | YouTube | Stitcher | Podbean Support on Ko-Fi | Patreon

In this episode, Sully, Tobias, and Bill discuss Eiichi Yamamoto’s surreal, psychedelic classic Belladonna of Sadness, the story of a young French peasant woman who after a traumatizing event, uses the power of witchcraft to forge her place in her country’s national consciousness. The gang dig into the film’s deeper cultural, psychological, and artistic meanings, as well as debate in the canon of anime films and its complex relationship with trauma, sexuality, and agency Thank you for listening! If you'd like to support our show, please consider sharing it with your friends! Show notes are available on our website: www.thirdimpactanime.com More helpful links: https://linktr.ee/thirdimpactanime Follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/TI_Anime Subscribe on Apple Podcasts | Google Play | YouTube | Stitcher | Podbean Support on Ko-Fi | Patreon

Here's the promised Group B of our summer seasonal anime impressions! Sorry this is coming out a week or so later than we intended. School has started and Austin is a BUSY BEE! In this episode, Tobias, Tori, Bill, and Edwin talk about their seasonal picks (1 per) and give their modest first impressions. The anime reviewed in this episode are: Fire Force (Bill) How Heavy are the Dumbbells That You Lift? (Edwin) Ensemble Stars (Tobias) O Maidens in your Savage Season (Tori) Briefly Carole & Tuesday, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Cop Craft, and Granblem The goal is to reconvene after the season is over and do a post-mortem review of all of these. Look forward to that in a month-ish-or-so-if-we-are-good. Are you watching any of these series' yourself? What do you think of them? Let us know in the comments. Thank you for listening! If you'd like to support our show, please consider sharing it with your friends! Show notes are available on our website: www.thirdimpactanime.com More helpful links: https://linktr.ee/thirdimpactanime Follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/TI_Anime Subscribe on Apple Podcasts | Google Play | YouTube | Stitcher | Podbean Support on Ko-Fi | Patreon

Wow we're doing a seasonal impressions episode?! We haven't done that in forever! In this episode, Sarah, Austin, and Ryan talk about their seasonal picks (1 per) and give their modest first impressions. The anime reviewed in this episode are: Vinland Saga (Ryan) Do You Love Your Mom and Her Two-Hit Multi-Target Attacks? (Sarah) Dr. Stone (Austin) Briefly Fire Force, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, and Ensemble Stars The goal is to reconvene after the season is over and do a post-mortem review of all of these. There will also be a second Group reviewing totally different shows on the feed soon, courtesy of Tobias, Tori, Bill, and Edwin. Look out for it! Stream them here Vinland | Mom | Stone Thank you for listening! If you'd like to support our show, please consider sharing it with your friends! Show notes are available on our website: www.thirdimpactanime.com More helpful links: https://linktr.ee/thirdimpactanime Follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/TI_Anime Subscribe on Apple Podcasts | Google Play | YouTube | Stitcher | Podbean Support on Ko-Fi | Patreon

A couple weeks ago, we were given the great pleasure of attending Hamacon in Huntsville, Alabama for the second year in a row as their Featured Panelists. This year's Hamacon was the last EVER and while we are sad to see it go, we are truly grateful for the great times and awesome friends we've made through it!  In this con-versation episode, Tori, Tobias, Austin, and Edwin are joined by fellow podcast host, current co-director of Momocon, and former Director of Awesome at Hamacon, Basil Berchekas (@itsbasiltime on Twitter). Also, before we chat about Hamacon, Sully stops by to tell us about his experience traveling out to San Diego for Comic Con. We also chat about the KyoAni arson attack, the history of Hamacon, our panels, and share con stories new and old. Thank you for listening! If you'd like to support our show, please consider sharing it with your friends! Show notes are available on our website: www.thirdimpactanime.com Hit up Basil and the OSMcast over at osmcast.com More helpful links: https://linktr.ee/thirdimpactanime Follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/TI_Anime Subscribe on Apple Podcasts | Google Play | YouTube | Stitcher | Podbean Support on Ko-Fi | Patreon

Naoko Yamada (A Silent Voice, Liz & the Blue Bird) is one of the youngest and most critically acclaimed anime directors in the business today. Austin, Tori, and Andrew look back at her 2013 original TV series and subsequent sequel film, Tamako Market and Tamako Love Story. Thank you for listening!  If you'd like to support our show, please consider sharing our show with your friends, or donate to us on either Ko-Fi or Patreon! Show notes are available on our website: www.thirdimpactanime.com More helpful links: https://linktr.ee/thirdimpactanime Follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/TI_Anime Subscribe on Apple Podcasts | Google Play | YouTube | Stitcher | Podbean

If you haven't heard by now, Final Fantasy VII's long awaited Remake is coming out next March! We got a ton of new information about it at this year's E3, so of course it's the perfect time to revisit Final Fantasy VII in anime form! Austin, Tobias, and Tori are joined by our gaming pals, Will and Ryan of Mid Shelf Gaming, to discuss the 2005 film Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children, as well as it's 2009 "Complete" version and other adjacent FFVII anime projects.  We discuss how we watched the film for the first time back in the day, how Tifa is really the main character, how this movie is only almost all fan service, and much more! Thank you for listening!  If you'd like to support our show, please consider sharing our show with your friends, or donate to us on either Ko-Fi or Patreon! Show notes are available on our website: www.thirdimpactanime.com More helpful links: https://linktr.ee/thirdimpactanime Follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/TI_Anime Subscribe on Apple Podcasts | Google Play | YouTube | Stitcher | Podbean

To celebrate Pride month, Sully sat down with voice actor, script writer, and ADR director David Wald to discuss his work in working to dub and license LGBTQ themed anime, including Love Stage!! and Hitorijime My Hero.  David is known for voicing Gajeel Refox in Fairy Tail, Bulat in Akame ga Kill!, Berg Katze in Gatchaman Crowds, and Tetsutetsu in My Hero Academia, and has been the ADR director for Love Stage!!, Hitorijime My Hero, Kokkoku, Bloom Into You, and the upcoming dub of Cutie Honey Universe. In this episode, David discusses pushing to get more queer anime into the West, the place that LGBTQ fans have in the anime community, and introducing anime to a wider audience. Sully and David also talk about how anime can play an important role in the coming out narratives of LGBTQ fans. Note: Due to connection issues, there are some drop outs on David's end from the mid point until the end of the podcast. Austin tried to edit around them the best he could but unfortunately, the sound quality is not the best.  Thank you for listening!  If you'd like to support our show, please consider sharing our show with your friends, or donate to us on either Ko-Fi or Patreon! Show notes are available on our website: www.thirdimpactanime.com More helpful links: https://linktr.ee/thirdimpactanime Follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/TI_Anime Subscribe on Apple Podcasts | Google Play | YouTube | Stitcher | Podbean

So while some jerks were in Atlanta on Memorial Day weekend, the rest of us were in Raleigh for Animazement! The con brought us out as Featured Panelists, doing what we do best: talk way too much about Japanese cartoons. We had a total of 24 hours of content to provide over the weekend, some new, some old. As we’ve never really talked in-depth about our panels on the podcast, we break all of them down in this Dynamaxed episode of the Third Impact Anime Podcast. If you missed Animazement, or are still feeling those post-con blues, this podcast will transport you right to the halls of the Raleigh Convention Center, that’s the Third Impact Anime Guarantee™. Thank you for listening!  If you'd like to support our show, please consider sharing our show with your friends, or donate to us on either Ko-Fi or Patreon! Show notes are available on our website: www.thirdimpactanime.com More helpful links: https://linktr.ee/thirdimpactanime Follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/TI_Anime Subscribe on Apple Podcasts | Google Play | YouTube | Stitcher | Podbean