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Anime World Order Show # 250 – Everything Happens So Much When Swords Are the Only Gun Known to Man
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…
Anime World Order Show # 249 – Alpakata Combines the Skill of Capoeira With the Kill of Alpaca
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. Since it’s something…
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…
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.…
Anime World Order Show # 246 – The Terms and Conditions Didn’t Mention Death
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…
Anime World Order Show # 245 – If Sylia Stingray Can Destroy Evil Boomers, What’s Stopping Victoria’s Secret
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…
Anime World Order Show # 244 – The Seiun Award Lost All Credibility and Prestige in 1999
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…
Anime World Order Show # 243 – Anime Boston 2025 Report and Listener Emails
[Once again we are betrayed by this new version of Audacity, which exported the episode in joint stereo rather than mono. If you’re hearing audio in only the…
List of Titles Shown at Anime Boston 2025
For those of you who attended Anime Boston 2025, here’s a list of the titles shown during our panels. We did say we’d put this up so you…
Anime World Order Show # 242 – You CAN Stop the Signal, If You’re a Buff Catgirl
0In 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…
Anime World Order Show # 241 – Even Goku Would Flee From Poop on a Stick
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!…
Anime World Order Show # 240 – Jazz Music? More like JASS Music
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. Introduction (0:00 –…
Anime World Order Show # 239 – CLANG CLANG CLANG Went The Demon
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…
Anime World Order Show # 238 – Our Christmas Miracle Is Remembering to Post This Third Holiday Roundup
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…
Anime World Order # 237 – Triv-ia! Don’t Give It Up, Ba-sil! Triv-ia! Don’t Give It Up Ger-ald!
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…
Anime World Order Show # 236 – It’s Shark Time, Baby
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…
Anime World Order Show # 235 – We Can Think of Numerous Things Griffith Did Wrong, Actually
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…
Anime World Order Show # 234 – We Dodged COVID at Otakon 2024, But Maybe Not Heat Stroke
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…
Anime World Order Show # 233 – Who Says Smoking Doesn’t Give You Superpowers
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…
Anime World Order Show # 232 – Yeah Man, I Saw Your Sister NAKED. PREDICTABO!
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 a…
Anime World Order Show # 231 – This Isn’t Meshing and Watching This Was UnW’z of Us
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…
Anime World Order Show # 230 – Finally, A Code: White We Can Mention Without Getting a Stern DM
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…
Anime World Order Show # 229 – The Panda Is Quite Critical To The Resolution of Things
Unfortunately, our attempt to lose Patreon backers was a failure, meaning that at some point we will be reviewing Hand Shakers after all. Thanks to this, for the…
Anime World Order Show # 228 – The Gang Attempts to Lose Patreon Backers
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…
Anime World Order Show # 227 – Not Much Ion Fury but Very Much an Ion Maiden, Featuring Shoujo Sundae
For our first episode of 2024 we are joined by the two cohosts of the Shoujo Sundae podcast (@ShoujoSundae), Giana Luna and Chika Supreme, as we review the…
Anime World Order Show # 226 – The Second, and Perhaps Ultimate, Holiday Roundup
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,…
Anime World Order Show # 224 – The Crime Is Drinking Budweiser After Showering, The Sentence is Death
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:…
Anime World Order Show # 223 – Some Might Consider This Moto Hagiography
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…
Anime World Order Show # 222 – So Much For the Laws of Physics!
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,…
Getter Robo, Getter Robo: Armageddon, New Getter Robo, Armageddon
Anime World Order Show # 221 – It Wasn’t C-Beams Glittering Near the Tannhauser Gate, It Was Otaku Tears
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…
Anime World Order Show # 220 – Witness the Beginning of Toei’s Dark Universe
This was originally the intro of Show 219, but it took a little longer to edit. So, PRESTO! In this, Show 220, Gerald–mere hours upon exiting the theater–shares…
Anime World Order Show # 219 – Stop Fighting and Give Me Your Brain
The intro ended up running long and possibly out of control since it was recorded moments after Gerald ended up being one of the only people in America…
Anime World Order Show 218 – We Forgot To Mention The Two Guys Who Accidentally Stabbed Each Other to Death
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…
Anime World Order Show # 217 – Chug It Down! Glug It Down! Boa Juice!
In this episode we bring Mister Kitty’s Dave Merrill back on to talk about his favorite movie (and a Patreon request!): 1969’s The Flying Phantom Ship, adapted from…
Anime World Order Show # 216 – Everything We Say About Japanese History Is Wrong
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…
Anime World Order Show # 215 – Anime Was Whamageddon Even Before The Song Existed
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…
Anime World Order Show # 214 – Ego Hat, You’ve Ruined My Life
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…
Anime World Order Show # 213 – The Gang Doubles Down on Spreading Misinformation About Yoshiyuki Tomino
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: Cucur…
Anime World Order Show # 212 – He’s the Himbo Fella of Salmonella
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…
Anime World Order Show # 211 – Otakon 2022 Report With Dave no Kawaiikochans & Carl of Ogiue Maniax
We’re graced by a dangerous duo of mecha/mahjong enthusiasts this time around: Dave Cabrera (@Sasuraiger) and Carl (@SDShamshel) join us for a convention report of Otakon 2022 which…
List of Titles Shown at Otakon 2022
For those of you who attended Otakon 2022, here’s a list of the titles shown during our panels. We did say we’d put this up so you wouldn’t…
Anime World Order Show # 210 – Finally, a WCW We Can All Be Proud Of
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, th…
Anime World Order Show # 209 – So THIS is the Power of the Handle God
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 Mac…
Anime World Order Show # 208 – Wait, This Just Became Giallo
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…
Anime World Order Show # 207 – Interview With Jim Kaposztas, Creator of the First AMV
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…
Anime World Order Show # 206 – We Must KILL Locke the Superman!
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…
Anime World Order Show # 205 – If They Should Bar Wars, Let Trivia & Super Robot Wars Stay
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…
Anime World Order Show # 204 – Bring Back Capes with Giant Shoulder Pads While Standing on Robots
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…
Anime World Order Show # 203 – Look How Tough It Is For Japanese Guys to Hook Up With White Girls
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…
Anime World Order Show # 202 – I’m Sorry, But I’m a Male Chauvinist
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…