With two months of news to cover, the hosts of the Otaku Spirit Animecast are in for an extended discussional episode to tackle it all. Get caught up and enjoy the rantings and thoughts of the hosts in this episode of the Animecast! Topics this episode: Anime Awards, Tsukihime, NANA TV, Megalobox 2, Yuki Yuna […]
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