Otaku Host Club Podcast
1) 191. Top 5 Anime of 2025 Awards
Cue the music. Dim the lights. It’s time for our Top 5 Anime of 2025 Awards.We’re counting down our Top 5 Anime of 2025, revealing our anime stats from last year, and updating the official podcast ran...Show More
2) 190. All You Need is Kill
Continuing the thread from our previous episodes, we dive into All You Need Is Kill, another Studio 4°C project that leans hard into experimentation and genre chaos. We break down its time-loop sci-fi...Show More
3) 189. Gachiakuta
*Audio updated 01/16/26Gather around, folks — we’re ringing in the New Year by diving headfirst into Gachiakuta, one of the freshest and filthiest takes on the battle shōnen formula in years. From tra...Show More
4) 188. Noiseman Sound Insect
Continuing the conversation from our previous episodes, we’re discussing a little-known experimental short film by Koji Morimoto and Studio 4°C called Noiseman Sound Insect. It’s a dystopian, futurist...Show More
5) 187. Looking Back at Memories, 30 Years Later
This week, we crack open Katsuhiro Otomo’s 1995 anthology masterpiece Memories as our exploration of anime’s most fascinating cult directors rolls on.
6) 186. Fujimoto 17-26
If you weren’t paying close attention, you might have completely missed the new adaptation of Tatsuki Fujimoto’s 17–21 / 22–26, recently published by VIZ. In this episode, we dive into Fujimoto’s earl...Show More
7) 185. The Cult of Anime: Directors and Auteurs
In this episode of The Otaku Hostclub Podcast, we dive into the world of cult anime directors—the rule-breakers, the visionaries, and the creators whose bold ideas earned them fiercely loyal following...Show More
8) 185. Virgin Punk Clockwork Girl: Yasuomi Umetsu Finds His Roots
There was a time when hyper-violent, sexually charged OVAs ruled the Japanese home-video market—and few creators embodied that era more than Yasuomi Umetsu, the director behind Kite and Mezzo Forte. K...Show More
9) 183. Re-writing Bad Endings in Anime
We’re reWe’re rewriting anime endings that didn’t do these shows justice. From Darling in the Franxx’s galaxy-brain nonsense to Naruto’s out-of-this-world alien takeover and Lazurus leaving us with no...Show More
10) 182. Chainsaw Man: Reze Arc
Dan is back (for now) and we’re talking Chainsaw Man: Reze Arc!!!  Amelia starts us off with all the tea of the Pochita popcorn buckets, theater turn out and how it’s stacking up against Demon Slayer:...Show More