Anime Outsiders

The boys discuss the incredible ineptitude of the japanese Light Novel industry and how the editors might as well get credit as the actual authors in most cases. Other topics of the day: Insane Clown Posse and Fursuiting, the recent butchering of Dungeons and Dragons to make it more progressive and the new 9th level spell our intrepid hosts came up with to fix it (Power Word: Deadname), the superiority of Drow, Crunchyroll's ridiculous LGBTBBQ+ panel and Crunchyroll's equally ridiculous tendency to block everyone and their mother from their official twitter.Tanya did nothing wrong.SONG CREDIT: The Other Side – Pendulum

Cody Baier interviews the one and only Vic Mignogna.

Having had enough of the five alarm autistic dumpster-fire it turned into, Cody goes off on WeebWars! Meanwhile, everyone's favorite ANN personality Zac Bertschy privately deals with his divorce in an inspiring and dignified manner.Just kidding, he publicly embarrasses himself beyond belief. Join us in pointing and laughing!

So there was this little show you might have heard of called “Rise of the Shield Hero”. Is it any good? Is it funny? And why does that huge bird have sunglasses? Also on the chopping block: ANN promoting cult propaganda and the man with the edgiest Fursona ever, “I am everything a Republican hates” Sonicfox.

Vic Mignogna, known as the voice of Edward Elric and many other characters, has recently been accused of everything from being a primadonna, a jerk, a creep and even a rapist. The boys from The Other Side go over the accusations, who is making them and why they are suddenly springing up like weeds. Thrill as you experience the insane levels of pettiness supposedly grown adults in the industry have! Marvel at the incredible levels of deflection from people who tolerated actual proven rapists! This is an episode you won't want to miss!ADDENDUM:This podcast was recorded before more revelations came to light, which we would like to address briefly here. First, now that her story has been proven false, we feel confident in naming Jessie Pridemore as the accuser mentioned in the podcast. Voice Actor Todd Haberkorn came forward as the one she implied had raped her, and provided evidence showing the sexual encounter was consensual, and that Pridemore has held a bizarre fixation on Vic Mignogna, gleefully admitting to harassing him and his girlfriend at the time. Our initial guess as to who it might have been was incorrect, primarily because of Pridemore's insinuation that this person held too much power and influence, and outing him might cost her her career. I believe we can safely say Haberkorn does not fit this description, but we were unaware of just how much Pridemore was lying at the time of recording. Also since this episode was recorded, the websites Anime News Network and Dao of Dragonball produced hitpieces on Vic Mignogna citing the discredited facebook post from Pridemore as a source, with ANN's article using photos of Vic's fans without their consent to misrepresent the context of the photos to further their narrative, as well as adding bizarre claims such as Vic flirting with cross-dressing men. The Dao of Dragonball article also cited MarzGurl's tweets as evidence without doing any research into her claims, who she was, or the actions she was taking against Vic's fans (and mother). Had we recorded after these articles been posted, let it be known we would have had a field day with them.

LeighAnn returns for a lengthy discussion about Hellsing. Topics include the hilarious origin of Schrodinger, why so many characters in this show are cuckolds, how great the Major is and the ridiculous fanfictions people have written about this series. Lastly, there is a special mention of an insane online comic.Read Vinland Saga.

Just when you thought the Isekai genre might not be completely worthless after Overlord, here comes That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime to prove that it's still almost nothing but garbage! If a shitty self-insert show with tons of meaningless MMO factoids isn't up your alley though, there is always Saga of Tanya the Evil, which will have a movie out soon where she fights a Mary Sue (literally).One Piece is still a thing and it has been getting much better since the end of the Big Mom arc. Lastly Whitebeard, everyone's favorite incompetent captain, is finally exposed as the homosexual groomer he actually is.

After going over the recent events regarding AO's Twitter and Patreon, the boys go over various topics, ranging from the origins of the new Randall meme to Mother's Basement trying to start a slapfight with E;R. Lastly, Netflix Castlevania and it's overall great quality is discussed again.

Straight from the Maddox School of Law and Hurt Feelings, Tara Strong serves up a cease and desist against us! Other topics include the Sargon Strangler and Master of Kekate Gregory Ramos, H3 H3's recent shenanigans and MundaneMatt's amazingly well-designed card game.PS: Abridged series are still not funny.

Since the dawn of time, mankind has asked itself one question: Who are the biggest degenerates, anime fans or furries? Join the Other Side on a journey through the various fetishes infesting both communities as they attempt to provide a definitive answer. The results may surprise you!

The boys are back in town! In this episode, various Anitwitter Lolicons are mocked. Special mention goes to Digibro and his various hobbies and eccentricities, including his unique way to wear turbans and his personal fashion shows he does in front of his mirror. Other topics of discussion are the Ducktales reboot, Steins;Gate and The Legend of Korra (again).

Cody likes Fighting EX Layer. Also, Whitebringer and Negatokyo have been released on AO at last and are now available for your reading pleasure. For some incomprehensible reason, Andrew has started to self-harm by reading the Konosuba novels. With more explosions than the average London afternoon, these novels are sure to entertain if you are a horny loser with no standards! Max likes Kengan Asura. There's more Overlord discussion, too. Lastly, the guys speculate on which song the new Jojo anime will end up using.

Hey kids, do you like SCP? Well too bad, because it's creators don't like you back! It's understandable though, as they are far too busy writing their newest masterpieces, like the transsexual Tumble-blog having Homestuck self-insert SCP or the evil computer SCP that will destroy the world with meme frogs that totally aren't Pepe and was created by a wife-beating republican rapist! Also on the chopping block is Uma Musume, especially since it's creators are now begging people not to draw porn of the characters so that the Yakuza won't cut their fingers off! Lastly, there is some discussion on My Hero Academia, including it's atrocious openings and endings.

The Other Side finally returns, with a new format no less! Instead of letting themselves be constrained to a single topic per episode (with maybe some asides at the beginning), our hosts now talk about a smattering of different subjects! From Castlevania and it's spiritual successor Bloodstained, Star Wars, My Hero Academia, how much dick both Fooly Cooly and it's recent sequel suck all the way to how sexual psychology explains the anime fandom's endless fetishes and ravenous thirst, this episode has it all!

The Other Side finally returns! With Pop Team Epic and Dragonball Super having ended, the boys reminisce about their respective highlights while taking some shots at One Piece's horrible Big Mom arc along the way. Also, find out about the origin of Popuko and Pipimi's weird cat-faces and crazy twitter lesbians wanting to genocide Israel.

After making fun of Anitubers (because dear God, you never run out of material with these guys), the boys from the Other Side dive straight into the first Isekai/MMO-show to actually be worth a shit: Overlord! The adventures of magical Skullomania and his harem of equally horrible and hilarious monsters are discussed in detail. Why does this show succeed where all the other SAO-knockoffs (and SAO itself) have failed? Find out in this episode!

More editing problems, terrible anime and the spring season (for real this time), this episode truly has it all! Plus some talk about people who don't like Pop Team Epic and why they should not qualify as human in a civilized society. It's fun for the whole family!

After so many audio problems thet made this episode resemble a Slender Man tape, the boys of the Other Side are finally back to talk about the Spring Season... which has long since started. Whoops. Nevertheless, enjoy a blast from the not so distant past as you marvel at how incredibly, totally and entirely accurate all their predictions turn out to be. Again.

Get out your spit-sake and hairbands, because we are watching Your Name! The latest entry into the “movie where people on the poster are wistfully standing around in the sky while a word salad title flashes across”-genre spices things up by turning into anime Armageddon halfway though. Why? Who knows! Certainly not the writers, that much is for sure. In fact, there are so many glaring plotholes in this badly-written piece of tripe that you'd almost swear the script was produced with the “monkeys on typewriters” method. Join the boys on The Other Side and their special guest as they tear into yet another movie beloved by pretentious anime critics and the kinds of people that think Jojo is not feminist enough.

The hard boys at TOS dive into the strangest post-apocalypse* this side of a Ziltoid invasion: Kemono Friends! From having a budget of 20 bucks and a pair of salad tongs to being screwed over by it's owners, there are quite a lot of things that make this show worth talking about. What does Cody think about Grape-kun? Why are there Penguin idols? Who is the best character?** Is this show finally the proof that Crunchyroll actually helps the anime industry?!*** What is it even about? Are we so dumb we even answer rhetorical questions? And most important of all, is Kemono Friends actually any good? All this and more will be revealed in this episode! *except not really **Moose. ***lolno

Taking a page out of “Tell 'Em Steve Dave!“, the TOS crew plays a few rounds of anime-themed One True Three – you tell three stories, only one of which is true. From lesser-known trivia to terrible porn, many different areas of anime are touched upon. Who will turn out to be the best liar?

Neo Yokio, the new favorite show of everyone who think anime can't be enjoyed without a korean supertanker full of hipster irony. But what exactly is it anyway? A masterful work of satire? Just a terrible show? Join the hard boys of the Other Side as they attempt to survive this assassination attempt against good taste!

It's the new hot thing Anitwitter couldn't shut up about: The Netflix adaption of Death Note! Is it as bad as everyone says it is? (Yes.) What redeeming qualities were there? And how stupid can the horny teenager bearing Light's name possibly be? Find out as Cody, Max and Andrew dissect what makes this thing tick!

It's Crunchyroll storytime again, so Cody, Max and Andrew talk about such wonderful things as driving permissions, cuckoldry, disturbing obsessions with AO and Miles and the Mystery of the Gay Strip Club! You won't want to miss this one! Oh yeah, and also something about the rest of the season overview.

The 2017 fall season is upon us, and boy does it suck! From fox-girl hotsprings to women being bought in slave auctions, if it wasn't for one or two exceptions, you'd almost think Japan finally became incapable of making good shows. Join Cody, Max and Andrew on their magical adventure though Japan's most recent animated sewage!

The trilogy of video game episodes concludes with a series near and dear to Cody’s heart; Mega Man. The boys at The Other Side talk about the Mega Man OVA, “Upon A Star”, as well as the Ruby Spears cartoon and the OVA’s mysterious connection to it. Interspersed among all that are hours and hours of Cody just nerding the fuck out over Mega Man.

Continuing their series of episodes on game-based media, the boys at The Other Side talk about the Netflix Castlevania series, reminisce about the Metroidvania titles, and settle the debate once and for all over who the best Belmont is.

After taking some time off, the boys were looking for something to talk about, when suddenly the world flooded ‘em with everything Sonic-related all in the same week. From the roller coaster o’ drama that is the fate of the comic book, to the hilariously 00’s-style edge of what was coming out from Forces, to Andrew’s adventures through Sonic 4, what better way to relax after digging through the garbage? What they didn’t expect was that the podcast would go so wonderfully off the rails…!

This week’s episode might seem like run-of-the-mill drama, as TOS introduces you to one of the most heinously cringe-worthy anime podcasts of all time. But it’s oh so much more than that. This week, TOS takes you into the mind of a fetish-obsessed clique of trainwrecks bent on anime fandom domination. God, we wish that were hyperbole. Not only that, but this week’s episode doubles as a public service announcement, as one of them is an active menace to any and all women cosplaying at anime conventions! Also, we all learn that the worst thing you can do is let Cody find out that he can effectively troll someone by bragging… You won’t believe what we found this week, ladies and gentlemen, but trust us: everything we say this week is 100% true. We couldn’t make this shit up if we tried. You thought you knew the worst of the anime fandom? You know nothing….

As a way to say he’s sorry for suggesting Eromanga, Cody gives the reigns of the podcast to Max and Andrew to let them explain to you fine folks just what the hell all this Touhou shit actually is.

On a really bad decision, the guys at The Other Side decided to watch this Eromanga Sensei show everyone’s talking about, and it’s safe to say no anime in recent memory has broke TOS the way this one did. This podcast ‘bout to bubble. But first, Cody does some housekeeping and tells everyone about the saddest group of people you’ll ever see!

Max, Andrew, and Cody continue down the road of the Summer 2017 season, finding all new realms of shit. But first, Cody takes a pit-stop to talk about a Dragonball YouTuber so bad mentioning his very name can send Cody into a triggered sperg-attack.

The boys at the Other Side take a look at the summer anime season, and it’s really fucking depressing. Horrendously so. So depressing and terrible that no description here can do it justice. You have never seen a season so packed with vapid anime series littered with moe blob waifus putting making body pillows and figurines to cover with cum on a higher priority than producing a watchable fucking show. So join us, for this waltz into Hell.

In preparation of the upcoming "A Centaur's Life" anime, one of the AO team members, Jackson Fall, decided to read the manga and was stunned by how unbelievably bad it was. Knowing Crunchyroll was primed to make this their new favorite when the anime came out, the TOS crew had to bring Jackson on to tell the world what’s in this thoroughly batshit insane series. As a bonus, Cody throws out a recommendation for a must-see anime, and explains how the anime fandom is becoming the new furry fandom.

On this funderful episode of TOS, Cody, Max, and Andrew take a look at the unbelievable trainwreck that is the anime industry’s PR. From Crunchyroll’s embarrassing twitter to their PR guy Miles, who may be the worst public relations person you’ve ever seen! And let’s not forget Kodonsha’s Twitter watching all their shows for you, FUNimation hiring despicable racists on their public relations team, and so much more! By the end of this episode, you’ll wonder how this god-awful industry stays afloat!

In this week’s episode of The Other Side, the guys talk about that Dragon Maid show all the weebs and industry twitters are obsessed with. But what’s really in this show? Is it just an innocent show about a dragon girl and her dragon girl friends? Of course it isn’t! So come along for the ride as TOS goes over all the pointless, plotless shenanigans of the show; the author’s dirty little secret; and how this show ahs elements so heinous you’re free to judge, mock, and deride anyone you know who’s a fan! Also, Cody takes some time to eulogize a show that was not only one of the greatest TV shows of all time, but helped to inspire TOS itself.

It’s another season overview, as the guys take a look at the spring anime season. Is this season another cesspool of moe garbage and uninspired crap, or are there some gems to be found here? Could anime finally be learning? We got Tanya last season, but is there yet another new IP worth watching? Or was Tanya a fluke? The answer to these questions and more on this episode of The Other Side!

The waltz through crappy ARGs and indie internet horror continues as the guys take a look at the original haunted video game story of Ben Drowned, and the horror-free horrorverse of the Fear Mythos. And the material based on it which are sights to behold. And as an added bonus, Cody even brings you a couple ARGs that aren’t terrible. One’s even pretty good!

The boys at the Other Side decide to take a look at the wonderful world of ARGs and internet indie horror, starting with the big Slenderman trilogy (Marble Hornets, Everyman Hybrid, and Tribe Twelve). You’re gonna want to strap yourselves in folks because this one is a DOOZY.

TOS brings back Riiser from The Webcomic Relief as a special guest to talk about the movie that proves that Masahi Kishimoto is now a whore who only cares about money; Boruto! Yes, the guys actually sat through this fucking embarrassment, and now you get to enjoy the journey through this waste of animation dollars, too!

The trudge through the winter anime season continues, as the TOS crew is hit with a surprise they never expected. Could there be an anime this season that’s actually good? One that isn’t based on an established IP?!

It’s late as hell, but another season overview is here! Join the guys as they take a look at what’s been going on in the Winter anime season you’ve been seeing pimped on every anime industry twitter the past few months! And as an added bonus, hear Cody unload on a thoroughly stupid trend this anime season has brought us!

After the news that Crunchyroll laid off a bunch of people, the boys of The Other Side decided to have a giggle at both Crunchyroll, and the state of the anime industry as a whole, and see if you agree with Cody’s take on why the anime industry is such a damn mess right now!

Ever hear of the Fate franchise? Y’know, Fate/Stay Night, Fate/Zero, all that stuff? Ever wonder what it’s actually about? What’s in it? Well hoo-doggie, you’re in for a treat! Strap in, as The Other Side takes you for a ride through Fate Town. And by the end, you’ll really, really wish they hadn’t.

Continuing from a previous series of episodes that explained the plot of BlazBlue for all the many people who didn’t get it, now that the story has concluded, The Other Side helps you fine folks to understand just what the hell happened. What was Terumi’s deal?! What happened to Ragna in the end? What in the blue hell is a “Phenomena Intervention”?! Once you’ve listened to this podcast, you’ll finally know!

Out of fuckin’ nowhere, TOS decided to do a Power Rangers episode. Okay, not completely out of nowhere, as Max had started watching a little show by the name of Akibaranger, which kickstarted the idea. But rather go into some boring plot summary of a cheesy children’s show, the guys talk about their own childhood memories of the show, have some laughs at Linkara’s expense, tell you why you should watch Akibaranger, and so much more! Also Andrew is off the next couple of episodes.

It had a good run as one of the best shonen ever made, standing alongside the greats like Dragonball, or Jojo when it was shonen. One Piece was among the best. It stood amidst titans. But now it’s turned to shit in a way its former brethren never have. Since the beginning of the Big Mom arc, this former example to all shonen has become a middling, comically unsubtle piece of dragging garbage riddled with recycled ideas, ham-fisted imagery, and villains so awful you can’t believe this is the same series that gave us Sir Crocodile, Donquixote Doflamingo, the Admirals, etc. Take a trip into One Piece’s descent to the garbage heap with the boys at The Other Side, as they go over what went so horribly, horribly wrong.

It’s a hum-dinger of a grab bag episode with a special guest co-host! After some initial nerding, including one member of the podcast going into more detail about their history of LARPing than you ever wanted, the guys at TOS tell you all about Keijo, which they subjected themselves to just so they could tell you all about it! But it turns out there wasn’t enough in Keijo to talk about that would fill an entire episode, so the guys and their special surprise guest discuss the increasing insanity of Steven Universe (and its staff), and even get into some sexual eugenics!

After more DB Super geeking, the boys of The Other Side take a look at the Metal Gear series as a whole. Something Cody’s not super familiar with. Luckily, his co-hosts are here to educate him about all the improbable craziness that Hideo Kojima chap came up with!

Trump won, y’all! America confirmed for Great Again! But the craziness is far from over, as your favorite anime voice actors, writers, and podcasters have thoroughly embarrassed themselves by reacting to Trump’s election in such absurd, melodramatic ways that you’d think we were lying to you if we hadn’t tweeted the evidence last week. But before the TOS trio gets into that, Cody and Max take some time to gush about the greatness that was Dragonball Super Episode 66, and indulge in a little unabashed nerdiness. Also, Cody dispenses some tough love, and blows the hell up on someone he used to consider a friend.

Andrew Erickson’s dive into the world of horrendously bad Steam games continues, as we look at games where you can fuck tanks, games where internet personalities masturbate over themselves, and games with anime waifus no good person should like. There’s even a little time to talk about how great Shadow Warrior 2 and DB Xenoverse 2 are! And as an added bonus, some hysterical riffing on the new One Piece chapters!