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The Anime Summit Podcast spawned from the /r/Anime Reddit Community as a project to help spread our love of anime and get more connected to the content we enjoy! Join our discord at http://discord.animesummit.net to join the conversation!

Eric Kwoka


    • May 30, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 1h 13m AVG DURATION
    • 674 EPISODES

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    The Anime Summit podcast is a must-listen for any anime fan. As someone who may not consider themselves a huge anime person, I still thoroughly enjoy this podcast because of the genuine excitement and passion that the hosts bring to each episode. Their chemistry is palpable, and it feels like listening to a group of friends having a lively conversation about their favorite shows.

    One of the best aspects of The Anime Summit podcast is the wide range of topics covered. From discussing current anime releases and news updates to delving into deeper conversations about specific genres or decades in anime history, there's always something interesting to listen to. The hosts have diverse tastes, which keeps things fresh and prevents the show from becoming repetitive or one-sided.

    Additionally, I appreciate the concise and informative news segments provided by Som. They provide a quick rundown of what's happening in the anime space and help me stay up-to-date without having to scour multiple sources myself. When he joins Nick and Dannie for discussions, their dynamic is enjoyable, providing both entertainment value and insightful analysis.

    On the downside, there are occasional moments when certain hosts interrupt or derail conversations, which can be slightly frustrating. While these instances are infrequent, they detract from the flow and depth of discussion at times. It would be great if all hosts could contribute equally without overshadowing or sidetracking one another.

    In conclusion, The Anime Summit podcast stands out among other anime podcasts due to its engaging hosts, diverse topics, and genuine passion for the medium. Despite minor interruptions during discussions, this podcast remains highly entertaining and informative. Whether you're a seasoned anime enthusiast or just dipping your toes into the world of Japanese animation, The Anime Summit offers something for everyone and is definitely worth a listen.



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    Jamming with Isekai Stage

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2025 72:08


    Episode 506: This week we are joined by special guest Isekai Stage: a rock band that does anime covers, rock covers and their own original music! Rem, Xabier, and Nox take us down the history of the band and shows us that anime and music go together like Honey Bear and Rotisserie Chicken....or Peanut Butter and Jelly might be a better analogy. Anyways check out the link tree below to follow and subscribe to Isekai Stage and catch one of their upcoming livestreams!https://linktr.ee/isekaistage

    Summa Plumma EX: Plus RE: Edition 5 Billion % 2024 Anime Awards In Another World

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2025 106:12


    SPECIAL: Its time for the Annual Anime Awards show presented by the TWO podcasts come together: The Summit Plummet Awards, nominated and voted by our community of listeners, friends, and Sexy Summit Squad and Plummet Digging Crew. We love all of you so much and your continued support means the world! CR Awards suck!

    Music Videos Made With Anime

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2025 38:55


    Episode 505: No I do not mean the "AMV" kind with Linkin Park edited to Naruto footage. I mean Music Videos that are made with animation and in this case in Anime! This week we had some technical difficulties and Som decided to make this episode last minute to replace the one we originally had planned. I, Som, personally apologize for this and will do better in the future.

    Spring Season 2025 1st Impressions

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2025 97:53


    Episode 504: This week we give our 1st impressions on the anime of this year's Spring season! We go over Kowloon Generic Romance, Wind Breaker S2, Mobile Suit Gundam GquuuuuuX, Lazarus, Yaiba: Samurai Legend, and more!

    Roasting Patron's Anime and Manga Collections

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2025 79:32


    Episode 503: This week we have a videocast! We look through photos of our Patron's collections of anime, manga, figures, and more and roast them! (jokingly of course, we mainly just wanted to envy and admire everyone's stuff)

    Patron Pitch - Kotaro Lives Alone (2022) Review

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2025 75:15


    Episode 502: A few weeks ago we spun our wheel of recommended shows from Patrons and we landed on Earthworm's pick! Shout out to the Anime Brothers Podcast! The show rec'd to us by Earthworm was the ONA on Netflix: Kotaro Lives Alone. A strange 4 year old boy named Kotaro moves into the Shimizu apartments and befriends his neighbors. As they get to know Kotaro they discover that he lives alone and with each passing day, begin to uncover more about why he lives alone in his apartment.

    EX44: Gettin' Romantic and Freaky w/ Amanda Meuwissen

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2025 82:38


    EX44: This week Som sits down with MM Romance/Fantasy author Amanda Meuwissen! We take a look at her work, what inspired it, and we also get a little freakuh deakuh. You can find purchase her books with the link below!https://amandameuwissen.com/books

    Winter Season 2025 Review

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2025 104:11


    Editor Note: This audio is the backup audio that records all three of us due to technical difficulties with our individual audio. It was an accident, we apologize, but this episode will be not of normal Anime Summit quality.Episode 501: Finally getting to our Winter 2025 review! We talk about Solo Leveling S2, Sakamoto Days, The Medalist, Zenshu, and more!

    EX43: Cinnamontography - Brat Pack Series 5 - The Pick Up Artist & Less Than Zero (1987)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2025 96:18


    EX43: Dannie and King are here with another edition of Cinnamontography to close the Brat Pack review series with The Pick Up Artist & Less Than Zero both from 1987.

    500th Special: That Time We Yelled About Anime 500 Times w/Ed and Kai

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2025 106:17


    Episode 500: Welcome to our 500th episode. We brought on two community OGs Kai and Ed to sit with us and reminisce about the past 500 episodes of the Anime Summit Podcast as well as memories on Discord and everything else.

    Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie (1994) Review

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2025 52:25


    Episode 499: The Summit crew enter the Street Fighter tournament and get their asses kicked. So instead they did a review of Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie to size up their competition for next year!

    Rewrite The Ending

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2025 107:10


    Episode 498: SPOILER HEAVY! ENDINGS DISCUSSED! This week Dannie and Som talk about some anime they would rewrite the endings to. Please see show notes to avoid spoilers if you need.0:00 Intro10:04 Question of the Week13:30 Waifu of the Week/Husbando of the Hour18:32 Martian Successor Nadesico27:45 Fire Force (not ending discussed, no spoilers)34:00 Kumamiko44:24 Sailor Moon Sailor Stars54:21 Attack on Titan1:05:20 Paradise Kiss1:15:55 Accel World1:25:56 Nana1:35:13 Listener Participation Rewritten Endings

    Summit Smackdown XIV: Mascot Meltdown

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2025 124:14


    Episode 497: Some of the best characters are the mascots of the show! Come get a front row seat for the 14th Smackdown on the Summit: THE MASCOT MELTDOWN. PLACE YOUR BETS!

    The Boy and the Heron (2023) Review

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2025 76:58


    Episode 496: This week we finally get around to reviewing Hayao Miyazaki's latest film The Boy and the Heron. Mahito, haunted by his mother's death during the firebombings of Tokyo during the Pacific War, moves away with his dad to his aunt Natsuko's house in the country, where he encounters a Blue Heron that talks and tells him his mother is still alive.

    Homie and the B***h - Nick's EGGspensive Eggs

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2025 45:28


    Episode 495: This week we play another round of Homie and the Bitch and this week Nick has created a tier list of Eggs. No seriously, eggs. Tier list template is below if you would like to play!https://tiermaker.com/create/anime-eggs-17449121

    Dannie Does Dallas Vol 2. - Dannie Strikes Back

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2025 63:19


    Episode 494: This week we celebrate Dannie's birthday and letting her take over the podcast to let her talk about her latest ventures in anime!

    The 9th Annual Summies - Our Top 10 Anime of 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2025 173:26


    Episode 493: It is finally time to review the year of 2024 of anime. The Summies is our annual review of the entire previous year of anime in which each of us provides our top 10 anime for the year. How did it stack up to previous years? What were your top anime of 2024?

    I Want To Eat Your Pancreas (2018) Review

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2025 72:31


    Episode 492: This week we review the coming of age drama I Want To Eat Your Pancreas. When a high schooler mistakes a diary for a book that belongs to classmate, Sakura, he discovers that she is dying from her pancreas not working, thus sparking a new friendship in order for Sakura to achieve completing her bucket list before she falls to her illness.

    sakura eat your pancreas i want to eat your pancreas
    Anime to Watch With Loved Ones

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2025 57:19


    Episode 491: This week the Summit crew cant take anything seriously. EXCEPT WHEN IT COMES TO LOVE. We go over some anime to watch with your partner, or partners, or friends, or children or fur children!

    Winter Season 2025 1st Impressions

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2025 78:20


    Episode 490: This week we give our 1st impressions on this year's Winter Season of anime. We talk about Solo Leveling S2, My Happy Marriage S2, Sakamoto Days, Zenshuu, and more!

    Gundam: Requiem For Vengeance (2024) Netflix Review

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2025 56:33


    Episode 489: This week we take a look at the short Netflix series Gundam: Requiem For Vengeance. A fully CG animated story set during the last remaining battles of the One Year War in the Universal Century of the Gundam Universe. Solari is the captain of the Zeon strike team Red Wolves, when she loses her comrades in trying to survive the onslaught of Earth's Gundam RX78 EX, she begins to realize that her and her loved one's survival triumphs over winning the war.

    Homie and the B****h - Cardcaptor Sakura's Outfits Tier List

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2025 69:16


    Episode 488: This week is another new edition of Homie and the Bitch. Dannie is the game master and has made a Tier list of Sakura Kinamoto's battle outfits from Cardcaptor Sakura. Nick and Som must guess how Dannie ranked them to see who is the HOMIE! ..... and who is the Bitch. Below is the link to a template so you can play along before Dannie reveals the list at the end! https://tiermaker.com/create/dannies-fav-cardcaptor-sakura-dresses-and-costumes-17432021

    Best 2000's Character Designs

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2025 85:40


    Episode 487: This week the Summit biddies pick out some of their favorite character designs from the 2000s decade of anime.

    Fall Season 2024 Review

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2025 85:51


    Episode 486: We are back and we hope yall had a good Holiday and New Year. Its time to close the last door on 2024 and review the Fall Season of Anime. We talk about Dandadan, Shangri La Frontier, NegaPosi Angler, Blue Box, and more!

    Anime Summit Radio #9 - Our Top OPs and EDs of 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2025 81:23


    Episode 485: It's time for our end of the year radio hour where Som lets you in on Anime Summit's favorite OPs and EDs of 2024! Playlist is below and make sure to support the artists and their work in the appropriate places after listening. Thanks! 0:00 - Som Intro 4:10 - Cool Surprise Anime OP 5:07 - Som Intro Cont. 7:42 - “Sound of Snow” by Novelbright - A Sign of Affection OP 11:28 - “Bling-Bang-Bang-Born” by Creepy Nuts - MASHLE OP 14:15 - “Akaneko” by Suiyoubi no Campanella - Red Cat Ramen OP  17:45 - Som Interlude 1 21:28 - “Orange” by SPYAIR - Haikyuu!! Movie: Battle of the Garbage Dump Theme 25:18 - “Perfume” by Cosmic Treat - Beyblade X S2 28:23 - “ROCK ME KISS ME feat. MOTSU” by Yu Serizawa - MF Ghost S2 OP 32:15 - “Shokuzai” by SID - Black Butler: Public School Arc ED 36:09 - “Danger Danger” by FZMZ feat icy - Shangri-La Frontier OP2 39:47 - “Nobody” by OneRepublic - Kaiju no 8 ED 41:17 - Som Interlude 2 44:24 - “Burning” by Hitsujibungaku - Oshi no Ko S2 ED 48:14 - “Falling Up -Korean Ver.”” by Stray Kids - Tower of God OP 51:23 - “Natori” by Absolute Zero - Wind breakers OP  54:39 - “Same Blue” by Official HIGE DANdism - Blue Box OP 58:33 - “Haru (Sunny)” by Yorushika - Sousou no Frieren OP2 1:03:03 - “Hate no Nai Tabi” by Aina Suzuki - The Weakest Tamer Began a Journey to Pick Up Trash OP 1:05:40 - Som Interlude 3  1:11:38 - “UNDER and OVER” by The Oral Cigarettes - Yakuza Fiance OP 1:15:30 - “Lock-On” by MAISONdes feat. Hashimero, MeguriMeguru - Urusei yatsura s2 OP 1:18:17 - “Otonoke” by Creepy Nuts - Dandadan OP

    Annual Holiday Jeopardy 2024 - Hosted by Kai (clearandsweet)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 27, 2024 85:45


    Episode 484: Thank you Kai for once again being the host of our Annual End of the Year Anime Jeopardy. Hopefully this Spotify Video thing works.. if it doesnt then go to our Youtube to watch it there! Players are Som, Nick, and Snowman!

    Free For All Cozy Holiday Talk

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2024 68:30


    Episode 483: This week we are lazy for the holidays and talk about a buncha chicanery and hooliganism. We hope you can relax with us too!

    Arcane - Season 2 (2024) Netflix Review

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2024 76:20


    Episode 482: We are back with another review of the follow up to the League of Legends animated series: Arcane. Studio Fortiche has finished telling the story of Arcane with Season 2 leading up to the hit game by Riot Games. Following Jinx's attack on Piltover, the characters are at a loss on how to fight back against Zaun, or rather, at a loss as to whether they should fight back.

    The Imaginary (2023) Netflix Review

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2024 75:03


    Episode 481: This week we take another look at what Netflix to offer and see that Studio Ponoc's latest animated feature is available! Based on AF Harold's children's novel of the same name, we review: The Imaginary. Amanda and her imaginary friend Rudger go on many adventures together, but when an accident separates them, Rudger must find a way to avoid being forgotten by Amanda.

    Serial Experiments Lain (1998) Review

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2024 62:16


    Episode 480: This week the Summit crew are coming at you live from THE WIRED: a virtual world that is almost on the same dimension as our own, almost so close that for Lain, The Wired begins to blend with the real world, when she receives an email from a classmate, that had committed suicide recently, advising Lain that she is still alive.

    EX42: Kingdom Hearts - Manga Review w/ Cameron from Nerdsplosion Podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2024 92:03


    EX42: This week on a new edition of Anime Summit EX, big Kingdom Hearts fan Som is joined by another super fan Cameron from Nerdsplosion to talk about the manga adaptation of the hit Square Enix video game: Kingdom Hearts, with story and art by Shiro Amano.

    Pokemon Concierge (2023) Netflix Review

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2024 46:35


    Episode 479: This week the Summit bitches take a vacation on go to the Pokemon Resort! There we are greeted by Haru, a down on her luck woman who gets a new job at the Pokemon Resort! There she makes friends with many pokemon and finds her passion!

    Fall Season 2024 1st Impressions

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2024 118:13


    Episode 478: Fall is here! The leaves are changing and its getting colder so grab a warm drink and peep some Fall anime! We talk about Dandadan, Ranma 1/2, Mecha-Ude, NegiPosi Angler, Yakuza's Wife, and more!

    Hear Me Out Cake - Anime Edition

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2024 72:00


    Episode 477: VERY NSFW EPISODE because we about to get freaky deaky with some Anime characters. If you do not know about the "Hear Me Out" Cake trend on internet, it basically is a trend that summarizes characters that you would totally get down with but also characters that are perhaps questionable to most people. So have as much fun with this one as we did!

    Free For All Talk - Anime and Cheetos w/ Sen

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2024 105:45


    Episode 476: While Nick recoops from partying with Sylvester Stallone and Gene Simmons in Vegas last weekend, Dannie and Som are joined by Sen to talk cosplay, anime, film, and Dannie being a Cheeto hater.

    EX41: Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024) Halloween Review - Cinnamontography

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2024 72:42


    EX41: Happy Halloween everyone! This holiday The Cinnamontraphaneers get together for the spoopy season and give a review to the long awaited sequel to the Tim Burton classic: Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. Michael Keaton and Winona Ryder return to their roles as a Beetleguese and Lydia Deetz, along with Lydia's daughter, Astrid played by the lovely Jenna Ortega, to bring us on a bizarre and twisted journey of love.

    EX40: Kimi ni Todoke Season 3 Review w/ Gizmo from Anime Plummet

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2024 106:46


    EX40: This EX episode, Dannie and Gizmo take a closer look at the anime Kimi no Todoke, specifically the most recent Season 3

    Summer Season 2024 Review w/ King from Anime Plummet

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2024 103:33


    Episode 475: Its finally time to give our review for the summer season of anime, with Nick absent and Som not interested in the season much at all, Dannie calls upon King from our sister podcast, Anime Plummet, to help send off the Summer!

    Ghost Stories (2005 Dub) Review

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2024 60:53


    Episode 474: Despite the title of this episode, this is not so much a review as much as an exploration of the hilarity that ensued when ADV Films and their voice actors were tasked with dubbing the 2000's anime Ghost Stories.TW: F-slur and R-slur: No we do NOT give anyone passes to use any slur nor do we use them ourselves, please understand when you hear the slurs in the episode it was due to discussion and from the clips of the show. Times were different then, it wasn't ok then and its not ok now. But granting some nuance you can understand how crazy and funny this dub turned out.

    Uzumaki (2024) 1st Impressions

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2024 61:32


    Episode 473: Are you screaming yet? We are on the second week of the Halloween season and this week we are giving our first impressions of the long awaited anime adaptation one of Junji Ito's most famous works: UZUMAKI .. The tale of the mysterious curse that ravages the town of Kuzoucho by haunting it with the shape of a spiral.

    Scary Anime Recommendations To Watch For Halloween

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2024 52:52


    Episode 472: This week Nick and Som throwdown some cool recommendations for your Spoopy and Scary needs. Halloween party? Quite Hallows Night with your partner? Or with a small group of friends? Check out these recs!

    EX39: Cinnamontography - Brat Pack Series 4 - Pretty In Pink & About Last Night (1986) Review

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2024 119:32


    EX39: Dannie and King are continuing their Brat Pack Series with two more reviews of the 80s Teen Hearthrob Era. Molly Ringwald takes the stage again in Pretty In Pink and Rob Lowe with Demi Moore in About Last Night

    Show Swap - .hack//SIGN (2002) and Aria the Animation (2005) REVIEW

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2024 89:33


    Episode 471: Its about time the hosts trade each other shows to watch and review. Som gives Nick the show ".hack//SIGN" and Nick gives Som "Aria the Animation" Too vastly different shows with A LOT going on. So much happens in both of these shows. Just so much to talk about.

    Biggest Disappointments In Anime

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2024 58:00


    Episode 470: This week we talk about disappointing shows, characters, stories, and even some disappointing things in the anime fandom itself.

    Terminator Zero (2024) Netflix Review

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2024 90:04


    Episode 469: This week the Summit Squad decides to travel back to 1997 to Japan to try and stop Judgement Day! Not really... all we did was watch Terminator Zero on Netflix, an anime based on James Cameron's Terminator Universe...And here's a review!!

    Best Waifu Team For $15

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2024 62:36


    Episode 468: How much does a waifu cost? $1 or $2? Maybe $5! If you were given $15 to build a team of them how you would you spend it! Below is the template we made on IMGUR https://imgur.com/a/ShuR2HI

    EX38: Cinnamontography: Rocky REVIEW w/ Snowman

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2024 89:23


    EX38: This week Som and Snowman talk about an award winning film that help shaped some of what their taste in cinema is today: Rocky. When your whole life is a one in a million shot and you are given another one in a million shot, does it make or break you?

    Homie and the B****h - Som's Gundam Tier List

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2024 76:22


    Episode 467: Welcome to the first edition and our first playthrough of a tier list game Som thought of called: Homie and the B***h (you gonna have to fill in the asterisks there) Dannie and Nick must rank gundams and relevant mobile suits with the little knowledge they have and at the end whoever has the closest list matching Som's list made before hand is the HOMIE and the other is the B****H

    Kurayukaba & Kuramerukagari (2024) Review

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2024 54:46


    Episode 466: This week we are coming at you with a DOUBLE FEATURE review. Same director, same writer, same staff for both films that tell two different tales within the same setting and world.

    Free For All Anime Talk w/ The Anime Brothers Podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2024 78:40


    Episode 465: This week we are joined by Earthworm and Matt from the Anime Brothers Podcast to talk anime, weeb tattoos, manga, and more!

    Summer Season 2024 1st Impressions

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2024 107:31


    Episode 464: Summer took off just recently so we are now ready to give our first impressions of the summer season of anime! It seems as though this season seems pretty lackluster for the summit crew!

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