Third Impact Anime Podcast
Film, TV & Pop Culture
About
Third Impact Anime is a bi-weekly podcast exploring the history, artistry, and community of anime, hosted by a group of fan con panelists that like to talk too much. Expect reviews of anime new and old, convention coverage, and special guest interviews. Learn more at www.thirdimpactanime.com
Episodes
- Kotatsu Corner #8 - Chekhov's Baby Gun
Sully and Bill chat about the The Super Mario Galaxy Movie. Is it a big bowl of Lucky Charms or just a pound of sugar splashed with milk? Either way, #JusticeForBirdo. If you enjoy this or any other episode, leave us a Rating and Review on…
- BONUS - Interview with the developers of Quartet (indie RPG) except this time, it's out!
Back in 2023, we had the pleasure of hosting the developers of the indie RPG Quartet on the show for a bonus interview. Well now, the game is out, and they're back! Ryan chats once again with the folks from Something Classic games to talk…
- #166 - Best Anime of 2025
While other podcasts did their end of year retrospective two months ago, why rush when you can take 3 months? In this episode, Sarah, Austin, Tori, and Bill break down the "best" anime of 2025, and by "best" we mean "the stuff we got aroun…
- #165 - Anime Secret Santa 2025 (Astra Lost in Space, Godzilla Singular Point, Paprika, Alien Nine, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, and Odd Taxi)
Christmas, Christmas time is here, time for ASS, and time for cheer! Austin, Tori, and Bill gather together to exchange the gift of anime with internet friends and strangers alike with another Anime Secret Santa! Kory Taiiku-Claus has kind…
- #164 - An Interview with Samantha Ferreira on Anime Herald Magazine
Coming soon to a newsstand (meaning your mailbox or email inbox) near you; Anime Herald Magazine! Sully and Austin sit down with Samantha Ferreira, the founder and editor-in-chief of Anime Herald, to talk about her journey towards creating…
- #163 - Halloween Special 2025: Pet Shop of Horrors (1999)
Make sure to only give water and vegetables to all your trick or treaters this Halloween or terrible things could happen! Sully, Tori, and Austin present our 2025 Halloween episode with a review of the 4-episode anime series Pet Shop of Ho…
- #162 - Mobile Suit Gundam: 08th MS Team feat. Coop (RiderStrike)
At long last, after podcasting for 8 years and counting (wow...), we have finally gone and done it; we're reviewing some Mobile Suit Gundam . Since we are very sensible and reasonable folk at TIA, we thought we would start at the very begi…
- Kotatsu Corner #7 - Heroes Kill Thing feat. Drew from Sideburns & Cigarettes
It's a bird, it's a plane, it's the return of our chronically neglected sub show, Kotatsu Corner! Join us as we gather around a tiny table to chat about not-anime . Okay, maybe a little anime. Austin, Bill, and returning special guest Drew…
- #161 - Con-versations: Animazement 2025 feat. Coop, Maddy, Megan, Cody, and Kurt!
Another great year of Animazement has come and gone and Bill, Austin, and Tori are here to tell you all about it. Pay no mind that the convention ended almost a month and a half ago! This episode was a beast to edit, and for good reason! N…
- #160 - Spring 2025 Anime Season First Impressions (Yaiba, Witch Watch, and Colorful Stage! The Movie)
The podcast finally returns with a look at a few of the anime we are watching during the Spring 2025 anime season! Austin and Bill discuss Yaiba: Samurai Legend , Austin and Sully discuss Witch Watch , and Austin reviews Colorful Stage! Th…
- #159 - Remembering David Lynch and his influence on anime feat. Drew and Emma of Sideburns and Cigarettes
On January 16th, 2025, the world lost one of the greats; American filmmaker David Lynch passed away at the age of 78, leaving behind a decades-long career of truly unique films and television series' including Twin Peaks , Eraserhead , Mul…
- #158 - Best Anime (and some others!) of 2024
Happy New Year, I say through gritted teeth. 2025 is certainly off to a, well, ya know what. No comment. Let's talk about anime. 2024 had some pretty good anime! Austin and Bill take a Tatsuki Fujimoto's Look Back at the year to talk about…
- #157 - Anime Secret Santa 2024 (Roujin Z, Kaiji, Chihayafuru, Gunbuster, and more!)
It's the most wonderful time of the year! Anime Secret Santa-san has once again performed his annual B&E and left us with an interesting array of anime series, movies, and OVAs under our tree. Austin and Bill and are joined by Tori and Sar…
- #156 - Re: Cutie Honey feat. Jessica Calvello, David Wald, and Salvatore (RetroSofa)
Honey Flash! Sully and returning guest Salvatore (@RetroSofa) sit down with VA and dub director David Wald and OG Cutie Honey dub actress Jessica Calvello to discuss their work on the recent English dub for the 2004 OVA Re: Cutie Honey fro…
- #155 - Halloween Special: Mononoke (2007)
When the hollow boats creak and the noh masks quake, mononoke come out for a swinging wake! Welcome to our 2024 Halloween special where Austin, Tori, and Sully review the 2007 TV anime Mononoke , a spooky series of ghost stories following…
- #154 - Con-versations: Otakon 2024 feat. Coop and Maddy!
We went to our biggest anime convention yet and what better way to celebrate than having our longest Con-versations episode yet. This time, Austin and Tori review Otakon 2024 which was held in Washington, DC from August 2-4th, 2024. This e…
- #153 - Frieren: Beyond Journey's End
Beware, this podcast might be a mimic! Or maybe it melts clothing? Either way, Himmel the hero would have loved it. Austin forms a party with three adventurers, Sarah, Ryan, and Will, to hunt for grimoires and help old ladies in our review…
- #152 - Spice and Wolf (2008)
Fantasy, finances, and fickle gods! A wise wolf has descended upon the podcast for our review of the 2008 anime series Spice and Wolf , which is currently getting a remake at the time of this recording. Bill hosts with returning special gu…
- #151 - Con-versations: Animazement 2024
Back in May, we once again attended Animazement in Raleigh, NC because of course we did! Austin hosts this week, joined by Sully and Tori to recap the fun weekend full of panels, cosplay, autographed Funko Pop scalping, and spending too mu…
- #150 - 150th Episode Special: Bill's Trivia Gauntlet Contest Extravaganza (The First)
150 episodes! How about that? For this special milestone, we decided to do something a little different than our usual fair; Bill put together a really fun TRIVIA episode to delight listeners and stump his contestants (Austin, Tori, and Su…
- #149 - The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1986) with Zoe O'Haillin-Berne & Garrett Kilgore
Over the Rainbow is out and Fancy Girl is in! Join us for a very special episode covering the 1986 anime adaptation of the L. Frank Baum classic, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz . Sully, being a life-long Oz fan and aspiring Wicked Witch himsel…
- #148 - Attack on Titan (Season 1, Part 2)
Here's the perfect podcast episode to listen to while you clean your abandoned castle. Austin, Tori, and Ryan are here to discuss tall women and even taller trees in our review of the second half of Attack on Titan Season 1. Please enjoy.…
- #147 - Winter 2024 Anime in Review
Our resident seasonal anime watchers, Sarah and Bill, are back once again for their review of the recently-wrapped winter 2024 anime season! With continuing smash hits like The Apothecary Diaries , popular adaptations like Delicious in Dun…
- #146 - Attack on Titan (Season 1, Part 1)
On that day, this podcast feed received a grim reminder. Humanity lives in fear of yet another episode of the Third Impact Anime Podcast. Not only is this our first proper episode of 2024, it's the beginning of a retrospective looking back…
- Kotatsu Corner #6 - Our Favorite Things in 2023
Happy New Year, everyone! We hope your 2023 ended on a high note and your 2024 has begun with the same. Much like last year , Tobias presents a few segments from TIA members reflecting on a few of the anime, manga, video games, books, movi…
- #145 - Anime Secret Santa 2023
And if youuuuu caaaaannnn believe it, it's Christmas once again! We're happy to present (ha) our 2023 Anime Secret Santa Special! If you're not familiar with this project, the kind folks over at the Taiiku Podcast (formerly the All Geeks C…
- #144 - Con-versations: Anime Weekend Atlanta 2023
After a years-long absence, we one again returned to the hallowed halls of the Renaissance Waverly/Cobb Galleria in Atlanta, Georgia for the final year of Anime Weekend Atlanta... in that venue, at least. Austin, Tori, and Tobias reflect o…
- A Grand Line Reborn | Cruise #06 - Davy Back Fight (Savage)
Bill is still finishing up the 3.x Heavensward patches, but Tobias is encountering interparty conflict in Water 7, so we wanted to go ahead and get this one out as soon as possible. What did we think about the Davy Back Fight? Will Bill ev…
- #143 - Fall 2023 Anime Season SO FAR
Bill drops by to give you a rare solo episode where he gives a brief overview of his thoughts on the current Fall 2023 anime season. Titles he talks about include (in no particular order) Frieren: Beyond Journey's End , Spy X Family Season…
- #142 - Interview with Colleen’s Manga Recs on Shojo & Josei!
How many times can Bill be recommended to watch Chihayafuru in a single podcast episode? Find out in this incredible new INTERVIEW episode with TikTok star, YouTube video essayist, and shojo/josei expert, COLLEEN from Colleen's Manga Recs!…
- A Grand Line Reborn | Cruise #05 - Sin City of Gold
See, we really are a regular podcast! Tobias went to FanFest in Las Vegas! Bill’s been putting off the Heavensward patches to play Final Fantasy XVI ! We talk about Skypeia and how it compares to the previous two One Piece sagas! Timestamp…
- A Grand Line Reborn | Cruise #04 - Recaps and Reimaginings
We’re back in our, uh, first episode of 2023, with a double feature at the movies! Tobias got his first taste of the One Piece anime adaptation with Episode of East Blue , while Bill watched the Noclip documentary on the 1.0 release and su…
- #141 - Mobile Police Patlabor (OVA)
We hope you love this podcast episode as much as Noa loves Alphonse, but that's pretty unlikely. On this episode, we're reviewing 1988's Mobile Police Patlabor (OVA), our first Patreon request episode. Bill, Tobias, and Austin helm this re…
- BONUS - Interview with the developers of Quartet (indie RPG)
Here's something a little different from us; a bonus episode! We haven't had a proper bonus episode since 2020 , but we're back with another one. This time, Ryan sits down with three developers from Something Classic games, an indie game s…
- #140 - Con-versations: Animazement 2023
Another Animazement is successfully behind us (a whole month ago, if you can believe it) and here's our breakdown of all the great fun we had across those four shockingly chilly days in downtown Raleigh, North Carolina. Hosted this time by…
- #139 - Suzume
This movie kept us all on the edge of our three-legged seat. On this episode of the Third Impact Anime Podcast, we're reviewing the latest film from acclaimed anime director Makoto Shinkai, Suzume ! How does it hold up against his previous…
- #138 - BERSERK (1997)
Put your glasses on, nothing will be wrong! On this episode of the Third Impact Anime Podcast, we're reviewing the classic dark-fantasy anime series BERSERK , specifically the original 1997 adaptation by OLM covering the Golden Age Arc of…
- #137 - ZOMBIE LAND SAGA (S1 & S2) feat. Cy Catwell (Anime Feminist, ANN, Seven Seas)
OHAIYO GOZAIMASU! Watch out for passing trucks because we're reviewing the greatest zombie idol anime that takes place in Saga prefecture ever made, ZOMBIE LAND SAGA and its sequel season ZOMBIE LAND SAGA REVENGE. Austin and Bill take cent…
- #136 - Captain Harlock: Arcadia of My Youth (1982) & Remembering Leiji Matsumoto
Hoist your wine glasses towards the infinite sea of stars! On this episode, we are reviewing the 1982 space opera based on the iconic manga from Leiji Matsumoto, Space Pirate Captain Harlock: Arcadia of My Youth . The primary reason we're…
- #135 - BEASTARS (Season 2)
After a multi-year-long delay from our coverage of season 1, we're back to talk about the second season of BEASTARS . The adventures of Legoshi, Haru, Louis, and the rest of the Cherryton Academy animal teens continue as the mysteries of T…
- #134 - Fall 2022 Anime Season Review!
As the incredible Fall 2022 anime season wrapped up a few weeks ago, Tobias and Bill chat about the shows they enjoyed and kept up with. Between returning sequels, anticipated manga adaptations, and totally unexpected gems, there's a LOT t…
- A Grand Line Reborn | Cruise #03 - Defenders of Eorzea (and Alabasta)
Apologies for the delay in publishing this episode–Bill got invited to a dinner party in Ul’dah and had a hell of time getting out of there! After reviewing the end of the A Realm Reborn patches, we switch over to the first half of the Ala…
- Kotatsu Corner #5 - Our Favorite Things in 2022!!!!!!!!
2022 has come to a close and we're doing our final Kotatsu Corner a little different than usual. First off, we're doing one at all (we promise they will be more regular in the coming year), but second off, we've adapted an old idea into a…
- #133 - Anime Secret Santa 2022 (KEIJO!!!!!!!!, Great Pretender, Space Dandy, and more!)
Ho-ho-hold on to your butts, it's time for Anime Secret Santa 2022, an annual event hosted by the holiday hosts over at the AGC Podcast . Every year they organize an anime swap for folks in the anitwitter sphere with various outlets (podca…
- #132 - The IDOLM@STER (2011) feat. Kory (Taiiku Podcast & Manga In Your Ears)
An episode in which Bill finally gets to gush about his undying love for The IDOLM@STER (2011), a show a bit ahead of its time for the mid 2010s idol anime boom kicked off by shows like Love Live! School Idol Project . Kory from the Taiiku…
- #131 - Lupin the Third: Goodbye Partner feat. Drew & Emma from Sideburns & Cigarettes
Are you Chopin around for a good podcast? Well you found one! Bill and Austin finally return to the monkey-faced thief for this first time in a while to review a fairly recent TV special, 2019's Lupin the Third: Goodbye Partner , but this…
- A Grand Line Reborn | Cruise #02 - Castrum Arlong
Pray return to Arlong Park, as we wrap up the first leg of our journey into One Piece and Final Fantasy XIV. We answer our first listener email. Tobias wonders who these Seven Warlords could be. Bill solves mysteries with a gentleman inspe…
- #130 - Satoshi Kon’s Paranoia Agent | 2022 Halloween Special!
You're walking home on a dark night and your neck bristles. You adjust your eyes, peering down the street. You see it coming. It's on roller skates, carrying a golden bat. It's speeding towards you. Is it Little Slugger? Nope! It's the 202…
- #129 - Masaaki Yuasa’s INU-OH
The dog king rises! We're reviewing the latest and last (but hopefully not really) film from genius anime director Masaaki Yuasa and studio Science Saru, INU-OH ! Our new favorite anime movie and yours, if you have taste. Listen to us chat…
- A Grand Line Reborn | Cruise #01 - Humble Beginnings
Introductions out of the way, let's get into our first full-length discussion of our challenge. Bill joins a guild learns that spinning is a neat trick. Tobias takes a job at a restaurant, but his coworkers are extremely weird. Just who ar…