Third Impact Anime Podcast

Mar 10 2025 179 ep. 92 mins 195
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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

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#159 - Remembering David Lynch and his influence on anime feat. Drew and Emma of Sideburns and Cigarettes

Mar 10 2025 62 mins  
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, Mulholland Drive, Blue Velvet, Inland Empire, and many more. Many of us at Third Impact are big fans of Lynch's work, and Sully wanted to take some ti

#158 - Best Anime (and some others!) of 2024

Feb 17 2025 147 mins  
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 some of our favorites that we finished, a couple things we sampled and enjoyed but didn't complete, and a couple things that didn't quite make i

#157 - Anime Secret Santa 2024 (Roujin Z, Kaiji, Chihayafuru, Gunbuster, and more!)

Dec 24 2024 126 mins  
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 Sarah, two first-timers to the Anime Secret Santa festivities! Bill reviews three of his picks because he likes being extra (Roujin Z, Tsuritama

#156 - Re: Cutie Honey feat. Jessica Calvello, David Wald, and Salvatore (RetroSofa)

Nov 14 2024 132 mins  
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 from Discotek! Topics include how Go Nagai chose Jessica for the role of Honey, how dubbing has changed since Jessica first took the role in the 90s

#155 - Halloween Special: Mononoke (2007)

Oct 28 2024 96 mins  
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 the enigmatic Medicine Peddler as he exorcises troublesome spirits wreaking havoc on the world and the people in it. Tricks, treats, truths, forms

#154 - Con-versations: Otakon 2024 feat. Coop and Maddy!

Oct 07 2024 181 mins  
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 episode would have been out earlier, but between life stuff and us recording for over three and a half hours, it was a lot to get through. Totally

#153 - Frieren: Beyond Journey's End

Aug 26 2024 121 mins  
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 of Frieren: Beyond Journey's End. 00:00:00 - Introduction and brief pre-show yapping 00:19:03 - Frieren manga/anime background and creative staf

#152 - Spice and Wolf (2008)

Aug 12 2024 65 mins  
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 guest Will to talk about both original seasons of the show and speculate on the wheat and apple markets. Enjoy! If you enjoy this or any other episo

#151 - Con-versations: Animazement 2024

Jul 29 2024 100 mins  
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 much money. If you were one of the extremely cool people who attended any of our panels, thanks for coming out! If you'd be inclined to let us know

#150 - 150th Episode Special: Bill's Trivia Gauntlet Contest Extravaganza (The First)

Jul 15 2024 104 mins  
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 Sully). Of course this is heavily influenced by the annual trivia episodes produced by our podcasting senseis over at Anime World Order and we hope