It’s our annual roundup of the best anime, manga, and video games of the past year! This time Evan and David are joined by Gerald (@Gerald_AWO), one-third of the Anime World Order Podcast. We cover the stuff you’d expect — Pokémon, Fire Emblem, Promare — as well as some picks that haven’t gotten any airtime on the show before, including Baba Is You, Vinland Saga, and… Miru Tights. Plus a discussion of a few big news stories from 2019 at the end of the show. Topics include: podcast hostages, Lovecraftian racism, and Gerald’s workout routine.
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Show Notes
- Opening/Ending Song: “Blues Machine” by Scott Gratton
- Video game list:
- Sekiro
- Dead or Alive 6
- Baba Is You
- Pokémon Sword and Shield
- Fire Emblem: Three Houses
- Resident Evil 2
- Manga list:
- At the Mountains of Madness
- Witch Hat Atelier
- Bakemonogatari
- Chainsaw Man
- Nicola Traveling Around the Demon’s World
- Anime list:
- Vinland Saga
- JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind
- Dororo
- Mob Psycho 100 II
- Hitoribocchi
- Promare
- Miru Tights
- Big 2019 news stories:
- Hideaki Anno detailed his falling out with Gainax.
- A man committed a brutal arson attack against Kyoto Animation.
- Anime fans and industry workers went public about accusations of sexual assault by voice actor Vic Mignogna.
- Twitter: Evan, David, Gerald, Ani-Gamers
- Mastodon: Evan, David
- Gerald is one of the hosts of the Anime World Order Podcast.
- Evan, David, and Gerald write for Otaku USA Magazine.
- Evan sometimes updates his side blog Anime Burger Time.
- David is streaming every weekend on his Twitch channel!
- Check out Evan’s His Dark Materials companion podcast, Shadow Particles!