Staff Picks: Our Favorite Anime of 2020

The cartoons that got us through this hell year

By Inaki Ink Evan Minto Patrick Sutton

Sunday, Jan 10, 2021

• Post
• anime
• Akudama Drive
• Baki
• Dorohedoro
• Extra Olympia Kyklos
• InuYasha
• Kakushigoto
• Lupin III
• On-Gaku: Our Sound
• Princess Connect
• Ride Your Wave
• Wave Listen to Me!
• Yashahime

Oldtaku no Radio #051 – Tokyo Godfathers

By Ink Jared Nelson Phillip

Wednesday, Dec 30, 2020

• Podcast
• anime
• Madhouse
• Satoshi Kon
• Tokyo Godfathers

Secret Santa Review: Basquash!

The ambitious mecha-sports crossover that missed its shot

By Evan Minto

Thursday, Dec 24, 2020

• Review
• anime
• Anime Secret Santa
• Basquash!
• Satelight
• Shin Itagaki
• Shoji Kawamori
• Tatsuo Sato
• Thomas Romain

Secret Santa Review: Hinamatsuri

Ten thugs shouting “Ouchy”

By Ink

Thursday, Dec 24, 2020

• Review
• anime
• Anime Secret Santa
• Hinamatsuri
• Kei Oikawa
• Studio Feel

Mystery Box of Misery Volume 2: Squandered Potential

By Patrick Sutton

Thursday, Dec 24, 2020

• Mystery Box of Misery
• anime
• Burn Up
• Gregory Horror Show
• New Getter Robo

Ani-Gamers Podcast #149 – Turn on That Good Netcode

By Evan Minto David Estrella Patrick Sutton

Wednesday, Dec 02, 2020

• Podcast
• anime
• video games
• Cardcaptor Sakura
• Ghost of Tsushima
• Guilty Gear
• Kaiji
• Pokemon
• Super Smash Bros

CG Animator Naoki Yoshibe on Effects Animation and JoJo’s Openings

The animator and director explains his process, influences, and approach to balancing 2-D and 3-D animation.

By Evan Minto

Monday, Nov 23, 2020

• Interview
• anime
• conventions
• Gatchaman
• Gatchaman Crowds
• JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
• Kamikaze Douga
• Naoki Yoshibe
• Otakon 2019
• Studio Orange

Ani-Gamers Podcast #148 – Baki Brings Back the Violence and the Banging

By Evan Minto David Estrella Patrick Sutton

Sunday, Nov 15, 2020

• Podcast
• anime
• Baki
• Keisuke Itagaki
• Netflix

Mystery Box of Misery Volume 1: Boy Meets Misery

By Evan Minto

Saturday, Nov 14, 2020

• Mystery Box of Misery
• anime
• Appleseed
• Melody of Oblivion
• Tenchi Muyo

Oldtaku no Radio #050 – Dorohedoro

By Ink Jared Nelson

Thursday, Nov 12, 2020

• Podcast
• anime
• manga
• Dorohedoro
• Mappa
• Q Hayashida
• Yuichiro Hayashi

Oldtaku no Radio #049 – Le Portrait de Petite Cossette

By Ink Jared Nelson

Friday, Oct 30, 2020

• Podcast
• anime
• Akiyuki Shinbo
• Daume
• Gothic Lolita
• Gothic Romance
• Le Portrait de Petite Cossette

Ani-Gamers Podcast #147 – Happy Hells-oween

By Evan Minto Patrick Sutton

Wednesday, Oct 28, 2020

• Podcast
• anime
• video games
• Akudama Drive
• Fall 2020 anime
• Final Fantasy
• Halo
• Hells
• Hypnosis Mic
• Madhouse
• Moriarty the Patriot
• Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle

Oldtaku no Radio #048 – Chihayafuru (Season Three)

By Ink Jared Nelson

Saturday, Oct 17, 2020

• Podcast
• anime
• Chihayafuru
• Madhouse
• Morio Asaka
• Yuki Suetsugu

Ani-Gamers Podcast #146 – The Deca-Dence of Late Capitalism with Lynzee Loveridge

By Evan Minto

Thursday, Oct 15, 2020

• Podcast
• anime
• Deca-Dence
• Into the Breach
• Re:Zero
• Studio NUT
• Yuzuru Tachikawa

Genice Chan on BNA and Collaborating with Studio Trigger

The illustrator and animator discusses the pre-production process, balancing animal and human designs, and … Snuggies?

By Evan Minto

Tuesday, Oct 06, 2020

• Interview
• anime
• BNA
• Genice Chan
• Studio Trigger