Miranda, Kallie, Mike, and Meghan reunite to give Kallie a fun sendoff in her final episode as a host of IGN Anime Club. They discuss a few of Kallie's chosen topics, including anime murder mysteries, 2D versus 3D animation, and Pokemon.
In this week's Watch Party, the club discusses Kids on the Slope episodes 3 and 42 (available on Blu-ray, Crunchyroll, The Anime Network and Hulu). We'll be back in the first week of January to discuss episodes 5 and 8.
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This week, the Club discusses anime that ended badly - and which ones need another season or just to quit while they were ahead.
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This week Miranda, Kallie, and Mike are still a little weird from the holiday weekend, but manage to discuss some pretty big anime news (Code Geass and Cardcaptor Sakura are getting new seasons), a little bit about Pokemon Sun and Moon, what it means to be a big brother, stuffing, and the anime they think have some of the most satisfying endings.
In this week's Watch Party, the club discusses FLCL episodes 5 - 6. Next week we'll discuss Kids on the Slope episodes 1 - 2.
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This week Miranda, Kallie, and Mike discuss Yuri on Ice episode 7 and the anime episodes that help shape our love for various anime series, genres, and characters. There's also a pretty long manga nostalgia rant. This episode does get into spoiler territory, but there are warning for each show before the crew discusses an episode.
Head over to the episode article on IGN to vote for the next Watch Party! IGN Anime Club discussed FLCL episodes 3 - 4 for this week's Watch Party.
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IGN Anime Club and special guest Brian Malkiewicz talk about all things Dragon Ball Super as well as the Ghost in the Shell news from Tokyo.
This week, Kallie, Mike, and Meghan have a very eclectic chat about Dragon Ball, Kiss Him, Not Me, and... Britney Spears?!
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This week Miranda, Kallie, Mike, and Meghan are joined by IGN's Chloi Rad to talk about some of the creepiest horror anime. For more on horror manga, be sure to check out Chloi's 7 Scary Horror Manga to Read for Halloween. Head over to the show's article on IGN to vote for the next Watch Party!
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This week Miranda, Kallie, Mike, and Meghan discuss a few more shows from the fall season, including Flip Flappers, Yuri on Ice, and Keijo. We also talk about Dragon Ball Super finally making its way to the west, and give some love to the IGN Anime Club Facebook Group.
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This week on IGN Anime Club, Kallie, Mike, and a new guest, IGN's Mitchell Saltzman, go over the new fall shows they're watching and which are their favorites so far.
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This week on IGN Anime Club, Stephen Akana from Bandai Namco joins Miranda, Mike, and Meghan to discuss Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization. The group also shares which fantasy worlds they never, ever (ever!) want to be trapped in, and which shows do the whole "stuck in a video game" trope right.
Shows we mentioned this week:
Sword Art Online
Digimon
Overlord
.Hack
Log Horizon
Re:Zero -Starting Life in Another World
KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World
Gundam
D. Gray-man Hallow
Berserk
Tiger Mask W
Noragami
JoJo's Bizzare Adventure
Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash
Attack on Titan
Ace Combat
Accel World
No Game No Life
Rokka: Braves of the Six Flowers
This week on IGN Anime Club, Kallie, Mike, and Meghan discuss which summer shows they'll miss most and which of the upcoming fall anime they can't wait to see.
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Miranda, Mike, Meghan, and James talk about the announcements from Tokyo Game Show, maid cafes, illegal football moves, and the new Ghost in the Shell footage. Plus, Miranda unboxes some of her new collectibles from Japan. Be sure to check out the IGN Anime Club Episode 65 article on ign.com to see our gallery of the maid cafe!
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This week, the club discusses anime that improve upon a second viewing... and ones that maybe don't hold up that well.
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IGN's moe news boy, Andrew Goldfarb, joins Miranda, Kallie, Mike, and Meghan to discuss Persona 5 the Animation - The Day Breakers, the Crunchyroll and Funimation partnership, and importing anime merchandise from Japan.
There's no Watch Party this week, but you can join us on the next episode to discuss Psycho-Pass (available on Funimation, Crunchyroll, and Blu-ray) episodes 5 - 8!
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This week on IGN Anime Club, Kallie, Mike, and Meghan spotlight A-1 Pictures and discuss the huge variety and number of anime they've adapted. They also have a solid wishlist for adaptations the studio could do in the future, especially video game ones.
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Miranda, Kallie, Mike, and Meghan discuss the term anime as well as their favorite animations that aren't quite considered anime.
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Re: Zero - Starting Life in Another World
New Game
DAYS
Taboo Tattoo
Mob Psycho 100
The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.
Amanchu
Code Geass
Soul Eater
Bungou Stray Dogs
Himouto! Umaru-chan
TMNT
Teen Titans
Berserk
Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy 15
Avatar: The Last Airbender
The Legend of Korra
Fairy Tail
RWBY
Thunderbolt Fantasy
Steven Universe
Psycho Pass
IGN Anime Club is back on its weekly schedule! Miranda, Kallie, Mike, and Meghan talk about their favorite dubs and discuss whether or not they'd want to see the return of dubbed anime openings. Kallie and Miranda also give their impressions on Psycho-Pass: Mandatory Happiness.
Next week is the start of the Psycho-Pass Watch Party! Be sure to watch the first two episodes of the anime and contribute to the discussion on the IGN Anime Club Facebook, email, or on Twitter with #ignime
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This week Miranda, Kallie, Mike, and Meghan discuss live action anime adaptation, including the recent announcement of a Sword Art Online live action series and the Detective Pikachu movie (plus some casting suggestions). They also talk about the summer season, Danganronpa, and Dragon Ball.
Next episode we'll be watching 5 Centimeters Per Second for the Watch Party. Voting for the next Watch Party will take place in the IGN Anime Club Facebook group.
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This week Miranda, Kallie, Mike, and Meghan talk about 16 anime from the summer season, and get into a heated debate over anime burgers. If you're interested in voting for the next Watch Party show, be sure to head over to the IGN Anime Club Facebook group.
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IGN Anime Club recaps the biggest news from Anime Expo and what they've been watching from the summer anime season.
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IGN Anime Club is back! Miranda, Kallie, and Mike recap some of the cool anime games they saw at E3, discuss some of their favorite shows from the spring season, and yell a bunch about the second season of Food Wars. Then, of course, they discuss the other cool shows they're excited for.
On this very special episode of IGN Anime Club, WWE superstar Xavier Woods joins Meghan, Mike, and Kallie to talk about the power of positivity, which anime characters would win in a fight, and what anime makes him feel good!
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For the second studio spotlight, Mike, Miranda, Kallie, and Meghan discuss the fun anime that's come from anime studio Gainax over the years, and where the studio could be headed next. The members also talk about their adventures at Fanime.
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This week, Miranda, Kallie, Meghan, and Mike talk about why it's not weird to have a waifu or husbando. We share our biggest crushes, debate this season's Best Girl, and discuss why there's no "Best Boy." Let us know who are your favorites!
Be sure to go to the article on IGN for this episode for details on the One Piece giveaway contest!
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IGN Anime Club gives a rundown of "moe" characters in anime and explains why Star Wars' BB-8 might be a great example.
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