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Anime, Novelty, and Openness
S3E6: [SPOILERS FOR END OF WANO ARC IN ONE PIECE] Josué comes out swinging with an open discussion about the trait of openness and novelty-seeking, and how anime large...
THE ONE PIECE EPISODE
S3E5: COME ABOARD AND BRING ALONG ALL YOUR HOPES AND DREAMS!! It's time to talk about One Piece! Rae and Josué discuss the overall themes of One Piece and how it's imp...
The Gundam Episode
S3E4: Josué's time to shine has arrived in this episode of Otaku Ryoho. Josué and Rae discuss the first series, Mobile Suit Gundam from 1979, the most recent series at...
Toonami: The Shows that Shaped Us
S3E3: Ah, Toonami. The after-school programming block that shaped a generation and had no business being that cool. American millennials especially love to wax nostalg...
So Long and Thanks For All The Quirks, My Hero Academia!
**THERE WILL BE SPOILERS FOR THE FINAL SEASON OF MHA!**S3E2: It's post-TAGGS week and Josué & Rae are TIRED. This episode, Josué & Rae say goodbye to My Hero Academia ...
We're BACK! An anime story
S3E1: SURPRISE! Otaku Ryoho is BACK! After a 5 year hiatus, Geek Therapy's anime podcast is back and rebooted with a shiny new coat of paint, a new (cuter and very fun...
Slice-of-Life is Nice and Wise
Gian cannot contain himself any longer and he chooses to start a discussion about the value of Slice of Life anime. He invites special guest Marc Cuiriz (Here Comes a ...
Overwhelming Scales: When Anime Goes Over 9000
Josué starts a discussion about the tendency of shōnen anime to escalate the stakes of the story to astronomical levels and beyond. What can we learn from these storie...
Otaku Ryoho Mythos: Cosmic Horror in Anime
Gian tries his best to explain his favorite genre of Horror, the cosmic type. He uses Attack on Titan (Season 3) as an illustration of what happens when we are faced w...
Compassion Fatigue: Coping with Compassion
Welcome to Season 2 of Otaku Ryoho! Josue starts the season by talking about how difficult 2020 has been for him, but also for so many of us. In these times, it is li...
Understanding Life through Anime
As they end Season 1, Gian and Josué talk about the Ryoho Experience. Josué talks about the benefit he gained from using anime as illustration to illustrate discussion...
Anime Remakes: Same but Different
Josue brings the topic of Anime Remakes and how frequent series are remade into rebooted series, spinoffs, and movies. They talk about how this changes the way we cons...
Anime: The Gender Blender
Gian starts a discussion about the diverse representation of gender identities in anime. Special Guest Link Keller joins us to talk about the good, the bad and the ugl...
Humor: Coping… The Humorous Kind…
Josue brings up the topic of humor and how it is a mature defense mechanism that helps us cope with difficult times or ideas. Gian and Josue attempt to bring up anime...
Biological Urges: Conflicts with Biology
Gian chooses to talk about a difficult topic near and dear to his heart, the timeless conflict between biology and behavior. Josue and Gian both dissect Beastars in a...
Fan Service and it’s many faces
Josue starts a conversation about Fan Service. We give our personal definitions of what the term “fan service” entails and give examples of our favorite types of fan ...
Education Anime: Knowledge is Power
Gian starts the conversation talking about his academic development from childhood and how media nurtured his love for academia growing up. They begin by raving abou...
“Historical” Anime or “Historical” Fan Fiction?
Talking Points: History, Who writes history?, Speculative Historical fiction, Historians and historical accounts, The inherent fiction of history, bias. Anime Menti...
The Concept of Pain
Gian starts this round wanting to talk about how pain is represented conceptually in anime. He draws inspiration from Kiznaiver, an anime in which kids are forcibly co...
Science Fiction: The Future Is Anime
Josué brings up the topic of Science Fiction and Gian discovers how much he loves science fiction. Each of them takes turns talking about their favorite science fic...