The Anime Nostalgia Podcast

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What was it like being an anime & manga fan before the 2000s? And were some of my favorite anime series really as good as I remember them? Welcome to the Anime Nostalgia Podcast, a mix of anime & manga history, reviews, and talks with other fans on titles and aspects of fandom from everywhere from the 70s to the 90s!

  1. JAN 30

    The Anime Nostalgia Podcast - ep 150: ReView: The Dagger of Kamui

    Subscribers! Be sure to go to the blog to read the description easier & check out links for this episode! Treat yourself or a loved one this Valentine's Day! TokyoTreat makes the perfect gift for any occasion. Use code "NOSTALGIA" for $5 off your first #TokyoTreat box through my link: https://team.tokyotreat.com/theanimenostalgia This month’s episode is another short ReView! What is a “ReView” episode, you might ask? Well, it’s my highly-clever (ok not really) name for episodes where I go back and revisit an older title I haven’t seen in a long time, and see if what I remember (and what my opinions on it) are still the same now that some time’s gone by. This month, Animeigo's Kickstarter bluray for Dagger of Kamui found it's way to my doorstep one cold December morning...so what better time to revisit this 80s Rintaro classic? This movie truly has everything: Ninja, monks, psychedelic flashing colors, cowboys, treasure hunts, a banger soundtrack, and even Mark Twain! But is that truly enough to make this movie great? Let's revisit it and find out! Stream the episode above or [Direct Download] Subscribe on apple podcasts | Spotify Relevant links: Watch the Trailer for the movie here!Buy the bluray directly from Animeigo here!Check out Madhouse's official page on the movie hereOther titles mentioned in this episode: Galaxy Express 999, Wicked City, Demon City Shinjuku, Ninja Scroll My theme song music was done by Kerobit! You can find more about them on their website! See how you can get access to behind-the-scenes stuff, early access to the podcast, and a BRAND NEW subscriber exclusive podcast with my new Ko-fi Subscriptions! As always, feel free to leave me your thoughts on this episode or ideas for future episodes here—or email me directly at AnimeNostalgiaPodcast@gmail.com. Thanks for listening!

  2. 12/31/2025

    The Anime Nostalgia Podcast - ep 149: The 2025 Year in Review with Rachel

    Subscribers! Be sure to go to the blog to read the description easier & check out links for this episode! Treat yourself or a loved one this holiday season! TokyoTreat makes the perfect gift for any occasion. Use code "NOSTALGIA" for $5 off your first #TokyoTreat box through my link: https://team.tokyotreat.com/theanimenostalgia 2025 is coming to a close, so you know what that means–That’s right, it’s time for another Year in Review! And this time, returning champion Rachel is here to help discuss the results of my annual year-end survey as filled out by you, the listeners! What older anime titles were you excited to buy (sometimes again) this year, and what titles are you looking forward to coming out next year in 2026? We also talk about all the memorable news stories from throughout this long, grueling mess of a year. Enjoy nearly 3 hours of us taking a walk down memory lane, PLUS the winners of the survey giveaway. Happy Holidays & Happy New Year!! Stream the episode above or [Direct Download] Subscribe on apple podcasts | Spotify Relevant links: ☆ Use my affiliate links to buy the top 3 (as voted by my listeners) older anime releases from 2025! ☆ 1. Black Jack OVA BD 2. Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro CR Store Exclusive Steelbook 3. Golden Boy BD / Bubblegum Crisis Perfect Collection BD Listen to the full episode for the complete list! Follow Rachel on Bluesky and Twitch! Special thanks to Animeigo, Crunchyroll Store, Fantagraphics, and Yen Press for donating the prizes for this year's holiday giveaway! Congrats to the winners! My theme song music was done by Kerobit! You can find more about them on their website! See how you can get access to behind-the-scenes stuff, early access to the podcast, and a BRAND NEW subscriber exclusive podcast with my new Ko-fi Subscriptions! As always, feel free to leave me your thoughts on this episode or ideas for future episodes here—or email me directly at AnimeNostalgiaPodcast@gmail.com. Thanks for listening!

  3. 11/27/2025

    The Anime Nostalgia Podcast - Ep 148: Angel's Egg with Brian Ruh

    Subscribers! Be sure to go to the blog to read the description easier & check out links for this episode! Treat yourself or a loved one this holiday season! TokyoTreat makes the perfect gift for any occasion. Use code "NOSTALGIA" for $5 off your first #TokyoTreat box through my link: https://team.tokyotreat.com/theanimenostalgia This month, after NINE (?!!!) years since his first time on the podcast, returning champion, author, and Mamoru Oshii scholar Brian Ruh is back on the podcast to talk all about arguably Oshii's most "arthouse" creation that not only recently made it's way into American theaters thanks to GKids, but is celebrating it's 40th anniversary next month: Angel's Egg! We discuss eggs-actly why this movie being officially released in America after all this time is a pretty big deal, and just why we enjoy a movie with huge chunks of no one talking at all! Plus: Answering your questions, and I promise very minimal egg related puns & yolks--I mean, jokes. So if you're traveling this Thanksgiving, don't worry--I brought over 2 hours of podcast for you to help you get through it. Enjoy! Stream the episode or [Direct Download] Subscribe on apple podcasts | Spotify Relevant links: GKids' official website for Angel's EggTokuma Shoten's official Angel's Egg English websiteBuy Brian Ruh's book, The Stray Dog of Anime: The Films of Mamoru Oshii through my affiliate links on Bookshop, Amazon, Abe Books, and via his publisher's webstore here!Read the fan translation of Animedia's 1985 interview with Mamoru Oshii on the release of Angel's Egg I mentioned in the podcast here!Listen to me also talk about Angel's Egg (and my silly story about the Tokyopop Angel's Egg incident) with The Bomb Squad Follow Brian on Bluesky! See how you can get access to behind-the-scenes stuff, early access to the podcast (without ads!), and a BRAND NEW subscriber exclusive podcast with my new Ko-fi Subscriptions! My theme song music was done by Kerobit! You can find more about them on their website! As always, feel free to leave me your thoughts on this episode or ideas for future episodes here—or email me directly at AnimeNostalgiaPodcast@gmail.com. Thanks for listening!

  4. 10/30/2025

    The Anime Nostalgia Podcast - Ep 147: ReView: Bride of Deimos OVA

    Subscribers! Be sure to go to the blog to read the description easier & check out links for this episode! Treat yourself or a loved one this Halloween! TokyoTreat makes the perfect gift for any occasion. Use code "NOSTALGIA" for $5 off your first #TokyoTreat box through my link: https://team.tokyotreat.com/theanimenostalgia This month’s episode is another short ReView! What is a “ReView” episode, you might ask? Well, it’s my highly-clever (ok not really) name for episodes where I go back and revisit an older title I haven’t seen in a long time, and see if what I remember (and what my opinions on it) are still the same now that some time’s gone by. It's almost Halloween! So for this month's ReView episode, I'm revisiting a fun-sized shoujo horror OVA. Based on a 70s manga and animated in the 80s by some of the top horror anime staff at Madhouse, it's the Bride of Deimos OVA! But even with all that pedigree, is it worth putting on your Halloween night watch list? Let's find out! Stream the episode or [Direct Download] Subscribe on apple podcasts | Spotify Relevant links: Look for the English vols of The Bride of Deimos manga on Amazon!The entire series is also available digitally in Japanese, on places like Amazon Japan & ebook Japan (for those who can read Japanese!)Madhouse's official page on the OVAOther titles mentioned in this episode: Demon City Shinjuku, Wicked City, Tokyo Babylon, Unico in the Island of MagicSee how you can get access to behind-the-scenes stuff, early access to the podcast (without ads!), and a BRAND NEW subscriber exclusive podcast with my new Ko-fi Subscriptions! My Halloween theme song music was done by Kerobit! You can find more about them on their website! As always, feel free to leave me your thoughts on this episode or ideas for future episodes here—or email me directly at AnimeNostalgiaPodcast@gmail.com. Thanks for listening!

  5. 09/29/2025

    The Anime Nostalgia Podcast - The Secret Anime Club Special Preview (Sailor Moon: The Super Live)

    Subscribers! Be sure to go to the blog to read the description easier & check out links for this episode! Treat yourself or a loved one this Halloween! TokyoTreat makes the perfect gift for any occasion. Use code "NOSTALGIA" for $5 off your first #TokyoTreat box through my link: https://team.tokyotreat.com/theanimenostalgia This SUBTEMBER, I'm giving everyone a chance to preview my subscribers-only podcast, The Secret Anime Club! Since just recently, the official Sailor Moon Youtube Channel let folks watch official recordings of Sailor Moon: The Super Live, I figured this episode where I talk to friend of the podcast Laura Watton about our experiences watching The Super Live in the US and the UK, would be one that a lot of you might enjoy. Here's my original description for the episode: On this episode, we talk about how it feels like we've gone back in time when it comes to anime we're watching (from Ranma 1/2 and Dragon Ball Daima, to Gundam G-Quacks!), and I talk a little bit about seeing Tomcat's Big Adventure on the big screen! Then, we dig into our experiences seeing the stage show Sailor Moon: The Super Live--Laura seeing it in the UK, and me seeing it it on the USA tour. Were there any big differences between the two productions? Let's find out!  Stream the episode or [Direct Download] Subscribe on apple podcasts | Spotify If you enjoyed this preview of The Secret Anime Club, consider becoming a subscriber yourself! Find out how here. My theme song music was done by Kerobit! You can find more about them on their website! As always, feel free to leave me your thoughts on this episode or ideas for future episodes here—or email me directly at AnimeNostalgiaPodcast@gmail.com. Thanks for listening!

  6. 08/26/2025

    The Anime Nostalgia Podcast - Ep 146: 40 Years of Dirty Pair with Ashely Miami

    Subscribers! Be sure to go to the blog to read the description easier & check out links for this episode! Treat yourself or a loved one! TokyoTreat makes the perfect gift for any occasion. Use code "NOSTALGIA" for $5 off your first #TokyoTreat box through my link: https://team.tokyotreat.com/theanimenostalgia This month, I'm joined by friend and new voice to the show, Ashely Miami, to celebrate all things Dirty Pair, as the TV anime recently celebrated it's 40th Anniversary! We'll go through the franchise's history, Kei & Yuri's origins, and just why--40 years later--we still love the series. And yes, we will answer your burning questions on who we think is "best girl", and even our opinions on the cursed Kickstarter. Also in this episode: How we'd reboot the series, getting a little personal, and....anime tattoos?!  Stream the episode or [Direct Download] Subscribe on apple podcasts | Spotify Relevant links: Watch the Dirty Pair TV series free with ads in the USA on PlutoTV!Read a great essay on Adam Warren's Dirty Pair comics from Women Write About Comics!Buy Adam Warren's Dirty Pair comics on Amazon!Buy the first two original Dirty Pair novels in English on Amazon here and here!Follow Ashely Miami on Bluesky!See how you can get access to behind-the-scenes stuff, early access to the podcast (without ads!), and a BRAND NEW subscriber exclusive podcast with my new Ko-fi Subscriptions! My theme song music was done by Kerobit! You can find more about them on their website! As always, feel free to leave me your thoughts on this episode or ideas for future episodes here—or email me directly at AnimeNostalgiaPodcast@gmail.com. Thanks for listening!

  7. 07/27/2025

    The Anime Nostalgia Podcast - Ep 145: ReView: Prime Rose

    Subscribers! Be sure to go to the blog to read the description easier & check out links for this episode! Treat yourself or a loved one! TokyoTreat makes the perfect gift for any occasion. Use code "NOSTALGIA" for $5 off your first #TokyoTreat box through my link: https://team.tokyotreat.com/theanimenostalgia This month’s episode is another short ReView! What is a “ReView” episode, you might ask? Well, it’s my highly-clever (ok not really) name for episodes where I go back and revisit an older title I haven’t seen in a long time, and see if what I remember (and what my opinions on it) are still the same now that some time’s gone by. This month, I'm revisiting one of Tezuka's TV films in a brand new way: New anime publisher SkySet Entertainment has released the 80s sci-fi fantasy film A Time Slip of 10,000 Years: Prime Rose on bluray in America--and they created a full English dub for it! So what better time to both revisit this somewhat obscure classic to see if I still enjoy it, AND to see how the new English dub sounds. How does anime Spock sound in English? Well, let's find out!  Stream the episode or [Direct Download] Subscribe on apple podcasts | Spotify Relevant links: Order Prime Rose from SkySet Entertainment's official shop here!Stream the Japanese version of Prime Rose for free with ads in the US on Prime VideoTezuka Pro's official English page for Prime RoseOther anime titles mentioned in this episode: Leda: The Fantastic Adventure of Yohko, The Legend of Lemnear, Luna VargaSee how you can get access to behind-the-scenes stuff, early access to the podcast (without ads!), and a BRAND NEW subscriber exclusive podcast with my new Ko-fi Subscriptions! My theme song music was done by Kerobit! You can find more about them on their website! As always, feel free to leave me your thoughts on this episode or ideas for future episodes here—or email me directly at AnimeNostalgiaPodcast@gmail.com. Thanks for listening!

  8. 06/26/2025

    The Anime Nostalgia Podcast - ep 144: The Fangirl Diaries with Author Erica Victoria Espejo

    Subscribers! Be sure to go to the blog to read the description easier & check out links for this episode! Treat yourself or a loved one! TokyoTreat makes the perfect gift for any occasion. Use code "NOSTALGIA" for $5 off your first #TokyoTreat box through my link: https://team.tokyotreat.com/theanimenostalgia Author Erica Victoria Espejo has not only been an anime fan since the 90s, she's been going to cons & writing about it for over 20 years! And now, she's written a book called The Fangirl Diaries: Finding Community in Anime Fandom of the 90s & 00s, chronicling early anime fandom and cosplay through her lived experience in it while growing up as a queer, femme Asian. Listen in as we discuss daring to share stories of cringey youth, the evolution of fandom, cosplay, and anime conventions, and what it was like to write a book about it all.  Stream the episode or [Direct Download] Subscribe on apple podcasts | Spotify Relevant links: Buy Erica's book using my affiliate link at Bookshop.org, Amazon, or directly from the publisher!Check out Erica's website for over 20 years of her anime convention coverage!Follow Eri on Twitch to watch her "Fansview Friday" streams live, or follow her Youtube account to watch the VODsFollow Erica's cosplay-focused Instagram and TiktokAnd of course, follow her on Bluesky for updates on her writing and reports!Bonus: Erica in her custom Baka-Con t-shirt she mentions this episode: My theme song music was done by Kerobit! You can find more about them on their website! As always, feel free to leave me your thoughts on this episode or ideas for future episodes here—or email me directly at AnimeNostalgiaPodcast@gmail.com. Thanks for listening!

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What was it like being an anime & manga fan before the 2000s? And were some of my favorite anime series really as good as I remember them? Welcome to the Anime Nostalgia Podcast, a mix of anime & manga history, reviews, and talks with other fans on titles and aspects of fandom from everywhere from the 70s to the 90s!

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