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The Anime Rest Stop Podcast
by The Anime Rest Stop
The official podcast of the Anime Rest Stop. We're a panelist troupe of geeks that travel from con to con, sharing their knowledge and love of the ever-growing and diverse fandom since 2011. Loving what we do, we decided to bring you that energy and entertainment to you in podcast form. Be sure to tune in and if you love what you hear, help us level up (over 9000) by following us and giving us an awesome rating! We appreciate you!
Episodes
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75th Episode!
Zenkaikon, Resident Evil: Requiem, Umamusume: Pretty Derby, and Romero is a Deadman along with reflections of past and present times in fandom, and much more! Don't miss our podcast celebration! Thank you for being awesome, folks! We have notes of course: *Examu and French Bread are two different...
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First Episode of 2026...Winter Anime, Fighting Game Future, and so much more!
Foundersfoundry (Chris) brings us into 2026 with a new episode to catch up on all things fun! Winter season impressions, the future and present of fighting games, and a lot more! Don't miss this one, folks! Shoutout to the one and only G.Silentmusic for our intro!
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Everything is burning, but we are still here.
Hi, everyone! ARS has been gone for a bit, and a lot has happened. Our founder Chris takes us through some of the latest in fandom, anime, and geeky news. 0:00 - 20:00 Intro, Catch up, Ninja Senshi Tobikage impression, 20:00 - 40:00 Tomonobu Itagaki, Cary Hiroyuki-Tagawa 40:00 - 50:00...
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Summer to Fall Anime picks, Anime USA coverage, and gaming news!
Summer Anime Scorecards, Fall anime picks, and gaming, gaming, gaming. Chris is back in a bridge of an episode to cross into the fall season. All this and Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle! Don't miss it!
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Post Otakon episode--Life, conventions and more.
Hey, folks! Anime Rest Stop is back again with a brand-new episode! Post Otakon, old FoundersFoundry talks about his personal experience at Otakon 2025, talks anime's latest and greatest, and even makes a little time for gaming! Don't want to miss this one! Find articles of our topics at the...
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The Big Catch up with all things Anime, Gaming, and Life
FoundersFoundry catches up with a few status updates on ARS and future plans, goes over the latest and greatest in anime, covers the spring season grading, highlights the summer picks of the season, and spotlights some anime expo and gaming news. Don't miss out, everyone!
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We have Arrived in 2025!
Chris hosts the first episode of 2025. ARS Check in, real life news, anime villains, Discotek highlights, Gundam news, and Macross updates are here. Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii , Fatal Fury: City of Wolves Beta, Stories from Sol, and snapshot reviews of Black Lagoon's latest volumes…
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Happy New Year, everyone!
Chris sends us out of 2024 with a look back and glimpse forward into 2025: ARS Style! Happy New Year, everyone! See you in 2025!
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Catching up w/ Watchlist fun, Godzilla, Crunchyroll news, and Gaming!
FoundersFoundry hosts this episode going over his watchlist that includes some of the latest of the season like Uzumaki and DanDaDan, covers some recent news involving Crunchyroll, talks about holiday happenings that include Godzilla, and talks gaming happenings with a quick review of Dragon Ball...
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Hot Take Time!
FoundersFoundry and the Old Otaku of the Mountain dish some hot takes on anime and some of your favorites. This one might make you angry. Click if you dare!
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Top 10 Anime Composer rundown!
The Founding Father and The Old Otaku of the Mountain give you a jam-packed two hours of musical fun! Don't miss out! Enjoy! Complete list of mentioned music (support via Spotify and other outlets): Yoko Kanno-- Cowboy Bebop: Space Lion You make me cool Mushroom Hunting Cowboy Bebop: Knockin’ on...
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Saxing it up: Review of Blue Giant
After a long hiatus and coming off the heels of Otakon 2024, The Anime Rest Stop Podcast returns with Old Otaku of the Mountain and FoundersFoundry (Chris) reviewing the anime film Blue Giant. You want to really keep your ears open for this one, folks!
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New Year, New Struggles: Conventions, Localization drama, gaming success, and more!
Chris kicks us off for the new year with talks of conventions emerging and conventions falling, drama over localization of anime title Lovely Complex, the anime landscape in 2024, and a quick look at the latest gaming news and more! Don't miss it, folks!
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Blazing Hearts w/Chris, Changing Times, and Live Action anime adaptations
Chris returns to the Podcast to catch up on all things Shonen (some Seinen stuff too). Fall season picks including Pluto, MF Ghost, Kingdoms of Ruin, and more! Don't miss it! Happy Holidays, everybody!
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Summertime Reflections
Foundersfoundry returns with a recap of Otakon 2023 from his perspective, gaming news and highlights, an overview of the summer season with a few anime series, and a personal tribute to key figures who recently passed away.
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Episode 60
FoundersFoundry (Chris) gives an announcement about the future of the podcast, catches up with anime Spring and Summer seasons (ARS Style), reviews Shin Kamen Rider (non-spoiler), and provides some insight into some recent game news like Street Fighter 6 and Front Mission 2nd remake's delay.…
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The Sea of Emotion
This previously recorded episode plays catch up, travels the sea of stars in a tribute to a legendary manga creator, addresses cyber-bullying, and talks about the athletic appearance of a certain character in Street Fighter 6. Don't miss this one!
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Bye-Bye 2022, Hello 2023! 2022 Highlights, Anime Awards, Nier Automata anime, FFXVI, Last of Us, and More!
FoundersFoundry comes in with an episode that wraps up 2022, talks about upcoming stuff this year, and sends a special message. Be sure to check it out!
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Anime Rest Stop Podcast special: Diversity: You're doing it wrong
FoundersFoundry and Fudgzilla00 talk about diversity by tackling the trend hitting voice acting circles lately as well as a Tik Tok video that stirred controversy and conversation. A spoiler free review of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever and a special look at a person who represented inclusion of...
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ARS Rewind: Blood: The Last Vampire
Adam and Chris take a trip down memory lane in this spooky retro of the 2000 anime film, Blood: The Last Vampire. Does it hold up? Is it still cool? Take a listen and find out!
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Fall Season 2022 is here...What now?
Hi, folks! ARS Podcast is back with another episode after a long break! Tons of stuff happened and we're talking about it. Reflection on the summer and what it brought us as well as some updates from our home front before going into some of the fall anime standouts, some serious controversy,...
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ARS 45 - Catching up with old Otaku of the Mountain
The Old Otaku of the Mountain returns to ARS 45 to co-host with Founding Father about the latest and greatest in anime, manga, games, and all things geeky! Macross Frontier theatrical run, Seven Seas news, State of Play, and more! Don't miss the reunion!
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ARS 45 - No Time Like the Present
Catching up with anime news, Mother's Day, Free Comic Book Day, Square Enix, and more! Don't miss it!
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ARS 45 Podcast - Spring Time Fun
Founding Father catches up with a few updates across the geek spectrum! Be sure to check out the ARS crew at Sakura-Con! Don't miss out!
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Crunchyroll, Guilty Gear, and Marvel--Oh my!
Founding Father (Chris) goes over some of the latest and greatest news, shares some of his opinions on a few things! Don't miss out!
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Catching up with Anime, Elden Ring, and Controversies
Host Chris catches up with some of the latest news, sets people straight on the Elden Ring takes, and tackles some other heated issue with King Conan! Don't miss out!
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Catching up with the New Year
Hey, everyone! Brand new episode of the podcast! Catching up with a few quickfire highlights with some insights into the latest and greatest in anime, manga, comics, video games, and all things geeky. Rurouni Kenshin, Bastard!!, Spider-Man, Microsoft, and more! Don't miss it!
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Marveling Over The MCU (Part 2)
(Continuation from PT. 1: Marveling Over The MCU. ) We LOVE the MCU and you should too.
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Marveling Over The MCU
We LOVE the MCU and you should too. In this two part episode, we review phase 1 of the MCU, **SPOILERS AHEAD**
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Sugoi: The Awesome Power of Music pt. 1
Old Otaku of The Mountain, Pirate Zaku, and the Founding Father (with a touch of Deckard Bane) talk about the bands and music that we learned about through the anime and video game worlds.
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WandaVision Review **SPOILER WARNING!!**
The title says it all! If you haven't watched WandaVision, please do so now then come back and listen to our episode! We can't stress enough [CONTAINS SPOILERS!] Thank you for hanging with us and we hope you enjoy this episode!
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Gaming Edition 03/02/21
On this episode we talk about Free Games for March from Microsoft and Sony, Cyberpunk's update getting delayed, Japan Game Developer Round Table, THAT State of Play from Sony, and More...
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ARS 45: Talking Comics With Troy-Jeffrey Allen
Troy-Jeffery Allen, your friendly neighborhood Marketing Content Manager for Diamond Comics joins us on this special episode of ARS 45 to talk about how he turned his passion comics into a career and how's navigated the industry over the years. Tune in for a very informative and fun episode!…
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Geek Gashapon: Black History Month Special
It's Black History Month and what better way to start a new series than to talk about black writers, directors, and actors who were part of the creative process for some of our favorite anime, books, manga, movies and TV. Tune in for the first episode of Geek Gashapon! Toss a coin into the…
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ARS 45: Interview with Ed Chavez of Denpa!
Ed Chavez joins us for a special interview to talk about his career in the manga industry and the work he put in to make his company Denpa a reality. We also get an overview of the current comic scene in Japan and the United States. Tune in and enjoy! Also be sure to also check out Denpa at...
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16-Bit Sushi: Game Stonks?
Zeus looked upon GameStop and said: "RISE FROM YOUR GRAVE!!" Question, is this permanent with digital content taking bigger and bigger leads? We'll discuss this crazy turn of events in addition to the G.I. Joe and Fortnight collaboration, the Steam Indie Festival, and more!
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ARS45: Keeping The Fandom Alive In 2021
On this latest episode we discuss the the current state of the industry as anime and gaming cons are being delayed or cancelled. Amazon is making changes to their Prime Video service and what that could mean for fans. We also dive into some anime award talk and so much more.
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16-Bit Sushi: The Good, The Bad, The Updates
The day has finally come folks, the Star Wars franchise is no longer exclusive to EA! Talk about a cause for celebration in the gaming universe. Capcom gives us some good and bad news, which we get into on this episode along with a discussion about New Arcade1Up cabinets. We also dive into Sony's...
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16-Bit Sushi: Year End Gaming Review!
Video Game Rundown 2020 On this episode we do a rundown of best in gaming and the worst in real life issues that have crossed into the video realm. With that hellish year behind us, we look forward to hopefully what will be a much better year. What games are you looking forward to?
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ARS45: The Super Special!
Join us for another double episode, combining the ARS 45 Flagship and 16-bit Sushi!!! Covering Yuri on Ice on film, to Demon Slayer's massive sales numbers, to those video game awards and GameStop shutting more doors in 2020 and more.
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ARS 45: Getter Robo
Getter Robo gets some new life announced with other mech updates. Kondasha updates and excitement for Promised Neverland Season 2.
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16 Bit-Sushi: The DMCA Takedowns
On this episode of 16-Bit, we discuss how DMCA take downs are hurting Twitch streamers, reminiscent of the YouTube apocalypse. We also talk about the new console generation which means new games, and new DLC. Tune in!!!
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ARS 45: Dragon's Dogma Anime, The WTF Factor?
Don't Learn from Dragon's. The Dragon’s Dogma anime is cesspool of disappointment and cyanide. As you can see, The ARS 45 Flagship returns and pulls no punches in this one. We bring some valuable insight on some of the Fall season's best anime like Burn the Witch and some important knowledge on…
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16 Bit-Sushi: When The Loot Drops
The Life and Times Live Service Games. The 16-Bit jumps into the fire discussing the live service game framework and how free to play games and big titles collide and converge in the modern age of gaming.
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16-Bit Sushi: The Round Table!
Hey folks, sorry for the wait!! 16-Bit Sushi is back with a brand new episode! This time around we talk about Genshin Impact, Lab Zero, MK11 featuring Rambo, and Chris Redfield's muscle problem.
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16-Bit Sushi: New Era, Same Stuff
Sony's been doing some heavy promo for the PS5, but we still have a price or even a release date for it. What's even more interesting is the email they sent out giving consumers the chance to opt into a ticket like system for preordering the new console directly from them. Given the economy…
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ARS 45: Industry vs. Piracy
Last week Kiss Anime (and Kiss Manga) announced that they would be shutting down. For some fans, this news was a shot to the heart, while others argue that fans should support the industry by subscribing to Funimation or Crunchyroll. Understanding both sides of this argument, Chris and FC offer…
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ARS 45: The AnimeTMZ
On this episode, we dive into everything from retail therapy & fandom to Disney's release of Mulan and what that could mean for the streaming industry. Later in the episode jump the rabbit hole that is social media to talk about Funimation and Dave Trosko. What's the move when being a fan of an...
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16-Bit Sushi: Are We Truly Ready For A New Console Generation?
On this episode of 16-Bit Sushi, Chris and FC get into a discussion about this current console generation and whether or not we're truly ready to move onto the PS5 or Xbox Series X. There's a ton of incredible games on the market right now with more on the way. Do we really need a brand new…
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16-Bit Sushi: Games, Games, Games, and More Games!
We got quite a bit of video game announcements this week starting with Nintendo revealing a trailer for Shin Megami Tensei 5 coming to the the Switch (2021), Microsoft's presentation for the Series X, and we finally get a release date for Yakuza: Like a Dragon from Sega. This console generation…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
The official podcast of the Anime Rest Stop. We're a panelist troupe of geeks that travel from con to con, sharing their knowledge and love of the ever-growing and diverse fandom since 2011. Loving what we do, we decided to bring you that energy and entertainment to you in podcast form. Be sure to tune in and if you love what you hear, help us level up (over 9000) by following us and giving us an awesome rating! We appreciate you!
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The official podcast of the Anime Rest Stop. We're a panelist troupe of geeks that travel from con to con, sharing their knowledge and love of the ever-growing and diverse fandom since 2011. Loving what we do, we decided to bring you that energy and entertainment to you in podcast form. Be sure to...
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