The Otaku Collective Podcast

For every loud character in anime, there is a calm partner next to them. Both pushing each other to get stronger. A Light to someone's Dark. A Fire to someone's Ice. A Ying to someone's Yang. This is our top 5 Ying and Yang duos in anime!

With the evolution of the times media might be the thing that has changed the most. We have went from buying movies and games from Block Buster and Game Stop to buying them online a digitally. While convenient, is this change a good thing?

Often times when you think of Duos in anime you think of main characters in shows. Examples being Naruto and Sasuke, Goku and Vegeta, Gon and Killua and many others. But what about the underrated duos in anime???

On today's episode we check out the anime where Mushroom powers rule all and rust eats away at everything. But, how good was the show from beginning to end?

On today's episode we talk about how loaded this season is with returning anime like My Dress Up Darling, Bunny Girl Senpai, Shield Hero, Dandadan, Kaiju no 8 and more, plus new anime like Gachiakuta coming out.

Spring Anime season is done! This season has been considered one of the most lacking seasons in recent years, but how true is that?

On today's episode, lets take a step back into the year 2000 when the Digimon movie made it over seas for kids to watch, and made kids all across America want their own Digital Monster!

Have you ever seen a weapon that your favorite character used and thought, "Man it'd be really cool I had that weapon." For example, maybe the Omnitrix? Well that's exactly what we discuss on today's episode.

On today's show we have a returning guest in Zo's cousin Lo. So, we decided to vibe, have a good time and have some good conversation. Enjoy!

Everyone has that moment when they meet a true gunslinger for the first time in media. Whether that was from a Western or an anime, we all have a favorite. And these are ours!

This week, Seth chooses a movie for us to watch that has been on his list for a long time. But will Josh and Zo enjoy the movie the same way?

You ever hear a character in a show, and you recognize them as your favorite character from a different show? Well we have too! And we want to talk about our favorite Japanese VAs in anime!

A story about a gold fish princess who finds a place to belong with a 5 year old boy. This is the Ponyo Movie Review!

The elemental series continues! This time its dark magic/powers! The real question is though, why do so many of these dark users aura farm?

Have you ever been in a bar or at home with friends and say "I bet you I could take him in a fight"? Well this is that in episode form! Plus yet another AOT rant. This time with a guest!

We all know the typical tropes in anime. That one Tsundere character that plays hard to get in Rom Coms. That Black character that has lightning powers, Or that one character that pulls through every fight because they love their friends more. We see these and others more often than we should and we need to talk about it.

We all love video games. But some standout more than others. And not in a good way. They may be touted as amazing games or franchises, but in reality they are extremely overrated!

Winter is over and Spring is here! This season doesn't have the hitters like a Solo Leveling or Sakamoto Days, but is still strong with returning shows like Fire Force and Wind Breaker. But how good is this season actually going to be before we get into the stacked summer?

Another season has come to a close! Solo Leveling led the field with with the most likes on a si9ngle episode ever on Crunchyroll, Re-Zero and other two season shows came to an end, and we also had some sleeper anime this season. But what did we thing of the season as a whole?

You ever watched Jeopardy with your grandparents or parents growing up? Or ever played the at home game with friends and family? Well we decided to have on a first time guest and he made a us an anime version for us to play!

Finally, we are having our manga and manhwa discussion episode! Our favorite manga and manhwa. As well as our least favorite, what got us into the medium and more!

We are back with the final movie in the Afro Samurai series! Afro and Ninja Ninja are back trying to becoming number one after losing the number one headband. And what's worse, they took his Dad's corpse. Can Afro get his revenge a second time and does the movie hold up to the rest of the series?

Would you rather live under water or in the clouds? Would you rather have a Bankai or a Domain Expansion? Would you rather eat sardines or lose three inches........

That and more in today's episode!

On today's special Black History Month Episode, we give our top 5 I'm Him/Her Moments from Black characters in anime! Inlcuding charcteras from Fire Force, Naruto, My Hero Academia, One Piece and more!

On today's episode we talk about our top 5 favorite couples in Rom Coms! And no, Naruto and Hinata are not on this list, no Shonen in this podcast! Just Rom Coms... unless your Zo...

We are finally back with another new episode where we react just days after the worst trade in NBA history and Seth tries to not crash out! Then we get into the actual topic of the day where we checked out this week the first work that truly put Makoto Shinkai onto the scene as a director and movie creator, and give our opinions on 5cm Per Second!

After watching the first of the Miles Morales animated movies, we are back with the second movie to see if it can out do the first movie! And... does this have the potential to be the best superhero trilogy of all time?!

We are hyped Solo Leveling is back! But new anime like Sakamoto Days, Honey Lemon Soda, Zenshuu and others are here as well! And how many rom coms will Seth choose this season? The answer = all of them.

Another year is in the wraps, and what a way to end the year! Bangers like Dandadan, Blue Lock and Blue Box made a late push in this last season for some awards! But how did they and other anime hold up over the course of a whole year?

This Fall anime season was loaded! We had returning shows such as Bleach, Danmachi, ReZero and others! Also had new shows that took the internet and us by storm in Dandadan and Blue Box! But how good were the shows and what did we think?

2024 is coming to a close, and with that means another se3ason of anime has ended. This season gave us up and downs with Blue Lock, banger shows like Dandadan and Blue Box, returning anime like Shang-ri La Frontier and Danmachi, plus many more. But what exactly did we think of this season?

Have you ever watched an anime with really bad pacing? Or maybe your favorite character died and it made you want to drop the show? Yeah, we've been there too, but we didn't drop the show. That and more on today's episode!

Zo is back on his bullshit, just a different flavor this time. His words not ours. We have a first time guest in Shaq on the pod and we give our top 5 anime character debuts! Plus more in today's episode!

On today's episode, Thanksgiving was just one week ago so we decided yo reflect on our year so far and how our thanksgivings were.

There are many samurai in anime, but not many have an Afro! A story of revenge of a fallen father and a battle for a single headband. Hear about the story of the one and only Afro Samurai!

Do you have favorite anime moments that you'll always remember? Maybe your favorite MC showed up out of nowhere and saved the town? Or even the world? Or your favorite squad showed up to save their friend just in time? Well we have those moments too and made a top 5 list for them!

On last weeks episode we learned that Seth hadn't seen Into the Spider-Verse yet, so we decided to make him watch it. And wouldn't you know, he enjoyed it! Who would've guessed?

Our elemental series continues! The main 4 are now down, and next up in the series is one of the most popular powers of any medium... Lightning!

Every year people all across the world do fantasy drafts for football, basketball and other sports. And in anime circles everybody always talks about who is best girl, or who is the best waifu and so on. So we decided to mix the two ideas and do a Waifu Draft with special Guest John to see who we get!

On today's episode we go back to a trusty reliable topic, and do some red pill vs blue pill topics. Both anime and non anime related, enjoy!