Artwork for the Fate/Stay Night Unlimited Blade Works anime series

Fate/stay Night Unlimited Blade Works Artwork

Artwork for Listen to me Girls, I'm Your Father!

Artwork for the Our Love Has Always Been 10 Centimeters Apart anime series

Our Love Has Always Been 10 Centimeters Apart Artwork

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Bad Face: Yuuto

Artwork for the Cardfight!! Vanguard anime series

Cardfight!! Vanguard Artwork

Artwork for the Koihime Muso anime series

Koihime Muso Artwork

Artwork for the Walkure Romanze anime series

Walkure Romanze Artwork

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Monster Musume: Everyday Life With Monster Girls Artwork

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Dusk Maiden of Amnesia Artwork

Hinako Note Artwork

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Broken Blade Artwork

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Christmas 2018 Episode Artwork

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Magical Girl Ore Artwork

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Little Busters Artwork

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The Asterisk War Artwork

Saki Artwork

Cromartie High School Artwork

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Persona 4: The Golden Animation Artwork

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Miss Machiko Artwork

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Glass Mask Artwork

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Kono Aozora ni Yakusoku wo Artwork

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Linebarrels of Iron Artwork

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Devil Survivor 2: The Animation Artwork

When Sigrun asks for head pats, the anime inexplicably shows this image of a wolf.

Sigrun is a Loyal Dog

Love Tyrant Artwork

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Fafner in the Azure Artwork

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Our Home's Fox Deity Artwork

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Z/X Ignition Artwork

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Touken Ranbu Hanamaru Artwork

Hamatora Artwork

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Mitchiri Neko Artwork

Planet With Artwork

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Master of Ragnarok & Blesser of Einherjar Artwork

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AniMonday Live at AnimeCTX

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Special Episode Neon Genesis Evangelion Artwork

One of the bad animation frames showing off Sigrun's nearly unrecognizable face.

Bad Face: Sigrun

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Bakemonogatari Artwork

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Super Robot Wars: Original Generation Artwork

Kayla Hemphill

The AniMonday Podcast

Michael Lauderdale

Colin Hemphill

Get ready for the first ever live performance of The AniMonday Podcast! Colin and Kayla will be appearing as a panel at AnimeCTX in Austin, TX.

AnimeCTX is the home for Japanese animation and pop-culture in Central Texas. Badges are available now for Austin's premiere anime convention over Memorial Day weekend.

See the full convention schedule at the following link: [http://www.animectx.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/AnimeCTX-2019-Schedule-Web.pdf](http://www.animectx.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/AnimeCTX-2019-Schedule-Web.pdf "AnimeCTX Schedule")

Live at AnimeCTX

Haneru is a middle school student with dreams of becoming a dance idol like his hero Jey. If he wants to make his dreams come true, Haneru is going to need the help of his new found friends in the Tribe Cool Dance Crew.

Tribe Cool Crew

Yutta is a freshman in college, trying to make ends meet in the big city. After the sudden loss of his sister and brother-in-law, he becomes the guardian of their three children, Sora, Miu, and Hina. Raising these three girls won’t be easy, and Yutta still has a lot to learn.

Listen to Me, Girls — I'm Your Father!

On this week's special episode, Kayla finally sits down to watch Neon Genesis Evangelion after nearly 10 years of negative association with the property. Now that Netflix has picked up the license and made the iconic series available for streaming worldwide, will Kayla's feelings about the show change?

Kayla, a mental health professional, touches on the psychology of Shinji Ikari and the cast of characters, as well as creator Hideaki Anno. We discuss how these big robots and their brutality relate to the daily struggle of those who deal with depression, trauma, and other mental illnesses.

Neon Genesis Evangelion — Mental Health, Violence, and Big Robots

At the onset of the fifth Holy Grail War, seven mages prepare for battle by summoning powerful servants in order to attain their ultimate wish. Shirou Emiya and Rin Tohsaka are classmates who become part of this war, but their desire to win isn't all that it appears. Can they, along with their servants, survive...or will they be lost to the Holy Grail War as the many mages who have gone before them?

Fate/stay night — Unlimited Blade Works

Live Q&A: Cardfight!! Vanguard

William Guile, once a prominent Colonel in the air force, now works covertly in the underground fighting scene. His true mission is to lead the “street fighters” on secret missions to preserve peace throughout the world. However, evil takes the form of M. Bison, and he is on a path of world destruction. Will the street fighters be able to thwart his plans?

Street Fighter II — The Animated Series

AniMonday Live at AnimeCTX in Austin, TX.

Aichi is a shy high school student who suffers from a lack of self-confidence. His only comfort is a rare trading card that was given to him by a stranger when he was a child. When the card is stolen by a classmate, Aichi has to learn how to play Cardfight Vanguard in order to win it back. It’s through this card game that Aichi starts to break out of his shell and form friendships.

Cardfight!! Vanguard

The Hamatora detective agency will take on any task as long as the pay is right. Most of the work is easy considering their supernatural abilities. However, a new player has moved onto the field, and they’re killing off people with powers. Will Hamatora be able to stop this serial killer, or will they end up one of his victims?

Hamatora

Seikyou Private Academy’s campus has become a labyrinth of hallways, dead end corridors, and abandoned classrooms. Rumors of ghosts have circulated through the student body for decades. When Teiichi meets a strange girl named Yuuko in the maze of old buildings, he finds out that the stories have been true all along.

Dusk Maiden of Amnesia

The Mahjong club at Kiyosumi High School has struggled to place in the district’s tournament for years, and this year doesn’t look any better. Enter Saki Miyanaga, a first year student with a talent that she has kept hidden for years. Saki hates the game and doesn’t wish to pursue this hidden talent, leaving the team desperate to convince her to stay. With Saki’s help, can they really win this year’s nationals?

Saki

During a visit to their mother’s hometown, two brothers come to find that their family has been protected by a fox deity named Kugen for centuries. When the younger brother is targeted by evil spirits, they call on Kugen to save his life. After this dangerous encounter, the brothers invite Kugen to come live with them, as they attempt to coexist with this strange fox deity in their normal lives.

Our Home's Fox Deity

When a giant UFO appears above Japan, seven individuals psychically link with powerful armor in order to defend the planet from the invader. A high school student named Soya unwittingly finds himself at the center of this battle, but his enemy is not the UFO. Rather, his enemy is the pilots who seek to destroy it.

Planet With

To celebrate our 25th episode, AniMonday presents: Origins! On this special 2-part episode, we share our history with anime, some of our favorite series and movies that inform the opinions that we often share on the podcast, and what led us to start AniMonday in the first place. We then answer all of the wonderful listener-submitted questions that you provided over the past couple of weeks!

AniMonday: Origins, Pt 2

AniMonday: Origins, Pt 1

Kan’u is on a mission to find the bandits who murdered her family in order to avenge their deaths. On her quest, she meets many other female warriors attempting to find resolutions to the losses in their lives. Her path is lined with friendships, rivals, and ultimately, blood.

Koihime Muso

Childhood friends Riki, Kyousuke, Masato, Kengo, and Rin will soon be separated by graduation and impending adulthood. To make the most of their last year together, the students decide to start a baseball team named “The Little Busters”. All they need is to practice, to find team members, and… to learn how to play the sport.

Little Busters

The line between the spiritual world and the physical world grows thinner as demons start to bleed into our world, leaving destruction in their wake. Through a sudden series of abnormal events, Hibiki and his friends find themselves at the front lines of this battle to protect the world they once knew. But are they fighting on the right team?

Devil Survivor 2: The Animation

Maya is a teenage girl who can’t seem to find motivation for her normal life, whether at school or making deliveries for her part time job at a Chinese restaurant. However, she is enthralled by movies, TV, and most of all: the theater. When a mysterious woman approaches Maya, seeking to train her in the art of acting, will Maya continue living her normal life, or will she wear the thousand masks of an actress?

Glass Mask

Hinako moves from a small farming village to the grand city of Tokyo with the dream of becoming an actress. She only has one small barrier between her and her dream: the inability to partake in conversations. With the help of her new friends and roommates, maybe Hinako can make her dream come true.

Hinako Note

An average student named Kamiyama enrolls at the infamous Cromartie High School - a rowdy school with a reputation for its delinquent students. With the help of his new friend with a purple mohawk, Kamiyama must adapt to life at this school full of unusual characters including a gorilla, a robot, and a strangely familiar singer.

Cromartie High School

The Kingdom of Krisna discovers an ancient mech deep underground, but the magic they normally use to operate these machines doesn’t seem to have an effect on it. In order to utilize this great weapon in their war against the Athens Commonwealth, the king turns to the aid of Rygart Arrow, an unusual young man who cannot use magic.

Broken Blade

Kayla and Colin celebrate the holidays with their first annual AniMonday Christmas Special! Digging back through the archives for the year, they watch Christmas themed episodes from each of the shows that they've watched.

Christmas Special 2018

The existence of humanity is threatened when gateways called “black spots” suddenly appear in major cities throughout the world. These gateways allow strange and dangerous creatures to carry out their territorial war at the expense of human lives. Only a select few have been given the means to capture these monsters and command their power for the sake of humanity.

Z/X Ignition

In a modern town where life functions much like it did in medieval times, students at the Winford Academy are trained to become either knights or begleiters. Knights are honorable and talented warriors who compete in the sport of jousting, and begleiters act as their helper, coach, and training partner. Takahiro is a talented guy whose jousting injury has taken him off the horse and onto the sidelines, but lucky for him, lots of gorgeous female knights are pleading for him to become their begleiter.

Walkure Romanze

When a mysterious master summons legendary swords from Japanese history, they turn into awesome anime boys! The sword men spend their lives together at the citadel in the year 2205, but they are occasionally sent back in time to significant historical events where they must defeat the Historical Retrograde Army, whose goal is to disrupt the events and change the course of history.

Touken Ranbu — Hanamaru

When a high school kid takes a selfie in front of a magic mirror, he is transported to an unknown world in the distant past. Using his incredible solar powered cell phone, whose antenna can cross interdimensional rifts through spacetime in order to pick up phone and internet signal from his home world, the young student becomes a powerful warlord by utilizing advanced technology and military tactics. This great power also gives him great influence over the beautiful ladies of this strange world.

The Master of Ragnarok & Blesser of Einherjar

Apparently if a giant robot lands on you and kills you, it's entirely possible that you'll wake up as an immortal, nanobot–infused, murderous jerk with superhuman abilities. Also there's a naked girl with amnesia. Linebarrels of Iron is about just such a scenario, and you too can be a chosen pilot for these big big robots—all you have to do first is die a horrible death!

Linebarrels of Iron

Based on the popular JRPG video game series, Persona 4: The Golden Animation focuses almost entirely on the relationship between Marie, a girl who mysteriously becomes part of The Velvet Room, and Yu, the protagonist of the game. These episodes offer fresh content to supplement the original Persona 4 story and characters, which makes it wildly unapproachable to those unfamiliar with the series. Will this impedance be too much for the AniMonday cast to recommend the series? Find out on this week's episode!

Persona 4: The Golden Animation

After a major natural disaster, economic and political powers shift and much of the world's major cities are destroyed. Consequently, a number of humans develop superpowers and become the Genestella. These super-powered people fight in huge tournaments called the Festas as part of the political power struggle of this new world. Ayato is a powerful fighter with a mysterious past, and he joins Seidoukan Academy with hopes of winning the Festas. There he meets Julis, a pink-haired princess who is one of the top ranked fighters at the academy.

The Asterisk War

Fafner in the Azure: Dead Aggressor centers on a small island community that has hidden a dark secret for decades. When an alien creature attacks and starts to lay waste to the small town and its residents, members of the secret organization called Alvis call upon the teenage students of the island to lead the fight in giant robots called the Fafner. Get in the f***ing robot, Kazuki!

Fafner in the Azure

Long-running crossover video game franchise Super Robot Wars is nearly impossible to license, so its properties almost never make their way over to western audiences. Will the intrepid co-hosts be able to wade through several generations worth of lore and characters to see the heart behind these big robot battles?

Super Robot Wars: Original Generation

Do you like cats? Do you like to see cats doing adorable things like getting stuck in boxes, dunking basketballs, or pretending to be samurais? The Mitchirinekos are just the cat-like creatures for you! They are here to have fun and bring a smile to your face.

Mitchiri Neko

A popular boy who aspires to become a filmmaker and an average girl who loves to paint most definitely have feelings for each other, but they would each rather distance themselves than express those feelings. When all they want to do is touch hands, this hesitation instead leaves them 10 centimeters apart (on average). This short anime series is part of a series of media based on music by HoneyWorks, a band who primarily composes music with vocaloids.

Our Love Has Always Been 10 Centimeters Apart

The Monogatari series features a high school student named Araragi, whose former life as a vampire allows him to help others navigate their encounters with the paranormal and the divine. Its heavy reliance on wordplay and understanding of Japanese, coupled with a dense overload of onscreen text and dialog, can make it a difficult show to invest in. Can its striking animation and fascinating storytelling through clever character development make up for the hurdle that it requires western viewers to jump?

Bakemonogatari

The Kiss Note is kind of like the Death Note, with more kissing but almost as much death. Love Tyrant is a 2017 anime series about Guri — a cupid who is the owner of a powerful notebook that allows her to make people fall in love with a kiss. Does this Death Note parody fall down dead, or does it do something interesting to expand on the ideas in a comedic way? Find out on this week's episode of AniMonday, which also features our first yandere character!

Love Tyrant

This week, AniMonday tackles its first adult visual novel turned anime! An island off the coast of Japan is populated mostly by the employees of Demizugawa Heavy Industry and their families. When this huge aerospace company decides to close down its branches on the island, the inhabitants start to leave the island and live life elsewhere. The show focuses on Wataru Hoshino, a male high school student, and the six other girls he lives with at the Tsugumi Dormitory. Does the anime adaptation leave this episode of AniMonday with a good ending or a bad ending?

Kono Aozora ni Yakusoku wo

In a reality where the government reveals the hidden existence of mythological demi-humans and writes law to help them integrate into human society, tensions are high and relationships between humans and monsters are difficult to figure out. For the protagonist of Monster Musume, living with 5 or 6 monster girls is part of his normal, everyday life. On this Monday's episode, we discuss whether Monster Musume holds up to its interesting premise as a memorable piece of anime history, or if it's destined to become only myth.

Monster Musume: Everyday Life With Monster Girls

In Magical Girl Ore, a teenage girl named Saki dreams of becoming a pop idol in order to impress Mohiro — her best friend's brother and famous pop singer. In her literal dreams, she envisions saving the world and winning Mohiro's heart by becoming a beautiful and talented magical girl. Both of her dreams are about to become reality, but transforming into a huge buff dude was not part of her original plan. Find out if Magical Girl Ore is a worthy spoof of the magical girl genre, or if this masculine spin comes up short!

Magical Girl Ore

Miss Machiko is a 1981 anime series about elementary school students who play pranks on their beautiful new teacher. Are these harmless pranks, or is Miss Machiko actually the victim of blatant sexual harassment? Is this 96 episode series worth watching? Find out in our inaugural episode of The AniMonday Podcast!

Miss Machiko

AniMonday is a weekly anime podcast hosted by Colin and Kayla Hemphill. Each week we press the "random" button on Crunchyroll and watch whatever pops up, then discuss it on the show! Our first episode airs on August 13th.

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