The Old School Otaku Lounge

Well, looks like if you want to watch anything new to Crunchyroll after the Spring 2022 anime season starts, you'll need a paid subscription: https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-03-26/crunchyroll-to-halt-ad-supported-streaming-starting-with-spring-2022-season/.184038 This won't effect older t...

It's so sad, he was such an amazing artist, and from everything I've heard, a wonderful person. RIP to a legend.

For anyone who missed the Mega Discotek Day stream, I wrote up a summary of the classic stuff that they announced on the podcast tumblr here: https://animenostalgia.tumblr.com/post/ ... y-lived-up

Hey folks, I'm doing a fundraising raffle for TENT, and the winner will get to choose an anime for me to do a full podcast episode on!! Details here: https://animenostalgia.blogspot.com/202 ... affle.html

Seven Seas announced they'll be releasing the entire Spriggan manga later this year in deluxe omnibus editions! https://sevenseasentertainment.com/2022/02/25/seven-seas-licenses-spriggan-manga-series-deluxe-editions/ Viz tried releasing the series back in the 90s under the name "Striker" (...

Yeah, technically the manga is unfinished, though the last finished arc is where a lot of fans have agreed the series could "end" fairly satisfactorily. I haven't read it, since the English editions were canceled ages ago, so the only way to read it would be fan translations & I'm too ...

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Netflix has released a teaser for their upcoming, worldwide release of a new BASTARD!! anime adaptation that will be released sometime this year. So far, it looks pretty faithful to the source material!

Just in time for the Year of the Tiger, looks like a new UY anime will be airing sometime in 2022 on FujiTV! https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-12-31/rumiko-takahashi-urusei-yatsura-manga-gets-new-tv-anime-in-2022/.181153 There's already rumors about voice actors floating around, but nothing...

As far as I know, none of the Animator Expo shorts have gotten an English release. Which is such a shame, if they were available & affordable I'd love to own one!

Heartbreaking to hear that well known writer for anime Keiko Nobumoto has passed away from cancer. She helped write some well beloved anime, like Cowboy Bebop and Tokyo Gothfathers.

https://blog.alltheanime.com/keiko-nobumoto-1964-2021/