Join the girl otakus of Anime Trending, Gracie, Isabelle, and Agnes, on their weekly roundtable discussions regarding anime! With topics ranging from character analysis, trope discussions, and personal preferences in anime, you are guaranteed to have a fun time listening to the many gossips of anime girl talk. Welcome to the Girltaku!
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Girltaku 169: Our Winter 2025 Anime Watchlist
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1:04:14We discuss all the various anime we're watching this season - turns out we're watching very different ones from each other!
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Girltaku 168: Anime of the Year 2024 Part 2
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1:09:50We continue our discussion of the Anime Trending Awards. Go to anitrendz.com/ata to vote!
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Girltaku 167: Anime of the Year 2024
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1:01:28Our Anime Trending Awards are open! Go vote for AOTY at https://www.anitrendz.com/polls/top-anime-awards and also vote on the other awards too!
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Girltaku 166: Memorable Anime Communities' Reactions
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1:01:18Happy Holidays! This is our last podcast episode this year before we see you again in 2025, and it's a spicy one! Be forewarned there are discussion of SA due to the anime content.
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Girltaku 165: Fall 2024 Anime - Midseason Check In
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1:00:11We talk about how we're feeling about our anime "homework" this season
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Anime movies can be a hit or miss, so today, we discuss anime movies we think you should watch! Anime Discussed: When Marnie Was There, Hotarubi no Mori e, Belle, Liz and the Blue Bird, Jin-Roh the Wolf Brigade, and Revue Starlight movie
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Episode 163: Revisiting Anime From Our Past
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1:03:18We've been watching anime for some time. Since our days as children, our viewpoints have changed quite a bit. Today, we revisit anime from back when we didn't know better. Anime Discussed: Bleach, Descending Stories Showa Genroku Rakujo Shinjuu, Naruto, Spirited Away
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Girltaku 162: Our Fall 2024 Anime Watchlist
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1:01:04We discuss all the anime we've seen so far this season!
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Girltaku 161: INFP Anime Characters
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1:01:30A listener asked us to talk about INFP anime characters next, and that's exactly what we did!
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Girltaku 160: Tsundere or Abusive?
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1:02:42The topic of tsunderes and whether they're abusive or not has increased as of late, so we've decided to take the trope to the test ourselves! Anime Discussed: Kaichou wa Maid-sama, My Sweet Tyrant, Toradora, Tomo is a Girl, Fruits Basket, and Fullmetal Panic
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It's annoying if we're inundated by references to other IP, but it's incredibly fun when used in creative ways. We discuss moments where anime referenced other moments in pop culture and other series!
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We did bromance vs romance. It's time for the ladies now! Anime Discussed: Whisper Me a Love Song, Zombieland Saga, Yuru Camp, Gundam Witch from Mercury, Lycoris Recoil, and Akebi's Sailor Uniform
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Sorry for the wait! There was conventions, interviews, travel, and sickness all involved. Thank you for hanging on with us! Now back to the show!
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From the mundane to the flashy, we love the various superpowers seen in anime! Anime Discussed: Campfire Cooking in Another World, My Hero Academia, Bungo Stray Dogs, Blood Blockade Battlefront, Cardcaptor Sakura, Cherry Magic
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Girltaku 155: Female Gaze vs Male Gaze in Anime
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1:01:03As the title suggests! How do you define differences between the two?
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We talk all about anime openings and endings this week! Sequences and songs are included in the discussion.
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We're back after our one month hiatus! This week, we will be speaking about archers in anime, which surprisingly there isn't a lot of. Anime Discussed: Bleach, Fate series, Golden Kamuy, Train to the End of the World, and JJK
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Girltaku 152: ISTJ Anime Characters
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1:00:16We're going on hiatus for May, but we wanted to still lead off with another MBTI episode. Enjoy your ISTJ faves!
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Sometimes we don't start off shipping two characters but as the series continues, we decide to swim and board. Anime Discussed: Oshi no Ko, Food Wars, Naruto, March Comes in Like a Lion, Fruits Basket, Buddy Daddies
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Our episode this week for our 150th topic is very shallow: what instantly attracts us to anime characters. Voice, looks, tropes - nothing is off the table!
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Girltaku 149: Trope Dissection - Villain Protagonists
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1:00:22Trope dissections returns with a favorite trope: villain protagonists! As always, we dig into the good and bad of each trope. Anime Discussed: Gwitch, Tanya The Evil, Jormungand, Classroom of the Elite, Legend of the Galactic Heroes, Terror in Resonance, Death Note
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Our special guest, Jack, returns to discuss with us sports anime and the differences between boys and girls! Anime Discussed: Goodbye Cramer, Sk8 The Infinity, Bamboo Blade, Yuri on Ice, Haikyuu, Tsurune, Birdie Wing
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Girltaku 147: ESFP Anime Characters
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1:01:52Continuing our streak of personality analysis - we have ESFPs this week! Next week, we're on break again. Two of the hosts are having a girls weekend
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Sometimes an anime is nothing but pure chaos, and this week, we discuss the most chaotic ones that's stayed with us! Anime Discussed: Sarazanmai, The Little Lies We All Tell, Gintama, Gurren Lagan, Magical Destroyers, and Space Dandy
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Girltaku 145: Controversial Anime Opinions
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1:03:08As the name suggests, we are going to be talking about our controversial anime opinions this week. Please don't hate us!
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Girltaku 144: Non-canon Anime Ships
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1:04:26This week, we're here to talk about the non-canon anime ships that occupy our minds. Please - let's just make these ships canon. Anime Discussed: Fate Series, Bleach, Rage of Bahamut, Snow White with the Red Hair, Fairy Tale, Frieren: Beyond Journey's End
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Girltaku 143: ENFP Anime Characters
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1:02:30We return to our regularly scheduled program to discuss ENFP anime characters! Easily one of the most mistyped and misunderstood character types.
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Girltaku 142: Best in Animation and more 2023
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1:08:20Last Anime Trending Awards episode! We discuss the aspect nominations. Also, go vote for Seiichiro Yamashita for Best Voice Actor at anitrendz.com/ata
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Girltaku 141: Boy, Girl, and Couple-Ship of the Year 2023
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1:01:21Our Anime Trending Awards discussion continues this week with our character awards. Go put in your votes at anitrendz.com/ata!
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Girltaku 140: Anime of the Year 2023
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1:00:22Anime Trending Awards voting is happening right now, so we discuss which anime got nominated and how we feel about them. Go vote at https://www.anitrendz.com/ata
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In celebration of our Anime Trending Awards, we are discussing one of the topics you can vote for: Best in Sceneries & Visuals. Anime Discussed: Weathering With You, March Comes in Like A Lion, Frieren, Akebi's Sailor Uniform, Violet Evergarden, Great Pretender
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Happy 2024! We return by exploring some of our favorite original anime we've seen and can only wish for more original projects to be greenlit. Anime Discussed: K Project, Anohana, Guilty Crown, Samurai Champloo, 91 Days, Lycoris Recoil, and Overtake
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Girltaku 137: Bromance or Romance?
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1:16:38Special Guest, James Mizutani from The Anime Trending Podcast, joins us this week to talk about the difference in bromance and romance. And then, us girls threw some ships at him to let him tell us whether he thinks they're platonic or romantic!
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While main protagonists are usually the most memorable characters, sometimes it's a supporting or an antagonist character that ends up stealing the spotlight. We explore these standout characters! Anime Discussed: Golden Kamuy, Vinland Saga, Descending Stories: Shouwa Genroku Rakugo, Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, Summertime Rendering, Cells at Wor…
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Girltaku 135: INFJ Anime Characters
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1:02:43This week, we explore INFJ anime characters who are mostly portrayed as Mr. Angst in anime.
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Girltaku 134: Anime Vampires
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1:01:15We know it's already past Halloween, but we think it's time to discuss some vampires we've seen in anime. Anime Discussed: Call of the Night, Servamp, Jojo's Bizzare Adventure, Hellsing, Irina the Vampire Cosmonaut
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We really love a classic story twist, so this week, we're examining the anime that has utilized mythology, fairytales, and classic novels into their stories and characters Anime Discussed: Monogatari Series, My Happy Marriage, The Snow White with the Red Hair, Blast of Tempest, Ancient Magus Bride, RWBY, and Fate Series…
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Girltaku 132: Favorite Anime Finales
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1:03:04Did this anime stick the landing? The ones we discuss definitely did. Anime Discussed: Blood Blockade Battlefront, 86 EIGHTY-SIX, Tsurune S2, Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!, Banana Fish, TRIGUN STAMPEDE
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Girltaku 131: Cultural Dissonance in Anime
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1:03:40It is expected for anime to have inherently Japanese cultural values reflected in their stories. This week, we talk about what moments in anime have given us pause because of that culture gap.
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Time for another personality type dive! This week, we're talking about INTP anime characters.
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Ah anime. You and your fanservice.
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Girltaku 128: Anime Love-Hate Relationships
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1:00:16We return with a trope dissection this week, diving into love-hate relationships. Anime Discussed: Bungo Stray Dogs, Lovely Complex, Urusei Yatsura, The Case Study of Vanitas, Wolf Girl and Black Prince, Wotakoi
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Can it? We're discussing both harem and reverse harem!
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Girltaku 126: Anime and Incest
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1:03:40Apologies for the bad audio quality! Something went wrong with Jack's mic during recording. The title is what the episode is about: losing our minds over incest in anime and some discussion of why there's more of it in anime than other sources of media
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Girltaku 125: ISFJ Anime Characters
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1:01:12As requested by our listeners, we will be tackling ISFJ anime characters! We discuss their quirks found in certain anime characters and how we relate these characters to our real-life ISFJ people around us
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You all know what guilty pleasures are. We're talking about our guilty pleasure ships. Share yours with us! Anime Discussed: Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai, Bungo Stray Dogs, ID:Invaded, Haikyuu, Seraph of the End, and Finest Assassin
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We all have anime that's set the standard of what's a solid 7. In this week's episode, the girls talk about which anime those are, and what kind of standards they managed to set. Anime Discussed: Classroom Crisis, Record of Grancrest War, Cheer Boys, Joker Game, Ikebukuro West Gate Park, Arslan Senki…
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We've all had childhood anime crushes, and we're talking about them today. Anime Discussed: One Piece, Vampire Knight, Fullmetal Alchemist, Black Butler, Naruto, Bleach, Maid-sama
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Girltaku 121: Unreliable Narrators in Anime
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1:01:04We're talking about unreliable narrators like the title suggest, so HUGE SPOILERS! Please check below to see which anime we discuss! Anime: Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, School Live, Bungo Stray Dogs, Undead Murder Farce, Descending Stories Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu, and Classroom of the Elite
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Girltaku 120: ISFP Anime Characters
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1:03:52We finish with the Girltaku MBTIs by talking about ISFP - which is Isabelle's personality type. From here on out, you get to choose which MBTI you'd like to see next!
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