The podcast finally returns with a look at a few of the anime we are watching during the Spring 2025 anime season! Austin and Bill discuss Yaiba: Samurai Legend, Austin and Sully discuss Witch Watch, and Austin reviews Colorful Stage! The Movie: A Miku Who Can’t Sing. David Letterman makes an appearance (archival audio only. We asked, but he was busy). 

Austin, Tori, and Bill will be at Animazement in Raleigh, NC at the end of May and we hope to see you there!

What anime are you enjoying this season? What do you think of the new format idea? Let us know by sending us an email at thirdimpactanime@gmail.com and we’ll discuss it on the show.

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Time stamps:

• 00:00:00 – Intro and explanation of the slightly new format
• 00:02:28 – Austin and Bill’s first impressions of Yaiba: Samurai Legend
• 00:23:12 – Sully’s first impressions of Witch Watch (Austin is there too because he read some of the manga)
• 00:49:30 – Austin reviews Colorful Stage! The Movie: A Miku Who Can’t Sing and Bill provides some color commentary
• 01:13:12 – Outro where we tell you to come see us at Animazement at the end of May!

Music used in this episode:

• The Future of Beginning by 40mP and sasakure feat. Hatsune Miku (Colorful Stage! The Movie: A Miku Who Can’t Sing OST)
• BLADE by Blue Encount (Yaiba: Samurai Legend OP1)
• Watch me! by YOASOBI (Witch Watch OP1)
• Hello, World by DECO*27 feat. Hatsune Miku (Colorful Stage! The Movie: A Miku Who Can’t Sing OST)
• Sharing the World by BIGHEAD feat. Hatsune Miku (Live on Letterman)

A collection of things we brought up:

• Yaiba: Samurai Legend
• Animazement
• Girls Band Cry
• Wit Studio
• Attack on Titan
• Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress
• SPY X Family
• CloverWorks
• Detective Conan
• Yaiba (1993)
• Detective Conan: Conan vs. Kid vs. Yaiba – The Grand Battle for the Treasure Sword!!
• Lupin the 3rd vs. Detective Conan (2009 TV Special)
• Lupin the 3rd vs. Detective Conan: The Movie (2013 Movie)
• Dragon Ball
• Bleach
• Ranma 1/2
• Viz Media
• Shonen Jump
• Mean Girls
• Witch Watch
• Magilumiere Co. Ltd.
• GKIDS
• Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End
• Hotline Miami
• Urusei Yatsura
• Sally the Witch
• Monthly Girls’ Nozaki-kun
• Lazarus
• Tora-san
• Jacques Tati
• Mr. Bean
• Forrest Gump
• AnimEigo
• Don Knotts
• Golgo 13
• Fruits Basket
• Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
• Jujutsu Kaisen
• The Wizard of Oz
• FLCL
• Hatsune Miku
• Jersey Mike’s
• David Letterman
• The Simpsons
• Breck Eisner
• Walt Disney World
• Lilo & Stitch
• Extraterrorestrial Alien Encounter
• Stitch’s Great Escape!
• Colorful Stage! The Movie: A Miku Who Can’t Sing
• Hatsune Miku: Colorful Stage! a.k.a Project Sekai
• The Powerpuff Girls
• Captain America
• Hulk
• Young Avengers
• Spider-Man
• Avengers: Endgame
• Black Rock Shooter
• BanG Dream!
• Love Live!
• The Idolm@ster
• GKIDS
• Chicken Jockey
• A Minecraft Movie
• Wicked
• Dandadan
• Chainsaw Man