Christmas, Christmas time is here, time for ASS, and time for cheer! Austin, Tori, and Bill gather together to exchange the gift of anime with internet friends and strangers alike with another Anime Secret Santa! Kory Taiiku-Claus has kindly delivered a collection of delightful presents under the tree for us to review.
This year, our gifts are Astra Lost in Space, Godzilla Singular Point, Paprika, Alien Nine, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, and Odd Taxi.
Thanks so much to each one of our Santas for these excellent picks, and of course to the Taiiku Podcast for arranging it all.
Have you seen any of our picks? What do you think of them? Is Bill right to be a Trigger-disliker? Let us know by sending us an email at thirdimpactanime@gmail.com and we’ll discuss it on the show.
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Music used in this episode:
- Christmas Eve (English Version Reprise 2013 Remastered Version) by Tatsuro Yamashita
- Adesso E Fortuna by Lisa De Simone (Record of Lodoss War ED)
- in case… by BiSH (Godzilla Singular Point OP)
- Mediational Field by Susumu Hirasawa (Paprika OST)
- Flower Psychedelic by Noriko Shitaya (Alien Nine OP)
- This Fffire by Franz Ferdinand (Cyberpunk Edgerunners OP)
- Vroom Vroom by Charli XCX
- Sugarless Kiss by Mimori Suzuko and PandaBoY (Odd Taxi ED)
- Jingle Bells (Umamusume: Pretty Derby OST)
- Merry Christmas from Godziban Episode 20
A collection of things we brought up:
- Taiiku Podcast
- MyAnimeList
- Kitsu
- Anime Planet
- Godzilla: Singular Point
- Alien Nine
- Yatagarasu: The Raven Doesn’t Choose its Master
- Paprika
- Odd Taxi
- Record of Lodoss War
- Rainbow: Nisha Rokubō no Shichinin
- Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
- Astra Lost in Space
- Netflix
- Funimation
- Discotek Media
- The Tatami Galaxy
- the pillows
- FLCL
- Last year’s Anime Secret Santa episode
- Delicious in Dungeon
- Ryoko Kui
- Studio TRIGGER
- Wizardry
- Dungeons & Dragons
- Among Us
- The Thing (1982)
- Danganronpa
- Dead Space
- Dojikko
- Tsundere
- Intersex
- They Were 11
- Shonen Jump
- Viz Media
- Studio BONES
- Studio Orange
- Fullmetal Alchemist
- Space Dandy
- Mob Psycho 100
- Land of the Lustrous
- Beastars
- Trigun Stampede
- Trigun Stargaze
- Atsushi Takahashi
- Blue Exorcist
- Toh EnJoe
- The Empire of Corpses
- Science Saru
- The Ghost in the Shell
- Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters
- Polygon Pictures
- Gen Urobuchi
- Thunderbolt Fantasy
- Puella Magi Madoka Magica
- PSYCHO-PASS
- R. F. Kuang
- Jet Jaguar
- The Wizard of Oz
- Rodan
- Jurassic Park
- Minions
- Keith Silverstein
- Johnny Yong Bosch
- Erika Harlacher
- King Ghidorah
- Mothra
- Anguirus
- Manda
- Salunga
- Mechagodzilla
- The Elder Scrolls series
- Butterfly Effect
- Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo
- Steins;Gate
- Dr. Pepper
- Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
- Chat Gee Pee Tee
- Mobile Suit Gundam
- Siri
- Alexa
- Hideaki Anno
- Neon Genesis Evangelion
- Shin Godzilla
- Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time
- Godzilla Minus One
- Paprika
- Satoshi Kon
- Inception
- Perfect Blue
- Paranoia Agent
- SpongeBob SquarePants
- Millennium Actress
- Akira Kurosawa
- Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure (OVA)
- Tropic of the Sea
- Seraphim: 266613336 Wings
- Mamoru Oshii
- Opus
- Yasutaka Tsutsui
- The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
- Masao Maruyama
- Animazement
- Hitoshi Tomizawa
- Yume Nikki
- Sadayuki Murai
- Manga Entertainment
- Yasuhiro Irie
- Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
- Kurau Phantom Memory
- Central Park Media
- AnimEigo
- J.C. Staff
- Azumanga Daioh
- Serial Experiments Lain
- Hidamari Sketch
- School-Live!
- Cyberpunk 2077
- CD Projekt Red
- Studio TRIGGER
- Hiroyuki Imaishi
- Gurren Lagann
- Kill la Kill
- Promare
- Sandisk
- Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team
- John Woo
- Keanu Reeves
- PlayStation 4
- The Witcher series
- BNA: Brand New Animal
- Delicious in Dungeon
- Little Witch Academia
- Yoh Yoshinari
- Breaking Bad
- Giancarlo Esposito
- Far Cry 6
- The Mandalorian
- Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt
- Charli XCX
- Beastars
- DURARARA!!
- Vine (service)
- Capoeira
- Dandadan
- AJ Beckles
- Mike McFarland
- Steve Blum
- RoOT/Route of Odd Taxi
Bill’s TRIGGER Disliker Ranking (as of 12/23/2025)
(From least-disliked to most-disliked)
- Delicious in Dungeon
- BNA: Brand New Animal
- Space Patrol Luluco
- Promare
- Shantae 5 Opening
- Inferno Cop
- Little Witch Academia (OVA)
- Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
- Little Witch Academia: The Enchanted Parade
- SSSS.Gridman
- Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt
- Ninja Slayer From Animation
- Kiznaiver
- Kill la Kill
- Gurren Lagann
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