What Even Is "Otaku Doomerism"?

Welcome to a meta retrospective episode of your favorite ANIME podcast where we talk about ANIME. In this episodes, we're just looking back on the last 5 years of us doing this podcast, I guess. I don't know. It's an important milestone, alright!? ENJOY!This episode was sponsored by God Tier Figures! Be sure to check them out using our link: https://godtierfigures.com/THEWEEBCREW

The best anime this season just might have dropped all at once. In this episode, the crew discusses the most recent Cyberpunk Edgerunners 2 anime by Studio TRIGGER. Was it the best anime of the season? Is it better than the first season? Does it live up to the hype? There's only one way to find out!This episode was sponsored by God Tier Figures! Be sure to check them out using our link: https://godtierfigures.com/THEWEEBCREW

From possibly the best season in years to potentially the worst, welcome to backlog season baby. If you're not watching the myriad of sequels coming out each week, it's slim pickings in Fall 2026. What's worth watching? What's the worst show of the season? I don't know, watch the episode to find out.This episode was sponsored by God Tier Figures! Be sure to check them out using our link: https://godtierfigures.com/THEWEEBCREW

Summer 2026 might legitimately have a case for one of the best seasons of anime ever. From The Ghost in the Shell, Jaadugar, False Memories, and World is Dancing to Sayonara Lara, Yani Neko, Mushoku Tensei, and Draw This, Then Die!, this season was absolutely stacked with a wide variety of good anime. What were some of our favorites? What were some of the overlooked gems? What didn't make the cut? Only one way to find out!

On this exciting episode, the crew is going full retro and talking about Naoki Urasawa's Yawara! How is it that Monster is so beloved and he keeps pumping out classics to this day, but seemingly everyone forgot this 90's gem? Better listen to it before it's lost media, it's uncslop gems time baby.This episode was sponsored by God Tier Figures! Be sure to check them out using our link: https://godtierfigures.com/THEWEEBCREW

Welcome to yet another exciting episode of your favorite anime podcast. In this episode, the crew discusses whether it's possible to consume all of human history through anime alone, how fast could you feasibly LARP One Piece, and the concept of Otaku Doomerism. What is that? What even are these subjects? There's only one way to find out!This episode was sponsored by God Tier Figures! Be sure to check them out using our link: https://godtierfigures.com/THEWEEBCREW

What even is a classic anime? On this exciting episode of your favorite anime podcast, the crew gets really doomer about AI anime and then pontificates on what even makes something a classic?.. No seriously, what does make something a "classic", I really don't know.. Is it popularity? Or how good it is? Some mixture of the two? I guess there's only one way to find out!This episode was sponsored by God Tier Figures! Be sure to check them out using our link: https://godtierfigures.com/THEWEEBCREW

On this exciting episode of your favorite anime podcast, the crew is joined by Ray from World of Anime as they discuss anime fandom from before the YouTube era. From conventions to content creation, was the anime fandom actually better before it went mainstream? Only one way to find out!

In this exciting episode of your favorite anime podcast, the crew is talking about a donghua..? They're going in on the first 4 episodes of False Memory which just might be one of the best ani- donghua airing this season. What does this mean for the anime industry? Are otaku being too influenced by Chinese properties? Should you drop everything and check out Jiyi Guanli Ju? IS IT EVEN ANIME? Only one way to find out!

Welcome to another exciting episode of your favorite anime podcast. This time, the crew is talking about some of the various anime they've been watching, from Sayonara Lara's rising success to the slow motion train wreck that is Ribbon Hero. What went right for Lara? What went wrong for Ribbon Hero? Only one way to find out!