All Seasons

Season 2014

• S2014E01 Yowamushi Pedal Season 1 - Vital Three Anime Reviews | "Finally, A Cycling Anime!"

  • January 20, 2014
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• S2014E02 Pokemon the Movie: Kyurem vs. The Sword of Justice | Anime Review | "Strength of Friends"

  • February 26, 2014
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• S2014E03 If Anime was Banned in Japan | Discuss Anime

  • February 28, 2014
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• S2014E04 Log Horizon Season 1 | Anime Review | "The Best MMORPG Anime Ever"

  • March 22, 2014
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• S2014E05 Hamatora: The Animation | Anime Review | "At The Speed of Sound"

  • April 20, 2014
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• S2014E06 No Game No Life | Vital Three Anime Reviews | "Please Get Rid of Shiro"

  • May 5, 2014
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• S2014E07 Mekakucity Actors | Vital Three Anime Reviews | "A Beautiful Mess"

  • May 13, 2014
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• S2014E08 Most Anticipated Summer 2014 Anime | Discuss Anime

  • June 24, 2014
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• S2014E09 Nanana's Buried Treasure | Anime Review | "Indiana Jones + Anime"

  • July 2, 2014
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• S2014E10 Soul Eater NOT! | Anime Review | "Definitely NOT Soul Eater"

  • July 10, 2014
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• S2014E11 Sword Art Online 2: Phantom Bullet | Vital Three Anime Reviews | "Guns, Guns and Guns!"

  • July 29, 2014
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• S2014E12 Persona 4: The Golden Animation | Vital Three Anime Reviews | "Now With 100% Fluff!"

  • August 22, 2014
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• S2014E13 Locodol | Anime Review | "We're Still Trying"

  • September 24, 2014
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• S2014E14 Most Anticipated Fall 2014 Anime | Discuss Anime

  • September 30, 2014
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• S2014E15 Tokyo ESP | Anime Review | "The Penguin Reigns Supreme"

  • October 19, 2014
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• S2014E16 Parasyte: The Maxim | Vital Three Anime Reviews | "The Tale of a Talking Hand"

  • November 11, 2014
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• S2014E17 Top 5 Fall 2014 Anime | Vital Three Awards Show

  • November 29, 2014
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Season 2015

• S2015E01 Most Anticipated Winter 2015 Anime | Discuss Anime

  • January 3, 2015
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• S2015E02 Yuki Yuna is a Hero | Anime Review | "Magical Girls and Being Really Sad"

  • January 19, 2015
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• S2015E03 Shingeki no Bahamut: Genesis | Anime Review | "The Return of the Adventure Genre"

  • January 27, 2015
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• S2015E04 Attack on Titan: Limited Edition | Anime Review | "Attack on Loaf"

  • January 31, 2015
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• S2015E05 Silver Spoon [Gin no Saji] Season 1 | Anime Review | "Absolutely Flawless"

  • February 14, 2015
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• S2015E06 Death Parade | Vital Three Anime Review | "A Post-Mortem Verdict"

  • February 15, 2015
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• S2015E07 JoJo's Bizarre Adventure | Our Favourite Anime

  • February 16, 2015
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  Ft. PerrydactylShow

• S2015E08 Assassination Classroom - Vital Three Anime Review | "Let's Kill the Teacher"

  • February 24, 2015
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  Ft. TheEnpsychopedia

• S2015E09 Hal [Film] | Anime Review | "Replace Loss with Wires"

  • February 28, 2015
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• S2015E10 Most Anticipated Spring 2015 Anime | Discuss Anime

  • March 11, 2015
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• S2015E11 Patema Inverted: Limited Edition | Anime Review | "Am I Upside-Down?"

  • March 21, 2015
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• S2015E12 Kill la Kill: Limited Edition | Anime Review | "Nudity, Scissors and Imaishi"

  • April 6, 2015
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• S2015E13 Persona 3 The Movie #1: Spring of Birth | Anime Review | "The First Shadow"

  • April 12, 2015
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• S2015E14 Persona 3 The Movie #2: Midsummer Knight's Dream | Anime Review | "Aigis, the Robotic Knight"

  • April 15, 2015
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• S2015E15 One Piece | Our Favourite Anime

  • April 22, 2015
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  Ft. YonkouProductionsHD

• S2015E16 Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend | Anime Review | "Let's Make a Visual Novel!"

  • May 7, 2015
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• S2015E17 Death Parade | One Minute Anime Review

  • May 11, 2015
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• S2015E18 This is the Golden Age of Anime | Discuss Anime

  • June 2, 2015
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• S2015E19 Se Jun Kim | Animator Spotlight | “Modern Mecha Master”

  • June 8, 2015
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• S2015E20 DanMachi: Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? | One Minute Anime Review

  • June 29, 2015
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• S2015E21 Most Anticipated Summer 2015 Anime | Discuss Anime

  • July 3, 2015
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• S2015E22 Sakura Trick | Our Favourite Anime

  • July 9, 2015
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  Ft. GLENLOVESUBWAY

• S2015E23 Plastic Memories | Anime Review | "Laughing with Despair"

  • July 15, 2015
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• S2015E24 Takeshi Koike | Animator Spotlight | "The Genius of Redline"

  • July 21, 2015
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• S2015E25 Understanding Rampo Kitan: Game of Laplace | Discuss Anime

  • July 25, 2015
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• S2015E26 Hibike! Euphonium | One Minute Anime Review

  • July 29, 2015
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• S2015E27 Mikagura School Suite | Anime Review | "Vocaloid, Superpowers and Yuri!"

  • August 1, 2015
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• S2015E28 Tatsunoko Production and Ryo-timo | Anime Studio Spotlight

  • August 4, 2015
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• S2015E29 Top 5 Summer 2015 Opening Credits | Discuss Anime

  • August 10, 2015
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• S2015E30 Most Anticipated Fall 2015 Anime | Discuss Anime

  • August 31, 2015
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• S2015E31 Lupin the Third [2015]: L'avventura Italiana | Vital Three Anime Review | "Back to Business"

  • September 4, 2015
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• S2015E32 5 Japan Animator Expo Short Films You Should Watch | Discuss Anime

  • September 7, 2015
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• S2015E33 Love Live! The School Idol Movie | Anime Review | "A Perfect Sendoff"

  • September 12, 2015
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• S2015E34 Top 10 Anime OF ALL TIME! | Discuss Anime

  • October 3, 2015
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• S2015E35 Breaking Down One Punch Man's Incredible Animation [Part 1] | Animator Spotlight

  • October 10, 2015
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• S2015E36 Monster Musume no Iru Nichijou | One Minute Anime Review

  • October 13, 2015
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• S2015E37 Boruto: Naruto the Movie | Anime Review | "Boruto Is Still A Dumb Name"

  • October 17, 2015
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• S2015E38 Charlotte | Anime Review | "It's Apparently A Comet"

  • October 24, 2015
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• S2015E39 Why The Anime Studio Doesn't Really Matter | Anime Studio Spotlight

  • November 5, 2015
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• S2015E40 Tales of Zestiria the X | Anime Hype Control

  • November 21, 2015
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• S2015E41 Digimon Adventure Tri: Reunion | Anime Review | "A Welcome Return"

  • November 28, 2015
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• S2015E42 Akatsuki no Yona | Anime Review | "A Thrilling Bishounen Adventure"

  • December 7, 2015
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• S2015E43 Kekkai Sensen | Best Anime of 2015

  • December 12, 2015
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• S2015E44 Non Non Biyori Repeat | Best Anime of 2015

  • December 15, 2015
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• S2015E45 Punch Line | Best Anime of 2015

  • December 21, 2015
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• S2015E46 One Punch Man | Anime Review | "I'm a Hero for Fun!"

  • December 27, 2015
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Season 2016

• S2016E01 Death Parade | Best Anime of 2015

  • January 13, 2016
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• S2016E02 How Myriad Colours Phantom World Excels Beyond Its Genre | Discuss Anime

  • January 18, 2016
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• S2016E03 The Silent Fall of Studio Madhouse | Anime Studio Spotlight

  • February 1, 2016
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• S2016E04 Project Itoh: Creating A Legacy | The Canipa Effect

  • February 12, 2016
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• S2016E05 Who on Earth is A-1 Pictures? | Anime Studio Spotlight

  • February 17, 2016
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• S2016E06 Breaking Down One Punch Man's Incredible Animation [Part 2] | Animator Spotlight

  • February 24, 2016
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• S2016E07 Most Anticipated Spring 2016 Anime | Discuss Anime

  • March 23, 2016
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• S2016E08 Top 10 AnimeJapan 2016 Trailers | Discuss Anime

  • March 30, 2016
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• S2016E09 Pokemon XY: An Anime Evolution | The Canipa Effect

  • April 5, 2016
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• S2016E10 The Characters of Bungou Stray Dogs | Discuss Anime

  • April 24, 2016
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• S2016E11 The Art of P.A. Works | Anime Studio Spotlight

  • May 2, 2016
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• S2016E12 One Punch Man Season 2, Tokyo Ghoul Season 3 And Other Nonsense News | Discuss Anime

  • May 10, 2016
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• S2016E13 Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt and the "Inevitable" War | Anime Review

  • May 14, 2016
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• S2016E14 Yutaka Nakamura and Studio Bones | Animator Spotlight

  • May 22, 2016
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• S2016E15 A Guide To Anime Music Composers [Part 1] | The Canipa Effect

  • May 30, 2016
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• S2016E16 The NPO Animator Supporters Project And Aiding The Industry | Animator Spotlight

  • June 7, 2016
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• S2016E17 Dancing With The Idolmaster's Megumi Kouno | Animator Spotlight

  • June 17, 2016
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• S2016E18 Breaking Down Mob Psycho 100's Incredible Animation [Episode 1] | Animator Spotlight

  • July 25, 2016
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• S2016E19 Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans | Best of 2015

  • August 6, 2016
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• S2016E20 Ufotable: Unlimited Digital Works | Anime Studio Spotlight

  • August 18, 2016
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• S2016E21 An Interview with P.A. Works' Kenji Horikawa [Part 1/2] | The Canipa Effect

  • September 21, 2016
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• S2016E22 Pokemon Sun and Moon: The Importance of New Anime Character Designs | Animator Spotlight

  • September 30, 2016
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• S2016E23 An Interview with P.A. Works' Kenji Horikawa [Part 2/2] | The Canipa Effect

  • October 17, 2016
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• S2016E24 A Guide To Anime Music Composers [Fukasawa, MONACA, Shiina, Hamaguchi] | The Canipa Effect

  • October 22, 2016
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• S2016E25 The Amazing Staff of Fall 2016 Anime | Animator Spotlight

  • November 10, 2016
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• S2016E26 Polygon Pictures: The Anime Factory | Anime Studio Spotlight

  • November 25, 2016
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• S2016E27 Breaking Down Mob Psycho 100's Incredible Animation [Episodes 2-12] | Animator Spotlight

  • December 20, 2016
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Season 2017

• S2017E01 Studio Trigger and Little Witch Academia | Anime Studio Spotlight

  • January 10, 2017
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• S2017E02 Breaking Down Konosuba's Incredible Animation | Animator Spotlight

  • March 4, 2017
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• S2017E03 The Amazing Staff of Sword Art Online: Ordinal Scale | Animator Spotlight

  • March 15, 2017
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• S2017E04 The Eccentric Family, P.A. Works and the Perfect Animator | Anime Studio Spotlight

  • April 2, 2017
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• S2017E05 Respecting the late Kazunori Mizuno | The Canipa Effect

  • May 17, 2017
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• S2017E06 Anime: The Social Medium | The Canipa Effect

  • July 6, 2017
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• S2017E07 Anime: The Global Medium

  • August 5, 2017
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• S2017E08 The Ghibli Influences on the Inspired World of Made in Abyss | Anime Studio Spotlight

  • August 18, 2017
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• S2017E09 Advancing the Digital Frontier of 3D Animation | Anime Studio Spotlight

  • November 30, 2017
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• S2017E10 Breaking Down Pokemon Sun and Moon's Incredible Animation | Animator Spotlight

  • December 23, 2017
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• S2017E10 Hill Climb Girl and Khara Digital Team | Animator Spotlight

  • December 28, 2017
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Season 2018

• S2018E01 Breaking Down Houseki no Kuni's Incredible Animation | Anime Studio Spotlight

  • January 9, 2018
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• S2018E02 How Cup Noodles Made The Best Anime Commercials | Animator Spotlight

  • February 13, 2018
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• S2018E03 The Art of Pop Team Epic | Anime Studio Spotlight

  • February 22, 2018
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• S2018E04 Is Tokyo Otaku Mode Running A Scam With Otaku Coin? | The Canipa Effect

  • March 31, 2018
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• S2018E05 How Do Original Anime Get Made? | Anime Studio Spotlight

  • April 25, 2018
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• S2018E06 The Cygames Invasion of Everything | Anime Studio Spotlight

  • May 30, 2018
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• S2018E07 What Makes Mari Okada So Special? | The Canipa Effect

  • June 26, 2018
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• S2018E08 The Legacy of Sword Art Online | Animator Spotlight

  • July 19, 2018
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• S2018E09 Breaking Down My Hero Academia's Incredible Animation | Animator Spotlight

  • July 26, 2018
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• S2018E10 How Masashi Ishihama Creates the Perfect Anime Openings | Animator Spotlight

  • August 22, 2018
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• S2018E11 The History of Super Smash Bros. Reveal Trailers and Cinematics | The Canipa Effect

  • September 3, 2018
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• S2018E12 Translating Anime: Creating an Understanding | The Canipa Effect

  • September 25, 2018
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• S2018E13 How Does Netflix Affect the Anime Industry? | Anime Studio Spotlight

  • November 13, 2018
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Season 2019

• S2019E01 3D Animation | Anime Has A Bright Digital Future

  • April 9, 2019
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• S2019E02 Anime Mythbusters #1 | "90% of Anime Are All Made in 3D"

  • September 21, 2019
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• S2019E03 The Pokemon Anime is Never Boring | The Canipa Effect

  • September 29, 2019
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• S2019E04 Anime Mythbusters #2 | "Anime is Just Made on Computers These Days"

  • October 18, 2019
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• S2019E05 Anime Mythbusters #3 | "China Will Become the Largest Market for Anime"

  • November 3, 2019
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• S2019E06 Anime Mythbusters #4 - The Anime Budget Episode

  • November 28, 2019
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  Canipa discusses two myths related to anime budgets, investigating how it relates to animation, how they vary between shows, and whether it's worth talking about them at all.

Season 2020

• S2020E01 Breaking Down Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba's Incredible Animation | Animator Spotlight

  • January 28, 2020
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• S2020E02 How Square Enix Created Final Fantasy XIV's Incredible Trailers | Game Studio Spotlight

  • February 20, 2020
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• S2020E03 Breaking Down BEASTARS' Incredible Animation | Anime Studio Spotlight

  • March 13, 2020
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• S2020E04 Anime Mythbusters #5 | "Anime Adaptations Exist Just To Promote The Manga"

  • March 31, 2020
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• S2020E05 Breaking Down Monster Hunter World: Iceborne's Incredible Animation | Game Studio Spotlight

  • April 12, 2020
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• S2020E06 Breaking Down Fate/Grand Order - Babylonia's Incredible Animation | Animator Spotlight

  • May 28, 2020
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• S2020E07 The Directors of BEASTARS | Anime Studio Spotlight

  • June 18, 2020
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• S2020E08 It's Impossible to Live as a Crunchyroll Translator | The Canipa Effect

  • July 7, 2020
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  Canipa discusses the issues of low pay and overwork on anime simulcast translations, particularly at Crunchyroll, a company built on the foundations of unpaid or underpaid translators.

• S2020E09 Breaking Down Avatar: The Last Airbender's Incredible Animation | Animator Spotlight

  • August 4, 2020
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• S2020E10 The 2.5D Executions of Danganronpa and Beyond | Animator Spotlight

  • September 8, 2020
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• S2020E11 [SPOILER-FREE] The 2.5D Animation of Shadowverse and Beyond | Animator Spotlight

  • September 11, 2020
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• S2020E12 Breaking Down The Legend of Korra's Incredible Animation | Animator Spotlight

  • October 13, 2020
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• S2020E13 Genshin Impact's Homage to Anime | Anime Studio Spotlight

  • October 30, 2020
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• S2020E14 The Cyberpunk World of Akudama Drive | Anime Studio Spotlight

  • December 11, 2020
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Season 2021

• S2021E01 How Not To Make An Anime (What Went Wrong With Crunchyroll's EX-ARM) | Animator Spotlight

  • January 27, 2021

• S2021E02 Breaking Down Attack on Titan's (All Seasons) Incredible Animation | Animator Spotlight

  • March 21, 2021

• S2021E03 The Two Sides of Studio MAPPA | Anime Studio Spotlight

  • April 20, 2021

• S2021E04 Pokemon Black and White Don't Need a Remake (They’re Already Perfect) | Game Studio Spotlight

  • May 21, 2021

• S2021E05 Breaking Down Guilty Gear Strive's Ambitious Story Mode Anime | Animator Spotlight

  • June 16, 2021

• S2021E06 Studio Trigger and SSSS.Dynazenon | Anime Studio Spotlight

  • June 28, 2021

• S2021E07 The Unappreciated Magic of Gravity Rush and Sony's Japan Studio | Animator Spotlight

  • July 14, 2021

• S2021E08 Breaking Down Demon Slayer the Movie: Mugen Train's Incredible Animation | Animator Spotlight

  • July 21, 2021

• S2021E09 The Recipe for Modern Anime

  • August 5, 2021

• S2021E10 The Animation of Rick and Morty

  • August 31, 2021

• S2021E11 "Anime Companies are Trying to Cut Out Crunchyroll and Funimation" | Anime Mythbusters #6

  • September 17, 2021

• S2021E12 The World of Genshin Impact

  • September 23, 2021

• S2021E13 Breaking Down That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime's Incredible Animation | Animator Spotlight

  • October 12, 2021

• S2021E14 Anime is Best in Anthology

  • October 28, 2021

• S2021E15 Breaking Down Mushoku Tensei's Incredible Animation | Animator Spotlight

  • November 17, 2021

• S2021E16 Anime: The Broken Industry | The Canipa Effect

  • December 4, 2021

Season 2022

• S2022E01 Breaking Down Arcane: League of Legend's Incredible Animation | Studio Spotlight

  • January 11, 2022

• S2022E02 How Anime Creates Appealing Fanservice

  • February 25, 2022

• S2022E03 How Monolith Soft Changed Nintendo | Game Studio Spotlight

  • March 22, 2022

• S2022E04 Mecha Never Dies - A Bandai Namco Story | Anime Studio Spotlight

  • April 23, 2022

• S2022E05 Spy x Family is a Brilliant Adaptation | Animation Spotlight

  • May 17, 2022

• S2022E06 It's STILL Impossible to Live as a Crunchyroll Translator | The Canipa Effect

  • June 29, 2022

• S2022E07 Baccano! and Durarara!! are Masterpieces!!!

  • September 1, 2022

• S2022E08 Lycoris Recoil is an Ideal Original Anime | Animation Spotlight

  • September 5, 2022

• S2022E09 Pokémon Colosseum Could Have Been the Franchise's Future | Game Studio Spotlight

  • October 3, 2022

• S2022E10 Breaking Down Cyberpunk: Edgerunners' Breathtaking Animation | Animation Spotlight

  • November 16, 2022

Season 2023

• S2023E01 Is CHAINSAW MAN A Good Adaptation? (Yes.) | Animation Spotlight

  • January 4, 2023

• S2023E02 "Chainsaw Man Is A COMMERCIAL FAILURE" | Anime Mythbusters #7

  • February 22, 2023

• S2023E03 What Would a NEW HUNTER X HUNTER Anime Look Like?

  • February 27, 2023

• S2023E04 The NIER: AUTOMATA ANIME Deserved Better | Animation Spotlight

  • May 31, 2023

• S2023E05 Breaking Down TENGOKU-DAIMAKYO (Heavenly Delusion)'s Incredible Animation | Animation Spotlight

  • July 16, 2023

• S2023E06 The Strange Production of the FATE/STRANGE FAKE Anime | Animation Spotlight

  • September 17, 2023

• S2023E07 Breaking Down Frieren: Beyond Journey's End's Incredible Animation | Animation Spotlight

  • December 18, 2023

Additional Specials

• SPECIAL 0x1 The Canipa Effect Animated Channel Trailer

  • September 27, 2016
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• SPECIAL 0x2 The Canipa Effect Patreon - Support the Channel and Cool New Information

  • January 25, 2017
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• SPECIAL 0x3 Patreon Update! (The Canipa Effect Commentary Videos)

  • September 10, 2017
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• SPECIAL 0x4 ♪ Yutaka Nakamura [Original Song]

  • July 27, 2018
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