Episode 888: Winter 2025 Previews #4

This week on Anime Pulse we got lewd sticker addiction, retired assassins, and life sized Pokemon dolls. Up first Joseph attempts to convince himself he can stop buying ecchi stickers anytime he wants, and Andrew improved some of his culinary abilities. Then in the industry news the Pokemon company released a Gardevoir plushie for “kids”. Finally we wrap up with more previews as Joseph dodges office romance allegations after using his worthless appraisal skill, Andrew animates his own anime on an island of about 600, and finally the two perform another fusion dance to talk about the anime version of John Wick.

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Episode 887: Winter 2025 Previews #3

This week on Anime Pulse we got urgent eye troubles, snakes in our anime, and villainess ojisans. Up first Joseph took a trip to the doctor to get his eye looked at, and Andrew asks everyone what their favorite snakes in anime are. Then in the industry news, we hit the pass button and try to save time for later. And lastly in our third round of previews Joseph is hired by a demon lord to do his online shopping, Andrew clocks out of his super hero job, before both find themselves in another world as a hot young Ojou-sama with major drill hair.

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Episode 886: Winter 2025 Previews #2

This week on Anime Pulse we got more previews, naughty stickers, and surviving impossible situations. Up first Joseph showed off some merch he plans to add to the giveaway pile for the Spring Giveaway, and Andrew wants to know about the times in anime when someone really should have died but didn’t. Then in the news the US only McDonalds chains get some Pokemon cards in their Happy Meals, and Disney is found to be censoring anime. And finally in the previews Joseph becomes an effeminate elf boy after eating a skill fruit while leveling on his own, and Andrew shoots for a gold medal after surviving a robot apocalypse on the golf course.

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Episode 885: Winter 2025 Previews #1

This week on Anime Pulse we got hitting the gym instead of work, the first round of previews for the Winter 2025 season, and EXPLOSIONS!? Up first Joseph went to the dentist and then ate some really dry cookies, meanwhile Andrew has put out a new video for everyone to check out. Then in the news a man ditched work to hit up the gym, and can a hentai website win in a California court? Finally in the previews Joseph finds he has reincarnated into a cat of a poor noble family after accidentally being summoned to another world, and Andrew is immune to the charms of the girl in his class he hates the most while drinking lemon soda.

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Episode 884: Too Irregular at Losing High School Heroines!

This week on Anime Pulse we got Dishonored DLC, disappointing character development, and another round of Would or Wouldn’t. Up first Joseph has updates on Dishonored and FGO, and Andrew is very sad as the fighting game tournaments have all dried up. Then we have our next round of Would or Wouldn’t, as Joseph and Andrew dig through the top players for Nijisanji. And finally in our last reviews show before we get into the previews, Joseph is saddened and disappointed in what they did to his boy in Mahouka and Andrew becomes the therapist for a group of girls with bad love luck.

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Episode 883: The Mysterious Place Promised in Our Disappearances

This week on Anime Pulse we got stolen meat, mysterious F cups, and finders keepers. Up first in the IRL news Joseph updates us on FGO, Azur Lane, and Dishonored. Andrew meanwhile wants to know what the community thinks 2025 will bring us in the anime industry. Then in the industry news a composer for Chibli comes down with the sickness, and a new trailer for Zatsu Tabi: That’s Journey gets released. Lastly in the reviews Joseph is left pondering the mysterious nature of urban legends, and Andrew builds a plane to see the top of a tower with his best friend and a girl they both love.

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Episode 882: Otaku in Another World with Level 2 Elf Powers

This week on Anime Pulse we got blinking all over the place, the best anime of 2024, and muscle mommies. Up first Joseph passed on returning to BioShock to instead play Dishonored, and Andrew asks the community what their best anime of 2024 was. Then in the industry news we got some isekai coming at us, the ten things tourists do that annoy the Japanese on trains, and the return of One Piece. And finally in the last reviews of 2024 Joseph becomes OP after hitting level two and proceeds to bang a wold girl, and Andrew works at a temple with a lazy elf who is big into anime and video games.

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Episode 881: The Uzumaki and His Maid

This week on Anime Pulse we got Christmas gifts, cursed touching, and the worst of 2024. Up first Joseph has been digging the new Azur Lane event, and Andrew has flown back to Scotland. Then in the industry news, ha ha, got ya! Because next comes the Christmas gift exchange! What will our two cohosts possibly unearth!? THEN we get to the new, with just a singular topic about Crunchyroll once again being utter shit. And finally the reviews see us out with Joseph curing his deathy curse and immediately playing super smash with his hot blond maid, meanwhile Andrew begins to see spirals in everything as his life spirals out of control.

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Episode 880: Moonlit Whisky

This week on Anime Pulse we got vtuber awards, anime dragging its feet, and dancing moments. Up first IRL news has Joseph going back to the gym, and Andrew attended a big fighting game event with some of the top player in the world. Then in the industry news the vtuber awards just wrapped up and announced the winner, and Japanese artists on X are up in arms over blackface being applied to Dandadan. Lastly in the reviews Joseph wades through a really lackluster series of events in a fantasy anime to get to the good stuff, and Andrew brews up a barrel of whisky that will be aged for at least 15 years.

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Episode 879: The Way of the House Monster

This week on Anime Pulse we got goblin reincarnation, deer meat, and sweet sweet revenge. Up first Joseph briefly mentions his IRL boss has gifted him some deer meet to cook up and consume, and Andrew asks us what the best moments of payback are in anime for this week’s community question. Then in the industry news we get confirmation that VISA Japan is against allowing you to buy anything lewd, and a job listing is posted asking for men to talk to Japanese girls online. And finally in the reviews Joseph is killed by a yandere, reincarnates into a goblin, and later evolves into an ogre. Meanwhile Andrew retires from being a killer yakuza member to find great deals at the super market, cook melas for his wife, and wear pink aprons.

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