Anime Sickos
194 episodes - English - Latest episode: 6 days ago - ★★★★★ - 47 ratingsA podcast for geniuses about the four pillars of modern misery: anime, gaming, posting, & jobs. Starring Tom & Joe. New episodes every Wednesday.
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94: The Sickos Get Fungible
October 13, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 78.3 MBDidn't NFTs already flame out? How come we still have people making wife posts about spending $8,000 on a jpg of a horny lion? The Sickos discuss how NFTs, dumb as they may be, are actually a totally predictable outcome of our horrible system, and how shit's only gonna get dumber from now on! Then, we finally return to the Fruit Annihilation Tournament for the first time in four months (lol) to decide the Sweet Sixteen round for the Big Fruits and Classic Killers region!
93: The Sickos Return to Work
September 29, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 72.9 MBJoe is being forced to return to the office, despite a big virus that I guess his work hasn't heard of yet. The Sickos discuss the perverse tendency for managers to consider problems solved forever as soon as they are acknowledged in any way. Then, the Sickos bitch about the odious Netflix cartoon Chicago Party Aunt, and Tom yammers about Real for 20 minutes.
92: Rayne Klar Goes Guesto Mode
September 22, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 91.7 MBThe excellent Rayne Klar goes guesto mode! Rayne is a podcaster (shameful), witch (cool), and person who knows how printing works (except for the glue that doesn't make sense). They join the sickos to discuss a childhood filled with anime sin, a long and difficult path to gaming nirvana, and how jobs suck ass.
91: The Sickos Fight in the Battle Arena
September 15, 2021 12:00 - 47 minutes - 53.1 MBPosting is a horrible battle dome where everyone is forced to do bloodsport by Lord Bones. Anything anyone says is mere seconds away from igniting a days-long PvP match where you can't log off. It's a nightmare but also is the literal only way to be a creative person and cannot be opted out of. We all fight and beg for scraps of attention while simultaneously fearing attention more than anything. Hail Lord Bones!!
90: More Guy Per Guy
September 08, 2021 12:00 - 59 minutes - 65.4 MBWhile discussing how cool it is when bosses have phases, the Sickos stumble into one weird trick for making any game, comic, or show extremely better: make every guy actually be a lot of guys.
89: Great Moments in Posting History
August 25, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 95.6 MBThe Sickos take you on a guided tour of some of history's best, worst, and most powerful posts. See posts both old and new, horny and stupid, funny and horrifying, and more. God, posts suck ass! Fuck this
88: Light Guns Kick Ass
August 18, 2021 12:00 - 56 minutes - 63.8 MBYou know how sometimes you play a video game where you hold a big fuckin plastic gun and it goes pow pow. That kicks ass to us. Guns are like the coolest thing in the world (only when fictional or toy version)
87: Whitney Reynolds Goes Guesto Mode
August 11, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 97.1 MBWhitney Reynolds goes guesto mode! We discuss their inexplicably verified Twitter account, the siren call of shitty mobile games, how they craft unique soup creations, and cats. Check it out!
86: The Sickos Become Deckbuilder Snobs
August 04, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 70 MBThe Sickos discuss the roguelike deckbuilders they've been playing lately, Roguebook and Griftlands, and how their preponderance of ancillary game systems outside of the core card game dilutes the overall experience. Basically we're just gonna play Slay the Spire forever
85: The Sickos Become Worried
July 28, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 72.5 MBAs though it weren't enough to live in a world so beset with catastrophe, people keep insisting you have to be worried about it all the time! The Sickos discuss how this impulse to remind others to be worried is demonic and demonstrably anti-life. Plus, Tom shares stories of how international travel is fucked, and on Cog Talk we discuss Joe's impending return to the office.
84: Comedy Still Sucks Now
July 14, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 81.9 MBTrump is gone, but comedy still refuses to not suck! Since it's not allowed to talk about the Main Part (the imminent collapse of society), all that is left is empty culture war where people point at things and go "that's good!" or "that's evil!" It's not very funny! Plus, we finally remember to do the Fruit Tournament again, finally completing round 2!
83: The Making of Modesty City
July 07, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 94.8 MBThe Sickos indulge in frankly disgusting levels of self-congratulation as they go behind-the-scenes to relive the process of producing The Tragical History of Modesty City, a five-act audio play that took a year of secret work to complete.
82: The Tragical History of Modesty City
June 30, 2021 12:00 - 2 hours - 172 MBThe Anime Sickos present: The Tragical History of Modesty City, a Play in Five Acts Directed by Tom Harrison and Joe Anderson Written by Tom Harrison from a story by Joe Anderson and Tom Harrison Audio Design and Engineering by Adam Goron Act 5 Scene 1 Audio Design and Engineering by Casey Toney CAST: Joseph - Joe Anderson Thomas - Tom Harrison Bryan Steven A’Lee Stevenson - Tom Harrison Doctor Villlainsworth - Vince White Godwin Godsfear - Andrew Sherman Rachel Godsfear - Gwynn Fulc...
81: The Sickos Manga Roundup
June 23, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 92.6 MBThe Sickos share what manga/comics they've been reading lately, specifically: Kengan Omega, Shamo, Usogui, One Piece, Orc Stain, and The Marquis. If you like comics, check it out (and we're sorry you also have the "likes comics" debuff applied to you)
80: The Sickos Present: A New Spoon of Slop
June 16, 2021 12:00 - 59 minutes - 66.5 MBThe Sickos are back with a brand new slop experience that goes down smooth. We define "Dude Time," a horrible time late at night where you turn to sludge. Then, we debut a brand new segment, Cat Talk, to discuss Joe's awesome new cats. Then, we read listener-submitted cog stories on the first crowdsourced Cog Talk. Folks, this is one tasty spoon of slop!
79: The Sickos Work Retail
June 09, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 94 MBRiley Hopkins (of The Podcast Mines and many others) steps in for Tom as the Sickos discuss the nightmare hell of working retail during the pandemic, in which the demons who already wrought their infernal torture on all workers suddenly get a massive automatic power-up as their very breath can now potentially kill you for real. Plus, we sing the praises of the offline wife (the purest kind of genius) Check out Tom over at The Podcast Mines with Andrew Sherman: https://the-podcast-mines.pi...
78: The Posting Wastes
June 02, 2021 13:47 - 1 hour - 79.2 MBThe Sickos look over the state of Posting and find a desolate waste devoid of life. Leaderless, the screaming hordes of fascist maniacs splinter into sub-groups led by Substack racists. Content creators devolve into endless grievance-based feedback loops as they rage against each other and their own audiences. Basically we gotta go full Dune and make computers illegal.
77: Stephanie Mattos Goes Guesto Mode
May 19, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 94.8 MBThe Sickos welcome Stephanie Mattos, a certified fight coordinator, to confirm that anime is real and fighting kicks ass. We discuss how to plan, choreograph, and execute a stage fight like a genius, ponder over the anatomy of Godzilla (what type of neck mobility are we looking at), and myriad other topics about the coolest thing that can happen: fighting!! Turns out when you have a subject matter expert on your podcast and the subject kicks ass, a great episode follows.
76: The Suffering-Suffering Fruit
May 12, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 75.4 MBThe Sickos discuss the Suffering-Suffering Fruit, a real life Devil Fruit that makes you think suffering is inherently noble and good. Every Democrat has eaten it and they get extremely confused when you tell them you want to suffer less.
75: The Sickos Design the Perfect RPG
May 05, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 75.3 MBAfter hundreds of hours playing JRPGs, the video games where anime is spreadsheets, the Sickos compile the best parts of the genre that must be present in order to create the perfect JRPG that will stand atop the genre for 1000 years. Behold a masterclass in game design!
74: Oops! All Goofs 3
April 28, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 88.4 MBIt's another batch of bite-sized goofs from the Sickos! Joe says goodbye to Hell Tower and hello to the cursed neighborhood of Little Shitaly, we read some of Tom McHenry's mind-melting job stories that we didn't get a chance to hear on his guest episode, we outline a skeleton-based anime series, and more! Check it out!
73: The Sickos Become JRPG Snobs
April 14, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 89.8 MBThe Sickos expound upon Earthbound and Mother 3, uniquely quirky JRPGs that no one played. Turns out when you put jokes into a Dragon Quest clone, it's extremely good.
72: Tom McHenry Goes Guesto Mode
April 07, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 84.7 MBSicko homie Tom McHenry finally goes guesto mode! Tom shares his truly nightmarish work stories on one of the greatest Cog Talks of all time, then we discuss why being a cartoonist is the life-ruiner, the goofy horror comics of Junji Ito, and more. Folks, this episode's one of the greats.
71: The One Piece Episode
March 31, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 79.2 MBThe Sickos set sail for One Piece, the pirate comic about a rubber boy that is longer than the Bible. We discuss how the comic's ingenious structure allows for incredibly effective long-term storytelling, how the uniquely silly art style adds an invaluable layer of humor to the whole thing, and why the series, in the end, is about smashing neoliberalism with your homies.
70: The Life Removal Machine
March 24, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 75.5 MBWe thought it was gone forever, but Cog Talk makes its triumphant return! Joe and Tom both recently took time off work and were amazed at the immediate and enormous health benefits that come from not working, leading them to recognize that work is simply the Life Removal Machine. Then, we remember to do another round of the Fruit Annihilation Tournament.
69: The Horny Episode
March 17, 2021 12:00 - 59 minutes - 66.8 MBIt's come to this: the Horny episode. The Sickos discuss what Horny means, why they've never been Horny, how Horny makes your posts bad, and more Horny topics. Don't expect us to do any shit like this again
68: Oh No—Poster's Ear is Permanent Now
March 10, 2021 12:30 - 55 minutes - 44.2 MBIt's about time for a posting episode but there have been no interesting posts made for months now. Turns out we're forever stuck in an awful time loop as our brains stagnate into mush, and now it's infecting reality as our government and media spend all their time bickering about whether the awful poster Neera Tanden gets some crony job. It's all just endless yelling to no end, and folks, we don't love it!
67: The Food Episode
March 03, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 53.5 MBThe Sickos talk about that famous goop, "food." First we highlight Golden Kamuy and Delicious in Dungeon, two amazing manga that spend half their pages showing the characters making dinner. Then, the sickos share what we've been eating lately and ponder the role of cooking and food on pandemic mental health.
66: Casey Toney Goes Guesto Mode
February 24, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 104 MBCasey Toney, cast member on and audio sicko for the Neoscum podcast (among others), goes guesto mode! We praise the ending of Chainsaw Man as the masterstroke it is, discuss how Casey's afflicted brain luckily allows him to become an audio engineering genius, and mourn the fact that we all love anime and manga, a medium that continually fails us despite being the fuckin best.
65: The Sickos Fix College
February 17, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 85.7 MBCollege is a big grift that is dumb as shit. The Sickos reflect on how deeply they were failed by their education, and propose a new pedagogy that would dramatically improve the college experience, along with pitching an entirely new major: Sicko Studies.
64: The Sickos Present: An Enjoyable Slop Experience
February 03, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 85.9 MBCurl up around the fire as the Sickos spoon you up a fresh batch of slop. First we review a ridiculous anime trivia book from 2000 generously donated by our lovely listeners. Then, we revisit the Fruit Annihilation Tournament to decide round two of the Rebels region, led by the tournament's most controversial combatant: coffee.
63: The Sickos Hoot Over Yakuza 7
January 27, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 147 MBYour Sickos reflect on how a year of quarantine has changed how the four pillars of modern misery shape our lives (spoiler: they all just got worse). Then, we hoot about Yakuza: Like a Dragon, a game designed in a lab to make our ape brains achieve nirvana.
62: Em Haverty Goes Guesto Mode
January 20, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 128 MBSouthwest suburb homie Em Haverty goes guesto mode! We discuss her love/hate relationship with sketch comedy and the peculiar Chicago SW suburb rot that shaped both her and Joe as children. Plus, Tom tells the story of how Em introduced him to Robot in the Family, one of the most deranged films ever made. Check it out!
61: The Jojo's Bizarre Adventure Episode
January 13, 2021 13:00 - 1 hour - 106 MBThe Sickos finally give you a guided tour to the world of Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, a daunting and inscrutable anime juggernaut that is less a show/comic and more a gallery of weird shit presented the way a child would show their parent a bug, curated by a clown man with the perfect brain.
60: Aaron & Vince Go Guesto Mode
January 06, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 106 MBAaron J. Shelton and Vince White from the Kame House Party podcast go guesto mode! We discuss Aaron and Vince's cog woes, the fever dream of trying to play Cyberpunk 2077 on a PS4, and how they were able to do improv and actually be funny, something which living in Chicago leads one to believe is not possible. Check out the excellent Kame House Party podcast at kamehouseparty.com!
59: The Sickos Become Stupid Babies
December 30, 2020 12:00 - 1 hour - 59 MBWe discuss the endemic feeling of being a Dumb Baby Bitch, in which the world treats you as a contemptible idiot for trying to do literally any of the things you are supposed to and/or required to do. Then, we return to the Fruit Annihilation Tournament for Round 2 of the Classic Killers region, in which the four heavyweights who had byes in the first round finally step into the arena.
58: The Listener Mail Q&A Episode - Round 2
December 23, 2020 12:00 - 1 hour - 71.6 MBThe Sickos have tricked you into providing content for us so we don't have to come up with it ourselves! We answer our listeners' burning questions with the charm and verve you've come to expect from "The Boys of Online"
57: Oops! All Goofs 2
December 09, 2020 13:00 - 1 hour - 58.5 MBThe Sickos clean out their Trello with a collection of 11 extremely goofy segments too small to carry episodes on their own. Folks it's a grab bag of bite-size Sicko hits, chow down ya piggies!!!
56: The Deca-Dence Episode
December 02, 2020 13:00 - 1 hour - 63.8 MBIt's an actual anime episode! The Sickos warm up by reading some shit from the Fate wiki before diving into Deca-Dence, one of the best anime series in recent memory, in which chubby little Lego men do cog work that is also gaming. Trust us, it makes sense.
55: KC Green Goes Guesto Mode
November 25, 2020 13:00 - 1 hour - 73.6 MBThe Sickos welcome cartoonist and internet hero KC Green! We discuss his childhood spent tormented by the promise of an animated episode of The Nanny, what it's like to make comics in a world designed to punish you for doing so, and why reboots and Funko Pops are pitiful symptoms of a diseased, nostalgia-addicted culture unless they're about the shit you like in which case gimme gimme.
54: The Machine Will Have Blood
November 11, 2020 12:00 - 1 hour - 84.7 MBimo the machine's gonna have blood.
53: The Sickos Do A Gaming Episode
November 04, 2020 13:00 - 1 hour - 63 MBThis time we do a gaming episode and talk about Monster Train, Atomicrops, and Bloodborne. Turns out they all suck ass but we love to play them. Folks, sometimes we just have to do a gaming episode, that's just how it is!
52: Toobin' It!
October 28, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 54.9 MBWe're all laughing at how Jeffrey Toobin got caught masturbating (or "Toobin' it") on Zoom, but soon we'll forget and he'll be back. The Sickos discuss this sick phenomenon where blue checks can bounce back from truly mind-exploding posts with no consequences because they know you'll forget. Then, we discuss an underdiscussed aspect of homiedom stolen by the pandemic.
51: Angela Quinton Goes Guesto Mode
October 21, 2020 11:30 - 1 hour - 58.5 MBSicko homie Angela Quinton goes guesto mode! The Sickos interrogate why Angela enjoys the frankly insanely difficult hobby of ultra marathons and receive a startlingly affecting and convincing answer. Then, we discuss Angela's preferred sicko topic, werewolves, and why they kick ass despite almost no media portraying them in a way that doesn't suck. Check it out!!
50: The Rules-Rules Fruit
October 16, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 74.9 MBThe Sickos identify another real life Devil Fruit that causes people to form psychosexual religious obsessions with The Rules, a framework of systems they believe to be divine, inviolate, and infallible, even as it's clear to all that you can just do whatever. Then, we return to the Fruit Annihilation Tournament to close out Da Boys region. Follow Anime Sickos @AnimeSickos Follow Joe @ShariaUncle Folow Tom @TomHarrison19
49: Dylan Goes Guesto Mode
October 07, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 75.4 MBThe Sickos welcome Dylan, a true homie and big time sicko. We discuss Dylan's inexplicable love of fighting games, his incredible cog stories of having an actual murderer as a manager, and exhort him to complete a concept album about Farfetch'd. Follow the Sickos on Twitter @AnimeSickos Follow Dylan @FioFiorello Follow Joe @ShariaUncle Follow Tom @TomHarrison19
48: The Sickos Perfect Games Criticism
September 30, 2020 11:00 - 55 minutes - 49.8 MBFor years, games criticism has been lambasted as a wasteland with no structure or discipline, little more than a PR arm of the studios. No more--the Sickos debut a scientifically indisputable new 11-point system that will objectively determine any game's quality with no margin of error. Follow the Sickos on Twitter @AnimeSickos Follow Joe @ShariaUncle Follow Tom @TomHarrison19
47: Long Live the Venture Bros!
September 16, 2020 12:00 - 1 hour - 63.7 MBThe Sickos eulogize The Venture Bros, a cartoon that released 4.7 episodes a year for 17 years. The Venture Bros was a miracle show that all the rules of capitalism hell dictate should not exist, and we extol how amazing and important it was. Then on Cog Talk, we talk about how all good bosses are ultimately powerless to stop the awful shit tide that will inevitably drown all workers. Follow the Sickos on Twitter @AnimeSickos Follow Joe @ShariaUncle Follow Tom @TomHarrison19
46: Andrew Sherman Goes Guesto Mode
September 09, 2020 14:24 - 1 hour - 58.9 MBThe Sickos welcome Andrew Sherman as he goes guesto mode! We discuss Andrew's new podcast The Podcast Mines, a project dedicated to generating ideas for podcasts and then not making them, rendering it the noblest podcast of all time. We also talk about the infuriating and excellent Ring Fit Adventure, plus run a few bouts of the Fruit Annihilation Tournament! Follow the Sickos on Twitter @AnimeSickos Follow Joe @ShariaUncle Follow Tom @TomHarrison19
45: Poster's Ear
September 02, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 69.4 MBThe Sickos diagnose the civilian equivalent to Media Brain, "Poster's Ear," a loss of equilibrium caused by too much posting, causing people to share takes about what kinds of movies girls like for the 1000th time even as society collapses around us. Then, we decide Round 1 of the Big Fruits region of the Fruit Annihilation Tournament! Follow the Sickos on Twitter @AnimeSickos Follow Joe @ShariaUncle Follow Tom @TomHarrison19