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Anime fandom with a Toronto flavour. The talk starts with anime, but can go many different places Web - www.animeroundtable.com Twitter and Instagram - @animeroundtable Email - [email protected]
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Anime Roundtable turns anime reactions into open-ended arguments about story, adaptation, fandom, technology, and the experience of watching.
Anime Roundtable lets anime criticism take shape in real time, with participants testing impressions, correcting themselves, and making room for disagreement.
The new Burger King gets Anime North billing; your convention debriefs are allowed to take detours.
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Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
A loose, thoughtful call that lands best when the hosts weigh value against feeling.
Anime Roundtable opens with a very specific kind of phone-call chaos, as two people try something different on their phones and leave the recorded prompts in the mix.
A loose, human conversation that turns AI dubbing unease into something worth sitting with.
The conversation starts with a mic check and then moves into AI dubbing, what learning means when a model gets corrected, and why that leaves actors uneasy when their work is treated as cheap.
A loose, thoughtful panel chat that keeps circling the film's central trio and lands on Tatsuko as the story's heart.
The conversation spends most of its time on The Colors Within, and it works because the hosts keep turning the film over from different angles instead of rushing to a clean verdict.
A holiday catch-up that feels more like table chatter than a packaged segment.
The December quota episode lands as a loose holiday table chat, beginning on a Friday night near the end of 2023 and then drifting at the same easy pace as the room.
A loose Anime North night with Burger King chatter, spoiler talk, and convention-floor humor.
Anime North 2023 opens in a loose, conversational register, with the room back at the Delta Hotel Halton and the first night already starting to taper off.
A spoiler-forward Suzume conversation that starts with Toronto delays and mochi donuts before settling in.
The episode opens with Toronto chaos, then settles into a loose, spoiler-forward conversation about Suzume. The panel keeps coming back to what lands best: the cat chase, the present-day feel, and the way phones and social media sit inside the story without turning it into some…
Songs become anime pitches in real time.
Josh Clark and Chuck Bryant explain one topic per episode, from the bicameral mind to Boeing's MCAS.
Multi-part dramatized retellings of scandals like OceanGate's Titan and the Lehman Brothers collapse.
Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins dissect Oscar races, new releases, and Hollywood news.
Adam Kempenaar and Josh Larsen debate new releases, classics, and their own film rankings.
The hosts celebrate their 20th anniversary and 100th episode with casual banter about recording setup and upcoming topics.
A casual roundtable discussion about anime fandom with a Toronto focus, starting with banter about drinks and St.
The recording starts mid-fumble.
Two things first.
The hosts discuss the aftermath of the first Anime Revolution Toronto convention, sharing their experiences and opinions.
Two hosts catch up on podcasting hiatus, discuss their recording history, and plan a casual chat before one host picks up his sister from a delayed vacation.
The stream recovery is still hanging around the room.
A roundtable discussion about anime fandom from a Toronto perspective, covering various anime topics and opinions.
December 29th gets the quota slot, and the panel treats it like one.
The crew opens Anime North 2023 as night one winds down in the Delta Hotel Halton room.
The panel starts late, after a subway fire, some timing chaos, and a table full of mochi donuts.