Wes has Jenn play the Switch remake of Links Awakening. They discuss the differences between the old and new, the Japanese and English, and modern games.
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Otafu Susume – POLL – Spring Anime 2020
Jenn and Wes recommended Spring Anime 2020 to each other, but they want YOU to recommend an anime to them to watch! Check out this poll!
Otafu Susume 16 – Ecchi Manga With Feelings (My Dress-Up Darling)
My Dress-Up Darling, an ecchi manga with feelings! Who would have thought a fan service manga would make my wife cry.
Otafu Susume 30 – Getting Spoopy! (Hocus Pocus)
It's the season for spooks! But because my spouse doesn't like scary things we're watching the 1993 Disney classic Hocus Pocus!
Otafu Susume 24 – Brand New Podcast (BNA)
Now it's out of Netflix hell, there's a spoiler free look at Studio Trigger's brand new anime, Brand New Animal aka BNA! Recommended by podcast listeners!
Otafu Susume 52 – Metroid Dreadful (Metroid Dread)
More like Metroid Dread-ful! Mwarp mwarp! OK, jokes aside this game was pants but it make for a great discussion!
Otafu Susume 47 – Fancy Foodball (Ted Lasso)
Otaku spouses watch Ted Lasso even though one of them doesn't like sports...especially football.
Otafu Susume 25 – Bakarina’s Bisexual Joy (HameFura)
Otaku couple watch the bisexual harem isekai anime HameFura and are so enthralled that they read the manga and light novel too! Then talk about it!
Otafu Susume 21 – Aesthetics and Animation (Eizouken)
Fellow podcaster recommended Eizouken, so our otaku couple decide to discuss the aesthetics and animation of Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!
Otafu Susume 56 – High Class Romance (Bridgerton)
Join our otaku spouses as they make their debut in the upper crust of society with the first season of Bridgerton?!
Otafu Susume 32 – Digital Monsters (Digimon Card Game)
Digimon digital monsters are BACK in a whole new Digimon Card Game that's surprisingly easy to get into AND fun to play!
Otafu Susume 41 – Steampunk Spy Adventures (Princess Principal)
Otaku spouse talk about historic representation, anime architecture, and a good old spy adventure in Princess Principal.
Otafu Susume 36 – Jump To It! (Spy Family)
Otaku spouses talk about the Jump manga Spy Family. Is it hitting the target or is it just shooting blanks?
Otafu Susume 48 – Firefly the Anime (Outlaw Star)
Outlaw Star, a space western that's shooting off after treasure but isn't entirely concerned about when it gets there.
Otafu Susume 34 – Dying 13,000 Times Together (Celeste)
Wes and Jenn play Celeste together and by together we mean Jenn started it then Wes stole it and she never saw him again...
Otafu Susume 28 – Lovable Dysfunctional Heroes (Umbrella Academy)
What does Wes think of the Netflix adaptation of Umbrella Academy and how does it compare to Jenn's childhood nostalgia of the comic?
Otafu Susume 40 – Vamo’ alla FFIX (Final Fantasy IX)
Otaku spouse agreed to play Final Fantasy IX before they got married. 5 years after their wedding and he finally plays it!
Otafu Susume 59 – Smells Like Romance (Sweat and Soap)
The otaku spouse get hot and sweaty with the adult romance manga Sweat and Soap! But can a romance be cute when it's based on assault?
Otafu Susume 45 – No, Wait, Hear Us Out! (Centaurworld)
Who would have thought this random Netflix cartoon would be one of the best shows of 2021 and possibly one of the best musicals ever?
Otafu Susume 46 – It’s Not Isekai (To Your Eternity)
The otaku spouse try the anime To Your Eternity, but did it live up to expectations or did it refuse to die over and over again?
Otafu Susume 34 – An Hour of RAGE (FFVII Remake)
Otaku spouses rage for an hour about the new FFVII Remake. OK we didn't really hate we just had very strong opinions.
Otafu Susume 13 – The Promised Recommendation (Yakusoku no Neverland)
Yakusoku no Neverland (The Promised Neverland) obsessed spouse makes other spouse read the manga. Check out these spouses' review of an amazing shonen manga
Otafu Susume 04 – Magical Mazinga Madness (Mazinga Z: Infinity)
Wes drags his spouse Jenn along to the cinema to see Go Nagai's Mazinga Z Infinity, a worthwhile film for a non-fan or a confusing 50 year anniversary…
Otafu Susume 54 – Nerds In Spaaace! (Project Hail Mary)
Our otaku spouses rant and rave about the amazing sci-fi thriller Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir. Various levels of spoilers discussed!
Otafu Susume 27 – The Protagonist is a Lie (RE:Creators)
An isekai story with a twist! In RE:Creators anime and game heroes come to our world, but when everyone's a hero, no one is.
Otafu Susume 57 – Murder, Bots, and Capitalism (Murderbot Diaries)
Jenn and Wes join an autistic robot as it bounces from one end of the galaxy to the other battling capitalism—though not entirely by choice.
Otafu Susume 08 – Penguins, Penguins, Penguins (Penguin Highway Movie)
Positively Popping with Plenty of Penguins! Join Jenn and Wes as they explore the world of Penguin Highway and all of its trippy aquatic waterfowl.
Otafu Susume 09 – Gundam Thunderbolts Are GO! (Gundam Thunderbolt)
Wes recommends Gundam Thunderbolt to Jenn - her FIRST ever Gundam?! And wait...she thinks Zeon are the GOOD GUYS?! What the-?!
Otafu Susume 02 – Nuns With Guns (Trigun and Chrono Crusade)
Nuns with guns and insurance claim fraud runs rampant in the latest episode of Recommendation for My Otaku Spouse. Jen and Wes recommends Trigun and Chrono Crusade to each…
Otafu Susume 31 – Batty About Bats (Batman: The Long Halloween)
It's Halloween which means a great time for two otaku spouses to talk about Batman: The Long Halloween and complain about modern comics!
Otafu Susume 53 – All Aboard the Chaos Train! (Bullet Train)
Join two otaku who live in Japan (and happen to be married to each other) on board the movie Bullet Train as they judge the crap out of…
Otafu Susume 06 – The PROMARE of Premier (Promare – Studio Trigger)
Otaku spouses drag each other to the cinema to see Promare - Studio Trigger in all its glory! Was it a burning success or just a burn-out?
Otafu Susume 58 – Very Woke, Not Broke (The Owl House)
Join otaku spouse Jenn and Wes as they travel through a mystical portal into a world of witches, demons, and titans in The Owl House.
Otafu Susume 51 – The Non-Isekai Isekai (The Faraway Paladin)
The otaku spouse have not had a great track record with isekai, but will this story fall into the same old tired tropes?
Otafu Susume 37 – Darn Kids and Their Phones (Dennou Coil)
Spouses discuss the anime original Dennou Coil, how children interact with tech and how this original story compares to other anime.
Otafu Susume 39 – From the Maiko House (Kiyo in Kyoto)
Otaku spouse chat about the manga and anime of Kiyo in Kyoto: from the Maiko House. A strange advertisement of Japan for everyone!
Otafu Susume 26 – Recommend Your Own Adventure (The Stanley Parable)
Wife recommends The Stanley Parable and makes spouse reminice on the good-old-days of choose your own adventure books and how these games have evolved.
Otafu Susume 15 – An Addiction to Japanese Pro-Wrestling (My Dad is a Heel Wrestler)
Japanese professional wrestling is probablythe weirdest sport(?) Wes has got his spouse hooked on. So they just HAD to watch My Dad is a Heel Wrestler.
Otafu Susume 03 – Western Comic Swap (Blacksad and Seven to Eternity)
Geeky spouses recommend western comics Blacksad and Seven to Eternity to each other and critic each other's choices. Which comes out on top?
Otafu Susume 18 – Manga vs Anime (Kase-san and Morning Glories)
Wes recommends another romance...and this time it's about cute girls love!!! Otaku spouses compare the anime and manga of Kase-san and Morning Glories.
Otafu Susume 50 – Wishes it Was Beauty and the Beast (Belle)
Otaku spouse sit down and watch Belle, Mamoru Hosoda's latest film which is a sight and sound to watch! But does the story hold up?
Otafu Susume 14 – Weird Japanese Murder Mystery Movie (Shijinsou no Satsujin)
When Jenn got hooked on the weird Japanese murder mystery Shijinso no Satsujin she just HAD to drag her spouse along to the even weirder movie adaptation.
Otafu Susume 33 – Sho-jo Cool (Shikimori’s Not Just a Cutie)
Shikimori's Not Just a Cutie, she's a hot sexy cool girlfriend who will do anything for her boyfriend Izumi. But Wes wasn't a fan!?
Otafu Susume 12 – FUKUOKA! (Aren’t Girls Who Speak Hakata-ben Cute?)
We moved to Fukuoka last year and highly recommend it! Or at least check out the manga "Don't You Think Girls Who Talk in Hakata Dialect Are Cute?"
Otafu Susume 07 – It’s Like Thor Ragnarok…But NOT (Planet Hulk)
This week Recommendations for My Otaku Spouse discusses Planet Hulk and it's MCU counter-part, Thor Ragnarok! Is Hulk a SMASHING success or a big green dud?
Otafu Susume 22 – War is Hell (Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin)
War is hell, but revenge is sweet. Two otaku spouses take a look at the OVAs for Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin and the rise of Char.
Otafu Susume 42 – Fate Stay Knives (Kara no Kyokai – Overlooking View)
Otaku spouses watch Kara no Kyokai Overlooking View, the first Kara no Kyokai movie based on the light novel by the author of Fate.
Otafu Susume 29 – WAY Better Than Kono Suba (Princess Connect! Re:Dive)
Can an anime based on a generic fantasy gatcha game REALLY be that good? The otaku spouses talk about Princess Connect! Re:Dive!
Otafu Susume 19 – OG Magical Girls (Sailor Moon and Cardcaptor Sakura)
A fated battle of childhood nostalgia and magical girls! Wes and Jenn make each other watch the original Sailor Moon and Cardcaptor Sakura anime.
Otafu Susume 35 – I Loved It You Hated It (2021 Q&A)
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Otafu Susume 05 – Love is Hard for Otaku Spouses (Rough and Wotakoi)
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