The Other Side - Episode 26: The Really Gross Episode

05/01/16 • 79 min

Alex is gone, but a new co-host arrives to take his place. Max Vader, German connoisseur of the strange and surreal, joins The Other Side as Cody’s new co-host. In his debut episode, Max joins Cody in a look at what is quite possibly the most sick and twisted thing those in the anime fandom must live with; the existence of hentai manga and doujin. When a horny, repressed Japanese artist is allowed to let his fetishes and sexual preferences run wild in an environment without any oversight or scrutiny, what the rest of the world gets is a slew of hornball horrors. Images that will burn themselves in your mind, and haunt your nightmares, all brought to you by people that you know, right off the bat, by virtue of just being a decent person, you are better than them. An underground cesspool of sheer sleaze alleviated only by the fact that, no matter how surreal and disgusting it is, it’s just drawings. It may not do much to help, but at least it’s something…

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The Other Side - Episode 31: You Should Be Watching

Everyone needs a break sometimes, and that includes Max and Cody. After dealing with terrible show after terrible show, and fandom bullcrap after fandom bullcrap, the boys decide to take a week off from all that. What better way than to highlight four superb series that everyone should check out, if they haven’t already! 2 from Max, 2 from Cody, the boys of The Other Side decide to play Oprah, with an anime equivalent of a book club! They’d call it an Anime Club, but considering the stigma attached to your typical high school anime club, they’ll stick to comparing themselves to Oprah Winfrey, thank you very much. If you haven’t seen these series, run out and do so. If you have, bask in their glory with us!

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The Other Side - Episode 25: Sayonara Alex

On Alex Barry’s last episode, the boys dissect the nature and origins of the negative reactions they’ve received.Butthurt. A word bandied about in such a casual manner, one tends to overlook its actual meaning. Its true nature. As Alex Barry says farewell to The Other Side, he and Cody can think of no more fitting a subject for his final podcast than an examination into the childish reactions their views, and the manner in which they’ve expressed them, have garnered from some people. From accusations of trolling, to outright temper tantrums, Cody and Alex (though mostly Cody) have evoked a sizable amount of ire from a substantial amount of people within the anime fandom. While Cody couldn’t be happier, he and Alex take it upon themselves to ask the burning question; why? Where does this unhealthy, childish rage come from?