Today’s edition of the Otakus Must Die podcast starts out with coverage of Crunchyroll’s recent news that it is going to co-produce anime. As per a listener’s request, Alex and Jared give their thoughts on the Kizumonogatari trailer. Jared then reads through some of the other listener feedback that the podcast has received thus far, and it goes straight to Ben’s head.

Later the team goes over the currently airing series that they’ve been keeping up with. Ben brings up the recent yaoi-centric South Park episode, Jared loves the concept of Shomin Sample, and Alex talks about Noragami season 2 as well as season 2 of Haikyuu!. Other reviews include Shirobaku and the Tamayura series.

The show closes with a new segment in which Alex attempts to teach Ben and Jared some basic Japanese phrases. Today’s brief lesson: Japanese greetings.

Otakus Must Die Episode 8: More Aggressive!

Here are the relevant links from today’s podcast:

• Crunchyroll, Sumitomo to Co-Produce Anime @ animenewsnetwork.com
• Surge of Overseas Tourists Visiting Anime ‘Holy Lands’ @ animenewsnetwork.com
• KIZUMONOGATARI( I TEKKETSU) Trailer @ youtube.com
• Sword Art Online Game Launch @ animenewsnetwork.com
• First Look at the New Macross Anime @ kotaku.com
• Jared’s Anime-Planet Profile @ anime-planet.com