Otaku Ryōhō

Gian cannot contain himself any longer and he chooses to start a discussion about the value of Slice of Life anime. He invites special guest Marc Cuiriz (Here Comes a Thought Podcast and The Codex Podcast) to talk about what about the genre inspires us. They all give examples of their favorite slice of life animes and why they are so meaningful. They also discuss how we define Slice of Life and its therapeutic value. Talking Points: Slice of Life, Mundane Experiences, Highschool, Relationships, Romance, Anime, Ordinary life, Extraordinary lives, magic, Students, Emotional Intelligence, shojo, shonen, Anime Mentioned: Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai, Clannad, Fruits Basket, Tora Dora, Rent-A-Girlfriend, Kaguya-sama: Love Is War, The Pet Girl from Sakurasou, Tonari no Seki-kun, The Ancient Magus Bride, Persona 5, Food Wars, Dragon Ball Z, Attack On Titan Junior High, Neon Genesis Evangelion: Angelic Days, Golden Time, Honey and Clover, Quintessential Quintuplets. Contact Us: Contact us in the Geek Therapy Forums: https://forum.geektherapy.com/ Join us in the Geek Therapy Discord Follow Gian Ramos on twitter @Psychogonically Follow Josue Cardona on twitter @JosueACardona Follow the Geek Therapy Network on twitter @Geektherapy The post Slice-of-Life is Nice and Wise appeared first on Otaku Ryōhō - Geek Therapy.

Gian tries his best to explain his favorite genre of Horror, the cosmic type. He uses Attack on Titan (Season 3) as an illustration of what happens when we are faced with threats or ideas that feel beyond our comprehension. He talks about H.P. Lovecraft’s beliefs about race and mental illness and how communities have utilized the framework of his work to talk about overwhelming experiences and fear of the unknown while still addressing the more pernicious aspects of his perspective. Josué and Gian disagree about how people would hypothetically react to cosmic threats. Gian talks about why the genre resonates so much with him. Talking Points: Cosmic Horror, Resiliency, Grand Scale, Anxiety, Despair, Existentialism, Rational Emotional Behavior Therapy, Race, Syphillis, Lovecraftian concept of the insane, Xenophobia, Lovecraft Anime Mentioned: Attack on Titan, Re: Zero – Starting Life in Another World, The Promised Neverland, Dragon Balls, Naruto Contact Us: Contact us in the Geek Therapy Forums: https://forum.geektherapy.com/ Join us in the Geek Therapy Discord Follow Gian Ramos on twitter @Psychogonically Follow Josue Cardona on twitter @JosueACardona Follow the Geek Therapy Network on twitter @Geektherapy The post Otaku Ryoho Mythos: Cosmic Horror in Anime appeared first on Otaku Ryōhō - Geek Therapy.

As they end Season 1, Gian and Josué talk about the Ryoho Experience. Josué talks about the benefit he gained from using anime as illustration to illustrate discussions on life and more complicated/fascinating matters. Gian talks about how viewing anime through the lens of another can change your world view and goes at length to talk about how Food Wars changed his life. They then talk about possible future themes and anime they would love to explore in the future. The post Understanding Life through Anime appeared first on Otaku Ryōhō - Geek Therapy.

Gian starts a discussion about the diverse representation of gender identities in anime. Special Guest Link Keller joins us to talk about the good, the bad and the ugly about the way anime has represented gender through the ages. We discuss Gender Nonconformance, Transgender, Non-binary identity and much more. Anime has featured characters of diverse gender identities years before western animation has caught on to the idea of gender diversity. Talking Points: Gender Identity, Gender norms, Biological Sex, Transgender, Non-Binary. Anime Mentioned: Revolutionary Girl Utena, Ouran Highschool Hosts club, Fruits Basket, Evangelion, Kino’s Journey, A Silent Voice, Ranma 1/2, Steins:Gate, Tokyo Ghoul, Wandering Son, My Hero Academia. Contact Us: Contact us in the Geek Therapy Forums: https://forum.geektherapy.com/ Join us in the Geek Therapy Discord Follow Gian Ramos on twitter @Psychogonically Follow Josue Cardona on twitter @JosueACardona Follow the Geek Therapy Network on twitter @Geektherapy The post Anime: The Gender Blender appeared first on Otaku Ryōhō - Geek Therapy.

Gian chooses to talk about a difficult topic near and dear to his heart, the timeless conflict between biology and behavior. Josue and Gian both dissect Beastars in an attempt to see how the series could be used to talk about race, gender and drug addiction. Gian talks about naturalistic bias when talking about male behavior in the context of the gender binary and dissects the idea that what is natural is not always ethical. Josue talks about the hopeless state of feeling out of control drawing parallels between Legoshi and drug addiction. Gian and Josue debate on their conflicting views on the amount of volition or choices available to people enduring drug addiction, spurring a long exploration on what it means to “have a choice” and the environmental and societal factors that influence said choice. Talking Points: Sexual urges, Hunger, Carnivore vs Herbivore, Binary Gender norms, Naturalistic bias, Biological Determinism, Drug addiction, Volition, Environmental factors, Societal factors, Opioid addiction, Alcohol addiction, Control, Interventions, Depression, Suicide Anime Mentioned: Beastars, Demon Slayer, Dragon Ball Contact Us: Contact us in the Geek Therapy Forums: https://forum.geektherapy.com/ Join us in the Geek Therapy Discord Follow Gian Ramos on twitter @Psychogonically Follow Josue Cardona on twitter @JosueACardona Follow the Geek Therapy Network on twitter @Geektherapy The post Biological Urges: Conflicts with Biology appeared first on Otaku Ryōhō - Geek Therapy.

Gian starts the conversation talking about his academic development from childhood and how media nurtured his love for academia growing up. They begin by raving about Cells at Work and the effective ways it mixes Medical Theory with the energy and explosiveness of a shonen anime. Then we talk about how Anime contributed to our religious education as children raised in Catholic households. Josue then talks about Food Wars and how it blends culinary art and science in a way that is fun and engaging. We then talk about other anime that spark our love for specific academic fields. Josue ends with a mention of Hentai and informal sexual education. Talking Points: Medicine, Education, Religious Education Anime Mentioned: Cells At Work, Comical Psychosomatic Medicine, Superbook, The Flying House, Food Wars, Dr. Stone, Aggretsuko Non-Anime Mentions: The Magic School Bus, The Cluefinders game series, Carmen Sandiego, Rami, Blackish, Fresh off the Boat. Contact Us: Contact us in the Geek Therapy Forums: https://forum.geektherapy.com/ Join us in the Geek Therapy Discord Follow Gian Ramos on twitter @Psychogonically Follow Josue Cardona on twitter @JosueACardona Follow the Geek Therapy Network on twitter @Geektherapy The post Education Anime: Knowledge is Power appeared first on Otaku Ryōhō - Geek Therapy.

Gian starts this round wanting to talk about how pain is represented conceptually in anime. He draws inspiration from Kiznaiver, an anime in which kids are forcibly connected by physical and emotional pain. Josue presents Bofuri an anime about a girl who makes herself impervious to pain in a virtual reality massively multiplayer online game. They talk about how Bofuri serves as a good reference point for conversations about tolerance and growth. Gian brings the topic of how shared pain or shared trauma can both bring us together an bring us apart. Then they talk about the representation of pain and illness in anime and the subjectivity of pain. Talking Points: Pain, Tolerance, Resilience, Growth, Sickness, Pain scales, Subjective Pain experiences, medical treatment of pain, pain neuroscience, nearsightedness, illness. Anime Mentioned: My Hero Academia, Kiznaiver, Bofuri, Dr. Stone, Samurai Champloo, Cells at Work. Non-anime Mentions: Trauma Center: Under the Knife, Lifesigns: Surgical Unit (The more accurate Surgery DS game) Contact Us: Contact us in the Geek Therapy Forums: https://forum.geektherapy.com/ Join us in the Geek Therapy Discord Follow Gian Ramos on twitter @Psychogonically Follow Josue Cardona on twitter @JosueACardona Follow the Geek Therapy Network on twitter @Geektherapy The post The Concept of Pain appeared first on Otaku Ryōhō - Geek Therapy.

Gian brought the topic of Judgment using the anime “Death Parade” to illustrate how difficult it is to impose judgments on others. The conversation moves across various anime in which the concept of judgment as punishment is applied as well as anime in which the concept of judgment as an assessment is applied. Josué and Gian disagree on the definitions of Judgement that they employed throughout the conversation highlighting the complexity of the philosophical discussion. They talk about curses as forms of judgments in Dororo and Ranma as well as the judgment component of breaking natural laws in full metal alchemist. The discussion then pivots in on about ethical decision making and codes of ethics. Talking Points: Religious Judgement, Murder, Ethical Dilemmas, Morality, Principles, Virtues, Code of Ethics, The Trolley Problem, Legal issues, Institutional codes of ethics. Anime Mentioned: Death Parade, Death Note, Ranma 1/2, Psycho-Pass, Dororo, Dragon Ball Z/Super, Princess Mononoke, Full metal alchemist. Contact Us: Contact us in the Geek Therapy Forums: https://forum.geektherapy.com/ Join us in the Geek Therapy Discord Follow Gian Ramos on twitter @Psychogonically Follow Josue Cardona on twitter @JosueACardona Follow the Geek Therapy Network on twitter @Geektherapy The post Judgment: Ethical and otherwise appeared first on Otaku Ryōhō - Geek Therapy.

Round #3: Gian chooses to talk about Language, Accessibility of Language and Deafness using the 2016 Kyoto Animation movie, A Silent Voice. He is quickly taken aback by Josué’s unexpectedly extensive history with Sign Language and the Deaf Community. They discuss the themes discussed in the movie as well as whether the movie is truly about deafness or about something else altogether. Gian wildly deviates from the Ryoho format to geek out about the movie and the themes it explores. Talking Points: Accessibility, Deafness, Language, Defining Disability, Hearing Aids, Suicidal Ideation, Suicide, Trauma, Chronic Mental Illness, Deaf Community, Sign Language, Bullying, Resilience, Redemption, Empathy. Anime Mentioned: A Silent Voice, Azumanga Daioh Non-Anime Mentions: Lost in Translation Reference Links: National Association of the Deaf Contact Us: Contact us in the Geek Therapy Forums: https://forum.geektherapy.com/ Join us in the Geek Therapy Discord Follow Gian Ramos on twitter @Psychogonically Follow Josue Cardona on twitter @JosueACardona Follow the Geek Therapy Network on twitter @Geektherapy The post Deafness, Accessibility, and Language appeared first on Otaku Ryōhō - Geek Therapy.

Round #1: Welcome to the Otaku Ryōhō Podcast! A podcast where we talk about psychological themes using anime as illustration. In this episode, Josué and Gian introduce themselves and each detail their history with anime growing up. Each of them discloses their history of what brought them to anime growing up as well as what aspects of anime speak to them the most. Lastly, they talk about their favorite anime genres and then proceed to lay ground rules of the Otaku Ryōhō format. Talking Points: Language and Cultural differences, collecting anime, accessibility of anime, anime in Latin America/Puerto Rico, family relationships, favorite genres, fandom, resilience, Mecha, Shounen, Shojo, emotional expression, Slice-Of-Life, Subs and Dubs Anime Mentioned: Astro Boy, Digimon, One Piece, Dragon Ball Z, Dragon Ball Super, Fruits Basket, Yu Yu Hakusho, Naruto, My Hero Academia, Escaflowne, The Pet Girl of Sakurasou, Raxephon, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Gundam, Your Lie In April, Grave of the Fireflies, The Ancient Magus Bride, Ranma 1/2. Reference Links: Contact Us: Contact us in the Geek Therapy Forums: https://forum.geektherapy.com/Join us in the Geek Therapy Discord Follow Gian Ramos on twitter @PsychogonicallyFollow Josué Cardona on twitter @JosueACardonaFollow the Geek Therapy Network on twitter @Geektherapy The post Presenting Otaku Ryōhō! appeared first on Otaku Ryōhō - Geek Therapy.