#163 - Halloween Special 2025: Pet Shop of Horrors (1999)

#163 - Halloween Special 2025: Pet Shop of Horrors (1999)

Author: Third Impact Anime Podcast October 20, 2025 Duration: 1:34:30
Make sure to only give water and vegetables to all your trick or treaters this Halloween or terrible things could happen! Sully, Tori, and Austin present our 2025 Halloween episode with a review of the 4-episode anime series Pet Shop of Horrors based on the manga by Matsuri Akino. We are also completely serious about reviewing all of Hetalia: Axis Powers if we reach over $1,000 per month on Patreon. Only you can make that happen, listener! Inflict upon us the greatest conceivable horror this Halloween. Time stamps 00:00:00 - Introduction and opening question chat 00:09:45 - Pet Shop of Horrors discussion 00:33:23 - Pet Shop of Horrors background and history 00:48:28 - Pet Shop of Horrors discussion (cont.) 01:22:31 - Final thoughts and the English dub discussion (it's dated!) 01:30:12 - Outro Have you seen Pet Shop of Horrors? Which episode was your favorite? Let us know by sending us an email at thirdimpactanime@gmail.com and we'll discuss it on the show. If you enjoy this or any other episode, leave us a Rating and Review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or elsewhere! Show notes are available on our website: www.thirdimpactanime.com More helpful links: https://beacons.ai/thirdimpactanime Follow us on Bluesky at thirdimpactanime.bsky.social Follow us on Instagram at instagram.com/ThirdImpactAnime Follow us on tumblr at thirdimpactanime.tumblr.com Listen & Subscribe on Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | Podbean Support us on Ko-Fi | Patreon

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