Check if your favourite animes have official radios/podcasts!

It is not an exaggeration to say I owe most of my listening skills to those official radios/podcasts. Also deepened my love of puns and other wordplay!

For those who are unfamiliar, these radio shows / podcasts are usually 30min\~1hr long audio shows hosted by one or more main voice actors/actresses of the anime. Sometimes other voice actors or staff(of animation, sound design, director , singers/band members of OP/ED, etc.) are invited. They talk about the latest aired episode, read and respond to letters from the fans, play games, interview the guest, share stories from behind the scenes, and so much more. Also they inform you of the latest releases of merch, pop-up shops and other events ~~so I can sulk about not being able to buy/attend any of them because they’re all in Japan and I am not~~.

Links to shows of some of the popular anime are:

* [SPYxFAMILY Operation Podcast](https://open.spotify.com/show/5vSDpbHdx2YaXQPWzLSFri?si=b7d2e2edda3b4d45)
* [ANIZON – Bleach TYBW](https://open.spotify.com/show/6K5xIlszMAmrbveCk035T9?si=69470d57d7294b61)
* [Jujutsu Kaisen Talk + Audio Commentary](https://open.spotify.com/show/24s1gq2QNlYGwGLpGYYDuS)
* Kaguya-sama Love is War has two shows: [Love Stream](https://open.spotify.com/show/25LhAkJUPMppdhzgKL73QR?si=1813c31812c24bcd) and [Confession Radio](https://open.spotify.com/show/5dwCjFxsfllx7OESood1q9)
* Attack on Titan has one but [Episode 99](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pqEEOkJ5mI) is the only one I can find as free official link
* [ODDTAXI RADIO](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLALPKX9PTmBbD9lOTxIQ3hff-AByt5bQ_)
* [Haikyuu!! Karasuno Highschool Broadcasting Club](https://www.animatetimes.com/radio/details.php?id=haikyu_radio&m=l)
* [Ranking of Kings](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dA_IQ9sfAz4)(this one is in video format)
* [Tokyo Revengers Radio](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOYQJ6HjccvZZqstkTUoeRlfI-0XjrEYy)

Some of the older anime(ones stopped airing) are no longer available for free online as they are packaged into radio CDs for sale, such as

* [Kuroko no Basuke Radio Club](http://tv.kurobas.com/cd/radio/index.php)
* Bungo Stray Dogs web radio
* Run with the Wind Radio
* older radio episodes of shows like Haikyuu!! and Attack on Titan

If you are wanting to see if your favourite anime has a radio show online, here are some common keywords used with the titles of said shows:

* Radio: ラジオ
* WebRadio: ウェブラジオ
* Podcast: ポッドキャスト
* Broadcasting: 放送

Note that the shows listed above are only the ones I have listened to / come across and there are so, so many more shows out there. Please do share official links to some of your favourite shows in the comments!

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