- 1 hour 29 minutesEp. 475 - Flat as a Board (Golgo 13 The Professional)
Who said older movies are too slow? This week on the pod we watched 1983's Golgo 13: The Professional, the first anime adaptation of hitman Golgo 13 and the first anime to use (beautiful, smooth) computer graphics. It's an over-the-top male fantasy that (almost) never stops moving or being hilarious. We also talk about foreign languages, what an otaku really is, and our first videogames. |
20 May 2026, 4:28 am - 1 hour 7 minutesEp. 474 - Kill Em with Clouds (Witch Hat Atelier Eps. 4-6)
Can you believe we actually caught up to a current show? It's been a long time, but we like this one enough to do it. We watched more Witch Hat Atelier this week (eps 4-6), so next week we gotta do something else while they put out more episodes! We also talk about hantavirus, Evil Dead, fairy Pokemon, homework, and Soy Vay. |
13 May 2026, 4:06 pm - 1 hour 13 minutesEp. 473 - Keyfob (Witch Hat Atelier Eps. 1-3)
We do NOT make hats on the pod this week - we watched Spring 2026 hit Witch Hat Atelier instead. We also talk about Don't Look Now, Blue Prince, annoying side characters, and Vince Staples. |
6 May 2026, 9:08 pm - 1 hour 12 minutesEp. 472 - Got What I Needed (Battle Angel [Alita] 1-2)
Sticking to scrap-heap anime, we take a look at 1993 OVA Battle Angel...(Alita). It's two parts and it's on YouTube, definitely worth a look. We also talk about regional words, eating brains, dating a powerful robot girl, Fancy Nancy, and Terrace House. |
29 April 2026, 6:59 pm - 1 hour 1 minuteEp. 471 - Garbage Paradise (Gachiakuta Eps. 1-3)
It's trash time, folks. We watched last year's summer hit, Gachiakuta, episodes 1-3. Do we still even like shounen? Find out! We also talk about Testament, when to toss a plunger, and sitting in the way-back of your dad's car. |
22 April 2026, 9:01 pm - 46 minutes 55 secondsEp. 470 - What Are Angels (Angel's Egg)
It gets abstract this week on the podcast, as we watch Mamoru Oshii's semi-forgotten anime film, Angel's Egg, from 1985. We also talk about Anatomy of a Fall, loads of 80s bands, Peeps, and the Silverball pinball museum of Asbury Park NJ. |
15 April 2026, 4:04 am - 1 hour 3 minutesEp. 469 - Just Steal the Ring (Lupin III The Castle of Cagliostro)
Thanks to a Patreon supporter, it's finally time to dip our toes into the world of Lupin III - and to check out the first Miyazaki movie: The Castle of Cagliostro. We also talk about corporate transparency (vis-a-vis the baffling Steel Ball Run release schedule) and the flexatone. |
8 April 2026, 8:54 pm - 1 hour 3 minutesEp. 468 - A New Direction (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Steel Ball Run Ep. 2??)
[Go to 17:14 for SBR Episode 2-ish talk]
In a strange twist of fate, we got episode 2 of Steel Ball Run a lot earlier than we thought. It's pretty out there, but after the ending of part 6, all bets must be off! We may just have to consider this part of Araki's strange genius. Besides covering episodes 2.1, 2.2, and 2.3 of SBR, we also talk about Alyssa Liu's first pitch, game tutorials, what goes on in Netflix boardrooms, and what animes will tide us over while we wait for SBR to bring us back to the old West. |
1 April 2026, 4:01 am - 1 hour 31 minutesEp. 467 - Balls to the Wall (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Steel Ball Run Ep. 1)
WE'RE BACK! Well, we never left you - we've covered dozens and dozens of animes between the end of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 6 "Stone Ocean" and the long-overdue, glorious debut of Part 7, "Steel Ball Run." But we're finally about JoJo's again...for one week. We talk about the upcoming JoJo Caravan event at Kinokuniyas, how strange it is to know nothing about the next SBR episode, the doc Free Solo, robotic camel racing, and how to spell "accumulate." (Wow it's one M?) |
26 March 2026, 12:12 am - 1 hour 1 minuteEp. 466 - Tony Xerox (To Be Hero X Eps. 7-9)
On our last non-JoJo episode for a while (?) we talk about three more episodes of China's To Be Hero X, episodes 7-9. We're wrapping up the E-Soul arc and starting the Lucky Cyan one. We also talk about St. Patrick's Day, the Oscar winners, Frankie Valli, skating in church, and what a horse is. |
18 March 2026, 9:31 pm - 1 hour 21 minutesEp. 465 - Pregnant with Shame (To Be Hero X 4-6)
We return to China this week, to check out 3 more episodes of dònghuà To Be Hero X. We also talk about similar works like The Ice Storm and Grizzly Man. |
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