Retro Anime Podcast - The Classic, The Obscure, The Forgotten.

Retro Anime Podcast

The Classic, The Obscure, The Forgotten. Covering anime from the 60's to the 90's. Ian and Lewis watch and review the anime that Ian grew up with 30 years ago, what will modern anime viewer Lewis think of the Old Man's tastes?

  • 1 hour 5 minutes
    #35 The Good, The Bad and The Ugly Part 1 - The Good
    In the first part of their The Good, The Bad and The Ugly series Ian and Lewis start with The Good with reviews of two of Ian's all time favourite anime films, Isao Takahata's Only Yesterday and Satoshi Kon's Perfect Blue.
    7 June 2024, 12:00 am
  • 1 hour 26 minutes
    #34 How Long Were You Alone With That Dog
    1986 and 1987 saw a trio of sci-fi thriller OVAs released that all wore their clear Hollywood influences on their sleeves and had a lot of similarities to each other, so Ian and Lewis round them up for collective reviews of Roots Search, Hell Target and Lily C.A.T.
    28 December 2023, 12:00 am
  • 1 hour 3 minutes
    #33 War Stories and Beer
    Two real curios this time as Ian and Lewis take a look at a couple of rather unique war themed films with animal based characters with review's of Osamu Tezuka's 1981 film Bremen 4 - Angels in Hell and the 1985 film Penguin's Memory - A Tale of Happiness made on the back of a series of Suntory beer commercials.
    28 April 2023, 12:00 am
  • 1 hour 28 minutes
    #32 Mecha March 2023
    For this special episode of the podcast Ian and Lewis welcome Craig from the companion Retro Mecha Podcast to review something particularly beloved to Ian as the trio take a deep dive into 1980 puppet show X-Bomber and its Western localisation Star Fleet.
    10 March 2023, 12:00 am
  • 43 minutes 35 seconds
    #31 Toy Families
    A true case of the Ying and the Yang as Ian and Lewis take a look at two very different OVAs from the never licensed pot with reviews of the legendary TO-Y and not so legendary Yagami-kun's Family Affair.
    21 January 2023, 12:00 am
  • 54 minutes 39 seconds
    #30 Silent But Never Forgotten
    In a tribute to Dan Auty, a school friend of Ian's who helped form his love of anime and who inspired the podcast but who sadly passed away recently, Ian and Lewis review the two Silent Mobius movies based on Kia Asamiya's manga. The first Silent Mobius movie was on the first VHS fansub tape Ian ever saw back in the early 90's which was provided by Dan.
    24 June 2022, 12:00 am
  • 59 minutes 10 seconds
    #29 Hot in the City Tonight
    Mokkori! A franchise built on the colourful adventures of a lecherous private detective and his long suffering partner; City Hunter spans numerous TV series, films and specials. Ian and Lewis take a look a the first three films as an entry point into the franchise with reviews of .357 Magnum, Bay City Wars and Million Dollar Conspiracy.
    19 December 2021, 12:00 am
  • 59 minutes 55 seconds
    #28 Dragons! Dragons Everywhere!
    In what has become an unintended running theme, Ian and Lewis review another couple of dragon themed 80's OVAs with reviews of Xanadu - Legend of the Dragonslayer and Dragon Century.
    22 August 2021, 12:00 am
  • 1 hour 3 minutes
    #27 Plucked From Obscurity (Again)
    Delving back into the world of obscure 80's OVAs that never got past the LaserDisc stage in Japan, Ian subjects Lewis to another couple of oddities as they review Nayuta and Whatever, White Bear
    10 May 2021, 12:00 am
  • 54 minutes 56 seconds
    #26 Mecha March 2021
    As part of the collaborative coverage with Retro Mecha Podcast and Anime Head's Retro World for Mecha March 2021, Ian and Lewis take a look at some Mecha OVAs with female Mecha as the titular focus with reviews of the anime adaptation of Masamune Shirow's manga Black Magic M-66 and the anime adaptation of the ARIEL light novel series ARIEL Visual and ARIEL Deluxe.
    21 March 2021, 12:00 am
  • 59 minutes 13 seconds
    #25 Vroom Vroom Angels
    Ian indulges in one of his passions and makes Lewis sit through a couple of motorcycle racing OVAs from the 80s as they review Bari Bari Densetsu and Circuit Angel - Resolving Starting Grid.
    8 February 2021, 12:00 am
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