154 – Anime Interlude 5 – Welcome to the Ballroom

154 – Anime Interlude 5 – Welcome to the Ballroom

On this episode our buddy Miki’s Stopwatch stops by to join us in discussing this season’s hot(mostly not) anime and older stuff as well: Welcome to the Ballroom, Magical Circle(Mahoujin Guru Guru), Made in Abyss, Restaurant to Another World(Isekai Shokudou), Haibane Renmei, Ashita no Joe, Snow White with the Red Hair(Akagami no Shirayuki-hime), Love and Lies(Koi to Uso), Gamers!, Kakeguri: Compulsive Gambler, My First Girlfriend is a Gal(Hajimete no Gal), Clean Freak! Aoyama-kun(Keppeki Danshi! Aoyama-kun), and RIN-NE(Kyokai no Rinne)! Also, Miki praises BEASTARS & The Ancient Magus’ Bride, we talk about the money behind anime streaming services, we talk about finding a theater that will show obscure anime movies, we talk about the New York Review of Books reviewing Ichi-F, darfox notices a change in Shuzo Oshimi’s art style, dakazu loves a tale of imaginary girl training victims in Chuni no Danshi to Dairokkan, and we debate the appeal of dark, weird, interesting manga like Naraku no Hitsuji!!!

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150 – One Shot 6 – Tomie with Dawn “Usamimi”

150 – One Shot 6 – Tomie with Dawn “Usamimi”

Welcome to our mega-sized 150th episode! Seamus is out but Dawn “Usamimi” from the Anime Nostalgia Podcast returns to talk about horror manga! We take an in-depth look at Junji Ito’s earlier work Tomie and talk about Junji Ito’s other works, the live-action movie series, answer what qualifies as horror, and suggest other horror manga! We also discuss rewatching Eureka Seven: AO, seeing Kiki’s Delivery Service in theaters, praise for Goodnight Punpun, the lovable delinquents of Slam Dunk & Yu Yu Hakusho, the guilty pleasures of Dragon Ball Super, finally watching My Hero Academia, the bad seasons of Yamishibai: Japanese Ghost Stories, the reboot of Magical Circle(Mahoujin Guru Guru), the upcoming Netflix’s CG reboot of Saint Seiya, the live-action Ajin: Demi-Human, the Psycho-Pass season that ‘shall not be discussed’, hate watching The Lost Village, hype for Devilman Crybaby, Masaaki Yuasa’s The Night is Short, Walk On Girl & Lu Over the Wall, bio-flesh horror in A.I.C.O. Incarnation, the anime adaptation of Golden Kamuy, bad CG in BERSERK, the live-action One Piece TV show, and an email from BEASTARS creator Paru Itagaki!!!

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