28. May 2017

Episode 30: Very Vidya

In this very video game centric episode, John is kicking off the show with his Review of Akiba’s Trip and talks about why you might wanna pay a visit to this animated version of Akihabara as well. Then the gang discusses at length, why video game adaptions are a tricky beast and if Tales of Zestiria the X was able to overcome those mandatory hurdles.

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Reviews:

Akiba’s Trip: The Animation (1:10)

Tales of Zestiria the X (16:49)

Crunchyroll: “Akiba’s Trip” Character Name Puns Explained

Anime NOW: Things You Might Not Have Known about Upcoming Anime Akiba’s Trip

Anime NOW: Akiba’s Trip’s Street Fighter Episode Is a Love Letter to Gamers

Anime NOW: AKIBA’S TRIP’s Latest Episode Is a Fabulous Parody of Yu-Gi-Oh!

Anime News Network: A Beginner’s Guide to Tales RPGs

Anime NOW: The Cute and Silly Episode Previews for Tales of Zestiria Keep Me Coming Back

Anime NOW: Tales of Zestiria the X Makes Playing Berseria an Emotionally Crushing Experience

14. May 2017

Episode 29: Breadly Revenge

Kicking off this episode filled with revenge plots, demonic possessions, political intrigue and…bread, John is delivering his review of the not so slightly mean-spirited romcom Masamune-kun’s Revenge. Then CC explains why watching both seasons of Blue Exorcist is not an easily achievable flawless viewing experience. Last but not least, the gang discusses why ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Dept. is a slow but good burn.

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Reviews:

Masamune-kun’s Revenge (2:01)

Blue Exorcist: Kyoto Saga (17:29)

ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Dept. (31:41)

Anime News Network – The Beginner’s Guide to Blue Exorcist

Anime NOW – Food and Ideology: The Banal Evil of ACCA

Anime NOW – The Concept of Peace in ACCA

23. April 2017

Episode 28: Drakonic Relationships

Anime Spring Season 2017 is here, so John and CC give you a short preview of several interesting new series in the Sneak Peek. Then they wrap up the show with their first review from Winter Season 2017: Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid.

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Sneak Peek:

Berserk – Season 2 (2:10)

Boruto: Naruto Next Generations (3:44)

Armed Girl’s Machiavellism (8:47)

My Hero Academia – Season 2 (12:02)

Sakura Quest (16:15)

KADO – The Right Answer (22:10)

Granblue Fantasy (25:19)

Rage of Bahamut: Virgin Soul (29:51)

Atom: The Beginning (32:57)

Grimoire of Zero (37:04)

Sword Oratoria: Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? On the Side (40:47)

What do you do at the end of the world? Are you busy? Will you save us? (43:46)

Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend Flat (48:58)

Re:CREATORS (53:22)

Attack on Titan – Season 2 (59:18)

Review:

Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid (1:05:45)

Crunchyroll FEATURE: Why It Works: Dragon Maids and Magical Realism

Crunchyroll FEATURE: Anime vs. Real Life – “Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid”

2. April 2017

Episode 27: Fisticuffs and Fairytales

In this season finale John talks about the magical girl slugfest ViVid Strike!, the newest entry in the long-running Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha series, and gives you a brief introduction to the franchise as a whole.

Then the gang wraps up with Flip Flappers, a flawed, but nonetheless thoroughly enjoyable fantasy adventure, with enamoring surreal imagery.

Last but not least John and CC pick their favorite show from Fall season 2016.

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Reviews:

ViVid Strike! (1:30)

Flip Flappers (26:53)

Best of the Season (53:47)

Anime NOW! – ViVid Strike! and Tiger Mask W Have More in Common Than Just Martial Arts

Anime NOW! – The Antagonist of ViVid Strike! Is Straight out of a Fairy Tale Gone Wrong

Anime News Network: Flip Flappers Episodes 1-13 Streaming Review

Anime News Network: Flip Flappers Episode Reviews

Crunchyroll FEATURE: Head Space – “FLIP FLAPPERS” Mirrors, Reversals, and Returns

Crunchyroll FEATURE: Why It Works: A Worlds Tour of Flip Flappers, Part One

Crunchyroll FEATURE: Head Space – “FLIP FLAPPERS” The Psychic Prison

Crunchyroll FEATURE: Why It Works: “FLIP FLAPPERS” Fearful Symmetry

Crunchyroll FEATURE: Queer Discovery in “Flip Flappers”

Crunchyroll FEATURE: Sakuga Blog – “FLIP FLAPPERS” Episodes 7 and 8

Crunchyroll FEATURE: Head Space – “FLIP FLAPPERS” Jung and the Journey of Self-Discovery

Crunchyroll FEATURE: The Colorful Voice of “Flip Flappers”

Crunchyroll FEATURE: Why It Works: “Flip Flappers” Unspoken Stories

Crunchyroll FEATURE: Genre Bending, Horror and “Flip Flappers”

Crunchyroll FEATURE: “Flip Flappers”: Mad Max meets Magical Girls?

Crunchyroll FEATURE: Why It Works: FLIP FLAPPERS’ Lonely World of Windows and Doors

Crunchyroll FEATURE: Making (Some) Sense of “Flip Flappers”

Crunchyroll FEATURE: “Flip Flappers” and Sensory Storytelling

19. March 2017

Episode 26: Brass ‘n’ Booty

John opens up this episode by talking about why Sound! Euphonium is near and dear to his musical heart and possibly his favorite KyoAni show up to date.

Then the gang dives into the B&B (Butts and Boobs) fighting Anime Keijo!!!!!!!! and CC elaborates on why he deems it a legit good show, instead of another fan service-laden failure.

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Reviews:

Sound! Euphonium (1:10)

Keijo!!!!!!!! (28:46)

Crunchyroll FEATURE: Why It Works: Sound! Euphonium’s Tempestuous Muse, Part One

Crunchyroll FEATURE: Why It Works: Sound! Euphonium’s Tempestuous Muse, Part Two

Crunchyroll FEATURE: Anime vs. Real Life – “Sound! Euphonium” [Part 1]

Crunchyroll FEATURE: Anime vs. Real Life – “Sound! Euphonium” [Part 2]

Crunchyroll FEATURE: Anime vs. Real Life – “Sound! Euphonium” [Part 3]

Crunchyroll FEATURE: Anime vs. Real Life – “Sound! Euphonium 2”

Anime NOW! – Sound! Euphonium 2 Is Giving Me Flashbacks to High School

Anime NOW! – Sound! Euphonium 2 Shows That Quiet Does Not Mean Emotionless

Anime NOW! – No One’s Special in Sound! Euphonium, and That’s Perfect

Anime News Network: How Keijo Won the Gold in Fanservice

Crunchyroll FEATURE: Anime vs. Real Life – “Keijo!!!!!!!!”

Crunchyroll NEWS: “Keijo!!!!!!!!” Defends Its Cred as Serious Sports Drama

Anime NOW! – Why Isn’t Keijo!!!!!!!! a Real Sport Already?

Anime NOW! – The Game and Anime References in Keijo!!!!!!!! You Might Have Missed

5. March 2017

Episode 25: Serv.ice Personnel

On this episode John gets down to business, with the restaurant comedy spin-off series WWW.WORKING!!.

Then things get frosty, as CC talks about his lukewarm feelings on the smash hit Yuri!!! on Ice and tries to explain why he couldn’t quite connect to the show.

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Reviews:

WWW.WORKING!! (1:30)

Yuri!!! on Ice (19:32)

Crunchyroll FEATURE: Cooking With Anime – Pudding from “WWW.WORKING!!”

Crunchyroll FEATURE: Anime vs. Real Life – Fall Season Roundup

ANIME NOW! – WWW.Working!! Is a Perfect Jumping-on Point

Yuri!!! on Ice Reviews on Anime News Network

Anime News Network: What’s So Gay About Yuri!!! on Ice?

Mother’s Basement: What’s in a Scene? – Fixing Yuri!!! on Ice

Anime News Network: ANNCast Episode 285 – El Gee Bee Tee

Crunchyroll: Champion Figure Skater Evgenia Medvedeva Obsessed With “Yuri On Ice”

Crunchyroll FEATURE: Anime vs. Real Life – “Yuri!!! On ICE”

Crunchyroll FEATURE: Cooking With Anime – Katsudon from “Yuri!!! on ICE”

Crunchyroll FEATURE: “Yuri!!! On ICE” and the Ambition of Sayo Yamamoto

Crunchyroll FEATURE: Head Space – “Yuri!!! on ICE” Revelations Done Right

Crunchyroll FEATURE: Found in Translation – Why I Love “Yuri!!! on ICE”

Crunchyroll FEATURE: 10 Anime to Watch if You Loved ‘Yuri!!! On ICE’

ANIME NOW! – Yuri!!! On ICE Cuts Deep… Real Deep

ANIME NOW! – Coaching the Coach in Yuri!!! On ICE

ANIME NOW! – Meet the Real-life “Yuri on Ice”

13. February 2017

Episode 24: The Number of the Best

On this episode, John dives into the slightly edgy world of Girlish Number and talks about its cynical views on the Anime, Idol and voice acting industry.

CC wraps up the show with his monologue-heavy hymn of praise for the first three seasons of Sports Anime Highlight Haikyuu!!

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Reviews:

Girlish Number (6:01)

Haikyuu!! (28:37)

Crunchyroll FEATURE: Why It Works: Girlish Number’s Insult Crossfire

Anime NOW!: The Joke behind Girlish Number’s New Manager

Crunchyroll FEATURE: Aniwords – Haikyu!! and Capturing the Magic of Intensity

Mother’s Basement: What’s in an OP? – How Haikyuu Gets You Hyped

Mother’s Basement: What’s in an OP? – Haikyuu’s Breathtaking Animation (ft. Daniel Floyd)

29. January 2017

Episode 23: Season of the Witches

Time to get historically magical and let slip the dogs of war! John opens up this episode with a review of the alternate history alien air assault bonanza Brave Witches. Then CC dives into Kouta Hirano’s fantasy battle royale Drifters and lastly both of them take to the skies again with Izetta: The Last Witch.

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Review:

Brave Witches (5:53)

Drifters (25:03)

Izetta: The Last Witch (57:21)

Anime Now!: In Brave Witches, Simply Trying Hard Is Not Enough

Anime Now!: Why Hitler Is the Most Intriguing Character in Drifters

Crunchyroll FEATURE: Head Space – “Drifters” – An Isekai Gone Wrong

Crunchyroll FEATURE: Head Space – “Drifters” The Counterfactual Character Guide Pt. 1

Crunchyroll FEATURE: Head Space – “Drifters” The Counterfactual Character Guide Pt. 2

Crunchyroll http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-feature/2016/11/03-1/feature-head-space-drifters-mohism-and-humanitys-failure

Crunchyroll FEATURE: Head Space – “Drifters” and The Theater of Violence

Crunchyroll FEATURE: Anime vs. Real Life – “Izetta: The Last Witch”

29. January 2017

John’s Favorite Intros from 2016!

John’s here running solo for a little bit to tell you about his favorite intro sequences from the shows he watched last year! Are his choices good or not? You be the judge!

Watch it on Youtube:

Or a considerably less cut-up version at Dailymotion: https://dailymotion.com/video/x59s2ca

15. January 2017

Episode 22: Crazy Noisy Bizarre Cartoons

John and CC are kicking off the new year the best way possible: By taking a quick look at a lot of the new show premieres from Winter Anime Season 2017 in the Sneak Peek.

After that, they wrap up the episode with their review of the newest and refreshingly different entry in the JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure franchise: Diamond is Unbreakable.