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An anime podcast for everyone, newbies and seasoned otakus alike! Listen wherever you get podcasts!

ONGOING: Dragon Ball Z Kai!
NEW: Cowboy Bebop, Carole and Tuesday, Lazarus
COMING SOON: Frieren, and more!

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June 22, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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depression soccer stand goes hard

#dandadan
Jiji from Dandadan, now possessed by the Evil Eye yokai, kicking a ball of souls towards Okarun, in an action scene from Season 2.
June 11, 2025 at 3:23 AM
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> sees One Piece LEGO set > look inside > 1,376 pieces disappointed cat
June 7, 2025 at 5:53 AM
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us when we delay a main feed episode:
Jun Takeuchi, longtime producer of the Resident Evil franchise, teasing: "Bear with us a little longer, just a blink of an eye more, and it'll be ready."
June 7, 2025 at 5:49 AM
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a reminder to the "composer" of the Rohan Kishibe: At a Confessional special that Hirohiko Araki thinks people who make "AI art" are "con artists" and that IP theft (inherent to almost all generative AI) is a "villain"

and Rohan, his mangaka stand-in, would mince words less than even that
Shin-on-Gak on Twitter, translated from Japanese: "This is the first original soundtrack in the history of global entertainment films in which all tracks were composed by Al (not just partially used, but fully composed, excluding pre-existing songs). We at the SHIN-ON-GAK Production Studio have combined all our strength and worked at full throttle to dedicate terrifyingly solemn compositions to this work. To all members of the fandom, please look forward to it!! (Representative Kikuchi, Shaggs FC Member)" below is a still from Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan: At a Confessional, an upcoming live-action JoJo's Bizarre Adventure spinoff special Hirohiko Araki, "Today's World of 'Con Artists'": "Speaking about 'societal evils,' I think that as Al continues to spread throughout society, we're going to see an increasingly shady world filled with scammers exploiting it. Recently, I came across a drawing and thought, "This is something I drew, right?" I was shocked to find out it was actually created by Al. When I draw manga, I add subtle, personal elements that make the work uniquely mine. But this Al-generated piece even mimicked details like the way I draw eyelashes, so precisely that it was almost impossible to tell it apart from my work. If it were based on recent drawings, I'd know right away, "No, I didn't draw this." On the other hand, I honestly wouldn't be able to tell the difference if it were done with my art from about ten years ago, when my memory of it would be a little hazy. The more Al advances, the more this kind of thing will happen. "Art reflects the times, and manga is one example of that. Seeing this world of con artists appear in manga could very well mean that we're headed for a future world dominated by fraudsters. This type of 'evil' in today's age will undoubtedly end up impacting manga down the line. "Copyright infringement by Al is also a 'villain' that we manga artists must face. The extreme scenario is that Al-generated fakes might start being accepted as the "real thing," and even if we try to protect our work, these counterfeits are becoming so accurate and sophisticated that it's no longer a fight an individual can win. Having some kind of laws would probably be the only way to regulate this. However, because we're dealing with a world of con artists, there's also a very real possibility that laws favoring them will appear before we know it. Personally, I entrust my copyright management to Shueisha, but some manga artists are lax in managing their copyrights, leading to others using their artwork without permission or even leaking original drawings. When I see that," I worry…
June 4, 2025 at 5:15 AM
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happy pride month y'all 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

post some of your favorite queer anime representation
F.F. from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. Gender identity unclear, but goes by they/them pronouns. Ranma and Akane from Ranma½. Both queer and trans coding throughout the show, as a result of Ranma's gender-swapping curse. Gren from Cowboy Bebop. Uses he/him pronouns, implied to be gay, has breasts as a result of hormone imbalance. Joseph Joestar from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. Not textually gay, but dresses in drag and has a strong relationship with Caesar Zeppeli. Perhaps bisexual.
June 2, 2025 at 6:39 AM
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Space Dandy & crew: "haha check it out, the plants on this planet talk!"

Dr. Gel subplot:
Wolverine chained to a missile launching into the atmosphere
May 29, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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When you get paid biweekly Week one: JoJo's Steel Ball Run Vol. 1 Week two: Ice soup
May 25, 2025 at 5:47 AM
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Josh said he'd be back in time to record our Samurai Champloo podcast. Fuu's optimistic, but me and Jin are not so sure.

So just to be safe we're delaying it till next Monday the 19th. Don't worry though, Space Dandy will still be on time!

...right?
scene from Samurai Champloo ep 9; Jin and Fuu stare at a sunset past the town gate same scene: Fuu and Jin are kneeling, with two executioners behind them. Jin is sternly quiet as Fuu insists, "Come on, he might be right over the horizon as we speak!"
May 12, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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us ten days after publicly praising bandai:
Shinji in chair
May 8, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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What happened to their couch?? Will the shoot the next episode standing?? WHERE WILL THEY SIT???? These questions and more will be answered next time on…

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May 2, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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the second worst thing Germany has done in JoJo's lore, apart from... y'know...
a traffic sign in Germany, depicting two stick figures in angular poses walking towards each other across a road with a car heading towards them, and a red line diagonally crossing the entire graphic. text below reads: "no jojo posing in the road" the same traffic sign graphic from before, but with Dio Brando and Jotaro Kujo in iconic poses walking towards one another in place of the stick figures.
May 1, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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the only way cowboy bebop could've been better:
May 1, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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i think we all know who's behind these bluesky outtages...
Ed from Cowboy Bebop, doing a silly arm dance while hacking a mainframe
April 29, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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Get everybody and their stuff together… we’re talking about #CowboyBebop
April 25, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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April 19, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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I’m taking this as a lesson that coping and crying and throwing up actually gives me everything I could ever want
April 15, 2025 at 4:28 AM
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#SteelBallRun #JOJODay
Top Panel: key art from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Steel Ball Run anime, featuring several characters riding horses through a picturesque canyon. Bottom panels: Tom Haverford from Parks and Rec, looking down and then up at the camera. He says "It's beautiful. I've looked at this for five hours now."
April 12, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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You don’t want to know what happens if you disrespect Jotaro’s pronouns
March 20, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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Post a picture of a character who you think would be an antivaxxer.

Hard Mode: No villains.

#dandadan
Seiko Ayase from Dandadan (2024), holding a harisen.
March 19, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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COWBOY BEBOP
SAMURAI CHAMPLOO
SPACE DANDY
TERROR IN RESONANCE
CAROLE & TUESDAY
LAZARUS

This summer every episode is for Shinichiro Watanabe, icon of the Y2K anime boom. We're covering all of his original shows on main feed, with some bonus goodies for our Patreon!

See you there, space cowboys...
A graphic containing the following: "How-to Otaku presents: The Works of Shinichiro Watanabe -April 28... Cowboy Bebop Redux -May 12... Samurai Champloo -May 26... Space Dandy -June 9... Terror in Resonance -June 23... Carole & Tuesday -July 7... Lazarus On Patreon: -June 1... Cowboy Bebop: The Movie, anthologies and short films" The graphic also contains characters and iconography from all of the listed shows.
March 5, 2025 at 6:54 AM
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just thinking about how Rumiko Takahashi is in her late 60's, having made a half-dozen of the most iconic manga series of all time, and is still releasing new chapters every week. what a legend. 🫶
Rumiko Takahashi, famed mangaka of Inuyasha, Urusei Yatsura, Ranma ½, Rin-ne, and Mao among others, receiving the Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres insignia in 2023. Behind her is a background with a black and white drawing of (correct me if I'm wrong) Lum from Urusei Yatsura.
February 22, 2025 at 6:34 AM
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we're now on RedNote/Xiaohongshu, check us out there!
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January 15, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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We're back! And to kick off 2025, we're returning to #JojosBizarreAdventure and deep-diving into the first half of #GoldenWind!

Is Giorno clinically insane? Is Purple Haze overpowered? What's with the Stand that makes you old? WHAT DOES KING CRIMSON DO?!?

All that and more at the links below! 👇👇
January 12, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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if this happens I Will Actually Do It This Time
SlashFilm: "Can Kraven the Hunter Defeat Lord of the Rings at the Box Office?"
December 7, 2024 at 4:54 PM