Currently working as the Executive Director of the Asian Arts Initiative in Philadelphia, Anne Ishii is a living legend responsible for translating and producing the first works of Queer manga that hit the west, including her translation of Gengoroh Tagame's "My Brother's Husband", which landed them an Eisner Award (among many others) and cementing
Our MOST REQUESTED episode is finally here. Demon Slayer: Mugen Train has been topping the box office for WEEKS, becoming the first anime movie here in the west to dethrone entire swaths of live-action films for weeks on end. It's also the first anime movie to knock Spirited Away off its throne as the highest-grossing anime film of all time, and by a HEAVY
What if the nerdy, sad kid took off his glasses, got a haircut, huge tattoos, 47 piercings, and now suddenly looks like Japanese Russel Brand? And what if that kid fell in love with a beautiful girl with a wild temper and SEVERE unresolved daddy issues? Join us for our deep dive into Webcomic-turned-OVA-turned-Manga-turned-Anime, Horimiya!
Featuring a hot, literal Teen Wolf and an actual Bunny Girl, Beastars made a HUGE impact when its anime adaptation dropped on Netflix in 2020. But is this 3D animated show really a classic piece on human nature and desire, or is it romantic furry propoganda designed to turn the frogs (and then you) gay? Join us for our Beastars review!
A bottomless abyss, eldritch artifacts, lost humanity, and the most gorgeous worldbuilding we've seen in anime. Join us for our journey into The Abyss, talking about why this classic show has held up over the years, and why its most devastating scene EASILY tops anything else in anime.
Before Miyazaki changed the game, before ANY anime had hit it big in the West, before anime was taken seriously as an art form, there was Akira.
A legendary film written and directed by Katsuhiro Otomo, based on the manga by the same name, Akira is an ultraviolent, devastating portrayal of a post apocalyptic Neo Tokyo
What was the first anime? Wait... what even IS anime? Join us as we dive into the depths of the very first forms of Japanese animation, from stop-motion clip art to WW2 Propaganda Films with lil baby animal soldier, until we finally reach touch on the OG, commonly recognized first true anime, Astro Boy. Or, as we came to discover, Astor Boynton.
Winner of Crunchyroll's Best Anime of the Year, JUJUTSU KAISEN is a tour-de-force featuring some of the hypest fights in anime EVER. Gorgeously animated, tightly scripted, and bearing some STRIKING similarities to many other anime, does Jujutsu Kaisen rise above it's influences to become something truly remarkable?
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What makes an artist worth cancelling or forgiving? What is it about the acting/entertainment industry that attracts abusers? How can these systems be reformed in a safer and more equitable way?
Act-Age was quickly becoming one of the most popular manga and Japan, with an anime and