Podcast Maser Patrol

In this episode of the podcast, Josh, Andy, Kevin & Amanda (sharing a lousy mic, apologies for that!) shoot the breeze about our favorite horror anime, since Halloween is right around the corner. Of course, there’s a lot of horror … Continue reading →

In this episode, our longest single recording so far: Kevin, Andy, and Alan shoot the breeze about the long-running Garo franchise, which turns 10 this year. We like this series a lot, so we talk in sort of broad strokes … Continue reading →

In this episode, Kevin, Andy, and Josh talk about the major prior works of Hideaki Anno, the director of the upcoming Toho Godzilla flick. He’s an eccentric weirdo, for sure, but he has also created some of the best animation of all … Continue reading →

In a not-particularly-structured episode, Andy, Josh, and Kevin shoot the breeze about what they’ve been watching lately… because according to Funimation, they should be watching, after all. If you wonder what we think about Parasyte the Maxim, Garo the Animation, … Continue reading →

Rounding out our 6-or-7-part Godzilla retrospective, Andy and Kevin chat for about two hours about the Millennium/Shinsei Godzilla film series (made between 1999-2004) then speculate wildly about the recently-announced 2016 movie. Apologies in advance for a generally poor memory of the … Continue reading →

After a long delay, we finally got around to recording the next installment in our Godzilla retrospective. And after another long delay, it was actually edited. Anyway, this time around, we take a fond look back at the Heisei Godzilla … Continue reading →

A sort of unusual episode here: Star Clipper in St. Louis runs a weekly seminar series in the summertime under the moniker Comics University. I was invited to give a presentation on the history of anime and manga, which, as you can … Continue reading →

As promised, here’s our four-person round-table review on Legendary Pictures’ new Godzilla. Short version: we liked it, but had some suggestions for improvements. Also it was sort of a Gamera movie. The rest of the Godzilla retrospective is coming soon, but … Continue reading →

For the second (maybe third) part of our Godzilla podcast retrospective, we look at Godzilla and Toho’s SF/fantasy/horror output in the 1970’s, or rather 1969 (All Monsters Attack) through 1979 (A Space Godzilla). This is a period that many Godzilla fans … Continue reading →

In honor of Legendary’s upcoming Godzilla movie, we marathoned the franchise. Now we’re doing a retrospective in (probably) four parts, starting with this overview of Toho Studios’ science fiction, fantasy, and horror special effects movies during the golden age of … Continue reading →

For this episode, Kevin and Josh chat about Kill La Kill, Samurai Flamenco (spoilers from 25:00-29:00), Space Dandy, Nobunagun, Noragami, and other stuff from the Winter 2013 TV season, mostly anime-based. Then we do the typical overview of the new … Continue reading →

For something with a Godzilla reference right in the name, we don’t talk about Godzilla very much, do we? Let’s fix that. For this episode, Andy and Kevin talk about the King of the Monsters’ frequently wacky history in the USA, … Continue reading →

Not a lot of introduction needed for this one: Slayers is a fantastic anime, so we fanboyed-out about it for a couple hours. You can watch it for free on hulu or youtube. Seriously, it’s pretty great. Direct download Show … Continue reading →

In this episode, we look at kaiju in a post-Final Wars world. Or rather, in a post-Final Wars Japan. In preparation for Legendary’s upcoming Godzilla, we’ve decided to do a series of podcasts (unfortunately, this episode took a while to … Continue reading →

It’s been a while since there’s been a podcast, so we decided to shoot the breeze about the current Japanese TV season and the recent Pokemon Origins miniseries. As a word of warning, the audio sort of sucks this time. … Continue reading →

After numerous failed attempts, the second half of our Rumiko Takahashi retrospective finally got recorded successfully! For reference, the first half was what we’re calling episode 2. This episode is mostly us talking about how great Ranma 1/2 is, how … Continue reading →

Better late than never? Here are our thoughts on Pacific Rim. In a nutshell: The movie is awesome, and we have some harsh words for its detractors. (And harsh words in general, if you’re easily offended.) If you haven’t seen … Continue reading →

Here’s episode four of the podcast, dedicated to the movies of Keita Amemiya, his movies and short films (his TV shows and games will be later podcasts… and maybe artbooks, manga, and stage shows, we’ll see). This episode’s topics include: … Continue reading →

Here’s the new episode of our podcast, which, for accounting purposes, will get called episode 2, even though we recorded it after episode 3 (the original file got lost). This one will focus on mangaka Rumiko Takahashi, and the myriad … Continue reading →

Huh? What happened to episode 2, you say? Long story short is that it’s locked away on broken computer, but should hopefully get recovered. In the meantime, we went ahead with episode 3, going over an old panel about international reinterpretations of … Continue reading →