Nerdom and Other Nonsense Anime Podcast #034 - Inuyashiki Blows Our Minds

Enough premium customers purchased and listened to the Fall 2017 season impressions, so we are proud to now finally release a podcast covering episodes 3 and 4 of the 10 shows we chose to watch. Thank you for purchasing the season pass for this podcast and we hope to fully monetize our listenership to the greatest extent possible as soon as we learn how to open a bank account.

But seriously, this podcast is a little late and it's all Bcom's fault. Nonetheless, we soldier on and this time we talk about Animegataris' brilliant referential humor, Juuni Taisen's awesome, if inconsistent, animation, and Just Because opening up as many romantic possibilities as Gamers did. Also, Inuyashiki episode 4 opens with a scene that blew our minds, and some yakuza guy as well. That MMO junkie still hasn't recovered, Kino wasn't even the main character in her latest journey, and the Girls briefly added a guy to their Last Tour, but he took a wrong turn because of a mapquest that put them all in grave danger. Cats make the best Kings in Ancient Magus' Bride, Blood Blockade continues to be as over-the-top as you could ask for, and the most fanservicey of snails transforms into something resembling a Jigglypuff as we close out the episode with Land of the Lustrous.

Recorded November 25, 2017.

Timestamps:

1:00 - Brief thoughts on Black Clover, Garo: Vanishing Line, and A Little Sister's All You Need
4:12 - Animegataris (Eps. 3-4)
17:39 - Juuni Taisen (Eps. 3-4)
26:22 - Just Because (Eps. 3-4)
40:57 - Inuyashiki: The Last Hero (Eps. 3-4)
55:20 - Recovery of an MMO Junkie (Eps. 3-4)
1:04:36 - Kino's Journey season 2 (Eps. 3-4)
1:16:03 - Girls' Last Tour (Eps. 3-4)
1:24:08 - The Ancient Magus' Bride (Eps. 3-4)
1:29:02 - Blood Blockade Battlefront & Beyond (Eps. 3-4)
1:37:32 - Land of the Lustrous (Eps. 3-4)

Nerdom and Other Nonsense Anime Podcast #033 - Fall 2017 First Impressions - Part 2

Leo and Bcom finish off the remainder of their Fall 2017 first impressions with 15 shows that air on Fridays and Saturdays, alone. But, in the end, they need to narrow the anime season down to the 10 shows they most want to watch, and this season there's actually a large enough variety of shows that we have some disagreements over what we should be watching!

I mean, who knew that Dies Irae would be such an articulate and intelligently written parody of the current state of U.S. politics? Or that Love Live! Sunshine!! season 2 would play a hilarious goof on its fanbase by rescreening season 1 over again and pretending that it's actually different. Oh these anime studios and their amazing practical jokes.

We can't decide if Kino is a boy or a girl, but what's most important is that Kino is Kino, and that the girls from Land of the Lustrous have nice legs. Ancient Magus' Bride seems to have watched Britney Spears' "I'm a Slave For You" music video a few too many times. They've also gone past March in March Comes in Like a Lion, so I guess March Came Like a...wait...that seems...no, I can see why they stuck with the original title.

Anyway, enjoy the podcast, and I'm sorry you had to scroll down so far to get to the timestamps!

Recorded November 1, 2017.

Timestamps:

2:19 - Recovery of an MMO Junkie
12:29 - Dies Irae
20:51 - Kino's Journey
35:17 - Garo: Vanishing Line
39:32 - Girls' Last Tour
44:09 - Code: Realize - Guardian of Birth
45:25 - The iDOLM@STER SideM
53:56 - The Ancient Magus' Bride
1:04:12 - BLEND-S
1:07:21 - Leo explains the origins of the term Yaoi
1:07:45 - TWOCAR
1:12:24 - Love Live! Sunshine!! Season 2
1:16:50 - Blood Blockade Battlefront & Beyond
1:25:42 - Land of the Lustrous
1:38:55 - Hoozuki no Reitetsu Season 2
1:43:52 - March Comes in Like a Lion Season 2
1:51:36 - THE VOTE

Nerdom and Other Nonsense Anime Podcast #032 - Fall 2017 First Impressions - Part 1

Bcom and Leo kick off the Fall 2017 season with brief impressions of about half of the most interesting new anime out there. Some things may have changed, but imoutos...imoutos always stay the same. Join us in our descent into madness as we attempt to find 10 new shows to watch this upcoming season!

Recorded October 25, 2017.

Timestamps:

1:00 - Brief Destiny 2 end-game rant
3:10 - A Sister's All You Need
11:51 - Anime-Gataris
19:18 - Himouto Umaru-chan R
21:06 - Children of the Whales
29:28 - UQ Holder!
34:11 - Wake Up Girls! New Chapter
42:33 - BLACK CLOVER!!!!!!!
51:14 - Juuni Taisen: Zodiac War
1:05:56 - Food Wars! The Third Plate!
1:10:32 - Konohana Kitan
1:14:39 - URAHARA
1:18:53 - My Girlfriend is a Faithful Virgin Bitch/Shobitch
1:26:26 - Just Because
1:36:07 - King's Game
1:39:59 - Inuyashiki: The Last Hero

Nerdom and Other Nonsense Anime Podcast #031 - Summer 2017 Wrap-Up and Final Scores

The Summer 2017 anime season has ended, and Bcom and Leo are here to break down, once and for all, each of the shows they followed. Stick around towards the end for final scores for each of the shows we watched as well as a few that we followed on the side out of morbid curiosity.

Recorded October 7, 2017.

Timestamps:

1:05 - Bcom's Blade Runner 2049 non-spoiler impressions
2:42 - Action Heroine Cheer Fruits (Ep. 12)
12:33 - Gamers! (Ep. 12)
24:30 - Rage of Bahamut: Virgin Soul (Ep. 24)
42:13 - Made in Abyss (Ep. 13)
1:02:52 - 18if (Ep. 13)
1:13:32 - Final Scores for shows we followed on the podcast
1:44:55 - Final Scores for shows we followed outside of the podcast including Classroom of the Elite, Love and Lies, Netsuzou TRap, Re:CREATORS, and My First Girlfriend is a Gal

Nerdom and Other Nonsense Anime Podcast #030 - Completing the Sakura Quest

This week Bcom and Leo get together to discuss the 12th week of Summer 2017 anime. Before we get into a bunch of this season's finales, Bcom offers up a stunning rendition of some Rick & Morty meme that he doesn't fully understand. Look forward to discussion of A Centaur's Life's terrible "ending," Princess Principal rushing into a decent stopping point, Restaurant to Another World never changing its recipe, Tsuredure Children finishing strong, Sakura Quest finishing even stronger, and our other four shows lagging behind a week and leading up to their finales with varying degrees of success. We believe we've discovered the true nature of the anime curse, and it's that the deeper you travel into abyss, the harder it is to escape that truth that most anime just ain't very good.

Recorded October 2, 2017.

Timestamps:

2:09 - A Centaur's Life (Ep. 12)
8:40 - Princess Principal (Ep. 12)
26:31 - Restaurant to Another World (Ep. 12)
35:05 - Tsuredure Children (Ep. 12)
43:23 - Sakura Quest (Ep. 25)
57:20 - Gamers! (Ep. 11)
1:09:29 - Rage of Bahamut: Virgin Soul (Ep. 23)
1:22:13 - Made in Abyss (Ep. 12)
1:31:32 - 18if (Ep. 12)
1:46:50 - Action Heroine Cheer Fruits (Ep. 11)

Nerdom and Other Nonsense Anime Podcast #029 - The Tsuredure Children Will Save Us All

On this week's podcast, Bcom and Leo get into the 11th week of Fall 2017 anime, for better or worse. Things you can look forward to this week are A Centaur's Life deciding to do a Sesame Street episode about naming different weeds, Princess Principal rushing into its final arc, the Tsuredure Children continuing to soothe our souls, Sakura Quest being at its Sakura Best, Made in Abyss triggering Leo with multiple conversations about piss, and Char Aznable showing up in 18if.

Recorded September 24, 2017.

Timestamps:

2:03 - A Centaur's Life (Ep. 11)
16:18 - Princess Principal (Ep. 11)
28:35 - Restaurant to Another World (Ep. 11)
34:42 - Tsuredure Children (Ep. 11)
45:05 - Sakura Quest (Ep. 24)
52:49 - Gamers (Ep. 10)
1:03:50 - Rage of Bahamut: Virgin Soul (Ep. 22)
1:14:03 - Made in Abyss (Ep. 11)
1:24:11 - 18if (Ep. 11)
1:31:40 - Action Heroine Cheer Fruits (Ep. 10)

Nerdom and Other Nonsense Anime Podcast #028 - Anime Titles are Crêpe

This week Leo and Bcom get into the 10th week of Summer 2017 anime. As we close in on the end of the season, we have huge issues with some anime episode titles, and Bcom loses his shit over the pronunciation of the word crêpe, because...Bcom. We also pay homage to that one good scene from When Supernatural Battles Become Commonplace, because Saori Hayami is amazing.

Recorded September 18, 2017.

Timestamps:

1:38 - A Centaur's Life (Ep. 10)
14:42 - Princess Principal (Ep. 10)
29:54 - Restaurant to Another World (Ep. 10)
38:43 - Tsuredure Children (Ep. 10)
46:40 - Sakura Quest (Ep. 23)
54:19 - Gamers (Ep. 9)
1:08:56 - Rage of Bahamut: Virgin Soul (Ep. 21)
1:23:42 - Made in Abyss (Ep. 10)
1:33:27 - 18if (Ep. 10)
1:45:10 - Action Heroine Cheer Fruits (Ep. 9)