Nerdom and Other Nonsense Anime Podcast #063 - Fall 2018 First Impressions - Part 1

Leo, Bcom, and Kat are back, and what’s that…the leaves are changing, the air is crisp, and the scent of warm pumpkin pie is wafting through your window. That’s right, it’s time for the Fall 2018 anime season to begin! Tune in as we break down the first half of our Fall impressions. This season is filled with all sorts of characters, from girly-faced cops, to drooling wizards, cheery cheerleaders, and bishi archers. Girls find themselves in other worlds by tuning to the right radio station, slimes eat dragons and lead goblins, and college aged boys get tricked into running with the wind. Sometimes you have to conceive children without having sex, or build fish tanks in space, or even help out a girl who can’t stop cosplaying as a bunny. Maybe your sister needs you to pretend to write her light novels, or Satan’s second-in-command is addicted to fluffiness. The Banana Fish boys re-enact West Side Story, while some zombie girls are thrust into the idol spotlight.  Bakumatsu rewrites Japanese history, and a girl in a bottle hurts Bcom’s ears. It’s all one big Karakuri Circus, and we’re not sure who’s holding the puppet strings. Join us as we try to make sense of it all!

Recorded October 24, 2018.

Timestamps:

2:17 - Double Decker! Doug & Kirill (Eps. 1-2)
10:00 - Ulysses: Jeanne d’Arc and the Alchemist Knight (Eps. 1-2)
16:15 - Anima Yell! (Eps. 1-2)
21:33 - Tsurune (Eps. 1-2)
29:48 - The Girl in Twilight (Eps. 1-2)
36:12 - That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime (Eps. 1-3)
42:07 - Golden Kamuy 2nd Season (Eps. 13-14)
50:13 - Run With the Wind (Eps. 1-2)
57:48 - Conception (Eps. 1-2)
1:01:51 - Commercial Break
1:06:41 - Between the Sky and Sea (Eps. 1-2)
1:12:38 - Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai (Eps. 1-2)
1:19:17 - My Sister, My Writer (Eps. 1-2)
1:22:07 - As Miss Beelzebub likes. (Eps. 1-2)
1:26:03 - Banana Fish (Eps. 13-14)
1:35:40 - Zombie Land Saga (Eps. 1-2)
1:44:06 - Bakumatsu (Eps. 1-2)
1:48:31 - Merc StoriA: The Apathetic Boy and the Girl in a Bottle (Eps. 1-2)
1:51:09 - Karakuri Circus (Eps. 1-2)

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Nerdom and Other Nonsense Anime Podcast #062 - Summer 2018 Wrap-up and Final Scores

Leo, Kat, and Bcom return to wrap up the Summer 2018 anime season and dole out their final thoughts and scores for the shows they followed. For Angolmois, Kat breaks down the anime girl hierarchy for Bcom, explaining that “the hot useless girl comes first.” The final episode of Sirius the Jaeger reveals that the true power of the Ark was to contain the power of John Travolta’s sparkly disco hot pants from destroying humanity as we know it. No…seriously. During the Banana Fish review, Leo’s roommate Bob makes a surprise solo debut with his take on “Can You Feel the Love Tonight,” which leaves us all speechless. Bcom and Leo disagree on their expectations vs. reality with the outcome of the final match of Harukana Receive. Happy Sugar Life goes fully off the rails in its final two episodes, losing Kat and Bcom, who were still kind of fans up to this point, but our review is slightly derailed by Leo insisting (correctly) that Bcom and Kat are both wrong about where the final scenes are taking place. Yes, they were on the roof. Revue Starlight breaks the fourth wall to tell us we were the giraffe all along, while Leo and Kat sit back and roll their eyes. As usual, Kat’s cat LOVES Revue Starlight and makes his opinions known. Kat learns why losing a lot of blood is bad for you in the final few episodes of Cells at Work! Kat also breaks down all of her thoughts on hair-pulling, bra patterns, and the necessity of consistent makeup practices while we laugh our way through the final two episodes of Asobi Asobase. Planet With delivers a profound message as it closes out its run, and one that Bcom feels is poignant in our current divided political climate. Attack on Titan ends its “mid-season” well, but pulls the rug out from under us and tells us we have to wait until April 2019 before they continue their split-cour season. At least it’s better than waiting years. We gave a few final thoughts on shows we followed outside of the podcast, before we finally moved onto our conclusions and scores for each of the shows we watched this season. We hope you all enjoyed analyzing the Summer season along with us, and we’ll see you in Fall!

Recorded October 11th and 15th, 2018.

Timestamps:

1:45 - Angolmois (Eps. 11-12)
24:25 - Sirius the Jaeger (Eps. 11-12)
41:38 - Banana Fish (Eps. 11-12)
1:08:29 - Harukana Receive (Eps. 11-12)
1:22:59 - Happy Sugar Life (Eps. 11-12)
1:47:36 - Commercial Break
1:50:32 - Revue Starlight (Eps. 11-12)
2:04:31 - Cells at Work! (Eps. 11-13)
2:21:24 - Asobi Asobase - workshop of fun - (Eps. 11-12)
2:40:57 - Planet With (Eps. 11-12)
3:04:02 - Attack on Titan season 3 (Eps. 11-12 a.k.a. 48-49)
Brief thoughts on:
3:22:26 - Steins;Gate 0
3:24:15 - Black Clover
3:26:25 - Holmes of Kyoto
3:26:58 - Overlord Season 3
3:28:04 - Final Scores!

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Nerdom and Other Nonsense Anime Podcast #061 - Started at the Bottom and We're Still There

Bcom, Leo and Kat are back to talk about the 9th and 10th weeks of the Summer 2018 anime season. We have fun discussing Angolmois even though Amazon Instant Video is making us play a game of Fastest Finger First to avoid skipping the ED. Sirius the Jaeger brought us zombie vampire flame throwing knights, but then threw them away as fast as they appeared. Leo decides that Banana Fish is getting too serious to make jokes about…and then we proceed to do nothing but joke about it. Harukana Receive gears up for its fairly predictable, but still exciting final few episodes. Happy Sugar Life gets less artsy, and more fartsy. Leo says “non, non Banana” to Revue Starlight, but Bcom loved some of the fantastic animation cuts in episode 9. Kat is disgusted by the snot-filled onsen inside of her nose, as depicted by Cells at Work. Kat also can’t eat grapes anymore. This anime is really ruining her life. Asobi Asobase cracks us up with a robot literally designed from Kat’s speech patterns and an otaku apparently designed based on Bcom’s appearance (according to Leo). Opinions on Planet With continue to be split, but it can’t be denied that the show still seems to be building towards a strong conclusion. And in Attack on Titan, we might have actually seen the end of whiny, useless Eren?

Recorded October 4th and 7th, 2018.

Timestamps:

1:59 - Angolmois (Eps. 9-10)
22:27 - Sirius the Jaeger (Eps. 9-10)
36:51 - Banana Fish (Eps. 9-10)
56:37 - Harukana Receive (Eps. 9-10)
1:08:22 - Happy Sugar Life (Eps. 9-10)
1:35:03 - Commercial Break
1:39:51 - Revue Starlight (Eps. 9-10)
1:56:48 - Cells at Work! (Eps. 9-10)
2:12:48 - Asobi Asobase - workshop of fun - (Eps. 9-10)
2:40:04 - Planet With (Eps. 9-10)
3:06:28 - Attack on Titan season 3 (Eps. 9-10 a.k.a. 46-47)

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Nerdom and Other Nonsense Anime Podcast #060 - Happy Re:Sirius Life

Kat, Leo, and Bcom return to discuss weeks 7 and 8 of the Summer 2018 anime season. This episode we picked up two new shows, Angolmois and Happy Sugar Life, as a result of our midseason cuts. We recap the events leading up to the current showdown in Angolmois and discuss Teruhi’s creepy Kuchii kisses. While talking about Sirius the Jaeger, we predict the existence of a show called Re:Sirius within the next year, and then decry the demise of eBay in Banana Fish. Leo wants 3D idols to get out of Harukana Receive, and Bcom expounds on why Happy Sugar Life’s take on pedophilia is actually somewhat more tolerable than most other anime, while Kat breaks down why the show’s insane cast is fascinating to watch. Bcom wants Leo to experience Revue Starlight over and over again, just like Daiba Nana, but he isn’t having it. Cells at Work asks the audience to care about the plight of poor little cancer cells, and it doesn’t quite work. Luckily, Asobi Asobase was so friggin’ funny these two weeks that we could barely contain our laughter as we recounted its various ingenious skits. Planet With continues to keep things real serious with some quotes that made us think about the nature of humanity. We close out the episode with Kat and Leo taking turns just straight ripping into Eren for, yet again, being a whiny crybaby in two otherwise pretty great episodes of Attack on Titan.

Recorded September 25, 2018.

Timestamps:

2:32 - Angolmois (Eps. 7-8)
19:17 - Sirius the Jaeger (Eps. 7-8)
37:23 - Banana Fish (Eps. 7-8)
51:29 - Harukana Receive (Eps. 7-8)
1:02:29 - Happy Sugar Life (Eps. 7-8)
1:29:31 - Commercial Break
1:32:54 - Revue Starlight (Eps. 7-8)
1:46:24 - Cells at Work! (Eps. 7-8)
1:58:59 - Asobi Asobase - workshop of fun - (Eps. 7-8)
2:25:02 - Planet With (Eps. 7-8)
2:45:55 - Attack on Titan season 3 (Eps. 7-8 a.k.a. 44-45)

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