Nerdom and Other Nonsense Anime Podcast #075 - Fall 2018 Wrap-up and Final Scores

Leo, Bcom, and Kat close out Fall 2018 with reviews of the remaining few episodes, and final scores for all of the anime we watched this season! We start off by chatting about the finales of Bunny Girl and Bloom Into You, neither of which came to a completely satisfying conclusion. Then, because of our eight show weekly format this season, we had a lot of extra time to watch anime outside of the podcast, and we run through many of those, such as SSSS.Gridman, Irozuku, Black Clover, and Hi Score Girl, just to name a few. Finally, we dole out our final scores and thoughts on our top anime picks of the season. With all that done, we will see you next episode for a 2018 year in review episode!

Recorded January 5, 2019.

Timestamps:

4:51- Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai (Ep. 13)
22:59 - Bloom Into You (Ep. 13)
36:00 - Commercial Break
37:08 - Brief Reviews and Scores for some extra Fall 2018 anime:
37:50 - Hi Score Girl
40:33 - SSSS.Gridman
42:21 - Black Clover
48:06 - Release the Spyce
50:44 - That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime
52:30 - Goblin Slayer
54:01 - Skull-Faced Bookseller Honda-san
56:20 - Double Decker: Doug & Kirill
57:59 - Irozuku: The World in Colors
1:00:57 - JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind
1:03:55 - Final Scores for our Fall 2018 Picks
1:43:43 - Favorite shows of the season

Also, check out the new podcast network we have joined, Anime Radicals. Find out more at www.animeradicals.com.

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Nerdom and Other Nonsense Anime Podcast #074 - Shot Through the Head and You're Okay

Kat, Leo, and Bcom are ready to finish off most of Fall 2018’s anime with the 12 week of shows! The finale of The Girl in Twilight satisfied some of us and infuriated others, by giving us some of the most visually impressive moments of the show, but depriving us of closure on several major plot points. We have a prolonged discussion about whether Nopperabo has eyelids in the season 2 finale of Golden Kamuy, which finishes with many dramatic reveals and shifting alliances, and importantly, the return of our favorite C.G.I. bear. Run With the Wind is Gone With the Wind so we move onto Kat struggling to recount Kaede’s arc of Bunny Girl Senpai without strangling someone. After some bad Arby’s almost killed Leo, we came back 2 days later to continue the second half of the podcast with Banana Fish. Bcom pretty much lost his shit at the ending of this show, which seemed to throw away any good faith it had ever built up over the course of its run, with a conclusion that felt incredibly mean-spirited and unsatisfying. As Zombie Land Saga wraps up, Kat continues to profess her undying love for her soulmate Yuugiri, but is annoyed with the generic idol ending we got. Karakuri Circus continues to confuse us with insanely rushed storytelling that leaves us bewildered and pining for the good old days when the series was really promising. At this point, just read the manga instead of watching the anime. Bloom Into You closes out its penultimate episode by ratcheting up the drama to 11, and exposing Touko’s deepest flaws in the process.

Recorded January 3 & 5, 2019.

Timestamps:

2:33 - Nonsense (Cardcaptor Sakura, Leo the cat savior, Golden Kamuy character fragrance quiz)
10:42 - The Girl in Twilight (Ep. 12)
19:13 - Golden Kamuy 2nd Season (Ep. 24)
31:58 - Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai (Ep. 12)
47:08 - Commercial Break
50:26 - Banana Fish (Ep. 24)
1:10:49 - Zombie Land Saga (Ep. 12)
1:26:33 - Karakuri Circus (Ep. 12)
1:38:14 - Bloom Into You (Ep. 12)

Also, check out the new podcast network we have joined, Anime Radicals. Find out more at www.animeradicals.com.

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Nerdom and Other Nonsense Anime Podcast #073 - Yuri the Honor Student

Bcom, Kat and Leo are back to talk about Fall 2018’s 11th week of anime! After we chat a little bit about Aquaman’s glistening chest, Florida’s horrifying morning sun, and the cute nostalgia of Hi Score Girl, we jump into this penultimate week of anime. The Girl in Twilight kicked off the week with a wonderful reveal of a deeper relationship between two of its characters, which flourished into one of the most emotional fight scenes of the series. Hide your kids, hide your wife, because Tsurumi’s 7th division is coming for our heroes at Abashiri Prison as Golden Kamuy reaches its climax. We move on to cover the last episode of Run With the Wind that will air in 2018, with the show taking a long break before episode 12. Maybe they’re recovering from Haiji’s ridiculous practice regimen. Hype thrusters are engaged because we’ve finally reached the heavily anticipated imouto arc of Bunny Girl. We might be saying A Farewell to Dino in the penultimate episode of Banana Fish, which continues to rack up the body count with more gunfights, and more child abuse. Sakura forgot her zombie memories, and the writers forgot Yuugiri’s backstory in the latest episode of Zombie Land Saga. Then we move on to meet the honey nut Shirogane-O’s in the latest wild, crazy, and completely off-the-rails episode of Karakuri Circus. Finally, in the latest episode of Bloom Into You, Touko gets a rude awakening about the reality of her late older sister’s personality, that shakes her whole philosophy of how she should be living her life.

Recorded December 27, 2018.

Timestamps:

1:37 - Nonsense (Aquaman, Florida’s satanic sunrises, Hi Score Girl)
9:46 - The Girl in Twilight (Ep. 11)
24:09 - Golden Kamuy 2nd Season (Ep. 23)
42:35 - Run With the Wind (Ep. 11)
52:21 - Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai (Ep. 11)
1:05:35 - Commercial Break
1:08:21 - Banana Fish (Ep. 23)
1:20:14 - Zombie Land Saga (Ep. 11)
1:33:59 - Karakuri Circus (Ep. 11)
1:45:48 - Bloom Into You (Ep. 11)

Also, check out the new podcast network we have joined, Anime Radicals. Find out more at www.animeradicals.com.

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Nerdom and Other Nonsense Anime Podcast #072 - Rascal Chats with Bathing Waifus

Leo, Bcom and Kat are back this week to discuss week 10 of the Fall 2018 anime season. We kick it off with some nonsense, like Bcom watching a famous Japanese movie from 1983 about husky sled dogs surviving the treacherous landscape of Antarctica. Kat had to survive holiday parties, and a dairy awkward moment with her friend, and Leo had to survive his deepest dental appointment yet. We move on to anime, and Kat channels her inner Gordon Ramsay and lambasts Asuka for trying to make a chikuwa cake in The Girl in Twilight. We debate crushed vs. mashed potatoes in Golden Kamuy and Bcom can’t keep straight whether Anji Toni is blind or deaf. Leo laments Kana’s lost waifu status with her lax cooking skills, and also theorizes about the extraordinarily high number of people fainting in Japanese anime this season. In the latest episode of Rascal Sits While Girls Bathe, we argue about the necessity of the baller idol performance in the episode, and also figure out the perfect ending for the show. Banana Fish continues to use rape as a narrative crutch, while simultaneously getting incredibly cheesy with its drama. We’re all incensed that Yuugiri seems to have been snubbed in getting a backstory arc in Zombie Land Saga, in favor a frankly pretty boring setup episode for Sakura’s arc. Kat’s fury at a new character named Pantaloons in Karakuri Circus leads Bcom to a discovery of the Italian theatrical roots for the puppets’ naming scheme. We wrap up with Bloom Into You where a friend from Yuu’s past shows us how much Yuu’s outlook on life has changed since meeting Touko.

Recorded December 20, 2018.

Timestamps:

1:20 - Nonsense (Antarctica (Nankyoku Monogatari), holiday parties and Kat milking her friend, Leo’s deep dental roots)
10:35 - The Girl in Twilight (Ep. 10)
25:40 - Golden Kamuy 2nd Season (Ep. 22)
38:26 - Run With the Wind (Ep. 10)
52:15 - Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai (Ep. 10)
1:13:57 - Commercial Break
1:17:18 - Banana Fish (Ep. 22)
1:30:32 - Zombie Land Saga (Ep. 10)
1:41:23 - Karakuri Circus (Ep. 10)
2:03:53 - Bloom Into You (Ep. 10)

Also, check out the new podcast network we have joined, Anime Radicals. Find out more at www.animeradicals.com.

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Nerdom and Other Nonsense Anime Podcast #071 - Guy is Pronounced Like Karakuri

Kat, Leo and Bcom are back this week to discuss week 9 of the Fall 2018 anime season. We start off with a nonsense section, in which we talked a lot about various video games we’re playing. Even Kat is playing games now! This week, the girls in twilight saw the truth of Seriouska’s world, and we got a not-so-unexpected reveal of the true identity of The King of Twilight. Kat observes that Golden Kamuy is now pandering to its yaoi fanbase, and the dick jokes have returned in the form of mushroom sight gags. Kat breaks down the latest episode of “As the Wind Turns,” which brought Leo to tears! Also, Kat finds yet another way to compare an anime to Naruto, calling Kakeru this show’s Sasuke. Kat is furious that the typical blonde-ass foreigner has been introduced to the Rascal’s ever-growing harem, but Bcom and Leo just can’t wait for him to have sex with his girlfriend in her sister’s body. Leo also feels a better harem show would focus on Mai’s father’s apparent golden idol touch. Banana Fish has gotten so convoluted that we can’t keep track of all the Harlem Chickens and Killer Bees, and just want it all to make sense. Leo loses his mind over his new Zombie Land waifu, Saki’s delinquent friend Reiko, as he loves a well-tamed shrew. All you need to know about Karakuri Circus is that it’s pronounced GUY, not GUY. Since that’s cleared up, we move onto the episode of Bloom Into You where it gets dangerously close to just being the next Citrus.

Recorded December 13, 2018.

Timestamps:

2:09 - Nonsense (Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Destiny 2: Black Armory/Dawning events, corporate donation drives, Absolver)
10:37 - The Girl in Twilight (Ep. 9)
21:20 - Golden Kamuy 2nd Season (Ep. 21)
37:09 - Run With the Wind (Ep. 9)
51:37 - Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai (Ep. 9)
1:10:19 - Commercial Break
1:14:28 - Banana Fish (Ep. 21)
1:29:46 - Zombie Land Saga (Ep. 9)
1:48:52 - Karakuri Circus (Ep. 9)
2:01:45 - Bloom Into You (Ep. 9)

Also, check out the new podcast network we have joined, Anime Radicals. Find out more at www.animeradicals.com.

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Anime Radicals Minisode

Bcom, Kat, and Leo drop some knowledge on the newly created Anime Radicals podcast network, which Nerdom and Other Nonsense has joined. Tune in for details on what this means for new podcast episodes coming soon! Find more information at the following links below!

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Nerdom and Other Nonsense Anime Podcast #070 - The Kat in Twilight

Bcom, Kat, and Leo are back to cover week 8 of the Fall 2018 anime season! This episode Kat’s voice has been transformed by the power of medical vape and has entered the world of Twilight. Meanwhile, the actual Girls in Twilight get up to some very graceful upskirts and renaming themselves after Apple personal assistants. Meanwhile, Golden Kamuy goes full “bara” in a sea otter-fueled orgy worthy of the craziest shenanigans this show has seen. Prince acquires a treadmill to read manga while he runs in Run With the Wind, while Haiji continues to try to murder everyone with increasingly ridiculous running schedules. Sakuta has to find a way to solve two sides of the same girl’s emotional issues in this episode of Bunny Girl Senpai. Banana Fish has some issues with insensitive racial stereotyping, in an otherwise action-heavy episode. Zombie Land Saga gifts us with a fantastic episode, which proves once again that studio Mappa currently represents a shining beacon for good LGBT representation in an industry that typically struggles to depict such characters. Karakuri Circus goes full metal puppet this episode, and stretches the bounds of our disbelief in ways that start to worry us, as well as airport security everywhere. Finally, Leo explains the flower imagery of Bloom Into You’s latest episode with an explanation of the meaning of the various colors of hydrangeas in Japanese culture.

Recorded December 6, 2018.

Timestamps:

1:02 - Nonsense (Motley Crue’s The Dirt, Kat’s vape adventure, Mirai theater experience)
7:30 - The Girl in Twilight (Ep. 8)
17:26 - Golden Kamuy 2nd Season (Ep. 20)
35:09 - Run With the Wind (Ep. 8)
46:31 - Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai (Ep. 8)
1:02:12 - Commercial Break
1:06:20 - Banana Fish (Ep. 20)
1:17:20 - Zombie Land Saga (Ep. 8)
1:31:16 - Karakuri Circus (Ep. 8)
1:40:26 - Bloom Into You (Ep. 8)

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