Anime Is For Jerks
48 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsJoin Cass (@prophet_goddess) and Alex (@dunndunndunn) as they try to find out once and for all if anime is good or bad.
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EP47: Paranoia Agent
March 10, 2023 00:33 - 2 hours - 106 MBIn which Cass & Alex discuss Paranoia Agent, directed by Satoshi Kon and produced by Madhouse. Next month(?) we will be discussing FLCL, directed by Kazuya Tsurumaki and produced by Gainax and Production I.G. Discussed: deciding whether satoshi kon is good or bad, bat boy, slow dial-up loading of a pornographic image, increasing lasciviousness, a young up and coming republican, the spike lee film 25th hour, your split personalities merging into the joker, a regular ass cop, content warning...
EP46: ODDTAXI
December 01, 2022 22:52 - 3 hours - 147 MBIn which Cass & Alex discuss ODDTAXI, directed by Baku Kinoshita and produced by OLM and P.I.C.S. Next month we will be discussing Paranoia Agent, directed by Satoshi Kon and produced by Madhouse. Discussed: zootopia or beastars but good, tokyo godfathers but good, the windows snipping tool, vlc, mpv, birdie wing, chekhov's bricks, dog police by dog police, meerkat police, bojack horseman, a criminal monkey, who has the most drip in this show, bruce springsteen, chekhov's closet, a 41 year...
EP45: Spirited Away
November 01, 2022 22:49 - 1 hour - 87.2 MBIn which Cass & Alex discuss Spirited Away, directed by Hayao Miyazaki and produced by Studio Ghibli. Next month we will be discussing Odd Taxi, directed by Baku Kinoshita and produced by OLM and P.I.C.S. Discussed: ghibli english dubs, kiki's delivery service, classic americans, americans loving weird japanese stuff, clumsiness, who framed roger rabbit, the truly absurd number of abandoned theme parks in japan, porco rosso, trains across the sea by silver jews, coelacanth stomach, maro yo...
EP44: Night on the Galactic Railroad
October 05, 2022 19:00 - 1 hour - 72.1 MBIn which Cass & Alex discuss Night on the Galactic Railroad directed by Gisaburo Sugii and produced by Group TAC. Next month we will be discussing Spirited Away, directed by Hayao Miyazaki and produced by Studio Ghibli. Discussed: a pure vibes performance, normal winnie the pooh: stuff happens, fancy winnie the pooh: events occur, esperanto, yellow magic orchestra, cats with dogs, the onceler (NOT HORNY), gerry, gus van sant, the polar express, spirited away, the secret of nimh, the black...
EP43: Puella Magi Madoka Magica
September 01, 2022 16:00 - 2 hours - 138 MBIn which Cass & Alex discuss Puella Magi Madoka Magica, directed by Akiyuki Shinbo and Yukihiro Miyamoto and produced by Shaft. Next month we will be discussing Night on the Galactic Railroad directed by Gisaburo Sugii and produced by Group TAC. Discussed: we fucked up, a subtle textural difference, yu gi oh beds, getting genied, She entered the Home of Phobia and wasn't even scared, saya no uta, "Madoka Magica Writer Urobochi Compares Plot to Al-Quaeda", the visceral horror of discoverin...
EP42: Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex (1st Gig)
August 09, 2022 01:56 - 1 hour - 99.7 MBIn which Cass & Alex discuss Ghost in The Shell: Stand Alone Complex 1st Gig, directed by Kenji Kamiyama and produced by Production I.G. Next month we will be discussing Puella Magi Madoka Magica, directed by Akiyuki Shinbo and Yukihiro Miyamoto and produced by Shaft. Discussed: what production i.g. stands for, trying to make cass like your show by mentioning frederic jameson at the last second, copaganda, that fuckin swedish show alex likes, surveillance, the experience machine, cyberbrai...
EP41: Shirobako
June 01, 2022 22:49 - 2 hours - 119 MBIn which Cass & Alex discuss Shirobako, directed by Tsutomu Mizushima and produced by P.A. Works. Next month we will be discussing Ghost in The Shell: Stand Alone Complex 1st Gig, directed by Kenji Kamiyama and produced by Production I.G. Discussed: the truly incredible eva reference in this show, angel beats, our low expectations for this show, pa works sowing, pa works reaping, liking donuts, jiggy jiggly heaven, naughty directors go to storyboard jail, calling someone to say you're visi...
EP40: Memories
May 02, 2022 01:05 - 1 hour - 90.3 MBIn which Cass & Alex discuss Memories, directed by Koji Morimoto, Tensai Okamura, and Katsuhiro Otomo and produced by Madhouse and Studio 4°C. Next month we will be discussing Shirobako, directed by Tsutomu Mizushima and produced by P.A. Works. Discussed: the epic highs and lows of anime compilation movies, the william faulkner short story a rose for emily, madama butterfly, The Himbo Goes Deeper a big wet room, "huh, i wonder who that's for", shooting and blasting with all your strength,...
EP39: Perfect Blue
April 01, 2022 19:00 - 2 hours - 149 MBIn which Cass & Alex discuss Perfect Blue, directed by Satoshi Kon and produced by Madhouse. Next month we will be discussing Memories, directed by Koji Morimoto, Tensai Okamura, and Katsuhiro Otomo and produced by Madhouse and Studio 4°C. Discussed: "Excuse Me, Who Are You?: Performance, The Gaze, and the Female in the Works of Kon Satoshi", a threatening fax, how people used to use the internet, cow brand milk, "The Real History of 'Perfect Blue' and 'Requiem for a Dream'", "Satoshi Kon ...
EP38: Only Yesterday
March 01, 2022 22:20 - 1 hour - 66.5 MBIn which Cass & Alex discuss Only Yesterday, directed by Isao Takahata and produced by Studio Ghibli. Next month we will be discussing Perfect Blue, directed by Satoshi Kon and produced by Madhouse. Discussed: the greatest puma ad ever made, hallmark movies, mamoru hosoda, seizing the means of production, knowing how to eat the pineapple, the king of fruits, hungarian farmer music, dividing fractions, growing up normal, r/antiwork, getting a headache from blowing too much, the soul of a f...
EP37: Kaiba
February 01, 2022 20:00 - 1 hour - 74.3 MBIn which Cass & Alex discuss Kaiba, directed by Masaaki Yuasa and produced by Madhouse. Next month we will be discussing Only Yesterday, directed by Isao Takahata and produced by Studio Ghibli. Discussed: this show sucks, midgar (i cut a tangent about barrett calling midgar a rotten pizza in the japanese version of ffvii, if you want that content go watch Let's Mosey: A Slow Translation of Final Fantasy VII by Tim Rogers) , the finger on the monkey's paw, bobs big boy burbank, mf said sko...
EP36: Lupin III: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine
January 04, 2022 20:00 - 2 hours - 155 MBIn which Cass & Alex discuss Lupin the Third: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine, directed by Sayo Yamamoto and produced by TMS/Po10tial. Next month we will be discussing Kaiba, directed by Masaaki Yuasa and produced by Madhouse. Discussed: friend of the show takeshi koike, the sensuality of monkey punch, the dizzy dizzy drug, the giant buddha statue made out of drugs in the basement, the cat pronoun, that picture of john lennon, goemon baths, unmotivated camera movement, getting a real girlfri...
EP35: Cowboy Bebop
December 03, 2021 19:07 - 4 hours - 220 MBIn which Cass & Alex discuss Cowboy Bebop, directed by Shinichiro Watanabe and produced by Sunrise. Next month we will be discussing Lupin the Third: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine, directed by Sayo Yamamoto and produced by TMS/Po10tial. Discussed: the netflix live action cowboy bebop, @TomatoGrandpa: "Reading the Bebop reviews and yea, this is exactly what I expected.", "Why Does Everyone In Netflix's Cowboy Bebop Talk Like That?" by Gita Jackson, @NotBrunoAgain: "This is bait but whatever...
EP34: Tokyo Godfathers
November 01, 2021 19:00 - 1 hour - 65.3 MBIn which Cass & Alex discuss Tokyo Godfathers, directed by Satoshi Kon and produced by Madhouse. Next month we will be discussing Cowboy Bebop, directed by Shinichiro Watanabe and produced by Sunrise. Discussed: satoshi kon tried to make a coen brothers movie, the most terrifying baby in the universe, transphobia, the police, your boobs being poggers, stabbing your father who is a cop, primer, getting rid of some trash, shoplifters, slipping on a bar of soap in the shower, calling an ambu...
EP33: Mononoke
October 21, 2021 17:17 - 2 hours - 127 MBIn which Cass & Alex discuss Mononoke, directed by Kenji Nakamura and produced by Toei Animation. Next month we will be discussing Tokyo Godfathers, directed by Satoshi Kon and produced by Madhouse. Discussed: pure vibes performance, being pressured to watch something for a podcast, a newgrounds meet 'n' fuck game, @mcclure111: "There are certain kinds of visual-- mostly things involving small dots, dithering, complex patterns-- that the video codecs we've adopted everywhere are just plain...
EP32: Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time
September 01, 2021 16:55 - 2 hours - 130 MBIn which Cass & Alex discuss Evangelion: 3.0 + 1.0 Thrice Upon A Time, directed by Hideaki Anno, Kazuya Tsurumaki, Katsuichi Nakayama, and Mahiro Maeda, and produced by Studio Khara. Next month we will be discussing Mononoke, directed by Kenji Nakamura and produced by Toei Animation. Discussed: why we are watching this instead of tokyo godfathers, nausea of the soul, a movie about how you should stop watching anime, a glossy jpeg of paris tinted red, Michael Bay - What is Bayhem by Every F...
EP31: Mobile Suit Gundam (Pt. 2)
August 01, 2021 19:00 - 2 hours - 126 MBIn which Cass & Alex discuss the second half of Mobile Suit Gundam, directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino and produced by Nippon Sunrise. Next month we will be discussing Tokyo Godfathers, directed by Satoshi Kon and produced by Madhouse. Discussed: job john, bathing is counterrevolutionary, chads on both sides, sitting in a dive bar drinking whiskey in a white linen suit for several months, donkey kong forward aerial, "witness the fate of a soldier!" i throw one leg out and fall on my ass. it's no...
EP30: Mobile Suit Gundam (Pt. 1)
July 01, 2021 19:00 - 2 hours - 138 MBIn which Cass & Alex discuss the first half of Mobile Suit Gundam, directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino and produced by Nippon Sunrise. Next month we will be discussing the rest of Mobile Suit Gundam. Discussed: getting in the gundam, why anime is like this, seinfeld, the history of giant robot shows, super robot, real robot, malthusian overpopulation, the population bomb, o'neill cylinder, fraw bow, Turn A Gundam, sweatson stero, merrybell gadget, agrippa maintainer, cancer kafka, meme midgard, ...
EP29: Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!
June 12, 2021 00:19 - 2 hours - 121 MBIn which Cass & Alex discuss Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!, directed by Masaaki Yuasa and produced by Science Saru. Next month we will be discussing Mobile Suit Gundam, directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino and produced by Nippon Sunrise. Discussed: the least interesting thing we have ever seen masaaki yuasa be involved in, yo-kai watch the movie, masaaki yuasa heard you talkin shit like he wouldn't find out, the fancy milk they sell at the laundromat, that meme with the guy talking to the lady at...
EP28: Porco Rosso
May 19, 2021 03:52 - 1 hour - 97.1 MBIn which Cass & Alex discuss Porco Rosso, directed by Hayao Miyazaki and produced by Studio Ghibli. Next month we will be discussing Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!, directed by Masaaki Yuasa and produced by Science Saru. Discussed: maximum hangoutitude, air piracy, the mama mia auto gang, the Rubacava section of Grim Fandango, Casablanca, in love with the pig, awooga, air pirate wrestling promo, pure professional wrestling, everybody wants to fuck the pig, a pig's gotta fly, Piccolo Day, Ea...
EP27: Redline
April 01, 2021 18:00 - 1 hour - 56.4 MBIn which Cass & Alex discuss REDLINE, directed by Takeshi Koike and produced by Madhouse. Next month we will be discussing Porco Rosso, directed by Hayao Miyazaki and produced by Studio Ghibli. Discussed: the last film we both hated, this movie is the fast and the furious, the absurdly long plot synopsis of this movie on wikipedia, funky boy, a chocolate cake with a steak inside it, an extremely pedantic complaint about internal combustion engines, Wipeout 2097, F-Zero, wishing this movie...
EP26: Devilman Crybaby
March 01, 2021 18:18 - 1 hour - 81.1 MBIn which Cass & Alex discuss Devilman Crybaby, directed by Masaaki Yuasa and produced by Science Saru. Next month we will be discussing REDLINE, directed by Takeshi Koike and produced by Madhouse. Discussed: this show is secretly a sports anime, ass-first introduction, divorcee horny, The Male Gaze, blasting cum onto your ceiling, FLCL, boobs in the thumbnail, ecstacy, stabbin motherfuckers, watching porn in the auditorium, gay little weirdos, buckminster fuller, involuntary rapping, dying...
EP25: Carole and Tuesday
January 01, 2021 17:00 - 2 hours - 114 MBIn which Cass & Alex discuss Carole and Tuesday, directed by Shinichirō Watanabe and produced by Bones. Next month we will be discussing Devilman Crybaby, directed by Masaaki Yuasa and produced by Science Saru. Discussed: 24 episodes of boring, Whiplash (as reviewed by a jazz musician) by Adam Neely, this is a sports anime, mars republican convention, thundercat, charlie puth, 21 savage, lil uzi vert, denzel curry, mars ICE, fka twigs, a softer world 478, mononymous pop stars, BoJack Hors...
EP24: Ping Pong The Animation
December 01, 2020 17:00 - 1 hour - 98.6 MBIn which Cass & Alex discuss Ping Pong: The Animation, directed by Masaaki Yuasa and produced by Tatsunoko Production. Next month we will be discussing Carole and Tuesday, directed by Shinichirō Watanabe and produced by Bones. Discussed: cass and alex both liked a show for once, oh he gaming, game boy advance, neo geo pocket color (which are not black, cass was thinking of the neo geo pocket and the regular neo geo), milk gives you diabetes?, bread makes you fat?, being a connoisseur of tr...
EP23: Grave of the Fireflies
November 02, 2020 01:00 - 1 hour - 66.2 MBIn which Cass & Alex discuss Grave of the Fireflies, directed by Isao Takahata and produced by Studio Ghibli. Next month we will be discussing Ping Pong: The Animation, directed by Masaaki Yuasa and produced by Tatsunoko Production. Discussed: the saddest movie of all time, september 21st 1945, mom's dead parkour, lazy slut, if it sucks, hit da bricks, the one good cop, the world's worst funeral practicioner, "there is no such thing as an anti-war film", "The unsung genius of Studio Ghibli...
EP22: Ayakashi: Samurai Horror Tales
October 01, 2020 16:00 - 1 hour - 98.2 MBIn which Cass & Alex discuss Ayakashi: Samurai Horror Tales, directed by Tetsuo Imazawa, Kouzou Nagayama, and Kenji Nakamura and produced by Toei Animation. Next month we will be discussing Grave of the Fireflies, directed by Isao Takahata and produced by Studio Ghibli. Discussed: dan savage, whether the opening theme to this anime is good, Run Away With Me by Carly Rae Jepsen, nice bird, bird friend, bird fucker, macbeth, the lowest key fish person, kekekekekeke, horny bandits, the revers...
EP21: Kids on the Slope
September 01, 2020 15:00 - 2 hours - 125 MBIn which Cass & Alex discuss Kids on the Slope, directed by Shinichiro Watanabe and produced by MAPPA and Tezuka Productions. Next month we will be discussing Ayakashi: Samurai Horror Tales, directed by Tetsuo Imazawa, Kouzou Nagayama, and Kenji Nakamura and produced by Toei Animation. Discussed: The Gang Forms A Polycule, jazz, catholicism, 1960s japan, a spasm of chivalry, the beginning of a beautiful friendship, homoeroticism, how kyūshū girls behave, intense jazz drumming, upright bas...
EP21: Kids on the Slope
September 01, 2020 15:00 - 2 hours - 125 MBIn which Cass & Alex discuss Kids on the Slope, directed by Shinichiro Watanabe and produced by MAPPA and Tezuka Productions. Next month we will be discussing Ayakashi: Samurai Horror Tales, directed by Tetsuo Imazawa, Kouzou Nagayama, and Kenji Nakamura and produced by Toei Animation. Discussed: The Gang Forms A Polycule, jazz, catholicism, 1960s japan, a spasm of chivalry, the beginning of a beautiful friendship, homoeroticism, how kyūshū girls behave, intense jazz drumming, upright bas...
EP20: Revolutionary Girl Utena (pt. 2) and Adolescence of Utena
August 01, 2020 13:00 - 3 hours - 174 MBIn which Alex & Cass discuss the last 16 episodes of Revolutionary Girl Utena and Adolescence of Utena, directed by Kunihiko Ikuhara and produced by J.C. Staff. Next month we will be discussing Kids on the Slope, directed by Shinichiro Watanabe and produced by MAPPA and Tezuka Productions. Discussed: alex has been hoisted, the exact definition of ghost riding, Empty Movement, expressing that akio is an adult, buying coffins in bulk, the biggest fucking mood of all time, making it naughti...
EP19: Revolutionary Girl Utena (pt. 1)
July 03, 2020 03:35 - 2 hours - 116 MBIn which Alex & Cass discuss the first 23 episodes of Revolutionary Girl Utena, directed by Kunihiko Ikuhara and produced by J.C. Staff. Next month we will be discussing the rest of Revolutionary Girl Utena, as well as Adolescence of Utena. Discussed: we did not finish watching this show, friend of the show Bobby Newmark from the William Gibson novel Count Zero, comparing this show to evangelion, weird shit, air bud, when this show takes place, ancien régime, golden girls anime, anime ab...
EP18: Kare Kano
June 01, 2020 20:28 - 1 hour - 88.3 MBIn which Alex & Cass discuss Kare Kano, directed by Hideaki Anno and Hiroki Sato and produced by Gainax and J.C. Staff. Next month we will be discussing Revolutionary Girl Utena, directed by Kunihiko Ikuhara and produced by J.C. Staff. Discussed: emphasizing the comedy and not the romance, Japanese test taking culture, Cass doesn't understand the stakes of this show, wearing sweatpants at home as a character flaw, the false self, the true self, embracing your asshole, Brahms, wish fulfill...
EP17: Penguin Highway
May 01, 2020 16:00 - 2 hours - 138 MBIn which Cass & Alex discuss Penguin Highway, directed by Hiroyasu Ishida and produced by Studio Colorido, based on the novel by Tomihiko Morimi. Next month we will be discussing Kare Kano, directed by Hideaki Anno and Hiroki Sato and produced by Gainax and J.C. Staff. Discussed: facing the firing squad, Alex Did Not Like This Movie, The Book Of Henry, a nerdy fourth grader with a harem, Alex And Cass Actually Yell At Each Other and Get Into A For Real Fight, Alex And Cass Consider Not D...
EP16: Mirai
April 01, 2020 16:00 - 1 hour - 90.5 MBIn which Alex and Cass discuss Mirai, directed by Momoru Hosoda and produced by Studio Chizu. Next month we will be discussing Penguin Highway directed by Hiroywasu Ishida and produced by Studio Colorido. Discussed: an elementary school book report, useless dads, hating these people and their beautiful house, shitty Totoro, being born, a dog with the face of a man, an extremely long very stupid conversation about what we would do if one of our nonexistent children tried to kill another one...
EP15: Akira
March 01, 2020 17:00 - 1 hour - 93.6 MBIn which Cass and Alex discuss Akira, directed by Katsuhiro Otomo and produced by Tokyo Movie Shinsha. Discussed: whether we are more jerks together than we are apart, pure experience, identity theft, adult babies, how much fucking money japan had in the 80s, the far off future year of 2019, harvey birdman looking at calendar dot jpg, the box art for streets of rage, the fundamental dishonesty of 80s nostalgia, 1812 nostalgia, going to war with canada, the black plague, the insane clown pos...
EP14: The Animatrix
February 01, 2020 17:00 - 2 hours - 133 MBIn which Alex and Cass discuss The Animatrix, directed by Koji Morimoto, Shinichiro Watanabe, Mahiro Maeda, Peter Chung, Andy Jones, Yoshiaki Kawajiri, and Takeshi Koike, and produced by The Wachowskis with Madhouse and Studio 4°C. Next month, we will be discussing Akira, directed by Katsuhiro Otomo and produced by Tokyo Movie Shinsha. Discussed: Cass watched the matrix for the first time ever, Simulacra and Simulation by Jean Baudrillard, is the matrix actually a smart movie or a dumb mov...
EP13: The Tatami Galaxy
January 01, 2020 23:28 - 1 hour - 97.8 MBIn which Cass and Alex discuss The Tatami Galaxy, directed by Masaaki Yuasa and produced by Madhouse. Next month, we will be discussing The Animatrix, directed by Koji Morimoto, Shinichiro Watanabe, Mahiro Maeda, Peter Chung, Andy Jones, Yoshiaki Kawajiri, and Takeshi Koike, and produced by The Wachowskis with Madhouse and Studio 4°C. Discussed: how many tatami our rooms are, manic pixie dream girls, yōkai, aka manto, kuchisake-onna, betobeto-san, the black thread of fate, birdman, the ar...
EP12: The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
December 03, 2019 18:51 - 1 hour - 85.4 MBIn which Alex and Cass discuss The Tale of the Princess Kaguya, directed by Isao Takahata and produced by Studio Ghibli. Next month we will be discussing The Tatami Galaxy, directed by Masaaki Yuasa and produced by Madhouse. Discussed: how to pronounce "Ghibli", what you would do if you found a tiny person in the woods, bamboo socialism, a range of chobe, being born a thousand years too early for the invention of hip-hop, a picture-perfect dickbutt, :3, eternal sunshine of the spotless mi...
EP11: Night Is Short, Walk On Girl
November 02, 2019 01:54 - 1 hour - 108 MBIn which Cass and Alex discuss Night Is Short, Walk On Girl, directed by Masaaki Yuasa and produced by Science Saru. Next month we will be discussing The Tale of the Princess Kaguya, directed by Isao Takahata and produced by Studio Ghibli. Discussed: the most difficult thing you can do for love, secret mormon underwear, medieval japanese pornography, the FBI (female body inspectors), sophists, the volatile utopian koi farm market, being nude from the waist down, being nude save for a cowbo...
EP10: Wolf Children
October 01, 2019 19:02 - 1 hour - 85.9 MBIn which Alex and Cass discuss Wolf Children, directed by Mamoru Hosoda and produced by Studio Chizu. Next month we will be discussing Night Is Short, Walk On Girl, directed by Masaaki Yuasa and produced by Science Saru. Discussed: why nobody in anime goes to college, monsterfuckers, awful 3d people, edgar wright, landlords, secretly being a wolf as a metaphor, feral hogs, centipedes, being kind to each other, tsundere old men, a cool wolf club in the city, frolicking amongst glossy jpegs...
EP09: A Place Further Than The Universe
September 01, 2019 21:41 - 2 hours - 118 MBIn which Alex and Cass discuss A Place Further Than The Universe, directed by Atsuko Ishizuka and produced by Madhouse. Next month we are going to be watching and discussing Wolf Children, directed by Mamoru Hosoda and produced by Studio Chizu. Discussed: an emotionless husk of a human being, Tetris the Grandmaster 3: Terror-Instinct, inside baseball mahjong jokes, Chekhov's envelope full of ¥1,000,000, the economics of buying a business class ticket from singapore to australia, how you c...
EP08: The End of Evangelion + The Rebuild of Evangelion
August 01, 2019 16:00 - 3 hours - 169 MBAs a follow up to last episode, Cass and Alex discuss The End of Evangelion and The Rebuild of Evangelion, directed by Hideaki Anno and produced by Studio Gainax. Next month we are going to be watching and discussing A Place Further Than The Universe, directed by Atsuko Ishizuka and produced by Madhouse. Discussed: Bad synchronization, Hideaki Anno's vendetta against otaku, being put in a lake, Bakelite, genericized trademarks, making out with a 14-year old and then exploding, having mama...
EP07: Neon Genesis Evangelion
July 02, 2019 16:00 - 2 hours - 151 MBAt long last. Cass and Alex discuss the 1995 anime "Neon Genesis Evangelion," directed by Hideaki Anno and produced by Studio Gainax. Next month we're going to be watching and discussing End of Evangelion as well as the Rebuild of Evangelion. Show Notes: "Neverending Evangelion: How Hideaki Anno turned obsessions and depression into an anime phenomenon" by Aaron Stewart-Ahn "End of Evangelion and the Audience-Author Membrane" by Dan Olson "Annihilation and Decoding Metaphor" by Dan ...
EP06: Noir
June 01, 2019 22:11 - 1 hour - 69.7 MBIn which Alex and Cass discuss the 2001 anime "Noir", directed by Koichi Mashimo and produced by Bee Train. Show Notes: Kirika wearing the Wu-Tang Apron Cass's Book Recommendation: Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami Alex's Book Recommendation: My Sister, The Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite Next month we're going to be watching and discussing Neon Genesis Evangelion. Social: Show Twitter: @animeisforjerks Show Mastodon: @animeisforjerks@skelet...
EP05: Millennium Actress
May 07, 2019 20:06 - 1 hour - 69.1 MBIn which Alex and Cass discuss the 2001 anime film "Millennium Actress", directed by Satoshi Kon. Show Notes: "Throne of Blood: Noh Shakespeare, No Problems!" by Kyle Kallgren, where Cass learned all about Throne of Blood from "Satoshi Kon - Editing Space & Time" by Tony Zhou and Taylor Ramos of Every Frame A Painting "Mustang," that movie Alex said made her cry Cass's Book Recommendation: Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino Alex's Book Recommendation: The Neapolitan Novels by El...
EP04: Paprika
April 05, 2019 22:09 - 52 minutes - 48.1 MBIn which Alex and Cass discuss the 2006 anime film "Paprika", directed by Satoshi Kon. [In this episode for some reason both of us are convinced that the genius inventor character's name is Toru. It is in fact Kosaku Tokita. Inexplicably, the guy who voices Tokita is named Toru Furuya. Neither of us knew this.] Show Notes: Cass's Book Recommendation: Manufacturing Consent by Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky Alex's Book Recommendation: The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock by Imogen Hermes Gow...
EP03: Serial Experiments Lain
March 01, 2019 21:23 - 53 minutes - 48.7 MBIn which Alex and Cass discuss the 1998 anime series "Serial Experiments Lain", directed by Ryutaro Nakamura. Show Notes: "The Terrifyingly Prescient 'Serial Experiments Lain,' 20 Years Later That very good @headfallsoff tweet about Hideo Kojima Next month we're going to be watching and discussing Paprika. Social: Show Twitter: @animeisforjerks Show Mastodon: @[email protected] Show Email: [email protected] Cass's Twitter: @prophet_goddess Cass's Mastodon: @pr...
EP02: Ghost in the Shell (1995)
February 01, 2019 18:00 - 1 hour - 83.9 MBIn which Cass and Alex discuss the 1995 film "Ghost in the Shell", directed by Mamoru Oshii and based on the manga by Masamune Shirow. Show Notes: The Claim of Reason by Stanely Cavell 1 Corinthians 13 Next month we're going to be watching and discussing Serial Experiments Lain. Social: Show Twitter: @animeisforjerks Show Mastodon: @[email protected] Show Email: [email protected] Cass's Twitter: @prophet_goddess Cass's Mastodon: @[email protected]...
EP01: Gunbuster
January 08, 2019 20:44 - 1 hour - 71.5 MBIn which Alex and Cass discuss the 1988/89 OVA series "Gunbuster," directed by Hideaki Anno and produced by Gainax. Show Notes: Those really uncomfortable earbuds Alex's gif of Noriko pulling a single tity out Next month we're going to be watching & discussing Ghost in the Shell (1995). Social: Show Twitter: @animeisforjerks Show: @[email protected] Show Email: [email protected] Cass's Twitter: @prophet_goddess Cass's Mastodon: @[email protected] ...