Anime Story Structure
78 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsEmma and Brian hang out, watch a season of anime, and search for intention and meaning through discussing each episode’s story structure. Sometimes the cat joins.
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Episodes
Episode 27 - No-friends McGee
May 27, 2019 14:28 - 33 minutes - 31.8 MBCardcaptor Sakura: Episode 30. We meet a new character this week. Her name is Rei, she has no friends, likes to run, and we'll probably never see her again. Watch Sakura go through the dilemma of either catching the Dash card or enabling Rei for being a cheater-cheater pumpkin-eater. Twitter: @ASStructure Email: [email protected]
Episode 26 - Sweets Makes You Lazy
May 20, 2019 09:00 - 40 minutes - 36.9 MBCardcaptor Sakura: Episode 29. Life’s like a box of chocolates: sometimes it’s empty. Watch the gang fail at baking cakes and take forever to reach a conclusion. (Spoiler: it’s the Sweet card) Twitter: @ASStructure Email: [email protected]
Episode 25 - Meiling Bought a Gun
May 13, 2019 16:08 - 28 minutes - 22.1 MBCardcaptor Sakura: Episode 28. For like 5 bucks, dude. Good deal. Twitter: @ASStructure Email: [email protected]
Episode 24 - Hanyaaan~
May 06, 2019 09:00 - 45 minutes - 33.3 MBCardcaptor Sakura: Episode 27. Mizuki dated Touya, MIZUKI DATED TOUYA, HOLD THE PHONE WHAT Twitter: @ASStructure Email: [email protected]
Episode 23 - Labyrinth Minus Bowie
April 29, 2019 13:10 - 37 minutes - 33.4 MBCardcaptor Sakura: Episode 26. We find our heroes trapped in The Maze card. They pull every trick in the book, placing their right hand on the walls, flying high, and cutting through. But nothing works! If only there was someone with bells to punch with. Twitter: @ASStructure Email: [email protected]
Episode 22 - Touya's Ghost Adventures
April 22, 2019 09:00 - 32 minutes - 26 MBCardcaptor Sakura: Episode 25. Remember how Touya can see ghosts? We forgot, too. It becomes relevant again today when he’s trolled by the Mirror card. Sakura levels up her magic and uses a tarot reading to find them both. In a bizarre flower-related riddle that doesn’t completely make sense? Twitter: @ASStructure Email: [email protected]
Episode 21 - Double Feature! Get the Things
April 15, 2019 09:00 - 42 minutes - 40.7 MBCardcaptor Sakura: Episode 23 & 24. Instead of hair of the dog to remedy our hangover, we took a double dose of Cardcaptor Sakura. Which is just what the doctor should have ordered. Come join us while we watch Sakura get both The Song and The Little. Twitter: @ASStructure Email: [email protected]
Episode 20 - Fujitaka Conquers Sleep
April 08, 2019 09:00 - 27 minutes - 25.9 MBCardcaptor Sakura: Episode 22. Sakura helps while her dad crunch-time writes a research paper. He somehow manages to be an amazing parent at the same time, and teaches Sakura an important lesson. Twitter: @ASStructure Email: [email protected]
Episode 19 - Gotta Go Fast?
April 01, 2019 11:00 - 31 minutes - 31.4 MBCardcaptor Sakura: Episode 21. A very simple plot leaving space for character growth. Meiling doesn’t understand the difference between sprinting and long-distance running. Twitter: @ASStructure Email: [email protected]
Episode 18 - Monkey Wrench
March 25, 2019 09:00 - 38 minutes - 41.1 MBCardcaptor Sakura: Episode 20. Emergency! This anime needs more content. We can’t just have Sakura talk about her feelings for 50 episodes, that’s crazy. We need filler! We need a monkey wrench! We shall call her… Meiling. Twitter: @ASStructure Email: [email protected]
Episode 17 - Double feature! Summer Homework Saga
March 18, 2019 09:00 - 42 minutes - 58.8 MBCardcaptor Sakura: Episode 18 & 19. Watch Sakura and friends be friends. Sakura ignores her summer homework with festivals and gives Kero math. Isn’t this nice? We meet the Glow card, the Move card, and two new characters. Is this the calm before the storm?? Twitter: @ASStructure Email: [email protected]
Episode 16 - This Cave is Comin’ For You
March 11, 2019 09:00 - 24 minutes - 28.5 MBCardcaptor Sakura: Episode 17. Normally beach episodes are filler episodes, but Sakura really goes through the ringer in this one as the Erase card disappears all her friends into oblivion. Topics include: sequence of information, Sakura’s decision to change, and some tug-of-war against the ocean. Twitter: @ASStructure Email: [email protected]
Episode 15 - Secret Grandpa
March 04, 2019 13:31 - 41 minutes - 55.4 MBCardcaptor Sakura: Episode 16. I mean, TECHNICALLY he’s her Great-Grandpa, but that doesn’t matter; he’s continuing the family tradition of not liking Fujitaka. With Fujitaka baking some solid cookies and Sakura making a rainbow, I think they have a shot. Sakura doesn’t capture any cards but helps Masaki (ggpapa) in accepting his loss. Twitter: @ASStructure Email: [email protected]
Episode 14 - The Nothing Fight
February 25, 2019 10:00 - 30 minutes - 44 MBCardcaptor Sakura: Episode 15. Don't you love episodes where friends dislike each other for no reason? Emma doesn't. We and the writers both have a hard time figuring out compelling conflict involving Kero (without using a dead dad). Twitter: @ASStructure Email: [email protected]
Episode 13 - The Gay Episode
February 18, 2019 10:00 - 36 minutes - 31.7 MBCardcaptor Sakura: Episode 14. or IS it?? Like the Mist card, this wasn't a solid episode. Twitter: @ASStructure Email: [email protected]
Episode 12 - Sakura Tug-Of-Wars a Cutie
February 11, 2019 10:00 - 46 minutes - 39.9 MBCardcaptor Sakura: Episode 13. This episode had it all: a rad as heck tight story, the Power card doing the stompies, some sweet shots, and Yukito. Bear with us on the length, we got really into discussing the writing this week. Twitter: @ASStructure Email: [email protected]
Episode 11 - Double Feature! Saga of the Fairy Costume
February 04, 2019 10:00 - 36 minutes - 37.5 MBCardcaptor Sakura: Episode 11 & 12. At Jeff Bezos's mansion, we find the Shield card and The Bad News Maid. Then Green Kid goofs and that's canon, and the Time card makes Sakura do some sweet slow-mo. It's 2 episodes in 1 today! Twitter: @ASStructure Email: [email protected]
Episode 10 - The Race is a Metaphor
January 28, 2019 10:00 - 42 minutes - 42.2 MBCardcaptor Sakura: Episode 10. The Flower is a metaphor, the field day is a metaphor, the characters are metaphors, this show is a metaphor, we're all metaphors, the universe is Twitter: @ASStructure Email: [email protected]
Episode 9 - The NEW New Boutique
January 21, 2019 10:00 - 31 minutes - 31.4 MBCardcaptor Sakura: Episode 9. Sakura becomes the protagonist again. I mean, her name's on the dang title. Also a kid literally buys a magic sword. Twitter: @ASStructure Email: [email protected]
Episode 8 - Chinese Laser Board
January 14, 2019 10:00 - 36 minutes - 38.1 MBCardcaptor Sakrua: Episode 8. We gave up on pronouncing the new guy's name. So we'll just call him Green Kid. Also, there's a Thunder Card but it's not about that. It's about Green Kid. Twitter: @ASStructure Email [email protected]
Episode 7 - Knife Kid
January 07, 2019 10:00 - 25 minutes - 26.4 MBCardcaptor Sakura: Episode 7. Watch our gang play a stealth game to win the Silent card while we also introduce the pilot for Ouran Highschool Host Club. Twitter: @ASStructure Email: [email protected]
Episode 6 - Ghost Are Real Too, by the Way
December 31, 2018 10:00 - 29 minutes - 30.4 MBCardcaptor Sakura: Episode 6. Remember how this was about a magical girl doing magical things because of magical cards? Well today we find out it might also be ghosts. There's still the Illusion card but it's not about that. It's about a ghost. Twitter: @ASStructure Email: [email protected]
Episode 5 - Tomoyo Knows Everything
December 22, 2018 19:31 - 26 minutes - 28.7 MBCardcaptor Sakura: Episode 5. It's the Jump card! Is it cute? Is it scary? We don't know and neither does the show. Twitter: @ASStructure Email: [email protected]
Episode 4 - Painting the Carpet
December 22, 2018 19:27 - 29 minutes - 31.8 MBCardcaptor Sakura: Episode 4. Today Sakura learns if she cleans the house, she get TWO cards! Watch how The Wood and The Rain cards don't make a healthy relationship. Twitter: @ASStructure Email: [email protected]
Episode 3 - Yukito's Dad Outfit
December 22, 2018 19:24 - 28 minutes - 30.2 MBCardcaptor Sakura: Episode 3 Doki doki! Sakura is on a date! It's at the aquarium! Where the Watery card is! Also, Touya LITERALLY rips water. Twitter: @ASStructure Email: [email protected]
Episode 2 - Candy AND Flowers?! What a Guy!
December 22, 2018 19:19 - 26 minutes - 29.3 MBCardcaptor Sakura: Episode 2. Pranks? No, it's the Shadow card! Sakura learns she's not alone, unfortunately... Twitter: @ASStructure Email: [email protected]
Episode 1 - Cardcaptor Sakura
December 22, 2018 18:43 - 28 minutes - 28.8 MBCardcaptor Sakura: Episode 1. We're starting off with Cardcaptor Sakura! Emma has seen it, Brian has not. Let's dive right in! Twitter: @ASStructure Email: [email protected]
Anime Story Structure
December 22, 2018 02:16Come join Emma and Brian recap and analyze story structure from various anime, one season at a time, episode by episode. If we don’t stumble upon the episode’s themes, we’ll at least make some jokes along the way!