Latest Shonan Podcast Episodes
YuYu Hakusho - When do we get to the BATTLE SHONEN!?
Anime Against the World - August 09, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsThis week we look at the nostalgia giving ghost punching hot blooded battle shonen that is Yu Yu Hakusho! Our boys, as usual, watch only the first three episodes and decide whether this is the kind of show you could give a noob to get them hooked on anime. From ghosts and spirits to gang street f...
Sakugan - a CRAP version of MADE IN ABYSS?
Anime Against the World - August 02, 2022 20:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsExplore the first three episodes of this mecha anime that follows the young adventurer Memempu as she tries to go deeper into their underground world to see what she can find... Our boys unpick these initial episodes and go in hard on the clunkiness of this show. Here we have some robot exoskele...
Sakugan - a CRAP version of MADE IN ABYSS?
Anime Against the World - August 02, 2022 20:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsExplore the first three episodes of this mecha anime that follows the young adventurer Memempu as she tries to go deeper into their underground world to see what she can find... Our boys unpick these initial episodes and go in hard on the clunkiness of this show. Here we have some robot exoskelet...
Highest Grossing Media Franchises of ALL TIME! (according to Wikipedia)
Anime Against the World - July 19, 2022 04:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsThis week we do something a little different! (Please don't hate us.) We wanted to play around a bit and this is what we came up with - it's not very serious, but hopefully you can enjoy the ride as it was fun to record. Please please let us know what you think as we would love feedback on this p...
Birdie Wing: Golf Girls' Story - Golf Puns Galore!
Anime Against the World - July 12, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsFINALLY Will gets to see the golf anime Sam's been bringing up for weeks and boy does it land!... Mostly. This underground mafia golf romance is absurd, over the top, funny, self-aware and charming, and best of all... it's about golf! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Birdie Wing: Golf Girls' Story - Golf Puns Galore!
Anime Against the World - July 12, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsFINALLY Will gets to see the golf anime Sam's been bringing up for weeks and boy does it land!... Mostly. This underground mafia golf romance is absurd, over the top, funny, self-aware and charming, and best of all... it's about golf!
Bubble 2022 - What Prince of Stride should have been!
Anime Against the World - July 06, 2022 20:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsThis week we watch this Wit Studio blockbuster that everyone's talking about - perhaps because it's being pushed by Warner Bros. and Netflix. This sci-fi, post-apocalyptic parkour battle movie has a bit of everything, a smidge of something and a whole lotta something else. It's weird, it's beaut...
Black Clover - Is this a recipe for quality SHONEN?
Anime Against the World - June 30, 2022 19:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsIf you love shonen battles, shouty teens, awesome animation and passionate brotherhoods, this is absolutely the show for you. This week we discuss Black Clover as it takes the last 20 years of Shonen and creates sure fire path to success. It has everything you need and in all honesty, there's ver...
Black Clover - Is this a recipe for quality SHONEN?
Anime Against the World - June 30, 2022 19:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsIf you love shonen battles, shouty teens, awesome animation and passionate brotherhoods, this is absolutely the show for you. This week we discuss Black Clover as it takes the last 20 years of Shonen and creates sure fire path to success. It has everything you need and in all honesty, there's ve...
Death Parade - "the single GREATEST episode of anime EVER DONE!"
Anime Against the World - June 22, 2022 16:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsThis week we dip into the bar for the first 3 episodes of Death Parade, an unusual twist on the afterlife where contestants play bar games to decide whether they go to heaven or hell. I don't know about you but it's how I want to go! With great animation, twists and turns along the way and a uniq...
NOTHING beats 90's and early 2000's ANIME!
Anime Against the World - June 14, 2022 19:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsThis week our boys do something bit different in that they do not discuss a show! Or they do, but it's one of multiple as they look back on the anime that made them! Journey with our boys back to the late 90's, early 2000's and reminisce about Pokemon, Digimon, Yu Gi Oh and the gang!
NOTHING beats 90's and early 2000's ANIME!
Anime Against the World - June 14, 2022 19:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsThis week our boys do something bit different in that they do not discuss a show! Or they do, but it's one of multiple as they look back on the anime that made them! Journey with our boys back to the late 90's, early 2000's and reminisce about Pokemon, Digimon, Yu Gi Oh and the gang! Hosted on...
Blue Exorcist - It's HOGWARTS for EXORCISMS?
Anime Against the World - June 07, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsThis week we open Pokemon cards to start, we then move onto Hogwarts, Christian badassary, Subliminal propaganda, Japanese social conformity, Mushoku Tensei, The Devil's Advocate with Keanu Reeves and Al Pacino... Yeh. What else do you want? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inf...
Blue Exorcist - It's HOGWARTS for EXORCISMS?
Anime Against the World - June 07, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsThis week we open Pokemon cards to start, we then move onto Hogwarts, Christian badassary, Subliminal propaganda, Japanese social conformity, Mushoku Tensei, The Devil's Advocate with Keanu Reeves and Al Pacino... Yeh. What else do you want?
Platinum End - This SUCKS 100% of the time?
Anime Against the World - May 31, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsSee how long it takes you to figure out Sam's views on this show. Spoilers - it's not great. This week, we have a lot of fun pulling this show a part, and despite some biased opinions, actually find quite a lot of positives to talk about. We tangent as usual, discussing Hosted on Acast. See ac...
Platinum End - This SUCKS 100% of the time?
Anime Against the World - May 31, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsSee how long it takes you to figure out Sam's views on this show. Spoilers - it's not great. This week, we have a lot of fun pulling this show a part, and despite some biased opinions, actually find quite a lot of positives to talk about. We tangent as usual, discussing
Eureka Seven - It's 2006 again and I'm in heaven
Anime Against the World - May 25, 2022 19:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsThis week we explore the exciting mecha anime that is Eureka Seven and reminisce about the mid 2000's, an era special to the hearts of 90's kids! (90's kids unite!) We identify some flaws of the show, as usual, but ultimately, this is a fun episode of jumping around and making random tangents lef...
Sabikui Bisco - It was all a HALLUCINATION!
Anime Against the World - May 18, 2022 19:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsThis week we discuss Family Guy, The Simpsons, Australian toad genocide, Plato's Allegory of the Cave,... Snatch, Lock Stock and two smoking barrels,... snails on planes, shrooms... Confused? Yeh, so were we. listen to the full episode to understand even less of what's going on both on the podcas...
My Hero Academia: Two Heroes - BakuGOU HOME ALREADY!
Anime Against the World - May 12, 2022 20:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsThis week we look at a movie, based on a series, based on a manga! It's a wild time, where the boys get nitty gritty about plot convenience, seedy bobble sonics and over the top action scenes... then they remember that it's a kids movie! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informat...
Iwa Kakeru!: Sport Climbing Girls - a MANGA with backing music?
Anime Against the World - May 03, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsAre you a fan of rock climbing? Have you been crying out for a show that lives and breaths boulders? Do you want a show that does the bare minimum to satisfy these interests? Then perhaps Iwa Kakeru is for you! This week, Sam and Will take 8 minutes to get started, discuss the elephant in the ro...
Iwa Kakeru!: Sport Climbing Girls - a MANGA with backing music?
Anime Against the World - May 03, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsAre you a fan of rock climbing? Have you been crying out for a show that lives and breaths boulders? Do you want a show that does the bare minimum to satisfy these interests? Then perhaps Iwa Kakeru is for you! This week, Sam and Will take 8 minutes to get started, discuss the elephant in the roo...
The Rising of the Shield Hero - Hey, I love fantasy... OH WAIT WTF?!
Anime Against the World - April 26, 2022 18:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsThis week we take a closer look at the first three of The Rising of the Shield Hero. An Isekai in its purist form, this fantasy pulls our protagonist, Naofumi, out of normality and entrusts him along with three others to protect Raphtalia and its residents from evil. However, everything is not as...
86 EIGHTY-SIX - How to EXPOSIT like a noob?
Anime Against the World - April 20, 2022 19:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsThis week we explore a show Sam has been waiting to show Will for an age, and he couldn't wait until episode 86... appalling behaviour! This show is a Mecha which means it's an automatic win for Sam, but throughout the discussion there's quite a bit that grates on Will. From the unrealistic movem...
86 EIGHTY-SIX - How to EXPOSIT like a noob?
Anime Against the World - April 20, 2022 19:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsThis week we explore a show Sam has been waiting to show Will for an age, and he couldn't wait until episode 86... appalling behaviour! This show is a Mecha which means it's an automatic win for Sam, but throughout the discussion there's quite a bit that grates on Will. From the unrealistic move...
My Dress-Up Darling - Hot girl likes nerdy boy? WHAAAA?!
Anime Against the World - April 14, 2022 09:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsThis week we look at the romance comedy anime that is My Dress-Up Darling! A very sexual show about adolescent hormones, revolving around a Hina Doll enthusiast who befriends a cosplay enthusiast in an effort to help her design the perfect cosplay outfit! Will really doesn't know how to feel abo...
My Dress-Up Darling - Hot girl likes nerdy boy? WHAAAA?!
Anime Against the World - April 14, 2022 09:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsThis week we look at the romance comedy anime that is My Dress-Up Darling! A very sexual show about adolescent hormones, revolving around a Hina Doll enthusiast who befriends a cosplay enthusiast in an effort to help her design the perfect cosplay outfit! Will really doesn't know how to feel abou...
Avatar: the Last Airbender (Book 3) - The WRONG way to end the series!
Anime Against the World - April 05, 2022 21:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsThis week we discuss the final part of Avatar the last Airbender, and boy is this one a controversial one! Will pitches his opinion that this final season is nothing but filler, and Sam tries his hardest to dispute it. Will pitches his other opinion that the season should have an alternate endin...
Avatar: the Last Airbender (Book 3) - The WRONG way to end the series!
Anime Against the World - April 05, 2022 21:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsThis week we discuss the final part of Avatar the last Airbender, and boy is this one a controversial one! Will pitches his opinion that this final season is nothing but filler, and Sam tries his hardest to dispute it. Will pitches his other opinion that the season should have an alternate ending...
Avatar: the Last Airbender (Book 2) - Secret Love Tunnel!
Anime Against the World - March 30, 2022 19:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsThis week we continue our special dive into Avatar the last airbender, and now we can really get our teeth into the growth of the characters and development of the story! We discuss the poignant moments of this show, from Zuko's arc to Uncle Iroh's lost son Tale, and laugh a lot at the hilarity o...
Avatar: the Last Airbender (Book 1) - Not your typical kid's show!
Anime Against the World - March 22, 2022 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsThis week we begin our journey into Avatar! We know it's not strictly anime, but its definitely got its links and we thought it had earned itself a place on the show! What do you guys think? Anime or Ani-no? Listen to our full review where we gush about the impact this show had on us both as chil...
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