Welcome BACK to the Taiiku Podcast where we talk about all things sports anime and I, the yellow ranger, make better introductions in text than I do in speech. We have a bevy of guests this time. For the Kick Heart section, as usual, we got Corey (@cyborgsoda) and we’re joined by Tony (@tondog), Vinnie […]
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Kick Heart and Bamboo Blade
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Kick-Heart
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Bamboo Blade: A Journey of Self Discovery
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Brief Thoughts On: Kick-Heart
Kick-Heart is a short film created, directed, and partly animated by beloved arthouse weirdo Masaaki Yuasa.
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Bamboo Blade – My First Serious Introduction to Kendo
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Re:CREATORS Episode 9: Her Virgin Heart and the Souvenir Blade
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Break Blade (Broken Blade)
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ABYStyle: Sailor Moon Bamboo Style Fan
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Building anime’s future – NAFCA Kick-off Event
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Spy x Family #02 — Kick the Étouffée
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Love and Heart – Manga First Impression
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I Played and Dropped Immortal Heart
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Love and Heart Volumes 2 and 3 Review
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“My Only Feeling Heart”: To Heart and The Anatomy of First Love
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Death’s Daughter and the Ebony Blade, Vol. 7: Exordium
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That was something – The ‘Kick & Slide’ Anime Review
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Blade Dance of the Elementalers
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Within the Blade Review Link
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