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Finding the Right Combination – Aquarion Spoiler Review

So, when it comes to the Mecha genre, one subtype I haven’t really addressed is the combining Mecha style. It’s a very classic subgenre, going back to some…

Harper Anime Reviews

Tezuka Osamu's Tales from the Old Testament Ep22-24

The eighth volume of Tezuka Osamu's Tales of the Old Testament covers the glory days of the Kingdom of Israel, its decline (mostly skipped)...

Collectr's Blog

Episode 173 - GARP: EVOL 24-26 & Love OVA

The journey is now over. We conclude The Great Aquarion Rewatch Project as we finish with the last episodes of Aquarion Evol as well as talk...

SSAA Podcast

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Anime Review 254 Aquarion Evol

If you guys have been following me on social media or have read my review of it you will know that I wasn’t a fan of the original…

TakaTempest Reviews

Episode 172 - GARP: EVOL 21-23

We have arrived at the climax of the series and of this project. Questions are answered and even more questions are raised. Everything has l...

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Episode 171 - Not GARP: House

We are taking a break from Aquarion to bring you something completely different. To commemorate the spooky season we decided to spend a litt...

SSAA Podcast

Episode 170 - GARP: EVOL 17-20

The banana has really hit the fan on this session of The Great Aquarion Rewatch Project. We delve into the real turning point of Aquarion EV...

SSAA Podcast

Episode 169 - GARP: EVOL 14-16

We have made to episode 169 of the Ass Backwards Anime Podcast and have made it to the 14 year mark of podcasting. Nice. Despite celebrating...

SSAA Podcast

Episode 168 - GARP: EVOL 10-13

From a fish out of water to a tragic love story, a lot is being tackled on this edition of The Great Aquarion Rewatch Project. We are ending...

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Episode 167 - GARP: EVOL 7-9

Any hole is the goal on this edition of The Great Aquarion Rewatch Project here on the Ass Backwards Anime Podcast. We are covering through ...

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Episode 166 - GARP: EVOL 4-6

We break the walls down with the next edition of The Great Aquarion Rewatch Project as we cover episodes 4-6 of Aquarion EVOL. Click here t...

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Episode 165 - GARP: EVOL 1-3

After 12,000 years, the Great Aquarion Rewatch Project has returned. We start our next journey with the sequel series to the original show, ...

SSAA Podcast

Episode 163 - Not GARP: Stranger

While we wait for more Aquarion, we try something that we haven't done for a while: Talk about a live action drama. More specifically, the 2...

SSAA Podcast

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Road to SMP No. 100: SMP [Shokugan Modeling Project] Genesis of Aquarion

In 2016, Bandai Candy’s Super Minipla line took the simple Minipla kit concept and placed it on a level on par with Bandai Spirits’ hobby products. And with…

cvphased / MECHA CATALOGUE

Episode 162 - Not GARP: Spring 2022 Anime Season Preview

We are still on break from Aquarion so let's do a bit of a throwback. Recorded live on Twitch, we go through the list of upcoming (and curre...

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Anime Review 236 Aquarion

December 2021 might as well be the month where I brought the most amount of sci-fi mecha anime in one spending session. This is mainly due to most…

TakaTempest Reviews

Episode 161 - Not GARP: Saint Seiya Movie 1 & 2

We are taking a small break from the madness of Aquarion but we are not stopping from talking about something ridiculous. As a sort of spin-...

SSAA Podcast

Episode 160 - GARP: Aquarion OVA/Movie

We look into an alternate timeline with this next part of the Great Aquarion Rewatch Project. On this session, we talk about the overlooked ...

SSAA Podcast

Episode 159 - GARP: Aquarion 24-26

We are back for the first episode of 2022 with the epic conclusion to the first part of The Great Aquarion Rewatch Project. We finish off th...

SSAA Podcast

Episode 158 - GARP: Aquarion 21-23

After several episodes, we have reached a climax. We continue The Great Aquarion Rewatch Project by going over the penultimate batch of epis...

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Episode 157 - GARP: Aquarion 18-20

A sudden tonal shift happens on this session of the Great Aquarion Rewatch Project here on the Ass Backwards Anime Podcast. We have cosplay....

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Episode 156 - GARP: Aquarion 15-17

The metaphor continues with this next batch of episodes on The Great Aquarion Rewatch Project. We spend a good amount of time debating if va...

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Episode 155 - GARP: Aquarion 12-14

We have made it halfway through Aquarion so it is probably time to start having some plot. On this episode of The Great Aquarion Rewatch Pro...

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Episode 154 - GARP: Aquarion 9-11

This episode took way longer to come out than it needed to. We are blaming the fact we had to talk about Reika on this episode of The…

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Episode 153 - GARP: Aquarion 6-8

We finally address the elephant in the room on this episode of The Great Aquarion Rewatch Project as we talk about episode 6-8 of Aquarion. ...

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Episode 152 - GARP: Aquarion 3-5

The Great Aquarion Rewatch Project continues as we talk about nerd characters, feet, and if magic is actually sexy as we go through episodes...

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Episode 151 - GARP: Aquarion 1-2

After 12,000 years of threats, we now begin The Great Aquarion Rewatch Project here on the Ass Backwards Anime Podcast. Your hosts Doctor an...

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I haven’t built any kits since 2021 started

Yes, we are two months into 2021 and I haven’t built any kits since the year started, not even the Entry Grade RX-78-2 Gundam. I did have plans…

cvphased / MECHA CATALOGUE

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My 5 Valentine Side Line Pairs

I completely forgot its’ cash grab and mushy day tomorrow. . . this month is going too fast. Got me thinking for this year? What about those pairs…

litakinoanimecorner.wordpress.com

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“Do You Remember Love?” In 3-Part Multimedia Harmony, pt. 1

Read Part 2 here. Read Part 3 here. CONTENT WARNING: DESCRIPTIONS OF WAR, ABUSE, MISOGYNY, QUEERPHOBIA SPOILERS FOR THE MACROSS SERIES, THE AQUARION SERIES, ESCAFLOWNE The 1984 anime…

Home Theater of Cruelty

Creator Chemistry in A Whisker Away

The Japanese anime film A Whisker Away caught my attention early on due to its writer-director combination of Okada Mari and Sato Jun’ichi. Okada has worked on some…

OGIUE MANIAX

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Year 1 Issue 23

Arcadia Dragnet, Year 1, Issue 23 June 3 - 9, 2020 Welcome back to Arcadia Dragnet! Yup, we're way…

Arcadia Dragnet

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Year 1 Issue 22

Arcadia Dragnet, Year 1, Issue 22 May 27 - June 2, 2020 Welcome back to Arcadia Dragnet! Why is this…

Arcadia Dragnet

5 I’d Serve Under Proudly

  When at war you cannot not navigate without someone taking the helm and give instruction these are 5 captains, leaders I would happily serve under.   Mecha…

LitaKinoAnimeCorner

Love Makes Aquarion Go Round~!

  Not all mecha is Gundam, “oh why so serious” vibe that doesn’t mesh with lot of people. Mecha actually can be funny and slightly stupid?    …

LitaKinoAnimeCorner

5 Favourite Mecha Bop Openings

    You hear that? MECHA MARCH IS HERE !! Welcome, It’s March and I’m ready to redeem myself from last year’s Mecha March. I wasn’t happy with…

LitaKinoAnimeCorner

Top 10 Anime Couples

It is time for a new top list. This is my top 10 anime couples. Not ships, couples. I have never been a fan of shipping and the…

A Certain Dazed Producer

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Platina Jazz Vol. 6 Released

Back in 2009, Platina Jazz Volume 1 was released. The disc featured 18 tracks of anime jazz arrangements from shows like The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Sousei no…

Anime Instrumentality Blog

Redshift #34

Welcome back! This post covers blogging, podcasting and translation activity up to 31 August, in keeping with our trial of a monthly posting schedule. If things go to…

Anime Redshift Chronicle

Mid-November 2018 Check-In

Hi there. I’ve been busy with my first semester of law school and with work projects, so I haven’t had a lot of free time lately. I was…

Nigorimasen!

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CG in Anime (I’m still dead)

Ah, CG in anime. This is not a controversial subject like dubs vs. subs. It’s kind of a nearly universal thing that anime fans hate. Obviously not everyone…

Spherical Cows

OtakuGeneration (Show #528) Summer Impressions

  Shownotes :: (show 528) :: (website) :: (podcast feed) :: (direct download) :: (direct iTunes link) With Summer Impressions, recorded live July 19th, 2015. This week we continued…

otakugeneration's Podcast

OtakuGeneration (Show #527) Summer Impressions

  Shownotes :: (show 527) :: (website) :: (podcast feed) :: (direct download) :: (direct iTunes link) With Summer Impressions, recorded live July 12th, 2015. This week we continued…

otakugeneration's Podcast

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OtakuGeneration (Show #468) Super Kuma-san

  Shownotes :: (show 468) :: () :: () :: () :: () With Super Kuma-san, recorded live May 26th, 2014. This week we watched a very unique "short…

otakugeneration's Podcast

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OtakuGeneration (Show #467) Maison Ikkoku

  Shownotes :: (show 467) :: () :: () :: () :: () With Maison Ikkoku, recorded live May 18th, 2014. This week we watched the live action movie…

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OtakuGeneration (Show #466) Golden Time

  Shownotes :: (show 466) :: (website) :: (podcast feed) :: (direct download) :: (direct iTunes link) With Golden Time, recorded live May 11th, 2014. This week we watched…

otakugeneration's Podcast

OtakuGeneration (Show #465) Broken Blade

  Shownotes :: (show 465) :: (website) :: (podcast feed) :: (direct download) :: (direct iTunes link) With Broken Blade, recorded live May 4th, 2014. This week we sat…

otakugeneration's Podcast

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OtakuGeneration (Show #443) Tokyo Marble Chocolate

  Shownotes :: (show 443) :: () :: () :: () :: () With Tokyo Marble Chocolate, recorded live December 4th, 2013. This week we a heart warming two-parter OVA;…

otakugeneration's Podcast

The Anime Music Tournament 2013 Bracket Osaka – Round 1 – Polls 1-8 “Analysis”

By TheBigN Like the post from the Naota bracket, I post here with one half of brackets completed, and the other half close to finishing. As were nearing…

Drastic My Anime Blog

1996: Pivot Point

Kadian1364 grew up with anime since middle school during the Pokemon and Toonami boom in the late 90's, and developed a voracious appetite...

The Golden Ani-Versary of Anime (1963-2013)