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Weekly Seasonal Watches: Winter 2025 Week 2
Table of Contents My Happy Marriage S2Honey Lemon SodaBlue BoxAquarion: Myth of EmotionsDragon Ball DaimaThe Apothecary Dairies S2Sorairo UtilityOrbMedalistWonderful PrecureToilet-bound Hanako-Kun …
Medalist, My Happy Marriage, Sorairo Utility, Aquarion, Blue Box
AQUARION Myth of Emotions – Episode 1
I'm a total newbie to Aquarion, which either makes me perfect for this anniversary outing or in deep trouble about two episodes from now.
First Impression: Aquarion: Myth of Emotions
“Perched above the yet oceanless ocean, there was once a dreamer. The dreamer dreamed about all the things in the world.” A beautifully illustrated creation myth of sorts…
First Impressions – Sousei no Aquarion: Myth of Emotions
I'm definitely intrigued by Sousei no Aquarion: Myth of Emotions and anxious to see where it goes from here.
Aquarion – Myth of Emotions #01 — …Where’s the Big Kaboom?
In many senses. There's five premieres today, plus Momentary Lily's second episode, and since I slept in a bit, five of the six shows were up by the…
What Was Up with Anime in 2024: A Record
Has it really been almost a year since my last post on the blog? How time flies! At least this year it didn’t take me until February to…
Aquarion, BLUE LOCK, LOOK BACK, Mahoromatic - Automatic Maiden, Metallic Rouge
Winter 2025 Preview Patreon Early Release
With tha changing of the leaves out and snow and chill in you'd think we'd be gearing up for a lazy season, but anime has other intentions. New…
Welcome to Japan, Ms. Elf!, ZENSHU, Ameku M.D.: Doctor Detective, Aquarion, The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, REALLY Love You
Winter 2025 Preview
With the changing of the leaves out and snow and chill in you'd think we'd be gearing up for a lazy season, but anime has other intentions. New…
Aquarion, Welcome to Japan, Ms. Elf!, Übel Blatt, Ameku M.D.: Doctor Detective, Blue Box
The GLORIO Chat Episode 177: Winter 2025 Anime Preview
I’m not exactly sure where Beastars Final Season and the new Gundam GQuuuuuuX fit in the anime season schedule, but we talk about those and other shows airing…
DESTINY! – Mawaru Penguindrum Spoiler Review
IMAGINE! Imagine a setting where nothing makes sense. Something that blends the irreverent bombast of an early Trigger production like Kill la Kill with the philosophizing fakery of…
Bakemonogatari, Kill la Kill, Penguindrum, RahXephon, Aquarion
Cat-Eyed Boy Returns! (Episodes 4-6)
Orphan brings you more 1970s thrills and chills: episodes four to six of Umezz Kazuo's 1976 horror series Youkaiden Nekome Kozou ( Spirit L...
Michite Kuru Toki no Mukou ni
This has been on my wish list for a very long time: the 1992 TV special Michite Kuru Toki no Mukou ni ( Across the Surging Times…
Judo Story, Oishinbo, Fire Tripper, Tree in the Sun, Kosuke-sama Rikimaru-sama: Konpeitou no Ryuu
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…
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)...
Armored Trooper Votoms, Run Melos, BABYLON, Tree in the Sun, Black Jack
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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, ...
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...
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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…
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...
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-...
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 ...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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…
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. ...
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...
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...
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…
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…
Year 1 Issue 23
Arcadia Dragnet, Year 1, Issue 23 June 3 - 9, 2020 Welcome back to Arcadia Dragnet! Yup, we're way…
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Wave, Listen to Me!, Big Windup!, Tower of God
Year 1 Issue 22
Arcadia Dragnet, Year 1, Issue 22 May 27 - June 2, 2020 Welcome back to Arcadia Dragnet! Why is this…
Kaiketsu Zorori, Witch Girl Meg, Mashin Hero Wataru, Wave, Listen to Me!, Chibi Maruko-chan
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? …
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…
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…
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…
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…
Durarara!!, Inari Kon Kon, Actually, I Am, Monster Musume Everyday Life With Monster Girls, Castle Town Dandelion
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…
Snow White with the Red Hair, Naruto: Shippuden, The Familiar of Zero F, Danchigai, Galilei Donna
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 (Show #467) Maison Ikkoku
Shownotes :: (show 467) :: () :: () :: () :: () With Maison Ikkoku, recorded live May 18th, 2014. This week we watched the live action movie…
Aquarion, Aquarion Evol, Fairy Tail, Hakkenden: Eight Dogs of the East, Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions
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…
Hakkenden: Eight Dogs of the East, Aquarion, DearS, Deltora Quest, Dragon Ball Z