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Third Seat by the Window Episode 8 – Scanlation Nation
Buggy and Chris are joined by Sakaki, AKA Kiriibon, AKA Bomber D. Ruffy to peel back the curtain on the world of scanlation, from the process of putting…
Chocolate-Flavored Chocolate: The Hyperreal World of Girls’ Last Tour
“Say ‘cheese!'” Okay, but…why? From the time that we’re children, we experience people telling us to say “cheese” when taking a photo. Many of us never que…
Third Seat Special 5 – A Very Akamatsu Christmas (Warui Deshou Crossover)
It’s a Very Akamatsu Christmas as Third Seat by the Window and Warui Deshou join forces to take on two Ken Akamatsu “beloved” Christmas “classics,” as well as…
Digicast 14: The Pizza Chronicles (Tri Part 6)
Okay, okay, we know. This one’s late. Like, really, really late. A good three months late. But we all had a bunch of irons in the fire. Like,…
Third Seat Special 4 – 2017 Retrospective
Buggy and Chris recap the most notable anime (and video games) of 2017.
The “Baccano” of Pulp Fiction: Omake
This was my original first chapter for “The ‘Baccano’ of Pulp Fiction,” detailing how both Baccano! and Pulp Fiction are descendants of pulp magazines. I’m pleased wit…
The “Baccano” of Pulp Fiction
“Hey, Isaac?” “What’s that, Miria my dear?” “What do you suppose they call the Quarter Pounder with Cheese in Paris?” “Hmm…well, Miria, I believe they’d call it a…
Steins;Gate and the Trolley Problem
Note: this post contains heavy spoilers for the original Steins;Gate anime. If you had the power to change the natural course of things for the better, would you…
Digicast 13: Bolgmon Spelled Backwards is Nomglob (Frontier Part 1)
The Frontier train has no brakes, and apparently neither does this podcast. Tom, Buggy, Chris, and Maddy have perhaps their least unified discussion yet as they discuss the…
Third Seat by the Window Episode 7: Bushido is Bollocks
Buggy and Chris are joined by Niente de Nada to discuss samurai, samurai fiction, and why everything you know about Bushido is a lie.
Getting Along with Hopelessness: The Existential Joy of Girls’ Last Tour
Part 1: Zetsubou~, Zetsubou~, Zetsubou~ …So there was no hope after all. All those years, toiling away alone…. But well, now that I’ve failed…I feel so relaxed. ~Ishii,…
Digicast 12: Kari’s KFC Adventures (Tri Part 5)
Most Digimon podcasts get their Tri episodes out in a timely manner. We are not most Digimon podcasts. Tom, Buggy, Chris, and Maddy growing increasingly frustrated with this…
Juni Taisen, Battle Royales, and Survivor Edgic
Juni Taisen is, in my opinion, about the worst possible way you can write a battle royale storyline. It’s entirely predictable, and while many battle royales are, that’s…
The Last of Us and the Importance of Player Agency
So I just recently finished The Last of Us (yes, yes, I’m years late to this party) and I am…upset about it. I was really enjoying the game…
Deathnet Noteflix
Having just watched the Netflix live-action Death Note movie (while consuming apples, potato chips, and a little bit of rum), Buggy and his friend Jonathan sit down to…
Spiral Radio Episode 2 – Death Note
“How did you get into anime?” This is a question anime fans love asking each other, and in this episode, Andrew “Buggy” Koerner shares his story of getting…
Third Seat Special 3 – Monogatari Interview with Josh Dunham
Almost a year and a half ago, I had my first conversation with Josh Dunham, which I used as material in the first episode of Spiral Radio. It…
Digicast 11: Minami and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (The Tamers Movies)
Tamers was good, right? So the movies based off of Tamers are going to be good too, right? Tom, Buggy, Chris, and Maddy quickly realize that no, that’s…
Bugshrugs: Crunchyroll Expo is Already a Shitshow
For better or worse, Crunchyroll is perhaps the biggest face of anime fandom in the English-speaking world. They currently have the largest catalogue of streaming anime, they provide…
It Bugs Me: Fate/Still Confused
The Fate franchise is a fantastic and exciting one that I absolutely love. On paper, that is. In practice, it’s something I think I’d really be into, but…
Third Seat by the Window Episode 6: Magi Mari Magical Memories
Buggy and Chris are joined by Mari, AKA OtapleOneHalf, to learn about the comprehensive history of the magical girl genre, from majoko to Madoka Madoka and beyond, in…
MeganeToast Episode 3: Ping Pong the Animation
Hero kenzan! Hero kenzan! Hero kenzan! The hero appears, bringing you a new episode of MeganeToast straight from Planet Ping Pong! In this episode, Chris and Buggy break…
Bugshrugs: My Thoughts on Piracy
Boy, piracy sure has been a hot topic in the anime community lately, hasn’t it? Hulu has removed their free subscription option and removed much of the anime…
Digicast 10: Just One George (Tamers Part 2)
Buggy, Tom, Chris, and Maddy finish up Tamers by asking the hard-hitting questions, like “how does one get drunk on milkshakes?” and “why does Ryo even exist?” Tom…
Third Seat by the Window Episode 5: Everyone’s A Critic (And So Can You!)
The Subtle Doctor joins Buggy and Chris to talk about critical analysis in the anime fandom, how to get into it, and where it’s succeeding and failing.
Digicast 9: Sora Gets Shafted (Tri Part 4)
Buggy passes the goggles. Maddy is hospitalized. Tom complains about animation. Chris does an old-timey radio voice. And everyone complains about how badly Sora seems to get shafted.
Third Seat Special 2 – 2016 Retrospective
Buggy and Chris reflect on what they both consider to be a fantastic year in anime, talking through all the big anime (as well as others they enjoyed)…
Scum’s Wish: The Treason of the Artist
When rereading Ursula K. Le Guin’s “The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas” for my first Philosophy and Psycho-Pass post, I rediscovered a quote from it that stuck…
In Which Buggy Writes A “Best Anime of 2016” Clickbait Article
Sometimes you write things because you have something insightful or meaningful to say. But sometimes you write something that you know everyone else always writes and that you…
My Hero Academia, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Space Patrol Luluco, Tonkatsu DJ Agetarou
Philosophy and Psycho-Pass Part 1: Sibyl’s Republic
Perhaps the most common misconception about Psycho-Pass is that it depicts a dystopia. A dystopia, by definition, is an unpleasant or undesirable society. Perhaps a select few lead…
Third Seat by the Window Episode4: Open the Gate
Buggy and Chris are joined by David Majors to discuss negativity in the anime fandom and what we can do to try to change it.
Bugshrugs: Anime is not Anime
Fairly recently, a debate broke out in the anime community after moderators on Reddit’s r/anime board banned discussion of the music video for Porter Robinson’s “Shelter” on…
Third Seat by the Window Episode 3: We Talked About Light Novels So We Chose an Obnoxiously Long Episode Title?!
Buggy and Chris are joined by J-Novel Club’s Sam Pinansky, who shares his experiences with the light novel industry and why he launched the site.
Spiral Radio Episode 1 – Monogatari Part 1: Kizu Genesis
What do you do when a highly acclaimed series that you should theoretically love doesn’t click with you? Is there some flaw in the series? Is the problem…
MeganeToast Episode 2: If Her Flag Breaks
Chris and Buggy break down as they attempt to break down Kanojo ga Flag wo Oraretara, AKA If Her Flag Breaks, AKA Gaworare in this episode of MeganeToast.…
A Year of Podcasting
It started simply enough. I was excited for the premiere of Digimon Adventure Tri and was reminiscing with my friend Chris about the first season. I made a…
Special 1 – The Bugcast Episode 0
It’s been one year since Buggy and Chris started podcasting, so to commemorate it, Buggy has finally edited that one episode he should have put out before anything…
Digicast 8: There’s No Such Thing as 2 (Tri Part 3)
Buggy, Tom, Chris, and Maduin run the full gauntlet of emotions regarding the third part of Digimon Adventure Tri. Also, they manage to go an episode without any…
Third Seat by the Window Episode 2: A Hole in the Water
Buggy and Chris are joined by Amphituber to talk about the horror genre in anime and to try to get to the bottom of why exactly it has…
The Great Zelda Playthrough Part 2: Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
Welcome back to The Great Zelda Playthrough, in which I play through all the Zelda games in release order to prepare for Breath of the Wild. If you…
Bugshrugs: So Why Anime, Then?
In the anime Twitter sphere I’m a part of, there’s been a lot of discussion lately about animation. More specifically, about the role animation should play in the…
Digicast Episode 7: The Horny Episode (Tamers Part 1)
Buggy, Tom, Chris, and Maduin return once again to cover the first part of one of their favorite seasons of Digimon. You probably shouldn’t listen to this episode,…
The Great Zelda Playthrough Part 1: The Legend of Zelda (NES)
In preparation for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, I’ve decided to play through all the main series Zelda games (all of them that have an…
The Writer’s Guide to Anime: Darker than Black and “Show, Don’t Tell”
One piece of advice that writers are very frequently told is “show, don’t tell.” Inexperienced writers have a tendency to explicitly tell a reader information, which at best…
Third Seat by the Window Episode 1: Feeling Strawberry
The Bugcast returns as Third Seat by the Window, and Buggy and Chris kick things off with a bang as they’re joined by Chris (another Chris, not the…
Digicast Episode 6: Summer Wars 2: Revenge of AngelaAnacondamon (The Adventure Movies)
Buggy, Chris, Tom, and Maduin deal with Diaboromon attempting to sabotage their podcast as they finish off the Digimon Adventure continuity with Digimon: The Movie(s) and Revenge of…
Digimon: Digital Monsters, Digimon: The Movie, Digimon: The Movie, Summer Wars
The Lain Test
In that lull between the Spring and Summer 2016 anime seasons, in which the old shows are ending but the new ones have not yet begun, I took…
MeganeToast Episode 1: Baccano!
Chris steps into the host seat* in the first episode of the new show MeganeToast, in which Chris and Buggy choose a randomly-selected anime to talk about in-depth.…
A Love Letter to Mafuyu
WARNING: this post will be NSFW. The writer has attempted to lean away from it as much as possible, but due to both the subject matter and the…
Re:Zero – Earning its Reputation
Re:Zero isn’t a show that should work on paper. After all, it’s yet another light novel about a genre-savvy protagonist who ends up in a fantasy world and…