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Jin and Mugen #nujabes #samuraichamploo
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Even Campfire Stories Are Scarier in Japan
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When Good Stories Are Buried Beneath Fanservice (DanMachi)
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Day 12: Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark? – Anime Ghost Stories that are Actually Frightening
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Tales of Greed – Moral stories that are worth a read
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Stories Worth Telling: We Are More Than The Parts We Play
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Taiso Samurai – 04 [Samurai Daughter]
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Taiso Samurai – 03 [Dueling Samurai]
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Review: Kubi – in Beat Takeshi’s Bloody Epic, Samurai are Queer Yakuza
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Taiso Samurai – 7-8 [Training Camp Samurai/Intensive Samurai Training]
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Appare-Ranman: Another Solid Effort From PA
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Fruits Basket Episode One: A Solid Introduction
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Ghost in the Shell: Solid State Society
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Samurai Champloo
Marvyn and Anthony are back to squeeze a podcast into Brian’s lunch break as we look at episodes 7 to 12 of Samurai Champloo.
Seven Samurai
This was the first episode of our Akira Kurosawa series with Chris (@antoniuspius) on it, so I...
Seven Samurai
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Samurai Reincarnation
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Samurai Ben
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Stories of the Rainbow || The Colorful Stories Tag
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Colourful Stories Tag
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Colorful Stories Tag
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OSMcast: Metal Gear Solid 4 7-11-2008
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Taiso Samurai – 10
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Taiso Samurai – 07
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Taiso Samurai – 02
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Cat Samurai Rules
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Taiso Samurai – 08
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