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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