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The Speakeasy: The main podcast where we discuss what we’ve been watching, reading, and playing, plus occasional other topics.

Oct 23, 2012

Episode 1 of Aoi Sekai no Chuushin de from 5th Avenue with the opening "retrospective world" by Hiro Shimono and Nobuhiko Okamoto and is streaming on Crunchyroll.

The premise of these reviews is simple: watch the first episode of a series and then immediately sit down to record a review mini-podcast. The reviews are...


Oct 23, 2012

Episode 1 of PSYCHO-PASS from Production I.G with the opening "abnormalize" by Ling Tosite Sigure and is streaming on Funimation.

The premise of these reviews is simple: watch the first episode of a series and then immediately sit down to record a review mini-podcast. The reviews are five- to ten-minutes long...


Oct 22, 2012

All Hallows' Eve is when the most dreaded monsters stalk the Earth as the veil between this world and the next is thinned by the autumnal equinox (and we're not talking about girls in trollopy versions of traditional costumes). In honor of this, we are looking at the monsters, ghouls, ghosts, goblins, demons, and yokai...


Oct 21, 2012

Episode 1 of Robotics;Notes from Production I.G with the opening "Junjo Spectra" by Zwei and is streaming on Funimation.

The premise of these reviews is simple: watch the first episode of a series and then immediately sit down to record a review mini-podcast. The reviews are five- to ten-minutes long and entirely off...


Oct 21, 2012

Episode 1 of Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic from A-1 Pictures with the opening "V.I.P" by SID and is streaming on Crunchyroll.

The premise of these reviews is simple: watch the first episode of a series and then immediately sit down to record a review mini-podcast. The reviews are five- to ten-minutes long and entirely...