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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 15, 2013

Episode 1 of Galilei Donna from A-1 Pictures with the opening "Synchromania" by Negoto. It 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 off the...


Oct 15, 2013

Episode 1 of Samurai Flamenco from Manglobe with the opening "Just one life" by SPYAIR. It 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 off the...


Oct 9, 2013

Episode 1 of BlazBlue: Alter Memory from Hoods Entertainment and teamKG with the opening "Blue Blaze" by Faylan. It 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...


Oct 9, 2013

Episode 1 of Tokyo Ravens from 8Bit with the opening "X-encounter" by Maon Kurosaki. It 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 the...


Oct 9, 2013

Episode 1 of Walkure Romanze from 8-Bit with the opening "UN-DELAYED" by Miyuki Hashimoto. It is streaming on Crunchyroll.

Sometimes Kate just refuses to watch a show so Alain has decided to take on some of these less desirables in a new sement we're calling Riot Control. Like the S.W.A.T. Reviews, he'll watch the...