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Join Kate and Alain as they discuss everything from what they just watched to what is going on in fandom.

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

Sep 29, 2013

Final impressions of Attack on Titan from Production I.G and Wit Studio with the ending "great escape" by cinema staff. It is streaming on Crunchyroll and Funimation.

A new short podcast series! First impressions are great but what about our thoughts after we've watched an entire series week to week? We figured our...


Sep 28, 2013

Final impressions of Free! from Kyoto Animation with the ending "SPLASH FREE" by STYLE FIVE. It is streaming on Crunchyroll.

A new short podcast series! First impressions are great but what about our thoughts after we've watched an entire series week to week? We figured our listeners might want to hear our final...


Sep 24, 2013

Final impressions of Silver Spoon from A-1 Pictures with the ending "Hello Especially" by Sukima Switch. It is streaming on Crunchyroll.

A new short podcast series! First impressions are great but what about our thoughts after we've watched an entire series week to week? We figured our listeners might want to hear our...


Sep 5, 2013

***reminder: this is from 2010

The U.S. anime market of 2000 was clearly not the same market of 2010 no matter how much some people would like that to be the case. A lot about how anime is brought over to the U.S. has changed in the last few years. We talk about how we got to this point and then at the myriad of ways...


Sep 2, 2013

A new short podcast series! Sometimes our first impressions in S.W.A.T. Reviews aren't right. This may result in us continuing a show that goes to hell and we later end up dropping it. We figured our listeners might be curious to hear why we just couldn't stand to continue on with a series (too bad we weren't doing this...