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Jan 10, 2014

Episode 1 of Strange+ from Seven with opening "Beauty Boy" by Takumi. 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 cuff. As always...


Jan 10, 2014

Episode 1 of Z/X Ignition from TV Tokyo with opening "EX:FUTURIZE" by Yoko Hikasa. 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...


Jan 10, 2014

Episode 1 of Pupa from Studio DEEN with the opening "pupa" by Ibuki Kido & Erii Yamazaki. 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...


Jan 8, 2014

Episode 1 of Hamatora the Animation from NAZ with opening "FLAT" by livetune w. Yuuki Ozaki. 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...


Jan 8, 2014

Episode 1 of Nobunagun from Bridge with opening "Respect for the dead man" by Pay money to my Pain. It is streaming on Crunchyroll and 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...