Bits and Pieces 32: Reviewing Some Online How-To Guides For Getting Into Anime
With the amount of anime content and streaming services available, getting into the culture has never been easier. Or is it? From top 10 guides and flowcharts, to anime subreddits and even friend suggestions, let's explore the ways a complete beginner explores the world of anime.
Episode 91: Anime Iceberg 2: The Lost, The Banned, and The Canceled
In this episode, The Anime Iceberg makes its second appearance as Jason and Will talk at length about the demise of various Anime productions, from the well publicized examples to the most obscure (with trigger warnings to boot).
Episode 90: Gotta Watch 'Em All 10 (Jojo Part 6: Stone Ocean, Sword Art Online: Alicization - War of Underworld)
The bizarre adventure and the underworld war ends here. Listen in as Jason and Will give their parting thoughts, then pack their bags to start another new journey on the long road.
Bits and Pieces 31: The Appeal and Aversion Towards Light Novels, Visual Novels, Video Games
There are always several avenues to consume the same property. Whether it is through Anime, Manga, Light Novels, or others. In this episode, Jason and Will discuss the potential reasons why one would prefer one adaptation over another.
Episode 89: Tough to Find Love For Summer 2024 Seasonals (feat. Makeine, Alya Hide Her Feelings, Elusive Samurai, And More!)
It is almost tradition that every Summer Anime Season is always a mixed bag of shows. Along the same lines, it is also tradition for Jason and Will to cover it and unearth some shows worthy of attention at any given time of the calendar year!
Episode 88: Back In My Day 1 (feat. 2014 Year in Anime)
In a new experimental segment, Jason and Will venture back in time to 2014 to see what the Anime industry was like back then, and how it just might be one of the best years ever for the industry…
Bits and Pieces 30: A Creative Writer's Perspective on Manga, Story Crafting, and Bokurano (feat. Vishal Nanda)
We're changing things up with our latest Bits and Pieces episode by welcoming our very first GAP Podcast guest - writer, poet, and good friend Vishal Nanda! We spent hours talking about anime and manga tropes, overcoming writer's block, tabletop RPGs, and why Bokurano exists for no other reason but to torture everyone.
Episode 87: GAP Redux 2 - EP2: Shounen Jump and Jump's "Big 3" Update
For our second GAP Redux, Jason and Will decided to go back to their second episode on Shounen Jump and their “Big 3” but give it a 2024 update. A lot has changed, and most not for the better, it seems.
Episode 86: Anime Closet Cleanup 7 (feat. Kino's Journey (2017), Tsuritama, NGNL Zero, Golden Kamuy S1)
Who knew that, by cleaning out the GAP Bro’s Anime “Plan To Watch” closet for the 7th time, you would find a talking motorrad, the origin of games between deities, the frigid winters in the 1900s, and going fishing with aliens? Anime is weird and we love it.
Bits and Pieces 29: An Off The Cuff Tangent About Anime/Manga Spin-Offs
There is always an Anime or Manga series that we adore and want more of… but is a spin-off series a good use of resources? Or is it just a waste of time that should be spent on making the next entry in any given series?
Episode 85: ASAP 6 (My Wife Has No Emotions, My Deer Friend Nokotan, No Long Allowed in Another World, Wistoria Wand and Sword)
What do you get when you cross a robot waifu, a high school deer girl, a depressed poet, and magic? You get the 4 Manga series being featured in ASAP6!
Episode 84: The Good Anime Palette Awards 7 (Season 7 Finale)
Just because there is a revamp of the GAP Finale Awards for Season 7 didn’t stop Jason and Will from resorting to their usual banter and shenanigans.
Bits and Pieces 28: Mastering the Skill of Anime Recommendations
Navigating the vast anime databases in search of that "perfect" anime can be a fruitless endeavor, so we resort to using the ultimate technique - using genre tags and asking random strangers on the internet for recommendations.
Episode 83: Seeking A Home And A Sense of Belonging In Anime/Manga
Who am I? Where am I from? Where do I belong? The answer to these questions is the life journey of many, fictional or otherwise. In this episode, Jason and Will discuss that, for Anime and Manga, Weebs and Anime characters are no different.
Episode 82: Sakura Season is Here Blossoming With Spring 2024 Seasonal Premieres! (feat. Spice and Wolf, Bartender, Kaiju No. 8, And More!)
Spring has sprung into action with its Anime seasonal lineup… Do you want threequels? Do you want sleeper hits? Do you want amazing remakes? Do you want intense discourse? We got you all covered!
Bits and Pieces 27: What is the Point of Live-Action Adaptations of Anime/Manga?!
Terrible live-action adaptations of Anime/Manga have been a long-running meme in the weebdom. However, recently there seem to be more success cases than duds… but do these adaptations serve a genuine purpose?
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Episode 81: Gotta Watch 'Em All 9 (Sword Art Online: Alicization, Jojo Part 5: Golden Wind [Ep 29-39], Jojo Part 6: Stone Ocean [Ep 1-12])
Coming onto the third year of the Gotta Watch ‘Em All series, surprises are still plentiful with Jason saying that Jojo Part 5 (Golden Wind) is not his favorite Jojo series, and Will proclaiming to the world that SAO Alicization is legit a very good Anime series.
Episode 80: ASAP 5 (feat. Wind Breaker, Orb - On the Movements of the Earth, The Fable, Quality Assurance in Another World)
Even Jason and Will couldn’t have predicted that upcoming Anime adaptations of fixing bugs in video games, discovering astronomy, a faux “Leon The Professional”, and Japanese “Volcano High” could potentially be amazing Anime to look forward to.
After Dark 15: Subs, Dubs, and the Woes of Localization
In this After Dark episode, Jason and Will tackle the important process of Anime/Manga translation and localization amidst the fervor the topic has garnered recently, and how many might be missing the bigger picture.
Episode 79: Locked in an Office Cubicle with Weebs! (feat. Wotakoi, Aggretsuko, Servant x Service, And More!)
Most of us may have grown up and are working as adults… but that doesn’t mean that we, as weebs, are not young and passionate at heart! That’s why Jason and Will tackle the Anime and Manga series that uses the office as a setting of focus.