Show #195: Samurai Jack - The Final Chapter

Almost 5 years to the day since we last had him on, Leon Everett of Ace Comicals emerges from the mists of time to lay to rest a legendary hero, whose long and continually inspiring journey finally came to a close against all odds. Samurai Jack seems a story whose timelessness was due to its lack of a definitive ending, but director Genndy Tartakovsky saw a ripe opportunity to bring the curtain down alongside much of the original creative team. With a more sombre and brooding atmosphere that throws that distance of years into stark relief can Jack really go home again? The call of the void, stupid sexy Aku and more Twin Peaks Series 3 comparisons than one would expect add up an epic saga of a recording, leaving us hungry for a heroic feast of a Post-Podcast Repaste!

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SOTSM x Christmas Creeps: Klaus

Christmas may have only just come and gone scarcely a month ago but cartoons are for the whole year round! Niall and Dwayne had a cosy get-together with Joseph Wade to melt all over Sergio Pablos' paean to traditional animation about the world's worst postman birthing the myth of Santa Claus and inadvertently spreading kindness, compassion and goodwill to a world sorely in need of it. The irony of altruism arising only as a result of nakedly materialistic motivations is not lost on us while discussing this Netflix-backed venture, but if it leads to more opportunities to uplift the medium of animation like this then it's a feat of mental gymnastics we're willing to perform!

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Let’s Go! #132 – Let’s Thank Ants

The final Let's Go of the year and we're rushing to get as much as we can crammed in before Christmas engulfs us in its cosy embrace. All our anime faves are getting into the spirit too; Senku takes a phone call from his relatives, Askeladd regails us with stories of the good old days, Super Shiro is thankful for our insect friends and the Precures save Santa! Merry Christmas one & all, and you can look forward to more of this business in the new year!

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Let’s Go! #131 – Let’s Promise To Wear Clothes

An exercise in eluding expectations erupts in Gegege No Kitaro when a yokai immigrant arrives in search of a steady job and some naked truths about Japanese attitudes are exposed. Iruma shows off his Execution Cannonball skills to the class at and Canute flaunts his new entourage around Viking high society, but Suneater may have bitten off more than he can chew! Our eyes are up here by the way!

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Let’s Go! #130 – Let’s Go Treasure Hunting

An unlikely underground unit unites to unearth some unbelievably useful ores, but will they survive the perils of the pit or the threat of treachery in their midst? A daring surveillance operations gets underway in My Hero Academia, Iruma plumbs the depths of his athletic abilities in preparation for a game of deadly dodgeball and Instagram influencers cause an entire town to burn to the ground in Gegege No Kitaro. How low can you go!

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Let’s Go! #129 – Let’s Get Sexy

Love is in the air, even if some folks haven't entirely grasped the meaning of the concept! Not least of all Clara Valac, as she tries everything in the book to catch Iruma's eye come hell or high water! The residents of Ishigami Village become further enamoured with Senku and his modern conveniences, Canute unveils a bold new personality and a cute old yokai couple persist through thick and thin. What a looker!

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Let’s Go! #128 – Let’s Go, Gutsy Red Riot

Kirishima makes his stunning debut and becomes the toast of old Osaka town while apprehending a super-powered perp run amok, but will the hard-headed hero fare so well against the shadowy criminal enterprise behind these villainous acts? Forbidden texts from another realm are revealed to Iruma-kun while another supernatural being crafts brand new volumes to the chagrin of Kitaro. Reading's for nerds, try this instead!

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Let’s Go! #127 – Let’s Be Famous Painters

Niall returns to the fold and his travels have brought on an air of culture and refinement to this delinquent anime podcast; A life-draining yokai preying on schoolkids inspires Kitaro and Neko-musume to indulge their artistic sensibilities to capture its likeness, Iruma-kun tries his hand at botany with predictably conspicuous results and Senku revamps the New Stone Age with cutting edge Japanese design. How avant garde!

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Let’s Go! #126 – Let’s Have A War

A pared back podcast from the recent past as this one fell during the climactic final days of the Rugby World Cup so a bunch of regular anime had to give way. There's still plenty to fend off from multiple fronts, with a challenging chase through monster country with Iruma, an escalation of hostilities courtesy of Askeladd and Thorkell and Tsukasa strikes the first blow against Senku's kingdom of science as the Stone Wars begin. Take cover!

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Let’s Go! #125 – Let’s Meet The Misfits

Niall wasn't the only thing that went AWOL this month as some tardy podcast recordings show up late for class. This one even sounds a bit the worse for wear from its long journey, but persevere and you might just get to know some delinquent demons, the space-faring ancestors of modern humanity and the world's sexiest woman. Come on in and say hello why dontcha!

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Let’s Go! #124 – Let’s Call This Episode GeGeGe No Cat-aro

Better hope you've got your nine lives, cuz you're gonna need every last one to get through all this Autumn anime! We'll try and play it safe though, so something among this slew is destined for the litter box : the supernatural samurai of Blade Of The Immortal, the eccentric investigators of Kabukicho Sherlock or the returning champion My Hero Academia, not to mention all the usual favourites which already claim pride of place. We'll be feline this one in the morning!

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Let’s Go! #123 – Let’s Go To Hell

While Niall was away on holiday he meant to put these up before he left! So listen in and you too can hear our travails as we start into the Autumn anime season: the urban jungle of Africa Salaryman; the white knuckle thrill ride of After School Dice Club; the prestige TV drama of Babylon; and the education in evilness of Welcome To Demon School Iruma-kun! It's all right here, lukewarm outta the microwave!

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Let’s Go! #122 – Let’s Backdoor Pilot

Rei Isurugi's saga of revenge comes to a close along with the Four Treasonous Generals arc of Gegege No Kitaro, or is his real journey just beginning in a script yet to be written? Who knows! But we can say for sure that Vikings make for the most impolite guests, cheating is permitted in the name of science and we have much to learn from our cactus friends beyond the stars. If all that makes next to no sense then you better catch up before next season!

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Let’s Go! #121 – Let’s Not Fall In The Acid

What cures can also kill! The search for ingredients needed for antibiotics finds Senku and the crew braving a lake of sulphuric acid, where one wrong step could spell doom for restoring the light of science to the world! Warring factions vie for custody of a Danish prince amidst a forest fire in Vinland Saga, Fruits Basket packs up until Summer and the stalwart crew at Wacky TV Nanana receive their debriefing. Stay safe out there!

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Let’s Go! #120 – Let’s Go Home

Come on in and let's have a serious discussion about some anime, much like the various Viking factions plotting treachery and turmoil in Vinland Saga. Arts & crafts begins shortly after as Kaseki is lured in by the marvels of science in Dr. Stone before we give a friendly visitor a very warm welcome in Fruits Basket. Some folks just can't be satisfied though as Kitaro attempts to steer a wayward soul from a monkey paw/Wishmaster-style scenario. Make yourself comfortable why dontcha!

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Let’s Go! #119 – Let’s Dance

We've got all the best moves when it comes to currently streaming anime, and so does Tatsuki Fujinami as he battles a giant cyclops on Wacky TV Nanana. Shinra ducks and dives his way around a rogue officer in Fire Force, murderers maneuver in the dark on Detective Conan and Kitaro tries his best pickup lines on any warm body within range. They're playin' our song!

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Let’s Go! #118 – Let’s Go To London

Powerful opponents await on Let's Go as the way to London is barred to the invading Danes by the fearsome Thorkell The Tall, AKA Murder Goku. Senku matches wits against mischievous mentalist Gen Asagiri on Dr. Stone, Shinra personally disciplines a bad lieutenant on Fire Force and even your favourite magical girls get into a nasty scrap with the number two villain on Star Twinkle Pretty Cure! Give your earholes a good ass kickin'!

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Let’s Go! #117 – Let’s Reinvent Ramen

Jojo's Bizarre Adventure departs the stage for now but Let's Go continues apace with all the other things you could be watching. Or perhaps not, as Cop Craft and BEM are unceremoniously dumped to make room for The Demon Girl Next Door, alongside the usual blaze battling in Fire Force, dastardly Danes in Vinland Saga and caveman cookery in Dr. Stone. Hope you brought your appetite!

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We Need To Speak About Rohan #2 – Mutsu-kabe Hill

To back up his claims in the next/previous instalment of Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan that Japan's best-selling manga creator could somehow be bankrupt, Rohan relates the terrifying tale of the bizarre beings who dwell upon Mutsu-kabe Hill whose existence can defy even death itself. Will the atypical artist find this research trip worth the danger? Stick around to the end to find out, as well as what's been happening in the non-Jojo anime world! See you up top!

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We Need To Speak About Rohan #5 – Millionaire Village

Our JoJo's Bizarre Adventure addiction torments us still, so to help wean ourselves off it we delve into the spin-off Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan stories of which some have been helpfully adapted for animation. Rohan's editor requests his help in a lucrative real estate deal, but are the strange rumours surrounding the property linked to a supernatural entity beyond human comprehension? It's up to our favourite curmudgeonly cartoonist to solve the case, while we also take the brunt of the weekly anime slate. That's rich!

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