Show #198: Night Hood, aka Les Exploits d'Arsène Lupin

His grandson may be the one who gets all the attention these days but the OG Arsène Lupin was no slouch by any stretch. Maurice Leblanc's seminal gentleman thief character got his day in the sun back in 1996, taking a few noirish cues from spiritual successors such as Batman and Diabolik to thwart the real villains in a stylish 1930s setting. But is this incarnation the genuine article or merely wearing an elaborate disguise? Comic criminal chronologies, righteous disparagement of law enforcement and a mysterious Post-Podcast Repaste are the calling cards by which our infamy shall be known!

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SOTSM x DITB: The Anime That Didn’t Make Us #7 – Lupin III Part 3, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Nadesico

Dwayne Moloney, podcast man-about-town, took a trip back in time with Dynamite In The Brain to pore over anime titles of days past that could have been formative experiences in their youth were it not for pesky things like geographical barriers or their absence from terrestrial television. Getting the hypothetical nostalgia treatment this time around are the unfairly maligned Lupin The Third Part 3, the Giant Robo casting department that is Mitsuteru Yokayama's adaptation of Romance Of The Three Kingdoms and the dense mecha satire/homage Martian Successor Nadesico. Those were the good old days! (maybe)

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Let’s Go! #105 – Let’s Test The Limits of Anime Podcasts

While Niall is incarcerated on night shifts the lads stay up late in solidarity with Tensai Bakabon. Post-watershed content abounds with attempted murder in Lupin The Third, criminals on the run in Banana Fish, the horrors of war in Gegege No Kitaro and dangerous wildlife in Bono Bono. This podcast is too hot for TV!

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Let’s Go! #104 – Let’s Hibernate

Talk about being asleep at the switch, as one of your beloved co-hosts loses the run of himself while working night shifts and reposts this super late! Froppy beds herself down for a filler episode of My Hero Academia, Lupin The Third (or should I say Jim Barnett!) holes up in a country retreat to solve a murder mystery, Planet With tries to retire early and Fenny keeps everybody in Bono Bono up with his singing. Sweet dreams!

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Let’s Go! #102 – Let’s Record That Again

Con crunch and computer catastrophes combine to curtail conversation about current cartoons! Working Buddies have their own technical difficulties to surmount, the class of My Hero Academia get a nasty surprise themselves and Bono Bono delivers some unexpected brutality! Please understand, it can't be helped!

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Let’s Go! #101 – Let’s Go On Holiday

Need a little break away? Then why not take a trip to Sakaiminato, home of Kitaro creator Shigeru Mizuki and an evil that rests at the bottom of the sea? Bullet trains staffed by the Working Buddies depart there daily! If there's room in your budget for a flight how about the mean streets of New York where you can try to solve the mystery of Banana Fish? Our other anime regulars stay at home to study, play and fend off invasions, but with modern podcast technology you can take them on the go with you!

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Let’s Go! #100 – Let’s Change the Theme Tune

It's a new opener and a brand new anime season on our prestigious one hundredth episode! Brian and Dwayne set to sampling the latest offerings in a packed slate that includes street gangs, middle managers, invasions by giant teddy bears and the very workings of the human body itself. Which ones will survive the inevitable cull before the following weeks' premieres take dominance? To find out you'll just have to listen up!

Let’s Go JoJo! Episode 6 – Koichi Hirose (Echoes)

Koichi runs afoul of way-past-teenage delinquent Tamami Kobayashi and his lingering lock Stand. Will his constant harassment give Koichi the strength to unleash his potential? Find out what happens and also what went down in the rest of the weeks quality programming:

• Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable #6
• Space Patrol Lululco #6
• Concrete Revolutio #17
• Dragon Ball Super #41
• Bungo Stray Dogs #5
• Tonkatsu DJ Agetaro #4
• My Hero Academia #5
• Lupin The III Part 4 #25

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Let’s Go JoJo! Episode 1 – Jotaro Kujo Meets Josuke Higashikata

It's back! My broadband that is, but along with it the much belated news of the return of Let's Go Jojo! The weekly podcast about weekly Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, plunging headlong into the eagerly awaited anime of Part 4: Diamond Is Unbreakable. But hey, now that we've a taste for it we'll also be covering all the other currently airing anime we enjoy, including such just-finishing and newly-beginning shows as:

• JJBA: Diamond Is Unbreakable #1
• Space Patrol Luluco #1
• Dragon Ball Super #36
• Lovely Muuuuuuuco! #25
• Sekko Boys #12
• Ojisan and Marshmallow #12
• Erased #12
• Mr Osomatsu #25
• Lupin The Third Part 4 #23 and 24

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Let’s Go! Episode 21 – Finally

*Final-ly, it's happened to me, I saw Doffy get punched in the faaaace!* And that's not all as an alien prince, a dopey dog and a man in a wheelchair all confront their nemeses in such shows as:

• One Piece #733
• Dragon Ball Super #35
• Lovely Muuuuuuuco! #24
• Mr Osomatsu #24
• Lupin the Third Part 4 #21 and 22
• Erased #11 (Anthony's take!)

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Let’s Go! Episode 20 – Lovely Uuuuuuushico!

Against all odds we manage to assemble enough of the Let's Go Gang, and thank goodness otherwise we'd miss the start of our new favourite show! Powerful pooches, cursed cars, the slowest way to time travel and more crop up in such shows as:

• Lupin the Third Part 4 #19 and 20
• Ojisan and Marshmallow #11
• Sekko Boys #11
• Mr Osomatsu #23
• Lovely Muuuuuuuco! #23
• Erased #11

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Let’s Go! Episode 19 – Never Trust Friezas

Betrayal comes in many forms whether it be from a trusted teacher, boy band busts or even the hero of the galaxy! All this plus murderous mazes, humid hounds and the post-podcast One Piece manga chat infiltrates the show!

• One Piece Chapter 818
• Lupin the Third Part 4 #17 and 18
• Ojisan and Marshmallow #10
• Sekko Boys #10
• Mr Osomatsu #22
• Lovely Muuuuuuuco! #22
• Erased #10
• Dragon Ball Super #34

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Let’s Go! Episode 18 – Lovely Running

Niall makes a return in this late night edition of Let's Go, and thank goodness he's here! Terrible teachers, Buddha-like brothers, statue scandals and perambulating pooches! It's all happening in such shows as:

• Lupin the Third Part 4 #15 and 16
• Ojisan and Marshmallow #9
• Sekko Boys #9
• Mr Osomatsu #21
• Lovely Muuuuuuuco! #21
• Erased #9
• Dragon Ball Super #33

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Let’s Go! Episode 17 – Grand Ponta

Brian and Dwayne soldier on this time as a dynamic discussion duo and they can just about handle the bonanza of beards, bands, banchos and blooms in such shows as:

• Lupin the Third Part 4 #13 and 14
• Ojisan and Marshmallow #8
• Sekko Boys #8
• Mr Osomatsu #20
• Lovely Muuuuuuuco! #20
• Erased #8
• Dragon Ball Super #32

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Let’s Go! Episode 16 – Full Nude Helmet

Things take a turn for the metaphysical in this week's shows as we explore from the innermost workings of the mind to the very fabric of our own personal realities. Plus all the usual nonsense of cross canines, time travel and alien oracles:

• Lupin the III Part 4 #11 and 12
• Ojisan and Marshmallow #7
• Sekko Boys #7
• Mr Osomatsu #19
• Lovely Muuuuuuuco! #19
• Erased #7
• Dragon Ball Super #31

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Let’s Go! Episode 15 – Trismegistus Now!

Niall's back, and just in time to get in on the ground floor of a sure fire money-making scheme! Not to mention the medley of mutts in masks, marshmallow maniacs and Mad Max!

• Lupin the III Part 4 #9 & 10
• Ojisan & Marshmallow #6
• Sekko Boys #6
• Mr Osomatsu #18
• Lovely Muuuuuuuco! #18
• Erased #6

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Let’s Go! Episode 14 – Death of Subtlety

Crime! Betrayal! Novelty Flying Discs! All this along with some goons, ghosts and gut groping in such stellar titles as:

• Lupin the III Part 4 #7 & 8
• Ojisan & Marshmallow #5
• Sekko Boys #5
• Mr Osomatsu #17
• Lovely Muuuuuuuco! #7
• Erased #5

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Let’s Go! Episode 13 – Fat Beerus

The promised day has come. Bear witness to the advent of Fat Beerus. We offer our most sincere tributes in the form of lively discussion on currently airing anime such as:

• Erased #3 - 4
• Dragon Ball Super #28
• Lovely Muuuuuuuco! #16
• Mr Osomatsu #16
• Ojisan and Marshmallow #4
• Sekko Boys #4
• Lupin the III Part 4 #5 - 6

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Let’s Go! Episode 12 – The Name’s Batman. James Batman.

A whole lot already on our plates and Brian goes and throws a heaping helping of One Piece on top! The usual smorgasbord of murderers, mutts, masonry and marshmallows awaits in such shows as:

• One Piece #726
• Lovely Muuuuuuuco! #15
• Mr Osomatsu #15
• Ojisan and Marshmallow #3
• Sekko Boys #3
• Lupin the III Part 4 #3 - 4
• Erased #1 - 2

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Let’s Go! Episode 11 – Stone Idols

Some of our running favourites have departed (some just for now...), but in their place come some new and powerful challengers. Stone bust boybands, marshmallow maniacs and some lovely lookin' Lupin!

• Sekko Boys #1 & #2
• Ojisan and Marshmallow #1 & #2
• Lovely Muuuuuuuco! #14
• Mr Osomatsu #14
• Lupin the III Part 4 #1 & #2

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