Aniki

By Ben & Jon

Brothers Ben and Jon review and decompose anime series with focus on story, characters, and cultural relevance. Every other monday brings you a new series breakdown and before every season they delive... more

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November 25, 2019 95: Beating a Dead Senpai (Bokusatsu Tenshi Dokuro-chan)

Ben and Jon start questioning if their guardian angels wield nail-bats and have a pension for murder while watching Beat-to-Death Angel Dokuro-chan. In this classic sendup of magical girls, romcoms, and slice of life, mild-mannered Sakura-kun pines after his childhood crush despite living with an actual angel. Dokuro may seem innocent, but she also commands the holy, spiked baseball bat Excaliborg, which he uses to constantly kill and resurrect our boy when he annoys her. A memorable, yet disgusting, hilarious, yet garbage show from 2005, this is a nexus of all things anime that everyone should probably (not) see. Also featuring: Pokemon, the Konosuba movie, Kaiba, and Crest of the Stars.

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Show Notes

General00:15Bokusatsu Tenshi Dokuro-chan12:45

General

Pokemon Sword & Shield
5-minute Pokemon renders
Konosuba Movie (our episode on the series)
Terminator: Dark Fate
Dracula Audio Book
Kaiba

Spinning Silver
Crest of the Stars

Bokusatsu Tenshi Dokuro-chan

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Key
Great Teacher Onizuka

Hard Gay
Dokuro-chan Bluray
Robotech novels

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The Night is Long Walk on Girl
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0min
November 11, 2019 94: All Guns Life (Sabagebu!)
Ben and Jon discover that while some slice of life shows are about making friends while others are about making your friend a meat shield in Sabagebu!
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29min
November 11, 2019 94: All Guns Life (Sabagebu!)

Ben and Jon discover that while some slice of life shows are about making friends while others are about making your friend a meat shield in Sabagebu! Following Sonokawa Momoka, a recent transfer student to an all girls school, this anime about the kinds of friendships one makes in an airsoft club made up of psychopaths of all stripes and one platypus. If you enjoy guns, off the wall comedy, or bath scenes, this is the show for you. Also featuring: rhythm riders and mahjong.

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Show Notes

General00:15Sabagebu!06:15

General

Sayonara Wild Hearts
Audiosurf
Mahjong

Sabagebu!

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Konosuba (the bad show)

Next Time

Bokusatsu Tenshi Dokoro-chan
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0min
October 28, 2019 93: Halloweeb Dractacular (Castlevania)
Get out your blood moons, monster mashes, spoopy skeletons, and a few stakes for good measure, it's time for Aniki's shivering review of Castlevania! Something out of the ordinary, Castlevania is an original English adaptation of the classic video games done in an anime style. With a star-studded voice cast, amazing visuals, and the promise of an action-filled adventure of killing vampires, does this Netflix original series live up to the hype? Also featuring: No Guns Life, Kemono Michi, Babylon, and Fate/Grand Order.
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Show Notes
General00:15Castlevania08:24
General
Dracula Audible Novel (with Tim Curry)
Dracula Dead and Loving It
The Aniki Fall 2019 Preview
No Guns Life
Kemono Michi
Babylon
Fate/Grand Order
One Cut of the Dead
Castlevania
Watch Now
Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon
Hellsing Ultimate
Wallachia
The Nun
Next Time
Sabagebu
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40min
October 28, 2019 93: Halloweeb Dractacular (Castlevania)

Get out your blood moons, monster mashes, spoopy skeletons, and a few stakes for good measure, it’s time for Aniki’s shivering review of Castlevania! Something out of the ordinary, Castlevania is an original English adaptation of the classic video games done in an anime style. With a star-studded voice cast, amazing visuals, and the promise of an action-filled adventure of killing vampires, does this Netflix original series live up to the hype? Also featuring: No Guns Life, Kemono Michi, Babylon, and Fate/Grand Order.

Haven’t seen this show? Go watch Castlevania. Watch before you listen!

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Show Notes

General00:15Castlevania08:24

General

Dracula Audible Novel (with Tim Curry)
Dracula Dead and Loving It
The Aniki Fall 2019 Preview
No Guns Life
Kemono Michi
Babylon
Fate/Grand Order
One Cut of the Dead

Castlevania

Watch Now
Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon
Hellsing Ultimate
Wallachia
The Nun

Next Time

Sabagebu
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0min
October 07, 2019 92: Protag and the Real Girl (The Tatami Galaxy)
What does it mean to live your #bestlife? In searching for this answer, the brothers discover an unlikely masterpiece in The Tatami Galaxy.
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49min
October 07, 2019 92: Protag and the Real Girl (The Tatami Galaxy)

What does it mean to live your #bestlife? In searching for this answer, the brothers discover an unlikely masterpiece in The Tatami Galaxy. Following an unnamed protagonist in his quest for his rose-colored campus life and raven-haired beauties, The Tatami Galaxy explores what it means to live, laugh, and love, what friendship really entails, and the introspection needed to grab hold of the reins of your own life. It is no wonder that with its myriad of layers to unpack and its fantastic visual language, it won the 2010 Japan Media Arts Festival Grand Prize in animation and earns it’s place as the first 10/10 Aniki has reviewed. Also featuring: Demon Slayer and All You Need Is Kill.

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Show Notes

General00:15The Tatami Galaxy06:20

General

Untitled Goose Game
Demon Slayer
All You Need Is Kill

The Tatami Galaxy

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Annihilation Review from Folding Ideas
Yuasa Masaaki (Director)
Ping Pong
Kaiba
Konosuba Movie US Premiere

Next Time

Castlevania
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49min
September 30, 2019 SP: Fall 2019 Anime Season Preview
The brothers drop hot-takes like leaves for the new fall 2019 season of anime. They help you sort out the good, the meh, and the "why does this exist?"
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50min
September 30, 2019 SP: Fall 2019 Anime Season Preview

The brothers drop hot-takes like leaves for the new fall 2019 season of anime. Running down the Anichart.net listings from least to most popular, they help you sort what shouldn’t be missed, what might be ok, and what you should probably avoid. What shows are you most excited for? Let us know on Twitter and Facebook!

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Show Notes

Fall 2019 Rundown00:15

Fall 2019 Rundown

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Aniki’s Picks

Our picks for consideration for the Fall 2019 anime season. Click the links to go to where you can watch or get more info.

Africa Salaryman Young Disease Outburst Boy Rifle Is Beautiful Afterschool Dice Club Ascendance of a Bookworm: I’ll do anything to become a librarian pet Babylon No Guns Life Chihayafuru PSYCHO-PASS 3 Food Wars! The Fourth Plate

Episode art credit: for-miku
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50min
September 23, 2019 91: JUNku Desu (Rozen Maiden)
Seeking nostalgia, Jon suggests the brothers rekindle a fondness for ball-joints with the Highlander doll show, Rozen Maiden, desu.
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55min

FAQs about Aniki:

How many episodes does Aniki have?

The podcast currently has 333 episodes available.