Ben and Jon explore the boundary of reality and social imagination with the only series by their favorite director Satoshi Kon: Paranoia Agent. After a mascot designer is attacked by a bat wielding boy, two detectives try to find the miscreant who is fast becoming a serial assailant.. Touching on a multitude of issues ranging from personal responsibility to the spread of societal fears that manifest themselves in the real world, Paranoia Agent is a unique take on the interconnected world we live in. Are memes able to become psychopomps? Is escaping reality to a happy place any better than giving into despair? Who really is Shounen Bat?

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Show Notes

General00:15Paranoia Agent8:31

General

Final Fantasy XV

The “what happened to Final Fantasy XV” video

Boogiepop books

All You Need is Kill

That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime

Mob Psycho 100 II

Spiderman: Into the Spider-Verse

Paranoia Agent

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Satoshi Kon

Paranoia Agent OP

Every Frame a Painting on Satoshi Kon’s editing

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Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai

Jon compares and contrasts the new movie, Alita: Battle Angel, with the OVA and manga and then takes Ben on a trippy journey through Alita's manga origins.

Following last episode, Jon goes on a deep dive into the Alita franchise and having returned from the depths gives an account of the sights he has witnessed. In this interview style episode, the brothers discuss and contrast the new movie, Alita: Battle Angel, with the OVA and the manga renditions. Jon also gives an account of the events in Last Order and Alita’s origins in Martian Chronicles.

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Show Notes

Alita: Battle Angel00:15

Alita: Battle Angel

Listen to the OVA review for background

IMDB

Rotten Tomatoes

Get started on the manga with Comixology (free with Amazon Prime)

Modelland

Next Time

Paranoia Agent

For the first review of 2019, the Aniki brothers go retro and topical with the original Battle Angel Alita OVA ahead of the release of the Alita movie.

For the first review of 2019, the Aniki brothers go retro and topical with the original Battle Angel Alita OVA ahead of the release of the Alita movie. Set in a dystopian, cyber future where humans are agumentable, replaceable, and disposable, Alita follows the story of an android rescued from a trash heap and her quest to find meaning in life by becoming a hunter-warrior. Along the way, she falls for Yugo, a man with a dream to escape from the refuse and make his way to Zalem, a real yet mystical land of opportunity. Also featuring: Mob Psycho 100, Kaguya-sama: Love is War, Magical Girl Spec-Ops Asuka, and Boogiepop and Others.

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Show Notes

Catch Up00:15Battle Angel Alita06:04

Catch Up

Mob Psycho 100

Kaguya-sama: Love is War

Magical Girl Spec-Ops Asuka

Boogiepop and Others

Battle Angel Alita

Watch now

Gunnm Manga

But why the eyes?

Alita: Battle Angel (movie)

https://www.doesthedogdie.com/

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Paranoia Agent

A new year and new hot takes on the first season of anime for winter 2019. 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

Winter 2019 Rundown00:15

Winter 2019 Rundown

Follow along at Anichart.net

Aniki's Picks

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

Bermuda Triangle: Colorful Pastrale

Kouya no Kotobuki Hikoutai

Kemurikusa

My Housemate is on my Lap, but sometimes on my head

How Clumsy you are, Miss Ueno

Magical Girl Special Ops Asuka

Dororo

Boogiepop and Others

Kaguya-sama: Love is War

Kakegurui XX

Mob Psycho 100 II

Episode art credit: Cloudy.R

A new year and new hot takes on the first season of anime for winter 2019. 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!

Like Aniki? Please leave us a review on iTunes so more people can be exposed to our insanity.

Show Notes

Winter 2019 Rundown00:15

Winter 2019 Rundown

Follow along at Anichart.net

Aniki’s Picks

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

Bermuda Triangle: Colorful Pastrale

Kouya no Kotobuki Hikoutai

Kemurikusa

My Housemate is on my Lap, but sometimes on my head

How Clumsy you are, Miss Ueno

Magical Girl Special Ops Asuka

Dororo

Boogiepop and Others

Kaguya-sama: Love is War

Kakegurui XX

Mob Psycho 100 II

Episode art credit: Cloudy.R

In the final regular episode for 2018 and season 4 of Aniki, the brothers get into a #tooReal romcom slice of life show: Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku. Set in an office with actual adults, Wotkaoi follows the budding relationship between gaming nerd Hirotaka and yaoi fangirl Narumi as they navigate the pitfalls of love, doing business, and geekdom. In a landscape of never-ending high-school romance shows, it is a refreshing look at dating from the perspective of "mature" adults. Also featuring: Detective Pikachu, March Comes in Like a Lion, Chihayafuru, and our seasonal begging for internet points.

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Show Notes

General

00:15

Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otkau

11:33

General

Blue-tufted titmouse

Tsurupettan

Seasonal Begging for Likes and Reviews:

Facebook

Twitter

iTunes

Spotify

YouTube

Pokemon Pikachu and Eevee

Detective Pikachu:

German Trailer

ProZD's trailer

March Comes in like a Lion

Chihayafuru

ProZD trying to sell Chihayafuru

A real karuta match

 

Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku

Watch Now

Wokakoi Manga

Office Lady (OL)

Breakfast Club

Yudachi Kai-ii figurine

 

We'll see you in 2019!!

In the final regular episode for 2018 and season 4 of Aniki, the brothers get into a #tooReal romcom slice of life show: Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku. Set in an office with actual adults, Wotkaoi follows the budding relationship between gaming nerd Hirotaka and yaoi fangirl Narumi as they navigate the pitfalls of love, doing business, and geekdom. In a landscape of never-ending high-school romance shows, it is a refreshing look at dating from the perspective of “mature” adults. Also featuring: Detective Pikachu, March Comes in Like a Lion, Chihayafuru, and our seasonal begging for internet points.

Haven’t seen Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otkau? It is currently available on Amazon. Watch before you listen!

Like Aniki? Please leave us a review on iTunes so more people can be exposed to our insanity.

Show Notes

General

00:15

Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otkau

11:33

General

Blue-tufted titmouse

Tsurupettan

Seasonal Begging for Likes and Reviews:

* Facebook

* Twitter

* iTunes

* Spotify

* YouTube

Pokemon Pikachu and Eevee

Detective Pikachu:

* German Trailer

* ProZD’s trailer

March Comes in like a Lion

Chihayafuru

ProZD trying to sell Chihayafuru

A real karuta match

 

Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku

Watch Now

Wokakoi Manga

Office Lady (OL)

Breakfast Club

Yudachi Kai-ii figurine

 

We’ll see you in 2019!!

 

The brothers take their first viewer request and follow melancholic moe-blobs in the snow in Girls' Last Tour. Set in an indeterminate far dystopian future, Girls' Last Tour showcases a war-torn landscape, a dead fish, a weird cat, a kettenkrad, and two naive survivors as they try to stay alive and find other traces of living people. A deeply introspective experience, it is the first nightmare slice-of-life the Aniki brothers have seen. Also featuring: Dragonalia Lost and Overlord.

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Show Notes

General

00:15

Girls' Last Tour

10:00

General

Dragalia Lost

Fate Grand Order

Overlord

Blindness

David Harsanyi: First Freedom

Shigeko Sasamori's Hiroshima Experience

Track-mod Segway

Girls' Last TourWatch Now

Takaharu Ozaki

Kettenkrad

Made in Abyss Episode

Next Time: Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku