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Welcome to Anime Lunch, an exploration and celebration of 20th century Japanese animation!

Even if you’ve never seen this legendary 1986 sci-fi action comedy, you’ve likely seen some reference to it. “Project A-ko is the story of happy-go-lucky 16-year-old red-haired sailor-suited teenage schoolgirl, A-ko Magami, who goes on a magical adventure from high school to outer space as she struggles to finish her homework, rescue her friend C-ko, and save the Earth from an evil alien invasion.”

Mayhem, hijinks, misunderstandings, and good old fashioned corny fun.

Join us on Anime Lunch this week, as we present 1986’s Project A-ko

Airing live, Friday at 10PM Eastern Standard Time, Noon Japanese Standard Time

Introducing, Anime Lunch, a celebration of the fundamental early anime of the 20th century in all its forms, from Robotech to Ranma to Cowboy Bebop and beyond. Way beyond. Please visit us at Non-Productive.com/AnimeLunch to subscribe to the podcast, find our social media links, and join our discord!

Welcome to Anime Lunch, an exploration and celebration of 20th century Japanese animation!

Even if you’ve never seen this legendary 1986 sci-fi action comedy, you’ve likely seen some reference to it. “Project A-ko is the story of happy-go-lucky 16-year-old red-haired sailor-suited teenage schoolgirl, A-ko Magami, who goes on a magical adventure from high school to outer space as she struggles to finish her homework, rescue her friend C-ko, and save the Earth from an evil alien invasion.”

Mayhem, hijinks, misunderstandings, and good old fashioned corny fun.

Join us on Anime Lunch this week, as we present 1986’s Project A-ko

Airing live, Friday at 10PM Eastern Standard Time, Noon Japanese Standard Time

Introducing, Anime Lunch, a celebration of the fundamental early anime of the 20th century in all its forms, from Robotech to Ranma to Cowboy Bebop and beyond. Way beyond. Please visit us at Non-Productive.com/AnimeLunch to subscribe to the podcast, find our social media links, and join our discord!

Welcome to Anime Lunch, an exploration and celebration of 20th century Japanese animation!

Based on the shojo manga written by Sukehiro Tomita and illustrated by Nao Yazawa, Wedding Peach is a 1995 anime about a group of school friends and members of a newspaper club, who naturally find out they are actually magical Love Angels tasked with protecting humanity from the evil demons of devil world.

Magical heroics, dreamy love interests, and school melodrama take center stage on Wedding Peach, as well as delightfully convoluted cosmology core to the genre.

Join us on Anime Lunch this week, as we present 1995’s Wedding Peach.

Airing live, Wednesday at 10PM Eastern Standard Time, Noon Japanese Standard Time

Introducing, Anime Lunch, a celebration of the fundamental early anime of the 20th century in all its forms, from Robotech to Ranma to Cowboy Bebop and beyond. Way beyond. Please visit us at Non-Productive.com/AnimeLunch to subscribe to the podcast, find our social media links, and join our discord!

Welcome to Anime Lunch, an exploration and celebration of 20th century Japanese animation!

Based on the Shonen Jump manga by Buronson and Tetsuo Hara, Fist of the North Star is the legendary super-violent anime franchise that spawned several series, OVAs and even a live action movie – including the 1986 masterpiece from Toei Animation.

Introducing, Anime Lunch, a celebration of the fundamental early anime of the 20th century in all its forms, from Robotech to Ranma to Cowboy Bebop and beyond. Way beyond. Please visit us at Non-Productive.com/AnimeLunch to subscribe to the podcast, find our social media links, and join our discord!

Welcome to Anime Lunch, an exploration and celebration of 20th century Japanese animation!

Based on the manga by Yukito Kishiro and known in Japan as Ganmu, the 1993 OVA Battle Angel Alita is a cyberpunk masterpiece.

Battle Angel tells the story of a not-too-distant future where the elite and upper classes live in a futuristic floating city, dumping their garbage on the lower classes bound to the ruined Earth below. It’s a sharp metaphor for class struggle and the value of human life that gets only more horrifying as the story goes on, but we’ll let the film take it from here.

Introducing, Anime Lunch, a celebration of the fundamental early anime of the 20th century in all its forms, from Robotech to Ranma to Cowboy Bebop and beyond. Way beyond. Please visit us at Non-Productive.com/AnimeLunch to subscribe to the podcast, find our social media links, and join our discord!

Welcome to Anime Lunch, an exploration and celebration of 20th century Japanese animation – and in our inaugural show we’re going back to where it all began for the US – Astro Boy!

Based on the 1950s manga “Mighty Atom” by the legendary Osamu Tezuka, the animated show first premiered on Fuji TV on New Year’s Day, 1963 and is considered by many as the first popular series to embody the aesthetic that would soon become familiar worldwide as anime.

Introducing, Anime Lunch, a celebration of the fundamental early anime of the 20th century in all its forms, from Robotech to Ranma to Cowboy Bebop and beyond. Way beyond. Please visit us at Non-Productive.com/AnimeLunch to subscribe to the podcast, find our social media links, and join our discord!

Introducing, Anime Lunch, a celebration of the fundamental early anime of the 20th century in all its forms, from Robotech to Ranma to Cowboy Bebop and beyond. Way beyond.