Anime Research Group

This week, we fall in love with the short film Classmates, a.k.a. Doukyusei.

This episode may contain trace elements of student/teacher relationships, although if you really wanted that you should read Sora to Hara by the same author.

Denis repeatedly refers to Sajou as Saijou in this episode; rest assured that he will be dealt with.

The Anime Research Group is a (currently fortnightly) podcast about all the anime we never got round to watching. Episodes contain spoilers for early episodes of the shows, and ill-informed speculation on future episodes. There are a few instances of cursing.

You can find us on twitter @research_anime or on youtube. New episodes are coming every other Thursday.

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Sakuga

This week, we cheer for the dinosaur empire destroying Manhattan as we watch Shin Getter Robo vs Neo Getter Robo.

The Anime Research Group is a podcast about all the anime we never got round to watching. Episodes contain spoilers for early episodes of the shows, and ill-informed speculation on future episodes. There are a few instances of cursing.

You can find us on twitter @research_anime or on youtube. New episodes are coming every other Thursday (for now).

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Sakuga

This week, we dive deep with David from Femboy Films about preserving film reels and the gainax incident.

The Anime Research Group is a weekly podcast about all the anime we never got round to watching. Episodes contain spoilers for early episodes of the shows, and ill-informed speculation on future episodes. There are a few instances of cursing.

You can find us on twitter @research_anime or on youtube. New episodes are coming every other Thursday.

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This week, we end our mini gainax series by going all the way back to their earlist film, Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise.

CW: Attempted Rape

The Anime Research Group is a weekly podcast about all the anime we never got round to watching. Episodes contain spoilers for early episodes of the shows, and ill-informed speculation on future episodes. There are a few instances of cursing.

You can find us on twitter @research_anime or on youtube. New episodes are coming every Thursday.

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Sakuga

This week, we continue our series of looks at early Gainax shows with Diebuster. You should probably listen to the episode on Gunbuster.

CW: Gainaxing (including full frontal female nudity), Attempted Sexual Assault

The Anime Research Group is a (bi)weekly podcast about all the anime we never got round to watching. Episodes contain spoilers for early episodes of the shows, and ill-informed speculation on future episodes. There are a few instances of cursing.

You can find us on twitter @research_anime or on youtube. New episodes are coming every (other) Thursday.

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This week, as an apology for the extended hiatus, we talk about Terasawa Buichi's best forgotten Raven Tengu Kabuto OVA. Happy April 1st. See  you whenever we actually edit the Diebuster episode.

This week, we chat with Caitlin Moore about Shoujo and how women are treated in anime and the fandom.

The Anime Research Group is a weekly podcast about all the anime we never got round to watching. Episodes contain spoilers for early episodes of the shows, and ill-informed speculation on future episodes. There are a few instances of cursing.

You can find us on twitter @research_anime or on youtube. New episodes are coming every Thursday.

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This week, we start a series of looks at early Gainax shows, starting with Gunbuster. This episode suffered many recording difficulties, and so some of it was patched from multiple sources. We apologise for this.

CW: Imperialism, Gainaxing (including full frontal female nudity)

The Anime Research Group is a weekly podcast about all the anime we never got round to watching. Episodes contain spoilers for early episodes of the shows, and ill-informed speculation on future episodes.  There are a few instances of cursing.

You can find us on twitter @research_anime or on youtube. New episodes are coming every Thursday.

Links

Sakuga

We're back from the break, and this week we chat with Sakuga & Anime History blogger Matteo Wattzky (a.k.a. Animétudes), covering such topics as the best Gundam, TMS, Sakuga, and of course, Yoshinori Kanada.

You should follow Matteo on Twitter, and read his blog. We particularly recommend

The Anime Research Group is a weekly podcast about all the anime we never got round to watching. Episodes contain spoilers for early episodes of the shows, and ill-informed speculation on future episodes.  There are a few instances of cursing.

You can find us on twitter @research_anime or on youtube. New episodes come out on Thursdays. 

This week we celebrate the holidays by watching one of our favourite christmas themed anime that isn't called Tokyo Godfathers --  Neo Yokio: Pink Christmas.  This special episode is our last of the year, and we'll be back in January.

The Anime Research Group is a weekly podcast about all the anime we never got round to watching. Episodes contain spoilers for early episodes of the shows, and ill-informed speculation on future episodes.  There are a few instances of cursing.

You can find us on twitter @research_anime or on youtube. New episodes come out on Thursdays.