This week we are a little skimpy on the non-anime news but we have updates on Netflix's Marvel shows and we are celebrating the 5th Anniversary of the Switch!  In Anime news we have A LOT of Spring and Summer anime hype and more upcoming movies, Dragon Ball Super Hero movie news, new Mappa Studio news and more!

This week we talk about our top favorite animated moments (sakuga) in anime.  Som and Dannie go over some of their fav moments and animation techniques used in some of their favorite shows. Let us know some of your favorite sakuga moments!

This week we talk about Street Fighter 6, Final Fantasy 14 support, and the newest main line Pokemon game: Scarlet and Violet.  In anime news we have a lot of Spring hype and some more manga licensed by Seven Seas!

Episode 339: This week we review Mamoru Hosoda's latest full feature anime film: Belle.  Using the 1756 French Fantasy novel, The Beauty and the Beast by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont, Hosoda's latest film brings us a coming of age drama telling the story of Suzu, a lonely girl still dealing with the tragic loss of her mother, as she takes it day by day, she finds herself and her voice within the online world with the help of another online U user, The Dragon, and realizes her purpose in life.

03:00 Listener Question + Waifu/Husbando

08:30 Belle (2021) review

55:00 Final Thoughts and Scores

This week we RANT!  We talk about Lord of the Rings again, Futurama reboot, Final Fantasy 6 Pixel Remaster, and more!  In anime we have more spring hype, Anno's new collab project, and the new Manga Contest run by Animator Dormitory Project!

Episode 338: This week we cover our 1st impressions of the Winter Season of anime.  This season seems a bit lacking compared to the last few seasons, so we decided to only do one 1st impressions instead of two like we normally do.  Please let us know what you are watching and let us know if you want us to cover something we missed in the Winter Review!

00:00 Intro Links Community

04:00 Listener Question + Waifu/Husbando

09:40 My Dress-Up Darling

19:30 Sabikui Bisco

25:40 The Case Study of Vanitas

29:45 The Genius Prince's Guide…

33:00 Strongest Sage/Weakest Crest

36:20 Akebi's Sailor Uniform

41:45 Sasaki and Miyano

50:15 World of Leadale

52:05 Reincarnated/Total Fantasy Knockout

56:00 Dolls' Frontline

57:30 Police in a Pod

1:01:20 Ryman's Club

1:05:30 Monster Development Department

1:10:00 Tribe Nine

Nintendo direct news and movie news! The Super Bowl gave us some cool movie trailers and Nintendo gave us a lot of awesome Japanese only titles for the rest of the world coming to the Switch!  In anime news we have some Spring hype, the TAAF awards, mangas that are ending, and more!

Episode 337: This week we log on to our mom's Disney+ account and watch Star Wars VISIONS.  The anime anthology of collected shorts from 7 GREAT animation studios, in which they were given free reign to re-envision the world of Star Wars as they saw fit.

00:00 Intro Links Community

05:20 Listener Question + Waifu/Husbando

08:00 Star Wars Visions background

15:15 "The Duel"

24:40 "Tatooine Rhapsody"

32:00 "The Twins"

39:55 "The Village Bride"

47:55 "The Ninth Jedi"

57:40 "T0 B1"

1:04:40 "The Elder"

1:11:50 Lop and Ocho"

1:21:20 Akakiri

1:29:20 Our Rankings

This week on the newscast Som decides to just do anime news only to try something different. We got some Spring Hype and talk about all of the manga titles that have took over the NYT Top Books lists for graphic novels.  At the end we talk about Totally Not Mark's Toei copyright strike a bit and try to question the future of creating content for anime.

Episode 336: The time is now for the 6th annual Summies. Our TOP TEN favorite anime of the year for 2021.  Let us know what some of your favorite shows were for 2021!

00:00 Intro Links Community

02:00 Listener Question of the Week + Waifu and Husbando

07:30 Summies 2021 Intro

16:40 Our Number 10s

30:15 Our Number 9s

40:15 Our Number 8s

53:20 Our Number 7s

1:08:45 Our Number 6s

1:21:15 Our Number 5s

1:36:30 Our Number 4s

1:47:45 Our Number 3s

2:05:45 Our Number 2s

2:21:00 Our Number 1s

2:32:30 Favorite OP/ED + Listener lists