We jump head first into the wild world of 1970s Japanese cinema with the second installment of the preeminent chambara film series of the decade: Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx!

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Review (35:09)

Twitter Questions (1:42:32)

Bah weep gragnah weep nini bong?  Bah weep gragnah weep nini bong!

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Twitter Questions (1:37:23)

We review Angel Cop, infamous schlock fest and towering pillar of the 'not kids stuff' OVA era, and discover that the true villain was Ichiro Itano all along!  

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Twitter Questions (1:17:50)

Daryl Surat from the essential Anime World Order podcast joins Grant for a chat about wrestling, anime, the surprising connections between the two fandoms, and your twitter questions.

We review Gintama (2017) the live action film based on the popular, long-running, gag manga by Hideaki Sorachi.

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Intro + News (00:00)

Review (34:40)

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In 1962, before Alien vs Predator, before Freddy vs Jason, before the inevitable Goku vs Superman of future year 2032, Toho studios released the mega-sized, trans pacific, crossover event to crush them all: King Kong vs Godzilla!

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Review (40:40)

Twitter Questions (1:28:32)

Here it is. Because you, the people, demanded it, we review Face/Off (1997) --John Woo's absurdly over-the-top American thriller featuring off-the-charts Cage factor, hundreds of avian extras, and a dual wielding John Travolta in slow-motion.

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Review (28:24)

Twitter Questions (1:22:05)

Dawn from the Anime Nostalgia podcast and PatzPrime from The Cockpit podcast join Grant for a talk about Gundam Build Fighters + nearly an hour and a half of your Gundam related twitter questions!

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Introductions (00:00)

Gundam Build Fighters (17:05)

Twitter questions (36:38)

The orderly, rigid code of bushido smashes up against human feeling in Masaki Kobayashi's Harakiri (1962), a stunningly trenchant piece of subversive film-making --written by Rashoman and Seven Samurai scribe Shinobu Hashimoto, and starring the great Tatsuya Nakadai -- that threatens to demolish the foundational ethos all of samurai cinema is built upon.

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Intro + News (00:00)

Review (31:25)

Twitter Questions (1:46:05)

There's action packed. And then there's Hard Boiled (1992) -- John Woo's final spectacular outing with superstar Chow Yun-Fat in which gun-toting, rough and tumble detective, Tequila (Yun-Fat) partners with undercover officer Alan (Tony Leung) to take on a villainous gang of gun-running triads. Tune in for the full review!

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Intro + News (00:00)

Review (33:45)

Twitter Questions (1:59:52)