Crappy Anime Showdown

I don't know if it is the fact that we have not done the selection for bad anime for a few months but there is nothing to say except it feels like we are at the top of Kingda Ka with this one! The highest of highs with this one and just teetering at the top to see if we fall forward into a fun and wild ride or fall backward to our demise! Please join us in this precarious situation and help us find out which one it will be.

Vacation is all we ever wanted but it is a fleeting dream as it comes to a close this week. However, we have an awesome discussion about where to rank each anime on our list and about anime as a whole. Make your list and see if you can guess our finale verdict. If you need to feel free to relisten to every episode this season to give you an edge against those who are also guessing.

Some of you have come to believe that I like war. I wish to dash these rumors! I do not like war.I. LOVE. WAR.Through my life, I have discovered so many forms of war. You get up in the morning, you get into your shitty car, and you see a rich CEO who works half as hard as you do drive down the street in his Porsche. Class war.You make it to work, and you find out that the annual drug test is today. And you just so happened to take a puff of your one-hitter a couple nights ago before dinner with your wife's awful parents. Drug war.But then, you find out that the only ones being called in for testing are your black and Hispanic co-workers. Race war.Then, you try to post about it on your Facebook, but then all your friends start arguing about what's right und what's wrong. Flame war.You finally get home, and you decide to relax by watching a program about: "Who gets the box?" "What's in the box?" "How much is what's in the box worth?" Storage Wars.[chuckle] What I am telling you, my Nazi army of 1,000 vampires, is that I am a purveyor of war. And with your help over the years, we are now at the precipice of our true goal.You see, I want a simple war. No class wars, no drug wars, no race wars, no flame wars... Und certainly, no Cold Wars! ...Blueballed for 40 years...What I want is a war that only we can bring. A true war! A German war! The sequel you've all been waiting for!I! WANT! WORLD! WAR!! THREE!!!

—Episode 4 Hellsing Ultimate Abridged

The penultimate episode to what has been the best vacation we could have hoped for. Paranoia agent is a strikingly complex and enjoyable anime. That just further confounds me as to why Ethan spent most of his time saying Initial D deserves to be in the one spot. I mean I agree with him, but still very strange. On the flip side we discuss what it means to have too much of a good thing. Have a listen to see where Paranoia Agent falls on our list.

If you are a fan of boxing we recommend this. If you are a fan of sports anime we recommend this. If you are curious about either we recommend this. If you are a fan of JW's passionate rants about activities he enjoys we recommend this. If you are a fan of Ethan being miserable, unfortunately we can not recommend this anime or episode but you can look forward to all of next season for that. My point being is that Hajime No Ippo is really good. Go watch it.

In todays episode we discuss how thinking Power from Chainsaw man is a clear self-report of people we do not want to be associated with. We also discuss how episode 8 is a self-contained masterpiece, almost. All in all Chainsaw Man is just another clear example of how good premises get ruined and paints a clear picture of why anime as a whole continues to suffer. To end on a happy note, next week is Hajime No Ippo so we got that going for us!

I can't really think of much to say except Redline was the best way to cap off 2022 and begin 2023. It is a movie that I truly believe any anime fan and even movie fan should see once kist to recognize the live and effort that went into making it. I hope you are ready for us to gush about an amazing movie such as this. And if nothing else i urge you to go watch it on your own!

I have to say this season keeps getting better and better and this week is no exception. We take a look at an anime twist on the classic French tale Count of Monte Cristo. From complex characters to green screen clothing this anime has it all. I also want to make it known that i have not seen a gayer piece of media and I mean that literally and in the best sense possible. France in the 1800's was its own animal and this show kicks it up a notch because we are in the future! Please enjoy another excellent anime along with us!

It is a short one for sure. Mostly because it is an anime about cars and our defacto in-house filibuster, J does not know jack all about cars. And neither I nor the producer, not wanting to be interrupted more than a wildlife expert at the zoo by that one kid, decided we would just stick to the basics. Nonetheless it was a good anime so buckle up and enjoy.

This week GAS takes a good hard loom at one of the OG anime movies Ghost in the shell. A movie so good that they decided to stop at one movie and not make a single sequel or live action reboot like they do nowadays. We can only give thanks that the reputation of this movie will never be tarnished and will live on as a monument to what anime can be. We also get to hear more from the JAnon conspiracy corner, so that's pretty neat. Enjoy.