Hey there, anime fans! After running a community poll on our YOUTUBE channel, Freddie and Gareth are excited to watch and talk about "Kaze ga Tsuyoku Fuiteiru," or as we like to call it, "Run With The Wind." This awesome sports anime follows two young men, Kiyose Haiji (Haiji) and Kakeru Kurahara (Kurahara), who run for very different reasons and meet by chance during a funny chase from a store employee after a discount!

"Run With The Wind" is more than just a sports show. It beautifully explores the lives and experiences of all 10 housemates who come together to form the Kansei University Hakone Ekiden running team.

Want to have a say in our future reviews? Subscribe to our channel and keep an eye out for our polls. Let's enjoy this anime journey together!

Welcome to the Enjoy Anime Talkshow! Freddie and Gareth here, ready to dive into the importance of pacing in anime. We'll discuss what makes pacing crucial to your viewing experience and highlight shows that nail it perfectly, avoiding the dreaded filler episodes that can ruin your enjoyment. Is slow pacing worse than a show that leaves you wanting more?

We'll also touch on the new Shonen sensation, Kaiju No. 8. How does its writing impact us as viewers? Is it a groundbreaking anime or just style over substance? And, does Gareth actually like it? Stay tuned to find out!

Plus, we’re excited about our next episode, which you helped choose through our community poll. The winner is 'Run with the Wind!' We'll be diving into why you should watch it.

Join us every Wednesday on the Enjoy Anime Talkshow for more anime opinions and discussions. Don’t forget to like, comment, and subscribe!

Freddie and Gareth return to their anime review and conversations and we visit the dystopian future of Cyberpunk Edgerunners. This anime take on the grim future ran by megacorps and choppy street talk is a glorious product from Studio Trigger. 

This story follows the rollercoaster life of being an Edgerunner, which is a futuristic ganger in the setting of NIght City. Growing up is hard for David, living in the slums in a hand to mouth existence whilst he is pushed to try and get a good education to work at a megacorp, like Arasaka. 
Night City is a mess of corporate greed, street level ultra violence with  a dog eat dog mentality. Studio Trigger lean heavily into the neon cyberpunk aethestic and seem to have fun providing a world for David Martinez to run riot in or from. 

Neon Genesis Evangelion asks a lot of questions of it's audience and their ability to keep up with the themes thrown at them but now we throw a question back! Who Shot Ryoji Kaji? This beloved spy for both NERV and SEELE comes to a sticky end but who pulled the trigger? Could it be Miss Misato? His former girlfriend? Could it be a NERV agent who has seen through his ploy? Perhaps even jealousy may have lead to Mr .Kaji's demise?

Freddie and Gareth highlight some possible candidates for this mystery that has Neon Genesis Evangelion fans arguing to this day. Sure Hideaki Anno said he was bumped off by some nameless scrub but where is the fun in that? Let's stir the debate with this video of "whodunnit" as we look at some fan theories, and our own.

This podcast focuses on the events on  @netflixanime run of Neon Genesis Evangelion, available to view via their subscription service. The episode in question is episode 21 -  The Birth of Nerv
Please feel free to watch the series ( we would recommend it highly) and tell us who you think it was!

Freddie and Gareth discuss if Evangelion should have had more episodes or even, potentially, less episodes of which to tell this cult anime's tale of Mechs, Human interaction and governmental conspiracies. 
Neon Genesis Evangelion is held in high regard amongst the anime fandom but what would we change if we had any control over the story telling? What tales would we tell? How would we change the tone?

After 26 episodes, 14 Angels and 5 Evangelion Pilots the watch along has ended for our Neon Genesis Evangelion watch along. Now to ask the question "How do we feel about Neon Genesis Evangelion?" 
Freddie and Gareth explore the use of characters, themes and plots on this cult classic anime and the impression it has left on us. Is it all glowing praise for a show that is still held in high regard nearly 30 years after it's release? Does Evangelion tell a good tale or ask us, the viewer, too much?

We did it! The season finale for our watch along with Neon Genesis Evangelion. 
We have made it through the Netflix version of Neon Genesis Evangelion and we have some thoughts on how this journey concludes for the cast and us, the viewers. 
Freddie and Gareth discuss two of anime's most controversial episodes and how they feel they could have shaped anime going forward. What does this ending mean for the cast of Neon Genesis Evangelion?
I guess the only way to find out these views is to give us a listen!

We're heading to the close of the cult classic anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion. 
This week Freddie and Gareth talk about episodes 22, 23 and 24 of our watch along of Netflix's Neon Genesis Evangelion run. 
We go further into the interactions of Asuka and her journey as an EVA pilot and her effectiveness as her truth begins to be revealed. Is she still a competent Evangelion pilot? 
In the shadow of her defeat we are introduced to the works of SEELE, their relationship and history with Shinji Ikari's Father, Gendo and the formation and actions of NERV.
We meet Kaworu, the enigmatic 5th Child who takes charge of Asuka's EVA 02 unit. Who is he? Why can he pilot someone else's unit? Why is he kinda cool?

We talk about all of this and hope you've been joining us in the watch along!

This cult classic starts to spill it's guts both figuratively and literally. Neon Genesis Evangelion has long been regarded as the spring board for modern anime and as we head towards the conclusion, Gareth and Freddie can see why. 
We are spoiled by the appearance of the "4th Children" and how close they have been all this time! They'll soon be joining Shinji, Rei and Asuka on their journey as Evangelion pilots and fighting off the threat of angels in no time, right?
If you are joining us on this journey as a watch along, and introduction to Neon Genesis Evangelion, we have been watching the @Netflix version and the following episodes. 

Episode 16 - Sickness unto death, and then…/ splitting of the breast
Episode 17 - The Fourth Qualified/Fourth Child
Episode 18 - Life and Death decisions/Ambivalence