Put your lab coat on and join us for some experimenting with spooky science in anime... which is seemingly always awful? 🧪

Anime has always warned against the dangers of reckless futuristic advancement, with robots and mecha often taking the spotlight. With the recent trend of AI models replicating Hayao Miyazaki's work with Studio Ghibli, this seemed like the right time to dig into the darker side of science and how anime portrays that in such a unique way.

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We're back with our Spring anime season hype-up. Sam is as excited as he's been for an upcoming anime in a long while with Watanabe's Lazarus  as well as Moonrise with character designs from Hiromu Arakawa! Charlie is is keen on a whole a whole bunch of new shows and Graeme gets his Gundam fix. 

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With the winter season drawing to a close, Sam, Charlie and Graeme reflect on what has been a.....rather disappointing season!

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It’s time to climb into your giant robot and battle us about what the hell a Newtype actually is. That’s right, we’re talking about Gundam! We’ve enlisted the help of Gundam experts Thom and Nina from the great Gundam Podcast:  Mobile Suit Breakdown. We discuss the deep history and enduring appeal of the Gundam franchise, just as an exciting new Gundam anime is about to release!! The creator of Neon Genesis Evangelion, Hideaki Anno, has co-written the brand new Gundam series: "Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX", which has injected fresh excitement for the long running Gundam franchise. On the eve of its release, we dive deep into how Gundam changed anime and the mecha genre forever and how you can get into it yourself! We also discuss the Gunpla model kit phenomenon and how the toy industry helped to establish the mecha genre as a defining part of anime.

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With Valentine's Day right around the corner we thought it would be fun to talk through some anime couples. Some good, some bad, some ridiculous and some just plain toxic. The gang go through all different kinds of anime couples and at the end of the episode play a matching game with random anime character's names picked out of a hat, then discussing how symbiotic they'd be as a potential couple.

Would Faye Valentine and Vegeta work as a couple? Tune in to find out!

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Special guest Dr Alex Henderson returns to the podcast to discuss anime that focuses on hobbies. Anime covers a LOT of hobbies, from camping to cooking to sewing to painting, there is even one for casual motorbike enthusiasts. Does your hobby have an anime companion? Let's get wholesome (mostly) and cosy while we dig into this surprisingly diverse genre.

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Alex Williams is back to rate our podcast's own recommendations! Firstly we go through a list of popular anime we've recommended that he found to be a disappointment, then we bring it back with some great anime recommendations for anime newbies. There's also a bonus anime quiz at the end!

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Sam, Charlie and Graeme get together one last time in 2024 to preview the upcoming 2025 winter anime season. 

Thanks for an amazing year and we can't wait to join you all again in 2025 for all the best new anime recommendations as well as our deep dives into the classics.

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The Gateway to Anime Awards are back! This is the best anime of 2024 voted by you! We put up polls on our Instagram and YouTube for each category. We counted up all of the votes for each poll to find one overall winner for each category! Now the results are in! We don’t know what these results are and will be finding them out live on camera. It’s time to find out what you voted to be the best anime of 2024!

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The gang get together to talk about how incredible the Dandadan adaptation from Science Saru is.

Sam goes through the history of Science Saru which covers the incredible career of Masaaki Yuasa (Devilman Crybaby, Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken, Ping Pong The Animation & more). Everyone then goes through the unique nature of the source material and the incredible creativity being employed by the animation studio in bringing this story to life.

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