Key Frames

Episode 65 of Key Frames, a podcast about anime. Look, we don't make the rules, okay? Every two weeks, you get another podcast from us, come rain or shine or global pandemic of zoonotic virus. At least this one is on the meaty side, covering the end of the winter 2020 anime season. Are Ben and Duncan still under the sway of A Certain Scientific Railgun T? Does Jeff get dad feelings about Somali and the Forest Spirit? What shows didn't Jon watch? Listen and find out! Or don't.

Episode 20 of Key Frames: Inbetweens, a mini-podcast about anime. You want to hear Ben, Duncan, and Jeff talk about the "Black Rose" arc of Revolutionary Girl Utena? Deeper. Go deeper. You want to hear them talk about nostalgia, toxicity, deviance, and intimacy? You want crackpot theories and genuine insights in equal measure? I understand. Your only choice is to listen to this episode. The file you must download has been linked for you.

Episode 64 of Key Frames, a podcast about anime. Even in the darkest hours of a global pandemic, Ben and Duncan refuse to leave their posts as anime critics and commentators. Honestly, this works out well for everyone, because they've got a host of shows to recommend. Are you all caught up with the newest reality TV and documentaries on Netflix? Why not check out Escaflowne, BOFURI, or Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken? And, if you want to delve even deeper, because of course you do, then check out their discussion after the break about roles and depictions of otaku in anime?

Episode 63 of Key Frames, a podcast about anime. We have scientifically determined that these are the most optimal anime for you to hear opinions about in the next fourteen-day period. Please ingest eleven minutes and thirty-six seconds of Ben talking about Space Brothers, twelve minutes and thirty-eight seconds of Duncan talking about Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?, and thirteen minutes and thirty-five seconds of Andy and Jeff talking about Re: Zero. Afterwards, please take our discussion of scientists, doctors, and other STEM types in anime!

Episode 62 of Key Frames, a podcast about anime. We know what you're thinking. "Really? Thirty-eight minutes of discussion about Girls und Panzer? Ben must have lost his mind." Would you believe it's as much the fault of Andy and Duncan for egging him on? Of course you wouldn't. Well, stick around anyway for talk of Makoto Shinkai's latest movie and the best of the winter 2020 anime season!

Episode 61 of Key Frames, a podcast about anime. Your eyes do not deceive you! This is, indeed, the longest ever list of anime discussed on an episode, because Ben, Andy, Duncan, Jeff, and Jon all go through their top ten lists of the decade. What made the cut? What didn't, like Daily Lives of High School Boys and Death Parade, but somehow got brought up anyway? Tune in to hear impassioned defenses of anime that have already been talked to death over the past eighty-odd episodes of this podcast... plus some real surprises, I promise!

Episode 60 of Key Frames, a podcast about anime. Hey! Do you want to hear Ben, Duncan, and Jeff discuss the anime about which they've been talking constantly for the past three months... one last time? What are we thinking, of course you do. Tune in for some closure on Vinland Saga, Cautious Hero, and Stars Align, as well as some throwbacks to the comedy harem craze of the early 2010s!

Episode 19 of Key Frames: Inbetweens, a mini-podcast about anime. Once upon a time, there were podcast hosts who were very sad, for they had finished a rewatch of the Monogatari Series. Before Ben, Duncan, and Jeff appeared a celebrated anime called Revolutionary Girl Utena, which said, "Little podcast, bearing up alone in such deep sorrow, lose not thy obsessive nitpicking and theorizing, even if thou gets famous. As a token of this day, take this Blu-ray remaster, which should guide thee to me." Was the Blu-ray the anime gave them for review? That was all good, but the podcast hosts were so impressed by Revolutionary Girl Utena that they decided to do a rewatch of it next! But was that such a good idea?

Episode 18 of Key Frames: Inbetweens, a mini-podcast about anime. Make a joyful noise! Even though it's the holidays and they're all off celebrating, the hosts of this podcast have managed to put together a ranked list of their favorite anime about music. Why not hear Ben defend Eureka 7 as a "music anime" or Duncan give his thoughts on Andy's beloved Love Live!? There's even a coda to the endless Carole & Tuesday talk at the beginning, as the pun in the title promises. Have a wonderful year, everyone, and we'll see you in 2020!

Episode 59 of Key Frames, a podcast about anime. Well, it finally happened. We discuss The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya and Studio Trigger in the same episode, giving us our longest runtime ever! Still, every second that Ben, Duncan, and Jeff spend talking is gold and we couldn't cut any of it. Also, Vinland Saga's on the menu again, plus a special surprise! You'll definitely be eating your fill with us.