Episode 23 of Key Frames, a podcast about anime. Ben, Andy, Duncan, Jeff, and Jon are transformed by eighties power ballads! They fight their way through teenagers investigating mysteries, delicate conversations about bullying, and rational explanations of why Princess Principal is titled what it is. Their final strike is the deepest: a spotlight of the original 1986 Fist of the North Star movie! You are already listening to this podcast.

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Episode 22 of the Key Frames podcast, a podcast about anime. Anime about human beings is over. It's all anime about inhuman beings now: genderfluid geological formations, demonic-looking fairy mages, bad characters in a sex comedy... Ben, Andy, Duncan, Jeff, and Jon cover all the bases! After the break, they settle on the eighties classic Fist […]

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Episode 21 of the Key Frames podcast, a podcast about anime. There comes a time in the life of a podcast when the hosts will spend half an hour in one episode talking about Gundam. Maybe not about the original Mobile Suit Gundam, but about some show in the Gundam franchise. This is that episode for Ben, Andy, Duncan, and Jeff. Join them after the break for a rollicking discussion of the spotlight anime, Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi!

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Episode 20 of the Key Frames podcast, a podcast about anime. As Andy and Duncan revel in the Britishness of anime, Ben and Jon feel their selves slipping away. Jon finds himself praising a CG anime, and Ben finds himself recommending Honey and Clover. Horror of horrors! Andy seizes the opportunity to choose Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi as the next spotlight.

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Episode 19 of Key Frames, a podcast about anime. As the podcast records its twentieth full-length episode, old grudges resurface. Ben talks about an anime by Sanrio... again. Jon and Andy gush about Osomatsu-san... again. Everyone fights about Kino's Journey... again. After the break, listen to them all agree about the spotlight anime, Mind Games... for the first time!

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Episode 18 of Key Frames, a podcast about anime. Pop quiz! What are the fifteen must-watch anime airing next season? Jon's got his list. After he talks with Ben and Andy about short-running comedies, long-running dramas, and everything in between, he chooses Masaaki Yuasa's movie Mind Game as the next spotlight. Watch it and join us next time!

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Episode 17 of the Key Frames podcast, a podcast about anime. Better late than never, right? Ben, Andy, Jeff, and Jon try to make their conversation timeless by covering both mecha anime from the eighties and this season's newest anime. Does it work? Who cares! Unfazed, they're joined by Duncan for an introspective look at Kino's Journey: the Beautiful World.

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Kino’s Journey: the Beautiful World (49:35)

Macross (1:42)

Space Runaway Ideon (13:19)

Mobile Suit Gundam (14:13)

Macross: Do You Remember Love? (16:51)

Made in Abyss (18:12)

A Centaur’s Life (31:00)

Welcome to the Ballroom (35:52)

Ping Pong (43:06)

K-ON! (45:00)

Kino’s Journey: the Beautiful World – Life Goes On (1:27:05)

Humanity Has Declined (1:39:54)

Aoi Honoo (1:49:04)

– Why do anime characters get nosebleeds when they are horny?

Episode 03 of Key Frames: Inbetweens, a mini-podcast about anime. The current state of anime podcasts is unsustainable. On the one hand are podcasts that cater to the fandom by obsessing over references, moe, and fan service without truly engaging in the artistic and thematic content of the medium. On the other are podcasts that cater to the industry with production figures and pedigree, informative to other insiders but inaccessible to the average listener. What is necessary, now more than ever in this new age of internet content, is a podcast that provides a disruptive median that realigns the praxis of anime discourse online into an uncompromised synthesis of critical superego and enthusiast id. That podcast will be our discussion of Patlabor 2: the Movie. Join the revolution with Ben, Andy, Duncan, and Jeff!

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Episode 02 of Key Frames: Inbetweens, a mini-podcast about anime. A show about girls working at a software company. Is that Non Non Biyori? A show about the discrimination that monster girls face. Is that Non Non Biyori? A show about a high school gaming club. Is THAT Non Non Biyori? Andy and Mids roam far and wide before arriving at their destination: the remake of Mahoujin Guru Guru, an anime from Mids' childhood. It's not Non Non Biyori, but it's close.

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