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Lots of people are wondering why shows like Jujutsu Kaisen and Chainsaw Man are so popular, here are my thoughts.

Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, a show about breaking down the walls of society to make something better, might just be the anime that we all kind of need to watch right now.

InuyashaIs one of the greats, love it or hate it. In this episode, Alex dives into why that could be. 

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Crunchyroll has been holding the Anime Awards for 7 (oh fuck I'm old) years. While it's great to celebrate the medium and the industry of anime, I have to wonder why I still can't sit through the thing. Is it because of the bad overdubbing? The weird presenters? or maybe awards shows, just suck? Let's talk this through and see if we can't imagine a better version of the anime awards. 

Their FINALLY "finishing" Attack On Titan, so let's talk about what this thing has become.

Drifting home is a flawed movie about Relationships. Let's talk about it.

Peter Tatara has been working in anime and nerd culture for a while. I wanted to sit down with him and talk about what it's like to run the film program for The  Japan Society.

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Whisper of the Heart is a lesser-known gem from Studio Ghibli that's about A LOT but also about NOTHING so let's talk about it. As a side note, look out for the week's Sunday edition, which is an interview with the Director of The Japan Society film program and the former founder of Anime NYC.

Pantheon is an outstanding show that is very much in conversation with our current AI moment and much of the cyberpunk anime that comes before it.