PenPen Pals

Casval becomes Char, Sayla graduates, and Garma find his heart's yearning. We get some insights from Thomas Bowman as the political tensions in the series reach a boiling point. Is war imminent? Can Degwin control his children? Is Garma good at basket ball? All these questions (AND MORE!@!!) answered in this week's episode!

Check out Thomas' work at:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/transition-virginia/id1498833592

or

https://open.spotify.com/show/7EEXYQP6nidbhzreTwgwLQ?si=6zF2NSwUQSqXDLv8NNEE2Q

Are you ready for the saddest episode yet? Well, maybe the one where Misato dealt with grief or when we met Yui Ikari. Guess we have a lot of sad episodes! Join the PenPen Pals and new guest Melissa for some talk about real world robots along with the usual amount of anime analysis.

Mellssa reccomends:

Pantsuit Politics

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pantsuit-politics/id1055348656

As well as Golden Kamuy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2raRyN6kgY

And Yuri!!! on Ice

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6zoUVx6uiU

Join us in our search for anime analogs to Marx, Lenin, Hirohito, Trotsky, and many more! The Expanse comes up again, and we highlight the tragedy of Astraia, the star maiden in this first installment of the Gundam prequel.

Check out our guest's work:

@Subcarriertransmission

We're back! First we had the Evas, then Canti, and now Mobile Suits. Join us for some background on Gundam, Universal Century, Tomino, Sundance, and the differences between "Super" and "Real" robots. And check back next week for coverage of the first episode: Blue Eyed Casval.

IT'S THE CLIMAX! Join us for the last installment of FLCL. Join us for a story of revenge, rejection, longing,robots, and, of course, growing up. Join us to save the world from being turned into smooth brained sheeple! Plus, our guest Bob educates us on cars, amps, and basses.

Check out one of Bob's favorite bands:

https://www.youtube.com/user/sokoninaru

And if you can, donate or get involved with Veterans for Peace:

https://www.veteransforpeace.org/

This is another gift to Pals of the Penpen podcast. It’s a remix/mash-up/medley of several Pillow’s songs from FLCL. There were several contributions from Penpen guests & friends. The intent was to track the progression of the show while reflecting its surreal/hyper-culture feel.

Tune in next week for the FLCLIMAX!!! ;;;.-)

John woo, South Park, Daicon! The references just won't stop in this episode and we try our best to add on our own! Alex's brother Jon joins us again and just might have a story about Alex.

Hey Furi Cudes and Kuri Cudettes! Today we've got a rockin' guest who's had some rockin' jobs editing for Adult Swim and Comedy Central. Join us for this psychologically intense episode, where we examine parental boundaries, curry pastries, and baseball!

This Week we recommend Twilight of the Cockroaches, Housu (House 1977) and the works of Satoshi Kon.

Check out Robert's work at:

https://www.facebook.com/trashcancinema/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCd2jJUFhaZQpbkOdXL6r47g

https://measlesmumpsrubella.bandcamp.com/

https://idealforms.bandcamp.com/

The Little Prince, Dmitry Kabalevsky’s Comedians’ Galop, and Puss in Boots. What do these three pieces of art have in common? THIS EPISODE of FLCL!

Friend of the pod Nate joins us again to discuss the the curious case of Eri Ninamori and the one thing cats can't fix for her, her parents divorce. We also briefly discuss AMV's and Ben remember's a perfect one for the season: Perfect Drug set to FLCL

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKU5orZSZ-0

Episode 2 brings us a character study of Mamimi Samejima and her curious manias. A new musician friend, BluuPanda, joins our white water rafting adventure down into the depths of an adolescent metamorphosis.

Check out her work @bluupanda on instagram and under the same name on youtube (She does siiiiick omnichord work).

Also, in the episode there is mention of an unofficial trailer for a Power Rangers gritty reboot. That can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vw5vcUPyL90