Retro Anime Podcast - The Classic, The Obscure, The Forgotten.

Two real curios this time as Ian and Lewis take a look at a couple of rather unique war themed films with animal based characters with review's of Osamu Tezuka's 1981 film Bremen 4 - Angels in Hell and the 1985 film Penguin's Memory - A Tale of Happiness made on the back of a series of Suntory beer commercials.

For this special episode of the podcast Ian and Lewis welcome Craig from the companion Retro Mecha Podcast to review something particularly beloved to Ian as the trio take a deep dive into 1980 puppet show X-Bomber and its Western localisation Star Fleet.

A true case of the Ying and the Yang as Ian and Lewis take a look at two very different OVAs from the never licensed pot with reviews of the legendary TO-Y and not so legendary Yagami-kun's Family Affair.

In a tribute to Dan Auty, a school friend of Ian's who helped form his love of anime and who inspired the podcast but who sadly passed away recently, Ian and Lewis review the two Silent Mobius movies based on Kia Asamiya's manga. The first Silent Mobius movie was on the first VHS fansub tape Ian ever saw back in the early 90's which was provided by Dan.

Mokkori! A franchise built on the colourful adventures of a lecherous private detective and his long suffering partner; City Hunter spans numerous TV series, films and specials. Ian and Lewis take a look a the first three films as an entry point into the franchise with reviews of .357 Magnum, Bay City Wars and Million Dollar Conspiracy.

In what has become an unintended running theme, Ian and Lewis review another couple of dragon themed 80's OVAs with reviews of Xanadu - Legend of the Dragonslayer and Dragon Century.

Delving back into the world of obscure 80's OVAs that never got past the LaserDisc stage in Japan, Ian subjects Lewis to another couple of oddities as they review Nayuta and Whatever, White Bear

As part of the collaborative coverage with Retro Mecha Podcast and Anime Head's Retro World for Mecha March 2021, Ian and Lewis take a look at some Mecha OVAs with female Mecha as the titular focus with reviews of the anime adaptation of Masamune Shirow's manga Black Magic M-66 and the anime adaptation of the ARIEL light novel series ARIEL Visual and ARIEL Deluxe.

Ian indulges in one of his passions and makes Lewis sit through a couple of motorcycle racing OVAs from the 80s as they review Bari Bari Densetsu and Circuit Angel - Resolving Starting Grid.

In celebration of the franchise's 50th anniversary Ian and Lewis dip into the expansive history of everyone's favourite blue robotic cat; Doraemon with reviews of the first 3 theatrical films - Nobita's Dinosaur, The Record of Nobita's Spaceblazer and Nobita in the Haunts of Evil.