Thinking Too Hard About Anime

By Noah Carden & Aaron J. Shelton

An episode by episode discussion of some of our favorite anime. A little bit of history, a little bit of analysis, and a lot of over-examining the Japanese cartoons we love so much. New episodes every... more

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How many episodes does Thinking Too Hard About Anime have?

The podcast currently has 75 episodes available.

Thinking Too Hard About Anime episodes:

January 21, 2021 S01E23: Cowboy Bebop - Brain Scratch
We talk about cults, nostalgia, and record scratching.
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Music by Yellowjacket from the album Loop Soup. Used with permission under Creative Commons license (CC BY-SA 3.0)
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1h 6min
December 31, 2020 S01E22: Cowboy Bebop - Cowboy Funk
We talk about the duality of Spike, the Unabomber, Miyamoto Musashi, and how anime is bad and has ruined our brains.
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Music by Yellowjacket from the album Loop Soup. Used with permission under Creative Commons license (CC BY-SA 3.0)
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1h 9min
December 17, 2020 S01E21: Cowboy Bebop - Boogie Woogie Feng Shui
We do our best to explain Feng Shui, sunstones, and the surrogate father trope.
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Music by Yellowjacket from the album Loop Soup. Used with permission under Creative Commons license (CC BY-SA 3.0)
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1h 3min
December 03, 2020 S01E20: Cowboy Bebop - Pierrot Le Fou
We live in a society. We also discuss Batman: The Animated Series, commedia dell'arte, and get back on the French New Wave train.
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Music by Yellowjacket from the album Loop Soup. Used with permission under Creative Commons license (CC BY-SA 3.0)
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1h 13min
November 12, 2020 S01E19: Cowboy Bebop - Wild Horses
Honestly, we just talk about NASA and how difficult space travel is for an hour.
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Music by Yellowjacket from the album Loop Soup. Used with permission under Creative Commons license (CC BY-SA 3.0)
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1h 4min
October 29, 2020 S01E18: Cowboy Bebop - Speak Like A Child
We get deep into Faye's character while we learn about the videotape format wars and the fragility of physical media.
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Music by Yellowjacket from the album Loop Soup. Used with permission under Creative Commons license (CC BY-SA 3.0)
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1h 10min
October 01, 2020 S01E17: Cowboy Bebop - Mushroom Samba
Boy oh boy do we gush about our favorite episode. We also talk about Blaxploitation, psilocybin mushrooms, and Wile E. Coyote.
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Music by Yellowjacket from the album Loop Soup. Used with permission under Creative Commons license (CC BY-SA 3.0)
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54min
September 17, 2020 S01E16: Cowboy Bebop - Black Dog Serenade
We learn the origin of Jet's arm as we talk about match cuts, the first errand, and Golgo 13.
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Music by Yellowjacket from the album Loop Soup. Used with permission under Creative Commons license (CC BY-SA 3.0)
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54min
September 03, 2020 S01E15: Cowboy Bebop - My Funny Valentine
We get into cryogenics, future shock, Urashima Tarō, and vending machine culture in Japan.
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Music by Yellowjacket from the album Loop Soup. Used with permission under Creative Commons license (CC BY-SA 3.0)
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56min
August 20, 2020 S01E14: Cowboy Bebop - Bohemian Rhapsody
We talk about drug culture in Japan, Kowloon Walled City, and vent our (mainly Aaron's) chess biases.
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Music by Yellowjacket from the album Loop Soup. Used with permission under Creative Commons license (CC BY-SA 3.0)
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46min

FAQs about Thinking Too Hard About Anime:

How many episodes does Thinking Too Hard About Anime have?

The podcast currently has 75 episodes available.