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Ok now for the real description. First off we officially hit 2000 downloads on this podcast! we think that's pretty damn cool, so a big thank you to everyone who's listened as we continue to record ourselves bullshitting about anime every week. This week we're all but finished with the Summer season, so we thought we'd do a little recap ahead of our awards cast next week. We're talking some of our favorite moments, sleeper hits, and maybe even a couple of disappointments as well. Then in the second half of the episode we're looking ahead at what is shaping up to be a tremendous fall season, on paper at least. We're speculating as to the heavy hitters, what the absolute trash will be, and pondering why there are so many vampire titles all of a sudden. We hope you enjoy, if you want to see Summer rankings before they disappear they're over at the site for you to peruse at your leisure. 

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We took a week off last week because we're all busy people and there was a holiday, but we're back with an extra long jam packed episode full of all your favorite topics. As usual we've got some news but our main topic is how genres and tropes that anime rely on have shown their age and maybe need to be replaced. We're talking a lot about how shows are classified specifically by gender, but we also spend some time talking about how overused ideas can lead to lazy storytelling and reinforce antiquated ideas. We're also highlighting Edens Zero which recently premiered on Netflix and is a prime example of some of the tropes we talk about in the first segment. We even have two last week's one big things because we know you like them so much. 

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We're a little over half way through the season and we decided it might be worthwhile to do an episode really looking at the season as a whole. Specifically Nick thought it would be fun to make Cory, the one who usually doesn't care a lot about order and rankings, to classify each of the titles in the season and justify his choices. We're skipping any news this week to focus solely on how the power rankings have shifted and to see how Nick and Cory's opinions may differ. It'll be a great episode if you're looking at giving a couple of new titles a try or are running out of things to watch while you wait for new episodes of your favorite shows. 

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This week's episode comes hot on the heels of the new live action Cowboy Bebop release date and visual reveals so of course we'll be talking about that along with a supposed Catwoman anime in the works and a couple of other exciting releases. We're also here to note the death of much loved Japanese actor Sonny Chiba and spend a little bit of time discussing his legacy. Then we take a vibe check on some of the titles that we were a little lukewarm about earlier in the season and see how they're faring now. And finally in this Episode Nick confesses some of his biggest anime sins to us all and we get to sit in judgement and decide if he has a point or just bad taste. Power rankings are starting to solidify as we pass the halfway point of the season so head on over to the site to see how your favorite titles are shaping up.

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It's been a little over two years since the arson attack on Kyoto Animation and with the triumphant return of Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid this season we thought it would be fitting to dedicate another episode of the podcast to one of the greatest studios of all time. We'll talk about why they're such an amazing studio, rank ten of our favorite titles they've produced, as well as give our thoughts on the new season of Dragon Maid and how spectacular it is. But before that we've got a bit of news as always, we also take a look at the premiere of Fena: Pirate Princess a Crunchyroll original that comes from a team up with Adult Swim in an east meets west pirate samurai throwdown that promises to be a heavy hitter for the rest of the season. See where it falls in the rankings over on the site!

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It's a cringe title, but it finally happened, Sony has officially acquired Crunchyroll for a billion and a half dollars and some change, we've talked about it before, but now that it happened is there anything we might see affected in the near future. We've also got a healthy bit of news this week, and most of it good for once which is cool. We also spend a little time on the Shaman King reboot that just hit Netflix, we see if the series still holds up, or if some of the favoritism shown is just due to rose tinted glasses. This week also sees the addition of two new shows to the power rankings that we missed at the beginning of the season, so sorry about that, even we make mistakes as it turns out. If you want to know what they are then head over to the site and check it out for yourself.   

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We're not kidding, if you can think of something more clever to call it than movie time, we're all ears. This week we watched Words Bubble Up Like Soda Pop, a delightful Netflix film that proves that malls were the coolest and teenagers still like them. It's a solid summer film that's fit for the whole family and has an art style that will be sure to impress so if you want to know more about it we've got you covered, and we even did it without spoilers. Along with that we talk about the rise of the live action anime adaptation and how statistically one will have to be good eventually. Lastly we've got tow new segments this episode, one that's a rapid fire take on our usual news, and another in which we throw someone into the deep end having never seen any kind of anime before and get their reaction. Oh and power rankings are already on the move so go check them out!

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It's finally here, the Summer 2021 Powercast has landed and it brings with it yet another way of classifying all of these shows. We're now operating on the well known S through F tier method you might've seen in an effort simplify things yet again. But never fear we're still doing our one sentence summaries and picking a handful of titles from each bracket to go into a little more depth on. We've of course got a little bit of news at the beginning, and not one but TWO last big things of the week, both of which are straight out of left field so stay tuned to the end for those. Rankings are now live on the site as well so check them out there if you're the reading type. 

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We are officially one week our from our Summer 2021 power rankings release, so we thought what better time than now for a casualcast? We've got a little bit of Olympics news, as well as some Ju Jutsu Kaisen updates, and also a bit of sad news about manga creator Kayaharuka. But beyond that it's pretty unscripted this week, not that it isn't every week, we cover everything from camping to casts to the big news coming from ATLUS studios hopefully any day now. We also manage to spend a little bit of time talking about another couple of premiers from the past week, so it's not all just us rambling about  nothing. Next week will be the POWERCAST so get ready because it's gonna be a good one. last chance to see spring rankings over at thisjustanimepodcast.com

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This weeks episode brings our much awaited review of Demon Slayer-Kimetsu no Yaiba-the Movie: Mugen Train and now that we all have access to it via Funimation, we thought it would be worthwhile to review it since it shattered every box office record known to man.  We've also got some more Olympic news and a couple more first impressions based on premieres from this week. And we're dusting off the old Isekai Roundup and giving you a best to worst of the whopping 8 Isekai titles out this season. There are a lot of them and as you might expect, they aren't all winners so if you're a fan of the genre this episode will help you separate the sheep from the goats. Summer power rankings will be out soon as we wait for a few more episodes in order to get a good grasp of everything on offer this season. 

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