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The CoryCast has returned and with it some pretty exciting news regarding a certain badass celebrity couple making anime and the latest Persona game set to be released in the west. Of course, we'll also talk about Cory's particular fascination with everyone's favorite quintessential quintuplets, and why it's not just harem trash. We'll also take a look at the stupid brilliant character design of Sk8 the Infinity and what it is doing so obviously right, until we ultimately round out the episode with a friendly game of "Would you Rather?". Power rankings are live and updated for week 5 of Winter 2021 over at thisjustanimepodcast.com

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It's finally here, the first Powercast of the new year, and boy is it a good one. With a stacked lineup of new titles this season as well as a really solid returning show list, there's a lot to go over here and this is the best way to find out what to check out this season. We updated the names of a couple of our categories, but the basic idea is still the same, rank all the titles and try to explain them in one sentence each. We'll also highlight a show from each category and go over why we placed it where we did, it's a lot of fun and we're excited to do it for this season. Also, small note: while we don't go into much detail about it, we'd be remiss not to include a trigger warning as we do talk briefly about the graphic nature of Redo of Healer. The content of the show is pretty intense and while we don't talk about it in depth, it just seems like a good idea to warn folks. If you prefer a written version of our rankings it's over at thisjustanimepodcast.com 

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Spurred on by a prediction about Horimiya we made last week, We've put together a definitive list of our favorite supposed S tier romantic comedy titles. WE really had to think about it, but here it is so enjoy. Also on episode we're putting our two cents in on the subs vs. dubs hatred that always seems to bubble up. And we've of course got a bit of news of some exciting announcements from this past week. Power rankings go live next week so get ready!  

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This week on this just anime! this is what's up: firstly we chat about the Crunchyroll anime awards- the nominees are out and the winners will be announced a few days after this episode airs so we're taking this opportunity to see the similarities and differences between their nominees and our own. After that, in another round of Buy it or Deny it, we're making some bold predictions about the some titles from this season with very little to go on. Perhaps surprising no one, Nick and Cory have different opinions on a couple things, so this could get spicy. Lastly, we're going in depth on new winter 2021 title Idoly Pride,  which, despite having a rather generic sounding name may or may not be doing its best to shake things up the somewhat formulaic idol genre. Also a cool new blog post just landed over at thisjustanimepodcast.com so give that a read if you've got the time. 

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We're back! And a new year means a new season of anime as well as a new season of the podcast, it's amazing we've made it this far, so thanks for that. This episode is a run down of all of the new and returning titles for the Winter 2021 season. We give you the name, studio and air date, as well as pick out a few stand outs, some good and others not so much to give our first impressions of before our official powercast episode. From there we hazard a few guesses as to how things might play out this season. We're happy to be back so get ready for season 2!

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2020 may have been a total dumpster fire of a year, but if there's one good thing that came out of it it's some half decent anime. Before we get into our year end review though, we've got to take a quick look at how the current season ended. After that, it's all reminiscing about old times, and shows we all forgot about from seasons long ago. We're handing out our patented "This Just Trophies" in all kinds of categories, some you'd probably expect and others you maybe hadn't considered. Most importantly, you get to find out who gets the title of Best Girl's Best Friend Girl for the whole year! It's all in the last episode of This Just Anime! of 2020, and if you're curious about how our rankings ended check them out over at thisjustanimepodcast.com     

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Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, or Bah Humbug- take your pick. This week, Nick and Cory have cooked up a rather odd Christmas episode for the podcast. It starts normally enough with a top ten list of the best Christmas episodes from the past 5 years, giving you some good ideas of what to watch as we get into the festive spirit. From there, we take a look at a true but often overlooked classic anime Christmas film. And finally, in a truly odd segment, we design our own dating sim  as we've been inspired by the success of the new Colonel Sanders movie that is apparently a real thing. We also forget to relate it to Christmas. Next week will be our end of the year episode, so see what this season's power rankings look like as we come to a close over at thisjustanimepodcast.com

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This week the anime world as we know it may change forever! Ok it might not be that big of a deal but here we are talking about it anyway. In a previous episode we mentioned a potential acquisition of Crunchyroll by Sony, that deal has indeed transpired so here we are guessing what that might mean for everyone's favorite anime streaming platform. Going along with that we discuss the potential, and rather likely, rumor the Funimation is merging with Crunchyroll to make one big animonopoly for Sony. In keeping with our theme of looking to the future, we also take a look at some trailers for new titles dropping next season and decide which ones are the good, the not so good and the downright ugly. Be sure to check out the power rankings over at thisjustanimepodcast.com as the season comes to a close.

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This week we've got some exciting news about Chainsaw Men, Demon Slayers, Super Mario Theme Parks, and upcoming video games that Cory will have pre-ordered by the time this episode airs. There's a lot of news this week and most of it is the good kind so that's cool! After that, we take a closer look at episode 10 of the only title that matters this season: Hypnosis Mic: Division Rap Battle: Rhyme Anima  and we converse over how they tried to squeeze in a real plot near the end of its run. Lastly, we play some weird google translate game we totally didn't steal from somewhere else on the internet and it's generally a good time. The season is coming to an end sooner rather than later so a reminder to check out our power rankings at thisjustanimepodcast.com 

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This week we're bringing you another casual cast. So if you missed the last one, or just forgot what happened, essentially we're just going stream of consciousness and talking about whatever we want sans outline. We talk ramen, travel in Japan, MMORPGs, some of our favorite workout themed shows, and eventually get into what we're hoping from for next season. We'll be back next week with the usual outline, but for now enjoy our nerdy ramblings. If you're curious about how your favorites are doing on the power rankings you know where to go, thisjustanimepodcast.com

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