Episode 39 of Key Frames, a podcast about anime. Join Ben, ○○○, Duncan, Jeff, and Jon as they take a closer look at the fall season's breakout hits, including SSSS.Gridman, Run with the Wind, and That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime. Then they... Wait, are there more hosts in this episode than when we started? Where are these opinions about Another coming from? This spotlight of the 2012 horror anime must be cursed! We have to listen to the entire podcast to see if there's a way to beat it and send the dead back to death.
Spotlight:
Another (1:18:34)
Discussed:
SSSS.Gridman (0:48)
Run with the Wind (28:55)
Goblin Slayer (41:58)
Darling in the FranXX (51:17)
Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken (52:25)
Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn (1:04:20)
Related Links:
Borr from SSSS.Gridman is actually a boy
The elevator scene from episode 22 of Neon Genesis Evangelion
References to Neon Genesis Evangelion in other anime
What is Tsuburaya Productions?
The licensing mess that is the Ultraman series
Accusations of plagiarism by Trigger in SSSS.Gridman
Complementary character designs in SSSS.Gridman
Actually, it looks like Rikka and Akane were originally different aspects of a single design
What is a turkey trot?
The actual town of Marathon in Greece
Who was the original runner of the marathon?
What is persistence hunting?
Like the Jeb! Wins meme, Goblin Slayer dominates the United States
Darling in the FranXX's extremely optimistic timeline
Charles Bronson's landmark 1976 commercial for Mandom
Maybe this will help Jeff's water-freezing analogy make more sense...
Anamnesis as the rediscovery of innate or inborn knowledge
Minor content warning for a discussion of rape in Goblin Slayer.
