Episode 121 of Key Frames, a podcast about anime. You know, someday we're going to find a way to get through the beginnings and ends of anime seasons in an efficient manner. We've tried pre-prep, agendas, a timekeeper, hand signals, a rota system, and plan ol' talking over each other. Nothing works! You get deep in the weeds talking about the wonky pacing of Urusei Yatsura remake or the dramatic stakes of Chainsaw Man and suddenly ten minutes have flown by. You let that happen a dozen times and suddenly you've got a movie-length podcast about all the crap Ben, Andy, Duncan, Jeff, and Jon watched for the fall 2022 and winter 2023 anime seasons. Oh right, Jon's back, too! See how the disorganization creeps up on you? We'll do better. We always do better.
Discussed:
Bocchi the Rock (2:21)
Mob Psycho 100 III (9:36)
Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out! ω (19:56)
Urusei Yatsura (2022) (25:40)
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury (37:24)
Chainsaw Man (47:42)
Do It Yourself!! (58:09)
Akiba Maid War (1:04:23)
Spy x Family Part 2 (1:15:17)
Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These - Intrigue (1:28:54)
Romantic Killer (1:31:10)
I'm the Villainess, So I'm Taming the Final Boss (1:38:16)
Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer (1:40:18)
Tsurune: The Linking Shot (1:44:10)
Trigun Stampede (1:47:32)
Vinland Saga Season 2 (1:52:32)
Kubo Won't Let Me Be Invisible (1:56:17)
Onimai: I'm Now Your Sister! (1:58:54)
Don't Toy with Me, Miss Nagatoro 2nd Attack (2:04:36)
Buddy Daddies (2:07:47)
Spy Classroom (2:10:20)
NieR:Automata Ver1.1a (2:11:23)
Tomo-chan Is a Girl! (2:16:02)
"Ippon" Again! (2:19:38)
Handyman Saitou in Another World (2:22:16)
Revenger (2:24:15)
The Ice Guy and His Cool Female Colleague (2:26:00)
Saving 80,000 Gold in Another World for My Retirement (2:27:07)
BOFURI: I Don't Want to Get Hurt, So I'll Max Out My Defense. Season 2 (2:30:10)
Endo and Kobayashi Live! The Latest on Tsundere Villainess Lieselotte (2:31:48)
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Interviewing the director and other staff of Bocchi the Rock about their animation techniques (and vindicating Ben)
That ridiculous petition to redo the animation for Chainsaw Man is hard not to obsess over
The waste hierarchy of "Reduce, reuse, and recycle"
Jeff's right, EVirus did like Akiba Maid War a fair bit
Yasuhiro Nightow apparently made the producers for Trigun Stampede watch every single Marvel movie
The nature of slavery in Norse cultures is a bit thornier than either ancient Roman or antebellum American slavery
