Episode 42 of Key Frames, a podcast about anime. It's our "transported to another world" special! Duncan sums up his thoughts on Bloom into You, the isekai about two high school girls struggling with love, and then Ben joins him to discuss the third season of A Certain Magical Index, another isekai about a world in which magic and technology fuel vast conspiracies. Don't worry, we didn't forget all the new anime this season that transport their characters to an exotic new setting! Jon talks about shows with isekai premises like women flying airplanes and a boy and a girl competing over love. Andy even checks in with an isekai of his own, about a twentysomething woman just trying to make it in Japan! After the break, they choose the 1998 cyberpunk isekai classic, Serial Experiments Lain, for their next spotlight. See you on the other side!
Discussed:
SSSS.Gridman (1:20)
Bloom into You (7:22)
Iroduku: The World in Colors (13:58)
Ping Pong (15:41)
Run with the Wind (19:59)
Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken (27:48)
Natsume's Book of Friends (36:27)
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind (41:50)
A Certain Magical Index III (48:26)
Manaria Friends (1:09:23)
Lord El-Melloi II's Case Files: Rail Zeppelin Grace Note (1:11:09)
Mob Psycho 100 II (1:12:41)
One Punch Man (1:14:20)
The Promised Neverland (1:15:26)
The Rising of the Shield Hero (1:26:22)
Kaguya-sama: Love Is War (1:28:10)
Dororo (2019) (1:33:38)
The Magnificent Kotobuki (1:44:14)
Girly Air Force (1:51:01)
Kemurikusa (1:55:54)
Rinshi!! Ekoda-chan (2019) (2:04:18)
Spotlight Pitches (2:07:09):
Humanity Has Declined
Serial Experiments Lain
Baccano!
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