Warui Deshou: An Anime Podcast

Welcome back, folks! Apologies for the overly long time away; we've been super busy with our day jobs. Hopefully, since we're covering an absolute gem of a movie, you'll forgive us. Enjoy our discussion of Tomas Alfredson and John Ajvide Lindqvists' romantic horror film, Let The Right One In. Enjoying   this podcast? Tip us a coffee on Ko-fi! This will get you access to The  World's Best Anime (and Other Media Too) Discord. | https://ko-fi.com/waruideshou Want to get in touch? Tweet the show, find us on Bluesky or Threads | Email the show --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/waruideshou/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/waruideshou/support

All aboard, anime fans! Join us as we punch our ticket to space adventure, science fantasy, and beautiful melancholy. Listener, you're on a one way train to a three hour discussion of 1979's Galaxy Express 999 The Movie! We talk about Leiji Matsumoto, the Leijiverse, Rintaro, and some of the notable seiyuu. We discuss Maetel, Tetsuro, Emeraldas, Harlock, and all your favorites. We get into this film as a story about class struggle, Matsumoto's depictions of women, and how certain scenes affected us now that the original creator of the Leijiverse is sadly no longer with us. Enjoying   this podcast? Tip us a coffee on Ko-fi! This will get you access to The  World's Best Anime (and Other Media Too) Discord. | https://ko-fi.com/waruideshou Want to get in touch? Tweet the show, Doc or Shadon | Email the show Music: Jimi Hendrix "Hear My Train A Comin" Nobuo Uematsu "Phantom Train" (cover by Sean Schafianski) Lumi Athena "XVI Ultima!" --- Send in a voice message:

Hello, friends! We actually released two pods this month! Who'd have guessed it could happen again? This episode we are talking about the 2019 Noah Baumbach film "Marriage Story" starring Matoko Kusanagi and Kylo Ren! In all seriousness, we both really liked this movie and we hope you enjoy our chat about how it goes in on the American legal system, what we thought of all the performances, how the film is disarmingly funny at times (often because of its subject matter rather than in spite of it), stimulates reflections on relationships and fatherhood, and just generally creates awareness and empathy in us. Enjoying   this podcast? Tip us a coffee on Ko-fi! This will get you access to The  World's Best Anime (and Other Media Too) Discord. | https://ko-fi.com/waruideshou Want to get in touch? Tweet the show, Doc or Shadon | Email the show Music: Bibio "Lovers' Carvings" Lumi Athena "XVI Ultima!" --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/

Doc & Shadon break down Hong Kong action director Benny Chan's final film, Raging Fire! Donnie Yen and Nicholas Tse tear it up in this high-impact revenge story. We talk about our favorite scenes, discuss whether the film is copaganda, talk a bit about moral luck, and count suplexes! Enjoying   this podcast? Tip us a coffee on Ko-fi! This will get you access to The  World's Best Anime (and Other Media Too) Discord. | https://ko-fi.com/waruideshou Want to get in touch? Tweet the show, Doc or Shadon | Email the show Music: Junior Murvin "Police And Thieves" The Clash "I Fought The Law" Scooter "Fire" Nicholas Tse "謝謝你的愛1999(國)" --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/waruideshou/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/waruideshou/support

Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukah, Blessed Kwanzaa, Merry MegaChristmas, and Happy Holidays! Doc & Shadon are here with you once again to talk about all things media in 2022, at least all things they've experienced. Yes, there's some grousing about the usual awful state of the planet, but the majority of this episode is a celebration of a whole bunch of great anime, video games, books, and movies that have gotten us through the year. Sit back and reminisce with us for a few hours to close out your year with a good time! Enjoying   this podcast? Tip us a coffee on Ko-fi! This will get you access to The  World's Best Anime (and Other Media Too) Discord. | https://ko-fi.com/waruideshou Want to get in touch? Tweet the show, Doc or Shadon | Email the show Music: Masayoshi Soken and THE PRIMALS "Endwalker - Footfalls" Michael Kelly "CALICOMP 1.1 Shutdown" --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/waruideshou/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/waruideshou/support

Doc & Shadon have come back from a war torn future to talk to you all about a couple of really cool James Cameron movies, The Terminator and Terminator 2: Judgment Day! If you're not super old like us, you might not remember how mind-blowing these films were at the time or how important they were to pop culture and the near-term future of action sci-fi cinema. On the other hand, if you are on old head, then come soak up the nostalgia as we discuss our favorite scenes, smart decisions the movies make, and get annoyed at the T2 trailer.   Enjoying   this podcast? Tip us a coffee on Ko-fi! This will get you access to The  World's Best Anime (and Other Media Too) Discord. | https://ko-fi.com/waruideshou Want to get in touch? Tweet the show, Doc or Shadon | Email the show Music: Austrian Death Machine "I Need Your Clothes, Your Boots, And Your Motorcycle" Michael Kelly "CALICOMP 1.1 Shutdown" --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/waruideshou/message Support this podcast: ht

Newtypes, Oldtypes, and everyone in between, Doc & Shadon are here to talk Mobile Suit Gundam! We invite you to join us as we review and discuss the anime film trilogy that kicked off anime's biggest franchise. How cool are these robots? How badass is Char Aznable? Is war truly hell? We will answer these questions, your questions, and much more on our trek through the 79th year of the Universal Century! Enjoying   this podcast? Tip us a coffee on Ko-fi! This will get you access to The  World's Best Anime (and Other Media Too) Discord. | https://ko-fi.com/waruideshou Want to get in touch? Tweet the show, Doc or Shadon | Email the show Music: Frankie Goes To Hollywood "Two Tribes" Michael Kelly "CALICOMP 1.1 Shutdown" --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/waruideshou/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/waruideshou/support

Doc & Shadon romp, stomp, and spray atomic breath all over the place on this episode that's all about Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi's 2016 kaiju powerhouse, Shin Godzilla! We discuss the film's seething hatred of bureaucracy, ability to put the viewer into ground zero of a disaster, fantastic editing and shot composition, driven core cast, and more!  Enjoying   this podcast? Tip us a coffee on Ko-fi! This will get you access to The  World's Best Anime (and Other Media Too) Discord. | https://ko-fi.com/waruideshou Want to get in touch? Tweet the show, Doc or Shadon | Email the show Music: Blue Oyster Cult "Godzilla" Michael Kelly "Calicomp 1.1 Shutdown" --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/waruideshou/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/waruideshou/support

Doc & Shadon discuss Suncoast Video shelf constant, Video Girl Ai. Is this 1992 OAV sex comedy meets sci-fi romance worth revisiting 30 years later? Listen in and find out as we chat about the show's themes, characters, comedy and place in anime history. And answer your questions! Enjoying   this podcast? Tip us a coffee on Ko-fi! This will get you access to The  World's Best Anime (and Other Media Too) Discord. | https://ko-fi.com/waruideshou Want to get in touch? Tweet the show, Doc or Shadon | Email the show Music: The Buggles "Video Killed The Radio Star" Michael Kelly "Calicomp 1.1 Shutdown" --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/waruideshou/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/waruideshou/support

After some delays, we're back to talk about Spike Jonze' film "Her" from 2013! Shadon enjoyed this film back when it was released, but he wanted to revisit it now, almost a decade later, to see how it held up. We discuss the film's relevance in 2022, its core message about learning how to love others well, if anything about it would be made differently in 2022, its depiction of societal change in the wake of radical new technology, if the film sufficiently establishes Samantha's humanity, which app we'd like to fall in love with, and much more! Enjoying   this podcast? Tip us a coffee on Ko-fi! This will get you access to The  World's Best Anime (and Other Media Too) Discord. | https://ko-fi.com/waruideshou Want to get in touch? Tweet the show, Doc or Shadon | Email the show Music: Foreigner "I Want To Know What Love Is" Michael Kelly "Calicomp 1.1 Shutdown" Sources I Wanted To Read But Didn't: Aleksić, Jana. “Defense of Humanity: Defense of Personality: Aesthetic Rethinking of the Concept

We discuss Mamoru Hosoda's third original film and final Madhouse production, 2012's "Wolf Children." When Doc first watched it, it was one of his favorites. After watching/rewatching all of Hosoda's work n the lead up to this podcast, does he still feel the same way? Shadon has never seen the film before. What does he think of it? Click play and find out! Lot of ground covered in our discussion, including: production details, both the critical and also the academic/scholarly response to the film then and now, different cultural perspectives on single-motherhood, queer readings of wolfhood, "let's get back to nature" and, of course, our emotional responses to the movie. And much more! Enjoying   this podcast? Tip us a coffee on Ko-fi! This will get you access to  The  World's Best Anime (and Other Media Too) Discord. | https://ko-fi.com/waruideshou Want to get in touch? Tweet the show, Doc or Shadon | Email the show Music: Wolfmother "Woman" Michael Kelly "Calicomp 1.1 Shutdown" Sources: D

We are discussing one of the best films, Korean or otherwise, made in recent years, Lee Chang-dong's "Burning." In fact, this is Doc's favorite movie! "Burning" is an adaptation of Haruki Murakami's short story, "Barn Burning" (itself an adaptation of sorts of William Faulkner's short story of the same name) and features incredible performances from Yoo Ah-in, Jeon Jong-seo, and Stephen Yeun. There is a lot of ground to try to cover in this discussion. We tackle the movie's focus on class and wealth divides, what it says about creative individuals and the creative process, reality vs unreality of certain elements of the film and what those possible conclusions mean for the film as a whole as well as its individual elements, and so so much more. All of this discussion is near, very very near...all you have to do is press play!   Enjoying  this podcast? Tip us a coffee on Ko-fi! This will get you access to The  World's Best Anime (and Other Media Too) Discord. | https://ko-fi.com/waruideshou Want

For you, it was the most important podcast of your life, for us...it was Tuesday. Welcome back, friends, to Warui Deshou, where this time we discuss the notorious 1994 fighting game film adaptation, Street Fighter: The Movie! While it can occasionally be charmingly camp, and Raul Julia's performance is beyond reproach, much of the time the movie's poor casting and writing leave us cringing and groaning. But, how would we adapt a fighting game story to the silver screen? What lessons can be learned from this one? From its troubled production? In addition to pondering these serious topics, Doc & Shadon have a good laugh at SF's expense.   Production details and stories mentioned by Shadon are from this Guardian Piece: https://www.theguardian.com/games/2018/jul/16/inside-street-fighter-movie-jean-claude-van-damme-kylie-minogue Enjoying this podcast? Tip us a coffee on Ko-fi! | https://ko-fi.com/waruideshou Music: "Guile's Theme" from Super Street Fighter II by Isao Abe "CALICOMP 1.1 Shutdown" by Michael

We discuss Doc's favorite John Woo film, 1989's "The Killer"! Doc and Shadon talk favorite scenes, religious symbolism, heroic bloodshed as a genre, what to make of the Jenny character, and so much more! Enjoying this podcast? Tip us a coffee on Ko-fi! | https://ko-fi.com/waruideshou Music: "Tequila's Theme" from John Woo's Stranglehold by Jamie Christopherson "Calicomp 1.1 Shutdown" by Garoad/Michael Kelly --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/waruideshou/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/waruideshou/support

Once upon a time, there was a man who died...then that man befriended another man, and they went on to do a Bad Anime Podcast which would one day cover...Princess Tutu! That's right, Doc and Shadon are here to talk about ballet, meta-text, and weird animal-people. After lauding the folks who created this little gem, we answer a boatload of Discord & Twitter questions, discuss characters, themes and story structure, and do our best 'If you like _____, you'll like Princess Tutu."   Enjoying this podcast? Tip us a coffee on Ko-fi! | https://ko-fi.com/waruideshou Music: Felix Mendelssohn – Wedding March (from “A Midsumer Night’s Dream”) Garoad - Calicomp 1.1 Shutdown --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/waruideshou/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/waruideshou/support

It's brand new solo content for 2022 here at Warui Deshou as Shadon kickstarts a series of short audio essays on anything and everything he's seen recently or far in the past, whatever's interesting to talk about! And as the kind of director's cut Blu-Ray extra to our Spiderverse pod, Shadon offers some thoughts on Spiderman: No Way Home including thoughts on the Great Responsibility mantra, the unique attributes of the MCU Spiderman films and the conclusion to nearly 20 years of Spiderman continuity! Enjoy! Music Used: Spiderman 1967 Opening - Paul Francis Webster & Bob Harris Calicomp 1.1 Shutdown by Garoad/Michael Kelly --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/waruideshou/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/waruideshou/support

Hello, friends, and welcome to Warui Deshou's Holiday/Year-End Special! I already wrote this description once, and 2021 hates me so much that it disappeared my write-up for no reason whatsoever. That being the case, this description will be even more low-effort than usual, which is saying something. In this here podcast, Shadon and Doc discuss all their favorite anime, video games, podcasts, YouTubers, John Woo movies, and Stephen King novels they've experienced in this bloody endless year. Not one single once of prep was done by either host before the pod. Listen at your own risk. Enjoying this podcast? Tip us a coffee on Ko-fi! | https://ko-fi.com/waruideshou Music: Seaside Vacation - Hu Ito (13 Sentinels OST) Calicomp 1.1 Shutdown - Garoad --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/waruideshou/message

WHAT'S UP DANGER? Hey gang, it's our maiden voyage into the great big ocean of Non-Anime Podcast Episodes! ICYMI, we are going to be doing two pods a month, one anime and one non. For this month's non, Shadon has chosen a pair of exemplary superhero animated films. We know these movies have a ton of big fans, so we hope we've done them justice in our (lengthy) discussion! First, we detail our histories with these characters across various forms of media. Then, we talk about each film separately, why we like each so much and we we think each does really well. Next, we compare the two in terms of their tone, goals, accessibility, stand-alone-ness, core themes, and how well each film presents the essence of its protagonist. Finally, we answer some very good questions put to us by our Discord group. Please enjoy! Enjoying this podcast? Tip us a coffee on Ko-fi! | https://ko-fi.com/waruideshou   Music: Kakero! Spider-man - Yuki Hide Batman: The Animated Series End Credit - Danny Elfman CALICOMP 1.1 Shutdown

Welcome back, friends, to Warui Deshou! This episode, Shadon & The Subtle Doctor review and discuss the rather bonkers 2016 anime Drifters.  As usual, opinions are divided on the show. Doc is full of praise for its interesting concept, generally fun tone, and its humor. Shadon found it a boring exercise in propaganda. Despite their differing takes, the boys have a lot of fun discussing all of the above and so much more on Drifters. We hope you enjoy! Hearts to Yoichi! <3 There are a number of content warning for Drifters. We'd advise those inclined to listen to our discussion of those before jumping into the series.  Enjoying this podcast? Tip us a coffee on Ko-fi! https://ko-fi.com/waruideshou Music: Queen - Princes of the Universe Michael Kelly/Garoad - CALICOMP 1.1 Shutdown --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/waruideshou/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/waruideshou/support

It's the final Stream of Thought and what a ride it's been across all these years! Join Doc and Shads for one last time as they round out their discussion of Sonny Boy by talking about emotional connections, wibbly wobbly timey wimey, man's proclivity towards creating our own hell, cults of personality and more! Enjoying this podcast? Tip us a coffee on Ko-fi! https://ko-fi.com/waruideshou Musical Credits: Dark Bramble - Outer Wilds OST by Andrew Prahlow Running In The Night - FM-84 CALICOMP 1.1 Shutdown - Michael Kelly --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/waruideshou/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/waruideshou/support