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The original Balls In Your Ear crew reunites for a football centric pod!  Join host Josh Sprague with OG hosts Josh Solow and Dan Avidan as we catch up on 3 years between episodes and talk the draft and upcoming season.

Balls In Your Ear - NFL Draft - May 17, 2021

Bad Anime - My Dress Up Darling Bad Anime - EP 5

Week 3 of Harem Month is here and we watched My First Girlfriend is a Gal. Between the valley girl accents and horribly offensive pedo references this one was um...interesting to say the least.

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Bad Anime - MY FIRST GF IS A GAL: Offensive, Basically Hentai & We Loved It - EP19 | HAREM MONTH

The shiny brand new anime CHAINSAW MAN has been on a PR wave since it was announced. Now it's finally here and it's even more chainsaw-ier than we thought. We delved into the first 3 episodes of this chaotic romp of a show and have MANY questions: Was it as good as all the hype? What the hell us up with the theme song? How did 20 minutes of TV get me to adore a chainsaw faced dog more than I do my own dog? Are we sticking with it, or dropping it after 3 eps? Tune in to find out!

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Bad Anime - CHAINSAW MAN: His Dream is to Touch Boobs | 3 Ep Rule - EP 43

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This infamous 1992 anime film is filled with controversial scenes, moments and overall shock. We heard so much about it from our viewers that we decided to give it a try, and boy did we ever. Spanning 48 minutes in the version we watched, it has to be one of the most unsettling pieces of media we've ever seen- so let's break it down all together now.

WARNING: Some themes in this pod may not be suitable for everyone. If you're easily disturbed, proceed with some caution.

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MIDORI (SHŌJO TSUBAKI): BANNED in Almost Every Country & It's Pretty Clear Why tbh

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What's that stickiness? It is Issei's pants, my friends. We are BACK at it for another season of HSDXD, and we're excited to see where season 2 takes us. Will we learn more about Kiba? Will Issei finally get his harem? Will it be GOOD?? Let's find out together folks.

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HIGH SCHOOL DXD NEW: Sillier, Hornier, BOOBIER! We're Back for Season 2!

Hold onto your plungers as we warp pipe into SUPER MARIO BROS (1993)! We all know the classic Mario story: alternate dimensions, royal fungus, Dinohattan, yadda yadda yadda. But is this legendary flop a masterpiece or a disaster-piece?

With the help of TV writer and double-named Italian Brooklynite NEIL MCNEIL, the class tries to convince Josh it's the best thing since sliced pizza. This episode's a spicy meat-uh-ball! 🤌

Video High - Ep #64 - Super Mario Bros (1993) with Neil McNeil

We watched all 10 episodes of Cyberpunk Edgerunners on Netflix and boy do we have THOUGHTS! It was very highly rated at the end of 2022 and we decided to finally get to it in 2023 and figure out if a great anime can come from a videogame. 

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CYBERPUNK EDGERUNNERS: Can Games Make Good Anime? Idk, But I Did Cry a Bit

We're back, Jack! After over a year since watching the Violence Jack: Evil Town OVA, we've gone back to the well with Hell's Wind (1990).

How does it compare to Evil Town? Does it compare to other Go Nagai works? Did our eyes bleed at the sight of this OVA? Find out here and now!

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VIOLENCE JACK (Hell's Wind): BANNED Internationally, But Uncensored Here- Let's Go BACK, JACK!

Mike's pick for this episode is the 1996 action disaster film "Dante's Peak".

Does It Suck, Now? - Season 2, Episode 11 - Dantes Peak

FINALLY we've gotten to the beacon of bad anime history: the Master of Martial Hearts OVA. It's gotten some of the most horrific reviews of any anime ever, and we needed to see if those reviews were warranted. After screaming in confusion during the last episode it's hard to argue it's anything but absolute garbage. But the big question is: was it made that way on purpose? Join us in our agony!

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MASTER OF MARTIAL HEARTS: The Anime That Made Me Scream (The WORST of all time!?)

You asked for this, not us. After over a year of having a podcast called Bad Anime, we watch one of the most infamous anime of all time. It felt illegal to do so. I hate my life :)

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BOKU NO PICO: Yup It’s Definitely Porn and It’s Probably Illegal In Some Places

Who got the "Raw Deal"?  Arnoldbody knows!

Does It Suck, Now? - Season 2, Episode 12 - Raw Deal

Our FIRST show of Isekai Month! This month we’re tackling a wide range of new Isekais and the very first sends a lukewarm message about fat shaming and confirms that anime titles are getting ridiculous (we had to shorten it for the title). Is this Isekai bad? We watch the first 3 episodes to get a reading.

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CHEAT SKILL FROM ANOTHER WORLD: Being Hot is Great & Isekai Titles Make Me Want 2 Die (Isekai Month)

From the Korean manga-equivalent of the same name, it’s… basically Bridgerton! The second Isekai of the month is as prim and proper as they come- but do the first 3 episodes spell success? Or is it a Victorian travesty?

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WHY RAELIANA ENDED UP AT THE DUKE’S MANSION: Bridgerton But Make It Anime (Isekai Month)

Like a flightless pun-slinging pterosaur, ADVENTURES IN DINOSAUR CITY (1991) comes crawling up from way down in our collective memory holes. Maybe we caught it on the Disney Channel. Maybe it's just another piece of the omnipresent dinosaur media of the 90s. Maybe Forry is just the most Video High friendly character we've watched. But this group of friends who have nothing better to do than dive into a VHS sure did love this Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle cribbing mess about a group of friends diving into a VHS. At least we'll always have Tar Town.

Video High - Ep #70 - Adventures in Dinosaur City (1991)

If the title means anything, it's the sheer pace with which new concepts are thrown out in SPLIT SECOND (1992). A thematic chopped salad, this dystopian thriller stars Rutger Hauer as a indeterminably psychic cop on the edge chasing a heart-eating serial killer through the flooded streets of London to avenge the death of the partner he cuckolded before he is driven mad by the heartbeat of the clawed rat-mutant sewer dweller that may be the actual Devil with an interest in astrology and scampish sense of humor. What's that? Blood? Coming out of my nose? Huh.

Video High - Ep #71 - Split Second (1992)

We may not know anything about astrology, but we know what we like. And that's not knowing anything about astrology.

Video High - EXTRA CREDIT: "He's a Leo? That Makes Sense." (Bonus Episode)

Like a dog with a bone, we're obsessed with BINGO (1991). This shaggy dog story follows a runaway circus dog that travels America in search of a family. Billed as starring a "sort of canine Macaulay Culkin," this dog and pony show comes straight from the Blockbuster shelves of Jamie's memory. But is this another forgotten childhood gem, or are we barking up the wrong tree? Go Packers!

Video High - Ep #72 - Bingo (1991)

Back to Chainsaw Man to expand our coverage from just 3 episodes to the entire first season! We gave this show some time to settle, and decided to get back to this unexpected dark Shonen. Enjoy our nut kicking competition!

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CHAINSAW MAN: Denji Wants More Boobies! And We Love it (Season 1)

It's time for a hazy 90's adventure with 1999's "Go".

Does It Suck, Now? - Season 2, Episode 13 - Go (1999)

Welcome to HELLGATE (1989)! A place where you can relax and remember the simpler times - doo-wop on the radio, menacing bikers, huge mustaches, the inability to be female and not get objectified in a diner, old-timey attractions that somehow make money...we've got it all! We'd like to thank you for joining us! Another Schlocktober, another head-scratcher. Just the way we like it. Don't forget your pie!

Video High - Ep #73 - Hellgate

What is actually happening?  Only the trees know for sure in M. Night's eco-thriller "The Happening".

Does It Suck, Now? - Season 2, Episode 14 - The Happening (2008)

Podcast! Right ahead! Man the life boats as the class plumbs the depths of animation with TITANIC: THE LEGEND GOES ON. Will these podcasters choose to go down with the ship? It’s sink or swim as we delve into our first animated film. But *not* the first animated retelling of the Titanic with talking animals, if you can believe it. Editor of MERRY LITTLE BATMAN Andy Young joins us for a chat that’s Mucho Gusto. Party Time!

Video High - Ep #74 - Titanic: The Legend Goes On (2000)

OVA's GALORE! This particular OVA is from 1989 and has just a RIPPER of a soundtrack, but is that sountrack enough to save this entire 45 minute neo-future opus?

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CYBERNETICS GUARDIAN: This OVA SUCKS (In a Good Way)

We decided to throw on the first 3 eps of the NEW anime A Girl & Her Guard Dog, only to find that we had a lot more to talk about than we thought. Is this a charming romcom anime or does it miss the mark?

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A GIRL & HER GUARD DOG: A Bodyguard Romance Anime!? | 3 Ep Rule

The longest title on our show to date, we watched the first (and only) season of Higehiro: After Getting Rejected, I Shaved & Took in a High School Runaway. Was this title accurate? Yes. Was the show bad? We'll figure it all out.

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HIGEHIRO: He SHAVED & Took in a High School Runaway, but What Does Any of That Mean?

Today we're examining the OVA Psychic Wars, released in 1987 in Japan and in the USA in 1991. A legendary piece of garbage in the anime space, is it as awful as people say?

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PSYCHIC WARS: The 1987 Trash OVA with a 3.3/10 IMDB Rating

Eat s**t Kazuya. We watched the whole first season of Rent A Girlfriend! Despite it's absolutely abysmal MC, was the show able to charm us as a great romance anime? Discuss we shall!

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RENT-A-GIRLFRIEND: JUSTICE FOR RUKA & The MC That Puts the L in Limp-d**k (Season 1)

SEASON 1 of the supernatural slice of life Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid is here! We watched the entire first season and we have a lot to say about this treat of a show. And yes, some of it involves how problematic it is.

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MS KOBAYASHI'S DRAGON MAID: Lesbian Dragons That Get Drunk Sometimes (S1)

Kazuya sucks. Welcome to another season of I Love Chizuru- I MEAN Rent a Girlfriend. We chose to give season 2 a go to see if the show improves or degrades at all from season 1. Spoiler: It's kinda the same?

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RENT A GF: Hating Kazuya is My Full Time Job (Season 2)

LETS talk about wrestling!! In a kinda out of nowhere episode, we're chatting about the annual New Japan Pro Wrestling season finale, Wrestle Kingdom 18. We'll draw some anime comparisons and talk about the show top to bottom. 

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NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 18 Review: Wrestling's Roots in Anime

What would you do if you kept looping back in time? This brand new show comes to us in the Winter season baring the full title: 7th Time Loop: The Villainess Enjoys a Carefree Life Married to Her Worst Enemy. Is it a bright spot in the Winter 2024 season or is it trash?

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7th TIME LOOP: Marrying the Guy That Stabbed Me | 3EP Rule

We give our review of the 2001 Studio Ghibli classic Spirited Away. Is it actually great, or a nostalgia trip? And does it hold up today? 

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SPIRITED AWAY: Is it Bad? Please Don't Cancel Us

This anime film came out in 2020 from the creator of Bleach and it's a whole bunch of weird. Of course we had to give it a try- was it a great experimental movie or was it a pile of Dragon sh*t?

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First week of MECHA MARCH! Each week we'll chat about a different mech anime, and first up is none other than the compilation film of the first part of the first season of Gundam. We give our thoughts on this movie and the legacy this season left behind.

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GUNDAM 01: Amuro Get in the F**king Robot (Mecha March)

MECHA MARCH continues with another Gundam series, this time we're talking about 80th MS Team, the critically acclaimed series with a VERY weird ending. What did we like, what did we not like? Let's chat about it.

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GUNDAM 08th MS Team: Vietnam War but with Robots (Mecha March)

t's not Gundam it's Megazone! This week we're trying out part 1 of a 3 part film: Megazone 23. This 1985 film apparently se the course for a lot of the mech anime of the future...and also was the foundation for a lot of terrible OVAs. How is it though? Let's find out.

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MEGAZONE 23: The Matrix before The Matrix (Mecha March)

We're back?  After a long delay we are back asking the question, does "Snake Eyes" suck now?  (It doesn't!)

Does It Suck, Now? - Snake Eyes - Season 3, Episode 1

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Balls In Your Ear -Season 3- Super Bowl

For our 5th(!) episode we take a look at 1987's vampires on the boardwalk classic "Lost Boys" and ask "Does It Suck, Now?".

Does It Suck, Now? - Episdoe 5 - Lost Boys

Season Two kicks off with Ian MacKaye, the frontman of Minor Threat, Fugazi, Coriky and head of Dischord Records. Ian was not interested in picking a double feature but was down to talk films -- we discuss Harold & Maude, Woodstock, Gimme Shelter, Dogme 95, Caligula and more. 

Produced by: Eric Mahoney

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