Thomas has finally watched some anime and we take a look at some of our favorite shonen jump series and TALK ABOUT DANDADAN!

Episode 221: Shonen Jump Breakdown

Cyberpunk: Edgerunners lives up to the hype with amazing action scenes, fluid animation, and pristine color choices. But why are we crying? Listen to find out!

Episode 235: Trigger Slays with Edgerunners

With the family in for Labor Day, we rank our favorite Naruto arcs and find out which is the best...and which it would be best to forget.

Episode 265: Naruto Arc Tier List

We discuss our picks for the Crunchyroll Anime Awards! What did you vote for?

Episode 275: CR Anime Awards 2024

We review ANN's favorite romance anime and make our own list of our bests and brightest...try to make a list...make a list?

Episode 277: The Top Romance Anime

Thomas likes all the hashira, so much that he knows all of them by name! And we invite you to...you guessed it...watch anime with us! Preferably Angel Beats, but we can also watch whatever you want.

Episode 285: Name that Hashira!!

We talk about the Haikyuu movie, some of our favorite manga moments, and how sometimes, when you need a good friend, THEY'RE REALLY MEAN TO YOU!

Episode 287: Flying High with Haikyuu

We talk about our time hosting panels, meeting friends, and buying stuff at Connecticon. And we try to find something good to watch this summer season. We are struggling.

Episode 290: Connecticon 2024 Review

Mary and Thomas revisit one of their favorite podcast episodes as they recreate their Manga Mount Rushmore's, showcasing what they think are the best and most influential titles in the business.

Episode 294: Manga Mount Rushmore

We get an absolutely beautiful episode of Dandadan this week, and dig into our first listener MAL roast. You're in for it, Bazzy!

Episode 297: MAL Roast - Bazzy

Anime is drowning in impactful and depressing backstories, but which ones are the best? We talk about our top five...and a bunch of other ones because how can you only pick five? Some of these are really dang good!

Episode 298: Greatest Anime Backstories

Get in the holiday spirit with us by going through some of the most well-loved Christmas/Winter/Holiday episodes of anime according to the internet! Will Tokyo Godfathers justly win the top spot? Will we know any of the others? Will YOUR fave be represented. Listen and find out!

Episode 299: Celebrate the Holiday Season with Anime!

Can you believe we're here?! Join us for episode 300 as we reminisce through almost 8 years of podcasting together and review Reddit's Top 100 Anime of all time. We talk about everything single anime on this list...it's a three-hour episode, fam!

EPISODE 300!!! Reddit's Top 100 Anime!

Finally reunited, the twins go over their top 5 anime of 2024! And the emphasis here is on twins....because oh boy, are they twinning this entire episode...

Episode 302: Best Anime of 2024

We kick off our manga readalong, Oysami PunPun and discuss other miserable manga. Yay!!

Episode 303: Time to be sad!

What's anime? Does it even exist? Nah, that crap is fake. Let's talk about manga instead...again...for the second week in a row.

Episode 305: Manga Doubleplay...Again

Apothecary Diaries finally decides to show up! We get drama, we get secrets, and we get a riddle that is actually possible to figure out in an anime. Also, Punpun is the same. We want off this ride.

Episode 306: Maomao's not colorblind

Thomas actually watches anime and we talk about everyone's favorite color-- blue! Speaking of blue, is Punpun finally experiencing the joys of his youth?

Episode 307: Enjoy Blue Spring!

GUEST HOST ALERT! Welcome DarkFox as we dive into his anime biography, find out his favorite shows, what made him an anime fan and, honestly, just hang for an hour with a super cool guy!

Episode 308: Rurouni Homie Hangout

Spring is here (or at least it's starting to feel like it) so we run through the new season of anime and see what's up! We're not...super impressed so please tell us what you think we should be watching next season. Also, Punpun remains Punpun as we ramp up to the climax! How is this manga going to end?

Episode 309: Spring 2025 Preview

The trendy, current events episode of the pod! We walk Switch 2 and our picks for the Crunchyroll Anime Awards!

Episode 310: CR Anime Awards 2025

We touch on the "character writing" in Solo Leveling and finally finish discussing the manga masterclass Oyasumi Punpun. Is it a masterpiece?

Episode 311: Punpun Finale

With the new season in full swing, we talk our favorites, our not so favorites and stuff we are absolutely not watching. What do you think should be on our list?

Episode 312: New Season Review

Thomas and Ganon11 give us their thoughts on Monster. Is it one of the greatest anime/manga stories ever told?

Episode 313: Breaking Down Monster

Back with more anime and manga than you can imagine! Actually only 10 as we review someone's top ten anime of all time. We do take some time to remember what we lost in Mangadex...and the end of Bleach. How do we always end up talking about Bleach?

Episode 314: Pour some out for Mangadex

There's a lot of things to talk about. We (Mary) watched some new anime, the Solo Leveling Awards happened, Kaijuu no 8 soon WON'T happen and Thomas has entered his villain arc. What could possibly go wrong? 

Episode 315: What's worse? CR Anime Awards or the End of Kaijuu no 8?

We give our summer season picks! And, if you had to pick one, what's an anime you would watch with your mom?

Episode 316: Summer 2025 Preview

We bring to you non-stop anime this week! With the one season's end and another's beginning, Mary and Thomas take the time to reflect on some of the Summer's finales and choose some of their favorites for the Fall 2017 anime season. There's so much anime packed into this episode, it's hard to keep straight!

Episode 26

Not to sound like a broken record, but this was another amazing week in anime. Dried persimmons, shoot outs at the shinkansen, and hype hype volleyball. What a wild ride. And we start winding the year down by putting together some of our own awards! Will your favorites win?

Episode 167: Making Our Own Awards

Mary is brain dead and tired and totally fake news...but so is the Promised Neverland. And we talk about the last year of Shonen Jump; its biggest series, how it is, and how it will soon be. Is there a change in the future for this popular magazine?

Episode 175: Mary is Fake News

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