Name: #18 Romancing the Kingdoms by Retro Anime Podcast
Duration: 44 min 3 s
Description: Ian and Lewis take a look at one of the many adaptations of the Chinese novel The Romance of the Three Kingdoms with reviews of the two specials that were released in the mid 80's.

As the quite obscure manga artist, Toboso, Yana once said: “Something once lost will never return.”, and for a while there, we were quite inclined to believe him. Nevertheless, The Casual Anime Podcast dedicates it’s tepid return to one of Studio Ghibli’s retro style projects. Probably one of their lesser known works in the west, the adaptation of “The Tale of Princess Kaguya” got all the critics’ adoration but left little cultural impact on the western anime consumer.

Princess Kaguya

If you only make terrible decisions in your first life, will that mean you'll make better choices in your next? You might think the shame and remorse of being a jobless shut-in in a culture like Japan would push you to become the best possible version of yourself, but it just goes to show that under different circumstances you can remain the same degenerate and still be successful in spite of it. 
As this wolf in sheep's-clothing approach has a certain amount of appeal to it, his lack of developing basic human decency is probably by design, but that's might be giving an isekai author too much credit.

Jobless Reincarnation

"Visuals good, but story bad" seem to be the common stance among critics in regards to Tetsurô Araki's latest film, Bubble. While we're not inclined to totally disagree with that statement the Casual Anime Podcast certainly have our own "hot takes" on this 2022 Netflix film.

Bubble

Three episodes into Made in Abyss S2’s runtime The Casual Anime Podcast decide it’s finally time to catch up with the intrepid trio of explorers. This episode also covers the 3rd movie: «Dawn of The Deep Soul» as well as the currently released episodes of season 2 at the time of recording. Predictably we're still quite slow on the releases.

Made In Abyss S2 + Film

In the distant future, humanity has colonized the vast reaches of space, and with it, conflict between the various space colonies has erupted. Enter the mysterious witch, Cassandra Mercury, who possesses incredible psychic powers that she uses to fight for the freedom of her people.

As war rages on, Cassandra finds herself drawn into the conflict, piloting the powerful mobile suit Gundam in battle. But as she fights to defend her people and their way of life, Cassandra begins to uncover dark secrets about the war and the true motives of those she is fighting against.

With intense mecha battles, complex political intrigue, and a strong female protagonist, Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury is a thrilling addition to the iconic Gundam franchise. Will Cassandra be able to overcome the challenges she faces and lead her people to victory, or will the weight of the conflict prove too much for even a powerful psychic like herself? Tune in to find out!

Mobile Suit Gundam - The Witch From Mercury

In search of improved breathing techniques our 3 intrepid travelers board a train.    Although this train is bound for nowhere there is no gambling Kenny Rodgers onboard to tell them when to hold and when to fold. There is just these ultra deadly adversaries’ that might be too much for our boys to handle, so maybe the best that one might hope for is dying in our sleep.

Demon Slayer Mugen Train

Anime Podcast Of Some Sort took a bit of a vacay. A convention vacay. Jack was at Fanime, and David was at ColossalCon. Stories! Adventure! Cosplaying! A merry old time was had by our APOSS Team at conventions across the continent! So merry, we had to call our friend Shay Taree, who was at Fanime as well.

Plus, Shay and Jack give their respective previews of SacAnime. Last year, it was D.j.m. that did a double summer convention dip, now Jack & Shay go for it.

Plus, Detective Pikachu. It's pretty darn good.

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Ian and Lewis take a look at one of the many adaptations of the Chinese novel The Romance of the Three Kingdoms with reviews of the two specials that were released in the mid 80's.

Retro Anime Podcast

#18 Romancing the Kingdoms

Easy Breezy everyone! We're back in podcast form to cover the final two  episodes of Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! Join The Subtle Doctor and  Shadon as they discuss the origin of Asakusa and Kanamori's camaraderie,  how not to use an angle grinder, how the show teaches us to parse,  critique and understand anime and one final look at the Greatest World!

Stream of Thought is Warui  Deshou’s “episodic blog,” our takes on currently airing shows as they  air, one episode at a time.

Support Warui Deshou on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/waruideshou

Music (used with artist permission):

“GPS” by Maco Soundworks @MasoPupi

Podcast Album Art:

Phil Dragash @PhilDragash

Stream of Thought Winter 2020

Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken - Episodes 11 & 12

Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken - Episodes 11 & 12 THE END

The Classic, The Obscure, The Forgotten. Covering anime from the 60's to the 90's. Ian and Lewis watch and review the anime that Ian grew up with 30 years ago, what will modern anime viewer Lewis think of the Old Man's tastes?

#18 Romancing the Kingdoms

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