We do NOT make hats on the pod this week - we watched Spring 2026 hit Witch Hat Atelier instead. We also talk about Don't Look Now, Blue Prince, annoying side characters, and Vince Staples. |

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Sticking to scrap-heap anime, we take a look at 1993 OVA Battle Angel...(Alita). It's two parts and it's on YouTube, definitely worth a look. We also talk about regional words, eating brains, dating a powerful robot girl, Fancy Nancy, and Terrace House. |

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It's trash time, folks. We watched last year's summer hit, Gachiakuta, episodes 1-3. Do we still even like shounen? Find out! We also talk about Testament, when to toss a plunger, and sitting in the way-back of your dad's car. |

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It gets abstract this week on the podcast, as we watch Mamoru Oshii's semi-forgotten anime film, Angel's Egg, from 1985. We also talk about Anatomy of a Fall, loads of 80s bands, Peeps, and the Silverball pinball museum of Asbury Park NJ. |

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Thanks to a Patreon supporter, it's finally time to dip our toes into the world of Lupin III - and to check out the first Miyazaki movie: The Castle of Cagliostro. We also talk about corporate transparency (vis-a-vis the baffling Steel Ball Run release schedule) and the flexatone. |

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[Go to 17:14 for SBR Episode 2-ish talk]

In a strange twist of fate, we got episode 2 of Steel Ball Run a lot earlier than we thought. It's pretty out there, but after the ending of part 6, all bets must be off! We may just have to consider this part of Araki's strange genius. Besides covering episodes 2.1, 2.2, and 2.3 of SBR, we also talk about Alyssa Liu's first pitch, game tutorials, what goes on in Netflix boardrooms, and what animes will tide us over while we wait for SBR to bring us back to the old West. |

WE'RE BACK! Well, we never left you - we've covered dozens and dozens of animes between the end of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 6 "Stone Ocean" and the long-overdue, glorious debut of Part 7, "Steel Ball Run." But we're finally about JoJo's again...for one week. We talk about the upcoming JoJo Caravan event at Kinokuniyas, how strange it is to know nothing about the next SBR episode, the doc Free Solo, robotic camel racing, and how to spell "accumulate." (Wow it's one M?) |

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On our last non-JoJo episode for a while (?) we talk about three more episodes of China's To Be Hero X, episodes 7-9. We're wrapping up the E-Soul arc and starting the Lucky Cyan one. We also talk about St. Patrick's Day, the Oscar winners, Frankie Valli, skating in church, and what a horse is. |

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