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Abcb Café
by Team Alme Productions
The ONLY English-language podcast dedicated exclusively to a rigorous literary analysis of the greatest anime of the 80s (and possibly of all time): Kimagure Orange Road.
Episodes
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The Music of Kimagure Orange Road
In today's extra-long episode , Jason describes the role of music in Kimagure Orange Road. What functions does music serve? How does the music shape our experience of Orange Road? Jason discusses these topics and more - including a countdown of the Top Ten songs in Kimagure Orange Road! Please...
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Character Analysis: Hiyama Hikaru
Join us for a deep analysis of the character of Hikaru-chan. What is her character arc and narrative purpose? Why do people dislike her? Is she low-key the MVP of Orange Road? Please consider becoming a patron of Team Alme Studios - we will send you some free swag (all tiers), and you’ll enjoy...
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Character Analysis: Ayukawa Madoka
Today Jason discusses the character who puts the Kimagure in Kimagure Orange Road: Ayukawa Madoka. Join us for a deep analysis of the Ayukawa character. Is she just good at everything? What are the forces that pull her in opposing directions? What does she see in that goofball Kasuga? Does she...
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Character Analysis: Kasuga Kyosuke
Today Jason talks all about our goofball protagonist, Kasuga Kyosuke. Join us for an appraisal of the Kasuga character. How is Kasuga mischaracterized? What is is story arc and how does his character progress? And how the heck did Kasuga get Ayukawa to fall in love with him? Please consider...
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Analysis: Movie 2
In today’s episode, Jason is analyzing movie 2 - “Shin Kimagure Orange Road: Summer’s Beginning” Is this sequel an unnecessary cash grab? Or is it a meaningful continuation of the Orange Road story? How does this film compare to the body of work preceding it? These topics and more in this...
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Analysis: Movie 1
In today's double-length episode, Jason analyzes the first Kimagure Orange Road film: "I Want to Return to That Day." It's an excellent piece of filmmaking that is tonally and narratively inconsistent with the rest of the Orange Road media franchise - ESP and hijinks are exchanged for heartbreak...
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Analysis: TV Episode 48
Today Jason analyzes Kimagure Orange Road tv episode 48 - the final tv episode - "I Found Love - and, Repeat From the Beginning" The Orange Road television series caps things off with an episode chock-full of all the things we've come to love: Cute Ayukawa, Delinquent Ayukawa, precocious...
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Analysis: TV Episode 47
Today Jason is analyzing Kimagure Orange Road tv episode 47 - "A Presentiment of Farewells - Locate Madoka's First Love" Kasuga gets slapped SO HARD he lands six years in the past! He didn't know his ojiisan had THOSE kinda hands... Today we discuss the use of expressionist visual techniques and...
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Analysis: OVA Episode 8
Today Jason is analyzing Kimagure Orange Road OVA episode 8 - "Message in Rouge" In this important episode, Ayukawa confronts some of her long-held biases and the male sex is redeemed by an unlikely savior: Kasuga Kyosuke! Please consider becoming a patron of Team Alme Studios - we will send you...
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Analysis: OVA Episode 7
Today Jason is analyzing Kimagure Orange Road OVA episode 7 - "An Unexpected Situation" For once it's not Kasuga behaving oafish and stammering out excuses and seeming like a weirdo! Instead, his cousin Akane lets her mouth write a check that her butt can't cash in an effort to conform to...
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Analysis: OVA Episode 6
Today Jason is (finally) analyzing Kimagure Orange Road OVA 6 - "Stage of Love = Heart on Fire! A Star is Born" Kasuga is actually kinda cool in this episode! He saves the day in the nick of time, plus Yukari & Shuu get to end their appearances in the series on a hopeful note. Plus, Jason talks...
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Analysis: OVA Episode 5
Today Jason is analyzing Kimagure Orange Road OVA episode 5 - "Stage of Love = Heart on Fire! Spring is for Idols" Kasuga is a dope, but it seems that even still he's preferable to a shallow womanizing pop idol, even if the latter is tremendously famous and handsome and wealthy... Kasuga &…
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Analysis: TV Episode 46
Today Jason analyzes Kimagure Orange Road tv episode 46 - "One Snow-White Night! Two Alone in a Gondola" Kazuya meddles (what's new), Kasuga falls for it, like a bonehead (what's new), and we get a nice example of how editing in film provides the audience with information, builds suspense, and...
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Analysis: TV Episode 45
In today's episode, Jason is analyzing Kimagure Orange Road tv episode 45 - "Hikaru Passes Away - And Then There Were None" Is this just one great big meaningless fake-out dream episode? Or is his dream an allegory with some meaning relevant to the themes of Orange Road as we draw near the end?...
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Analysis: TV Episode 44
Today Jason is analyzing Kimagure Orange Road tv episode 44 - "The Taste of Love? Kyosuke's Hellish Valentine" It's a silly confection of an episode, but still a little heartfelt - perfect for Valentine's Day! Please consider becoming a patron of Team Alme Studio - we will send you free swag and...
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Analysis: TV Episode 43
Today Jason analyzes Kimagure Orange Road tv episode 43 - "Heartbroken Hikaru! Follow Her to Winter Beach" If you wanted to know what Orange Road would be like if it were directed by a French New Wave auteur, this episode is the best answer you're gonna get... Please consider becoming a patron of...
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Analysis: TV Episode 42
Today Jason is discussing Kimagure Orange Road tv episode 42 - "Such a Popular Madoka! Kyosuke Finally Confesses His Feelings" It's an interesting episode today as Orange Road gets as close as it ever will to exploring themes of gender identity and sexual orientation. And poor Yusaku doesn't even...
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Analysis: TV Episode 41
Today Jason is analyzing Kimagure Orange Road tv episode 41 - "Immobilized Madoka! Kyosuke's Mysterious Watch" Kasuga “serves” up (tennis episode = tennis pun) some epic blunders in today's episode, which contains themes of the passage of time and clinging to the current moment despite the...
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Analysis: TV Episode 40
Today Jason is analyzing Kimagure Orange Road tv episode 40 - "First Dream of the New Year! Kaiju Jingoro Strikes Back" In what ways is this narrative a reflection of the way things in the Orange Road narrative are, and a reflection of the way the characters might wish for things to be? This...
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Analysis: TV Episode 39
Today Jason is analyzing Kimagure Orange Road tv episode 39 - "Hypnotizing Madoka! Kyosuke's Risky New Year" Kasuga manages to subdue his rapacious impulses and Ayukawa is acting SUPER couple-ish with Kasuga, even before pretending that he successfully hypnotized her! Please consider becoming a...
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Analysis: OVA Episode 1
In today's bonus episode Jason is analyzing Kimagure Orange Road OVA 1 - "White Lovers" In what ways is this episode relatively more adult than the tv episodes? Is that why it was released as an OVA? And how quickly would you move past an attempt on your life by a vengeful spirit and get back to...
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Analysis: TV Episode 38
Today Jason analyzes Kimagure Orange Road tv episode 38 - "Kyosuke Timetrips! The Third Christmas" This episode beats Groundhog Day to the punch with themes of fate and repeating cycles until you get things right in what amounts to a very solid Christmas entry in the pantheon of 80s television!...
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Analysis: TV Episode 37
Today Jason is analyzing Kimagure Orange Road tv episode 37 - "Heroic Orange Legend! Madoka's Duel in a Blizzard" Gender inversions, skateboard duels, and sharpened metal guitar picks in Ayukawa's garter make this one of the most 80s television episodes of all time! Please consider becoming a...
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Analysis: TV Episode 36
This week Jason is analyzing Kimagure Orange Road tv episode 36 - "Adios Kyosuke! Paranormal Powers Caught on Video" This episode contains a very nice moment between Kasuga and Ayukawa, and Kasuga isn't a complete moron in this episode either! Plus a live performance by Wada Kanako, so press…
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Analysis: TV Episode 35
In today's episode, Jason is analyzing Kimagure Orange Road tv episode 35 - "Perverted with a Camera! Robot Kyo-chan" Increasingly we are asking ourselves: how is Kasuga getting away with this sh*t?! Flagrant power use in full view of nearly every character, panty thievery, and even borderline...
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Analysis: TV Episode 34
In today's episode Jason is analyzing Kimagure Orange Road tv episode 34 - "Roots Panic! Madoka in the Mysterious Homeland" The art is spotty, Kasuga is being a weirdo, how the hell does Yuusaku keep inviting himself to these things, Ayukawa doesn't know what "cute" means, and Jason gives you an...
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Analysis:TV Episode 33
This week Jason is analyzing Kimagure Orange Road tv episode 33 - "Mystical Madoka! The Mushroom of 120% Truthfulness" Hikaru is becoming consciously aware that there is something between Ayukawa and Kasuga, Ayukawa experiences some residual guilt over her feelings for Kasuga, Kasuga doesn't have…
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Analysis: TV Episode 32
Today Jason is analyzing Kimagure Orange Road tv episode 32 - "Will My Birthday Come Twice!? Time Runner Kyosuke" In a lot of ways, this is an insane episode that is a little difficult to reconcile with the remainder of the show. But its weirdness isn't all bad - this episode is chock-full of...
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Analysis: TV Episode 31
Today Jason is analyzing Kimagure Orange Road tv episode 31 - "Madoka and Yuusaku! The Marching Song of Runaway Youths" They want us to believe that Yuusaku is suddenly after Ayukawa, THEN they want us to believe that Ayukawa is gonna kill herself? This is too crazy to believe, what is even going...
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Analysis: TV Episode 30
In this episode Jason is analyzing Kimagure Orange Road tv episode 30 - "A Tender Little Story! Kurumi's First Love - Chapter Hell" Kurumi has a crush, and that is somehow more terrifying than her usual demeanor! Kasuga has a stroke during his voiceover, and did Ayukawa really kiss that guy?!?...
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Analysis: TV Episode 29
Today Jason is analyzing Kimagure Orange Road tv episode 29 - "Don't Cry Jingoro! The Heat of Young Love" Is this the craziest mess of an Orange Road episode to date? If you can think of crazier than dedicating an entire episode to a story of the Kasugas' pet cat going though puberty, we're all...
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Analysis: TV Episode 28
Today Jason is analyzing Kimagure Orange Road tv episode 28 - "Dangerous Decision! Manami-chan's Big Adventure" Kasuga is simultaneously the world's worst brother AND the world's best brother in the same afternoon, Ayukawa is a supporting character, and Kurumi is still the Devil. Please consider...
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Analysis: TV Episode 27
Today Jason is analyzing Kimagure Orange Road tv episode 27 - "Marked Woman Madoka! Kyosuke Proving He's a Man" Kyosuke is worried that some sukeban are after Ayukawa... Will Kasuga defend her with his life? Or will he outsource his ass-whoopin'? Please support Team Alme on Patreon - we send…
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Analysis: TV Episode 26
Today Jason analyzes Kimagure Orange Road tv episode 26 - "Kyosuke's Become a Kid! Getting Super Close to Madoka" Precisely how terrible is Kazuya's advice? (It's pretty bad, even for a 5 year old.) But the real question is "who the hell is gonna listen to his advice?" (Kasuga-kun is.) Play this...
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Analysis: TV Episode 25
Today Jason is analyzing Kimagure Orange Road tv episode 25 - "Dangerous Self-Hypnosis! Kasuga-kun Changed" Who enjoys our brash new Kasuga? We learn that Ayukawa doesn't. Also, what does Kasuga's transformation say about his subconscious? Hit play and let me tell you all about it! Thanks to J...
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Analysis: TV Episode 24
Today Jason is analyzing Kimagure Orange Road tv episode 24 - "Introducing Kazuya! Be Careful Around the 'Panic Kid'" Why introduce a fairly important character this late in the game? Does Kazuya fulfill a particular purpose that the other secondary characters don't? Also, how does this episode...
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Analysis: TV Episode 23
Today Jason is discussing Kimagure Orange Road tv episode 23 - "Kyosuke and Madoka in a Big Fight! A 3-Legged Race of Love" Despite some hyperbolic, unrealistic animation, this is a fairly realistic depiction of a dispute in a relationship. For good measure, the filmmakers sprinkle in a fantasy...
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Analysis: TV Episode 22
Today Jason is analyzing Kimagure Orange Road tv episode 22 - "An Adult Relationship?! Madoka Secretly Returns Home in the Morning" What legendary bop is introduced as an insert song in this episode? Why is everyone keeping a secret from Kasuga? And what bomb will Jason drop on you in today's…
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Analysis: OVA Episode 2
Today Jason is analyzing Kimagure Orange Road OVA episode 2 - "Hawaiian Suspense." How is this episode unlike any other episode of Kimagure Orange Road? In what ways does this episode owe a debt to the oeuvre of Alfred Hitchcock? What the hell does "oeuvre" mean and how do you even say that?!...
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Analysis: TV Episode 21
Today Jason will be analyzing Kimagure Orange Road tv episode 20 - "Kyosuke in a Pinch! Sweet Nothings at the Wuthering Heights" Kasuga as a people-pleaser is front and center in this episode, as he lies about not having someone he likes, while Kurumi awaits the Thunder Demon, and Komatsu & Hatta...
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Analysis: TV Episode 20
Today Jason is analyzing Kimagure Orange Road tv episode 20 - "Hikaru Witnesses! The Camp is Full of Danger" How does Kasuga outshine his more handsome, charming, and charismatic sempai? It's easy when the sempai acts like a turd because he's always had his good looks to rely on! Plus, effective...
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Analysis: TV Episode 19
In today's podcast, Jason will be analyzing Kimagure Orange Road tv episode 19: "An Experience for Two! An Island of Forbidden Love" We'll talk about the use of visual metaphors and mise en scéne in this episode, as well as gender roles and Kasuga's blood sugars! Please consider supporting Team...
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Analysis: TV Episode 18
In today's podcast, Jason will be analyzing Kimagure Orange Road tv episode 18: "Madoka's Challenge! The Haunted Beach's Big Wave Legend" What is Ayukawa's kryptonite? Isn't she supposed to be invulnerable? What does Kasuga do right in this episode? Will he ever get the credit, or will everyone...
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Analysis: OVA Episode 4
In today's bonus episode, Jason will be discussing Kimagure Orange Road OVA 4 - "Hurricane! Akane the Shapechanging Girl" In what ways does Kasuga seem to have grown and matured? Does Ayukawa have a bit of a drinking problem? How long should you know someone before you smell their hair? The…
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Analysis: TV Episode 17
In today's episode, Jason analyzes Kimagure Orange Road tv episode 17: "The Summer Temptation - A Double Date Out of the Blue." This episode provides some excellent examples of a filmmaking technique called the "Kuleshov Effect," as well as some fire audio tracks. Plus some minor inconsistencies…
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Analysis: OVA Episode 3
It’s that time in the TV series that it’s starting to make sense to start working in the OVA! So we will start with an analysis of Kimagure Orange Road OVA episode 3: “I Was a Cat; I Was a Fish.” This might have come out after the TV series ended, but the Kasugas are still morons. We also get to...
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Analysis: TV Episode 16
In today's episode Jason will be analyzing Kimagure Orange Road tv episode 16: "Well, Do You Believe it or Not? Madoka Saw a UFO" We get another example of "Kasuga Logic," more than one reference to American cinema, and we will clearly see evidence that Ayukawa relishes the physical abuse Kasuga...
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Analysis: TV Episode 15
In today's episode, Jason is analyzing Kimagure Orange Road tv episode 15: "Madoka's Ultimate Decision! Putting a Period to the Love Triangle" After teasing Ayukawa and Kasuga's breakup last week, the filmmakers are back with a "no, really, this time!" It's a great episode anyway which provides...
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Analysis: TV Episode 14
Today Jason is analyzing Kimagure Orange Road tv episode 14: "A Foreboding Dream! Madoka & Kyosuke Breaking Up At Last!" We'll explore a fuzzy, unreliable tool known as "Kasuga Logic" as we talk about the ways in which his buffoonery lands just right! Additionally, we'll explore how this episode...
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Analysis: TV Episode 13
Today Jason is analyzing Kimagure Orange Road tv episode 13: "Everyone's Looking! Hikaru-chan's Super Transformation" Why did Hikaru wanna dress like an Mtv VJ of that era? What was Ayukawa's angle in this episode? What epic insert music will we hear today? Tap “Play” in to find out! Please...
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The ONLY English-language podcast dedicated exclusively to a rigorous literary analysis of the greatest anime of the 80s (and possibly of all time): Kimagure Orange Road.
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