Episodes
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Screener Squad: Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End Season 2
FRIEREN: BEYOND JOURNEY’S END SEASON 2 REVIEW Jonathan Larson once pondered how one would measure a year. Cups of coffee, sunsets, laughter, strife? Regardless, a year is five hundred twenty five thousand six hundred minutes. Frieren, and elf, by this measure is approximately five hundred twenty...
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Screener Squad: Cosmic Princess Kaguya!
COSMIC PRINCESS KAGUYA! MOVIE REVIEW Teenagers these days have all sorts of wild ambitions that blur the lines of dreaming big and living in a fantasy world. They want to get rich as young as possible and retire in your early 20’s. Fear not young listeners, such ambitions can be achieved! You…
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Screener Squad: 100 Meters
100 METERS MOVIE REVIEW Good cardio may make the difference between life and death in an apocalypse but in this animated feature, it’s the difference between life and a shuffling zombie existence in a 9 to 5 desk job pushing pencils and remembering days long past when the act of running was an...
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Screener Squad: All You Need Is Kill
ALL YOU NEED IS KILL MOVIE REVIEW In the year 20XX, a massive and mysterious flower known as Darol suddenly appears in Japan. Volunteers are sent in to help with cleanup and rebuilding, including Rita, a resourceful but isolated young woman who has never quite fit in. When Darol emits a deafening...
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Screener Squad: Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc
CHAINSAW MAN – THE MOVIE: REZE ARC Tatsuki Fujimoto’s most hellish manga creation has rev’ed up from the the page, onto the tv screens, and moving onto the biggest screens of silver and into our hearts. We are talking about Chainsaw Man The Movie- Reze Arc directed by anime key artist and...
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Screener Squad: Demon Slayer Infinity Castle
DEMON SLAYER INFINITY CASTLE MOVIE REVIEW Over 220 million copies sold world wide across its 23 volumes. Adapted into an anime of 4 seasons and 63 episodes all translated into several languages propelling it into a world wide phenomenon. An empire of merchandising that rivals that of Star wars…
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Screener Squad: Lazarus
LAZARUS SERIES REVIEW Sometimes when the world has got you down you just wanna take the edge off. Doctor Skinner has created a drug called Hapna which has all the benefits of a pain killer without any of the detrimental benefits. Physical or mental pain? Hapna can take it all away, and it’s over...
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Infestation: Annecy 2025 – ChaO
CHAO MOVIE REVIEW Maciej Kur is back and he is once again covering the Annecy Animation Festival in France! Spidermike joins him to take a look at some of the wild new animated films from around the world coming out soon. From the innocent and unsuspecting country of Japan comes Yasuhiro AOKI’s...
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Screener Squad: Devil May Cry
DEVIL MAY CRY SERIES REVIEW From arcade cabinets to your prefered console system in the living room, Capcom has brought hundreds upon thousands of hours of entertainment with video game classics like Mega Man, Resident Evil, Monster Hunter and the 2000s combo-juggling, demon-themed, first-person,...
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Screener Squad: DanDaDan
DANDADAN SERIES REVIEW Ken ‘Okarun’ Takakura (Natsuki Hanae) is a socially awkward misfit with an Agent Mulder brain. If the truth is out there, he wants to find and befriend a couple of aliens while learning and adapting their ways. Momo Ayase (Shion Wakayama) is the granddaughter of a powerful...
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Screener Squad: Ghost Cat Anzu
GHOST CAT ANZU MOVIE REVIEW Four adolescents are on a quest to see a dead body gathered around a campfire for the night to discuss one of life’s great mysteries: Mickey is a mouse, Donald is a duck, Pluto is a dog, so what’s Goofy? The world may never know, but dear reader/listener, if you […]
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Screener Squad: Go! Go! Loser Ranger!
With all the spectacle and extravagance of a Sunday Superbowl showdown, Boss Monsters from beyond the stars have attacked the earth. Thanks to a team of heros called The Dragon Keepers, the evil beings from beyond...
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Screener Squad: Parasyte: The Grey
PARASYTE: THE GREY SERIES REVIEW My skin is not my own! You know the quote, but how do you know it? It’s like the word Ewok; sometimes we just know stuff. Or perhaps the alien inside you shared the knowledge with you in a dream. Parasyte The Grey is a live-action Netflix miniseries adapted from […]
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Screener Squad: Attack on Titan: The Final Season Part 4
ATTACK ON TITAN: THE FINAL SEASON PART 4 Adapted from the popular manga written by Hajime Isayama, on April 7, 2013 the first episode of Attack on Titan premiered. After a decade of awesome horror violence, intriguing cat and mouse mystery, and dozens of memes, the stage has been set for this…
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Screener Squad: One Piece
ONE PIECE SERIES REVIEW King of the pirates Gold Roger (Michael Dorman) had fame and fortune beyond imagination. Before his execution he declared to all dreamers that his fortune was all there for the taking. You just have to find it first. A golden age of pirates has begun and sailors of all…
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Screener Squad: Lonely Castle in the Mirror
LONELY CASTLE IN THE MIRROR MOVIE REVIEW There have been many castles throughout the centuries at the heart of our timeless stories. Some castles are tucked away in the spooky forest. Some are a beacon of light upon the highest hill. Some contain the promise of a fair maiden but it turns out your...
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Screener Squad: Suzume
SUZUME MOVIE REVIEW Following up the international success of his 2019 films Weathering with You and the 2018 anime classic Your Name, writer/director Makoto Shinkai is bringing back the magic and beauty of Japan’s ancient culture with Suzume. The title is the name of an adventurous teenage girl...
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Screener Squad: Attack on Titan – The Final Season – Pt.3
ATTACK ON TITAN – THE FINAL SEASON – PT.3 What’s up with all the shaking cups of water and that ominous thundering sound? It’s not T-Rex on a stroll this time. It’s the long awaited highly anticipated Rumbling in Attack on Titan The Final Season Part 2 special Episode 1 penultimate special!...
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Screener Squad: Chainsaw Man
CHAINSAW MAN SERIES REVIEW From the internationally acclaimed haunted and depraved mind of Manga writer/artist Tatsuki Fujimoto comes Chainsaw Man. Yes, he’s pretty much what he sounds like: a man made of chainsaws revving up from hell to chop of demons and cop some feels. Denji, a lonely orphan...
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Screener Squad: Cyberpunk Edgerunners
CYBERPUNK EDGERUNNERS SERIES REVIEW What’s up you f**king Chooms!? You’re here with Chad, Tessa, and Marcos and we’re dripping with 80’s/future aesthetic today with Cyberpunk Edgerunners, a new anime series streaming on Netflix. The show is based on the video game Cyberpunk which comes with a lot...
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Screener Squad: Drifting Home
DRIFTING HOME MOVIE REVIEW Acclaimed writer/director of animation Hiroyasu Ishida (Penguin Highway) presents the newest anime film from Netflix, Drifting Home. Little kid friends Kosuke and Natsumi’s have been drifting apart. In Junior High they have their own cliques but back in the day the two...
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Screener Squad: Goodbye Don Glees
GOODBYE DON GLEES MOVIE REVIEW Teen misfits Roma, Toto, and Drop call themselves the “Don Glees,” basically a term used for their adventures outside of the real world. They’re not popular, and are constantly bullied. Every year, there’s a fireworks display that they don’t get invited to, so they...
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Screener Squad: Inu-Oh
INU-OH MOVIE REVIEW The anime Inu-Oh directed by Masaaki Yuasa (Japan Sinks: 2020, Devilman Crybaby, Ride your Wave) is back to up the razzle and double the dazzle with a through the centuries rock opera about government controlled narratives being thwarted by the power of music. Hey Jude! You…
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Screener Squad: The Deer King
THE DEER KING MOVIE REVIEW In the years following a vicious war in a far off land, wild dogs that once carried the deadly Black Wolf Fever continue to roam free, threatening to unleash a pandemic on the people of this fantasy world. While one half of the kingdom wears masks to protect themselves...
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Screener Squad: Pompo the Cinephile
POMPO THE CINEPHILE MOVIE REVIEW Today we find ourselves in the land of movie magic, yes, of course I’m talking about Nyallywood. One of the top producers, Joelle Davidovich Pomponette (Pompo-san), has just tasked her assistant, Gene, to direct her new film. Gene is green to running the whole…
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Screener Squad: Attack on Titan – The Final Season Part 2
ATTACK ON TITAN – THE FINAL SEASON PART 2 REVIEW Last time on Attack on Titan – The Final Season. Move over Jared Leto! Eren has a private land paradise cult of his own called Yaegerists and he has put forward plans to help his half-brother Zeke rid the world of war through the means […]
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Screener Squad: Belle
BELLE MOVIE REVIEW The “tale as old as time” gets a futuristic upgrade when shy schoolgirl, Suzu, enters the virtual world of “U,” and transforms into the pop singing sensation, Belle. Unfortunately for Belle, but necessary for the plot, her global VR-world fame draws the attention of The Dragon…
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Screener Squad: Super Crooks
SUPER CROOKS SERIES REVIEW It seems crime doesn’t pay, even when you have superpowers. Johnny Bolt has made a habit of getting in and out of prison ever since an unfortunate “mishap” caused by his electricity powers meant that he could never be a hero. With his girlfriend, Kasey, Johnny lives…
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Screener Squad: Cowboy Bebop
COWBOY BEBOP SERIES REVIEW It’s time for everyone’s least favorite experiment known as Netflix anime adaptations. You may remember this series from every Adult Swim lineup ever and it goes by the name “Cowboy Bebop”, a space western about bounty hunters, cops, and deadly crime syndicates. With...
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Screener Squad: My Hero Academia: World Heroes’ Mission
MY HERO ACADEMIA: WORLD HEROES’ MISSION MOVIE REVIEW One of the world’s most popular anime series has returned with another thrilling, well-animated, and definitely canonical movie. The plot follows Izuku Midoriya (Justin Briner/Daiki Yamashita) and his fellow U.A. classmates as they join the...
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Screener Squad: The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf
THE WITCHER: NIGHTMARE OF THE WOLF MOVIE REVIEW Need something to tide you over until The Witcher season two? Netflix heard your cries for help and gave you an appetizer with this original anime movie. Developed by the “Avatar”/”The Legend of Korra” animators Studio Miur, this movie follows…
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Screener Squad: Record of Ragnarok
RECORD OF RAGNAROK SERIES REVIEW The Netflix anime invasion continues with the 12-episode season one of “Record of Ragnarok”. The Tribunal of Gods from all times, countries, and creeds meet to determine the fate of mankind. Some gods want a biblical extinction while others are far too entertained...
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Screener Squad: Godzilla Singular Point
GODZILLA SINGULAR POINT SERIES REVIEW The newest attempt at Godzilla in anime form has hit Netflix, although this one feels a little different. The series takes a step into theoretical science, focusing on a near future world dealing with the discovery of a new type of matter…and of course a...
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Screener Squad: Trese
TRESE SERIES REVIEW In a world where the monsters of folklore live openly in the light of day, a delicate balance between them and humankind is maintained by a sole magic wielder, Alexandra Trese, a private detective specializing in crimes involving the supernatural. However, when the mayor of...
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Screener Squad: Eden
EDEN SERIES REVIEW A stellar voice cast and cell shaded animation are some of the defining qualities of Netflix’s next big anime mini-series “Eden”. Thousands of years into the future, the human race is but a distant memory and robots roam the earth harvesting apples and making light co-worker...
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Screener Squad: Castlevania – Season 4 (The Final Season)
CASTLEVANIA SEASON 4 TV SERIES REVIEW The long, bloody journey of our band of monster slayers comes to a end with the final season of Netflix’s “Castlevania”. Following last season’s downer ending, Trevor and Sypha have stumbled upon various groups seeking a method to bring Dracula back from the...
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Screener Squad: Yasuke
YASUKE SERIES REVIEW Netflix continues its foray into the world of anime with an original miniseries based on a very real life African who traveled to Japan and rose to a samurai in their culture. Eschewing from reality almost instantly, this series features giant mecha, magic users, and…
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Screener Squad: Attack on Titan – The Final Season Part 1
ATTACK ON TITAN – THE FINAL SEASON PART 1 REVIEW In the beginning, a colossal Titan brought the walls down like the biblical destruction of Jericho and destroyed Eren’s entire world. Orphaned, Eren was left alone shouting to the heavens “I will kill them all”. Several years and seasons have…
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Screener Squad: Pacific Rim – The Black
PACIFIC RIM – THE BLACK SERIES REVIEW Netflix cancels the apocalypse with “Pacific Rim – The Black”, the newest anime tv entry in the “Top Gun” meets “Independence Day” with giant robots and monsters franchise. This show details the story of teenage siblings Taylor (Calum Worthy) and Hayley…
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Screener Squad: Earwig and the Witch
EARWIG AND THE WITCH MOVIE REVIEW For animation fans, it’s always a big moment when Japan’s Studio Ghibli drops a new film, even more exciting when the name Miyazaki is attached to it. Their latest project dropped in America on HBO Max, and it’s not from studio founder Hayao but his son, Gorō…
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Screener Squad: Alice in Borderland
ALICE IN BORDERLAND SERIES REVIEW Adapted from the manga of the same name, restless Japanese teenagers Arisu, Karube, and Segawa one day find themselves taken out of present-day Tokyo only to find themselves in an abandoned, even dystopian Tokyo. Soon they discover they are in the Borderland…
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Screener Squad: Blood of Zeus
BLOOD OF ZEUS MOVIE REVIEW You ever some see a faithful adaptation of Homer’s mythologies? Yeah me neither. Welcome to another loose adaptation, but now in beautiful animated 1080p. (Take that, the spoken word). In this Netflix original tale of Gods and Man, we meet one of the many children of…
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Screener Squad: Lupin III: The First
LUPIN III: THE FIRST MOVIE REVIEW Lupin III is a master thief, the grandson of a master thief (the fictional French character, Lupin) who is an outrageous badass. Also kind of a smartass. Your results may vary there. Here, in this brand new, big-budget, 3D CG feature film, he teams up with his…
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Screener Squad: Dragon’s Dogma
DRAGON’S DOGMA TV SERIES REVIEW There be dragons! Or Dragon, in this case. After watching his family and his beloved village burned to ash, Ethan is surprised to have been spared. Rather than kill him, the beast rips out Ethan’s heart, ultimately turning him into an Arisen, a figure destined to...
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Screener Squad: Japan Sinks: 2020
JAPAN SINKS: 2020 MINISERIES REVIEW Ever wonder what an anime might look like if run by disaster director Roland Emmerich? Netflix presents the anime series directed by Pyeon-Gang Ho and Masaaki Yuasa (Devil Man CryBaby) based on the popular 1973 novel by Sakyo Komatsu, “Japan Sinks”. Japan is...
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Screener Squad: My Hero Academia Season 4
MY HERO ACADEMIA SEASON 4 TV REVIEW My Hero Academia returns for one of its darkest and most fascinating chapters yet with season four. On the heels of season three’s conclusion, we follow Deku (Justin Briner) as he and LeMillion (Ricco Fajardo) get entangled with an insidious plot involving the...
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Screener Squad: Altered Carbon – Resleeved
ALTERED CARBON – RESLEEVED MOVIE REVIEW What is it about success that makes people want to release a prequel? Netflix is, no doubt, getting a lot of eyes on their grungy space-noir Altered Carbon (review for 1st and 2nd seasons here) and now we get this CG-anime prequel film. Taking place a few...
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Screener Squad: BEASTARS
BEASTARS TV SERIES REVIEW What happens when Zootopia and anime collide? BEASTARS happens! This CG anime, licensed for U.S. streaming via Netflix and adapted from a manga, is set in an anthropomorphic animal society divided by carnivores and herbivores. The story follows a wolf named Legoshi…
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Screener Squad: My Hero Academia – Heroes Rising
MY HERO ACADEMIA – HEROES RISING MOVIE REVIEW ***WARNING: SPOILER TALK NEAR THE END*** The runaway anime hit My Hero Academia continues with a second cinematic outing. Heroes Rising surprisingly takes place closer to where the manga is now than the anime series, with the class of 1A setting up a...
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Screener Squad: Weathering With You
WEATHERING WITH YOU MOVIE REVIEW Makoto Shinkai, the acclaimed writer and director behind Your Name, has finally brought his almost as acclaimed follow-up to America with Weathering With You. The story follows Hodaka (Kotaro Daigo/Brandon Engman), a high school boy living in Tokyo during an...
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