Episodes
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Fandom Post Radio Episode 177: A Pimp Named Maomao
In a shocking turn of events for the FPR podcast, our regulars are actually watching far fewer shows than in past seasons. (Except your editor, still only two shows baby!) Everything old is new again with Dragon Ball Super: Beerus, Magic Knight Rayearth, and Ranma 1/2! Apothecary Diaries is back,...
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Fandom Post Radio Episode 176: Watching The Way Shirow Intended
Summer is done and dusted, and the lads are here to talk about what they watched. The full rollout of Smoking Behind the Supermarket is covered. Re: Zero Season 4 returned. Goodbye, Lara toyed with some hearts. Demons of the Shadow Realm, The Ghost in the Shell, etc. Plus a few recommendations!
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Fandom Post Radio Episode 175: A Terrible Day for Rain
As Summer gives way to Fall we take a moment to reflect on the changes all around us. First with a eulogy and a look back at the career of the late Mike McFarland. After that we delve into a discussion on changes that anime make to plot when adapting manga, for better and for worse. Don't worry,...
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Fandom Post Radio Episode 174: Wish Lists and Bitch Lists
Doldrums. That's where we are at. Why are we stuck drifting with no wind in our sails? The corporate overlords are doing their damndest to turn us all back into surfs. Everything is leased or rented, you will own nothing. In context, we are talking about licensing, expired and out-of-print shows...
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Fandom Post Radio Episode 173: The 6 Wives Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Hate You
Summertime, and the anime is fresh, hot, and full of wonder. We have news from the cons and expos, including Gundam and Discotek news (but not at the same time.) We have some strong shows this season, both new and returning, and some shows which are turning out to be very divisive, if I do say…
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Fandom Post Radio Episode 172: The World is Smoking
Do you want the bad news, or the bad news? The best we can do is some neutral news, is that okay? Okay, we do have a few bits of good licensing news! The bad news is the stuff being licensed is going to be harder to find because the traditional retail markets have been sacked. What we have...
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Fandom Post Radio Episode 171: Yuru at the Waffle House at 2AM
Have you heard? Smoking is out, freebasing hardcore drugs is in. (Only hardcore drugs, pot will still get you exiled.) We discuss what exactly is going on in Japan and if they need an intervention and detox, along with our final thoughts on the spring anime season. Demon Realms, Witch Hats, Dr....
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Fandom Post Radio Episode 170: Smokemaxxing Behind the Low Cortisol Area with You
Smoking! Its not just for your grandmother anymore! Wait... we're here to talk about anime? Well, we aren't getting paid by the tobacco industry so I guess we can just forget about it. How about some more takes on this anime season? We (the usual crew) check in on pint-sized witches, smokers,...
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Fandom Post Radio Episode 169: JPop Daemon Hunters
The anime production keeps growing exponentially, someday it will swallow us all like an unescapable flood of expanding spray foam. The crew is watching so much anime that we need a full cast to even scratch the surface of what is available. We have daemons, witches, lovers, haters, obtuse…
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Fandom Post Radio Episode 168: Encrunchification
SPRING! It is sprung! A lot of the old, a little of the new. We wrap up final thoughts on the Winter season and look ahead to whenever Netflix decides to grace us with more Steel Balls. Plus demons, demons, and more demons. Some in the city, some up north, some in retail and streaming. Plus a…
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Fandom Post Radio Episode 167: Crimes Against Humanime
We be here. We be talking anime. News, Impressions, Recommendations, Melort. Neon Thicc Evangelion, Media Don't, The Watsuki Files, Hate Through a Prism, Frieren Works in Mysterious Ways, No Genitalia Evangelion. WARNING: Big spoilers for all of Love through a Prism, so use the chapter markers to...
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Fandom Post Radio Episode 166: This Must Be the Work of an Enemy Mage
New Year, New Season, New Anime! The gang is all here and ready to talk about the new shows.... and Frieren. Kestrel would disown us all if we didn't discuss Frieren. This season is full of magic, romance, and violence! There's trauma, history, and hauntings! JJK, Journal with Witch, Love Through…
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Fandom Post Radio Episode 165: Best Anime of 2025
It's that time! The time of remembrance, and regret. That's right, it's the TOP TEN of 2025 Episode! Will we survive to see the top ten of 2026... who knows! Kestrel, Cain, Brandon, and Mark are gonna talk about their highs of the anime year and share some submitted lists as well. Who came out on...
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Fandom Post Radio Episode 164: All Might will return in Avengers: Doomsday
Can't let go of the year until the boys say so! One last quick rundown of the Fall 2025 anime season with a side order of news and a garnish of recommendations. Spy x Family, the end of My Hero Academia, the benzine spill that is One Punch Man season 3, and more! Drop us a line before the next...
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Fandom Post Radio Episode 163: The Naughty List - This is Fine
None of us can escape the grim specter of our times. Consolidation, Tech Bros, and the coming apocalypse to finish us all off. Not even our beloved anime can avoid all this bullshit. Can art and anime survive corporate greed, audience apathy, and cynicism? Don't worry, it isn't all doom and gloom...
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Fandom Post Radio Episode 162: Walking in an Anime Wonderland
The air is crisp, lights are going up, and your obnoxious coworkers won't stop playing Mariah Carey. Yes, it is the most wonderful time of the year to be an anime fan who likes to spend money. Nevermind the consumerism though, we are gonna talk about the weirdness of the anime Christmas episode!...
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Fandom Post Radio Episode 161: One Frame Man
Things do be falling around anime land. The usual crew arrives ready to discuss the fall 2025 season of anime. Final seasons of My Hero Academia and To Your Eternity, a new season of Ranma 1/2, spinoffs in Ginpachi, and against everyone's better judgement another season of One Punch Man. We have…
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Fandom Post Radio Episode 160: Pockets of Sincerity
The air is crisp, the season is getting spooky, and we have pile of show finales to cover! The usual crew is joined by Mark again to chat about how all the summer shows shook out. We talk about the summer's hidden gems, many featuring college students, nudity, drinking, and hopefully happily ever...
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Fandom Post Radio Episode 159: If you want more, more, more, then Shonen Jump!
Reviewer Mark T jumps into the discussion this week as we dive into friendship, effort, and victory. Yup, we're talking about Weekly Shonen Jump, the long running manga publication which has brought the world the juggernauts of shonen manga! From Dragonball to Jojo's to One Piece, Jump has been a...
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Fandom Post Radio Episode 158: The Summer Takopi Invaded - pi
Nobody expected summer to be this stacked! Seriously, there may just be too many shows. The usual gang is here to talk over the 2025 anime summer season which features new and returning favs. We talk about The Summer Hikaru Died, Dandadan, City, Takopi's Original Sin, Ruri Rocks, Silent Witch…
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Fandom Post Radio Episode 157: AX 2025 - Somehow, Netflix Jail Returned
Kestrel has survived yet another massive Anime Expo. He has returned to tell the tale and share the sights, the sounds, the smells of the expo! (Well, okay, hopefully not the smells.) We have announcements, impressions, good news, bad news, and just... all the things! Plus some recommendations.
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Fandom Post Radio Episode 156: To Be Hero X Gon' Give It To Ya
Time to check in on the Spring season as it approaches its penultimate episodes. Cain, Kestrel, Brandon, and Kate talk about all the shows they are watching, or should be watching. Certainly a lot of death in this batch of episodes, isn't there? We discuss Apothecary Diaries, Anne Shirley, To Be...
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Fandom Post Radio Episode 155: Character Designers: They Build Character
It's been awhile since we did a really good list episode! Today's topic is Anime Character Designers. What are character designers, what do they do, and why is it so important? Who are our favorites? Who are YOUR favorites? Perhaps Akio Sugino, or Masashi Ando? Maybe even... *gasp* CLAMP? We have...
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Fandom Post Radio Episode 154: Party Like It's 1979
Shakedown, 1979? Nope, 2025! Everything old is new again this spring, and the usual crew of Kestrel, Cain, Kate, and Brandon take in a stacked season of new old shows! We've got a Gundam that quacks, we've got Anne Shirley being a red-head, parkour Lazarus, To Be Hero X, and so much more! Truly a...
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Fandom Post Radio Episode 153: Vegeta PHuuuuuuX
Spring is almost sprung which means it's time for a check in of how the Winter anime season went. Kestrel, Cain, and Kate run through what they watched along with a ton of news. Some good, some bad, such is the way of anime. We cover Apothecary Diaries, Dragon Ball Daima, Solo Leveling, Re:Zero,...
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Fandom Post Radio Episode 152: Punching, Kicking, and Poison-Tasting Through Winter 2025
A new year, and we're just hanging in here doing what we know how to do, which is talk about anime. The usual crew is back to talk about the shows we are watching, anime adjacent news, and recommendations for anime and anime adjacent things! You know the drill. Featured this time around are...
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Fandom Post Radio Episode 151: A Look Back on 2024
It's that time of year when the Post crew gets together to discuss the anime of the previous year in one big swoop. This time it is Kestrel, Cain, and Brandon running down their top picks. So if you are the type to not watch a ton of anime (present company excluded) then you won't want to miss…
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Fandom Post Radio Episode 150: I'm Dreaming of a Blue Season
The regular crew is nestled all snug in our podcasting studios, ready to mostly cap off the Fall 2024 anime season. The ghosts of anime properties past are haunting the season while visions of crunch are ready to pass judgement... okay, so my metaphor is failing apart. What's been naughty and...
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Fandom Post Radio Episode 149: Our Favorite Composers
A great soundtrack can elevate any work. Cain, Kestrel, and Brandon have compiled a list of favorite anime composers, both theirs and yours, to discuss their work and impact on the industry. Selected music excerpts include: Joe Hisaishi: One Summer's Day (あの夏へ) from Spirited Away Yoko Kanno…
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Fandom Post Radio Episode 148: "SPOTLIGHT: Dragon Ball"
This is Fanzenshuu... Okay, that's not a thing. We may not be fusing with Kanzenshuu, but we wished upon the Dragon Balls to summon them for the task of discussing Akira Toriyama's legendary franchise as it hits 40 years strong. Between Toriyama's passing and the first new TV series in 9 years,...
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Fandom Post Radio Episode 147: Out of the loop and into the spiral
So... it's been a minute but we're back from our late summer break. We have new fall anime to talk about, including the return of some favorites. We discuss Uzumaki, Orb, Blue Locl, Dan da Dan, Ranma 1/2, Natsume and more! Plus some more passings in the industry and other lighter news, and some...
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Fandom Post Radio Episode 146: Tower of Mid
The dog days of summer are a bit slow this year. So slow that half our regulars aren't even watching anime! Good thing we have a bunch of Otakon news to talk about, as well as the biggest anime leak in years. YEARS. Then we cover what everyone has been watching, such as Tower of God, Spice &…
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Fandom Post Radio Episode 145: Trauma Bonding Expo
Anime Expo 2024 happened, and Kestrel was there kicking ass and taking names, and by taking names I mean getting autographs. We go over all of the news we cared to share from AX. Cain ponders why anime is invading baseball. Kate is just trying not to melt or melt down over a Rayearth remake....
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Fandom Post Radio Episode 144: Ice-Cream Camp∆
Spring, we hardly knew ye. Summer is almost here but we do have some thoughts on some of the shows we've been watching. Did the dungeon remain delicious? The wolf still spicy? The campfire stay lit? Why was Kestrel watching a show about booze? We ponder the results of our watching, along with a...
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Fandom Post Radio Episode 143: Spice and Wolf of Wall Street
Spring 2024 is here and we have plenty of anime to talk about! Everything old is new again, just like long-dormant seeds sprouting from the earth. We get the return of everyone's favorite economic power couple in Spice & Wolf and continuing adventures in bartending in Bartender. Konosuba is back,...
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Fandom Post Radio Episode 142: I Could Have a Juice with Him
The 2024 Winter Anime season has come to a close. If you've been paying attention then you'll know what shows the crew have placed at the top of their lists. Kestrel, Cain, Brandon, and Kate are gonna tell you again, anyway, because that's what we do! Plus some news and recommendations. What was...
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Fandom Post Radio Episode 141: Farewell to the Dragon
We have a full house for a rather depressing episode of the podcast. It's an all-news special cumulating in the marking of the passing of two figures, one lesser known and one an absolute giant. We tip our hats to Tales Of illustrator Mutsumi Inomata before we dedicate the majority of the run…
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Fandom Post Radio Episode 140: Hell Hath No Fury Like A Fern Scorned
The groundhog didn't see his shadow, and for a brief moment this episode features all of the regular podcasters! The winter season is in full swing so we catch up on impressions of the current slate of shows. We check in on our favorite girls, Maomao and Frieren. I (Kate) am ready to throw hands…
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Fandom Post Radio Episode 139: Is It Wrong to Try to Cook Up Monsters in a Dungeon?
Winter 2024 Anime! It's a season of.... isekai... and isekai... and Dungeons! Cain, Kestrel, Brandon, and Kate are gonna talk about it! Delicious is Dungeon, Solo Leveling, Metallic Rouge, BUCCHIGIRI?! and much, much more! Plus, what Chris and DJ are watching via words on paper... but read out...
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Fandom Post Radio Episode 138: The Melancholy of Frieren the Slayer
As is tradition, the votes have been tabulated and a consensus has been reached! If you are like DJ and hid under an anime rock for most of 2023, then this is the episode for you! Kestrel, Cain, Brandon, and DJ break down their top ten lists of anime from the 2023 anime year. PLUS, we have...
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Fandom Post Radio Episode 137: THE ONE PIECE is Real
The Holidays are here but we have time for one last newscast before the season and year wrap up! And that news is one whopper of an announcement that we spend the majority of this episode discussing. That's how crazy it is! Plus a few last minute gift ideas for yourself or a loved one. Have a…
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Fandom Post Radio Episode 136: Thank God It's Frierenday
We might be short on people this week, but we aren't short on discussion! Cain, Kestrel, and Kate are here to talk about this season's shows now that we're a few more episodes in. Spoiler: It's a pretty great season of anime. Plus we have some recommendations and the news. Remember when…
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Fandom Post Radio Episode 135: Beyond Journey's End Goal
STOP THE PRESSES! DJ is HERE! So is everyone else. The Fall 2023 anime season is so stacked that we barely scratch the surface of what is out there, but we think we're hitting most of the bangers. Frieren, Pluto, Spy x Family, 100 Girlfriends, Apothecary Diaries, and more! Plus we have the usual...
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Fandom Post Radio Episode 134: The Big Crunch
Fall is here but we have to wrap up these summer shows before we can dig into the early entries for the fall anime course. Kestrel, Cain, and Kate have a ton of news to run through including the end of Right Stuf because we can't have nice things. DJ sends us his regards from his mansion by way…
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Fandom Post Radio Episode 133: OPLA HOOPLA
WE ARE checking out the live-action One Piece! Years in the making, did this series do the impossible and break the live-action to anime curse? Kestrel, Brandon, Skyler, and Kate bring their collective decades of fan knowledge to the table to break down what we liked, what we didn't like, and…
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Fandom Post Radio Episode 132: For Toji It Was A Tuesday
The sleepy days of summer are drawing to a close. Kestrel, Kate, Cain, and Brandon are on board. We have a tiny bit of catching up to do with the summer season news and shows, but our focus is starting to shift towards thoughts of fall. We cover some of the news that came out over the last month...
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Fandom Post Radio Episode 131: Jujutsu Babies
The summer doldrums have arrived, and with it a slew of shows which are mostly sequels or otherwise known entities. Cain, Kestrel, and Brandon tackle what they have been watching while pondering the list DJ submitted and the glut of average or below-average scores. It is a thin buffet table…
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Fandom Post Radio Episode 130: AX 2023
How big is too big? Well, Kestrel, Skyler, and Darius might have the answer for that as they get together for a massive recap of Anime Expo 2023. From reports of the conditions of the venue to the panels, wild announcements, and just the general vibe, they have a lot of ground to cover. Battle...
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Fandom Post Radio Episode 129: De-Mid Slayer
One final check of the Spring 2023 season is at hand. We wrap up the season with some final thoughts on all the bangers and ponder the mystery of how taste works. Be prepared for more Vinland Saga, Oshi no Ko, Demon Slayer, Hell's Paradise, and the rest. Plus we cover some of the news and...
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Fandom Post Radio Episode 128: Pin the Blush on the Anime Girl
Ah, Summer is just around the corner but we are checking in with the Spring season of anime to see how things are shaking out. That means we get to dive back into Gundam: Witch from Mercury, Vinland Saga, Hell's Paradise, Skip & Loafer, and more! Plus news and recommendations! Also, I (the...
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