Gary Hedges joins us today to talk about Slayers The Motion Picture (1995), Lina and Naga’s first animated outing together. Plus all the usual features, with this week’s Weekly Retro Recap being episode 1 of Zatch Bell. And yes, there is a game. One which we had to record twice as the rules in… [Read more…]
March 2, 2013
Greg Driver & Gary Hedges join us again, this time run down our favourite robots from anime and manga. And one thing that isn’t either. And one robot that’s technically a cyborg, despite the only rule being no cyborgs. WARNING: this episode contains a DBZ discussion that may have you shouting at your generic… [Read more…]
December 22, 2012
Here it is, our second XMAS SPECTACULAR~! Debbie Crisp and Gary Hedges join us to once again review Xmas musical fare from the world of anime (and tokusatsu). And then we all assemble around the old Joanna for a festive sing song. All this plus the usual stations of UK anime releases and WATCHUWATCH. 00:17:00… [Read more…]
April 29, 2012
A partial recording of our Anison Armageddon panel from Kitacon 4. Anthony and Brian are joined by Leon Everett, Niall Flanagan and Gary Hedges to review rap anime songs. The audience weigh in with their own opinions and a fun time is had by all. Big thanks to Lewis Smith for lending his Blue microphone… [Read more…]
March 1, 2012
As we are looking back to 2002 each month, there could be only one choice for our fourth ninja related show – Naruto. Gary Hedges joins us to talk about the first five episodes of the show that kicked off a decade of orange jumpsuited ninja-ry. We talk about our history with the franchise, whether… [Read more…]
February 24, 2012
Behold, the death rattle of a once popular fad. It’s the 1996/97 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles OAV series – Legend of the Supermutants. The turtles get EXTREME TO THE MAX with an Image Comics style redesign before travelling to Japan to rip off Saint Seiya. Gary Hedges joins us in our discussion of this oddity… [Read more…]
December 19, 2011
Anthony is on holiday, so Gary Hedges joins me to talk Saban dubs that made it to the UK. We’ve even seen some of them. Plus: a brief history of Saturday Morning Kids TV in the UK, how breakfast TV was saved again and again, facts everyone thinks only they know, interrupting dogs and much,… [Read more…]
June 14, 2011
It’s part two of our Marvel Productions chat wtih Gary Hedges! Trapped in a world we never made, we talk juvenile puppets, ponies, repatriated Real American Heroes, things we thought were Guyver, Billy Zane and much, much more. Muppet Babies Robotix GI Joe Jem & The Holograms Defenders of the Earth Glo Friends Spider-Man We’ll… [Read more…]
June 7, 2011
Gary Hedges is back! For another trip down memory lane, this time the one marked Marvel. Face front True Believers as we go all the way back to the 1970s live action Spider-man. No not that one, the other one! Then we take in some international superheroes, a fast food eating vampire, some amazing friends,… [Read more…]
May 2, 2011
Gary Hedges returns to continue our discussion of the DiC shows from our childhood that had Japanese animation talent working on them in one form or another. We forgot to record the first 45 minutes of the podcast so if we seem a little flat to begin with it’s because we’re going over stuff we… [Read more…]
May 11, 2013
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