Anime Shoshin

Anime Shoshin

A podcast exploring anime from the dual perspectives of a long-time fan and someone new to the genre. Join Blake, the content creator, and Merve, the writer, each week as they watch some anime and analyze it. Everyone is welcome!

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November 16, 2022 53 mins
Blake & Merve discuss the 2022 Gundam Movie: Mobile Suit Gundam: Cucuruz Doan's Island.
Even though it is made in 2022 the art, style and music are all throwbacks to the 80s. Does this work and would we recommend this movie-film? Find out now!
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Our final 2022 Halloween episode, we review the long-awaited Chainsawman Anime!
There's chainsaws, there's mans, there's heavy metal and demons!
This covers episodes 1-3. Find out if we would recommend Chainsawman. Lol, like anyone wouldn't recommend an anime called Chainsawman... Good grief. Anyway, find more at AnimeShoshin.com.
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It's Halloween Season 2 Episode 2, and this time Blake & Merve compare scary stuff from the East versus scary stuff from the West.
Who is more scary? What is required to scare us? Where to look to get scared, and some creepy anime recommendations.
We are a Spreaker Prime Podcast
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September 30, 2022 54 mins
This episode contains adult stuff, listener discretion is advised.
For this first Halloween Season 2 episode, Blake & Merve tackle Call of the Night, and the most controversial anime ever created, Bible Black. Bwaahahaha, so scary!
Stay tuned for our 2nd Halloween episode next time, and remember to check out Simping for Senpai during our off weeks.
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September 16, 2022 57 mins
How about that title? We dared to use the H-E-double hockey sticks word! Super brave of us, and we hope no one gets offended. Listen to episode and you'll see the connection.

Any road, this week we discuss Made in Abyss, the cutest dark anime you 'll ever watch. The first season, that movie in the middle and the first 5 or so episodes of season 2.
Made in Abyss is goin on now. If you consider yourself "hardcore" listen to this and y...
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September 6, 2022 39 mins
In this Anime Shoshin episode Blake & Merve discuss the brand new Dragon Ball movie, Dragon Ball Super Super Hero. No, that's not a mistake, this anime is so Super it needed Two "Supers"!
We hope you have a super fun time listening to it, that would be just super.
Please give us a super rating too and listen to Simping for Senpai on our off week.
Have a super day!
super...super...supper...#anime
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August 20, 2022 47 mins
After 9 long years of waiting, The Devil is a Part Timer Returns! Well...9 years for other people. Not us, because we just watched the first season, but anyway. You get what I mean darnit!
We take this anime through our paces, ranking, would we recommend, favorite things and disses. All the things. One thing we agree on, it's a funny anime.
So included are lots of the jokes.
Oh, and the weeks we are off, listen to Simping for Senpai!
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New episode style today and Today Only! So far anyway... We talk about two new anime Uncle From Another World and Black Summoner. Whether or not we should keep watching them. Spoiler alert! One is a YES and one is a NO.
Join our Discord and let us know what you think.
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It's time again for Anime Side Characters to shine! Or be dunked on...
This was our first panel recorded live at JAFAX 2022.
Joined by our friends from the Baka Talk podcast.
The 2nd panel episode has even more participants and flair!
So go listen to that one too! Like all the kids say these days, It's Fire!
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Find the video introduction at CrushingDefeatMedia.Blogspot.com

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July 8, 2022 51 mins
Let's talk about Spy Family or Spy x Family, whichever you prefer. We've now been treated to the first half of the first season, so let's talk about this great show again! It's not all sunshine and roses though, and we've got a few problems with the first 12 episodes of the Spy x Family anime. Find out if there was enough Spy or Family in this anime on this episode of Anime Shoshin!

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Recorded Live from the JAFAX Anime & Japanese Culture Conference in Grand Rapids!
We hosted two panels on the Best & Worst Side Characters in Anime. Joined by our friends from the Baka Talk podcast, an introduction by voice actor Molly Searcy, and a multitude of participating attendees.
This is the 2nd of the panels. The 1st will come out in a separate episode.
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One or more sentences describing your episode to listeners. Oh wait, that ain't right!
Here we go...on this week's episode we are joined once again by the Simping for Senpai Podcast to discuss the beloved anime Eighty Six.
Is it better than that other mech anime we talked about? I don't know, I haven't listened to the episode yet, only edited it.
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Testsuro Araki who did Death Note, Attack on Titan and High School of the Dead, makes an anime movie for Netflix called Bubble.
And it couldn't be more different than each of those! This here be Romance Anime. So find out what Blake & Merve think.
Oh, and the outro this episode is insane! What was I thinking?
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One of the Top 10 Best Anime Titles ever! Is it one of the best anime ever to watch? Well I can't tell you here, you have to listen.  I will say I think we liked it better than we rated it... Also, there's some cursing in this episode. No F's, but some S's, A's and one B. So be warned listener.
Join us as we talk "Trapped in a Dating Sim" in all of it's comedy glory!
Please review and share and follow and like and care.
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June 4, 2022 47 mins
Is The West a Threat to Anime?
I'd say this episode is rated PG-13.  Beyond this warning, you do you.  So, we're kinda worried that the "modern sensibilities" of the Western World is going to f*ck up our anime!  As anime creators seek to further cash in on the west; will they start making anime like the boring garbage we get from Hollywood ?  Or can we count on them to keep the ideal, the Free Expression of Ideas?  These hot & messy...
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This is a combination of both Part 1 & Part 2 of our Mobile Suit Gundam Iron Blooded Orphans episode featuring Simping for Senpai!
It's the same stuff, but if you want to be able to watch both as one episode, here it is!
Cheers!
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Welcome to the Next Episode! Comin' real, it's the Next Episode... Hold up, hey for the people thinkin we soft, we don't play.
We podcast till the wheels fall off.  Take a listen. Hope you ready for the Next Episode-
So yeah, this is the 2nd episode talking Iron Blooded Orphans with Simping for Senpai.  We hope you like it!
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This episode is HUGE! So big, we're breaking it up into 2 parts. You have found Part 1, welcome!
On this episode we talk about orphans. Iron Blooded ones to be precise, and wow is it fun to talk about orphans with your friends.
So join me, Merve, Ash & Daddy Kun as we discuss what many believe, except Merve, is the best Gundam anime ever!
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First, I'm not buying that it's Spy "times" Family... No matter what Twitter says!
And even if it is, we at Anime ShoShin refuse to call it that! Why? because that's a dumb name!
In Japan they like to exclude the "x" (Hunter Hunter). Here, we say it with pride.  Say it with me!  Spy Ex Family!
Phew, now that that's out of the way.  In this episode we talk about the first 5 episodes of Spy x Family.
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We have guests on this episode!  Sorry for being a day late, but I don't think we're a dollar short as we discuss Erased with our friends from Walk the Cinema.  Erased is an accessible anime for all with adult themes and I really hope you enjoy the episode!
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