Nani Talks

How did Naruto reach the UK? Jerome Mazandarani was the person who licensed it along with a great team under Manga Entertainment from TV Tokyo. For our Season 1 finale, he sits down with us to tell that story and trace the road to Manga Entertainment, from Akira's run at the ICA to the DVDs that introduced a generation of British fans to anime. We get into the five year pursuit of Dragon Ball Z, t...

You get on Crunchyroll between simulcasts and there is nothing. So how does anyone find the good stuff? This week the panel opens up the watchlist. Prison School, Dorohedoro, To Be Hero X, More Than a Married Couple But Not Lovers, Cosmic Princess Kaguya, Nippon Sengoku, Sentenced to Be a Hero, Digimon Beatbreak, Hell's Paradise, The 100 Girlfriends, Witch Hat Atelier and a Chinese donghua with si...

No characters. No logos. Just the colours. Name the anime. This week the panel splits into two teams and plays Guess the Anime Colour Way. Blackstar puts a colour palette on screen, no faces and no titles, and the first team to buzz in and name the character or the show takes the point. JR and Slick against Tunes and Joe Grind of Joey's Fun House. What starts as a clean quiz falls apart inside two...

Plushies, the sofa, the Nanoleafs, the Shenron on the wall. Then Joey asked who the room is actually for. We brought Joe Grind back for the panel half of Episode 15. First, Adrian from Sevenoaks told his boss he likes anime and now the man will not stop firing Kamehamehas across the office, and for the first time in the show's history we could not solve it. Then the big one: is tech moving too fas...

Joe Grind swapped the studio for the sofa, and anime is the reason why. This week we sat down with Joe Grind, the rapper turned creator behind Joey's Fun House, the gaming and anime channel he built out of his own front room. We got into how he moved from gangster rap into anime and gaming content, why letting go of the old music process felt free, and how shows like One Piece, Naruto and X-Men re...

Anime recommendations, one all time fight scene claim, and a drip debate that runs the whole wardrobe. It is the What List. We sat back down with the MNMLST founders to run through what everyone is actually watching right now. The One Piece live action pulls off a rewatch, the lore goes deep into Joy Boy and the Void Century, and one JJK fight gets called the greatest fight scene in anime, period....

MNMLST are back, but this time there is no honour, only points. We strap the founders into Nani Headz, our anime guessing game: one card on the head, one clue at a time, and a scoreboard the judges keep changing mid round. Zoro's honour, Nico Robin's bounty, Muzan's demon sister, Astro Boy and a Beerus recount all make an appearance, plus a tie breaker, a shouting match with the ref, and a "best w...

A 40 year old gets told he is too old for anime hoodies and resin statues. So we put it to the mandem: change your lifestyle, or change your girl? We sat down with the founders of MNMLST, Jabir and Raihan, to settle whether anime streetwear is actually dying, where the line sits between a cash grab and genuinely promoting anime, and what Pokemon on a t-shirt really says about the culture. Then it...

Anime merch used to mean slapping a loud character on a tee. MNMLST is rewriting that. In this episode of Nani Talks, the only anime podcast from the culture, we sit down with Jabz and Raihan, the two founders behind MNMLST: an anime-inspired streetwear brand built out of Camden, North London. They started with about a thousand pounds each, no investor, no safety net, just two anime fans who wante...

In this episode, the table gets into One Piece moving seasonal, why classic 80s and 90s anime is getting harder to find, whether live-action anime can actually work, and the bigger conversation around AI in anime. Is AI just a tool for creators, or does it risk replacing the creative friction that makes great stories feel human? The conversation also turns to Naniverse.io and the future of anime p...

It's GAME TIME on the Nani Talks Allstar Special. The Quantum One and Jazzy Jeff run the table on Nani Headz, Naniverse's own anime character guessing game, and this round TheGaBrit and Kieron Boothe are in the hot seat battling it out for the top spot with with the Naniverse team. The rules are simple. Hold the card to your head, read the room, and guess the anime character from the gestures and...

Round 3 of the Nani Talks voice acting auditions, and this time the stakes are higher. Slick and JR put Trizlucent and TheGaBrit in the hot seat with lines pulled at random, performed first in English dub, then in Japanese sub, phonetically. As a bonus, Blackstarr and TheGaBrit get an extra task added to the lineup. Diaphragms at the ready. This is the only anime podcast for the culture, where we...

We brought in the Allstars. And things got heated fast. Trizlucent, Kieron Boothe, and The GaBrit pull up to the table and nobody is safe. Opinions are flying, the anime takes are COLD, and someone nearly got kicked out the alumni before the first segment was even done. We're debating what actually makes an anime a GOAT. We're telling a fan how to break his Isekai addiction. And we're asking the q...

Can you name a game just from its sound? We put the Picilian Entertainment team to the ultimate game sound effects quiz. No visuals. No hints. Just ears. Blackkstar drops mystery game SFX and two teams go head-to-head. From PS1 classics to modern bangers, how many can YOU get? 💬 Drop your score in the comments... no Googling. #NaniTalks #VideoGameQuiz #UKGaming #GTA6 #GuessTheGameSound • Drop a c...

In this episode of Nani Talks, Tunes and Slick sit down with Shereen and Dwayne from Picilian Entertainment to talk anime, gaming, and the creative influences behind Junction Hill. First, Nani's the Word tackles a gaming friendship dilemma: how do you stay in your friendship circle when your friends only play shooters, you prefer RPGs and platformers, and you keep ending up as the butt of the joke...

In this segment, the mandem (JR & Quantum) sit down with Dwayne and Denzel from Picilian Entertainment to get "top of the hill" access to Junction Hill. We're diving deep into the gameplay mechanics, the raw story features, and the honest "ups and downs" of building an ambitious sandbox game as a UK indie studio. We break down the features, the development hurdles, and what it takes to put the UK...

The team behind Junction Hill are in the building. Picilian Entertainment is building what UK gamers have been begging for since The Getaway dropped on PS2: a true, gritty, open-world UK experience that feels like home, not a knock-off. I n this episode of Nani Talks, TC Vision and Jazzy Jeff sit down with Shereen and Dwayne from Picilian Ent. to find out how this all started, what makes the studi...

Can Shao Dow out-nerd the Nani Talks Family? We're putting the bars aside and picking up the cards for another game of Nani Heads. The ultimate anime guessing game for the culture. In this finale of our session with the DIY King, Shao Dow, the vibes go from insightful to absolute "Nani?!" moments. We're playing Nani Headz, a custom anime version of 'Heads Up' created right here in the Naniverse. W...

Can the mandem actually pull off a Plus Ultra performance? We're back for the 3rd installment of Shadow with the Mandem, and this time, the mics are getting heated as we attempt to voice act iconic scenes from My Hero Academia. Welcome back to Nani Talks, the only anime podcast bringing you the authentic London perspective on the culture. In this session (Vol 11.3), JR, Slick, Tunes and Shao Dow p...

Has anime been warning us about the AI takeover this whole time? We break down how Ghost in the Shell and SAO predicted the exact digital dystopia we're living in right now. Welcome back to Nani Talks, the only anime podcast for the Culture. In Episode 11.2, Slick, Quantum, Tunes and Shao Dow are plugging directly into the matrix. We kick things off with a wild game of "Anime Dream or AI Nightmare...

Why & how does a boy from the UK decide to travel to China and train with real Shaolin monks at age 18? Today, the Mandem sit down with the ultimate real-life anime protagonist, Shao Dow.   In Episode 11.1 of Nani Talks, we are joined by the award-winning independent rapper, manga author, and occasional ninja, Shao Dow. We dive deep into his unbelievable origin story, detailing his decision to lea...

The debate didn't end. We're back with The WhatList Continued, and this time, the gloves are off. Is your favorite show actually a masterpiece, or just a high-budget flop/slop? In Episode 10.4, TC The Vision and Jazzy Jeff keep the energy high as they continue the "WhatList" discussion with Ella (Concept She) and Ann-Marie. While the last episode was an overview, this one is a deep dive into the s...

Is the current anime season actually delivering, or are we just watching the same Isekai tropes on repeat? Nani Talks joins forces with Ella (Concept She) and Ann-Marie to filter the mid from the masterpieces.   In Episode 10.3 of Nani Talks, the crew deep dives into the "WhatList" our definitive guide to the current anime scene. Hosted by TC The Vision and Jazzy Jeff, we're joined by special gues...

Think you know anime better than us? Watch as the crew loses it over faceless character outfits and the wildest game of anime charades on YouTube Nani Headz!!! Welcome back to Nani Talks, the only Anime Podcast for the culture! In Episode 10.2, we are taking a break from the heavy debates to bring you pure, unfiltered anime trivia and games. Watch as our hosts Slick, Jazzy Jeff along side special...

We're kicking off International Women's Month the only way we know how powered by the culture. Giving space and allowing the conversation to flow in a way we have to experience on Nani Talks. Welcome to a special edition of the Nani Talks podcast! In Episode 10.1, hosts TC The Vision and Jazzy Jeff are taking over to celebrate International Women's Day and expanding it into a whole month dedicated...