Anime Doubleplay

In the midst of loving Dororo, we take a second to talk about episodic anime. What are the pros and cons? Do we like them? Are the smaller, more personal stories a good substitute for a larger narrative?

Is Mary going to Japan????? Listen and find out!!

Mary and Thomas reveal their picks for the Crunchyroll Anime Awards and what they are watching at the start of 2019!

In the longest episode yet, Mary and Thomas cover two years at once! Listen in as they talk about what they're looking forward to most in the new year AND their top 8 for 2018. This one's a doozy. Don't miss it!

Home for the holidays, Mary and Thomas do a mega-review of every series they own! With over 360 volumes and a ton of figures, you'll definitely find something to love! For the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8vxqulknrY&t=64s

Long time no see! We are back together to talk about all the anime we missed from the past and Mirai of the Future! Finally we can talk about the movie we anticipated for months. But did we like it?

Mary flies solo this week and goes through her collection of manga, DVDs, boxsets and more! What does she like enough to physically buy? Maybe you'll find a good recommendation or two on the pod this week!

Do we dream of bunny senpai? Only one way to find out!

We are back from AnimeNYC and turkey eating to bring you an in-person Q&A episode! What anime has made us cry? What's our cringiest anime moment? It's a fun episode of the pod this week so step on up and enjoy the show!

To get excited for @animenyc, Mary and Thomas dive into their favorite anime convention moments, best cosplays, and the reasons why they love attending cons so much. Catch them at AnimeNYC all three days!

Episode 80 celebration! We launch our Discord and, surprisingly, talk about dubs! Do you have any favorite dubs? Listen to us discuss out favorites and talk about why dubs are important, whether we like them or not! https://discord.gg/PtWWnN

Our longest episode yet! Mary is dying but that didn't stop her and Thomas from the Anime Lightning Round! 100 anime in 40 minutes! Check out the chaos!

Mary's watching a lot of anime (and manga) Thomas is playing a lot of video games. Why don't we talk about both? We bring you anime and video games, the converging fandoms!!

We're tired and like anime, especially Attack on Titan right now. Listen to us talk about it.

200 technical difficulties later, we are ringing in the new season with plenty of anime! So many new series to talk about. What are we watching? Listen to find out! What are you watching? Let us know!!

Fall is here! Mary and Thomas make their predictions for the best anime of the season...and there's plenty to like!

Solanin by Asano Inio. Mary is touched. Thomas is unimpressed. What do you think?

This time Thomas didn't do his homework so we talk about everything and nothing all at once! With some new series started, some movies to put on our watch-list, and a community manga read-a-long, there's a lot to cover on this episode! Join the fun!

Thomas is back to school and Mary didn't do her homework. We jump back into the world of shonen jump and figure out why we feel the way we do. Also, the weeklies were fire this week! Let's jump right in!

Mary and Thomas open the can of worms that is season 3 of Attack on Titan. Also, we compare generations of shonen jump manga and see what is different and has stayed the same.

We talk about our favorite anime from college! Bring back those good ol' memories from 2012-2016. Thomas makes one great list. Mary makes...a few. Confused? So's she! Listen to find out what happened!

In which Mary gets unnecessarily overly aggressive towards harem anime and Thomas tries to defend the genre the best he can. Fitting for the coveted 69th episode.

After a short hiatus, both halves of Anime Doubleplay are back again! And they haven't been sitting around while they were away. They finally get to discuss the new season of Attack on Titan and Thomas walks us through his two weeks of binging shows! What did he watch? Listen to find out!

Never fear, Murph is here! With Thomas absent, Mary's friend Murph talks about anime, video games and his recent trip to Japan. Get hot travel tips, random cultural trivia and more on this super intriguing episode!

Together again! Mary and Thomas do the pod in person and talk about fake sports anime! Are anime about games sports anime? And did Mary tell you or did she tell you...how good is Banana Fish??