Anime Was (Not) A Mistake

The Baby Saga comes to an explosive finish as we complete the first half of Dragon Ball GT. Goku finally ascends to Super Saiyan 4, but the ingenuity of a possessed Bulma allows Baby to become a Golden Great Ape. While Goku and Baby fight to a standstill, Kabito Kai hatches a plan to save humanity from Baby’s clutches. With a boost from his fellow Saiyans, Goku manages to attain victory. Unfortuna...

The Anime Was (Not) A Mistake Spooktacular 2025/Sinister 6 Spooky Selection still has some gristle and sinew left on it's bones. Join us as we travel to another carnival of horrors in Tom Holland's adaptation of Stephen King's Thinner (1996). When resident obese lawyer Billy Halleck finds himself on the receiving end of a horrifying curse, all bets are off the table. Will he manage to lose his sen...

Spooktoberfest is in the rearview mirror, but we’ve taken a wrong turn into much more sinister territory. Selected for your listening displeasure is 1976’s Track of the Moon Beast, a creature feature mentioned only briefly in bad movie folktales. A shirtless mineralogist named Paul is struck by a lunar meteorite, a microscopic fragment of which becomes lodged in his head. Every night from that poi...

Spooktoberfest 2025 comes to a close with the icy embrace of a porcelain hand. In a thunderous horror feature film debut from Down Under, Jonathan and Daniel consult with the spirts once more in the Phillippou brothers modern horror classic Talk To Me (2022). When Mia is in mourning, will she succumb to the intoxicating high that only a glimpse into the eternal hereafter promises. In this episode;...

Spooktoberfest 2025 takes a lighter turn with the 1992 horror-comedy classic Arachnophobia. Dr. Ross Jennings leaves San Francisco behind and moves his family to the sleepy town of Canaima, California. While Jennings receives a less-than-warm welcome from the townspeople, another unexpected guest arrives. Having hitched a ride back with a deceased resident, a dangerous new species of spider decide...

Shhhh you'll scare the Seigel! Spooktoberfest 2025 continues with a quick trip into the Mike Flanaganverse with a rapid, yet silent, knock on the window, Hush: The Shush Cut (2024). In a home invasion film built for a Netflix audience we see just how one intrepid heroine can fight off a home invasion with only her wits and author's brain to help her. This version of the film is in black and white,...

Spooktoberfest takes a super-heroic turn as we shine a light on 1990’s Darkman. Directed by the amazing Sam Raimi over a decade before he tackled Spider-Man, Darkman features a very different sort of crimefighter. Dr. Peyton Westlake is busy developing a revolutionary “synthetic skin” intended to treat burn victims, but the substance is unable to handle prolonged exposure to light. Westlake is soo...

Wait Until Dark and maybe things will get better? We aren't original song composers on this podcast, but one thing is for sure, we are about to be the best students at blind school. Our Anime Was (Not) A Mistake Spooktacular 2025 celebration continues with Wait Until Dark (1967). When a doll full of drugs winds up in the hands of the world's greatest recent blind lady Susy Hendrix aka Audrey Hepbu...

Awakened from its icy slumber, our latest Spooktoberfest begins with John Carpenter’s 1982 cult classic The Thing. At a research base in Antarctica, twelve men are preparing for a long winter when things take an unexpected turn. An alien creature enters their midst in the form of a dog, but they soon discover that this entity can mimic the appearance and behavior of any living thing. Paranoia sets...

Its a perfect way to bake a pretty cake on today's episode of Anime Was (Not) A Mistake. As we nearly reach the end of season one of Cardcaptor Sakura more mysterious questions emerge, as Sakura further develops her powers. Suddenly a strange teacher arrives with a past connection with Touya? Could Miss Mizuki be more magical than meets the eye? Also we wonder if a cake could be too sweet? Along w...

Join us for one tail of a tale as we continue the Baby Saga of Dragon Ball GT. With Sugoro exposed for cheating, his interdimensional Mario Party game collapses and allows Goku to escape. Finally reuniting with the Kais, Goku is informed that his current power will not be enough to stop Baby Vegeta. (Sure enough, even his mighty apprentice Uub struggles against the possessed Saiyan back on the Tuf...

Get ready to race on this episode of Anime Was (Not) A Mistake! We return to Cardcaptor Sakura on the podcast. First Daniel and Jonathan footrace on a Mobius strip, next they hear a sacred Jonathan song. Following up, its a tiny huge adventure and finally there are two Sakuras to deal with. Dan will learn just how Jonathan lies and is ready, willing, and able to sing on this podcast. As the season...

The Baby Saga of Dragon Ball GT continues as the titular Machine Mutant takes his first steps (he can walk now) toward world domination. Baby fights and possesses his way through the Saiyans of Earth until finding a true prize: Vegeta out shopping. Having gathered all of the Black Star Dragon Balls, Goku and his friends return home only to get a cold reception. The entire planet, minus Mr. Satan a...

The summer of Cardcaptor Sakura continues on this episode of Anime Was (Not) A Mistake. Sakura is having an interesting summer, tasks of being the Cardcaptor aside. First off she is off to a weekend in the country, meeting a mysterious man in a large mansion. Is there a secret familial bond to find here under the rainbow? Next it's a spooky test of courage and a glowing summer festival where some...

Another round of Sinister Six comes to a close, but our monkey business is far from over. 1976’s A*P*E confronts us with an all-too-familiar question: “What If King Kong, But No Plot?” The answer may shock you. A 36-foot-tall gorilla escapes his captors at sea, battles an extra-large shark, and then makes landfall in South Korea. Also visiting the country is movie star Marilyn Baker, quickly joine...

Its a Brazzle Dazzle Day on this very special episode of Anime Was (Not) A Mistake's Sinister Six series. Join us for a New England Disneyland romp as we sail on mythical wings to Passamaquoddy in 1977's Pete's Dragon. Not since Bedknobs and Broomsticks has their been a stupider musical that is somehow so crucial to Jonathan's persona. From fleeing waifs, hopeful lighthouse ballads, snakeoil sales...

Bonds and mustaches are tested as we continue the Baby Saga of Dragon Ball GT. Defeated and frozen in carbonite, Goku and his friends are teleported to the heart of Dr. Myuu’s sinister operation. Giru saves our heroes (thanks to an off-screen scheme with Trunks), but an even darker secret is slumbering within the lab. Baby, the ultimate machine mutant, awakens and escapes Planet M2. Back on Earth,...

On this episode of Anime Was (Not) A Mistake Jonathan and Dan face a new slew of challenges on their continuing Cardcaptor Sakura journey. First off, we try to open a mysterious locked box, while seeing how the other half lives. Next, watch as the boys scramble, while stuck in a never-ending time loop. Dan will stop and play tug of war with the elephants and Jonathan will take the lead role in the...

Anime Was (Not) A Mistake returns once more for some zany space adventures with Dragon Ball GT. After growing as friends Goku, Trunks, and Pan are seemingly betrayed by their robotic ally Giru. On a strange cybernetic planet our party is divided and set to be test subjects in both General Rildo and Doctor Myuu's sick, scientific studies. Pan must infiltrate this base of operations in order to save...

Anime Was (Not) A Mistake is back again for another summery and abundantly floral episode of Cardcaptor Sakura. With Sakura still adapting to her world-saving title, she must also come to terms with love, loss, and maybe even a rival. From ghostly visages in the woods, to a deadly sword brooch, this batch of episodes crash louder than a peal of thunder. I hope you are all wearing your catsuits in...

Today, we’re taking a look at another influential anime classic with 1993’s Ninja Scroll. A wandering ninja named Kibagami Jubei must confront his past after running afoul of the Eight Devils of Kimon, a group of monstrously powerful ninjas led by Himuro Gemma. Jubei is joined by Kagero, a kunoichi of the Mochizuki clan, and an elderly Tokugawa spy named Dakuan. Our heroes must face the Eight Devi...

Anime Was (Not) A Mistake begins a new season by heading back to our innocent Mahoujo Shojo roots. It's time to read closely from the Clow Compendium and gather your cards with Cardcaptor Sakura (1998). Meet Sakura an intrepid fourth grade, suddenly tasked with a world saving responsibility. With the help of her best friend Tomoyo, and new familiar Kero, sealing all 52 of these magical cards will...

Cartels (2017) When Sinister Six goes sideways, there’s only one man we can call: [check script for name] 2017’s Cartels (aka Killing Salazar) kind-of stars Steven Seagal as Special Agent Harrison, who is interrogating U.S. Marshal Jensen about a botched mission. Jensen and his team had been assigned to collect the body of an assassinated crime lord, Salazar, who ends being very much alive. His te...

Straight from the birthing canal to your ears listeners, Sinister Six is back a vengeance presented as always by the MW company and Anime Was (Not) A Mistake. Put all of your anxieties at the forefront of your mind and prep yourself for an epic journey in mendacity. That's right darling, it's time to watch Ari Aster's Beau is Afraid. All Beau wants to do is go home to mom, but he will have to deal...

Patlabor: The Movie We (finally) return to the far-off future of 1998 to check on Patlabor pilot Noa Izumi and the rest of the Special Vehicles Division’s Unit 2. Thanks to advancements in Labor technology, Project Babylon is now underway. The project involves building a series of artificial islands in Tokyo Bay, all centered around a massive control tower known as the Ark. After the mastermind be...