BLADE LICKING THIEVES

Our spooky Halloween episode is here, so we're reviewing the J-Horror classic, from director Takashi Miike: Audition.  There's also Blade Runner Black Out, Gintama, Kamen Rider W, and Neo Yokio discussion, plus your twitter questions.

Fun, charmingly outdated, retro pulp with incredible direction, Space Adventure Cobra: The Movie is a tripped out Dezaki thrill ride that does exactly what it says on the tin! Timestamps: Intro (00:00) Email (29:55) Review (42:25) Twitter questions (1:47:26)

Shin Godzilla is finally here! Tune in to find out whether this latest iteration of the big G, courtesy of Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi, merits the considerable hype. Timestamps: Intro (00:00) Review (20:40)

Once described by director Ang Lee as "Sense and Sensibility with martial arts," this all time classic of the wuxia genre packs a heck of a punch. Featuring the formidable talents of Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Zhang Ziyi, legendary fight choreographer Yuen Wo Ping, and composer Tan Dun, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is still the most successful international film, critically and commercially, t...

Mecha enthusiasts Lauren Orsini, Sean O'Mara, and TomAznable join Grant for a special episode all about Gundam and Gunpla model kits.

We review The Host (2006), Bong Joon-ho's critical and commercial hit centering around a Korean family's quest to retrieve their lost child from the clutches of a giant, mutant, fish-monster, all while battling a dysfunctional, oppressive bureaucracy, and growing into the people they were meant to be. Timestamps: Intro+News (00:00) Review (31:31)

We review a Saturday Anime classic, Dominion Tank Police, a four part OVA from 1988 featuring incredibly awesome tanks, curvaceous cat-girls, and a dangerously out of control police force! Timestamps: Intro+News (00:00) Review (40:45) Twitter Questions (1:51:47)

Eisner award winning comic artist and writer, Zander Cannon, joins us to talk about his comic series Kaijumax! We delve into his creative process, talk about his comic, and share stories of passionate love for tokusatsu, kaiju movies, and giant robots. Timestamps: 00:00 - KaijuMax 32:03 - On creating your own comic 37:52 - What's next for KaijuMax 41:37 - Tokusatsu 1:17:45 - Twitter questions

In the year 199X, the Thieves sit down to watch our mates get slaughtered by some dude with seven scars i.e. we review the 1986 anime classic: Fist of the North Star. Timestamps: Intro+News (00:00) Review (36:02) Twitter Questions (1:57:50)

Dawn of the Anime Nostalgia podcast and Cai (@Kaijinboyfriend) join Grant at the helm of this episode all about Captain Harlock! They sail the sea of stars, flying their flag of freedom (from episode structure), and relate their own personal history with the iconic space pirate.

We delve into J-Horror courtesy of Takashi Miike and his fiendishly weird film creation: Gozu. Plus more anime and tokusatsu talk: Gintama, Dairanger, Gundam Thunderbolt, Kimba, Berserk and more. Timestamps: Stuff (00:00) Review (51:08)

Sean O'Mara of Colony Drop and Zimmerit joins us for this special episode to talk all things Patlabor. Don't miss it! Timestamps: Interview (00:00) Patlabor discussion (28:01)

We review Samurai Fiction, a zany comedy / samurai film that's secretly about Love and Peace! + anime talk: Attack on Titan season 2, Lupin, Gundam 00, Power Rangers in Space, and more. Timestamps: What We're Watchin' (00:00) Review (1:09:47)

We discuss a few Spring Anime 2017 shows, talk Gundam 00, news topics, and review superstar Jackie Chan's raw, brutal, and death defying, Police Story. Timestamps: Review (1:04:40)

The 90s are back! First, Grant talks up the new American Power Rangers film, then we all sit down on the couch to review Hollywood's new Ghost in the Shell film starring Scarlet Johansson. Timestamps: Review (38:22)

In Satoshi Kon's final film, Paprika, a group of scientists use an experimental device to enter people's dreams. Soon the lines between the real and the unreal begin to blur in exciting, terrifying, and dangerous ways. Timestamps: Intro+News (00:00) Review (53:04)

We talk Bubblegum Crisis, crappy DBZ designs, Ms Kobayashi's Dragon Maid, and review Takeshi Koike's incredible REDLINE. Timestamps: Intro+News (00:00) Review (1:05:55)

We talk Power Rangers, Voltron, the manga Insufficient Direction, and review Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection F. Timestamps: Intro+News (00:00) Review (1:04:15)

We delight in this whacked out sequel to Godzilla 1984 featuring super fly assassins, ESPers, mad science, incredible Engrish, and amazing Kaiju action --join us for Godzilla vs Biolante! Timestamps: Intro+News (00:00) Review (34:00)

When Yakuza, Samurai, and corrupt officials run rampant, who better to even the score than an itinerant blind masseuse with a deadly cane-sword and penchant for justice!? Of course, we mean Zatoichi, played by the legendary Shintaro Katsu, and we're starting with the character's very first outing, Kenji Misumi's The Tale of Zatoichi (1962). Timestamps: Intro+News (00:00) Review (44:10)

The Thieves watch the Shaw Brothers martial arts classic, The 36th Chamber of Shaolin, in which Gordon Liu, as the monk San Te, delivers to the masses the most wonderful gift of the season: Kung Fu! Timestamps: What we've been watching (00:00) News (24:47) Review (38:24)

We catch up on what we've been watching, read some listener mail, and review Rintaro's stunning looking and sounding Metropolis, based on Osamu Tezuka's manga and Fritz Lang's silent original. Timestamps: What we've been watchin' (00:00) News (1:19:39) Listener Mail (1:31:20) Review (1:44:07)

For our first bonus episode, TheSubtleDoctor from the Warui Deshou podcast joins us for a discussion on fanservice, what exactly is anime, the secret truth behind Gelato, the news, and more!