Red Leaf Retrocast (Gaming, Anime, Wrestling)

June 2018 and E3 has past. Besides the big event, the summer lull is here, but that doesn't stop us from picking up new games and playing online [Splatoon 2, Fornite season 5, For Honor] (0-32). A few notable games came out in June, but are they worth buying (32-46)? Last, is the overall discussion of each conference be it their high or their lows? What were the standout games? Did XBOX change any...

Football is coming home. Plus, Brains from TPWA joins the crew in this episode. Tori has not one but two quest updates and he runs down Nodame Cantible and Spice and Wolf (0-32). Isekai anime is a major sub-genre in anime today. We discuss the state of isekai, what shows are associated with it, and more (32-1:44). Before isekai was even a genre let alone popular, director Tomino and Sunrise came o...

Oh it's time, it's Vader time! We start with discussing Lashley v Roman and what the wXw women think of the women's revolution (0-23) Our wrestler spotlight for the episode is the international legend of Big Van Vader (23-52). The indie show focus of this episode start off going over the farewell tour of Io Shirai from Japan, then Defiant Built to Destroy, some decent matches from CMLL, and then a...

Happy Canada Day! How have your gaming habits changed as you have gotten older (0-19)? We then go into a discussion over the shoot em up/shmup genre; what defines it, what games define it, and more (19-54). Our theme of choice takes us into the tough and expensive world of shoot em up games. Join us as we discuss six games vertically or side scrolling into many deaths (1:00-end). R-Type Gradius Li...

The boys are back in town. Full cast for this one. Hiki, Tori, and JD start off with some recent bad news (0-23). Tori had a great idea for a discussion regarding if the anime from 20 years ago, specifically from 1998, still hold up. (23-1:15). In 1998, many anime came out that stands the test of time, are well regarded, and are brimming with nostalgia. In this episode, we review such an anime by...

This is nuts! The WWE UK tournament has started and JD has a concerning prediction (0-15)! Our wrestler spotlight for this episode is over the original Western women's revolutionary in Gail Kim (15-38). From there, it's a whole lot of the Indie wrestling you have come here for from Progress Ch 69, Stardom Gold Stars, NOAH, to Lucha Underground season 4 starting (38-1:32). Into our tier 2 promotion...

Coming off hot after E3 2018, Colin give us the all the answers regarding Kingdom Hearts (0-24). JD and Colin then go into some hot topics: Let's Go Pikachu, Cross Play, and the PSVR games shown at E3 (24-1:09). Our theme this time takes the RLR to the world where a person is kidnapped and needs saving from the protagonist. Yes, they are games featured around a damsel in distress (1:09-end). Final...

World Cup, Stanley Cup, NBA finals are all sports which means we are talking Sports Anime. Andrew from the Recovery of an Anime Junkie podcast joins the world wide weebs at RLR and start off by shooting from the cuff (0-24). Tori, of course, has an important quest update. A interesting and unique anime called Flag from 2006 is discussed (24-36). Wondering what the big deal is with sports anime? Ou...

So much Indie wrestling so much to discuss (0-6)! Our wrestler spotlight for this episode is over the super iconic Ultimate Warrior. We channel the power from the heavens to discuss this larger than life figure (6-32). As usual, we go into the indie wrestling scene from around the world and almost every promotion had a major event to talk about! So much and so little time! Indie (32-1:54): Progres...

Kevin likes Sleeping Dogs and Colin got a bunch of PS4 games at Anime North (0-15). From there, JD asks his fellow hosts about what they think of the recent 'demake' in Bloodstained Curse of the Moon (15-25). Our main discussion from there is over the newly launched IndieGoGo for the Atari VCS. What are our feelings over the modern take from good ole' Atari (25-52)? Last, comes our usual segment w...

May 2018 has come and gone. With E3 2018 around the corner, there is a lot to discuss. Bcom from the Nerdom and Other Nonsense podcast joins Drew and JD for this super fun and frantic episode (0-17). With trailer and conference reveals of arguably the two most anticipated casual audience games on the market, we must discuss Black Ops 4 and Battlefield 5. Drew knows the ins-and-outs of many details...

For episode 25 not only do we have a guest in Jay from the Smack It Down podcast, but we also start off with some pretty good story time (0-19). Tori has another quest update. This time over a strange 2005 anime called Basilisk (19-32). We had a question for discussion from a listener about the best romance anime stemming from Maison Ikkoku (32-56). From there, we go into the great debate over Pok...

After the usual 'what have you been playing (0-14) the usual guys of the retrogaming game get hyped for the upcoming E3 2018 with a segment called "justify your console." We made a list of 10 must have games for each of the three major consoles out today (14-55). Afterwards, we discuss some of Nintendo Switch Online and the new Neo Geo mini console coming out (55-1:20). Finally, the theme of the e...

May has seen some good events come and go as well as what could possibly be the worst WWE ppv in quite some time (0-6). We continue with our starting segment which covers a retro-old school wrestler. We talk a bit about the wrestler and a couple matches. This one is another recently passed away wrestler in Nick 'Big Bully' Busick (6-19). From there we review the rising indie scene first with Defia...

Spring means romance is in the air. I guess a short intro is in order (0-4). As per request, we read some negative mail (4-13). We tackle some topical questions and a few more directed questions at the hosts. Been some time (13-55). We have reached the half way point in the Spring anime season, so that means it is time for a mid-season round up. We go over the status of 6 anime from the current se...

Colin and JD bring a surprise episode, but first, discuss some recent games they have been playing and some thoughts (0-16). Some fun news and opinions follow with discussion over the recent success of God of War 2018, the worry for XBox going forward, middle shelf gaming, and hype for Shadow of the Tomb Raider (16-56). A super fun theme was picked in terms of Beat em Up games, and wow was it a fu...

April was nuts as the band is back with Travis aka HibikiTMD to discuss the wide world of wrestling from Mania weekend to the Greatest Royal Rumble. We begin with a new segment which covers a retro-old school wrestler. We talk a bit about the wrestler and a couple matches. First up is recently passed away legend in Bruno Sammartino (0-23). From there we cover the rising indie scene in order of Evo...

On a glorious Patlabor Day, we at RLR are joined by Bcom from the Nerdom and Other Nonsense podcast as we introduce the cast and what's up (0-6). Do you enjoy music based anime? The Tori's quest update over Beck should peak your interest (6-22). A brand new anime based mobile/browser game has released recently called Idolmaster Shiny Colors. Lots of discussion ensues. (22-36). Netflix is running w...

It is a double dose of modern gaming updates and opinions covering both March and April. First we play a small game of catch up (0-9). Our discussion takes us into a lot of 343 Halo Worlds event that took place in Seattle which follows into some game demos recently, other news, and more (9-26). Drew and JD then go into all the major game releases for March such as Kirby and Sea of Thieves (26-52)....

What better way to continue the new era in eps 51 of RLR/19 of the OG retrocast (0-15). Recently Sega had their FES, so we discuss on a few key points announced for sega like the upcoming Genesis/Mega Drive mini (15-25). Our main discussion topic covers the rise of female protagonists and maybe some of their flaws in gaming (25-48). Female characters in gaming is more prominent than ever, so this...

Woah! It's episode 50 of the RLR! Get those intros going. (0-13). Inspired to consume some shonen anime, JD has a shonen update over an arc in Prince of Tennis (13-19). A new anime season means the review bar has been moved to Spring 2003 and we got some shows to highlight from that time (19-31). Speaking of the new season. The weebs give their impressions over 15 shows from the 2018 Spring anime...

What an insane few weeks it has been, especially this past weekend in April! Rad and JD are here to cover all that we can: Indie wrestling, New Japan, SuperCard XII, NXT Take Over, Wrestlemania... there is just so much. We start off with covering the indie scene: Defiant Wrestling (3-12); Impact x Lucha Underground (12-24); wXw (24-34); Progress Wrestling Ch 65 (34-46). New Japan had a couple huge...

A special episode incoming. The usual three hosts finally answer a few community questions and cover some brief introductions (0-24). With the end of the Winter 2018 anime season we each cover 3 shows that were the standouts of the season (24-1:20). Due to the anime we are covering, the discussion topic cover the history and importance of World Masterpiece Theatre (1:20-2:00). For the final segmen...

This retrogaming episode features a returning host and a guest host. Josh has returned and our special guest is Travis from Hibiki TMD. Naturually we all get aquainted and reaquainted as usual (0-20). There are a few discussion points over the last couple weeks like Toys R Us closing down to EA Star Wars finally doing the right thing (20-38). Due to the theme of this episode we make a small compar...

The people have spoken. They wanted a RLR wrestling cast. Ask and you shall recieve. A new host in the name of RadZero joins JD to talk all things wrestling with their fandom pasts and all things indie aka Tier 3 wrestling scene from Progress to wXw (0-46). From there, we move on to talking Tier 2 wrestling which consists of Ring of Honor and New Japan Pro Wrestling in 2018 so far (46-1:24). We mo...