Salt Circle Podcast

Ben and Hank read all of the Jiro Kuwata Batman manga from 1996. An old manga that's basically only available in english becuase of a 2008 coffee table book. This is a precursor to a dive into Kamen Rider, getting some context on superhero manga. Email: SaltCirclePodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @SaltCirclePod Hank's Twitter: @ComicPanels The Burning Barrel Discord: discord.gg/jBDGW5j Logo Artist: bella...

Ben and Hank give running commentary as they watch through Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might released in 1990 and directed by Daisuke Nishio. Goku and pals fight a big Tree.  Press play on your copy of the movie around 0:54 to sync up. Email: SaltCirclePodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @SaltCirclePod Hank's Twitter: @ComicPanels The Burning Barrel Discord: discord.gg/jBDGW5j Logo Artist: bellamy.worl...

Ben and Hank continue their watch through of the 1992 Sailor Moon anime, covering episodes 14-24. Ben is mad about the love story between a 14 year old and a Demon General and Hank is just here to see Usagi get turned into a tennis ball. Email: SaltCirclePodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @SaltCirclePod Hank's Twitter: @ComicPanels The Burning Barrel Discord: discord.gg/jBDGW5j Logo Artist: bellamy.world/

Ben and Hank start their watch through of the 1992 Sailor Moon anime, covering episodes 1-13. The plan is to cover the first season (Episode 1-46), then read the manga through that part of the story and then watch Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, the live-action Tokusatsu show from 2003 that also adapts this same section of the manga. And then after that to eventually cover the rest of the anime and m...

Ben and Hank talk about episode 8 of Bubblegum Crisis, the last episode of the series.  Live by the Bop die by the Bop. Email: SaltCirclePodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @SaltCirclePod Hank's Twitter: @ComicPanels The Burning Barrel Discord: discord.gg/jBDGW5j

Ben and Hank talk about episode 7 of Bubblegum Crisis. Live Crab Mech. The password is in the wrong. Email: SaltCirclePodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @SaltCirclePod Hank's Twitter: @ComicPanels The Burning Barrel Discord: discord.gg/jBDGW5j

Ben and Hank talk about episode 6 of Bubblegum Crisis. The Legendary Super Boomer. Email: SaltCirclePodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @SaltCirclePod Hank's Twitter: @ComicPanels The Burning Barrel Discord: discord.gg/jBDGW5j

Ben and Hank talk about episode 5 of Bubblegum Crisis. The tragic death of vampire sexaroids.  Email: SaltCirclePodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @SaltCirclePod Hank's Twitter: @ComicPanels The Burning Barrel Discord: discord.gg/jBDGW5j

Ben and Hank talk about episode 4 of Bubblegum Crisis. Sometimes the drama of your show is lessened because your heroine's motorcycle is too powerful.  Email: SaltCirclePodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @SaltCirclePod Hank's Twitter: @ComicPanels The Burning Barrel Discord: discord.gg/jBDGW5j

Ben and Hank talk about episodes 2 and 3 of Bubblegum Crisis. Nothing softens the tragic death of a character like a fucking jam.  Email: SaltCirclePodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @SaltCirclePod Hank's Twitter: @ComicPanels The Burning Barrel Discord: discord.gg/jBDGW5j

Grain of Salt returns! This season Ben and Hank watch all 8 episodes of the classic anime Bubblegum Crisis. Cyberpunk dystopia, power armor, motorcycles, mechs, robots, and bops. Boasting tremendous high budget direct-to-video late 80s animation, Bubblegum Crisis is mainly here to be the coolest show in town. Email: SaltCirclePodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @SaltCirclePod Hank's Twitter: @ComicPanels T...

Ben and Hank watched Yoji Yamada's samurai trilogy: The Twilight Samurai (2002), The Hidden Blade (2004) and Love and Honor (2006). This is one where Ben picked the movies and Hank didn't have a great time but they have a good chat about that. Email: SaltCirclePodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @SaltCirclePod Hank's Twitter: @ComicPanels The Burning Barrel Discord: discord.gg/jBDGW5j Logo Artist: bellamy....

Ben and Hank talk about The Rose of Versailles, Riyoko Ikeda's historical series about the life of Marie Antoinette and ficinal character Oscar François de Jarjayes; who is raised by her father as if she were a boy, becomes Marie Antoinette's best friend and then also goes on to lead the storming of the Bastille.  Ben watched the anime (1979) and Hank read the manga (1972) going into this rec...

Ben and Hank begin their dive into the world of Naoko Takeuchi's Sailor Moon with this precursor manga about the solo adventures of Minako Aino, Sailor V. Email: SaltCirclePodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @SaltCirclePod Hank's Twitter: @ComicPanels The Burning Barrel Discord: discord.gg/jBDGW5j Logo Artist: bellamy.world/

In this episode Ben and Hank cover episodes 143-167 of Dragon Ball Z Kai, covering the end of the series. Ben and Hank reach the end of Dragon Ball Z Kai which covers the story through the original manga run. They talk about the final showdown with Buu, the epilogue and look back at the whole series.  Thank you Dragon Balls! Email: SaltCirclePodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @SaltCirclePod Hank's Tw...

In this episode Ben and Hank cover episodes 123-142 of Dragon Ball Z Kai, covering the middle of the Buu Saga. Majin Buu and Mr Satan become the emotional core of Dragon Ball Z. Also a clear expample of how in fiction killing 80% of humans is less evil that hurting one cute animal.  Email: SaltCirclePodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @SaltCirclePod Hank's Twitter: @ComicPanels The Burning Barrel Disc...

Ben and Hank discuss the first season of the 2022 pirate show Our Flag Means Death created by David Jenkins and about historical figures Stede Bonnet (Played by Rhy Darby) the "Gentleman Pirate" and Blackbeard (Taika Waititi). This episode even has a spoiler free bit for about the first 10 minutes since this show is so recent.  Email: SaltCirclePodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @SaltCirclePod Hank's...

Hank has been playing Citizen Sleeper, Game Dev Story, and Heroes of the Storm and thinking about The Banner Saga Trilogy while Ben briefly tried out Citizen Sleeper, Rogue Legacy 2, Disgaea 5, Grow: Song of the Evertree, Monster Girls and the Mysterious Adventure 2 and has been playing Monster Hunter Rise. Hank also watched some HotS CCL and talks about the Errant Signal Children of Doom video ab...

In this episode Ben and Hank cover episodes 99-122 of Dragon Ball Z Kai, covering the start of the Buu Saga. High school superheors, evil wizards, and a fighting tournament that sold its soul to Mr Satan. Email: SaltCirclePodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @SaltCirclePod Hank's Twitter: @ComicPanels The Burning Barrel Discord: discord.gg/jBDGW5j Logo Artist: bellamy.world/

Ben and Hank give running commentary as they watch through Dragon Ball Z: The World's Strongest released in 1990 and directed by Daisuke Nishio. The first time Goku and pals fought a brain in a jar. Press play on your copy of the movie around 1:19 to sync up. Email: SaltCirclePodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @SaltCirclePod Hank's Twitter: @ComicPanels The Burning Barrel Discord: discord.gg/jBDGW5j Logo...

In this episode Ben and Hank cover episodes 83-98 of Dragon Ball Z Kai, covering the end of the Cell Saga. Goku goes fishing.  Email: SaltCirclePodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @SaltCirclePod Hank's Twitter: @ComicPanels The Burning Barrel Discord: discord.gg/jBDGW5j Logo Artist: bellamy.world/

Salt Screen is doing the Dragon Ball movies! Ben and Hank give running commentary as they watch through Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone released in 1989 and directed by Daisuke Nishio. Finally the watersports scene the fans demanded.  Press play on your copy of the movie around 2:06 to sync up. Email: SaltCirclePodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @SaltCirclePod Hank's Twitter: @ComicPanels The Burning Barrel...

Ben and Hank chat about comic book sales, Dragon Ball, Elden Ring and MOBAs. Email: SaltCirclePodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @SaltCirclePod Hank's Twitter: @ComicPanels The Burning Barrel Discord: discord.gg/jBDGW5j 

4/20 Fools! The joke is this bad movie. Ben and Hank give running commentary as they watch through Dragonball Evolution directed by James Wong. Let's watch this terrible live action Dragon Ball adaptation that gets litteraly everything wrong. Press play on your copy of the movie around 3:55 to sync up. Email: SaltCirclePodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @SaltCirclePod Hank's Twitter: @ComicPanels The Burn...

In this episode Ben and Hank cover episodes 55-82 of Dragon Ball Z Kai, covering the first half of the Cell Saga. In which things keep getting set up and then immediately thrown away for the next thing. Email: SaltCirclePodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @SaltCirclePod Hank's Twitter: @ComicPanels The Burning Barrel Discord: discord.gg/jBDGW5j Logo Artist: bellamy.world/