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Send us Fan Mail This week we watched two very different anime: Samurai Champloo and Attack on Titan Season 4. We also ask the question: is anime too popular right now? Email us whydopeoplelikeanime@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail Will we ever get to a point where we can upload on time? Hard to say. But this week we're back with a GUNDAM show, and all we can say is GUN DAMN! We also watched a little bit of Jojo season 3, went deep on Lego vs Legos and more. Email us- whydopeoplelikeanime@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail We're sorry. After a couple of family emergencies, we're back to talk Case Closed, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Kamen Rider, showing your parents Satoshi Kon, the new Spiderverse movie and more. Email us at whydopeoplelikeanime@gmail.com, follow @whydopeoplelikeanime on Instagram 

Send us Fan Mail This week: how to ruin all goodwill a show built up with a very mediocre movie. Also other stuff. Follow us @whydopeoplelikeanime on IG 

Send us Fan Mail This week, we read a bunch of manga, got our flights delayed a million times, and got way into Kaguya-Sama: Love Is War. Find out why we're head over heels over a romcom anime! Follow us @whydopeoplelikeanime, email whydopeoplelikeanime@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail This week we watched Makoto Shinkai's latest film Suzume! We also discuss That Time I Was Reincarnated as a Slime, Haikyu!, Advance Wars and more. John has opinions. Julie has opinions. Email us your opinions - whydopeoplelikeanime@gmail.com, follow us on Instagram @whydopeoplelikeanime 

Send us Fan Mail This week we finished the incredible Fruits Basket saga, and many tears were had. We also dip our toes into the Isekai world with That Time I Got Reincarnated As a Slime, experience the horror that is season two of The Promised Neverland and more. Follow us @whydopeoplelikeanime, email whydopeoplelikeanime@gmail.com 

Send us Fan Mail Welcome back! For the first week of our new format we're talking about a few things. First of which is the new Netflix Junji Ito series 'Junji Ito: Tales of the Macabre,' the latest losing effort in adapting Ito's work. We're also talking the first few episodes of the new season of 'Fruits Basket,' new 'Aggretsuko,' 'John Wick 4,&a...

Send us Fan Mail The end of an era. This anime killed us. Sort of. We're still anime but going through a bit of a format shift. Follow us @whydopeoplelikeanime on Instagram, email us at whydopeoplelikeanime@gmail.com 

Send us Fan Mail We're back! This week, we watched LEGENDS OF KORRA, which may or may not be anime. Is it more anime than Avatar? Less? Find out.  Follow us on IG at @whydopeoplelikeanime

Send us Fan Mail Back on our Ghibli viewing, this week we watched Nausicaa. Does it beat out Miyazaki's other work or is it a relic of the past? Find out. 

Send us Fan Mail We're back! This week we talk about The Quintessential Quintuplets, our trip back into the world of Harem anime. Does it do right by the genre? Is it still too ridiculous to take seriously? Find out. Plus we talk about Velma. Follow us on IG @whydopeoplelikeanime and send us an email, whydopeoplelikeanime@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail The anime so damn nice we had to talk about it twice. This time featuring returning guest and owner of The Flenser, Jonathan Tuite. Has John learned anything from being in the Wired? Is Lain a certified classic? Is this John's best intro? Find out. Follow @whydopeoplelikeanime on IG 

Send us Fan Mail Finally. We ranked all the anime we watched this year to crown a winner. Enjoy. Follow us at @whydopeoplelikeanime

Send us Fan Mail Lofi anime about accepting yourself and seeing beauty in others while seeking out long-lost records to study and chill to. FOLLOW US @whydopeoplelikeanime@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail We're back! With...anime? Maybe? Who knows. We discuss whether or not Avatar is anime... is it? We also talk about Prince Zuko. John regrets not referencing Denzel Curry's "Sumo|Zumo" which features a good line about Avatar. Follow us @whydopeoplelikeanime on IG, email whydopeoplelikeanime@gmail.com 

Send us Fan Mail We attended our first convention! Find out what our experience was like, from running into cosplayers to attending panels. It was a wild time, big thanks to Anime NYC for having us. 

Send us Fan Mail This week, we spent about 30 minutes talking about the implications of fan service and ten minutes talking about Mieruko-Chan. Not really. But sort of. Follow us @whydopeoplelikeanime on Instagram

Send us Fan Mail A two for one! We watched two cat-themed anime in celebration of Cattober. Meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow @whydopeoplelikeanime

Send us Fan Mail We finally did it. We completed the Satoshi Kon filmography with us watching Kon's final film "Paprika." It was a trip, a dream, a nightmare and more. Check out how we felt. Email us whydopeoplelikeanime@gmail.com 

Send us Fan Mail After some bad sickness we're back with a very sick anime: Wicked City! We watched the first spooky one of this halloween season. Follow us @whydopeoplelikeanime, email whydopeoplelikeanime@gmail.com 

Send us Fan Mail Do you like contrarian takes on popular anime? Do you like hearing John get mad for no reason? Do you like hearing John insult anime podcasters/youtubers far more popular than him? Well you're going to love this episode! Follow us at @whydopeoplelikeanime on Instagram, email whydopeoplelikeanime@gmail.com 

Send us Fan Mail Wow! A Galaxy of Rugs! We continue down the path of elitist weirdo anime with Tatami Galaxy. Did we like it? Did we love it? Find out 

Send us Fan Mail Sorry for the late upload, but we needed time to process this insane anime. We use our philosophy 101 brains to chat through one of the wildest things we've seen. Email us whydopeoplelikeanime@gmail.com follow us on Instagram @whydopeoplelikeanime 

Send us Fan Mail We watched the new Dragon Ball Super movie! With very limited knowledge on the Dragon Ball mythos, did we like it? Find out. Follow us @whydopeoplelikeanime