Surface Reality

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Surface Reality is an anime podcasted hosted by John and Julie Hill covering all corners of anime and freaker entertainment, with no deep discussion whatsoever and only focusing on cool action scenes.

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Why Do People Like INU-OH? 26.08.2022 59:11

Send us Fan Mail We watched the new Rock Opera from Masaaki Yuasa, the director of Devilman Crybaby, Ride Your Wave and a lot more. Hope you like to rock. Follow us @whydopeoplelikeanime

Why Does Robb Flynn Like Anime? 18.08.2022 1:01:03

Send us Fan Mail In a super special episode, we spoke to Robb Flynn of Machine Head about the band's upcoming record "Of Kingdom and Crown," which is loosely inspired by "Attack on Titan." We talked about that, his history with anime, being a nerd, and way more. We'd also like to shout out the homies at Loudwire for making this happen and hosting the written version...

Why Do People Like SSSS. DYNAZENON? 16.08.2022 1:08:37

Send us Fan Mail We're back on our tokusastsu stuff. This week, Dynazenon, the followup to show favorite SSSS.Gridman. Did Trigger manage to catch lightning in a bottle twice? Find out.

Why Do People Like YU-GI-OH?? 05.08.2022 1:08:24

Send us Fan Mail We both caught covid and watched Yu-Gi-Oh, the greatest comfort anime of all time.

Why Do People Like RENT-A-GIRLFRIEND? 22.07.2022 1:05:03

Send us Fan Mail We watched the world's favorite Harem (?) anime RENT-A-GIRLFRIEND. John also read the manga like a psycho for some reason. But the results may surprise you.

Why Do People Like ATTACK ON TITAN: SEASON 3? 15.07.2022 1:02:41

Send us Fan Mail 100 episodes! We celebrated by continuing the anime that kicked off the podcast. We've also got a very special episode related to AOT and someone else's love for it, so keep an ear out soon.

Why Do People Like BOOGIEPOP PHANTOM?? 24.06.2022 1:07:29

Send us Fan Mail We watched the very strange, very cool Boogiepop Phantom and were left with a lot of questions, like what is the nutritional value of spiders? What was the first dating sim? Etc. Follow us @whydopeoplelikeanime on Instagram

Why Do People Like RIDE YOUR WAVE? 17.06.2022 1:11:18

Send us Fan Mail Let's make grief FUN! Follow us @whydopeoplelikeanime on Instagram

Why Do People Like THE BIG O??? 09.06.2022 1:08:04

Send us Fan Mail We watched the underappreciated sorta Batmany sorta heady show THE BIG O, which you may or may not recognize from Adult Swim decades ago. Find out how it holds up.

Why Do People Like ATTACK ON TITAN SEASON 2? 01.06.2022 1:01:37

Send us Fan Mail We're finally back. After a long month of getting married, we're excited to be back to podcasting and animeing, and what better way to kick things off than by returning to Attack on Titan?

Why Do People Like JOJO'S BIZARRE ADVENTURE: PHANTOM BLOOD? 02.05.2022 1:01:38

Send us Fan Mail Yeah we're late again. Sorry. Things will be back to normal soon.

Why Do People Like FLCL Progressive??? 14.04.2022 1:04:56

Send us Fan Mail Let's just forget Everything said And everything we did Best friends and better halves Goodbyes And the autumn night When we realized We were falling out of love There were some things That were said That weren't meant There were some things That were said That weren't meant There were some things That were said That weren't meant There were some things That we...

Why Do People Like PORCO ROSSO? 05.04.2022 1:05:21

Send us Fan Mail sry for the wait had upload issues ;___; anyways shoot us a follow @whydopeoplelikeanime

Why Do People Like JUJUTSU KAISEN 0? 25.03.2022 1:09:21

Send us Fan Mail We went to the Cinema to watch the new Jujutsu Kaisen prequel movie, Jujutsu Kaisen 0. We went in having no knowledge of JK before that. Find out if it was cool or if we were totally lost! Follow on IG - @whydopeoplelikeanime

Why Do People Like TEXHNOLYZE?? 18.03.2022 1:13:46

Send us Fan Mail Goddamn I don't know how we finished it but we did. The quasi-followup to Serial Experiments Lain, we watched TEXHNOLYZE. Follow us on @whydopeoplelikeanime

Why Do People Like MANGA: CHAINSAW MAN? 10.03.2022 31:05

Send us Fan Mail Due to travel and a new cat, Julie does a solo ep and talks about "Chainsaw Man" and her experience with manga. Follow us on IG @whydopeoplelikeanime

Why Do People Like GHOST IN THE SHELL? 24.02.2022 1:16:08

Send us Fan Mail We watched the 1995 cyberpunk anime classic Ghost In The Shell. Is it one of the greatest of all time, or is it not that exciting? I mean, no it's amazing. Follow us on Instagram @whydopeoplelikeanime

Why Do People Like BEASTARS??? 18.02.2022 1:07:58

Send us Fan Mail We watched Beastars, an anime about furries. Furies? I dunno. Email us - whydopeoplelikeanime@gmail.com

Why Do People Like WEATHERING WITH YOU??? 10.02.2022 1:13:19

Send us Fan Mail Happy Valentine's Day. Love's in the air, thus it only made sense to watch the recent Makoto Shinkai joint WEATHERING WITH YOU. Was it a sunny or cloudy affair? Find out. Follow us @whydopeoplelikeanime on IG

Why Do People Like FINAL FANTASY: THE SPIRITS WITHIN? 04.02.2022 1:05:48

Send us Fan Mail We watched the Final Fantasy movie which isn't really anime. And we didn't really talk about it. But we talked about it in a roundabout way. Listen to find out. Email us whydopeoplelikeanime@gmail.com and follow @whydopeoplelikeanime on IG

Why Do People Like COWBOY BEBOP? 28.01.2022 1:14:15

Send us Fan Mail We watched everyone's fave. Does it stack up to the hype? Or is it a product of its time? We found out. Email us - whydopeoplelikeanime@gmail.com

Why Do People Like BELLE? 20.01.2022 1:17:18

Send us Fan Mail John and Julie brave the movie theatre to see BELLE, the latest film from favorite Mamoru Hosoda. We discuss it, plus our Mount Rushmore of anime creators, Disney films, and more. Follow us on Instagram @whydopeoplelikeanime

Why Do People Like GODZILLA SINGULAR POINT? 13.01.2022 1:03:33

Send us Fan Mail We're back. Zilla's back. Is it better than the big green guy's last anime appearance? Find out. Follow us on IG @whydopeoplelikeanime

Why Do People Like MY HERO ACADEMIA? 06.01.2022 1:05:09

Send us Fan Mail Boom bang pop, we're back and starting off with a very popular anime. Was it cool? Whack? Too anime? Find out! Follo wus @whydopeoplelikeanime

Why Do People Like Pokemon Origins + Poketoons??? AND BONUS MINISODE 30.12.2021 54:33

Send us Fan Mail We took it easy this week and watched two short Poke-things, the 2012 miniseries "Pokemon Origins" and the webshorts "Poketoons." We also asked Julie's mom to guess Pokemon names as a little bonus at the end. Catch 'em all! Follow @whydopeoplelikeanime on Instagram