Suuuper Anime

““I wanted to make UK drill accessible to the rest of the world through a vessel that most people would recognize, i.e. Squid Game.” – Saitei  Our guest today is Saitei and PiNKII! They have amassed over 700k followers and over 16m likes on TikTok, and over 1m across all platforms, they are artist, song writers, content creators and on top of that are fluent in Japanese. Subarashī! (すばらしい)   ...

"Sometimes hardwork isn't enough, dream but be realistic" - Anonymous Discussion points:   Has the success of Shonen disillusioned anime fans with regards to success?   Is it enough just to work hard and succeed as Shonen portrays?   Would Shonen be as popular if someone working hard did not achieve and really it showed the crueller realities of life?   Is it just Shonen or is hard...

“Saturday AM, its authentic… these kids are creating manga whether you call it manga or not… the truth of the creator is the truth of the character”  - Frederick Jones  (Saturday AM founder ) Our guest for this episode was Mr Fredrick L Jones who is the founder of Saturday AM - The World’s most diverse comics anthology. The company has dozens of creators, thousands of fans all over the world, 100’...

"These are the people who will be our Straw Hat Pirates!” - Eiichiro Oda  Discussion Notes  Is Iñaki Godoy a good choice to play the live action Luffy?  Can he portray an angry Luffy?  Will the humour of the One Piece ani me, fit the live action adaptation? How close will they follow the anime in terms of special effects and story?  Would the live action have been better in dub?  Will the liv...

" 8 Gold Rings like i'm Sha-Shabba Ranks, 4 gold chains like i'm Sha-Shabba Ranks, 1 gold tooth like i'm..." - A$AP Ferg Dicussion Points:  Are we  jewellery or accessories people? Does the jewellery or accessories (no weapons) catch our eye when watching anime? Can an anime character have too much jewellery on? Which are our favourite characters with jewellery or accessor...

"Overcome your opponent by calculation. In other words, it is best to thwart your opponents by intelligent planning." - Li Quan (Art Of War) Discussion Points What makes a good hero to you?  Who did we disqualify immediately and why?  Counting down our top 6 - you cannot choose Shoto, Deku or Bakugo.  3 from class 1A and 3 from Class 1B  What did we name our My Hero Class team?  Arguing...

"Life is a Game, all you have to do is know how to play it" - Unknown Discussion Points  What were your first impressions watching it from seeing Squid Game first?  Were there any similarities that you noticed initially or during the time of watching Darwin’s Game that you thought was similar to Squid Game?  What were the major differences for you? Did these differences impact how you fe...

“I wanted to create a manga brand that respected the diversity that needed to be in manga”  - Fredrick L Jones (SaturdayAM Founder) Welcome to another episode of Suuuper Anime podcast, Black History Month aka BHM edition. Where in the month of October we will be showcasing and speaking to black content creators on their chosen profession who are all either within the anime industry or love anime j...

In Japan, Demon Slayer Mugen Train is the highest grossing anime and Japanese film of all time. Have we all been brain washed into believing the hype?  Was this film really that good? $503m box office good.   Discussion points   Did we enjoy the movie Mugen Train? Did it live up to the hype?   What worked well? What could have been better? What would rate the film? Art Style Animation Plot Charact...

“It’s not easy to do the right thing, but at the end of the day it’s the right thing to do.” – Daffduff_art    Welcome to another episode of Suuuper Anime podcast, Black History Month aka BHM edition. Where in the month of October we will be showcasing and speaking to black content creators on their chosen profession who are all either within the anime industry or love anime just as much as we do!...

“After George Floyd’s murder, I felt like I could be doing more with my time and in fandom…” – Ash Beardguy On this episode we had the Giant Shooty Robots! (formerly Build Casters) co-host, Melanated Mecha Bro and Audio Engineer, Ash Beardguy, as one of our honoured guests as part of our Black History Month series celebrating Black content creators, illustrators, entrepreneurs and weebs in general...

“I would like to leave behind a legacy like Maya Angelou and Toni Morrison with my manga/illustrative art.”  On this episode we had Gigi Murakami (Koyuki Panda) who is an American freelance illustrator and manga (comic) creator. She specializes in traditional mixed media ink and color illustrations, and manga art. She has been featured in publications such as Buzzfeed, Black Girl Nerd and Gritty V...

“If a picture is worth 1,000 words, a video is worth a million?” Lady Tee joins us again to discuss and debate whats better Anime or Manga! This one got hot! Discussion Notes What did we start with Anime or a manga? What do we get from manga that we don’t get from anime and vice versa? Has manga influenced how you view anime and vice versa? Is manga just the story or is it more? Vice versa, is ani...

“Imagination is more important than time. Time is limited. Imagination encircles the world." ― Albert Einstein. Discussion notes - If you had the opportunity to jump into any time in an anime. Where in the anime would we jump in and what arc?  Why would we go to that timeline? Would we try to change or alter the course of events that happened? (Good or Bad) If so, why?  Or would we just be a...

"When you learn to accept rather than expect, you will have fewer dissapointments" - Buddist quote Discussion notes  How we define a good anime? What we classify as potential? When do we decide no more? Thats it, we have had enough? Discussing which anime did not live up to its potential? Why didnt it live up to its potential? If we had a budget of $1m which one of those anime you mentio...

“A sword wields no strength unless the hand that holds it has courage ” - Hero Shade Discussion Notes What makes a great swordsman?  What traits do they have that draws us to them? Does the character holding the sword have a bearing on whether we like the swordsman or is it just purely skill? Who are our top anime swordsman? Out of 10 what swordmanship ranking would you give 10 being the best, 1 t...

 "The creation of a single world comes from a huge number of fragments and chaos." - Hayao Miyazaki Discussion Points  Have we seen all the Ghibli films?  What makes Ghibli so magical and special?  What Ghibli film would  we recommend to a non anime fan? What are some of the messages in the Ghibli films that we didn’t first notice?  What Ghibli films on Netflix would we recommend you sho...

“It is not the answer that enlightens but the question” – Eugene Ionesco We continue our “21 questions” Quora series with a host of new questions. See some of the questions below.  Discussion Notes Can you stumble into watching Hentai? What is better, Naruto or Attack on Titan?  What are some anime characters that start with an M? What are somethings that we cannot stand about the anime community?...

Animated or Real, interesting characters are interesting people . - Noel Fitch Discussion Notes  What makes an anime MC interesting and exciting for you? Is it because we get emotionally invested, their power etc? Is there such a thing as too interesting, to exciting that detracts from an MC? Counting down our top 5 anime main characters, in terms of most interesting. Listen to see if yours made o...

“We faced a lot of hardship, but we kept going… ” Ed (Host of Suuuper Anime Podcast)  On 30th July we released our first episode of Suuuper Anime Podcast and it’s been an amazing experience and we would like to thank every single suuuper light who listens, we truly truly appreciate You. You are truly Suuuuper!  Discussion Notes  Chatting about how the year has been, how we started, hurdles faced!...

Be yourself, everyone else is already taken" - Oscar Wilde This was an episode recorded before DMX's un timely death, we are huge fans and thus we would like to dedicate this epiosde to the legend that is DMX! Rest In Peace!   Ed and Solo both take the 16-personality test and based on our test results link it to an anime character which we believe would be most like us based on our perso...

" There are no uninterestig things, only unninterested people" . - Gilbert Chesterton Discussion Notes What makes a Main Character (MC) uninteresting/boring for you? How do we define boring? Does a lack of character development make an anime MC boring? Do manga writers do it on purpose making the side character more excitable? Our 5 least interesting anime MC's? Out of the anime cha...

“I believe samurai in the Edo period and modern hip-hop artists have something in common” - Shinichirō Watanabe Discussion notes  What are our thoughts on the relationship between Anime and Hip Hop and Vice versa? Do we see any commonalities between the 2 genres?  Which anime do we think has influenced hip hop the most?  What’s our favourite anime that has a hip hop influence?  We discuss how LoFi...

“The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team.” ― Phil Jackson Discussion notes   The rules are simple!  We both have 5 players to choose however, we are only allowed to choose 1 characters from one anime show.  A character’s powers can only be used in relation to the game of basketball. There is no attacking each other, no foul play, no beams, no psy...

"There is not such thing as a stupid question, just an unanswered one" - Unkownn In this episode we take questions seen on Quora and get Solo to answer them.  Quora questions such as the below and much more:  Why did Naruto get with Hinata and not Sakura?  How can I make my waifu jealous?  What device type do you prefer to watch anime on?  Is Sanji from One Piece the king of all simps? ...