Taiiku Podcast

RIP Eddie Van Halen, who was Asian. This episode, Chris ( @gokuffy ), Chris ( @antoniuspius ), and I talk about Kurosawa's penultimate film, Rhapsody in August! Then Helen ( @WanderinDreamr ) and I talk about Moon Land! You can read it for free and legally at Manga Plus . Listen to that other Manga Plus sampler podcast from Manga In Your Ears over here . Listen Show notes: 0:30 - Chris, Chris, and...

I have no idea why White Sox games are always like 4+ hours long, but they've been winning a lot. They're 24-15 currently, and atop the AL Central alone, above the Twins and Cleveland. And, while baseball is played, I will enjoy the heck out of this (even if they really shouldn't be playing as they should). This episode, Chris ( @gokuffy ), Chris ( @antoniuspius ), and I talk about Kurosawa's four...

The White Sox need arms, but the White Sox have bats. Nothing will save MLB from itself, but while baseball is here, the White Sox are winning, and I am here for it. Chris ( @gokuffy ), Chris ( @antoniuspius ), and I are getting to the end of Kurosawa's catalogue, as we talk about his last(?) samurai epic, Ran! Then, Chris, Vinnie ( @VinnieAveAGC ), and Jared ( @JLayneNelson ) join me to talk abou...

I love sports. I'm glad sports is coming back in the US; I have been quite enjoying the NWSL tournament. But MLS and MLB's train wrecks have been absolutely terrifying to watch, not that either NBA or NHL have been smooth either. I, fortunately(?) have not heard much about the WNBA's start, but I hope it is seamless. But the preventative measures these leagues have in place is simply not enough, b...

I've been tweeting sparsely on my own account, and retweeting vigorously on my account, Taiiku's account, and Manga In Your Ears' account of the current events, but Black Lives Matter. I reserve this space for sports ramblings, but this is more important. I don't know what reach we have here at my little podcast, but whatever we have, I will use for this. Please donate if you can, keep tweeting ab...

I got home three minutes after The Last Dance started, so I will instead edit this podcast with fury to...watch those episodes tomorrow after work. Here's two podcasts in a row for everyone! Chris ( @gokuffy ), Chris ( @antoniuspius ) and I talk about Kurosawa's first color movie, Dodeska'den! Then Ink ( @AnimatedInk ) and I talk about Hinomaru Sumo! Listen Show notes: 0:30 - Chris, Chris, and I t...

We've done 70 episodes, and I have grown and learned so much about podcasting and editing in the interim, even starting up another podcast (where we're running out of ideas of things to talk about, so you should suggest us some titles over at @MangaInYourEars ). Thank you for listening. So for our 70th! We celebrate Mifune's 100th. Chris ( @gokuffy ), Chris ( @antoniuspius ), and I discuss his fin...

These random musings that I'm pretty sure no one reads are about to get way different, not that they already have. But since we're all stuck inside, or should be stuck inside if not for your terrible Republican governor and/or our terrible Republican president, but I look really forward to the two dnd games I'm running now. That said, I'm also running out of ideas... We're back for my favorite epi...

I don't have much to say here sports wise, because the sports things are basically they should cancel them all because of this COVID-19 stuff, because it is better to miss sports than, you know, die. Wash your hands, be cautious, stay safe. This time is our 69th episode (nice), not counting half episodes and a few other special episodes, and it's a big one! It's Chris ( @gokuffy ) and Patz ( @Patz...

Koreans have had a good 2020 so far! Setting aside the injury to Son Heung-min, they have taken over the local US awards show, I don't remember the name of it. And, most importantly, the GOAT Younghoe Koo has been re-signed by the Atlanta Falcons. Let's go, 2020, the year of Koreans. We're back for one of our favorite episodes of the year! Chris ( @gokuffy ) and Corey ( @Modandrocker ) join me to...

A lot of excitement is said about trades and acquisitions when it comes to sports, but it is true what the MLBPA said in that there are real lives being affected and being thrown around like commodities or just their stats, and just gotta say, that is a very bad thing about sports. I'm a little late with this December episode, but I didn't actually record Kandagawa Jet Girls until later into Janua...

I've gone on a terrible journey into a downward spiral of shoe fandom, and let me say it has been both fascinating and troubling. I've only bought a few, but look how many more I want! They're all (mostly actually a limited number) are good. We're back for our annual anime extravaganza! This one may be our shortest yet, but we still talk about some truly great anime. As always, Chris ( @gokuffy )...

I usually talk about sports to lead into the rest of the post, because I have a lot of random quick thoughts about sports that I want to rant about on Twitter or whatever, but they're too long for a tweet. Instead, I'll write about writing about things, having run out of sports things to write about. And also, between first Gundam The Origin manga and now Giant Gorg, I am very generally interested...

Club Dub is back, but should it be? The Bears are reeling, and Matt Nagy is too set in his ways to adapt the offense to Mitch Trubisky's strengths. Meanwhile, Lamar Jackson, a person with similar skill sets and limitations, is an MVP candidate. Anyway, we're back with a November episode! First up, an emergency replacement for High and Low where Chris (@gokuffy) and I talk about Werner Herzog's Nos...

I'm not sure if Trubisky and Nagy are the answer. Trubisky is, by all indications, a quarterback who will probably not lose you the game if the playcalling is good. But here we are with 50+ attempts and fewer than 10 rushing attempts. What even is this team. It's October, and that means its time for nothing Halloween related on the Taiiku Podcast. I have planned this poorly. But we do have hashtag...

The history of girls baseball in Japan is just fascinating to me, and I want to watch any of it at length, but don't know how to. I talked about it briefly in the Cinderella Nine episode , but now that I know this, I just can't get it out of my head. Anyway, a little late September podcast in October for everyone...We're talking about two very exciting things this episode. First, continuing our Ku...

I've been to Wrigley, Guaranteed Rate, Angel Stadium, Nationals Park, and Dodger Stadium this year, and it's back to Angel Stadium again today to see the White Sox. Here's to Giolito. Also the monthly Ivan Nova update: He now has a 103 ERA+. Asian August forever! And Chris (@gokuffy) and I continue our Kurosawa series with The Bad Sleep Well, then talk about sports manga with Kuroko's Basketball....

The White Sox just got swept by the A's, and the Royals traded Homer Bailey for another potentially major league player. Ivan Nova has an 82 ERA+. We're back on a schedule! That's right, we're making episodes on some sort of regular interval with a Kurosawa movie and a sports anime or manga. Look at us being professional. First up, Chris ( @gokuffy ), Chris ( @antoniuspius ), and I talk about Kuro...

We broke some walls in this episode, one of them may have been the fourth. I'll leave it in, to Chris's chagrin. Speaking of Chris ( @gokuffy ), we're still on the Kurosawa train with The Lower Depths. Then we talk about the not-so-recently ended Tsurune. This should have been the May episode, and now I am also caught up (and behind) with Taiiku episodes, praise the sun. Listen Show notes: 0:30 -...

I probably won't release this before Dylan Cease is brought up by the White Sox to start the first game of a double header, but that is a future event as I type this. All I can hope is that it's not rained out like today's game (which now precisely dates when I'm writing this), nor like Michael Kopech's first starts. We're back on the Kurosawa train with Chris ( @gokuffy ) joining me to talk about...

It's June as I type this, which is the perfect time to relitigate our favorite movies of 2018, I think. Asian August bleeds into Asian June. This episode, we're covering our top movies yet again! This time of the previous year, that is 2018. Joining me are the usual suspects: Chris ( @gokuffy ), Camellia ( @wildpomme ), and Corey ( @Modandrocker ). It's almost four hours of fun. This should have b...

It's all about games here on the Taiiku Podcast, whether they be endgames or last games, where Chris ( @gokuffy ) and Corey ( @Modandrocker ) join me for the endgame and Chris joins me for the last game. Read Chris's excellent Marvel Cinematic Universe reviews at his Letterboxd . There's some issues with Corey's audio, and I did my best with it. But he might be a little quite or there might be som...

We're back on the podcasting microphone! It's been a bit, our website is finally all the way up to function and such, and new episodes can finally be released. For our return, it's our annual special Top Anime of 2018 episode! I brought, as always, my co-host Chris ( @gokuffy ) as well as special guests Patz ( @PatzPrime ) and Helen ( @WanderinDreamr ). It's over three hours of fun! This should ha...

The Taiiku Podcast website is back baby! After much working, procrastinating, and chatting, Camellia (@wildpomme) has brought us back to life after our last host decided they had enough of this hosting business or whatever. This is out Anime Secret Santa post for this year, where me and Chris talk about anime some other anime bloggers / podcasters suggest to us, curated by the Reverse Thieves. Any...

The Chicago Bears are the champions of the NFC North! It has been a long journey toward relevancy for the Bears, but we're finally here again. It's been too long. Now the White Sox gotta. This episode, I've got Chris ( @gokuffy ) and Chris ( @antoniuspius ) continuing our Kurosawa watch, this time with Seven Samurai. Then Ink ( @AnimatedInk ) and Basil ( @itsbasiltime ) join Chris and I to talk ab...