The Con Artists Podcast

Afterschool Dice Club The Con Artists: Rolling Review #16 Fall 2019   Join the Con Artists as they use a sound-only format to discuss a visual-only medium try to get across the fun of a tactile pastime!  We even succeed (probably)!  Dan discusses game design, Brendan has some insights into the theme songs, Scott just wants Blokus to get some love, and everyone agrees with Su that the Ladies and Ge...

End of Cour Fall 2019 It's a lean season this time around but that doesn't stop us from chatting it up!  Don't you want to hear about Baylon?!  Hint...no...no you don't.  Dan needs to take up Basket Weaving.   Su's all about them sequels and actually rags on Chihayafuru a little.  Scott makes his abilities average in his next life and Dan is not impressed by your Viking nonsense.  At least there's...

Fruits Basket (2019) S1 The Con Artists: Rolling Review #15 Spring & Summer 2019   The intro music is: "Again" by Beverly The outro music is: "Lucky Ending" by Vickeblanka (Eps 1-13)   A girl who lives in tent gets attacked by a mudslide and then lives in a house with numerous hot men.  They turn into animals when she accidentally hugs them.  Tohru is many types of "adjective for beautiful" baked...

End of Cour Summer 2019 It was a very busy season for the Con Artists, but there were so many good shows that they regret nothing.  Nothing except Fire Force, that is! Listen in and get some solid recommendations, there's sure to be something for everyone. The Shows covered in this Podcast are: Vinland Saga; Dr. Stone; Carole and Tuesday; For My Daughter, I'd Even Defeat a Demon Lord; Fire Force;...

She is Ageless (Millenium Actress) Su and Scott come together to discuss the incredible film my Satoshi Kon, Millenium Actress. It's the first time in the history of our podcasts that we literally have nothing bad to say. Warning: There are spoilers for this movie. If you haven't already seen Millenium Actress, you may want to revisit this podcast at a later time. Please visit us at: https://theco...

The Promised Neverland The Con Artists: Rolling Review #14 Winter 2019   The intro music is: "Touch Off" by UVERworld The outro music is: "Zettai Zetsumei" by Cö shu Nie (eps 1-8)   A loving family of orphans is overseen by a woman they call Mama. Everyday is peaceful and fun. Sometimes, children get adopted and move away from the farm they all live on. Absolutely nothing ever goes wrong ever and...

Irozuku Sekai no Ashita kara The Con Artists: Rolling Review #13 Fall 2018   The intro music is: ISnAK: "17 Sai" by Haruka to Miyuki The outro music is: ISnAK: "Mimei no Kimi to Hakumei no Mahō" by Nagi Yanagi   Hitomi long ago lost the ability to see color, and blames the mild magical abilities common to her family.  Her grandmother sees things differently, and magically sends her 60 years into t...

Planet With The Con Artists: Rolling Review #12 Summer 2018   The intro music is: "One Unit" by Minami The outro music is: "Rainbow Planet" by Mai Fuchigami    Soya is the lone survivor of xenocide. He has a maid and a weird cat dude in his house to help him cope. He becomes the villain, then he becomes the good guy, and then love saves the day. Or something. The dragon is fat and ugly, the CG is...

Golden Kamuy The Con Artists: Rolling Review #11 Spring 2018   The intro music is: GK OP: "Winding Road" by MAN WITH A MISSION The outro music is: GK ED: "Hibana" by THE SIXTH LIE   Immortal Sugimoto, a seemingly unkillable former soldier from the Russo-Japanese war, goes on a hunt for a massive gold treasure with the unlikely aid of Asirpa, a young Ainu girl.  Others, notably a rogue element of t...

A Place Further than the Universe The Con Artists: Rolling Review #10 Winter 2018   The intro music is: "The Girls Are Alright!" by saya The outro music is: "Koko kara, Koko kara" by Mari Tamaki (Inori Minase), Shirase Kobuchizawa (Kana Hanazawa), Hinata Miyake (Yuka Iguchi), Yuzuki Shiraishi (Saori Hayami)   What is beyond than the universe? It's Antarctica and you need to pay your own way to com...

Children of the Whales (Kujira no Kora wa Sajou ni Utau) The Con Artists: Rolling Review #9 Fall 2017   The intro music is: CotW OP: "Sono Saki" by RIRIKO The outro music is: CotW ED: "Hashidairo" by rionos   A fascinating look at the unique lifestyle of a civilization built on the back of a massive sand-sea-faring “whale”.  At least for one episode.  Then a bunch of cat-eared clown troopers (no j...

Made in Abyss The Con Artists: Rolling Review #8 Summer 2017   The intro music is: "Deep in Abyss" by Riko (Miyu Tomita) and Regu (Mariya Ise) The outro music is: "Tabi no Hidarite, Saihate no Migite" by Riko (Miyu Tomita) and Regu (Mariya Ise) (eps 2-9)   There's a large pit in the center of town. It's known as the Abyss and some say it holds a bounty of treasure. If you train to be a White Whist...

Little Witch Academia (TV) The Con Artists: Rolling Review #7 Winter/Spring 2017   The intro music is:"Shiny Ray" by YURiKA (eps 2-13) The outro music is: "Hoshi wo Todoreba" by Yuiko Ohara (eps 2-13, 25)   Harry Potter and the Shiny Chariots of Fire is about a young witch named Akko who can't do much of anything right magically! Good thing she’s got the power! of! FRIENDSHIP! She's got to collect...

Shuumatsu no Izetta! The Con Artists: Rolling Review #6 Fall 2016   The intro music is: "Cross the Line" by AKINO with bless4 The outro music is:"Hikari Aru Basho e" by May'n   Princess Fine lives in a town that is caught up in a war against a large empire. She has an ace up her sleeve though, in the form of her witch friend Izetta! Want a show that's got a stunning opening Episode? Want a show th...

Amanchu! The Con Artists: Rolling Review #5 Summer 2016   The intro music is: "Million Clouds" by Maaya Sakamoto The outro music is: "Futari Shoujo" by Tekopikari (Ai Kayano & Eri Suzuki)   Amanchu! is WHOOP about 2 girls who end up in the WHOOP WHOOP diving club together. Futaba is super shy and diving helps her WHOOP WHOOP come out of her shell. Hikari WHOOP RADIATES LIKE THE SUN. The twins WHOO...

Concrete Revolutio: The Last Song The Con Artists: Rolling Review #4 Spring 2016   The intro music is: CR:TLS OP: "Warireru Dōkoku" by ZAQ The outro music is: CR:TLS ED: "ALL-WAYS" by Yohske Yamamoto feat. Nami Tamaki   The second season of Concrete Revolutio.  Still interesting, still a cool concept, still very colorful… but it didn’t quite measure up to the first season.  Despite some very power...

Active Raid The Con Artists: Rolling Review #3 Winter 2015/2016   The intro music is: AR OP: "Golden Life" by AKINO with bless4 The outro music is: AR ED: "Tōmei na Yozora" by Yuka Aisaka   In the future – POWERSUIT CRIME!  Facing it down?  The dull, uninteresting POWERSUIT POLICE. YAWN… As the plot meanders along.  STARE… At some pretty uninspired art and characters.  PUZZLE… over how this show e...

Concrete Revolutio The Con Artists: Rolling Review #2 Fall 2015   The intro music is: CR OP: "Katararezu Tomo" by ZAQ The outro music is: CR ED: "The Beginning" by Yohsuke Yamamoto   An alternate history version of the 20th century, if every powerful pop-culture phenomenon happened at once.  Giant robots, time travelers, ESPers, magical girls, and more are all over the place.  Our heroes have to k...

Heroic Legend of Arslan The Con Artists: Rolling Review #1 Spring/Summer 2015   The intro music is: HLoA OP: "Boku no Kotoba de wa Nai, Kore wa Bokutachi no Kotoba" by UVERworld The outro music is: HLoA ED: "Lapis Lazuli" by Eir Aoi   The Heroic Legend of Narsus is a tale of some guy named Arslan and his spear wielding guardian, wherein neither of them matter once Narsus comes along. Afterwards th...

The Con Artists have their final discussion of the Spring! It's Spring 2019: Koto Killed my Grandpa Su watched way too many shows! Brendan learns how to make friends with his whole middle school class, while Scott learns how to communicate with people solely though haiku. Dan's punching all the baddies (only once) and winning everything, except his mixed martial arts tournament. Most importantly.....

The Con Artists have their final discussion of the Winter! It's Winter 2019: Judgement Day Scott has overloaded his schedule with anime this season, but not everything's a winner.  Su judges him harshly for his poor choices.  Meanwhile, Brendan spins a good story about sentient leaf girls and Dan gets an anime housecat roommate to match his real one.  Then it's Su's turn to be judged about the Fai...

The Con Artists wrap up the fall season of 2018. We got bunny girls, grimdark goblin slaying, and an honest to goodness puppet show to review.  It was a good season, in other words.  Well, for most of us - Su found SSSS.Gridman to be a near-total disaster, and minces no words in taking it down. Either way, it'll be a good listen, so join us!   The Shows covered in this Podcast are: Goblin Slayer!,...

The Con Artists discuss the end of the cour for Summer 2018. The season was a little light on quality shows, so the Con Artists make up for it with some in-depth coverage of those that were worth it... and a few that weren't. Join us on the Stage of Fate and prepare to be entertained! The Shows covered in this Podcast are: Hanebado!, Cells at Work, Attack on Titan (S3), My Hero Academia (S3), Haru...

Sex Mechs (Darling in the FranXX) Su and Scott need to let you in on a dark secret... Darling in the FranXX was very bad.  Don't believe us, or just want to know why we feel this way?  Come have a listen as we discuss all the disappointment that came from this Trigger + A1 Pictures collaboration. Please visit us at: https://theconartistsblog.com/ and subscribe to our feed (http://theconartists.pod...

The Con Artists have their discussion about the Spring 2018 Cour! It's the End of Cour Discussion: Anime Sandwich We watched a lot of shows this season... though Brendan might've been right to skip out.  Our anime sandwich has some pretty good bread, but everything in between leaves something to be desired. The shows covered in this podcast are: Record of Grancrest War, Wotakoi: Love is Hard for O...