Tooning Japanese

Original Release Date: September 14, 2017 Welcome to Tooning Japanese, a podcast where three dudes in their 30s talk about Japanese anime! If you thought last week was a departure, prepare to move completely away from the realm of animation into the drama and reality of The Newsroom. Yes, Andy’s pick for the final Summer Viewing Program is the HBO program that came from the political mind of Aaron...

Original Release Date: September 6, 2017 Welcome to Tooning Japanese, a podcast where three dudes in their 30s talk about Japanese anime! We’re on to Bill’s pick for our Summer Viewing Program series!  This time we sneak away from anime all together to cover a western cartoon, Over the Garden Wall.  Both Andy and Josh loved it, and the gang end up staying mostly on task and not as vulgar for once!...

Original Release Date: August 30, 2017 Welcome to Tooning Japanese, a podcast where three dudes in their 30s talk about Japanese anime! Thank you for being patient as we took last week off! We needed the extra time to get caught up, and now we have the first of three Summer Viewing Programming episodes! This week it’s Josh’s pick, and we’re watching Team Four Star’s Dragon Ball Z Abridged! Andy an...

Original Release Date: August 17, 2017 Welcome to Tooning Japanese, a podcast where three dudes in their 30s talk about Japanese anime! Our apologies for this being a day late. Andy’s been editing these last several episodes himself, and a lot has come up around his home life and work. We’re finally bringing you our review of the Trigun movie! Yes, this week we talk all about Badlands Rumble, whic...

Original Release Date: August 9, 2017 Welcome to Tooning Japanese, a podcast where three dudes in their 30s talk about Japanese anime! Due to some issues with editing and time constraints, our review of Trigun: Badlands Rumble is being pushed back a week. In its place we have another Pokemon Generations episode! This time around Andy and Ray talk about two episodes from the Pokemon Black and White...

Original Release Date: August 2, 2017 Welcome to Tooning Japanese, a podcast where three dudes in their 30s talk about Japanese anime! Not a Patron? Here’s one of our bonus episodes! We currently have almost 4 hours of bonus content for you to check out for just a $1/month donation! During this episode we debate our favorite anime (and other geeky) weaponry. We also announce a contest! Head over t...

Original Release Date: July 26, 2017 Welcome to Tooning Japanese, a podcast where three dudes in their 30s talk about Japanese anime! From now until August 31st, we’ll release a bonus episode alongside our regular release for each new Patreon backer! Here’s our first bonus episode, a collection of bloopers from Season 2, Episodes 1-7 of our Trigun reviews! As always, due to language and subject ma...

Original Release Date: July 26, 2017 Welcome to Tooning Japanese, a podcast where three dudes in their 30s talk about Japanese anime! Bill, Josh, and Andy say their final goodbye to Trigun. This week they talk about some of their favorite moments, episodes, and characters. Josh and Bill also go head-to-head in Trigun trivia! We discuss the schedule for the next few months as well at the end of thi...

Original Release Date: July 19, 2017 Welcome to Tooning Japanese, a podcast where three dudes in their 30s talk about Japanese anime! It feels like we just started our reviews of Trigun, but we’ve reached the bittersweet ending, “Under the Sky So Blue.”  This week we tried something a bit different and conducted our review while watching the episode.  You can (sort of) follow along as we review it...

Original Release Date: July 12, 2017 Welcome to Tooning Japanese, a podcast where three dudes in their 30s talk about Japanese anime! We promised a special surprise in this episode. Listen to the Break Card for that info. This week we review the second to last episode of Trigun, “Live Through.” It’s an emotional one, and we all enjoyed it! Stay tuned for our review of the finale next week! Follow...

Original Release Date: July 4, 2017 Welcome to Tooning Japanese, a podcast where three dudes in their 30s talk about Japanese anime! We’re down to the wire, folks! How will Vash deal with the death of Wolfwood and two more Gung-Ho Guns? I guess you’ll have to listen and find out! We review a pretty solid episode of Trigun this week, “Sin.” Happy 4th of July, fellow Americans! Follow along with the...

Original Release Date: June 27, 2017 Welcome to Tooning Japanese, a podcast where three dudes in their 30s talk about Japanese anime! Thanks to Andy being on vacation for a week, we’re bringing you the newest review of Pokemon Generations! We’ll be back next week with a new review of Trigun, but this week we’re talking about two more episodes of Generations. Sadly these episodes aren’t great, but...

Original Release Date: June 18, 2017 Welcome to Tooning Japanese, a podcast where three dudes in their 30s talk about Japanese anime! We know this episode is dropping three days early, but Andy is out of town all next week, so enjoy an early weekend anime gift. The guys are joined this week by Jason from the New Blood Rising Podcast to review one of the very best episodes in the entire anime, “Par...

Original Release Date: June 14, 2017 Welcome to Tooning Japanese, a podcast where three dudes in their 30s talk about Japanese anime! This week we celebrate our four main characters getting back together again only to be brought crashing back to reality by the ending of this week’s episode. We’re reviewing Trigun’s 22nd episode, “Alternative,” and we’ve only got 4 more episodes of the anime left a...

Original Release Date: June 7, 2017 Welcome to Tooning Japanese, a podcast where three dudes in their 30s talk about Japanese anime! This week’s episode of Trigun, “Out of Time” is a bit of a mixed bag, but all three hosts mostly enjoyed it! The ending still gives us feels so many years and dozens of viewings later. Vash and Wolfwood take on not one, not two, but three Gung-Ho Guns to try and save...

Original Release Date: June 2, 2017 Welcome to Tooning Japanese, a podcast where three dudes in their 30s talk about Japanese anime! Sorry for being a bit late with this one!  We have the first of another two part series.  Ship in the sky filled with frightened humans?  Check.  More Vash and Wolfwood bantering?  Check.  More Gung-Ho Guns?  Check!  Give a listen to our review of Episode 20 of Trigu...

Original Release Date: May 24, 2017 Welcome to Tooning Japanese, a podcast where three dudes in their 30s talk about Japanese anime! The boys are back this week!  Unfortunately, they all pretty much hate this week’s episode of Trigun.  That being said, we still have fun talking about the confusing and forgettable storyline.  This week Vash and Wolfwood reunite with the girls, though!  At least tha...

Original Release Date: May 19, 2017 Welcome to Tooning Japanese, a podcast where three dudes in their 30s talk about Japanese anime! The normal crew had trouble getting together this week to review the next Trigun episode, so instead you have another Pokemon Generations episode with Andy and Ray!  This time around they review Episodes 9 and 10, “The Scoop” and “The Old Chateau.”  These ones are re...

Original Release Date: May 11, 2017 Welcome to Tooning Japanese, a podcast where three dudes in their 30s talk about Japanese anime! This week we have yet another good episode of Trigun for you all! With that pesky flashback behind us, we get back to the main timeline and the return of Nicholas D. Wolfwood! Vash is living undercover, but how long can The Humanoid Typhoon stay hidden? Find out in o...

Original Release Date: May 4, 2017 Welcome to Tooning Japanese, a podcast where three dudes in their 30s talk about Japanese anime! It’s flashback time, folks! This week we meet Vash’s brother Knives and learn how the people of Earth ended up on the planet they’re inhabiting now. Take a listen to our review of “Rem Saverem” today! Follow along with the show!  Watch Trigun on  Hulu  or on  Funimati...

Original Release Date: April 26, 2017 Welcome to Tooning Japanese, a podcast where three dudes in their 30s talk about Japanese anime! Birthdays and gaming conventions in the same weekend mean no Trigun review this week.  However, it does mean Andy and Ray reviewed two more Pokemon Generations episodes!  This time around the husband and husband duo discuss Episodes 7 and 8 of Pokemon Generations,...

Original Release Date: April 20, 2017 Welcome to Tooning Japanese, a podcast where three dudes in their 30s talk about Japanese anime! What an important episode of Trigun!  Things take a turn this week, and even though this is a significant episode, we still are somewhat critical of it.  Enjoy our review of “Fifth Moon,” where Vash comes face to face with two more members of the Hung-Ho Guns, E.G....

Original Release Date: April 11, 2017 Welcome to Tooning Japanese, a podcast where three dudes in their 30s talk about Japanese anime! Good news: This week’s episode is far better than last week!  Bad news: It’s a bit problematic.  You’ll understand when we get there.  This week the crew talks Episode 15 of Trigun, “Demon’s Eye,” in which we are introduced to the Gung Ho Guns, and Vash has to take...

Original Release Date: April 7, 2017 Welcome to Tooning Japanese, a podcast where three dudes in their 30s talk about Japanese anime! We’re back with a full review of the next episode of Trigun!  We’d like to apologize this week…for how bad this episode is.  We try to make the best of the situation though.  This week we review “Little Arcadia,” which focuses on Milly and Meryl in a really boring a...

Original Release Date: March 28, 2017 Welcome to Tooning Japanese, a podcast where three dudes in their 30s talk about Japanese anime! This week we review a clip episode, and fittingly the recap feels more like one big set of bloopers.  Why is that appropriate?  Because we also get a blooper episode!  Enjoy bloopers from the second half of Season 1, which was our review of Excel Saga.  We’ll be ba...