Tooning Japanese

Original Release Date: March 23, 2017 Welcome to Tooning Japanese, a podcast where three dudes in their 30s talk about Japanese anime! It’s Andy, Bill, and special guest Thurk this week! We’re settling in for a really serious, stunning beautiful, and major turning point for Trigun. It’s Episode 12, “Diablo,” and it’s a really, really good one. Special thanks this week to Thurk, who helped edit the...

Original Release Date: March 14, 2017 Welcome to Tooning Japanese, a podcast where three dudes in their 30s talk about Japanese anime! We have Andy’s favorite Trigun episode this week, starring Milly and Senp…err…Wolfwood. Damnit, now Josh has ME saying it! The caravan our heroes are traveling with has come to a stop, and they may not go anywhere without their key. The problem is that key is not a...

Original Release Date: March 2, 2017 Welcome to Tooning Japanese, a podcast where three dudes in their 30s talk about Japanese anime! This week Vash and Wolfwood both find themselves in the midst of a wild west shooting contest. Will Vash be forced to kill his competition? Find out in our review of Episode 10 of Trigun, “Quick Draw.” Special thanks this week to Thurk, who helped edit the episode a...

Original Release Date: February 20, 2017 Welcome to Tooning Japanese, a podcast where three dudes in their 30s talk about Japanese anime! Thank you once again for your patience! We missed last week, but we have a new one for you, and it’s the introduction of a VERY important character, Nicholas D. Wolfwood, AKA Josh’s Senpai. The crew meet this wayward priest and are forced to battle with ancient...

Original Release Date: February 9, 2017 Welcome to Tooning Japanese, a podcast where three dudes in their 30s talk about Japanese anime! A day late and a dollar short…it’s Tooning Japanese! This week the gang reviews Episode 8 of Trigun, “And Between the Wasteland and the Sky.” We pick up where we left off in the last episode as Vash tries to save the sand steamer from the Bad Lads Gang. Will he b...

Original Release Date: February 1, 2017 Welcome to Tooning Japanese, a podcast where three dudes in their 30s talk about Japanese anime! After a few weeks off, we’re back with a new review of Trigun!  This is the first of a two-part story arc, Episode 7, “B.D.N.”  After saving the plant from destruction, Vash tries to escape the chaos of his life aboard a sand steamer.  Sadly, trouble always seems...

Original Release Date: January 26, 2017 Welcome to Tooning Japanese, a podcast where three dudes in their 30s talk about Japanese anime! So Bill was sick this week, and we once again could not record an episode.  Instead of giving you dead air, we decided to instead give you another episode in our review series of Pokemon Generations!  This time around Andy and Ray talk about Episodes 5 and 6 as w...

Original Release Date: January 17, 2017 Welcome to Tooning Japanese, a podcast where three dudes in their 30s talk about Japanese anime! Due to some scheduling issues, we’ll bring you the review of Trigun Episode 7 next week! Worry not, however! We have more Pokemon Generations! This week Andy and Ray talk about Episode 4, “The Lake of Rage” as well as their thoughts on the new Pokemon Sun and Moo...

Original Release Date: January 11, 2017 Welcome to Tooning Japanese, a podcast where three dudes in their 30s talk about Japanese anime! We’re back, bitches! This week we have a review of Trigun Episode 6, “Lost July.” In our first review of 2017, Vash becomes a bodyguard for Elizabeth, an attractive plant engineer. When an assassin shows up, things go from fun to stressful to depressing. Follow a...

Original Release Date: January 2, 2017 Welcome to Tooning Japanese, a podcast where three dudes in their 30s talk about Japanese anime! Well, the holidays have officially left as we say goodbye to 2016 and hello to 2017. We recorded this episode before Christmas as were going to release it on Patreon, but we decided to toss it up on the main feed! Bill, Andy, Josh, and Ray open gifts and talk abou...

Original Release Date: December 28, 2016 Welcome to Tooning Japanese, a podcast where three dudes in their 30s talk about Japanese anime! Happy Holidays, everyone! While we take a few weeks off before our next review of Trigun, we’ve got more content for you all! Is that really considered a break then?  Anyway, Josh decided on the first of three Berserk movies for his choice of movie reviews. He’s...

Original Release Date: December 20, 2016 Welcome to Tooning Japanese, a podcast where three dudes in their 30s talk about Japanese anime! As you will see, we had a formatting snafu due to illness.  We still have a great review of one of our favorites (well, two out of three of us, anyway), Episode 5 of Trigun, “Hard Puncher.”  While naming about 50 of Josh’s favorite porns, we manage to review an...

Original Release Date: December 14, 2016 Welcome to Tooning Japanese, a podcast where three dudes in their 30s talk about Japanese anime! We’re all feeling the love and enjoying some peace this week as we review Trigun, Episode 4 “Love and Peace.” It’s the first one where all three hosts aren’t overly floored by. Either way, check out the review of an episode where Vash and The Insurance Girls fin...

Original Release Date: December 7, 2016 Welcome to Tooning Japanese, a podcast where three dudes in their 30s talk about Japanese anime! This week we review an episode that’s not only one of Josh’s favorites, but also one of Bill’s as well! That’s right, we’re review Trigun episode 3, “Peace Maker”! In this episode, Vash tries to help a worthless drunk find his way once again. Follow along with th...

Original Release Date: November 29, 2016 Welcome to Tooning Japanese, a podcast where three dudes in their 30s talk about Japanese anime! What sort of shenanigans has Vash, Meryl, and Milly gotten themselves into this time? Josh has you covered with this week’s review of Episode 2 of Trigun, “Truth of Mistake.” The Insurance Girls have traveled to a barren town in search of water and The Humanoid...

Original Release Date: November 22, 2016 Welcome to Tooning Japanese, a podcast where three dudes in their 30s talk about Japanese anime! The gang is back together again! Bill, Andy, and Josh start off Season 2 with their review of Episode 1 of Trigun, “The $$60,000,000,000 Man.” Follow along with the show!  Watch Trigun on Hulu or on Funimation ! If you enjoy this episode, know that we're in the...

Original Release Date: September 10, 2016 Welcome to Tooning Japanese, a podcast where three dudes in their 30s talk about Japanese anime! Bill and Andy are joined this week by two special guests, Sam and Corey! Tonight we talk about one of our favorite movies of all time, the 1980s animated Transformers film! If you enjoy this episode, know that we're in the process of moving our current feed ove...

Original Release Date: October 25, 2016 Welcome to Tooning Japanese, a podcast where three dudes in their 30s talk about Japanese anime! Ray and Andy return with their review of Episodes 2 and 3 of the Youtube series Pokemon Generations!  They travel back to Pokemon Red and Blue and relive the trecherous deeds of Team Rocket and have a sexy Pokemon party with the Elite Four! Watch Pokemon Generati...

Original Release Date: October 9, 2016 Welcome to Tooning Japanese, a podcast where three dudes in their 30s talk about Japanese anime! We’re giving Excel Saga a proper farewell this week with a really amazing finale.  We really hope you enjoy our analysis of the anime alongside the absolutely hillarious Jessica Calvello, the voice of Excel!  We have an absolute blast!  Thank you again so much to...

Original Release Date: October 4, 2016 Welcome to Tooning Japanese, a podcast where three dudes in their 30s talk about Japanese anime! We’re at the end!  This is the final episode of Excel Saga, “Going Too Far,” and it’s a really bizarre one.  This episode comes after the actual finale, and the writers and animators go a bit nuts.  Just listen and find out just what they come up with! Hey!  Next...

Original Release Date: September 25, 2016 Welcome to Tooning Japanese, a podcast where three dudes in their 30s talk about Japanese anime! We will be back with our regular series next week, but we have a special treat for you!  There’s no Bill or Josh this week.  Instead, we have a very special guest, Ray, who does a ton of behind-the-scenes work for the Questionable Endeavor Network!  We’ve decid...

Original Release Date: September 20, 2016 Welcome to Tooning Japanese, a podcast where three dudes in their 30s talk about Japanese anime! We’ve reached the finale!  We’re tired, sick, and a bit drunk during this one, so we apologize in advance.  Excel Saga comes to a thrilling conclusion as Kabapu’s Daitenzen Force takes on the evil ideological organization ACROSS.  Oh, and Excel wanders around w...

Original Release Date: September 13, 2016 Welcome to Tooning Japanese, a podcast where three dudes in their 30s talk about Japanese anime! It’s Bill’s final review of an Excel Saga episode!  He doesn’t waste any time because this turned out to be our shortest episode yet.  The gang goes all NPR mode as they review the super serious Episode 24, “For You, I Could Die.” Follow along by watching episo...

Original Release Date: September 5, 2016 Welcome to Tooning Japanese, a podcast where three dudes in their 30s talk about Japanese anime! We’re so close to the finale of Excel!  This week Excel is left alone to wander the wasteland of F City following the massive explosion.  Andy seems to love Episode 23, “Legend of the End of the Century Conqueror,” and he’s alone in that assessment.  Join us for...

Original Release Date: August 29, 2016 Welcome to Tooning Japanese, a podcast where three dudes in their 30s talk about Japanese anime! It seems we’ve hit a low point in our reviews of Excel Saga.  Both Bill and Andy were not as impressed with Episode 22, “Invasion, Mother.”  Josh, however, loved the hell out of it.  So you get to enjoy Josh talk all about this wacky love letter to Leiji Matsumoto...