Tooning Japanese

Original Release Date: August 21, 2016 Welcome to Tooning Japanese, a podcast where three dudes in their 30s talk about Japanese anime! Well, this week it’s just Bill and Andy because this episode killed Josh.  We’re currently accepting resumes for a new host…well, not really…I think?  We’re remote again this week, and the two guys talk about Episode 21 of Excel Saga, “Visually Appealing Type.”  E...

Original Release Date: August 15, 2016 Welcome to Tooning Japanese, a podcast where three dudes in their 30s talk about Japanese anime! Episode 20 of Excel Saga is another recap episode, so we decided to do a variety of things, including a mini review, a super banter segment, answering fan questions, and a trivia contest between Bill and Josh!  This episode is super long for your enjoyment!  Wait…...

Original Release Date: August 1, 2016 Welcome to Tooning Japanese, a podcast where three dudes in their 30s talk about Japanese anime! We’re just one episode away from our interview with Jessica Calvello, the voice of Excel Excel!  Before we get there, we all have to suffer through a not-so-great episode of Excel, “Menchi’s Great Adventure 2:  Around the World in 80 Hours.”  We get another Menchi...

Original Release Date: July 24, 2016 Welcome to Tooning Japanese, a podcast where three dudes in their 30s talk about Japanese anime! We have a MASSIVE ANNOUNCEMENT at the start of this episode!  Listen to find out what our plans are for Episode 20.  Anime fans, you can’t miss this one!  Oh yeah, and we talk about Episode 18 of Excel Saga, “Municipal Force Daitenzen,” which is one of Bill’s absolu...

Original Release Date: July 18, 2016 Welcome to Tooning Japanese, a podcast where three dudes in their 30s talk about Japanese anime! Mark your calendars, ladies and gentlemen.  This is the first time that all three hosts actually really liked the same episode of Excel Saga.  Wow.  Episode 17 covers the amazing take on the world of cartoons and anime, “Animation USA.”  Excel and Hyatt travel to Am...

Original Release Date: July 11, 2016 Welcome to Tooning Japanese, a podcast where three dudes in their 30s talk about Japanese anime! Ropponmatsu 1 and 2 return yet again, and this time they spark up a “close friendship” with Excel and Hyatt.  Josh gives us the run down of this week’s episode of Excel Saga, “Take Back Love!”  This one is a good one, folks, even if there was more outtake material t...

Original Release Date: July 4, 2016 Welcome to Tooning Japanese, a podcast where three dudes in their 30s talk about Japanese anime! We experience a bit of deja vu in this week’s episode of Excel Saga, “Prop Memorial.”  Not only is the plot basically the same as last week, but we see the return of Ropponmatsu #1!  Bill drinks his way through his review, and we have some laughs along the way.  Join...

Original Release Date: June 27, 2016 Welcome to Tooning Japanese, a podcast where three dudes in their 30s talk about Japanese anime! Things are changing as we enter the second half of Excel Saga.  Among those changes are a brand new voice actress for Excel and new supporting characters, none of which are all that exciting.  Tonight Andy reviews Episode 14, “Prop.”  Oh yeah, and Josh is back. Foll...

Original Release Date: June 19, 2016 Welcome to Tooning Japanese, a podcast where three dudes in their 30s talk about Japanese anime! We’re breaking the mold in more than one way this week!  First of all, instead of a review of Episode 13 of Excel Saga, “The New Year’s-End Party Hidden Talent Contest,” we have our own clip show for you!  We’ve compiled outtakes as well as some of our favorite Exce...

Original Release Date: June 13, 2016 Welcome to Tooning Japanese, a podcast where three dudes in their 30s talk about Japanese anime! Time to look for clues, folks!  Episode 12 of Excel Saga, “Big City, Part 2,” takes a crack at detective anime!  Josh gives us a breakdown of the episode, in which the civil servants join a 40-year-old murder investigation with the eccentric Purrin! Follow along by...

Original Release Date: June 5, 2016 Welcome to Tooning Japanese, a podcast where three dudes in their 30s talk about Japanese anime! This week we tackle the world of teenage problems (as if Andy hasn’t dealt with his fair share of that already).  This week Bill trudges through Episode 11 of Excel Saga, “Butt Out, Youth!”  While Bill isn’t a fan, Josh and Andy really love this one!  Excel and Hyatt...

Original Release Date: May 30, 2016 Welcome to Tooning Japanese, a podcast where three dudes in their 30s talk about Japanese anime! Join us on a great adventure–Menchi’s Great Adventure!  Andy drags his co-hosts through a somewhat offensive and underwhelming episode of Excel Saga, but at least it’s filled with 50% more dog buttholes!  In this episode, Menchi escapes Excel’s apartment and meets up...

Original Release Date: May 22, 2016 Welcome to Tooning Japanese, a podcast where three dudes in their 30s talk about Japanese anime! Once again, we’re sorry for taking last week off!  This week we bring you our review of Episode 9 of Excel Saga, “Bowling Girls!”  Surprisingly, all three hosts actually liked this one!  Excel and Hyatt take jobs at a bowling alley in order to figure out if it’s the...

Original Release Date: May 8, 2016 Welcome to Tooning Japanese, a podcast where three dudes in their 30s talk about Japanese anime! Bill goes for his third attempt at doing a review, and he struggles through one of our not so favorite episodes, “Increase Ratings Week.”  In an attempt to boost their ratings and bring in female viewers (yeah right…), Excel and the girls take over, forcing every sing...

Original Release Date: May 2, 2016 Welcome to Tooning Japanese, a podcast where three dudes in their 30s talk about Japanese anime! It’s Andy’s turn once again, and this week is right in his wheelhouse!  The creator of The Shadowvane Podcast gets to review the horror episode of Excel Saga!  In this episode, Excel and Hyatt try to fend off intruders, who just so happen to be Kabapu’s group of bumbl...

Original Release Date: April 25, 2016 Welcome to Tooning Japanese, a podcast where three dudes in their 30s talk about Japanese anime! Another week, another episode of Tooning Japanese!  And this week’s episode of Excel Saga is…okay?  Bill tells us all about Episode 6 “The Cold is Winter! Snowed Under Episode.”  Excel and Hyatt are ordered to place a strange device at the top of a mountain.  At th...

Original Release Date: April 17, 2016 Welcome to Tooning Japanese, a podcast where three dudes in their 30s talk about Japanese anime! This week Bill takes another shot at reviewing Excel Saga; find out if he enjoyed this one any better! (Spoiler…he probably didn’t.)  We’re up to Episode 5 of Excel Saga, “The Interesting Giant Tower.”  It’s not one of our favorites, but we have a good time with it...

Original Release Date: April 10, 2016 Welcome to Tooning Japanese, a podcast where three dudes in their 30s talk about Japanese anime! Be prepared to hear every one of Andy’s favorite lines in this one, folks.  Today we review Episode 4 of Excel Saga, “Love Puny.”  This week Bill and Josh sit through Andy’s overly-excited review of one of his favorite episodes.  Lord Ilpallazo takes up a new hobby...

Original Release Date: April 3, 2016 Welcome to Tooning Japanese, a podcast where three dudes in their 30s talk about Japanese anime! Greetings, Neenja Commandos from Hell!  This week Josh gives us the rundown on Excel Saga, Episode 3 (“The Sacrificial Lamb of the Venomous Great Escape of Hell”).  This time around Excel finds herself taken hostage in an unknown location (is it Vietnam or just a fo...

Original Release Date: March 27, 2016 Welcome to Tooning Japanese, a podcast where three dudes in their 30s talk about Japanese anime! Episode 2 is live!  This week Bill, Josh, and Andy talk about the second episode of Excel Saga (“The Woman From Mars”), and it’s Bill’s turn to man the review, much to his chagrin.  In this episode Excel goes fist-to-head with the alien Puchu race, Nabashin meets h...

Original Release Date: March 20, 2016 Welcome to Tooning Japanese, a podcast where three dudes in their 30s talk about Japanese anime! Season 1 has officially begun!  Welcome to Episode 1, otherwise known as our review of the first episode of Excel Saga, “Koshi Rikdo Assassination Plot.”  As you’ll soon find out, Excel Saga is an odd show to put it very mildly.  In this episode we learn about the...

Original Release Date: March 13, 2016 Welcome to Tooning Japanese, a podcast where three dudes in their 30s talk about Japanese anime! Episode 0 introduces us to our three hosts: Andy, Bill, and Josh. We talk about how we know one another, our history with anime, and the format of the episodes to come. If you enjoy this episode, know that we're in the process of moving our current feed over from P...