Warui Deshou: An Anime Podcast

All aboard, anime fans! Join us as we punch our ticket to space adventure, science fantasy, and beautiful melancholy. Listener, you're on a one way train to a three hour discussion of 1979's Galaxy Express 999 The Movie! We talk about Leiji Matsumoto, the Leijiverse, Rintaro, and some of the notable seiyuu. We discuss Maetel, Tetsuro, Emeraldas, Harlock, and all your favorites. We get into...

Hello, friends! We actually released two pods this month! Who'd have guessed it could happen again? This episode we are talking about the 2019 Noah Baumbach film "Marriage Story" starring Matoko Kusanagi and Kylo Ren! In all seriousness, we both really liked this movie and we hope you enjoy our chat about how it goes in on the American legal system, what we thought of all the perform...

Doc & Shadon break down Hong Kong action director Benny Chan's final film, Raging Fire! Donnie Yen and Nicholas Tse tear it up in this high-impact revenge story. We talk about our favorite scenes, discuss whether the film is copaganda, talk a bit about moral luck, and count suplexes! Enjoying   this podcast? Tip us a coffee on Ko-fi! This will get you access to The  World's...

Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukah, Blessed Kwanzaa, Merry MegaChristmas, and Happy Holidays! Doc & Shadon are here with you once again to talk about all things media in 2022, at least all things they've experienced. Yes, there's some grousing about the usual awful state of the planet, but the majority of this episode is a celebration of a whole bunch of great anime, video games, books, and movies...

Doc & Shadon have come back from a war torn future to talk to you all about a couple of really cool James Cameron movies, The Terminator and Terminator 2: Judgment Day! If you're not super old like us, you might not remember how mind-blowing these films were at the time or how important they were to pop culture and the near-term future of action sci-fi cinema. On the other hand, if you are on...

Newtypes, Oldtypes, and everyone in between, Doc & Shadon are here to talk Mobile Suit Gundam! We invite you to join us as we review and discuss the anime film trilogy that kicked off anime's biggest franchise. How cool are these robots? How badass is Char Aznable? Is war truly hell? We will answer these questions, your questions, and much more on our trek through the 79th year of the Universa...

Doc & Shadon romp, stomp, and spray atomic breath all over the place on this episode that's all about Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi's 2016 kaiju powerhouse, Shin Godzilla! We discuss the film's seething hatred of bureaucracy, ability to put the viewer into ground zero of a disaster, fantastic editing and shot composition, driven core cast, and more!  Enjoying   this podcast? T...

Doc & Shadon discuss Suncoast Video shelf constant, Video Girl Ai. Is this 1992 OAV sex comedy meets sci-fi romance worth revisiting 30 years later? Listen in and find out as we chat about the show's themes, characters, comedy and place in anime history. And answer your questions! Enjoying   this podcast? Tip us a coffee on Ko-fi! This will get you access to The  World's Be...

After some delays, we're back to talk about Spike Jonze' film "Her" from 2013! Shadon enjoyed this film back when it was released, but he wanted to revisit it now, almost a decade later, to see how it held up. We discuss the film's relevance in 2022, its core message about learning how to love others well, if anything about it would be made differently in 2022, its depiction of societal change in...

We discuss Mamoru Hosoda's third original film and final Madhouse production, 2012's "Wolf Children." When Doc first watched it, it was one of his favorites. After watching/rewatching all of Hosoda's work n the lead up to this podcast, does he still feel the same way? Shadon has never seen the film before. What does he think of it? Click play and find out! Lot of ground covered in our discussion,...

We are discussing one of the best films, Korean or otherwise, made in recent years, Lee Chang-dong's "Burning." In fact, this is Doc's favorite movie! "Burning" is an adaptation of Haruki Murakami's short story, "Barn Burning" (itself an adaptation of sorts of William Faulkner's short story of the same name) and features incredible performances from Yoo Ah-in, Jeon Jong-seo, and Stephen Yeun. Ther...

For you, it was the most important podcast of your life, for us...it was Tuesday. Welcome back, friends, to Warui Deshou, where this time we discuss the notorious 1994 fighting game film adaptation, Street Fighter: The Movie! While it can occasionally be charmingly camp, and Raul Julia's performance is beyond reproach, much of the time the movie's poor casting and writing leave us cringing and gro...

We discuss Doc's favorite John Woo film, 1989's "The Killer"! Doc and Shadon talk favorite scenes, religious symbolism, heroic bloodshed as a genre, what to make of the Jenny character, and so much more! Enjoying this podcast? Tip us a coffee on Ko-fi! | https://ko-fi.com/waruideshou Music: "Tequila's Theme" from John Woo's Stranglehold by Jamie Christopherson "Calicomp 1.1 Shutdown" by Garoad/Mic...

Once upon a time, there was a man who died...then that man befriended another man, and they went on to do a Bad Anime Podcast which would one day cover...Princess Tutu! That's right, Doc and Shadon are here to talk about ballet, meta-text, and weird animal-people. After lauding the folks who created this little gem, we answer a boatload of Discord & Twitter questions, discuss characters, theme...

It's brand new solo content for 2022 here at Warui Deshou as Shadon kickstarts a series of short audio essays on anything and everything he's seen recently or far in the past, whatever's interesting to talk about! And as the kind of director's cut Blu-Ray extra to our Spiderverse pod, Shadon offers some thoughts on Spiderman: No Way Home including thoughts on the Great Responsibility mantra, the u...

Hello, friends, and welcome to Warui Deshou's Holiday/Year-End Special! I already wrote this description once, and 2021 hates me so much that it disappeared my write-up for no reason whatsoever. That being the case, this description will be even more low-effort than usual, which is saying something. In this here podcast, Shadon and Doc discuss all their favorite anime, video games, podcasts, YouTu...

WHAT'S UP DANGER? Hey gang, it's our maiden voyage into the great big ocean of Non-Anime Podcast Episodes! ICYMI, we are going to be doing two pods a month, one anime and one non. For this month's non, Shadon has chosen a pair of exemplary superhero animated films. We know these movies have a ton of big fans, so we hope we've done them justice in our (lengthy) discussion! First, we detail our hist...

Welcome back, friends, to Warui Deshou! This episode, Shadon & The Subtle Doctor review and discuss the rather bonkers 2016 anime Drifters.  As usual, opinions are divided on the show. Doc is full of praise for its interesting concept, generally fun tone, and its humor. Shadon found it a boring exercise in propaganda. Despite their differing takes, the boys have a lot of fun discussing al...

It's the final Stream of Thought and what a ride it's been across all these years! Join Doc and Shads for one last time as they round out their discussion of Sonny Boy by talking about emotional connections, wibbly wobbly timey wimey, man's proclivity towards creating our own hell, cults of personality and more! Enjoying this podcast? Tip us a coffee on Ko-fi! https://ko-fi.com/waruideshou Musical...

Join the duo on this podcast outing as they conclude their coverage of  the series with discussions on the revelation of why Odakawa sees people  as animals and it's purpose in the story, Kabasawa's comeuppance,  Kakihana and his own One Ring moment, rampant fakery and more! Buy us a coffee on Ko-fi! - https://www.ko-fi.com/waruideshou Music Credits: All I Want - The Offspring Drivi...

Join Shadon and Doc as they tackle the next block of four episodes and  have some strong disagreements over the show, particularly focused  around Episode 6! There's also discussion of the celestial pool game as  visual metaphor, Death Note, the Muppets, the choice of which games to  use in the text of the show, missed storytelling opportunities and more! Buy The Boys A Ko-Fi!...

Join the duo on this podcast outing as they tackle episodes 5 through 8  and discuss topics like how chasing social media metrics demands the  erasure of nuance, Joe Pesci, the very real consequences of vigilante  justice, our thoughts on Yano's introduction, the use of music to inform  mood, and more! Support Warui Deshou : https://www.patreon.com/waruideshou Music Credits: Al...

Join Doc and Shads as they dive further into the show with analysis and discussion of Episodes 4 through 6, covering topics such as Doc's personification of the ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ emote, an extended look at the teens reverting to known power structures and being unable to escape them, the way authority can be exerted through maternal instinct, potential parallels to racist exploitation of athletes and art...

CONTENT WARNING : Discussion of suicide and spousal/familial abuse. When you visit the bar in this show, the hangover lasts beyond a lifetime. Deshou The Third is back and we're covering the 2015 anime Death Parade, which combines bar games with existential examination and judgment of one's eternal soul! Join Shadon and Doc as they cover the first four episodes and also discuss the 2012 pilot Deat...

We're late to the party on this one, but it's fine, we ordered a (Odd) Taxi! Doc  and Shads call for transport on a journey that has already been near  universally lauded by anime critics and find themselves in agreement!  What starts as an intriguing mystery story quickly turns into parasocial  relationship commentary and examinations of how we place value on  ourselves a...