Weebology Podcast

This week, the professors start a journey down memory lane to touch upon some of the most foundational works for many anime fans: the OG Pokemon movies! By leaving nostalgia (mostly) at the door, can Mewtwo Strikes Back and 2000 (aka crazy birds doing crazy stuff) withstand a more critical evaluation? Socials Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/weebology​​  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/weebol...

This week, the professors try to unravel the mystery of a show that, in spite of all its quirks and shortcomings, has the community hooked: The Eminence in Shadow! By taking an almost overly meta-take on leveraging common isekai tropes and trying something risky with the OP MC formula, this show can somehow make your eyes roll at its ridiculousness and bring a potent fun factor all at once! Social...

This week, it turns out the professors are at odds about one of the most hyped shows in recent memory: Chainsaw Man! While one considered it a fresh take of the shounen genre with fantastic character writing, the other found it to lack the narrative and throughline in the overall story/setting to be deserving of all the praise... Socials Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/weebology​​  Instagram: htt...

This week, the professors once again explore their crypt of the worst anime ever created and emerged with a real dumpster fire selection: Ex-Arm. With a studio that's never attempted an anime before, visuals that would make PS2 games feel like 4k, and a story that can barely be called coherent, Ex-Arm has all the trimmings of a perfect Worst of Weeb entry! Socials Patreon: https://www.patreon...

This week, the professors gleefully jump back on one of their favorite animes of all time as it enters its final stretch: Bleach The Thousand Year Blood War! Featuring some of Tite Kubo's best writing in the entire series is only the start as TYBW part 1 delivers some of the most long awaited answers for decades long fans!  Socials Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/weebology​​  Instagram: http...

The hiatus is over, students! This week, the professors kick off the new year exploring an interesting idea: By using the increasingly popular bot called 'ChatGPT', geared for dialogue and narrative creation, can they create a serviceable anime solely with AI and some human direction? The results turned out more potent than they thought... Socials Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/weebolo...

Professor Ricky is back to pick the wrinkles of two more long time students of the classroom: Phillip, the host of the Lords of Dorktown podcast and Saint, a true day one! Be it power system mechanics, weeb family heritage, or even questionable marriage advice, there interviews venture into some seriously fun territory! Check out Lords of Dorktown anywhere you get your podcast fix! https://podcast...

It's that time again! The professors speculate wildly on the hits, misses, and sleepers of the upcoming season: Winter 2023! While there are returning favorites that will carry the community through, this lineup is littered with some seriously left field picks! Socials Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/weebology​​  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/weebology.podcast/ Twitter: https://twitte...

The professors are back together for an extra rambly episode about an equally scatterbrained yet fun show: The Daily Life of an Immortal King! This "donghua" (Chinese anime) might have a strange world building approach, but its solid characters and broadstroke usage of familiar tropes makes for one of the most bingeable stories the professors have had in a while! Socials Patreon: https:/...

This week, it's Professor Ricky's ep, and he's got a plan: what if the students get their chance to tell their stories! Ricky interviews a couple long time listeners to pick their wrinkles about their anime origins, what they are into now, and several other spicy questions! Socials Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/weebology​​  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/weebology.podcast/...

This week, the professors being their multi-part series to drop some real, proper knowledge: the history of anime itself! In this first installment, they begin in the earliest days of Japanese animation and go all the way through World War II where Japan used animation in a couple interesting ways... Socials Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/weebology​​  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/weebolo...

Yo, its ya boi prof ethan coming at you with a stream of conscienousness description to match the ep you can listen to above. We had some scheduling issues so I basically gave y'all a lesson on a bunch of book series I think y'all should check out! Next week a new series is starting " History of Anime: Early Years" get frickin hyped yall!!! Wooot Socials Patreon: https://www.pa...

It's time once again to ponder on some hypotheticals as the professors get into some 'would you rather' scenarios!  Socials Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/weebology​​  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/weebology.podcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/WeebologyP​​ YT Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVJBllbgYsuTrrG5IssngOg Gmail: weebologypodcast@gmail.com Our theme song...

This week, the professors revisit a series that have them gushing about it during its first season but has them scratching their heads during the second: Classroom of the Elite! While it started out as a fresh take on the cutthroat politics of prestigious Japanese high schools, and this current chapter in the anime does manage to deliver a fun late game, the strange decisions along the way make th...

Due to the absolute mammoth anime feast the community has been enjoying lately, the professors perform the rare feat of diving into their first reactions of Fall 2022 season! While some hot takes were made, it's undeniable that we are experiencing one of the most stacked lineups in recent memory! Socials Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/weebology​​  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/weebol...

This week, life hit like a freight train and, due to some unexpected circumstances, recording became impossible for the professors. So, instead of going dark, they decided to give the whole student body a glimpse into the inner sanctum with a FREE episode of the Syllabus Sidebar! They go in about absurd meetings, holiday traditions of past AND future, and play a internet game that pits things like...

This week, the professors have a discussion about one of the staple tropes of shounen anime: rivalries! Though they all share some things in common across the board, rivalries seem to fall into different flavors when taking a deeper dive... Socials Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/weebology​​  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/weebology.podcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/WeebologyP​​ YT Chan...

Given this week's show sets itself up as a thinkpiece much like Psycho Pass, the professors actually found Lycoris Recoil's approach of this week's show to be much more...well...approachable! With a truly lovable cast and super quality writing, the high minded commentaries of anime in this genre were packaged here in a cute but high-octane package! Socials Patreon: https://www.patre...

This week, the professors take a swing at a romance comedy that managed to bring some new elements to the table: Love After world Domination! By nesting a genuinely wholesome forbidden romance against a bombastic Power Rangers style setting, it delivers a unique blend of comedy and drama in their story with...varying degrees of success...  Socials Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/weebology​​  Inst...

This week, the professors gonk out on this preem new show that could be one of the best game-centric anime to date: Cyberpunk Edgerunners! With a faithful yet vibrant recreation of Night City's dystopian setting and a rich character driven narrative, this amounts to a story that both newcomers and veterans of the IP will enjoy! Socials Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/weebology​​  Instagram:...

This week, the professors sing the praises of an anime that might go down as one of the highest rated shows ever to grace the lab: 86 Eighty-Six! Even though it's squarely in the mech genre, and a visual feast of an entry at that, it ended up being one of the most human stories told with the medium in a long time. Socials Patreon https://www.patreon.com/weebology Follow us on instagram for mi...

This week,  the professor's come hot off the presses with one of the newest releases from Netflix jail: the next piece of JoJo Part 6: Stone Ocean. While they have pretty different stances on the season and show, it's undeniably remains one of the most bizarre shows out there! Socials Patreon https://www.patreon.com/weebology Follow us on instagram for mid week updates and awesome Anime...

The professors prepare themselves and the students for arguably the best stretch of anime to hit the simulcasts: the Fall 2022 season! With an absolutely stacked lineup of returning shows and even a couple that are bound to make serious waves, the community is in for one serious ride! Socials Patreon https://www.patreon.com/weebology Follow us on instagram for mid week updates and awesome Anime Me...

This week, the newest action anime movie is up to bat: Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero! While the professors are big fans of the franchise, they have some notes for the latest installment of Toriyama's movie entry into the canon... Socials Patreon https://www.patreon.com/weebology Follow us on instagram for mid week updates and awesome Anime Memes! https://www.instagram.com/weebology.podcast/ H...

This week, the professors dip into the vault of classics to talk about one of the all-time greats: Steins;Gate! With a well-conceived time travel narrative and near perfect execution, this 2011 White Fox show as all the fixings to stand the test of time! Socials Patreon https://www.patreon.com/weebology Follow us on instagram for mid week updates and awesome Anime Memes! https://www.instagram.com/...