Weebology Podcast

Welcome back to class everyone, we are so happy to have Haikyuu back for season 4 this year! Coming off an extremely strong season 3 we are picking up with the Karasuno High Crows as they head toward the Spring tournament. The last episode of season 3 had Takeda-sensei gathering the team in the gym and telling Kageyama that he had been selected to the Youth National Development team. We pick up fr...

Quick PSA, I was essentially braindead during recording. Hopefully my ravings of a mad scientist made some semblance of sense haha sorry! -Prof Ethan Welcome back Weebs! We promised y'all some extra content, extra credit if you will, and we have delivered! We are definitely liking this style, which coincidentally does comply with social distancing in this tough time. We will continue to bring...

This week your Weebologists are joined by the Two Guys in a Warehouse podcast to start up another round of Pitches. This week Alex (@Professor_Otaku) and Dylan (@tgwpodcast) pitch is Rage of Bahamut produced by MAPPA, recently did Dororo, from 2014. This adventure fantasy has 12 episodes and a 7.40 on MAL so it definitely appears to be a potential slapper! This show is actually based off a card co...

Welcome back Weebs! We promised y'all some extra content, extra credit if you will, and we have delivered! We are definitely liking this style, which coincidentally does comply with social distancing in this tough time. We will continue to bring you a new normal length show every Monday and now EXTRA CREDIT episodes every Thursday as well, at least while the world is shut down. Gleipnir is a...

This week on the Weebology Podcast, the professors dive into Darwin's Game: a dark and gritty death game show with a few extra bells and whistles to set it apart from other edgy shows. Will it stack up to be one of 2020's hits? Check out the episode to find out more! Please make sure to leave us a review on Apple Podcasts, reviews really help all your favorite shows grow! Socials Follow...

Welcome back Weebs! We promised y'all some extra content, extra credit if you will, and we have delivered! We are definitely liking this style, which coincidentally does comply with social distancing in this tough time. We will continue to bring you a new normal length show every Monday and now EXTRA CREDIT episodes every Thursday as well, at least while the world is shut down. Gleipnir is a...

Hello Weebs, just a quick thank you to Foxy Kasumi for the suggestion via our email. Thank you so much for continuing to listen and I hope that our review is everything you dreamed! Overall a great comedy with a weird concept! The story of My Bride Is a Mermaid revolves around a young teenage boy named Nagasumi Michishio. One day during his summer vacation at the Seto Inland Sea , Nagasumi is save...

Yo quick disclaimer, obviously mad spoilers, and also I (Ethan) used a different mic this ep and its a little scuffed sounding compared to the normal mics. Let me know if it was unbearable and I can switch back. I used it primarily to help with the filming of the review for Youtube, check it out ;-)! Welcome back Weebs! We promised y'all some extra content, extra credit if you will, and we ha...

Originally printed in the Weekly Shonen Champion magazine and written/illustrated by Paru Itagaki, Beastars has become something of s smash hit in the Anime realm. The story takes place in a modern Japan, with anthropomorphic animals running about, running the city, going to high school, and indulging in black market goods. The show was animated by CG Studio Orange and released outside of Japan on...

Welcome back Weebs! We promised y'all some extra content, extra credit if you will, and we have delivered! We are definitely liking this style, which coincidentally does comply with social distancing in this tough time. We will continue to bring you a new normal length show every Monday and now EXTRA CREDIT episodes every Thursday as well, at least while the world is shut down. Gleipnir is a...

Welcome to Demon School Iruma-kun was originally serialized in the Weekly Shonen Champion magazine beginning in 2017 written by Akita Shoten. Iruma-kun gained some traction and the anime adaptation was announced alongside Beastars in February of 2019. Bandai Namco Pictures animated the show for anime consumption, which is available from streaming on Crunchyroll. Plot  "The story follows Iruma...

This is our first episode about MHA and it comes at sort of a strange time in the franchise. We see the MHA world with the massive void that All Might's retirement has left and the world looking for a new status quo. We see the villains emboldened by the All Might sized gap in the heroes forces and are even introduced to some new villains and organizations along the way.  As you know if you f...

This week, the Weebologists tackle spring 2020 anime to try and pick up the bangers in what seems like a sparse season. While Tower of God and Gleipnir seem to be the stand outs this season, the rest definitely looks to be a season of continuations and big returning shows carrying spring forward. In the midst of covid-19 causing havoc around the globe, and this self-isolation situation seeming lik...

This week your Weebologists are joined by the Two Guys in a Warehouse podcast to start up another round of Pitches. This week Alex (@Professor_Otaku) and Dylan (@tgwpodcast) pitch is Rage of Bahamut produced by MAPPA, recently did Dororo, from 2014. This adventure fantasy has 12 episodes and a 7.40 on MAL so it definitely appears to be a potential slapper! This show is actually based off a card co...

This week Ethan poses the question "Is Gon the True MC of Hunter X Hunter?" We tried to put Gon up against some of the great Shounen protagonists of all time and compare and contrast. To me, this is Ethan, Gon just doesn't feel like the MC there is something holding him back. We talk character motivations, goals, and character growth and how those characteristics shadow a Main Chara...

This week your favorite professors are revisiting our pitches from episode 36, Megalobox and Jormungand! Megalo box was is a show from 2018 produced by TMS Entertainment consisting of 13 episodes. TMS has been responsible for some of the best anime in history including Akira, Lupin the third, Kenichi the Mightiest Disciple, Case Closed Detective Conan, and of course the number 1 show of 2019 Dr. S...

Batman Ninja was an ambitious project released in 2018, this film watched like a love letter to Japanese culture through the lease of one of the most beloved Western IPs ever! We ask the question does it Anime as an attempt to differentiate whether anime is a style or simply the location the film originates from. This piece was produced by Warner Bros. in conjunction with Kamikaze Douga bringing t...

Welcome back to class everyone, we are so happy to have Haikyuu back for season 4 this year! Coming off an extremely strong season 3 we are picking up with the Karasuno High Crows as they head toward the Spring tournament. The last episode of season 3 had Takeda-sensei gathering the team in the gym and telling Kageyama that he had been selected to the Youth National Development team. We pick up fr...

This week Ethan and Rick are joined by another long time friend of ours to talk about one of the absolute best shows of 2019 in detail. Mob Psycho returned for its sophomore campaign after an extremely successful freshman outing which brought the characters of Shigeo Kageyama "Mob" and Reigan Arataka to us in an interesting world dominated by super powerful psychics and an evil organizat...

This week we went all in on Ethan's favorite show of 2019, Dr. Stone. This show was produced TMS Entertainment and has been serialized in Shonen Jump since March of 2017. The series centers around Senku and his goal to revive humanity from a mysterious event causing all of humanity to be encased in stone. We talked through some of the criticisms of the shows, some things we thought could have...

This week your Weebologists are back at it again with potentially our favorite segments, the splendiferous Pitch or Ditch and the Worst of Weeb (still a working title). We start off the episode by thanking our reviewers on Apple Podcasts! Special shoutout to googe it dog, Econ93, SlurrySlinger, kingderah, PK Yeet, MCvetmed, joncon10, Physique Brah, and Weebengineer! Seriously y'all we can&apo...

This week your favorite weebologists talk about a series that seems to have quite the cult following, Akame Ga Kill. This was a show from the Summer 2014 season of anime by White Fox studio. The show follows Tatsumi, a country bumpkin with designs on becoming a hero in the big city and sending lots of money back to his poor rural village. Very quickly Tatsumi is swallowed up in the big city and al...

Today we are joined by some new friendos in the Anime podcasting space the Anime Compost team. Max, Paul, and Eddie tell us how their podcast started and some of the things they like best about hosting a show. We honestly covered a pretty serious chunk of topics and had a complete blast with them. The biggest portion of this episode we did another installment of our patented Over/ Underrated serie...

This week the Weebologists tackle the Top 5 Anime of 2019, as decided by us. Each of us did a video over on our YouTube channel. Check out Ricky's video here ! Check out Ethan's video here ! Ricky put in some insane work on that video so super props to the boy! Who's list do you agree with more? We justify our choices on this episode of the cast and jostle for righteousness. We than...

The Weebologists are joined once again by Dannie from Anime Summit Podcast to talk about Haikyu!! and sport anime in general! Haikyu! tells the story of Shōyō Hinata's mission to be the number one ace on the volleyball court and his journey playing for the Karasuno High Crows! This show has gained massive popularity among fans all over the community and even transcends the boundaries of genre...