It’s the very first edition of ANIME MOVIE NIGHT (night, night night)! A brand new show idea where we sit down and watch an Anime Movie and talk about our immediate impressions. To kick us off this week we watched the Anime Classic Akira directed by creator Katsuhiro Otomo. It’s Tetsuo vs. Kaneda and we take the time to compare the changes in the manga version as well. So toon in now!
325. Burn the Witch
Tite Kubo’s new manga/anime project Burn the Witch takes a look at the magical realm in London through the Wing Bind organization or better known as Soul Society Western Branch. Creating a world of Witches, Dragons, Spells and Fairytales we get brand new characters and scenarios that we are excited to talk about and speculate about in the future! Toon in now!
324. Scrooge: A Christmas Carol
The most adapted story in all of media, we have a brand new version of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol this time courtesy of Netflix Animation. Scrooge takes a much closer look at the titular character and the past events that lead him down the road of being not-so-good to his fellow man. Complete with a very stellar soundtrack and musical performances. Toon in NOW!
323. Animated Movies Coming in 2023
This week we have a run-down of all the 24 animated movies coming out in 2023! That’s right there’s another year down in animation already and we’re ready to check out the details of all the upcoming features we have to look forward to! Thanks to Cartoon Brew for supplying the information used in this episode!
322. Owl House Season 3×01
The Owl House is in it’s final run with 3 hour long specials to wrap up the shows third and final season and we’re here for the Halloween themed Episode 1. Luz and her friends are in the Human Realm dealing with the lingering events of season 2 and trying to get back to the Boiling Isles. All while an old villain creeps in the background. Toon in now to hear what we thought!
321. Tokyo Revengers
Tokyo Revengers is a crazy anime that has brought a very niche genre of Delinquent Manga into the mainstream by throwing in a little bit of TIME TRAVEL! Yeah it’s a crazy show that keeps throwing twists and turns to keep you guessing as to just what the heck the main characters are fighting against. Is it merely destiny? Or something more?
320. Cyberpunk Edgerunners
Cyberpunk 2077 has new life in the form of TRIGGER’s Cyberpunk Edgerunners! This Netflix Exclusive has it all, cyborgs, harsh language, sexy women and tons of excessive gore and blood. A true call back to the era where Cyberpunk got it’s most notoriety. It only helps that they got one of the best Anime Studios in the business to help steer the franchise in the right direction. Toon in now!
319. Scooby-Doo Zombie Island Trilogy
Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island was a triumphant return for the Mystery Inc Gang and the subsequent Witch’s Ghost and Alien Invaders set up some other memorable moments of the Scooby universe. So let’s Toon In and talk about these movies and what they meant for a lot of people’s childhoods on this Halloween week!
318. Primal Season 2
Primal is BACK! Season 2 of Genndy Tartokavsky’s current magnum opus has aired and we have Julian Hester from the “What’s in My Head” Podcast this week and we geek out all over again about one of our favorite showrunners and one of the best shows on the air today. Spear and Fang dive through an adventure in time. Toon in now!
317. Bleach Returns!
This week Steven comes by for one more fan moment about our favorite returning Shonen, BLEACH! Bleach 1000 Blood War started this week and we wanted to gush all about it and the other great anime that started up this fall and the great stuff coming at the start of 2023. We also take a nerdy dive into some fan fictioned Bankai! So have a listen for all that!
316. Star Trek: Lower Decks – Seasons 1 & 2
Resident Cartoon junkie is joined by resident Trekkie Brian Barrow to talk about Lower Decks and how it became my favorite current Star Trek Show. Let’s dive deep in the USS Cerritos and get all nerdy about Star Trek this week on the AD Podcast!
315. Rise of the TMNT Season 1
It’s high time we talk about Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on this show, but it’s not gonna be the one you expect! That’s right it’s time for Rise of the TMNT Season 1. We cover this Flying Bark Productions warts and all and why even the most purist of TMNT fans really should give this show a chance! Toon in now!