It's just the trio this week, since we have maaany questions on what the hell happened in Stone Ocean episode 4. We also talk about Raiders of the Lost Ark , Outkast, the ultimate JoJo watch order, sniping, what we got for the holidays, and the mellotron. Rate us nicely on Apple Podcasts Support us on Patreon Follow us on Twitter Subscribe to us on YouTube...
Dec 29, 2021•1 hr 16 min
Look, they're all special episodes, but this week it is a very special ep. as we welcome long-time listener and correspondent, Chad, to the podcast. We go over Episode 3 of the Stone Ocean anime, "The Visitor: Part 1," and have many questions about what's to come. We also talk about fansub wars, the Miami Hurricanes, Spiderman: Shattered Dimensions, touching grass, and perhaps the most important physical characteristic of a JoJo's character ever. Check out Chad's Facebook pages here: http://face...
Dec 22, 2021•1 hr 47 min
The first Stand battle of Stone Ocean is an instant classic. We have returning guest Elliot ( @nameoftheyear) on to talk about Episode 2, "Prisoner FE40536: Jolyne Cujoh." We also talk about Blaseball, truck driving, loan words, FREEDOM as identity, Disneyland's bird population, The Nutty Professor , and the new character in the JoJo battle royale game. Rate us nicely on Apple Podcasts Support us on Patreon Follow us on Twitter...
Dec 15, 2021•1 hr 52 min
JoJo's is back, baby! We finally sink our teeth into Stone Ocean and remember what we love about JoJo's. We'll be doing one episode a week, so this time it's just JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean, Episode 1 - Stone Ocean. We also talk about achieving your dreams, the plea bargain system, Weezer, cups on strings, "fap fingers," and what to expect from the rest of Part 6. Rate us nicely on Apple Podcasts Support us on Patreon Follow us on Twitter...
Dec 08, 2021•1 hr 19 min
[Ranma 1/2 talk starts at 35:24] One more blast to the past before getting back into JoJo: we watched Ranma 1/2 for the pod this week. We also talk about gender switcharoo movies, tsundere characters, True Detective Season 2, Tom & Jerry, Gremlins, and old dance music. Rate us nicely on Apple Podcasts Support us on Patreon Follow us on Twitter...
Dec 01, 2021•1 hr 28 min
Perhaps an appropriate run-up to JoJo's return, we watched the ridiculous, muscle-bound anime Baki (2018) this week. We also talk about coaching trees, '90s sitcoms, jungling, boiling crabs, and Speculoos. Rate us nicely on Apple Podcasts Support us on Patreon Follow us on Twitter
Nov 25, 2021•1 hr 28 min
Lots of good stuff this week on the pod - we start out by covering the flood of JoJo news that has come in, and then we take a look at popular 2016 time-travel anime, "Erased." We also talk about what makes the Mad Hatter mad, what the most popular animes are, what makes something "trashy," The Butterfly Effect , The Gorillaz, and what "toggle coats" are. Rate us nicely on Apple Podcasts Support us on Patreon Follow us on Twitter...
Nov 18, 2021•1 hr 28 min
The gang gets some 00s fansub nostalgia this week, as we discuss the entirety of the series "Rec" from 2006. We also talk about the Spanish horror movie REC , Mikey of Life cereal fame, Audrey Hepburn movies, romanization of Japanese, Sylvester Stallone, fansub translator's notes, and the size of homes. Rate us nicely on Apple Podcasts Support us on Patreon Follow us on Twitter...
Nov 11, 2021•1 hr 7 min
The JoJo's Bizarre Podcast gang knocks out another Studio Ghibli movie this week, as we discuss our feelings on Whisper of the Heart , from 1995. We also talk about how Halloween went, donut-hole towns, The Jungle, and the Japanese' dislike for freckles. Rate us nicely on Apple Podcasts Support us on Patreon Follow us on Twitter...
Nov 03, 2021•1 hr 18 min
[Warning: We discuss sexual assault in media quite a bit on this episode] Something decisively different this week - we checked out modernized, '80s crime manga adaptation, Banana Fish, on the pod this week. We go over its B-Movie leanings and try to figure out if it's a yaoi work or not. We also talk about FMKs, the Biggie/Tupac beef, obsolete problems on Seinfeld, how many people are needed to form a gang, foreigner names in Japanese, and the film Blood In, Blood Out/Bound by Honor . Rate us n...
Oct 27, 2021•1 hr 18 min
This week, the pod gang talks about the super weird and kinda dark anime from the Fall 2012 season (the one that isn't JoJo's ), "From the New World," AKA "Shin Sekai Yori." We also talk about Halloween plans, how to depict telekinesis, camping hygiene, how hands feel, and if this anime is really Stone Ocean. Rate us nicely on Apple Podcasts Support us on Patreon Follow us on Twitter...
Oct 20, 2021•1 hr 16 min
[Content warning for suicide, bullying, ableism] It's a long one this week, and it's also an episode that is about as serious as we get. We watched 2016's A Silent Voice for the podcast this week, and we also talk about musical greeting cards, Krillin onesies, Squand, Clark Westfield, Marlee Matlin, and if women talk about each others' boobs. Deafness in Japan links mentioned by Marc: Japan: An insight from the Japanese Federation of the Deaf How does the Japanese society see and treat deaf peop...
Oct 13, 2021•2 hr 31 min
It's time these JJBPod dorks watch another sports anime - it's "Ace of Diamond" this week on the podcast...or "Ace of the Diamond," depending whom you ask. We also talk about what 2D and 3D shows we've been watching, the sports we played when we were little, Bernie Williams, the mercy rule of sports, and why we need a shounen anime about coding.
Oct 06, 2021•1 hr 19 min
On this episode, the JJBPod crew checks out what some are already calling the year's best anime, Odd Taxi . We also talk about who the MVP of "We Are the World" is, if taxis are better than rideshares, boomer memes, what a honeypot is, and Go Go Curry. Rate us nicely on Apple Podcasts Support us on Patreon Follow us on Twitter...
Sep 30, 2021•1 hr 49 min
A rare occurence on JoJo's Bizarre Podcast this week, as we continue to watch an anime that is not JoJo. We watched four more episodes of "Aku no Hana" (eps. 5-8) and wouldn't you know it, the show just gets more intense! We also talk about how to impress your date, what TV shows normal people watch, middle school dating, the band Midori, high school memories, schoolwork dittos, and the movie Collateral . Rate us nicely on Apple Podcasts Support us on Patreon Follow us on Twitter...
Sep 22, 2021•1 hr 39 min
We return to romantic comedy land for this week, as we watch Kaguya-Sama: Love is War (Episodes 1, 3, and 5). We also talk about how to pronounce town names based on indigenous american words, what anime genre terms we remember, Seina from Terrace House, the limits of 20 Questions, breaking up with someone on your friend's behalf, and "the yips." Rate us nicely on Apple Podcasts Support us on Patreon Follow us on Twitter...
Sep 15, 2021•1 hr 30 min
Time to weigh in on a polarizing show: it's the first half of our Aku no Hana/Flowers of Evil coverage here on JoJo's Bizarre Podcast. We also talk about what "BTS" means, Donda , Jewish summer camps, The Strand, Shiva the goddess, and the appeal of a deathbed. Rate us nicely on Apple Podcasts Support us on Patreon Follow us on Twitter...
Sep 08, 2021•1 hr 37 min
Time for the JoJo's Bizarre Podcast gang to talk about Evangelion for the last (lol) time. We watched the awkwardly-named, fourth Rebuild of Evangelion movie for the pod this week, Evangelion 3.0+1.01. It's on Amazon Prime and boy oh boy is it a doozy. We also talk about what a musical coda is, Blazing Saddles, Sesame Street , Three Dog Night, Christmas songs, Boba Fett, Dark , and Windows 98 Solitaire.
Sep 01, 2021•1 hr 17 min
[Skip to 27:00 for Mushishi talk] Myles in back in the flesh! This time to talk about the cozy yet strange anime, Mushishi (2005). We also talk about the top 5 states in the US, ghost stories, Constantine , Myles' brother, all the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure news, Trick Daddy, and Modern Love . Rate us nicely on Apple Podcasts Support us on Patreon Follow us on Twitter...
Aug 25, 2021•1 hr 32 min
[Skip to 21:40 for actual Tenshi Muyo OVA talk] We get to visit another '90s classic this week as we finally watch Tenchi Muyo! (the OVA series, Episodes 1-3). We also talk about the confusing Tenchi Muyo! series as a whole, the newly-revealed JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean characters, Evangelion iceberg videos, rat tails, the definition of side-boob, and Super Princess Peach. Rate us nicely on Apple Podcasts Support us on Patreon Follow us on Twitter...
Aug 11, 2021•1 hr 31 min
[Go to ~29:00 to skip email readings etc.] On JJBPod this week, we go back in time to see the prequel to one of our favorite old OVAs - we saw Vampire Hunter D (No, not Bloodlust , but we did cover that on Episode 172.) We also talk about Metallica's One, Shin Godzilla , LA's Koreatown, Imelda Marcos, Inspectah Deck, Shane , and the video for Michael & Janet Jackson's "Scream." Rate us nicely on Apple Podcasts Support us on Patreon Follow us on Twitter...
Aug 05, 2021•1 hr 37 min
It's a biglong episode this week, as we dive into the gory Goblin Slayer , and talk about loads of other anime with Mason, from the Anime Addicts Anonymous podcast. (A good, hardcore anime pod that Marc guested on a few weeks ago). We also talk about The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya , if content warnings are helpful, Charles Martinet, the C.H.U.D. movies, exploitation films, and Switch from The Matrix , who unfortunately is not portrayed by Zoë Wanamaker, who played Rolanda Hooch in the Harr...
Jul 21, 2021•1 hr 42 min
The JJBPod gang takes you wayyy back to 1979, as they visit the seminal "real robot" anime, Mobile Suit Gundam. We also talk about Future Trunks, the devil dog from Chainsaw Man , Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century, real robot vs. super robot, and World War I. Rate us nicely on Apple Podcasts Support us on Patreon Follow us on Twitter...
Jul 14, 2021•1 hr 22 min
We watched the overlooked and strangely-named Spring 2021 anime, Vivy -Fluorite Eye's Song- , on the podcast this week. We also talk about the nothing JoJo announcement at Anime Expo, goth kids, Chuli the chihuahua, Nia Long, and sepak takraw. Rate us nicely on Apple Podcasts Support us on Patreon Follow us on Twitter...
Jul 07, 2021•1 hr 31 min
All kids out of the pool, it's time for an anime about grown-ups! We watched Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku on the podcast this week, and we get into a fierce(ish) debate on whether people should or should not date in the workplace. We also talk about the upcoming Anime Expo Lite, normie otaku, fujoshi, Genshiken , and dating in the workplace. Rate us nicely on Apple Podcasts Support us on Patreon Follow us on Twitter...
Jun 30, 2021•1 hr 20 min
[Skip to 37:40 to get to proper Trese talk] We go south of the anime motherland this week, as we look at Filipino-mythology-inspired show, Trese (Episodes 1-3) . We also talk about the pin-pen merger, psychopomps, trans culture in the Philippines, and by popular demand, local New Jersey transit.
Jun 23, 2021•1 hr 26 min
It's time to take a look at another Watanabe joint, as this week we watched 2014's Terror in Resonance, Episodes 1-3. You can skip to like 30 minutes in if you don't care about us reading emails. We also talk about Wet Hot American Summer , cicadas, Jolt Cola, Sigur Ros, 9/11, and The Olive Garden. Lots of 2000s era talk, eh? Rate us nicely on Apple Podcasts Support us on Patreon Follow us on Twitter...
Jun 16, 2021•1 hr 9 min
Another flashback this week, as we hop into the 2006, Hot Topic-esque anime, Death Note. We also talk about St. Mark's Place, cultural identity, Dexter, Falling Down , and what "writing" is. Rate us nicely on Apple Podcasts Support us on Patreon Follow us on Twitter
Jun 09, 2021•1 hr 27 min
Thanks to a Patreon supporter, we hop in a time machine to see a hugely popular show we missed in 2006, Code Geass. We also talk about the word "clump," Resident Evil VIIIage, Mexican-American films, "total war," and the meaning of "banzai." Rate us nicely on Apple Podcasts Support us on Patreon Follow us on Twitter...
Jun 04, 2021•1 hr 32 min
[Minor spoilers for Neon Genesis Evangelion in this episode] We actually finished a series this week! It's the back half of the 1988 GunBuster OVA, episodes 4-6. Top recommendation for this show if you like retro mecha anime, Evangelion , or both. We also talk about the passing of Kentaro Miura, Voices of a Distant Star, Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise, and The Sizzler restaurant chain. Rate us nicely on Apple Podcasts Support us on Patreon Follow us on Twitter...
May 27, 2021•1 hr 39 min