We are excited to have baker and author Abi Balingit (@theduskykitchen) with us to talk X-Files, cute girls who cook, the Harper Collins Union (@hcpunion) strike, and her debut cookbook Mayumu (LINK)! Pre-orders are now live!

In this episode, we talk all 12 episodes of Gourmet Girl Graffiti as well as Abi's baking origin story. We share our mutual love of the X-FIles and the feelings of imposter syndrome. Most importantly we are just so hungry watching this delightful slice of life.


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It's the finale of Trigun, and we think we have a certified classic on our hands! Also this week: Gundam, Urusei Yatsura, No Go-Bots!
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Is the best episode of Paranoia Agent a standalone story, and what does that say about Satoshi Kon's work in film vs tv? Also this week: Andrew does some retro gaming, Kaiju No. 8, and we debate if Transformers is anime.

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We are watching episodes 13-18 of Dororo (2019)! This guy kills Demons! This Other Person helps said killer man with social situations and morality! Demon Killer Man has to grow emotionally! Treasure Drama! Prepare for next week's Anime Story Death Spiral (TM)
 
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We are watching episodes 7-12 of Dororo (2019)! This guy kills Demons! This Other Person helps said killer man with social situations and morality! Family Drama! You get the picture. This show has really exceeded our expectations so far
 
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We are watching episodes 1-6 of Dororo (2019)! This guy was born with no skin! Or ears! Or nose! Or Arms! You get the picture. This is a new adaptation of Osamu Tezuka late '60s manga/anime.
[Editor's Note: We tried a new editing style this week so please let us know if it is good different or bad different!]
 
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2019 in Anime has been an interesting year! Tim and Andrew talk about their favorite moments of the year and give away some meaningless awards!
 
There will be spoilers all over for these series:
SSSS.Gridman
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Gundam: Iron Blooded Orphans
Darling in the Franxx
Mobile Fighter G Gundam
The Big O
Keijo!!!!!!!!
Mobile Suit Gundam Wing
Yu-Gi-Oh (Season 1)
Gundam Seed
One Piece
Full Metal Alchemist
Jojo's Bizarre Adventure
Hunter x Hunter
Gintama
Legends of Galactic Heros
Dr. Stone
My Hero Academia
Carole and Tuesday
Violet Evergarden
Mob Psycho
Madoka
Re:ZERO
Kimetsu no Yaiba
Fire Force
One Punch Man
Vinland Saga
Ouran Highschool Host Club
Food Wars!
Revolutionary Girl Utena
Code Geass
Citrus
Gunbuster
Kids on the Slope
Kiki's Delivery Service
Paprika
The Promised Neverland
 
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Well we weren't wrong about this being a dark show! Tim and Andrew are examining what happened with this season and if season 2 is worth a look!
 
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Wow, we are starting off the holiday season with a real dark show. Tim and Andrew are examining what happens when children discover they are demon food. Also huge brains on these kids
 
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[Editor's Note: We do want to warn our listeners that in this series there are depictions/discussions of suicide.]
 
We are finishing our first isakai, Re:Zero! We also are joined by @laura_grasso for the last time (And we loved having her on)! We debate the ending of the series and talk about where they could go from here!
 
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[Editor's Note: We do want to warn our listeners that in this series there are depictions/discussions of suicide.]
 
We are continuing our first isakai, Re:Zero! We also are joined by @laura_grasso AND Tim! The whole series is really starting to pick up and we get to see Subaru at his lowest
 
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[Editor's Note: We do want to warn our listeners that in this episode there are depictions/discussions of suicide.]
 
We are continuing our first isakai, Re:Zero! We also are joined by @laura_grasso AND Tim is back from being sick this week. We dig into Subaru's growth or lack there of in these episodes and find out what the heck is up with Rem and Ram.
 
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[Editor's Note: We do want to warn our listeners that in the upcoming episodes there are depictions of suicide.]
 
We are starting our first isakai, Re:Zero! We also are joined by @laura_grasso as Tim is sick this week. We will have her joining us for the whole season, and Tim will be back with us once he is feeling better!
 
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Paranoia Agent gets even bleaker as it explores how someone justifies monstrous actions. There's also a fantastical trip into a magical world! Also this week: Char's Counterattack, D. Gray-Man, and watching anime in a theater.

Content Warning:

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[Editor's Note: Due to some sickness related stuff, this episode is a week late. We talk about Anime NYC, which has already happened since this is being published.]
 
We are watching the third movie in the Puella Magi Madoka Magica: The Movie series, Rebellion. It's a mixed bag. We also talk some Dr. Stone, Sound of Music, and MyAnimeList show ratings.
 
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We are finishing up the series Puella Magi Madoka Magica! Tim and Andrew have some very different takes on how good the series as a whole is, but we promise it stays civil. It will be interesting to see how the movie next week impacts our views. Also we did not notice in the recording, Tim forgot to even rate the series! So get after him on twitter for a rating
We talk some Dr. Stone, My Hero Academia, Gundam Seed, Neon Genesis Evangelion, and Jojo's. We take some tangents with the new Watchmen series and The Rose Tattoo on Broadway.
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We are starting Puella Magi Madoka Magica! We are flipping the magical girl genre on its head! We also talk about the Extra Life 2019 Live Stream we are doing here
We talk some My Hero Academia (Boku No Hero Academia), Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba, Vinland Saga, Himouto! Umaru-chan, and Dr. Stone
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We are continuing with Carole & Tuesday! It's time for some reality TV! We also talk about the Extra Life 2019 Live Stream we are doing here
We also talk some Warhammer, Breathe of Fire, and Aaron Carter Face Tattoos
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Carole & Tuesday, the next music based anime from Shinichiro Watanabe, has been released in part on Netflix and we are watching it! Music, lights, action! We also talk about the Extra Life 2019 Live Stream we are doing here
We were wrong in the recording about when the second part of Carole & Tuesday is coming out, We are seeing it is December 24th 2019.
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We are loving Violet Evergarden and boy does it heat up this week! We talk episode 7-13+OVA as well as some words about theater, video games, and charity. Big news as well, AWAM is now available on Spotify!
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We are moving right past Paprika into another thought provoking show, Violet Evergarden. We want to celebrate the work of KyoAni, and what a masterpiece to do it with. We talk episode 1-6 as well as some words about Carole and Tuesday. Big news as well, AWAM is now available on Spotify!
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This week we have the wonderful @laura_grasso with us to discuss the Satoshi Kon masterclass that is Paprika. Also taking notes while watching a movie is not easy. 
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Thanks for bearing with us, the editing for this week’s episode got a little weird, but we are not ones to disappoint! 
We’ve done it! We have found out who is the best boy with our final episode with Ouran Highschool Host Club! We talk about the end of the show as well as our thoughts on it as a whole.
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Here at Ouran Highschool Host Club things are finally starting to really heat up! We also talk about  Fire Force and Dr. Stone, Mob Psycho Season 2 (Spoilers end at time stamp 07:07 ), AnimeNYC event, and how to treat cosplayers. Also we are slightly off on the episodes we talk about for next episode... We thought there were 24 but instead it is 26. So we will be finishing the episodes next week.
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Satoshi Kon's career was illustrious if tragically short, and we set out to see if Paranoia Agent is yet another masterpiece from this genius director. Also this week: Apparently Chainsaw Man isn't lighthearted fun, Andrew takes One Punch too many, and we question if reviewers even watched the show.

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We are back with Ouran Highschool Host Club and get to really settle in with all the players in this show. We also talk about the first few episodes of Fire Force and Dr. Stone, Mob Psycho Season 2 (Generally no spoilers), and Fire Emblem: Three Houses.
Available in the USA on Netflix and Hulu.
 
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We are back with a new series, Ouran Highschool Host Club. It is a reverse harem that plays with many Shōjo tropes and has no problem laughing at itself. Oh did we mention that most of the characters are very rich? We also talk some about One Punch Man season 1 and Mob Psycho season 1 (not very spoilery)
 
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Sorry for being a little late we had some audio issues that needed fixed. But here we are! The audio is mostly fixed.
We talk One Punch Man Season 2, Carole and Tuesday (Feat. Thundercat), and we talk Studio Bones.
 
Today we are taking a break from all the bad Gundam to talk about one of our favorite Studio Ghibli works. The character study on display is amazing and we break it down today. How the heck did they manage to make a movie with basically one character!?!?
 
This movie is not on streaming services to our knowledge unfortunately.
 
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In today’s episode, we are covering episodes 43-49. We were bad anime boys this week and didn't watch much, but talk some Top Gear.We say goodbye to this series with well... a whimper, especially compared to how we started the series. We talk the good and mostly bad as we put this series to bed as we move on to Kiki's Delivery Service.
 
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In today’s episode, we are covering episodes 37-42. We talk about how over this series we are, as well as some One Punch Man Season 2 and Studio Ghibli talk. We also talk Mister Roger's Neighborhood and Mortal Kombat 11. Seriously there was not a lot going on this week.
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In today’s episode, we are covering episodes 31-36. Eventually. This was not a good batch of episodes, so we spent some time continuing our JoJo's journey. We also talk about some news in the Anime Industry and some of its darker side. Tweets we mention can be found here and here.
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In today’s episode, we are covering episodes 25-30. The Gundam Tournament begins! We get to see some cool new national gundams. We also talk briefly about Mob Psycho Season 2, Andrew's JoJo's journey continues, and we chat about the Gundam brand in the 90s.
 
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In today’s episode, we are covering episodes 19-25. We are almost at the Gundam Fight Tournament... But can Domon get there in time? Will Domon have a working Gundam? What will happen to ya know.... the Devil Gundam!?
 
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In today’s episode, we are covering episodes 13-18. We explore Domon and Master Asia’s relationship a bit more and also take a huge detour into talking early JoJo’s and CLAMP’s work through the years.
 
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We are starting a re-watch of America's 3rd favorite Gundam series..... Mobile Fighter G Gundam! (source tweet) We are slightly losing our minds with all these Gundams of the Week and then the force feeding of story at the end of this weeks episodes!
 
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It's the season finale of Mob Psycho, and we already know that nobody can beat Mob in a fight! But maybe there's more to winning than just having the most power. Also this week: Andrew has a War in his Pocket and Gundam discussion, and Trigun Stampede is a thing.

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We are starting a re-watch of America's 3rd favorite Gundam series..... Mobile Fighter G Gundam! (source tweet) It's all ethnic stereotypes and big robot fighting. What's not to love? Follow along as we are introduced to master angsty sad boy Domon and his mission to find a man in a torn picture.
 
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We are back with the last installment of Kids on the Slope. Love, Loss, and Jazz fighting. What more do you need?
 
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We are back with the middle installment of Kids on the Slope. Feelings are hurt! Jazz is played! Favorite things are told! Kids get drunk! Andrew eats New England clam chowder!
 
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Now that we are done with That Which Shall Not Be Named, we are back on the Good Anime Train with Kids on the Slope from Shinichirō Watanabe and music done by Yoko Kanno. The dream team really delivers in this examination of growing up in Post-Occupation Japan through Jazz.
 
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So we are back for this second installment of Keijo!!!!!!!! and somehow it was even worse. Also we have some He-Man deep cuts
 
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Keijo!!!!!!!! is terrible. Don't watch it like we did. But listen to us talk about it. Seriously, this series is a hot mess.
 
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We are back! And we have back episodes! Here we finish up the first season of Big O, and boy is it a doozy. Also there is a lot of talk about tomatoes?
Join us next week when we look at the mess that is Keijo!!!!!!!! It broke us both.
 
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Don't let the title trick you... this episode has us talking about some amazing episodes. For once the filler bit of an anime was good. This might even have the best episode of the entire series on it.  Tim and I also start to have enough information to start to draw conclusions and really dig into the world of Paradigm City.
 
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Do you like big monsters? Do you like big mecha? Do you like Batman: The Animated Series? Do you like Jazz? If you answered yes to all of that then you will love our new series, The Big O! Set in a world where everyone forgot everything 40 years ago, The Big O follows the city's top Negotiator and we will see what he can uncover and what lurks deep within the bowls of Paradigm City.
 
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Today we finish up talking about Overlord II [content warning for human trafficing and abuse; skip to 7:37] and get into the dumpster fire that is Gundam F91! This is a movie to celebrate the 10 year aniversary of the Gundam franchise. It was late and originally supposed to be a 50 episode series, so needless to say this movie is a trip.
 
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[Editors Note: Sorry about the late upload on this episode! We ran into some issues with how we automate our publishing and did not notice! Things should be all sorted now]

Conman or good guy? We uncover the real Reigen Arataka in today's episode. Also this week: Tim plays a fresh new RPG from 2002 and how to deal with your aging spine.

Next week we will be watching Mob Psycho S2 Episodes 10-13 currently streaming in the US on Crunchyroll.
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[We have had to switch podcast hosts due to some unforseen issues, sorry for how long it has taken this stuff to get resolved!]
So today you'll get to hear exactly how Tim and I feel about this season's shows in excrutiating detail. Naturally if you haven't watched some of these shows, there WILL be spoilers. But dont fret, we have some handy time stamps so you can skip the ones you want to save:
Citrus begins @ 0:08:33
Kokkoku begins @ 0:30:18
Beatless begins @ 0:33:52
Junji Ito Collection begins @ 0:42:24
Mitsuboshi Colors begins @ 0:48:01
Death March begins @ 1:01:47
Overlord II begins @ 1:03:28 [mostly was pushed back to next episode]
Hakata Tonkotsu Ramens begins @ 1:05:14
Pop Team Epic begins @ 1:09:57
Black Clover begins @ 1:11:50
Darling in the FraXX begins @ 1:20:01
Spoilers end @ 1:37:54
 
 
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So for our first series finale, we decided to explore our other interests, namely Twilight Fan Fiction. Eh who are we kidding, we wrap up the final two episodes of Food Wars! season 1 and talking about how we feel about the series as a whole. We also talk about the midseason review next week as well as the movie we are watching next week! Also there will be a post on awam.pizza going over every series that we will be talking about if you want to be all caught up for next week!
 
 
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Today's episode is all about the start of the Autumn Elections and the results from B Block. Also the parade of characters is TOO much for us!
 
 
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