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Bakacast #296 – Gratuitous Car Wash

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Oh right, the Bakuon dude does porn.

On this episode of Bakacast, Bakuon 4 and 5 give us the starkest contrast between two consecutive episodes that we’ve ever seen. Meanwhile, Gundam Thunderbolt remains consistently amazing and consistently sad.

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Time Index

  • 01:53 – Bakuon 5
  • 10:13 – Flying Witch 4
  • 15:11 – Gundam Unicorn RE:0096 5
  • 22:03 – Hero Academy 5
  • 26:05 – JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable 5
  • 31:32 – Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress 2 & 3
  • 42:42 – Gundam Thunderbolt 4
  • 51:37 – Lion Heart (Girls’ Generation | Lion Heart)

Bakacast #295 – Family Bonding Through Black Magic

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Blood rituals are thicker than water.

On this episode of Bakacast, we run the full emotional gauntlet. Bakuon takes us to the highest of highs only for Macross Delta to drop us to the lowest of lows. On the plus side, Macross can’t hurt us ever again, as we’ve decided to switch to Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress. Unfortunately, Project Ice looms on the horizon…

Please email listener questions to bakacast[at]projectharuhi.net or leave them in the comments below.

Time Index

  • 01:51 – Bakuon 4
  • 09:56 – Hero Academy 4
  • 15:49 – Flying Witch 3
  • 21:04 – JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable 4
  • 26:59 – Gundam Unicorn RE:0096 4
  • 33:53 – Macross Delta 3
  • 56:38 – Persona 3 Movie 3: Falling Down
  • 1:09:45 – Listener Questions
  • 1:30:13 – Mister (Kara | Revolution)

Bakacast #294 – Everyone is Terrible

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Kill them all and focus on the side characters.

Why did this episode take so long to come out? Because I was buying a car a decade younger than my old one, which was slowly becoming a dying husk. This one actually has working AC, so I won’t melt into a puddle on my way to work anymore.

Please email listener questions to bakacast[at]projectharuhi.net or leave them in the comments below.

Time Index

  • 01:29 – Bakuon 3
  • 06:00 – Flying Witch 2
  • 11:29 – Gundam Unicorn RE:0096 2
  • 20:14 – JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable 3
  • 28:56 – Macross Delta 3
  • 41:35 – Hero Academy 3
  • 47:35 – Big Order 1
  • 57:17 – Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt 3
  • 1:06:37 – Listener Questions
  • 1:30:13 – Prime Directive (remix by Manji | Metroid Prime)

Bakacast #293 – The Gang’s All Here

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Megan’s back, so let’s pose as a team.

Yeah, that’s right. Megan is finally back on the podcast, which means I’m going to be blushing 1000% more often. It also means that–thanks to the giant list of shows we watched–this particular episode is back to the 2-hour length of yesteryear. If this fills you with terror and dread, don’t worry, it won’t last for long. If this makes you very happy, well, enjoy this horrendously long episode while you can< I guess. Please email listener questions to bakacast[at]projectharuhi.net or leave them in the comments below.

Time Index

  • 01:52 – Rakugo 13
  • 05:54 – Ace Attorney 2
  • 12:01 – Bakuon 2
  • 16:27 – Hero Academy 2
  • 21:27 – Bungou Stray Dogs 2
  • 24:49 – Concrete Revolutio 14
  • 32:35 – Flying Witch 1
  • 40:30 – JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable 2
  • 50:52 – Joker Game 2
  • 56:30 – Kiznaiver 1
  • 1:02:38 – Gundam Unicorn RE:0096 2
  • 1:07:59 – Kuromukuro 1
  • 1:15:28 – Sakamoto desu ga? 1
  • 1:18:57 – Ushio to Tora 28
  • 1:23:01 – Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt 2
  • 1:33:04 – Macross Delta 2
  • 1:44:07 – Listener Questions
  • 2:07:13 – I Want You (Savage Garden | JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable)

Bakacast #292 – Please Don’t Hurt Turtles

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What have turtles ever done to you, Araki?

With winter finally gone, JoJo’s season has finally arrived, bringing with it another JoJo’s. On this podcast, we watch JoJo’s and talk about JoJo’s. There are some other anime that aired, I guess, but they don’t really matter.

Please email listener questions to bakacast[at]projectharuhi.net or leave them in the comments below.

Time Index

  • 00:56 – Ace Attorney 1
  • 09:29 – Bakuon 1
  • 14:13 – Hero Academy 1
  • 19:26 – Bungou Stray Dogs 1
  • 23:43 – Endride 1
  • 28:20 – JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable 1
  • 35:32 – Joker Game 1
  • 44:09 – Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress 1
  • 54:33 – Kuma Miko 1
  • 1:03:59 – Gundam Unicorn RE:0096 1
  • 1:16:19 – Space Battleship Yamato 2199 23 – 26

Bakacast #291 – Everything Is Sad Now

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To be fair, it’s been moderately sad for a while.

On this final episode of the 2016 Winter season, we have a sudden upgrade in audio quality! If you’re wondering what brought this on, the answer is, “The much easier but lower quality method we were using previously no longer reliably works with Skype.” So now everyone is individually recording their audio tracks in Audacity, and I’m stitching it all together. Hopefully this will end up making the podcast nicer to listen to.

Please email listener questions to bakacast[at]projectharuhi.net or leave them in the comments below.

Time Index

  • 02:45 – Durarara 36
  • 10:55 – Dimension W 12
  • 17:02 – Boku Dake 12
  • 32:18 – Shōwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjū 12
  • 36:34 – God Eater 11 – 13
  • 41:52 – Gundam: Iron Blooded Orphans catch-up
  • 44:59 – Scars of Time – Metal Cover (by RichardEB | Chrono Cross)

Bakacast #290 – Now You’re Thinking With Portals

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And also murdering with portals.

We’re getting closer to the end of the season, which means that the shows we’re watching are starting to get more overly dramatic. For Dimension W, this means more murder. For Rakugo, this means more crying. And for Baku Dake, this means “keikaku doori” plot developments.

Please email listener questions to bakacast[at]projectharuhi.net or leave them in the comments below.

Time Index

  • 01:03 – Durarara 35
  • 05:10 – Dimension W 11
  • 09:16 – Boku Dake 11
  • 17:40 – Akagami no Shirayuki-hime 23
  • 24:09 – Shōwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjū 11
  • 26:40 – Space Battleship Yamato 2199 21 & 22
  • 33:27 – Garo: Crimson Moon catch-up
  • 37:42 – Spring 2016 preview
  • 44:59 – Killing Floor (Blues Saraceno | Rebel Galaxy)

Bakacast #289 – An Actually Good Princess

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It sure took long enough.

I have a big backlog of podcasts to work through, and Bakacast is at the top of that list. So expect another episode to come out shortly. I am going to be productive even if it kills me (or prevents me from playing video games, which is almost like death). Oh yeah, on this episode we talk about Iron-Blooded Orphans.

Please email listener questions to bakacast[at]projectharuhi.net or leave them in the comments below.

Time Index

  • 03:13 – Durarara 34
  • 07:52 – Dimension W 10
  • 14:32 – Boku Dake 10
  • 20:47 – Akagami no Shirayuki-hime 22
  • 23:03 – Shōwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjū 10
  • 29:23 – Space Battleship Yamato 2199 19 & 20
  • 37:02 – Gundam: Iron-Blood Orphans catch-up
  • 44:59 – Rise (by OVERWERK | Conquer)

Bakacast #288 – Double Bluff

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They know that we know that they know.

Normally this is where I’d try to put something even halfway informative about what happens in this recording, but I’m about to go to work and have two more of these to edit and post anyway; so I’m guessing y’all won’t mind if just don’t bother.

Please email listener questions to bakacast[at]projectharuhi.net or leave them in the comments below.

Time Index

  • 01:34 – Dimension W 9
  • 05:45 – Boku Dake 9
  • 14:10 – Akagami no Shirayuki-hime 21
  • 17:49 – Shōwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjū 9
  • 21:40 – God Eater 10
  • 24:33 – Space Battleship Yamato 2199 17 & 18
  • 38:45 – Tsukihana (JAM Project | Garo: Crimson Moon)

Bakacast #287 – Iron-Blooded Vampires

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Hey, have I mentioned I like Shinobu yet?

On this episode of Bakacast, we review a bunch of shows that are fine, I guess, but YO, THAT KIZUMONOGATARI MOVIE IS PRETTY LEGIT, YOU GUYS! The short version is that I loved it, but if you want the long version, I decided to record a separate part of this podcast later in the evening so Megan could join Ben and I. You’ll find that recording (where we talk about the movie for over 40 minutes) stapled to what would normally be the end of our usual podcast. This was partly to make editing easier, but mostly to let people listen to this episode as normal and turn it off at the end if they want to avoid getting spoiled on the movie.

Please email listener questions to bakacast[at]projectharuhi.net or leave them in the comments below.

Time Index

  • 01:58 – Durarara 32
  • 06:48 – Dimension W 8
  • 11:58 – Boku Dake 8
  • 17:08 – Akagami no Shirayuki-hime 20
  • 21:32 – Shōwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjū 8
  • 27:14 – Space Battleship Yamato 2199 15 & 16
  • 40:17 – Kizumonogatari Part 1: Tekketsu
  • 1:02:09 – Mathemagics of the Tiger (mashup by Triple Q | Owarimonogatari x Rocky)