Bakacast #333 – Time to Grow Up

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All good things must come to an end, even Little Witch Academia and Eccentric Family. We bid farewell to these to excellent shows the only way we know how: by analyzing them with far too much depth.

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Time Index

  • 01:27 – Seikaisuru Kado 11
  • 13:50 – Alice to Zouroku 12
  • 23:39 – Little Witch Academia 25
  • 36:52 – My Hero Academy 26
  • 45:32 – Eccentric Family S2 12
  • 55:09 – Rage of Bahamut: Virgin Soul 12
  • 1:02:56  Listener questions

Bakacast #331 – You Are the Worst at Stealth

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On this episode of Bakacast, Aaron, Ben and I discuss the full implications of Seikaisuru Kado going completely buck wild and what it maybe should have payed more attention to. Also, I propose my theory for an alternate reading of Little Witch’s themes, Rage of Bahamut gives us one of the few tragic-backstory flashbacks I’ve seen done well in anime, and Ben and I break down the highs and lows of Gundam Thunderbolt’s seventh episode.

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Time Index

  • 01:41 – Seikaisuru Kado 9
  • 19:47 – Alice to Zouroku 10
  • 24:09 – Little Witch Academia 23
  • 48:07 – My Hero Academy 24
  • 56:19 – Rage of Bahamut: Virgin Soul 10
  • 1:04:55 – Eccentric Family S2 10
  • 1:11:19 – Mobile Suit Gundam: Thunderbolt 7

Bakacast #329 – Favaro 2.0

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It’s finally happened. Our favorite doofus from the original season of Rage of Bahamut has come back to grace our screens. Everything is now right with the world (save for Amira still being locked away forever, but I’ll take what I can get). Also on this episode: we spend about 20 minutes thoroughly dissecting Kado, and I–in complete seriousness–compare Eccentric Family with Bakemonogatari.

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Time Index

  • 01:42 – Seikaisuru Kado
  • 22:28 – Alice to Zouroku 8
  • 30:54 – Little Witch Academia 21
  • 36:33 – My Hero Academy 22
  • 44:47 – Rage of Bahamut: Virgin Soul 8
  • 54:20 – Eccentric Family S2 8
  • 1:05:28 – More Re-Creators

Bakacast #327 – Kadomari Damacy

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On this episode of Bakacast, Aaron, Ben and I once again have a lot of fun diving deep into Seikaisuru’s events, implications and eccentricities. But you know what really makes me happy? The episode of Little Witch we review this time is focused on Diana, aka the best character in the show. I finally get a chance to elucidate my interpretation of her character and motivations, and you better believe I took that chance and ran with it.

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Time Index

  • 01:37 – Seikaisuru Kado 6
  • 15:43 – Alice to Zouroku 6
  • 21:07 – Little Witch Academia 19
  • 29:49 – My Hero Academy 20
  • 37:39 – Eccentric Family S2 6
  • 42:49 – Rage of Bahamut: Virgin Soul 5-6

Bakacast #326 – The Fall of Benten

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On this episode of Bakacast, I over-indulge the literary critic inside me. But can you really blame me, when Seikaisuru Kado, Eccentric Family and Gundam Thunderbolt all air in the same season and give me so much juicy writing to pick apart and savor? Sometimes anime is pretty okay.

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Time Index

  • 02:31 – Seikaisuru Kado 5
  • 14:10 – Little Witch Academia 18
  • 19:51 – My Hero Academy 19
  • 29:14 – Eccentric Family S2 5
  • 37:16 – Gundam Thunderbolt 6

Bakacast #325 – Please Don’t Give Teens Swords

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On this episode of Bakacast, we finally get around to talking about the new Mobile Suit Gundam: Thunderbolt episodes. Turns out we still love Thunderbolt, y’all. Also discussed on this episode: the tactical usage of summoned hands, why Seikaisuru Kado not having character arcs is actually okay, and now Nina from Rage of Bahamut is slowly growing on us.

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Time Index

  • 02:11 – Alice to Zouroku 4 & 5
  • 12:06 – Seikaisuru Kado 3 & 4
  • 20:43 – Little Witch Academia 16 & 17
  • 33:01 – My Hero Academy 17 & 18
  • 35:28 – Gundam Thunderbolt
  • 43:40 – Rage of Bahamut: Virgin Soul 3 & 4
  • 54:29 – Eccentric Family S2 3 & 4
  • 1:11:43 – Listener questions

Bakacast #324 – The Friendly Hypercube

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As the spring season leaves the honeymoon phase, we start to turn a more critical eye toward some of the shows that have made it this far. And by “some of the shows” I mostly mean just Grimoire of Zero. And by “we” I mostly mean myself. On the bright side, I do catch up with Seikaisuru Kado and find myself impressed by it. Also, Ben kept his word from last week and marathoned Kemono Friends. Did he enjoy it? Will he pass on the infection to me, as well? Stay tuned for the answer. (It’s “yes.” The answer is “yes.”)

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Time Index

  • 01:27 – Alice to Zouroku 3
  • 12:08 – Seikaisuru Kado 0-2
  • 21:41 – Little Witch Academia 15
  • 29:44 – My Hero Academy 16
  • 35:06 – Eccentric Family S2 2
  • 41:00 – Rage of Bahamut: Virgin Soul 2
  • 48:17 – Grimoire of Zero 1-2 (DROPPED)
  • 53:52 – Ben’s analyzes Kemono Friends
  • 58:50 – Listener questions

Bakacast #323 – The Horniest Dragon

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Spring season week two reviews.

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Time Index

  • 06:05 – Little Witch Academia 13 & 14
  • 18:22 – My Hero Academy 15
  • 25:54 – Alice to Zouroku 2
  • 37:17 – Sakura Quest 2 (DROPPED)
  • 40:25 – Eccentric Family S2 1
  • 46:54 – Rage of Bahamut: Virgin Soul 1
  • 52:02 – Ben’s review corner
  • 1:07:40 – Your Name review