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Thomas and Mary here! Follow us for new episodes of Anime Doubleplay. Here we discuss everything in the anime world by engaging in fun but interesting conversation. Give us a listen to learn more and hit us up with any questions or feedback! More is yet to come!

Mary and Thomas Awad


    • May 19, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 314 EPISODES


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    Episode 314: Pour some out for Mangadex

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2025 74:59


    Back with more anime and manga than you can imagine! Actually only 10 as we review someone's top ten anime of all time. We do take some time to remember what we lost in Mangadex...and the end of Bleach. How do we always end up talking about Bleach?

    Episode 313: Breaking Down Monster

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2025 151:01


    Thomas and Ganon11 give us their thoughts on Monster. Is it one of the greatest anime/manga stories ever told?

    Episode 312: New Season Review

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2025 43:07


    With the new season in full swing, we talk our favorites, our not so favorites and stuff we are absolutely not watching. What do you think should be on our list?

    Episode 311: Punpun Finale

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2025 61:58


    We touch on the "character writing" in Solo Leveling and finally finish discussing the manga masterclass Oyasumi Punpun. Is it a masterpiece?

    finale punpun oyasumi punpun
    Episode 310: CR Anime Awards 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2025 79:10


    The trendy, current events episode of the pod! We walk Switch 2 and our picks for the Crunchyroll Anime Awards!

    Episode 309: Spring 2025 Preview

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2025 69:08


    Spring is here (or at least it's starting to feel like it) so we run through the new season of anime and see what's up! We're not...super impressed so please tell us what you think we should be watching next season. Also, Punpun remains Punpun as we ramp up to the climax! How is this manga going to end?

    Episode 308: Rurouni Homie Hangout

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2025 66:38


    GUEST HOST ALERT! Welcome DarkFox as we dive into his anime biography, find out his favorite shows, what made him an anime fan and, honestly, just hang for an hour with a super cool guy!

    Episode 307: Enjoy Blue Spring!

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2025 61:32


    Thomas actually watches anime and we talk about everyone's favorite color-- blue! Speaking of blue, is Punpun finally experiencing the joys of his youth?

    Episode 306: Maomao's not colorblind

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2025 63:02


    Apothecary Diaries finally decides to show up! We get drama, we get secrets, and we get a riddle that is actually possible to figure out in an anime. Also, Punpun is the same. We want off this ride.

    Episode 305: Manga Doubleplay...Again

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2025 94:56


    What's anime? Does it even exist? Nah, that crap is fake. Let's talk about manga instead...again...for the second week in a row.

    Episode 304: Blue Flag and Punpun

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2025 46:16


    We begin our deep dive into Inio Asano's Oyasumi Punpun. We also talk old and new manga, and some new games that are on our lists for the coming weeks!

    Episode 303: Time to be sad!

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2025 58:44


    We kick off our manga readalong, Oysami PunPun and discuss other miserable manga. Yay!!

    Episode 302: Best Anime of 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2025 70:34


    Finally reunited, the twins go over their top 5 anime of 2024! And the emphasis here is on twins....because oh boy, are they twinning this entire episode...

    Episode 301: Winter 2025 Preview

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2025 56:28


    We talk A Place Further than the Universe, Pokémon Soul Silver, Christmas gifts and allllll the anime we are excited for this coming winter season. There aren't many we're pumped about...

    EPISODE 300!!! Reddit's Top 100 Anime!

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2024 176:47


    Can you believe we're here?! Join us for episode 300 as we reminisce through almost 8 years of podcasting together and review Reddit's Top 100 Anime of all time. We talk about everything single anime on this list...it's a three-hour episode, fam!

    Episode 299: Celebrate the Holiday Season with Anime!

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2024 49:01


    Get in the holiday spirit with us by going through some of the most well-loved Christmas/Winter/Holiday episodes of anime according to the internet! Will Tokyo Godfathers justly win the top spot? Will we know any of the others? Will YOUR fave be represented. Listen and find out!

    Episode 298: Greatest Anime Backstories

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2024 55:23


    Anime is drowning in impactful and depressing backstories, but which ones are the best? We talk about our top five...and a bunch of other ones because how can you only pick five? Some of these are really dang good!

    Episode 297: MAL Roast - Bazzy

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2024 81:35


    We get an absolutely beautiful episode of Dandadan this week, and dig into our first listener MAL roast. You're in for it, Bazzy!

    Episode 296: Memorable Manga Moments

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2024 77:53


    Mary and Thomas go over the manga chapters that have stuck with them through out the years, while Mary slowly, slowly, slowly, convinces Thomas to read Yona of the Dawn.

    Episode 295: Fall is here!

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2024 51:07


    Finally back and here to talk about the new season of anime! Dandadan is great! Ranma 1/2 is great! And others things are also pretty darn good too (but not the new Bleach opening). What should we be watching?

    Episode 294: Manga Mount Rushmore

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2024 76:29


    Mary and Thomas revisit one of their favorite podcast episodes as they recreate their Manga Mount Rushmore's, showcasing what they think are the best and most influential titles in the business.

    Episode 293: Interview with Anime Noobs: Attack on Titan Edition

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2024 126:26


    Thomas powwows with his semi-non-anime friends and they discuss the ending to Attack on Titan a year later. Even for non-anime fans, the show still maintains a legacy.

    Episode 292: Fall 2024 Season Preview

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2024 60:53


    We are so excited about the Fall season, we are jumping the gun and talking about it early because BLUE LOCK? NATSUME YUUJINCHOU? DANDADAN? What will you be watching?

    Episode 291: Murph's Manga

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2024 71:04


    Our good friend Murph joins us on the pod to give some us his recent manga recommendations! And Mary watches slice of life...and has opinions.

    Episode 290: Connecticon 2024 Review

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2024 53:59


    We talk about our time hosting panels, meeting friends, and buying stuff at Connecticon. And we try to find something good to watch this summer season. We are struggling.

    Episode 289: Old season, new season

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2024 41:25


    Old season out, new season in! We talk finales, Anime Expo news, and the new summer season! Which is ok...probably.

    Episode 288: Talking Anything Anime

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2024 83:02


    Thomas debriefs us on 20th Century Boys, we divide up our manga to decide which ones Thomas can take for his new house, we cry over Kumiko, Mary does the anime heardle, and we challenge our community to recommend us some seasonal anime this time around. And, finally, we finish our Angel Beats watchalong.

    Episode 287: Flying High with Haikyuu

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2024 51:04


    We talk about the Haikyuu movie, some of our favorite manga moments, and how sometimes, when you need a good friend, THEY'RE REALLY MEAN TO YOU!

    Episode 286: Haikyuu's Best of the Best

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2024 55:48


    We draft our dream volleyball teams using the Haikyuu cast. Who will come out with the best team? And Mary has a short but necessary ramble on I Want to Eat Your Pancreas.

    Episode 285: Name that Hashira!!

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2024 74:00


    Thomas likes all the hashira, so much that he knows all of them by name! And we invite you to...you guessed it...watch anime with us! Preferably Angel Beats, but we can also watch whatever you want.

    Episode 284: Most Hated Anime MCs

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2024 53:46


    What are the most hated anime MCs of all time? Or in their respective anime? Or...anywhere? We don't know but we're about to find out!

    Episode 283: Miku and Anya take Denver!

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2024 61:12


    Back from their trip, Mary and Thomas talk about the Miku Expo and the SpyxFamily movie, as well as the manga they picked up while they were away. And, of course, we need to talk about that new and weird Kaijuu no. 8 opening!

    Episode 282: To Remake or not to Remake

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2024 80:16


    When is it appropriate to remake a show? When is it unnecessary and a money grab? Ganon11 joins in on discussing Spice and Wolf, Brotherhood, and a bunch of other anime remakes. Are they worth it?

    Episode 281: Sound Euphonium Movie and more!

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2024 48:50


    Spring has sprung and we want Kumiko to get with the semi-lame trombone player. What's wrong with that? We also dive into some other new series and...well...we're really excited for the rest of the season to finish debuting.

    Episode 280: We have the best recommendations

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2024 85:18


    We dive into the Spring 2024 season, which is completely stack!! But before that, we gave one another the best manga recommendations, so listen to us gush over old stuff, gush over new stuff, and gush over stuff we haven't seen it. It's a fan fest, folks!

    Episode 279: Our 2024 Winners are....

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2024 78:06


    Thomas breaks down his Merry Manga Co shopping spree, we support our boy Lihaku, and we discuss and congratulate the winners for the 2024 Crunchyroll Anime Awards.

    Episode 278: Silent Voice Manga v Anime

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2024 56:14


    Final Fantasy VII is out!! And Thomas compares and contrasts the manga and anime versions of A Silent Voice. As one of his favorite movies, how will he like the source material?

    Episode 277: The Top Romance Anime

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2024 103:22


    We review ANN's favorite romance anime and make our own list of our bests and brightest...try to make a list...make a list?

    Episode 276: Sign of Affection Goin' HAM

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2024 48:57


    A Sign of Affection is the anime of the season and no one can say otherwise. We are diggin' this show so hardcore; it doesn't make any sense.

    Episode 275: CR Anime Awards 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2024 102:42


    We discuss our picks for the Crunchyroll Anime Awards! What did you vote for?

    Episode 274: Anime of the Year 2023

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2024 79:00


    Our top five anime of the year! Did your favorites make our list?

    Episode 273: New Year New Season!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2024 66:39


    We are back, ringing in the new year with our recommendations for the new season and saying goodbye to 2023's fall selection.

    Episode 272: Finally, more anime

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2023 65:28


    The good sir Ganon11 joins in for a deep dive on the weekly anime this season and bring a post from r/anime that we try to figure out. What's harder than regular math? Internet anime math.

    Episode 271: The FINAL FINAL Attack on Titan

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2023 75:47


    It really happened. It's really over. Hear our takes on the somewhat divisive ending to the anime that defined a generation, Attack on Titan.

    Episode 270: Reddit's Top 25 Fave Anime Movies

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2023 83:03


    We are in awe of Jujutsu Kaisen's animation and art direction recently...and Reddit's Top 25 Anime Movies List. Go internet, pretty good selection.

    Episode 269: Who said it?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2023 64:22


    Thomas reads some smut and we test each other's knowledge of good, bad and weird anime quotes!

    Episode 268: Thomas hates being a hater

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2023 61:49


    Thomas hates being a hater...but is one anyway. But hey, he reads a lot of manga. Hear wild opinions on Frieren, Firefighter Daigo, My Happy Marriage and more!

    Episode 267: Anime in 10 Words or Less

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2023 50:03


    We buy more manga and play a game! Can you guess the anime in 10 words or less?

    Episode 266: Fall 2023 Preview

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2023 56:31


    Do you think prologues are interesting? Do you think new manga does it better than the old stuff? Do you know what to watch this season? There is a slight chance we are able to answer all these questions and more!

    Episode 265: Naruto Arc Tier List

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2023 81:08


    With the family in for Labor Day, we rank our favorite Naruto arcs and find out which is the best...and which it would be best to forget.

    Episode 264: HAYAO MIYAZAKI

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2023 97:46


    Thomas is back and we get his thoughts on the passed few weeks of anime, catch up on all his new manga series, and play a fun game of over or under? Which anime are over or underrated!

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