We don't say sugoi, baka, or milady. We don't wear fedoras or have neck beards. We are just two Normal Nerds talking about anime, dungeon and dragons, marvel/DC, star wars and all the other nerdy things we love.
Maxwell Ceresia and Davis Bates
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Lets get that weekly manga recap on the way this week we are only rocking two manga but we are do a huge catch up on one. We get it going with Kagurabachi episode chpt 79 (1:20). Followed up by Hero Organization chpt 26 (11:20) specifically but we are technically covering everything between here and chapter 6.Support the show
Here comes another weekly anime review your way and it is a fun one! We kick it off with My Hero Academia Vigilantes ep. 7 (1:15). This is followed up by our other hero based show To Be Hero X ep 8 (7:45) where we are getting another character backstory. Fire Force Season 3 ep 8 (15:05) keeps up the momentum as we get answers to some mysteries. Our Netflix bangers are up next with the time traveling Yaiba Samurai Legend ep 8 (31:45) and Witch Watch ep 8 (31:45). Our terrible miserable awful hate watch section is up next with Lazarus ep 8 (37:40). Finally the super sad One Piece ep 1130 (46:35) closes us out for the week. Support the show
It is that wonderful time of the week where we drop another weekly anime recap. We kick it off with the good old My Hero Academia Vigilantes ep 6 (2:45) followed up my the spectacular To Be Hero X ep 7(11:35). On its heels is Fire Force Season three ep 7 which had no action but all the intrigue (19:30). This is followed up by our Netflix watches Yaiba Samurai Legend ep 7 (33:32) and Witch Watch ep 7(52:55). Right before we get to the big finish we have our hate watch section with Lazarus ep 7 (1:06:00). Finally as always the GOAT One Piece ep 1129 Brings us home (1:22:00). Support the show
Here we go with another weekly anime recap and its an ok week for what we got. We kick it off with the shows that don't miss My Hero Academia Vigilantes ep 5 (1:40) and To Be Hero X ep 6 (16:20). the lack luster Fire Force Season 3 ep 6 (28:20) comes in next and really hoping that a full 24 episode run fixes this show. This is followed up by a fire remake of an anime Yaibai Legendary Samurai ep 6 (44:40). Our other Netflix darling comes up next in Witch Watch ep 6 (54:40), and fianlly we finish out this week with our hate watch segment as Lazarus continues to be written by children in episode 6 (1:10:05). Support the show
Here we go with another weekly anime recap and we are shaking up the order this week. We kick it off with My Hero Academia Vigilantes ep 4 (1:20), followed up by a jaw dropping To Be Hero X ep 5 (16:30). Fire Force s3 ep 5 (31:10) snoozes us through the third spot and we just double down on the negativity with Lazarus ep 6 (44:20). Yaibai the Legendary Samurai ep 5 (1:05:30) brings us out of the funk and Witch Watch ep 5 (1:14:20) just keeps the good times rolling. Finally we finish up with a long anticipated and well worth the wait One Piece ep 1128 (1:23:30). Support the show
Its time for another weekly manga recap and we have only the two this week but we cover one piece anyways. We kick it off with Marshal King chpt 9 (1:12), followed up by Kagurabachi chpt 75. Then we cover the absolute demolishing of Sanji's character in the One Piece anime for the remainder of the episode. Support the show
Time to kick off that weekly manga recap. We kick it off with Kagurabachi chpt 74 (1:14) and our boy is finally released from his time stasis. That is followed up by the GOAT One Piece chpt 1145 (9:30), and we talk a little bit about the anime as well. Marshall king was off this week so its only the two for now. Support the show
Its that wonderful time of the year where Crunchyroll decides to announce it anime awards nominees.... and makes the categories janky every year. We break down all the categories and who we think will be winning each one and who we think has gotten snubbed hard core this year. Support the show
Its time for that weekly Manga Review and you know we are here will a full three manga this week!!!!!!!!!!! We kick it off with the desperado destroyer Marshal King chpt 8 (1:36). Then we follow it up with Kagurabachi chpt 73 (7:45) which tugs at the heart strings and leaves our boy frozen in a moment of time that we are dying to see. Finally the GOAT One Piece chpt 1144 (23:10) finishes out the week and we still don't hate celestial dragons enough. Support the show
We bring you another weekly manga recap and we only have two this week because for some reason getting all three at once is out of the question. We kick it off with a very action packed Marshal King chpt 7 (1:30). Followed up by the goat One Piece chpt 1143 (9:50) which teaches us that we don't hate celestial dragons enough. Support the show
It's time for another Weekly Anime Recap, and we are saying good by to a true blue underdog this week. But we are going to kick it off with Solo Leveling (1:45) and the current top fight of the year!!! This is followed up as always with some Sunkraku Shenanigans in Shangri-la Frontier (19:45). Rezero (27:20) gives us a truly horrifying episode and Sakamoto Days (41:35) teaches us how to the true spirit of gambling is cheating. FINALYY we finish up the recap this week by saying good bye to one of the most slept on anime of the year Zenshu (56:06), which almost brought a tear to our eyes all the way to the end of the series. Support the show
Another season of Invincible has come to an end far faster then we would have liked. So we are here to talk our favorite parts of this season, what we think happens next, and of course we discuss our glorious king Rex Splode. Obviously spoilers for the show and maybe some light spoilers for the comic but a lot of what we say is just guessing. Support the show
New type of episode dropping, the anime review was getting way too long so we split it up. This is our dedicated Manga review episode and yes we are taking suggestions (so long as they are not crazy fringe). So we kick it off with our new review The Marshall King (1:00), and follow it up with our caught up review of Kagurabachi (11:00). We are reviewing a bunch of chapters with those two to get caught up but we wash it all down with One Piece Manga chapter 1142 (30:35). Support the show
Here we go with another Weekly Anime Review, this time minus the Manga review as we decided to split that into two different episodes. So we kick it off with the king of cliffhangers Solo Leveling (2:15) but hot on its heels is the always entertaining Shangri-la Frontier (14:55). Sakamoto days (23:05) does not disappoint as a big bad steps onto the stage, and Garfield whips out the animation of the season so far in ReZero: (32:15). Finally we finish up with our episode of the week in the biggest underdog of the year Zenshu (45:50). Support the show
Its time for another weekly anime review and oh boy is it something great this week for a show that seems to be getting slept on, but before we get to that we kick it off with a heartfelt episode of Solo Leveling (1:00). This of course is followed up by the brave and stunning Shangri-La Frontier (11:55). Sakamoto Days (20:55) and Rezero (31:25) back up the next part of the review, and then we bid farewell to Dragonball Daima (49:45). FINALLY we finish up the anime portion of this review with the sleeper of the year so far Zenshu (57:10) and the tradgic fate of an unsuspecting best boy. We kick off the manga review portion of the episode with Kagurabachi (1:11:5) and then we finish out the long episode with the latest chapter of One Piece (1:29:30). Support the show
We are taking a gander at some other up and coming manga right now to add to the review. So we have taken a look at Kagurabachi, which studios have been fighting over the rights to animate. We talk the first 10 chapters and if we will be keeping up with it moving forward!!Support the show
We are back with another weekly anime review and we kick it off with the action pack (and new demon hotty packed) Solo Leveling (0:54). We follow that up with the VR experience that is Shangri-la Frontier (12:57). Up next is the backstory packed Sakamoto Days (25:35), followed up by and ok episode of Re:Zero (34:40). Quick on its heels the nostalgia driven Dragonball Daima and Goku's blast from the past (45:00). We finish out the anime portion with Zenshu (56:10).Finally we round out the week with our manga review of One Piece chpt 1140 (103:45). Support the show
We are here to break down our thoughts on Brandon Sanderson's Wind and Truth. This is the fifth installment in the Stormlight Archive series and what was suppose to be the grand finale to the first arc of the series was a bit of a flop. We break down all our thoughts, and our numerous dislikes on the book and talk about what we hope for for the future. Support the show
Lets get another week or relatively consistent anime reviews done!!!! We kick it off with the show that just keeps spoiling us Solo Leveling. Followed up by the nerdtastic Shangri-La Frontier. Then we back that up with Sakamoto Days on Netflix. That is follow up by the returning Re:Zero , Dragonball Daima backs that up and we finish the week with the review of Zenshu. Support the show
Invincible has returned to show us that superhero fatigue is not a real thing, other people just suck at making superhero content. They kick off the new season with a three episode drop that has some familiar faces and of course some explicit content!! We break down what we loved and what we are pumped to see. Support the show
Keeping up with this fantastic three peat of anime review we kick the week off with Solo Leveling (1:55) continually followed up by the soon to be water logged Shangri-la Frontier (9:15). Sakamoto Days continues to be our number three spot as our protagonist sheds some much needed marriage weight (19:25). Dragonball Daima keeps us lighthearted )27:25) and Zenshu depresses the heck out of us as we finish up the last of the anime (35:55). FINALLY we have our One Piece Manga review chapter 1138 to finish out the episode. Support the show
Time for another weekly anime review and we have some news. Kicking it off with Solo Leveling season two amazing but still glad we didn't see the movie. Followed up by the sleeper Shangri-la Frontier, backed up by Sakamoto Days!! We finish it out Zenshu which is.... interesting to say the least. No manga this week because we forgot. Support the show
Its time for another anime review right before we take a week or so break for the all important holiday of Christmas. We kick it off with Dan da Dan and a complete intro of Gi Gi's character! Followed up by Shangri-la Frontier and then Dragonball Daima. Support the show
We return to the world of Roshar in the newest installment of the Stormlight Archive: Wind and Truth. We are only 30ish hours into the book so far so we recap what we have read thus and talk about our first impressions of the highly anticipated book. Support the show
WEEEEEEEE ARE BACK, after a series of unfortunate events which cauased us to take a multi week break we have returned to bring you that oh so good anime content. We kick the week off with our favorite in the current run Dan da Dan (2:00). Followed up by the returning contender Shangra-la Frontier (10:35) and we back track a little on this one to catch up. Concluding our anime review portion this week (because re:zero has yet to have another episode) we jump back into Dragonball Daima (21:50). As always to conclude the review then jump into the manga spoiler section as we talk about the latest one piece chapter 1133 (31:23).Support the show
We are doing a little catch up with this one as we cover episodes 6 and 7. Episode 7 is a high anxiety episode for some as the first few min are horrifying. Support the show
We are tackling another week of anime!!! We are down a few more again this week as One Piece is still on a break and we aren't going to watch the fishman island reanimation. We kick it off with the glorious Dan da Dan and its reminder for men to check themselves regularly. Next up we have the optimistic Re:Zero, followed by the VR gamers dream Shangri-la Frontier. Finally we wrap the week up by talking about Dragonball Daima. Support the show
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We continue with our Halloween Bracket, this time with the Skeletal 16!!!! Who will be moving on? What is the most Halloween on the list? Listen along and find out and agree or disagree with our picks but just remember... its our show so we are always right. Support the show
We are doing a little catch up this week as we review the Penguin episodes 3 and 4. Both are phenomenal lessons in character development and good story telling as this show continually demonstrates that if you build it we will watch it!!Support the show
Its time for another weekly anime review. We have a full line up this week with so much new stuff!! We kick it off with the season finale of My Hero (1:00) then followed right up with Dan da Dan (8:55). Shangra-La Frontier takes the next spot until it works its way into the first spot with the return of its season 2 (17:45). Re: Zero backs that up (28:00) which is followed by Dragonball Daimyo which we will be doing a bulk update of every three weeks unless it gets amazing (41:20). Finally we finish up with some One Piece news, anime review, and manga review (50:20). Support the show
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Episode 2 of the Penguin is out and Gotham has never looked so trashy. We break down the second episode, the genius of the penguin, and the spectacular acting coming from its main characters! Spoiler alert the second episode is just if not more entertaining as the first Support the show