Why Do People Like Anime

After four months of reflection and finding ourselves, the world's only Anime-adjacent podcast is back, baby. This week we talk about where the hell we've been, our favorite anime Vanderpump Rules, the little we remember about Spy X Family: Code White after seeing it in the midst of being massively depressed, how the Olympics are very anime coded this year, whether or not the new Nic Cage cool role stunt film Long legs is any good, we finally finished Welcome to the N.H.K. and deem whether or not it's worthy of its Freaker Reality reputation, and finally the hottest anime of the 2023-2024 season Frieren: Beyond Journey's End. Follow us on Instagram @SurfaceReality, email us at whydopeoplelikeanime@gmail.com 

We're back. Again. This week we talk about where we've been, what to watch when going through a bad time, the new Fallout show, seeing Lost In Translation for the first time, purposefully avoiding media that seems on the nose for what you might be into, John's adventures into the world of heartfelt football drama with Friday Night Lights, Julie's dive into D&D streams, our foray into Freiren and more. Follow us on IG - @surfacereality

Dune your mom. This week we mourn the loss of the legend Akira Toriyama, reflect on Oscar's wise decision in giving praise to the GOAT Miyazaki, sore loser actors on Twitter, the big man getting his due after grinding for over 60 years, John's long-awaited embrace of the Dune franchise, whether or not it should be illegal for movies to release only one part of a two part story, John still doesn't have a Max subscription, Hulu's new show Shogun, whether or not Hollywood is getting better at writing stories about Japan, Julie learns about what a NEET is as we watch Welcome to the NHK for the first time, Julie's obsession with Pokemon Go (to the polls), our first thoughts on Pokemon Horizons and MUCH MORE only on SURFACE REALITY Follow us on Instagram - @surfacereality

We've returned. We've decided to change the name of the podcast because... well, you'll have to listen to find out. This week, we discuss Demon Slayer's Entertainment District arc, the Avatar Live action show, how Satan crafted the first season of Picard, and much more. Follow us on IG @surfacereality 

GHIBLIMANIA! This week we conclude talking about our trip to Japan, and also we saw Miyazaki's new film The Boy and the Heron. Email us - whydopeoplelikeanime@gmail.com

Part two. We talk Pokemon Cafe, being targeted by Pikachu, winning the lottery, seeing shrines, seeing human achievement and deer + more. Email us - whydopeoplelikeanime@gmail.com 

WE'RE BACK! This week we discuss the beginning of our trip to Japan, including the surprising anime film we found on the United flight, our first impressions being in the country, Akihabara day one and more. Follow us on Instagram - @whydopeoplelikeanime 

Sort of a different episode this week - a lot of people liked hearing about the logistics planning for the upcoming Japan trip on the last episode, so we're going further in depth. That, plus we re-watched the 2017 live-action Ghost In The Shell movie, and talked about our mixed feelings on the new Ahsoka show. Email us - whydopeoplelikeanime@gmail.com

Lots to talk about this week. In preparation for our maiden voyage to Japan, we encountered a couple of speed bumps trying to make sure we have as good a trip as possible. After that, we address some serious accusations levied at Julie from last week about her affinity for pocket-sized monsters. From there, our latest dive into the world of Miyazaki, the first ep of Chainsaw Man (finally) and Julie reads her first Junji Ito manga (also finally). Email us! whydopeoplelikeanime@gmail.com 

Guess we might be a bi-monthly podcast after all. Anyway we watched a bunch of stuff, including the rest of Steins Gate, Detective Pikachu, Oldboy and more. 

Yeah we know we keep going and coming back but we're really back this time honest. This week we wrap up the Witch From Mercury, and start Steins: Gate and Nana. Jah bless. 

This week we watched Mamoru Hosoda's The Boy and the Beast! John laughs at something Julie says very hard. There's discussion on Yellowjackets and a deep dive into Marilyn Manson merch. Email us whydopeoplelikeanime@gmail.com

This week we watched two very different anime: Samurai Champloo and Attack on Titan Season 4. We also ask the question: is anime too popular right now? Email us whydopeoplelikeanime@gmail.com

Will we ever get to a point where we can upload on time? Hard to say. But this week we're back with a GUNDAM show, and all we can say is GUN DAMN! We also watched a little bit of Jojo season 3, went deep on Lego vs Legos and more. Email us- whydopeoplelikeanime@gmail.com

We're sorry. After a couple of family emergencies, we're back to talk Case Closed, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Kamen Rider, showing your parents Satoshi Kon, the new Spiderverse movie and more. Email us at whydopeoplelikeanime@gmail.com, follow @whydopeoplelikeanime on Instagram 

This week: how to ruin all goodwill a show built up with a very mediocre movie. Also other stuff. Follow us @whydopeoplelikeanime on IG 

This week, we read a bunch of manga, got our flights delayed a million times, and got way into Kaguya-Sama: Love Is War. Find out why we're head over heels over a romcom anime! Follow us @whydopeoplelikeanime, email whydopeoplelikeanime@gmail.com

This week we watched Makoto Shinkai's latest film Suzume! We also discuss That Time I Was Reincarnated as a Slime, Haikyu!, Advance Wars and more. John has opinions. Julie has opinions. Email us your opinions - whydopeoplelikeanime@gmail.com, follow us on Instagram @whydopeoplelikeanime 

This week we finished the incredible Fruits Basket saga, and many tears were had. We also dip our toes into the Isekai world with That Time I Got Reincarnated As a Slime, experience the horror that is season two of The Promised Neverland and more. Follow us @whydopeoplelikeanime, email whydopeoplelikeanime@gmail.com 

Welcome back! For the first week of our new format we're talking about a few things. First of which is the new Netflix Junji Ito series 'Junji Ito: Tales of the Macabre,' the latest losing effort in adapting Ito's work. We're also talking the first few episodes of the new season of 'Fruits Basket,' new 'Aggretsuko,' 'John Wick 4,' 'Resident Evil 4' and sci-fi. Enjoy! Follow us @whydopeoplelikeanime on Instagram,  email whydopeoplelikeanime@gmail.com

The end of an era. This anime killed us. Sort of. We're still anime but going through a bit of a format shift. Follow us @whydopeoplelikeanime on Instagram, email us at whydopeoplelikeanime@gmail.com 

We're back! This week, we watched LEGENDS OF KORRA, which may or may not be anime. Is it more anime than Avatar? Less? Find out. Follow us on IG at @whydopeoplelikeanime

Back on our Ghibli viewing, this week we watched Nausicaa. Does it beat out Miyazaki's other work or is it a relic of the past? Find out. 

We're back! This week we talk about The Quintessential Quintuplets, our trip back into the world of Harem anime. Does it do right by the genre? Is it still too ridiculous to take seriously? Find out. Plus we talk about Velma. Follow us on IG @whydopeoplelikeanime and send us an email, whydopeoplelikeanime@gmail.com

The anime so damn nice we had to talk about it twice. This time featuring returning guest and owner of The Flenser, Jonathan Tuite. Has John learned anything from being in the Wired? Is Lain a certified classic? Is this John's best intro? Find out. Follow @whydopeoplelikeanime on IG 

Finally. We ranked all the anime we watched this year to crown a winner. Enjoy. Follow us at @whydopeoplelikeanime

Lofi anime about accepting yourself and seeing beauty in others while seeking out long-lost records to study and chill to. FOLLOW US @whydopeoplelikeanime@gmail.com

We're back! With...anime? Maybe? Who knows. We discuss whether or not Avatar is anime... is it? We also talk about Prince Zuko. John regrets not referencing Denzel Curry's "Sumo|Zumo" which features a good line about Avatar.Follow us @whydopeoplelikeanime on IG, email whydopeoplelikeanime@gmail.com 

We attended our first convention! Find out what our experience was like, from running into cosplayers to attending panels. It was a wild time, big thanks to Anime NYC for having us. 

This week, we spent about 30 minutes talking about the implications of fan service and ten minutes talking about Mieruko-Chan. Not really. But sort of. Follow us @whydopeoplelikeanime on Instagram

A two for one! We watched two cat-themed anime in celebration of Cattober. Meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow @whydopeoplelikeanime

We finally did it. We completed the Satoshi Kon filmography with us watching Kon's final film "Paprika." It was a trip, a dream, a nightmare and more. Check out how we felt. Email us whydopeoplelikeanime@gmail.com 

After some bad sickness we're back with a very sick anime: Wicked City! We watched the first spooky one of this halloween season. Follow us @whydopeoplelikeanime, email whydopeoplelikeanime@gmail.com 

Do you like contrarian takes on popular anime? Do you like hearing John get mad for no reason? Do you like hearing John insult anime podcasters/youtubers far more popular than him? Well you're going to love this episode! Follow us at @whydopeoplelikeanime on Instagram, email whydopeoplelikeanime@gmail.com 

Wow! A Galaxy of Rugs! We continue down the path of elitist weirdo anime with Tatami Galaxy. Did we like it? Did we love it? Find out 

Sorry for the late upload, but we needed time to process this insane anime. We use our philosophy 101 brains to chat through one of the wildest things we've seen. Email us whydopeoplelikeanime@gmail.com follow us on Instagram @whydopeoplelikeanime 

We watched the new Dragon Ball Super movie! With very limited knowledge on the Dragon Ball mythos, did we like it? Find out. Follow us @whydopeoplelikeanime

We watched the new Rock Opera from Masaaki Yuasa, the director of Devilman Crybaby, Ride Your Wave and a lot more. Hope you like to rock. Follow us @whydopeoplelikeanime

In a super special episode, we spoke to Robb Flynn of Machine Head about the band's upcoming record "Of Kingdom and Crown," which is loosely inspired by "Attack on Titan." We talked about that, his history with anime, being a nerd, and way more.  We'd also like to shout out the homies at Loudwire for making this happen and hosting the written version of the interview on the site. Follow us on Instagram - @whydopeoplelikeanime

We're back on our tokusastsu stuff. This week, Dynazenon, the followup to show favorite SSSS.Gridman. Did Trigger manage to catch lightning in a bottle twice? Find out. 

We both caught covid and watched Yu-Gi-Oh, the greatest comfort anime of all time. 

We watched the world's favorite Harem (?) anime RENT-A-GIRLFRIEND. John also read the manga like a psycho for some reason. But the results may surprise you. 

100 episodes! We celebrated by continuing the anime that kicked off the podcast. We've also got a very special episode related to AOT and someone else's love for it, so keep an ear out soon. 

We watched the very strange, very cool Boogiepop Phantom and were left with a lot of questions, like what is the nutritional value of spiders? What was the first dating sim? Etc. Follow us @whydopeoplelikeanime on Instagram

Let's make grief FUN! Follow us @whydopeoplelikeanime on Instagram 

We watched the underappreciated sorta Batmany sorta heady show THE BIG O, which you may or may not recognize from Adult Swim decades ago. Find out how it holds up. 

We're finally back. After a long month of getting married, we're excited to be back to podcasting and animeing, and what better way to kick things off than by returning to Attack on Titan? 

Yeah we're late again. Sorry. Things will be back to normal soon. 

Let's just forgetEverything saidAnd everything we didBest friends and better halvesGoodbyesAnd the autumn nightWhen we realizedWe were falling out of loveThere were some thingsThat were saidThat weren't meantThere were some thingsThat were saidThat weren't meantThere were some thingsThat were saidThat weren't meantThere were some thingsThat were saidThat weren't meantThere were some thingsThat were said

sry for the wait had upload issues ;___; anyways shoot us a follow @whydopeoplelikeanime

We went to the Cinema to watch the new Jujutsu Kaisen prequel movie, Jujutsu Kaisen 0. We went in having no knowledge of JK before that. Find out if it was cool or if we were totally lost! Follow on IG - @whydopeoplelikeanime