Podcasts about Kyoto Animation

A senseless act of violence took 36 lives and shook the anime world. This is the harrowing story of the Kyoto Animation arson attack—one of Japan's darkest tragedies. Sponsors: shopify.com/casual - start your $1 per month trial period today rocketmoney.com/casual - cancel your unwanted subscriptions today Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode is short and sweet when it comes to news but quality over quantity.Join us as Aray & Aunn go over this weeks news!Anime+ is a new pod that embodies everything anime and anime related.We're available anywhere that you listen to your podcasts:Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcast, Stitcher, and so much more!Youtube: The East Coast Brown CastTwitter: @Anime_Plus_PodIG/Tiktok: @animepluspodcastJoin Our Community on Discord: https://discord.gg/YZQUZQAKWaWebsite: https://animeplusnetwork.comhttps://dropclic.com/https://grandlineglowie.com/Discount code: animeplusSupport us on Patreon - patreon.com/user?u=90088772https://discord.com/invite/anime-plusArticles used in this episode:Kyoto Animation Arson Suspect Withdraws Appeal, Death Sentence Confirmedhttps://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2025-01-28/kyoto-animation-arson-suspect-withdraws-appeal-death-sentence-confirmed/.220562My Hero Academia: Vigilantes Anime Confirms Returning Cast from Original Serieshttps://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2025-01-29/my-hero-academia-vigilantes-anime-confirms-returning-cast-from-original-series/.220594Viz Media's X/Twitter Account Hackedhttps://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2025-01-29/viz-media-x-twitter-account-hacked/.220602World Trigger Manga Continues Hiatushttps://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2025-01-29/world-trigger-manga-continues-hiatus/.220582Manga Plus to Publish Exclusive Interviews With 8 Manga Creators in Englishhttps://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2025-01-30/manga-plus-to-publish-exclusive-interviews-with-8-manga-creators-in-english/.220564Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? V Anime Posts Video for Delayed Episodes 12-15https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2025-01-30/is-it-wrong-to-try-to-pick-up-girls-in-a-dungeon-v-anime-posts-video-for-delayed-episodes-12-15/.220665Look Back, Frieren Win TAAF's Top Awardshttps://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2025-01-31/look-back-frieren-win-taaf-top-awards/.220666Kōcha Agasawa's The Ramparts of Ice Manga Gets TV Animehttps://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2025-01-31/kocha-agasawa-the-ramparts-of-ice-manga-gets-tv-anime/.220679Zombie Land Saga Anime Film Reveals Title, 2025 Debut in Videohttps://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2025-01-31/zombie-land-saga-anime-film-reveals-title-2025-debut-in-video/.220683Fortnite Jujutsu Kaisen: Everything we know about the second collabhttps://siege.gg/news/fortnite-jujutsu-kaisenFortnite Reveals Kaiju No. 8 Collaborationhttps://gamerant.com/fortnite-kaiju-no-8-collaboration/Live-Action One Piece Series Gets LEGO Setshttps://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2025-01-31/live-action-one-piece-series-gets-lego-sets/.220655Universal Studios Hollywood Start Ticket Sales for One Piece & Jujutsu Kaisen Eventhttps://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2025-01-31/universal-studios-hollywood-start-ticket-sales-for-one-piece-and-jujutsu-kaisen-event/.220644Luka Doncic to Lakers, Anthony Davis to Mavs in 3-team tradehttps://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/43659380/sources-mavericks-trading-doncic-lakers-anthony-davis

A new piracy bill has been backed by Netflix, Disney, and Sony, the Japan Fair Trade Commission to investigate anime studio abuse, and rock band the pillows disbands! Also, Kyoto Animation - 京都アニメーション arsonist withdraws appeal, Anime Tourism Association releases 2025 list of sites that fans should visit, and BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment opens first US interactive store! Meanwhile in Japan, Osaka to ban smoking on its streets and the newest maid cafe has an age limit for its maids, 65?!

#zzz  #multiversus  #podcast #Zenlesszonezero        Sean (Hawke525) and ZawarudoWrrryy talk about gaming-related stuff including news, fighting games, and much more! Topics include Multiversus Ending its Service; Kyoto Animation's Arsonist faces death sentence; Anby, Trigger, and Pulchra revealed for ZZZ and much more!Sean (Hawke525) Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/hawke525.bsky.socialZawarudoWrrryyy https://twitter.com/ZaWarudoWryyyy https://bsky.app/profile/zawarudowryyyy.bsky.socialCheck out all other episodes here! https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBLM4_ooiG3Zzn96gn-6lKOJLi_JQO8vZGo to https://rogueenergy.com/discount/Hawke525?ref=h3vuVa7h2KW3 to get Rogue Energy and support this channel with 10% off coupon code Hawke525►►►Shop on Amazon and support this channel at no additional cost! (Affiliate) http://amzn.to/2jhvzae►►► Check out Into the Am for more gaming-goods clothingand save 10% via coupon code: HAWKE525 bit.ly/2w2mwzhiTunes https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-hypecast/id1053847749Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/6iZ8oV4PnCibtkgqpyRsJx?si=AVI0dDpOQzmACqBsH2dRtAPodomatic https://hawke250.podomatic.comCheck out my shirts and stuff! www.teepublic.com/user/hawke525

The Otalku Cafe is open! Join Mat and Chris as they talk about some news such as an update on the arson attack involving Kyoto Animation in 2019. Reviews roll on for shows like Medalist, Solo Leveling, Shangri-La Frontier, Dr. Stone, Anyway I Love You, My Happy Marriage, Ameku MD, and more!You can also watch this episode on video via the W2M Network Youtube channel: https://youtube.com/live/gCvM8yxVOD0Join the Otalku Cafe Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61562397757480Ethan Twitter: https://twitter.com/shostoppa24Mat Twitter: https://twitter.com/DamienPhoenix12Visit Our Website: https://w2mnet.com/Follow Us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/w2mnetworkFollow Us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/w2mnetwork/Follow us on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/w2mnetwork

The latest film from Kyoto Animation veteran Yamada Naoko – known for K-On!, A Silent Voice, and Tamako Market – arrived in American theaters courtesy GKids this weekend, and both Sean and Jonathan made trips to the theater to check it out. Now working with Science SARU, Yamada's voice is as singular as ever, and while The Colors Within returns to some familiar narrative territory for the director – high-school students forming a band – the way this story is told is singular. It's an aggressively low-key, gentle narrative about quiet but profound emotions, and it builds to a musical climax that is an absolute knockout – one we couldn't resist recording a podcast about.  Enjoy! And please look forward to Season 5 of Japanimation Station, our ‘Grand Tour' of anime, which we are excited to announce will be premiering Sunday, March 16th, 2025! Read Jonathan Lack's movie reviews and stay up to date with all our podcast projects at https://www.jonathanlack.comSubscribe to PURELY ACADEMIC, our monthly variety podcast about movies, video games, TV, and more: https://purelyacademic.simplecast.comRead Jonathan's book 200 Reviews in Paperback or on Kindle – https://a.co/d/bLx53vKSubscribe to our YouTube channels! Japanimation Station: https://www.youtube.com/c/japanimationstationPurely Academic: https://www.youtube.com/@purelyacademicpodcastSupport the show at Ko-fi ☕️ https://ko-fi.com/weeklystuff“Welcome to Japanimation Station” – Original Music by Thomas Lack, Lyrics by Thomas Lack and Sean Chapman, featuring Hatsune Miku; “ICE” – Original Music & Lyrics by Thomas Lack, featuring Hatsune Miku. https://www.thomaslack.com 

Love Live unit Aqours releases music video for final solo concert theme song, Mickey Mouse becomes a Gundam, and Random House Graphic launches brand for mangas, manhwas, and webtoons! Also, Kyoto Animation - 京都アニメーション warns of websites using its name, Haruhi franchise crowdfunding reaches goals on day 1, and Sazae-san breaks its own Guinness World Records! Meanwhile in Japan, the Japan Poop Society is trying to protect people's health, one movement at a time, and a job quitting service contacted by a competitor after an employee uses its service?! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/animejamsession/support

True Crime November is back for another year of thrills and chills! Today, Laura is talking about the 2019 Kyoto Animation Arson Attack. ((TRIGGER WARNINGS)) Follow us on social media @otakunoobspod Reading From Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyoto_Animation_arson_attack

For the October installment of Purely Academic, Jonathan and Sean embrace the spooky season by talking Halloween – specifically, the recent Halloween reboot/sequel trilogy directed by David Gordon Green and starring Jamie Lee Curtis, with the hosts debating whether these films are muddled messes or interesting revisionist takes on the slasher genre. We break down some recent News, including Sony's controversial unveiling of the PS5 Pro, several new game announcements including Ghost of Yōtei and Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii, and news of Kyoto Animation making an exciting new film and TV series in 2025. In our ‘Show ‘n Tell' segment, we discuss what we've been playing and watching recently, with Jonathan talking about the terrible new Joker movie, his experiences at the Denver Silent Film Festival, and finally finishing Tsukihime: A Piece of Blue Glass Moon, while Sean shares his thoughts on the 5.0 update of Genshin Impact, and we both discuss the outstanding new PS5 game Astro Bot. And finally, in the ‘Monthly Ten' segment, Sean is challenged by Jonathan to rank the Top 10 Anime That Aren't About the Power of Friendship. Enjoy, and we'll be back next month for an exciting episode reviewing the Heisei-era Gamera trilogy, a series of classic Kaiju films we've been promising to discuss for years now. What kinds of things do you think we're going to learn next time? Time Chart:Intro: 0:00:00 – 0:13:20News: 0:13:20 – 1:03:07Show n' Tell: 1:03:07 – 2:22:27Topic (Halloween!): 2:22:27 – 3:56:06The Monthly Ten: 3:56:06 – 4:14:20Outro: 4:14:20 – 4:16:56 Read Jonathan Lack's movie reviews and stay up to date with all our podcast projects at https://www.jonathanlack.comSubscribe to JAPANIMATION STATION, our podcast about the wide and wonderful world of anime: https://japanimationstation.comRead Jonathan's book 200 Reviews in Paperback or on Kindle – https://a.co/d/bLx53vKSubscribe to our YouTube channels! Japanimation Station: https://www.youtube.com/c/japanimationstation Purely Academic: https://www.youtube.com/@purelyacademicpodcastSupport the show at Ko-fi ☕️ https://ko-fi.com/weeklystuffOriginal Music by Thomas Lack https://www.thomaslack.com/©2012 - Present Jonathan R. Lack & Sean Chapman

Dobradinha da Kyoto Animation, Nintendo metendo a mão no Pal(world) e mais Cyberpunk: prepare-se para rir muito e se informar com notícias fresquinhas de duas semanas atrás com o seu, o meu, o nosso querido Café com Nerdice. Ganbare, Kojima-san! Compre os livros do Vini: https://linktr.ee/ovinilouzada

The fourth and potentially final TV season of the hit anime Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba aired its fourth season this summer, adapting and expanding on the “Hashira Training Arc” of Koyoharu Gotouge's manga. We weren't able to review this season right when it finished due to work on our massive Kyoto Animation project, but now that we're between seasons we thought it was time to talk once more about one of our favorite ongoing anime. These episodes adapt a very short slice of the manga, expanding on it in really wonderful ways to give us a final stretch of in-depth character development before the chaos of the Infinity Castle Arc, which will be produced as a film trilogy in the coming years. As always, ufotable's adaptational choices are really smart and interesting to talk about, and it all builds to a season finale that's one of the best episodes in the show's history. Enjoy! We'll be going on a bit of a hiatus for now as we work on SEASON 5 of Japanimation Station, our ‘Grand Tour' through a variety of anime, which will be premiering later this winter. Time Chart:Theme Song: 0:00:00 – 0:01:15Hashira Training Arc Review Part 1: 0:01:15 – 1:06:24 Eyecatch Break: 1:06:24 – 1:06:47Hashira Training Arc Review Part 2: 1:06:47 – 2:19:08End Theme: 2:19:08 – 2:20:09Read Jonathan Lack's movie reviews and stay up to date with all our podcast projects at https://www.jonathanlack.comSubscribe to PURELY ACADEMIC, our monthly variety podcast about movies, video games, TV, and more: https://purelyacademic.simplecast.comRead Jonathan's book 200 Reviews in Paperback or on Kindle – https://a.co/d/bLx53vKSubscribe to our YouTube channels! Japanimation Station: https://www.youtube.com/c/japanimationstationPurely Academic: https://www.youtube.com/@purelyacademicpodcastSupport the show at Ko-fi ☕️ https://ko-fi.com/weeklystuff“Welcome to Japanimation Station” – Original Music by Thomas Lack, Lyrics by Thomas Lack and Sean Chapman, featuring Hatsune Miku; “Rolled Into One” – Original Music & Lyrics by Thomas Lack, featuring Hatsune Miku. https://www.thomaslack.com

It's the final episode of our Kyoto Vacation season, an incredibly, unexpectedly long journey that's lasted almost a full year! For this Season Finale, we thought we'd take stock of all the incredible anime we've seen from the incredible artists at Kyoto Animation. We make a Tier List of all the TV series and movies we watched this season, create a KyoAni drinking game based on the most common visuals and tropes we noticed across the studio's work, and declare our favorite shows, characters, episodes, and more. And at the end of the episode, we announce not one, but two new seasons of Japanimation Station: Season 5, premiering this winter, and Season 6, premiering in 2025. What will they be? You'll have to listen to find out! Enjoy, and come back next week for the long-awaited, one-week-only return of Weekly Suit Gundam, as we finally review MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM SEED FREEDOM! Time Chart:Theme Song: 0:00:00 – 0:01:30 Reflections: 0:01:30 – 0:31:14Tier List: 0:31:14 – 1:02:53Picking Favorites & KyoAni Drinking Game: 1:02:53 – 1:52:50Season 5 Announcement: 1:52:50 – 2:05:38Season 6 Announcement: 2:05:38 – 2:07:55End Theme: 2:07:55 – 2:09:09Make your own Kyoto Animation Tier List here https://tiermaker.com/create/japanimation-stations-kyoto-vacation-17327185   Support the show at Ko-fi ☕️ https://ko-fi.com/weeklystuffRead the book 200 Reviews by Jonathan R. Lack in Paperback or on Kindle – https://a.co/d/bLx53vKFollow The Weekly Stuff Wordcast newsletter for regular updates and extra content! https://www.jonathanlack.comSubscribe to The Weekly Stuff Podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheWeeklyStuffPodcastVisit our website and subscribe to Japanimation Station on all podcast platforms: http://japanimationstation.com/Subscribe to The Weekly Stuff Podcast on all podcast platforms: http://www.weeklystuffpodcast.com“re:CAPTURE” and “Welcome to Japanimation Station” – Original Music by Thomas Lack, Lyrics by Thomas Lack and Sean Chapman, featuring Hatsune Miku. https://www.thomaslack.com

It's the penultimate episode of our Kyoto Vacation season, and while we wait to board the plane back to America, we've got one last show to review: Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid, which aired two seasons in 2017 and 2021. A delightfully silly and surprisingly sweet slice-of-life comedy an office worker and the extra-dimensional dragon who's infatuated with her, the first season was directed by the great Yasuhiro Takemoto, before his tragic death in the 2019 arson attack that took the lives of so many Kyoto Animation artists. The second season, Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid S, was finished by the studio's other stalwart veteran director, Tatsuya Ishihara, as the first series the studio had back on the air after the attack. It's a great show in both incarnations, different in some notable ways based on the personalities of the two directors, but more than anything, the series attests to the artistry and humanity of Kyoto Animation, and their resilience in continuing to create in the wake of such overwhelming loss.  Enjoy, and come back next week for the FINAL episode of the season, as we take a look back at our entire Kyoto Vacation, create a tier list of KyoAni shows, and announce Seasons 5 and 6 of Japanimation Station!  Time Chart:Theme Song: 0:00:00 – 0:01:30 Intro & History: 0:01:30 – 0:44:12Eyecatch Break: 0:44:12 – 0:44:49Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid Review: 0:44:49 – 2:34:28End Theme: 2:34:28 – 2:35:59Support the show at Ko-fi ☕️ https://ko-fi.com/weeklystuffRead the book 200 Reviews by Jonathan R. Lack in Paperback or on Kindle – https://a.co/d/bLx53vKFollow The Weekly Stuff Wordcast newsletter for regular updates and extra content! https://www.jonathanlack.comSubscribe to The Weekly Stuff Podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheWeeklyStuffPodcastVisit our website and subscribe to Japanimation Station on all podcast platforms: http://japanimationstation.com/Subscribe to The Weekly Stuff Podcast on all podcast platforms: http://www.weeklystuffpodcast.com “re:CAPTURE” and “ice” – Original Music & Lyrics by Thomas Lack, featuring Hatsune Miku & Megurine Luka. https://www.thomaslack.com

The 7th and final part of our epic Kyoto Vacation is titled“Through Rain or Shine: The Life and Times of Violet Evergarden,” and in today's episode we reach the end of that story with Violet Evergarden: The Movie. And what a movie it is. Here is a film that made at least one of our hosts ugly cry, and deeply affected both of us. An outstanding masterpiece of a movie on its own terms, and a tremendous conclusion to the Violet Evergarden story, director Taichi Ishidate and screenwriter Reiko Yoshida both outdo themselves here, telling a tale about guilt, death, love, and acceptance, and doing it with nearly unparalleled artistry. It is as profound a work as Kyoto Animation has ever created, and one of the best animated films we've had the pleasure of reviewing on this show. Enjoy, and come back next week for the penultimate episode of the season, where we'll be discussing Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid, the other major KyoAni series that straddles the horrific arson attack that devastated the studio. Time Chart:Theme Song: 0:00:00 – 0:01:30 Intro & History: 0:01:30 – 0:57:45Eyecatch Break: 0:57:45 – 0:58:23Violet Evergarden The Movie Review: 0:58:23 – 3:29:57End Theme: 3:29:57 – 3:31:26Support the show at Ko-fi ☕️ https://ko-fi.com/weeklystuffRead the book 200 Reviews by Jonathan R. Lack in Paperback or on Kindle – https://a.co/d/bLx53vKFollow The Weekly Stuff Wordcast newsletter for regular updates and extra content! https://www.jonathanlack.comSubscribe to The Weekly Stuff Podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheWeeklyStuffPodcastVisit our website and subscribe to Japanimation Station on all podcast platforms: http://japanimationstation.com/Subscribe to The Weekly Stuff Podcast on all podcast platforms: http://www.weeklystuffpodcast.com“re:CAPTURE” and “ice” – Original Music & Lyrics by Thomas Lack, featuring Hatsune Miku & Megurine Luka. https://www.thomaslack.com

The 7th and final part of our epic Kyoto Vacation is titled“Through Rain or Shine: The Life and Times of Violet Evergarden,” which means we finally get to dive into an anime we've wanted to review for years: Violet Evergarden, the 2018 series based on the acclaimed novels by Akiko Takase. It is, as you've probably heard, a masterpiece, a departure in setting and storytelling from many KyoAni works, but tonally and emotionally something a return to their early Key adaptations like Air and Clannad. A mix of anthological storytelling about different characters in need of letter-writing and a serialized narrative about the eponymous child soldier turned auto-memory doll, Violet Evergarden is a powerful, profound, and stupendously beautiful triumph that leads to one of our longest episodes ever – but if any series deserves this much discussion, it's this one. Enjoy, and come back next week for our review of the first Violet Evergarden movie, Eternity and the Auto-Memory Doll! Time Chart:Theme Song: 0:00:00 – 0:01:30 Intro & History: 0:01:30 – 1:26:03Eyecatch Break: 1:26:03 – 1:26:41Violet Evergarden Review: 1:26:41 – 4:17:08End Theme: 4:17:08 – 4:18:39Support the show at Ko-fi ☕️ https://ko-fi.com/weeklystuffRead the book 200 Reviews by Jonathan R. Lack in Paperback or on Kindle – https://a.co/d/bLx53vKFollow The Weekly Stuff Wordcast newsletter for regular updates and extra content! https://www.jonathanlack.comSubscribe to The Weekly Stuff Podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheWeeklyStuffPodcastVisit our website and subscribe to Japanimation Station on all podcast platforms: http://japanimationstation.com/Subscribe to The Weekly Stuff Podcast on all podcast platforms: http://www.weeklystuffpodcast.com“re:CAPTURE” and “ice” – Original Music & Lyrics by Thomas Lack, featuring Hatsune Miku & Megurine Luka. https://www.thomaslack.com

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Part 6 of our Kyoto Vacation comes to an end today with the third and final season of Sound! Euphonium, which also happens to be the most recent production from Kyoto Animation, having finished airing just a few weeks ago! This season (and the accompanying Ensemble Contest OVA) tells the story of Kumiko's final year in High School and the Kitauji Band's last shot at taking the Gold at Nationals, and it proves to be a divisive set of episodes amongst our hosts. Sean loved it just as much if not more than the previous seasons, finding it a thoughtful and touching portrait of the cyclical realities of high school life as a teacher, while Jonathan found it mostly frustrating in its thematic gaps, narrative repetition, and lack of focus on the music or performance. Our in-house composer and musical expert Thomas Lack joins to help moderate, and it makes for a really engaging, deep discussion that goes beyond just talking about the anime itself. Enjoy, and come back on August 4th for the premiere of the seventh and final part of our Kyoto Vacation, “Through Rain or Shine: The Life and Times of Violet Evergarden,” the last set of episodes for this season of the podcast.Time Chart:Theme Song: 0:00:00 – 0:01:30 Intro, History, and Ensemble Contest OVA: 0:01:30 – 0:43:32Eyecatch Break: 0:43:32– 0:44:09Sound! Euphonim the Movie Review: 0:44:09 – 2:44:36End Theme: 2:44:36 – 2:46:06Support the show at Ko-fi ☕️ https://ko-fi.com/weeklystuffRead the book 200 Reviews by Jonathan R. Lack in Paperback or on Kindle – https://a.co/d/bLx53vKFollow The Weekly Stuff Wordcast newsletter for regular updates and extra content! https://www.jonathanlack.comSubscribe to The Weekly Stuff Podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheWeeklyStuffPodcastVisit our website and subscribe to Japanimation Station on all podcast platforms: http://japanimationstation.com/Subscribe to The Weekly Stuff Podcast on all podcast platforms: http://www.weeklystuffpodcast.com“re:CAPTURE” and “ice” – Original Music & Lyrics by Thomas Lack, featuring Hatsune Miku & Megurine Luka. https://www.thomaslack.com

Part 6 of our Kyoto Vacation continues with the second Sound! Euphonium movie, and the one that directly follows on the events of the TV show to continue the story of Kumiko in her 2nd year at Kitauji. And it may be the most divisive episode of the season so far, as although Sean loved the film and found it a compelling exploration of Kumiko moving into her role as senpai to a new group of first-years, Jonathan was mostly unmoved, finding the film narratively insubstantial and awkwardly structured. But it makes for a really great conversation that helps us arrive at what the core of Sound! Euphonium is, the differences between the source material and Kyoto Animation's adaptation, and what exactly it is we do – or don't – respond to in this series. Enjoy, and come back next week for the final episode of Part 6, as we review the just-completed Sound! Euphonium season 3, including the Ensemble Contest OVA. Time Chart:Theme Song: 0:00:00 – 0:01:30 Intro & History: 0:01:30 – 0:21:33Eyecatch Break: 0:21:33– 0:22:09Sound! Euphonim the Movie Review: 0:22:09 – 2:00:54End Theme: 2:00:54 – 2:02:25Support the show at Ko-fi ☕️ https://ko-fi.com/weeklystuffRead the book 200 Reviews by Jonathan R. Lack in Paperback or on Kindle – https://a.co/d/bLx53vKFollow The Weekly Stuff Wordcast newsletter for regular updates and extra content! https://www.jonathanlack.comVisit our website and subscribe to Japanimation Station on all podcast platforms: http://japanimationstation.com/“re:CAPTURE” and “ice” – Original Music & Lyrics by Thomas Lack, featuring Hatsune Miku & Megurine Luka. https://www.thomaslack.com

Part 6 of our Kyoto Vacation is titled ‘Yamada Naoko Strikes Back; or, I Have no Voice and I Must Sound! Euphonium,' and in this week's episode, both halves of that title meet, and then some. We are discussing the 2018 film Liz and the Blue Bird, a spin-off/side story to the main Sound! Euphonium narrative, focusing on the oboe and flute players Mizore and Nozomi as they navigate their unusual, fraught friendship while rehearsing a major solo for the Kansai competition. With an entirely different visual aesthetic and Yamada Naoko's unmistakable voice shining through in every frame, Liz and the Blue Bird stands tall all on its own as a singular masterpiece, and to fully break down just how great the film is, we've brought in Jonathan's concert-band-veteran brother, Thomas – also Japanimation Station's in-house composer – as a guest on today's episode. Enjoy, and come back next week as we dive into Kumiko's second year at Kitauji High with the awkwardly titled 2019 film Sound! Euphonium: The Movie – Our Promise: A Brand New Day. Time Chart:Theme Song: 0:00:00 – 0:01:30 Intro & History: 0:01:30 – 0:47:16Eyecatch Break: 0:47:16– 0:47:52Liz and the Blue Bird Review: 0:47:52 – 3:06:29End Theme: 3:06:29 – 3:07:59Support the show at Ko-fi ☕️ https://ko-fi.com/weeklystuffRead the book 200 Reviews by Jonathan R. Lack in Paperback or on Kindle – https://a.co/d/bLx53vKFollow The Weekly Stuff Wordcast newsletter for regular updates and extra content! https://www.jonathanlack.comSubscribe to The Weekly Stuff Podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheWeeklyStuffPodcastVisit our website and subscribe to Japanimation Station on all podcast platforms: http://japanimationstation.com/Subscribe to The Weekly Stuff Podcast on all podcast platforms: http://www.weeklystuffpodcast.com“re:CAPTURE” and “ice” – Original Music & Lyrics by Thomas Lack, featuring Hatsune Miku & Megurine Luka. https://www.thomaslack.com

Shinji Aoba roció de gasolina a seis trabajadores de los estudios Kyoto Animation mientras gritaba:  “¡Váyanse al infierno!”, “Muéranse”, y después, prendió en fuego el edificio con un encendedor. Esta no es solo la historia del último condenado a muerte de Japón, sino también la de una venganza que dejó una herida imposible de cerrar en la historia de los estudios de animación más importantes de este país.

Part 6 of our Kyoto Vacation continues with Sound! Euphonium 2, the aptly titled second season of Kyoto Animation's beloved adaptation of Takeda Ayano's novels. This batch of episodes picks up right where the first left off, with the students of the Kitauji High Concert Band working hard to make it to Nationals, but this time working through a lot more interpersonal drama. Where the first season focused on protagonist Kumiko's relationship with trumpet prodigy Reina, Season 2 follows Kumiko's encounters with estranged oboe and flute players Mizore and Nozomi, and the fraught journey of the mysterious third-year Euphonium player Asuka. It's another great set of episodes, and while Jonathan was very slightly less impressed than Sean, his concert band veteran brother Thomas writes in with a sternly-worded letter to set him straight. Enjoy, and come back next week for our review of the Sound! Euphonium spin-off film, Naoko Yamada's Liz and the Blue Bird!Time Chart:Theme Song: 0:00:00 – 0:01:30 Intro & Review Part 1: 0:01:30 – 0:44:32Eyecatch Break: 0:44:32 – 0:45:10Sound! Euphonium 2 Review: 0:45:10 – 3:03:40End Theme: 3:03:40 – 3:05:10Support the show at Ko-fi ☕️ https://ko-fi.com/weeklystuffRead the book 200 Reviews by Jonathan R. Lack in Paperback or on Kindle – https://a.co/d/bLx53vKFollow The Weekly Stuff Wordcast newsletter for regular updates and extra content! https://www.jonathanlack.comSubscribe to The Weekly Stuff Podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheWeeklyStuffPodcastVisit our website and subscribe to Japanimation Station on all podcast platforms: http://japanimationstation.com/Subscribe to The Weekly Stuff Podcast on all podcast platforms: http://www.weeklystuffpodcast.com“re:CAPTURE” and “ice” – Original Music & Lyrics by Thomas Lack, featuring Hatsune Miku & Megurine Luka. https://www.thomaslack.com

Part 6 of our Kyoto Vacation is titled ‘Yamada Naoko Strikes Back; or, I Have no Voice and I Must Sound! Euphonium.' And from here on, we're looking at the second half of that title, as we review Kyoto Animation's beloved adaptation of Takeda Ayano's Sound! Euphonium novels (co-directed, of course, by the one and only Yamada Naoko). In today's episode, we're looking at the 13 episodes (and 1 OVA) of the show's first season, from 2015, a spectacular stretch of television that sees KyoAni taking on perhaps its biggest animation challenge yet: Meticulously, lovingly, and accurately drawing an entire concert band's worth of instruments as they are practiced and performed. They rise to the challenge, of course, while also delivering a huge ensemble of characters with an extremely intense relationship at the show's core, making for a very special season of TV indeed. Enjoy, and come back next week as we make our way to Nationals with the second season of Sound! Euphonium!Time Chart:Theme Song: 0:00:00 – 0:01:30 Intro & History: 0:01:30 – 1:10:15Eyecatch Break: 1:10:15 – 1:10:52Sound! Euphonium Review: 1:10:52 – 2:46:59End Theme: 2:46:59 – 2:48:29Support the show at Ko-fi ☕️ https://ko-fi.com/weeklystuffRead the book 200 Reviews by Jonathan R. Lack in Paperback or on Kindle – https://a.co/d/bLx53vKFollow The Weekly Stuff Wordcast newsletter for regular updates and extra content! https://www.jonathanlack.comSubscribe to The Weekly Stuff Podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheWeeklyStuffPodcastVisit our website and subscribe to Japanimation Station on all podcast platforms: http://japanimationstation.com/Subscribe to The Weekly Stuff Podcast on all podcast platforms: http://www.weeklystuffpodcast.com“re:CAPTURE” and “ice” – Original Music & Lyrics by Thomas Lack, featuring Hatsune Miku & Megurine Luka. https://www.thomaslack.com

Welcome back for Part 6 of our Kyoto Vacation, entitled ‘Yamada Naoko Strikes Back; or, I Have no Voice and I Must Sound! Euphonium.' And while most of this part will deal with the second half of that title, today's subject is all about the aforementioned Yamada Naoko, the Kyoto Animation wunderkind behind K-On! and Tamako Market, and the director of what might well be the best thing we've watched all season: The 2016 movie A Silent Voice – aka The Shape of Voice – based on the manga by Ōima Yoshitoki. It's an absolute masterpiece, a stunningly animated story tackling some very intense subject matter – including bullying and suicidal ideation – with incredible amounts of empathy, sensitivity, humor, and humanity.Enjoy, and come back next week for our review of the first season of Sound! Euphonium.Time Chart:Theme Song: 0:00:00 – 0:01:30 Intro & History: 0:01:30 – 0:54:31Eyecatch Break: 0:54:31 – 0:55:09A Silent Voice Review: 0:55:09 – 3:24:29End Theme: 3:24:29 – 3:25:59Support the show at Ko-fi ☕️ https://ko-fi.com/weeklystuffRead the book 200 Reviews by Jonathan R. Lack in Paperback or on Kindle – https://a.co/d/bLx53vKFollow The Weekly Stuff Wordcast newsletter for regular updates and extra content! https://www.jonathanlack.comSubscribe to The Weekly Stuff Podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheWeeklyStuffPodcastVisit our website and subscribe to Japanimation Station on all podcast platforms: http://japanimationstation.com/Subscribe to The Weekly Stuff Podcast on all podcast platforms: http://www.weeklystuffpodcast.com“re:CAPTURE” and “ice” – Original Music & Lyrics by Thomas Lack, featuring Hatsune Miku & Megurine Luka. https://www.thomaslack.com

The Plummet Boys sample a variety of Kyoto Animation's shows, including K-ON!!, Melancholy of Haruhi Suzamiya, and Nichijou, with anituber sensation Clear/Sweet. Listen in to find out what the boys thought of these not-so-trashy anime. Oh and maybe something a little ecchi to boot. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/anime-plummet/message

Part 5 of our Kyoto Vacation, “Kyoto Animation's Splendid Isolation,” comes to a close with one last adventure with the characters of Love, Chuunibyo, and Other Delusions, in their 2018 movie, Take on Me! The film finds Rikka and Yuta off on a journey across Japan as they ‘elope' after Rikka's big sister Toka plans to move her to Italy for her final year of high school. Many hijinks ensue, and while Sean and Jonathan are again slightly divided on how effective the storytelling is, as they were with season 2, we enjoy celebrating just what a funny, lively production the film is, and the strong ending it delivers this great group of characters. Enjoy, and come back in June for the premiere of Part 6 of our Kyoto Vacation, where we'll be reviewing the film A Silent Voice before leaping into the world of Sound! Euphonium. Time Chart:Theme Song: 0:00:00 – 0:01:30 Review Part 1: 0:37:18Eyecatch Break: 0:37:18 – 0:37:55Review Part 2: 0:37:55 – 1:53:47End Theme: 1:53:47 – 1:54:48 Support the show at Ko-fi ☕️ https://ko-fi.com/weeklystuffRead the book 200 Reviews by Jonathan R. Lack in Paperback or on Kindle – https://a.co/d/bLx53vKFollow The Weekly Stuff Wordcast newsletter for regular updates and extra content! https://www.jonathanlack.comSubscribe to The Weekly Stuff Podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheWeeklyStuffPodcastVisit our website and subscribe to Japanimation Station on all podcast platforms: http://japanimationstation.com/Subscribe to The Weekly Stuff Podcast on all podcast platforms: http://www.weeklystuffpodcast.com“re:CAPTURE” and “Rolled Into One” – Original Music & Lyrics by Thomas Lack, featuring Hatsune Miku. https://www.thomaslack.com

Ionatan and Ravi give their thoughts on every show they're watching this spring! They discuss how varied this anime season is, from studio changes for the 'KonoSuba' and 'Yuru Camp' sequels as well as the 'Spice and Wolf' remake to new series such as 'Kaiju No. 8' and 'Wind Breaker' to the return of Kyoto Animation's 'Hibike! Euphonium.'

We are back for a particularly ‘colorful' episode of Part 5 of our Kyoto Vacation, “Kyoto Animation's Splendid Isolation,” with our review of 2016's Myriad Colors Phantom World. While this series isn't one of KyoAni's ‘masterpiece' shows, it might just be their most underrated. A madcap comedy packed with wall-to-wall creativity, vivid characters, and a smarter and more emotionally engaging structure than viewers might first realize, Myriad Colors is a consistent delight, with its second half in particular delivering one great episode after another. Sadly, the show flopped upon release and has been unfairly dismissed as a major creative misfire, meaning it's due a real re-evaluation, which we hope today's show kicks off! Enjoy, and come back next week for the end of Part 5 with our review of the Love, Chuunibyo, and Other Delusions ‘finale' movie, Take On Me! Time Chart:Theme Song: 0:00:00 – 0:01:30 Intro and History: 0:01:30 – 0:44:54Eyecatch Break: 0:44:54 – 0:45:32Myriad Colors Phantom World Review: 0:45:32 – 2:58:15End Theme: 2:58:15 – 2:59:16 Support the show at Ko-fi ☕️ https://ko-fi.com/weeklystuffRead the book 200 Reviews by Jonathan R. Lack in Paperback or on Kindle – https://a.co/d/bLx53vKFollow The Weekly Stuff Wordcast newsletter for regular updates and extra content! https://www.jonathanlack.comSubscribe to The Weekly Stuff Podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheWeeklyStuffPodcastVisit our website and subscribe to Japanimation Station on all podcast platforms: http://japanimationstation.com/Subscribe to The Weekly Stuff Podcast on all podcast platforms: http://www.weeklystuffpodcast.com“re:CAPTURE” and “Rolled Into One” – Original Music & Lyrics by Thomas Lack, featuring Hatsune Miku. https://www.thomaslack.com

We are back for Part 5 of our Kyoto Vacation, “Kyoto Animation's Splendid Isolation,” and today we return to the wacky world of Love, Chuunibyo, and Other Delusions for its second season, Heart Throb! This second batch of episodes sees Rikka and Yuta struggling with what it means to be a couple when another chuunibyo friend from Yuta's past enters the picture, and while both Sean and Jonathan agree it's an extremely funny, well-directed set of episodes with plenty of laughs and memorable moments, there's a bit of a divide between how effective we think the core plotline is, with Jonathan loving it all the way through and Sean finding it lacking. Either way, this remains a delightful show, and a very enjoyable one to talk about. Enjoy, and come back next week for our review of all 13 episodes of Myriad Colors Phantom World!Time Chart:Theme Song: 0:00:00 – 0:01:30 Intro, History, and Rikka's Version Movie: 0:01:30 – 0:40:01Eyecatch Break: 0:40:01 – 0:40:39Chuunibyo Season 2 Review: 0:40:39 – 2:45:53End Theme: 2:46:53 – 2:46:53 Support the show at Ko-fi ☕️ https://ko-fi.com/weeklystuffRead the book 200 Reviews by Jonathan R. Lack in Paperback or on Kindle – https://a.co/d/bLx53vKFollow The Weekly Stuff Wordcast newsletter for regular updates and extra content! https://www.jonathanlack.comSubscribe to The Weekly Stuff Podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheWeeklyStuffPodcastVisit our website and subscribe to Japanimation Station on all podcast platforms: http://japanimationstation.com/Subscribe to The Weekly Stuff Podcast on all podcast platforms: http://www.weeklystuffpodcast.com“re:CAPTURE” and “Rolled Into One” – Original Music & Lyrics by Thomas Lack, featuring Hatsune Miku. https://www.thomaslack.com

We are back for Part 5 of our Kyoto Vacation, entitled “Kyoto Animation's Splendid Isolation,” and today we're discussing what might be the worst series the fine folks at KyoAni have ever made: 2013's Beyond the Boundary, a show that is as beautifully animated as anything the studio has ever produced, but suffers from generic (and sometimes incoherent) storytelling, flat characters, and a frustratingly repetitive and off-putting sense of ‘comedy.' It also has a feature film follow-up, 2015's I'll Be Here, which is even more stunningly animated, but also somehow even more maddening as a piece of storytelling. It's a strange show, but a fascinating one to talk about. Enjoy, and come back next week for our review of the second season of Love, Chuunibyo, and Other Delusions – Heart Throb! Time Chart:Theme Song: 0:00:00 – 0:01:30 Beyond the Boundary Review: 0:01:30 – 1:30:13Eyecatch Break: 1:30:13 – 1:30:51I'll Be Here Movie Review: 1:30:51 – 2:23:26End Theme: 2:23:26 – 2:24:28Support the show at Ko-fi ☕️ https://ko-fi.com/weeklystuffRead the book 200 Reviews by Jonathan R. Lack in Paperback or on Kindle – https://a.co/d/bLx53vKFollow The Weekly Stuff Wordcast newsletter for regular updates and extra content! https://www.jonathanlack.comSubscribe to The Weekly Stuff Podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheWeeklyStuffPodcastVisit our website and subscribe to Japanimation Station on all podcast platforms: http://japanimationstation.com/Subscribe to The Weekly Stuff Podcast on all podcast platforms: http://www.weeklystuffpodcast.com“re:CAPTURE” and “Rolled Into One” – Original Music & Lyrics by Thomas Lack, featuring Hatsune Miku. https://www.thomaslack.com

We are back for Part 5 of our Kyoto Vacation, entitled “Kyoto Animation's Splendid Isolation,” and today we're discussing the next series made by the ladies behind K-ON!, 2013's Tamako Market! An entirely original creation by Naoko Yamada and Reiko Yoshida, Tamako Market is a strange, singular, and sweet slice-of-life series about the daughter of a mochi-shop owner and the many oddballs she encounters in daily life, including a talking bird from a mysterious island kingdom named Dera. Sean and Jonathan are split on just how effective the TV show itself is – Sean loves it, while Jonathan found it a little hit-or-miss – but we are in complete agreement about the 2014 film follow-up, Tamako Love Story, which adopts a slightly different tone and focus and delivers a true directorial tour-de-force from Naoko Yamada. It's one of the best things we've watched this season, and that's saying something. Enjoy, and come back next week for our review of 2013's Beyond the Boundary and its feature film sequel, I'll Be Here! Time Chart:Theme Song: 0:00:00 – 0:01:30 Tamako Market Review: 0:01:30 – 1:43:36Eyecatch Break: 1:43:36 – 1:44:14Tamako Love Story Review: 1:44:14 – 3:07:45End Theme: 3:07:45 – 3:08:46 Support the show at Ko-fi ☕️ https://ko-fi.com/weeklystuffRead the book 200 Reviews by Jonathan R. Lack in Paperback or on Kindle – https://a.co/d/bLx53vKFollow The Weekly Stuff Wordcast newsletter for regular updates and extra content! https://www.jonathanlack.comSubscribe to The Weekly Stuff Podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheWeeklyStuffPodcastVisit our website and subscribe to Japanimation Station on all podcast platforms: http://japanimationstation.com/Subscribe to The Weekly Stuff Podcast on all podcast platforms: http://www.weeklystuffpodcast.com“re:CAPTURE” and “Happily Ever After” – Original Music & Lyrics by Thomas Lack, featuring Hatsune Miku. https://www.thomaslack.com

We are back for Part 5 of our Kyoto Vacation, entitled “Kyoto Animation's Splendid Isolation,” where we will be looking at the period in the 2010s when KyoAni took complete control of their source material and began creating anime based on light novels they themselves published! That effort began with 2012's Love, Chuunibyo & Other Delusions!, a series that starts out as a very funny, very silly odd-couple comedy between a boy trying to leave his youthful obsessions behind and a girl still embroiled in playing pretend, before gradually becoming a startlingly rich, incredibly touching story about how fiction and fantasy help us process grief. It's another Kyoto Animation home run, one that sneaks up on the viewer but lands its punches with startling power. We discuss the 12-episode first season from 2012 in today's episode, but will be back later in Part 5 to discuss the show's second season and movie sequel. Enjoy, and come back next week for our review of Tamako Market and its feature film follow-up, Tamako Love Story!Time Chart:Theme Song: 0:00:00 – 0:01:30 Intro and History: 0:01:30 – 0:45:52Eyecatch Break: 0:45:52 – 0:46:29Chuunibyo Season 1 Review: 0:46:29 – 2:40:53End Theme: 2:40:53 – 2:41:55 Support the show at Ko-fi ☕️ https://ko-fi.com/weeklystuffRead the book 200 Reviews by Jonathan R. Lack in Paperback or on Kindle – https://a.co/d/bLx53vKFollow The Weekly Stuff Wordcast newsletter for regular updates and extra content! https://www.jonathanlack.comSubscribe to The Weekly Stuff Podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheWeeklyStuffPodcastVisit our website and subscribe to Japanimation Station on all podcast platforms: http://japanimationstation.com/Subscribe to The Weekly Stuff Podcast on all podcast platforms: http://www.weeklystuffpodcast.com“re:CAPTURE” and “Happily Ever After” – Original Music & Lyrics by Thomas Lack, featuring Hatsune Miku. https://www.thomaslack.com

Part 4 of our Kyoto Vacation is called “My Ordinary Life is a Mystery to be Lived,” and today's second part tackles the ‘Mystery' part of that title with 2012's singular slice-of-life mystery anime HYOUKA! Adapted from the ‘Classic Literature Club' novels by Honobu Yonezawa, Hyouka follows ‘energy conservationist' Hotaro Oreki as he tries to glide through high school without giving anything much effort, only to be drawn into the orbit of the perpetually curious Eru Chitanda, with whom he begins solving low-stakes mysteries left and right. It's an amazing and very unique story, and it's brought to life with perhaps the most beautiful animation in the history of TV anime – which sounds like hyperbole until one lays eyes on this amazing series, which is another certified masterpiece from Kyoto Animation. Enjoy, and come back in two weeks on March 10th for Part 5 of the season, and our review of the 2012 anime Love, Chunibyo, and Other Delusions! Time Chart:Theme Song: 0:00:00 – 0:01:30 Intro and History: 0:01:30 – 0:49:30Eyecatch Break: 0:49:30 – 0:50:08Hyouka Review: 0:50:08 – 3:26:51End Theme: 3:26:51 – 3:27:53 Support the show at Ko-fi ☕️ https://ko-fi.com/weeklystuffRead the book 200 Reviews by Jonathan R. Lack in Paperback or on Kindle – https://a.co/d/bLx53vKFollow The Weekly Stuff Wordcast newsletter for regular updates and extra content! https://www.jonathanlack.comSubscribe to The Weekly Stuff Podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheWeeklyStuffPodcastVisit our website and subscribe to Japanimation Station on all podcast platforms: http://japanimationstation.com/Subscribe to The Weekly Stuff Podcast on all podcast platforms: http://www.weeklystuffpodcast.com“re:CAPTURE” and “Happily Ever After” – Original Music & Lyrics by Thomas Lack, featuring Hatsune Miku. https://www.thomaslack.com

Part 4 of our Kyoto Vacation is called “My Ordinary Life is a Mystery to be Lived,” and we begin with one of Kyoto Animation's most beloved cult classics, and also perhaps the weirdest show ever made: Nichijou, based on the manga by Keiichi Arawi, which follows three high-school girls, a genius child inventor, the robot big sister she invents for herself, a talking cat, and many more increasingly strange characters in a very bizarre world of madcap, gorgeously-animated comedy. Nichijou is purely gag-focused, more than any show we've reviewed here before, but it's also incredibly creative and wildly accomplished as an animation production, and gives us a ton to talk about. We go over the show's history, discuss what makes it so special, and each count down our Top 10 Favorite Nichijou Segments! Enjoy, and come back next week for our review of Hyouka, the equally-singular slice-of-life mystery show from 2012!Time Chart:Theme Song: 0:00:00 – 0:01:30 Intro and History: 0:01:30 – 0:46:47Eyecatch Break: 0:46:47 – 0:47:22Nichijou Review: 0:47:22 – 1:43:44Top 10 Nichijou Segments: 1:43:44 – 3:00:22End Theme: 3:00:22 – 3:01:24 Support the show at Ko-fi ☕️ https://ko-fi.com/weeklystuffRead the book 200 Reviews by Jonathan R. Lack in Paperback or on Kindle – https://a.co/d/bLx53vKFollow The Weekly Stuff Wordcast newsletter for regular updates and extra content! https://www.jonathanlack.comSubscribe to The Weekly Stuff Podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheWeeklyStuffPodcastVisit our website and subscribe to Japanimation Station on all podcast platforms: http://japanimationstation.com/Subscribe to The Weekly Stuff Podcast on all podcast platforms: http://www.weeklystuffpodcast.com“re:CAPTURE” and “Happily Ever After” – Original Music & Lyrics by Thomas Lack, featuring Hatsune Miku. https://www.thomaslack.com

Why is Tokyo Metropolitan Government releasing a dating app? Aaron and Parker discuss PM Kishida vowing stronger steps for recovery of central Japan quake, Kyoto Animation arsonist sentenced to death, and retired Japan bullet train snack carts up for sale.

Part 3 of our Kyoto Vacation is‘Moe Money, Moe Problems: After School Tea-Time with the Girls of K-On!' And today, we're finishing our journey with Hokago Tea Time by following the girls to London for an overseas adventure in K-On! The Movie. Released in 2011 to more or less unprecedented success for this type of anime, the feature film continuation of the series is one of the franchise's finest hours, lushly animated, absolutely hilarious, and incredibly heartfelt, revisiting the events of the series finale to deepen the perspective of the original four club members – Yui, Ritsu, Mio, and Mugi-chan – on a bigger scale than we ever saw in the TV series. It's a fantastic movie, and a great way to close our After School Tea Time adventures.Enjoy, and come back on February 11th for the start of Part 4 of our Kyoto Vacation, with our review of the comedy classic Nichijou: My Ordinary Life! Time Chart:Theme Song: 0:00:00 – 0:01:30 Intro and History: 0:01:30 – 0:35:47Eyecatch Break: 0:35:47 – 0:36:22K-On! The Movie Review: 0:36:22 – 2:28:28End Theme: 2:28:28 – 2:29:29Support the show at Ko-fi ☕️ https://ko-fi.com/weeklystuffRead the book 200 Reviews by Jonathan R. Lack in Paperback or on Kindle – https://a.co/d/bLx53vKFollow The Weekly Stuff Wordcast newsletter for regular updates and extra content! https://www.jonathanlack.comSubscribe to The Weekly Stuff Podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheWeeklyStuffPodcastVisit our website and subscribe to Japanimation Station on all podcast platforms: http://japanimationstation.com/Subscribe to The Weekly Stuff Podcast on all podcast platforms: http://www.weeklystuffpodcast.com“re:CAPTURE” and “Happily Ever After” – Original Music & Lyrics by Thomas Lack, featuring Hatsune Miku. https://www.thomaslack.com

Part 3 of our Kyoto Vacation is‘Moe Money, Moe Problems: After School Tea-Time with the Girls of K-On!' And today, we're discussing the 27-episode second season from 2010, which follows Yui, Ritsu, Mio, and Mugi-chan in their third and final year of high school, with second-year Azusa facing the prospect of being left behind after they all graduate. It's an incredible season of TV, filled not only with outstanding episodes, but telling a deeply-felt, beautifully observed story about the transitional moment that is graduation, and how people balance becoming adults while maintaining childhood friendships and passions. Enjoy, and come back next week as we say goodbye to the light music club with our review of the feature film, K-On! The Movie. Time Chart:Theme Song: 0:00:00 – 0:01:30 Intro and History: 0:01:30 – 0:57:38Eyecatch Break: 0:57:38 – 0:58:15K-On!! Review: 0:58:15 – 3:06:28End Theme: 3:06:28 – 3:07:30Support the show at Ko-fi ☕️ https://ko-fi.com/weeklystuffRead the book 200 Reviews by Jonathan R. Lack in Paperback or on Kindle – https://a.co/d/bLx53vKFollow The Weekly Stuff Wordcast newsletter for regular updates and extra content! https://www.jonathanlack.comSubscribe to The Weekly Stuff Podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheWeeklyStuffPodcastVisit our website and subscribe to Japanimation Station on all podcast platforms: http://japanimationstation.com/Subscribe to The Weekly Stuff Podcast on all podcast platforms: http://www.weeklystuffpodcast.com“re:CAPTURE” and “Happily Ever After” – Original Music & Lyrics by Thomas Lack, featuring Hatsune Miku. https://www.thomaslack.com

Part 3 of our Kyoto Vacation is‘Moe Money, Moe Problems: After School Tea-Time with the Girls of K-On!' And for the next three weeks, we're reviewing what may be Kyoto Animation's most popular series to date: K-On!, the musical slice-of-life anime sensation following the girls of the Sakuragaoka High School light music club! The 14-episode 1st season follows Yui Hirasawa as she learns the guitar and joins bassist Mio Akiyama, drummer Ritsu Tainaka, and keyboardist Tsumugi Kotobuki, ostensibly to play and practice music, but mostly to drink tea and eat snacks. The season follows the characters' first two years of high-school, with another guitarist, Azusa Nakano, joining in their second year, and of course includes the greatest teacher in the history of fiction, Sawa-chan-sensei, as their unorthodox club leader. It's a beautifully animated, stupendously funny, extremely sweet season of television with some great music, and the debut directorial work of the great Naoka Yamada – and an absolute pleasure to talk about on the podcast. Enjoy, and come back next week as we review the second season – with two exclamation points – K-On!! Time Chart:Theme Song: 0:00:00 – 0:01:30 Intro and History: 0:01:30 – 0:52:29Eyecatch Break: 0:52:29 – 0:53:04 K-On! Review: 0:53:04 – 3:13:54End Theme: 3:13:54 – 3:14:56Support the show at Ko-fi ☕️ https://ko-fi.com/weeklystuffRead the book 200 Reviews by Jonathan R. Lack in Paperback or on Kindle – https://a.co/d/bLx53vKFollow The Weekly Stuff Wordcast newsletter for regular updates and extra content! https://www.jonathanlack.comSubscribe to The Weekly Stuff Podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheWeeklyStuffPodcastVisit our website and subscribe to Japanimation Station on all podcast platforms: http://japanimationstation.com/Subscribe to The Weekly Stuff Podcast on all podcast platforms: http://www.weeklystuffpodcast.com“re:CAPTURE” and “Happily Ever After” – Original Music & Lyrics by Thomas Lack, featuring Hatsune Miku. https://www.thomaslack.com

It's December 25th, and Christmas has finally come to Otaku Town – and with it, the final episode of Part 2 of our Kyoto Vacation. For today's very special episode, we are finishing our journey through the world of Haruhi Suzumiya with the 2010 film The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya, the nearly-three-hour climactic story in Kyoto Animation's beloved adaptation of Nagaru Tanigawa's light novels. It's an absolute masterpiece of a film, telling its story of Kyon waking up in a world without the SOS Brigade patiently and tenderly, and building to a series of incredibly powerful emotional climaxes. It is also a truly beautiful Christmas movie in the vein of A Christmas Carol or It's a Wonderful Life, and one of the very best of its kind, making it the perfect film to celebrate the holiday and ring out what has been a very big 2023 for Japanimation Station!  Have a Happy New Year, and we will see all of you in 2024 for Part 3 of our Kyoto Vacation, “Moe Money, Moe Problems: After School Tea Time with the Girls of K-On!”   Time Chart: Theme Song: 0:00:00 – 0:01:31 Intro and History: 0:01:31 – 0:38:17 Eyecatch Break: 0:38:17 – 0:38:54 The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya Review: 0:38:54 – 3:12:20 End Theme: 3:12:20 – 3:13:22 Support the show at Ko-fi ☕️ https://ko-fi.com/weeklystuff Read the book 200 Reviews by Jonathan R. Lack in Paperback or on Kindle – https://a.co/d/bLx53vK Follow The Weekly Stuff Wordcast newsletter for regular updates and extra content! https://weeklystuff.substack.com Subscribe to The Weekly Stuff Podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheWeeklyStuffPodcast Visit our website and subscribe to Japanimation Station on all podcast platforms: http://japanimationstation.com/ Subscribe to The Weekly Stuff Podcast on all podcast platforms: http://www.weeklystuffpodcast.com 「コイノMIKUルデンセツ」- Music by Satoru Kosaki, Lyrics by Yutaka Yamamoto, Arranged by Thomas Lack feat. Hatsune Miku  “Happily Ever After” – Original Music & Lyrics by Thomas Lack, featuring Hatsune Miku. https://www.thomaslack.com

In this episode, brace yourselves for the GTA community's outrage over unexpected BBLs, while we dissect our jaw-dropping reaction to the latest Godzilla Minus One film. We briefly touch on winners and upsets from the Video Games Awards and My Hero Academia's latest emo season. Weebs prepare for Demon Slayer's return, the deep revenge of Kingdom of Ruin, and Kyoto Animation's pursuit of justice post-arson. Plus, we explore the anime that brought tears to our eyes over the years and discuss the unfortunate reality of AI and medical advancements turning Ghost in the Shell into real life, topped off with a dash of Batman hilariousness. Tune in for a wild ride through the realms of anime, gaming, and cinematic wonders!

Part 2 of our Kyoto Vacation chronicles ‘When Christmas Came to Otaku Town,' and in this episode, we do an extremely deep-dive into the single craziest experiment ever attempted in commercial anime: The infamous ‘Endless Eight' arc from The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Season 2. We will be talking about the rest of that show's second season from 2009 in next week's episode, but as we worked our way through these episodes, we realized the Endless Eight were something special, and needed a different approach. Often dismissed as “the same episode repeated eight times,” the Endless Eight is actually a collection of Kyoto Animation's best directors independently tackling the same basic story, but with completely different animation, voice acting, and music, with a constantly varying tonal and thematic approach, and it makes for a fascinating, perspective-altering work of avant-garde art. To do it justice, we recorded once a day for eight days, watching each of the eight episodes individually and then discussing each at length before moving on to the next one. The result is one of the longest episodes we've ever recorded, but also one of the best – and if you haven't dived into the full ‘Endless Eight' experience before, we hope this episode makes for the perfect viewing companion.  Enjoy, and come back next week as we review the rest of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Season 2, in the story's chronological order! Time Chart: Theme Song: 0:00:00 – 0:01:31 Intro: 0:01:31 – 0:07:29 Endless Eight I: 0:07:29 – 0:23:17 Endless Eight II: 0:23:17 – 0:43:29  Endless Eight III: 0:43:29 – 1:19:20  Eyecatch Break: 1:19:20 – 1:19:57 Endless Eight IV: 1:19:57 – 2:01:10 Endless Eight V: 2:01:10 – 2:41:24 Endless Eight VI: 2:41:24 – 3:10:09 Endless Eight VII: 3:10:09 – 3:40:42 Endless Eight VIII: 3:40:42 – 4:37:14 End Theme: 4:37:14 – 4:38:16  Support the show at Ko-fi ☕️ https://ko-fi.com/weeklystuff Read the book 200 Reviews by Jonathan R. Lack in Paperback or on Kindle – https://a.co/d/bLx53vK Follow The Weekly Stuff Wordcast newsletter for regular updates and extra content!  https://weeklystuff.substack.com Subscribe to The Weekly Stuff Podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheWeeklyStuffPodcast Visit our website and subscribe to Japanimation Station on all podcast platforms: http://japanimationstation.com/ Subscribe to The Weekly Stuff Podcast on all podcast platforms: http://www.weeklystuffpodcast.com

Part 2 of our Kyoto Vacation chronicles ‘When Christmas Came to Otaku Town,' and following the wild success of Haruhi Suzumiya, Kyoto Animation moved on to one of the defining slice-of-life anime comedies, 2007's Lucky Star! Simultaneously a very dry, down-to-earth ‘atmospheric' show and an absolutely absurd slice of post-modern anime surrealism, Lucky Star is a singularly entertaining show. Based on the 4-panel manga by Kagami Yoshimizu, Lucky Star in anime form quickly takes on a life of its own as the artists at Kyoto Animation find themselves reacting to the Haruhi Suzumiya phenomenon and the changing shape of anime fandom within the text of the show, and also saw some behind-the-scenes turmoil as original director Yamamoto Yutaka was fired after just 4 episodes. We dive into all of that history, discuss our favorite jokes and characters, and celebrate the delirious insanity that is Lucky Channel on this jam-packed episode!  Enjoy, and come back next week as we review the infamous ‘Endless Eight' episodes from The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Season 2! Time Chart: Theme Song: 0:00:00 – 0:01:30  Intro and History: 0:01:30 – 0:38:59 Get F'd Yamamoto Yutaka: 0:38:59 – 1:08:20 Eyecatch Break: 1:08:20 – 1:08:55 Lucky Star Review: 1:08:55 – 3:16:12 End Theme: 3:16:12 – 3:17:14  Support the show at Ko-fi ☕️ https://ko-fi.com/weeklystuff Read the book 200 Reviews by Jonathan R. Lack in Paperback or on Kindle – https://a.co/d/bLx53vK Follow The Weekly Stuff Wordcast newsletter for regular updates and extra content!  https://weeklystuff.substack.com Subscribe to The Weekly Stuff Podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheWeeklyStuffPodcast Visit our website and subscribe to Japanimation Station on all podcast platforms: http://japanimationstation.com/ Subscribe to The Weekly Stuff Podcast on all podcast platforms: http://www.weeklystuffpodcast.com “re:CAPTURE” and “Happily Ever After” – Original Music & Lyrics by Thomas Lack, featuring Hatsune Miku. https://www.thomaslack.com

Part 1 of our Kyoto Vacation, ‘Crying is the Key to Happiness,' comes to a close with Clannad After Story, the second and final season based on the legendary visual novel by Key VisualArts. And after speaking for 3.5 hours about the first season, we somehow go even longer on the second, which follows Tomoya and Nagisa progressing into adulthood and becomes an ever-deeper, richer, and more emotionally impactful experience as it goes along. These are, simply put, some of the finest episodes of anime ever made, from storytelling through all aspects of the production, and it takes a full four-hour podcast to really start sinking our teeth into all of it.   Enjoy! We will be off next week for Thanksgiving, and returning on November 28th for Part 2 of our Kyoto Vacation with our review of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Season 1 in its original ‘shuffle' broadcast order!  Time Chart: Theme Song: 0:00:00 – 0:01:30  Intro and Review Part 1: 0:01:30 – 1:09:16 Eyecatch Break: 1:09:16 – 1:09:52 Review Continued: 1:09:52 – 3:48:02 End Theme: 3:48:02 – 3:49:04  Support the show at Ko-fi ☕️ https://ko-fi.com/weeklystuff Read the book 200 Reviews by Jonathan R. Lack in Paperback or on Kindle – https://a.co/d/bLx53vK Follow The Weekly Stuff Wordcast newsletter for regular updates and extra content! https://weeklystuff.substack.com Subscribe to The Weekly Stuff Podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheWeeklyStuffPodcast Visit our website and subscribe to Japanimation Station on all podcast platforms: http://japanimationstation.com/ Subscribe to The Weekly Stuff Podcast on all podcast platforms: http://www.weeklystuffpodcast.com “re:CAPTURE” and “Happily Ever After” – Original Music & Lyrics by Thomas Lack, featuring Hatsune Miku https://www.thomaslack.com

Part 1 of our Kyoto Vacation, ‘Crying is the Key to Happiness,' continues with 2007's Clannad, the first entry in a two-series journey adapting the legendary visual novel by Key VisualArts. And it is, immediately, a major artistic leap for Kyoto Animation, a stunningly animated, beautifully written, alternatingly hilarious and poignant portrait of high school friendship and romance. Before we even arrive at the darker, bolder narrative turns of the second season, Clannad After Story, the series' first half has us wondering if we're watching one of the greatest anime ever made. This one is the complete package, and we break it all down in detail, sharing the history behind the visual novel and the team at Kyoto Animation behind the anime, breaking down the story, characters, and animation, and generally gushing about a truly incredible work of art.  Enjoy, and come back next week as we review the second half of the Clannad saga with Clannad After Story!  Time Chart: Theme Song: 0:00:00 – 0:01:30  Intro and History: 0:01:30 – 0:50:11 Eyecatch Break: 0:50:11 – 0:50:48 Clannad Review: 0:50:48 – 3:33:36 End Theme: 3:33:36 – 3:34:38 Support the show at Ko-fi ☕️ https://ko-fi.com/weeklystuff Read the book 200 Reviews by Jonathan R. Lack in Paperback or on Kindle – https://a.co/d/bLx53vK Follow The Weekly Stuff Wordcast newsletter for regular updates and extra content! https://weeklystuff.substack.com Subscribe to The Weekly Stuff Podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheWeeklyStuffPodcast Visit our website and subscribe to Japanimation Station on all podcast platforms: http://japanimationstation.com/ Subscribe to The Weekly Stuff Podcast on all podcast platforms: http://www.weeklystuffpodcast.com “re:CAPTURE” and “Happily Ever After” – Original Music & Lyrics by Thomas Lack, featuring Hatsune Miku. https://www.thomaslack.com

Os animês são um dos maiores tesouros compartilhados pelo Japão. Há quem não goste, mas há quem AME!!! A Kyoto Animation se consagrou como um estúdio tradicional e muito querido pelos fãs. O clima era de felicidade… até a manhã do dia 18 de julho de 2019. Quer aparecer em um episódio do Fábrica? É muito simples! Basta mandar uma mensagem de áudio por direct no Instagram @podcastfabricadecrimes nós só publicaremos com a sua autorização. Vamos amar ter você por aqui :)  Hosts: Rob (@rob.host) e Mari (@mari.host) Editor: Victor Assis (@ovitovitovito) Fontes: IGN Brasil, Animes registram lucros históricos não alcançados desde 2002; entenda, disponível em: https://br.ign.com/anime/105153/news/animes-registram-lucros-historicos-nao-alcancados-desde-2002-entenda#:~:text=Segundo%20a%20AJA%2C%20a%20indústria,%2C65%20bilhões%20de%20reais). BuzzFeed, From Niche To Mainstream: The Unstoppable Global Popularity Of Anime And How It Happened, disponível em: https://www.buzzfeed.com/ishabassi/anime-popularity-explained-from-niche-to-mainstream Febrabantech, Indústria de entretenimento e mídia volta aos holofotes e fatura US$ 33 bi em 2022, disponível em: https://febrabantech.febraban.org.br/blog/industria-de-entretenimento-e-midia-volta-aos-holofotes-e-fatura-us-33-bi-em-2022 BBC Science Focus, Top 10: The largest cities in the world, disponível em: https://www.sciencefocus.com/planet-earth/in-pictures-the-largest-cities-in-the-world Jovem Nerd, Conheça a história da Kyoto Animation, um dos maiores estúdios de animes do Japão, disponível em: https://jovemnerd.com.br/nerdbunker/conheca-a-historia-de-kyoto-animation/ Gamerant, The History Of Kyoto Animation, disponível em: https://gamerant.com/the-history-of-kyoto-animation/ Kyoto Animation, Corporate Profile, disponível em: https://www.kyotoanimation.co.jp/en/company/profile/ Rolling Stone, Estúdio de Pokémon e Akira, Kyoto Animation é destruído em incêndio criminoso, disponível em: https://rollingstone.uol.com.br/noticia/estudio-de-pokemon-e-akira-kyoto-animation-e-destruido-em-incendio-criminoso/ CBR, Kyoto Animation Had an Unseen Hand in Making Inuyasha, disponível em: https://www.cbr.com/inuyasha-kyoto-animation-munto/ Crunchyroll,Kyoto Animation Awards deste ano é oficialmente cancelado, disponível em: https://www.crunchyroll.com/pt-br/news/latest/2019/11/20/kyoto-animation-awards-deste-ano-oficialmente-cancelado The Asahi Shinbum, Kyoto Animation arson-murder suspect admits to charges in court, disponível em: https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14997836 BBC, Kyoto Animation fire: Arson attack at Japan anime studio kills 33, disponível em: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-49027178 Kyodo News, Kyoto studio arson suspect bought 6 knives weeks in advance of attack, disponível em: https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2020/06/d12655e438c9-kyoto-studio-arson-suspect-bought-6-knives-weeks-in-advance-of-attack.html The Japan Times, Kyoto Animation arson suspect inspired by 2001 attack, disponível em: https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/09/15/japan/crime-legal/kyoani-arson-trial-takefuji/ The Japan Times, Suspected Kyoto Animation arsonist undergoes unprecedented skin grafts, disponível em: https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/11/27/national/crime-legal/suspected-kyoto-animation-arsonist-undergoes-unprecedented-skin-grafts/ The Japan News, Suspect of 2019 KyoAni Arson Attack Shinji Aoba Admits Charges, disponível em: https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/society/crime-courts/20230905-134553/ Vision of Humanity, 2023 Global Peace Index, disponível em: https://www.visionofhumanity.org/maps/#/ Kyodo News, Defense in Kyoto Animation arson trial says suspect not mentally fit, disponível em: https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2023/09/7e60f1092db4-man-admits-carrying-out-fatal-2019-kyoto-animation-arson-attack.html --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fabricadecrimes/message

Part 1 of our Kyoto Vacation, ‘Crying is the Key to Happiness,' continues with our review of Kanon, a fascinating snapshot of two groups of storytellers finding their way: The team at Key VisualArts, for whom Kanon was their first original visual novel, and the artists at Kyoto Animation, who had already made Air the year before, and were now working with double the episode order and an even more confident sense of style. Sean and Jonathan disagree on exactly how effectively it all comes together, but there's no doubt there's a lot of artistry and passion on display, and that Kanon is – pardon the pun – a key stepping stone in the Kyoto Animation legend.  Enjoy, and come back next week as we review the first season of Clannad, one of the most beloved anime of all time!  Time Chart: Theme Song: 0:00:00 – 0:01:30 Intro and History: 0:01:30 – 0:52:13 Eyecatch Break: 0:52:13 – 0:52:47 Kanon Review: 0:52:47 – 3:14:09 End Theme: 3:14:09 – 3:15:11  Support the show at Ko-fi ☕️ https://ko-fi.com/weeklystuff Read the book 200 Reviews by Jonathan R. Lack in Paperback or on Kindle – https://a.co/d/bLx53vK Follow The Weekly Stuff Wordcast newsletter for regular updates and extra content! https://weeklystuff.substack.com Subscribe to The Weekly Stuff Podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheWeeklyStuffPodcast Visit our website and subscribe to Japanimation Station on all podcast platforms: http://japanimationstation.com/ Subscribe to The Weekly Stuff Podcast on all podcast platforms: http://www.weeklystuffpodcast.com “re:CAPTURE” and “Happily Ever After” – Original Music & Lyrics by Thomas Lack, featuring Hatsune Miku. https://www.thomaslack.com

Part 1 of our Kyoto Vacation kicks off with ‘Crying is the Key to Happiness,' a series of episodes on Kyoto Animation's adaptations of the acclaimed visual novels by Key VisualArts. We begin with 2005's Air, the strange, sad, and surprising tale of a wandering boy, a girl obsessed with dinosaurs, an empathetic crow, and a winged girl in the sky. Air is a hard show to describe, but it's a powerful watch, adapting the hit visual novel into 12 episodes (and 2 OVAs) that put Kyoto Animation firmly on the map. We discuss the history of Key VisualArts leading up to the creation of Air and tell you all about the KyoAni staff that created the show before diving deep into one of the weirdest, most beautiful, and most devastating shows we've ever reviewed.  Enjoy, and come back next week as we review Kanon, the 24-episode series based on Key's first visual novel! Time Chart: Theme Song: 0:00:00 – 0:01:30 Intro and History: 0:01:30 –  Eyecatch Break: 0:56:43 – 0:57:19  Air Review: 0:57:19 – 3:08:40  End Theme: 3:08:40 – 3:09:42  Support the show at Ko-fi ☕️ https://ko-fi.com/weeklystuff Read the book 200 Reviews by Jonathan R. Lack in Paperback or on Kindle – https://a.co/d/bLx53vK Follow The Weekly Stuff Wordcast newsletter for regular updates and extra content! https://weeklystuff.substack.com Subscribe to The Weekly Stuff Podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheWeeklyStuffPodcast Visit our website and subscribe to Japanimation Station on all podcast platforms: http://japanimationstation.com/ Subscribe to The Weekly Stuff Podcast on all podcast platforms: http://www.weeklystuffpodcast.com “re:CAPTURE” and “Happily Ever After” – Original Music & Lyrics by Thomas Lack, featuring Hatsune Miku. https://www.thomaslack.com

Welcome to Japanimation Station's Kyoto Vacation, the fourth season of our podcast and our biggest adventure yet! We are taking a journey through the works of Kyoto Animation, one of the most respected and beloved anime studios in Japan, reviewing shows like Clannad, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, K-On!, Nichijou, Sound! Euphonium, Violet Evergarden, and much more. But before we talk about any specific works, we wanted to take a step back and discuss the history of Kyoto Animation itself, because it's a fascinating story stretching back to the earliest days of anime, and one that explains a lot about how the studio came to have the style and structure it is known and respected for. Even if you've never watched one of these shows before, this is a story you'll definitely want to hear, and a great way to kick off our Kyoto Vacation.  Enjoy, and come back next week as we review Kyoto Animation's first original, solo production, 2005's Air!  Time Chart: Theme Song: 0:00:00 – 0:01:29 Intro and Preview to Season: 0:01:29 – 0:37:35 Eyecatch Break: 0:37:35 – 0:38:11 The History of Kyoto Animation: 0:38:11 – 1:54:12 End Theme: 1:54:12 – 1:55:15 Support the show at Ko-fi ☕️ https://ko-fi.com/weeklystuff Read the book 200 Reviews by Jonathan R. Lack in Paperback or on Kindle – https://a.co/d/bLx53vK Follow The Weekly Stuff Wordcast newsletter for regular updates and extra content! https://weeklystuff.substack.com Subscribe to The Weekly Stuff Podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheWeeklyStuffPodcast Visit our website and subscribe to Japanimation Station on all podcast platforms: http://japanimationstation.com/ Subscribe to The Weekly Stuff Podcast on all podcast platforms: http://www.weeklystuffpodcast.com “re:CAPTURE” and “Happily Ever After” – Original Music & Lyrics by Thomas Lack, featuring Hatsune Miku. https://www.thomaslack.com

The fourth season of our sister series, Japanimation Station, begins today with the premiere of Japanimation Station's Kyoto Vacation, our biggest podcasting adventure yet! We are taking a journey through the works of Kyoto Animation, one of the most respected and beloved anime studios in Japan, reviewing shows like Clannad, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, K-On!, Nichijou, Sound! Euphonium, Violet Evergarden, and much more. But before we talk about any specific works, we take a step back and discuss the history of Kyoto Animation itself, because it's a fascinating story stretching back to the earliest days of anime, and one that explains a lot about how the studio came to have the style and structure it is known and respected for. Even if you've never watched one of these shows before, this is a story you'll definitely want to hear, and a great way to kick off our Kyoto Vacation. Enjoy, and be sure to subscribe to Japanimation Station to continue following the season as it continues for many weeks to come! Time Chart:Intro: 0:00:00 – 0:02:56Theme Song: 0:02:56 – 0:04:25Intro and Preview to Season: 0:04:25 – 0:40:31Eyecatch Break: 0:40:31 – 0:41:07The History of Kyoto Animation: 0:41:07 – 1:57:08End Theme: 1:57:08 – 1:58:11Support the show at Ko-fi ☕️ https://ko-fi.com/weeklystuffRead the book 200 Reviews by Jonathan R. Lack in Paperback or on Kindle – https://a.co/d/bLx53vKSubscribe to JAPANIMATION STATION, our sister series about the wide, wacky world of anime: https://www.youtube.com/c/japanimationstation  Explore our archives and subscribe to The Weekly Stuff Podcast on all podcasting platforms:https://weeklystuffpodcast.comFollow The Weekly Stuff Wordcast newsletter for regular updates and extra content! https://weeklystuff.substack.comMusic by Thomas Lack https://www.thomaslack.com/ 

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