Anime Is For Jerks

In which Cass & Alex discuss Spirited Away, directed by Hayao Miyazaki and produced by Studio Ghibli.Next month we will be discussing Odd Taxi, directed by Baku Kinoshita and produced by OLM and P.I.C.S.Discussed: ghibli english dubs, kiki's delivery service, classic americans, americans loving weird japanese stuff, clumsiness, who framed roger rabbit, the truly absurd number of abandoned theme parks in japan, porco rosso, trains across the sea by silver jews, coelacanth stomach, maro yonebayashi tweet about coelacanth stomach, akira toriyama eating coelacanth, the book of disquiet, the trouble with being born, oyasumi punpun, largeprimenumbers.comFINAL SCORES:Walking Around 4/5Fellowship 5/5Deliciousness 5/5Transcendence 4/5Goofing 4/5Amelioration 5/5Coitus 0/5Enthrallment 5/5Green Disembodied Heads: 3/5Trains: 5/5Alex's Book Recommendation: What We Do In The Dark by Michelle HartCass's Book Recommendation: No Longer Human by Osamu DazaiSocial:Show Twitter: @animeisforjerksShow Mastodon: @animeisforjerks@skeleton.coolShow Cohost: @animeisforjerksShow Email: animeisforjerks@gmail.comCass's Twitter: @prophet_goddessCass's Mastodon: @prophet_goddess@skeleton.coolCass's Cohost: @prophet-goddessAlex's Twitter: @dunndunndunnAlex's Mastodon: @catalina@selfy.armyAlex's Cohost: @catalina

In which Cass & Alex discuss Puella Magi Madoka Magica, directed by Akiyuki Shinbo and Yukihiro Miyamoto and produced by Shaft.Next month we will be discussing Night on the Galactic Railroad directed by Gisaburo Sugii and produced by Group TAC. Discussed: we fucked up, a subtle textural difference, yu gi oh beds, getting genied, She entered the Home of Phobia and wasn't even scared, saya no uta, "Madoka Magica Writer Urobochi Compares Plot to Al-Quaeda", the visceral horror of discovering that your soul is in an egg, the gospel according to dad, the free marketplace of ideas, inductive reasoning, the last refuge of the scoundrel, straight women tiktok, the most powerful energy source in the universe: teen girls, dying for the sake of the universe, livestock, what's really going on, foreshadowing, a song about cake and fruitFINAL SCORES:Walking Around 3/5Fellowship 5/5Deliciousness 3/5Transcendence 5/5Goofing 3/5Amelioration 5/5Coitus 2/5Enthrallment 5/5Evil Cats: infinity/5Homosexuality: 5/5Alex's Book Recommendation: Kindred by Octavia E ButlerCass's Book Recommendation: The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane JacobsSocial:Show Twitter: @animeisforjerksShow Mastodon: @animeisforjerks@skeleton.coolShow Cohost: @animeisforjerksShow Email: animeisforjerks@gmail.comCass's Twitter: @prophet_goddessCass's Mastodon: @prophet_goddess@skeleton.coolCass's Cohost: @prophet-goddessAlex's Twitter: @dunndunndunnAlex's Mastodon: @catalina@selfy.armyAlex's Cohost: @catalina

In which Cass & Alex discuss Ghost in The Shell: Stand Alone Complex 1st Gig, directed by Kenji Kamiyama and produced by Production I.G.Next month we will be discussing Puella Magi Madoka Magica, directed by Akiyuki Shinbo and Yukihiro Miyamoto and produced by Shaft.Discussed: what production i.g. stands for, trying to make cass like your show by mentioning frederic jameson at the last second, copaganda, that fuckin swedish show alex likes, surveillance, the experience machine, cyberbrain autistic mode, genderswapped karl marx, wine fraud, being a hot lady with huge boobsFINAL SCORES:Walking Around 3/5Fellowship 4/5Deliciousness 1/5Transcendence 1/5Goofing 2/5Ameliorate 2/5Coitus 0/5Enthrallment 2/5Genderswapped Karl Marx: 4/5Postmodernism: 3/5Alex's Book Recommendation: Martin Beck Police Mystery series by Maj SjöwallCass's Book Recommendation: The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerSocial:Show Twitter: @animeisforjerksShow Mastodon: @animeisforjerks@skeleton.coolShow Email: animeisforjerks@gmail.comCass's Twitter: @prophet_goddessCass's Mastodon: @prophet_goddess@skeleton.coolAlex's Twitter: @dunndunndunnAlex's Mastodon: @catalina@selfy.army