Anime Is For Jerks

In which Cass & Alex discuss Paranoia Agent, directed by Satoshi Kon and produced by Madhouse.Next month(?) we will be discussing FLCL, directed by Kazuya Tsurumaki and produced by Gainax and Production I.G.Discussed: deciding whether satoshi kon is good or bad, bat boy, slow dial-up loading of a pornographic image, increasing lasciviousness, a young up and coming republican, the spike lee film 25th hour, your split personalities merging into the joker, a regular ass cop, content warning for the worst shit, whether satoshi kon is a tradcath, memes, too many cooks, what satoshi kon thinks about hello kitty, el problemo es el capitalismo, the two things you can do when faced with capitalism, self-loathing anime, abolishing the nine delightsAlex's Book Recommendation: When We Lost Our Heads by Heather O'NeillCass's Album Recommendation: Runnings as fast as I can by william crooksSocial: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 ODDTAXI, directed by Baku Kinoshita and produced by OLM and P.I.C.S.Next month we will be discussing Paranoia Agent, directed by Satoshi Kon and produced by Madhouse.Discussed: zootopia or beastars but good, tokyo godfathers but good, the windows snipping tool, vlc, mpv, birdie wing, chekhov's bricks, dog police by dog police, meerkat police, bojack horseman, a criminal monkey, who has the most drip in this show, bruce springsteen, chekhov's closet, a 41 year old monkey, the thing that made the least sense to me in this show, it's a mad mad mad mad world, 428: shibuya scramble, in bruges, leon the professional, getting out of the taxi without closing the door, manzai, rakugo, limited run 1 of 1 type of guy, badger game, capoeira, the capoeira music, eraser collecing, the monk joke, god closing a door, god opening a window, losers, the JLPT N1, type of guy who raps all the time, we both skipped episode 8, polar bear in a tracksuit, the foundation for orphans whose parents died in traffic accidents, "You Successfully Stalked Us, Please Don't Do It Again" by matt and tom, full dirty harry, ranma 1/2, why does odokawa the largest character not simply eat the other nine, racing lagoon, alex being drafted in as the new my brother my brother and meFINAL SCORES:Walking Around: 5/5Fellowship: 5/5Deliciousness: 3/5Transcendence: 4/5Goofing: 5/5Amelioration: 5/5Coitus: 1/5Enthrallment: 4/5Meerkats: 1/5Style: 4/5Alex's Book Recommendation: The Little Stranger by Sarah WatersCass's Album Recommendation: I Didn't Mean To Haunt You by QuadecaSocial: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 Night on the Galactic Railroad directed by Gisaburo Sugii and produced by Group TAC.Next month we will be discussing Spirited Away, directed by Hayao Miyazaki and produced by Studio Ghibli. Discussed: a pure vibes performance, normal winnie the pooh: stuff happens, fancy winnie the pooh: events occur, esperanto, yellow magic orchestra, cats with dogs, the onceler (NOT HORNY), gerry, gus van sant, the polar express, spirited away, the secret of nimh, the black cauldron, the last unicorn, the neverending story, walnuts, flattened herons, inside birdcatcher baseball, dreamfeel, witnessing corn, mode 7, a scorpion who's a menace to society, the true heaven, the coalsack nebula, the discovery that the milky way was but one of many galaxies was made by hubble in 1929 (right around the time this book was published)FINAL SCORES:Walking Around 5/5Fellowship 5/5Deliciousness 3/5Transcendence 5/5Goofing 1/5Amelioration -5/-5Coitus 0/5Enthrallment 5/5Walnuts: 1.2 million/5Trains: 5/5Alex's Book Recommendation: Kindred by Octavia E ButlerCass's Book Recommendation: SORRYSocial: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

In which Cass & Alex discuss Shirobako, directed by Tsutomu Mizushima and produced by P.A. Works.Next month we will be discussing Ghost in The Shell: Stand Alone Complex 1st Gig, directed by Kenji Kamiyama and produced by Production I.G.Discussed: the truly incredible eva reference in this show, angel beats, our low expectations for this show, pa works sowing, pa works reaping, liking donuts, jiggy jiggly heaven, naughty directors go to storyboard jail, calling someone to say you're visiting them as you're getting on the train to visit them, explaining to people who don't work in the entertainment industry what it's like to work in the entertainment industry, carefully examining a cat's thighs, moe, quitting anime to become a confectioner, neon locomotive evangardion, the taste of tea, revolutionary girl utena ep39 director's commentary, a professional shitbag, the worst meeting in the world, goth baseball loli-sama, an element of cool with the cute, andes chucky, if anyone is making good anime these days, the bizarre honor economy of old japanese menFINAL SCORES:Walking Around: 5/5Fellowship: 5/5Deliciousness: 3/5Transcendence: 1/5Goofing: 4/5Amelioration: 4/5Coitus: 0/5Enthrallment: 3/5KPH over the speed limit: 7/5Introspection: 5/5Alex's Book Recommendation: His Bloody Project: Documents Relating to the Case of Roderick MacraeCass's Book Recommendation: The Art of Fielding by Chad HarbachSocial: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

In which Cass & Alex discuss Memories, directed by Koji Morimoto, Tensai Okamura, and Katsuhiro Otomo and produced by Madhouse and Studio 4°C.Next month we will be discussing Shirobako, directed by Tsutomu Mizushima and produced by P.A. Works.Discussed: the epic highs and lows of anime compilation movies, the william faulkner short story a rose for emily, madama butterfly, The Himbo Goes Deeper a big wet room, "huh, i wonder who that's for", shooting and blasting with all your strength, a single boob, remembering when you weren't stinky, virginia woolf dunking on ulysses, an entirely too long section on a specific incredible text box in the japanese version of final fantasy 7, friend of the show esteban fajardo, angel beats, not apologizing to the frenchFINAL SCORES:Walking Around: 5/5Fellowship: 2/5Deliciousness: 0/5Transcendence: 2/5Goofing: 4/5Amelioration: 1/5Coitus: 0/5Enthrallment: 3/5Faulknerism: 2/5Chunky User Interface Design: 5/5Alex's Book Recommendation: Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia WoolfCass's Book Recommendation: Light in August by William FaulknerSocial: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

In which Cass & Alex discuss Perfect Blue, directed by Satoshi Kon and produced by Madhouse.Next month we will be discussing Memories, directed by Koji Morimoto, Tensai Okamura, and Katsuhiro Otomo and produced by Madhouse and Studio 4°C.Discussed: "Excuse Me, Who Are You?: Performance, The Gaze, and the Female in the Works of Kon Satoshi", a threatening fax, how people used to use the internet, cow brand milk, "The Real History of 'Perfect Blue' and 'Requiem for a Dream'", "Satoshi Kon - Editing Space & Time", english translation of satoshi kon's last blog post, shot comparison between persona and perfect blue, big body big boy pizza, simulated coitus of the worst variety, abnormal mapping, insert credit, the history of philosophy without any gaps, citations needed, in our time, list of crimes involving a silicone maskFINAL SCORES:Walking Around 2/5Fellowship 0/5Deliciousness 1/5Transcendence 5/5Goofing 2/5Amelioration 5/5Coitus ?/5Enthrallment 5/5Jungianism: 4/5Trains: 4/5Alex's Book Recommendation: Frame Analysis by Erving GoffmanCass's Book Recommendation: Off the Wall: Death in Yosemite by Michael P. Ghiglieri and Charles R. Farabee Jr.Social: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