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Anime Was (Not) A Mistake

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100 episodes
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English
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AW(N)AM
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Yes
Date created
2018/05/25
Latest episode
2026/04/19
Average duration
112 min.
Release period
7 days

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An Anime/Animated Retrospective Podcast ranging from the realms of Ghibli to Godzilla and beyond. Join resident nerd co-hosts Jonathan Kwiatkowski and Dan Ryan as they travel through spirit realms, new, fascinating worlds, and fly through the skies in order to prove that Anime Was (Not) A Mistake.

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Episode 362: Cardcaptor Sakura: Part 11
2026/04/19
Things continue to get more and more interesting on Anime Was (Not) A Mistake as your two Chibi Bois continue with Cardcaptor Sakura Season 3. As Sakura still struggles with the effort of changing Clow Cards into Sakura Cards, more magical anomalies present themselves. First off, a panicky bike possessed by Dash speeds through the city. Then, a lore heavy episode with Sakura connecting with her great-grandfather, not since seen since Season 1. With an Alice in Wonderland shonen style episode and some shady Kero coded doppelganger dealings, the mysteries only continue to grow more and more mysterious. Lastly, with our leads trapped inside an elevator it is time to confront our relationships. Will Xiaolang finally work up the courage to confess how he really feels to Sakura? We have to work out things quickly, before we take a slight break and conclude this magical girl series in a few months. Or else Jonathan and Dan will be stuck in there true forms...and... Oh no! They just found out about the hidden uses of the Bubble Card.  Rate, Review, Subscribe, and Listen to Us on Podbean/iTunes/Stitcher/Spotify Follow us on Instagram:@animewasnotamistakepodcast Or on Facebook:@animewasnotamistakepod Music Provided: “Stardust Crusaders” – Yugo Kanno– Warner Bros. Home Entertainment – JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders - JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders OST - 2014 “Koigokoro/In Love” - CLAMP –Victor Entertainment - Cardcaptor Sakura - Cardcaptor Sakura Original Soundtrack 4 - 2000 “Rest” – Yugo Kanno– Warner Bros. Home Entertainment – JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders - JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders OST - 2014
Episode 361: Dragon Ball Z + GT Super Android Special
2026/04/12
Spring is in the air and so are evil cybernetic lifeforms. Today’s Dragon Ball double feature begins with the movie Super Android 13 from the Z era. This alternate take on the anime timeline features Dr. Gero’s supercomputer creating three new androids to take revenge on Goku and his friends. Android 13 proves to be the most dangerous member of the trio, absorbing parts from his fellow androids to attain a near-invincible new form. Then, as we continue Dragon Ball GT, Dr. Gero’s schemes evolve yet again as he teams up with the recently deceased Dr. Myuu. Together, they create a heartless doppelgänger of Android 17. Syncing their energies across realms, the two androids manage to pierce the veil between Earth and Hell. Old enemies are revived, challenges are issued, and haircuts are mocked on today’s death-defying episode of Anime Was (Not) A Mistake! Rate, Review, Subscribe, and Listen to Us on Podbean/iTunes/Stitcher/Spotify Follow us on Instagram:@animewasnotamistakepodcast Or on Facebook:@animewasnotamistakepod Music Provided: “Stardust Crusaders” – Yugo Kanno– Warner Bros. Home Entertainment – JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders - JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders OST - 2014 “Koigokoro/In Love” - CLAMP –Victor Entertainment - Cardcaptor Sakura - Cardcaptor Sakura Original Soundtrack 4 - 2000 “Rest” – Yugo Kanno– Warner Bros. Home Entertainment – JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders - JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders OST - 2014
Episode 360: Cardcaptor Sakura: Part 10
2026/04/05
Cardcaptor Sakura returns once more for the final third season on Anime Was (Not) A Mistake. With Sakura arriving at the end of another school term, deemed Master of the Clow Cards everything seems to be soaring higher than the Fly Card. However, with this newfound power, some new strange happenings star occurring around our heroes. Firstly, there are a few new classmates arriving at Tomoeda, and a British transfer student seems to be the object of Sakura's affection, to the envy of Xiaolang. Next the Clow Cards and some strange new magics seem to be ineffective to Sakura, without exerting a huge amount of energy. Rain becomes a deluge, a piano go on a rampage, and a teddy bear grows to Godzilla proportions. What strange nee magics are at work here...could it all be related to Clow Reed? One thing is certain, things are going to get more interesting..   Rate, Review, Subscribe, and Listen to Us on Podbean/iTunes/Stitcher/Spotify Follow us on Instagram:@animewasnotamistakepodcast Or on Facebook:@animewasnotamistakepod Music Provided: “Stardust Crusaders” – Yugo Kanno– Warner Bros. Home Entertainment – JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders - JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders OST - 2014 “Koigokoro/In Love” - CLAMP –Victor Entertainment - Cardcaptor Sakura - Cardcaptor Sakura Original Soundtrack 4 - 2000 “Rest” – Yugo Kanno– Warner Bros. Home Entertainment – JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders - JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders OST - 2014
Episode 359: Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea (2006)
2026/03/29
Can we offer you an egg in this trying time? Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea is the ninth Pokémon movie overall and the final cinematic adventure of the Advanced era. Ash and his friends team up with Jack Walker, a Pokémon Ranger on a secret mission to protect a mysterious egg. Alongside the Marina Group, a traveling circus that performs using Water-type Pokémon, our heroes set out to find the undersea temple of Samiya. All the while, the group has to evade the mechanical clutches of Phantom the Pirate, who wishes to claim Samiya’s legendary treasure for himself. When the Mythical Pokémon Manaphy unexpectedly hatches from the egg, it instantly bonds with May. As the “Prince of the Sea,” Manaphy can instinctually lead the group to Samiya. But when the time comes for Manaphy to take its throne, will May be able to say goodbye? We strongly advise that you keep track of those glowing crystals that keep your house afloat for today’s oceanic installment of Anime Was (Not) A Mistake! Rate, Review, Subscribe, and Listen to Us on Podbean/iTunes/Stitcher/Spotify Follow us on Instagram:@animewasnotamistakepodcast Or on Facebook:@animewasnotamistakepod Music Provided: “Stardust Crusaders” – Yugo Kanno– Warner Bros. Home Entertainment – JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders - JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders OST - 2014 “Koigokoro/In Love” - CLAMP –Victor Entertainment - Cardcaptor Sakura - Cardcaptor Sakura Original Soundtrack 4 - 2000 “Rest” – Yugo Kanno– Warner Bros. Home Entertainment – JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders - JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders OST - 2014
Episode 358: Good Movie Podcast?: Episode 14: Amadeus (1984)
2026/03/22
In fair Vienna, the City of Music, two rivals engage in an eternal musical vendetta. No not Dan and Jonathan, but masterful composers Antonio Salieri and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. In Milos Forman's 1984 adaptation of Peter Sahffer's play Amadeus (1984) truly enters the Good Movie Podcast? decadent opera house halls with a resounding crescendo. When Salieri devotes his life to God in the pursuit of music, imagine his surprise when his junior the prodigy Mozart starts making immature waves in the realm of classical music. This one means a lot to us and has inspired a lifelong rivalry between us your humble hosts. Jonathan may mock and belittle Daniel's talent at every turn, but under that facade is a thorny jealousy, hidden in musical notation. Will jealousy break what could be a immortal friendship. Well, with our audio back to normal audience gather close and listen to your patron saints of mediocrity.  Rate, Review, Subscribe, and Listen to Us on Podbean/iTunes/Stitcher/Spotify Follow us on Instagram:@animewasnotamistakepodcast Or on Facebook:@animewasnotamistakepod Music Provided by: Cab Calloway, Irving Mills and Clarence Gaskill – “Minnie the Moocher” – RCA Instrumental/Karaoke Version Dave Flesischer – “Let’s All Go to the Lobby”- National Film Registry/Library of Congress Kansas Joe McCoy, Herb Morand– “Why Don’t You Do Right” – Claudia Santoro Instrumental/Karaoke Version
Episode 357: Sinister Six LII: Mortal Engines (2018)
2026/03/15
A thousand years in the future, a cataclysmic conflict nearly destroyed the world and temporarily ruined our podcast’s audio. The story of 2018’s Mortal Engines starts here, with humanity fighting for survival while living on mobile metropolises known as “Traction Cities.” As an apex predator in this goofy apocalypse, London rolls around and devours other wheeled settlements for resources. A young woman named Hester Shaw enters London in its latest meal and enacts her plan to assassinate the historian Thaddeus Valentine. Tom Natsworthy, a museum apprentice and love of “ancient” tech, unwittingly ruins Hester’s plot and is expelled from the city along with her. Stranded in the wilderness, Hester and Tom must work together to evade bloodthirsty scavengers and a monstrous cyborg. Meanwhile, Valentine takes London in a new direction, determined to destroy one of world’s last stationary cities. To that end, he is working to rebuild a doomsday weapon that only Hester’s late mother had the knowledge to stop. You’d think that about covers the plot, but there’s still two whole acts left. This is Sinister Six, after all. Remember to charge your beam, polish your scary doll collection, and avoid filling up on mining villages for today’s steampunk-more-like-steamjunk episode of Anime Was (Not) A Mistake! Podbean/iTunes/Stitcher/Spotify Follow us on Instagram:@animewasnotamistakepodcast Or on Facebook:@animewasnotamistakepod Music Provided by: "Danse Macabre" Saint-Saëns - Rock/Metal Version Cover – EXMORTUS TV “Live and Learn” – Crush 40 - Main Theme of Sonic: Adventure 2 “Chromaggia” – Repo! The Genetic Opera: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Episode 356: Sinister Six LI: Atlas (2024)
2026/03/08
It is finally time for Daniel and Joanthan to get in the f*^king robot...no not those yet. In our first J.Lo starring joint, we head into the stars, stronger together with Netflix's sci-fi feature Atlas (2024).  In the distant year of 2043, A.I. is on the rise and that isn't topical by today's standards, oh at all. The International Coalition of Nations (ICN) is on the verge of capturing the humanoid android terrorist Harlan.  With an emotional past, hatred of A.I. and coffee only one Jenny from the Block can stand in their way. Enter our heroine, Atlas Shepard. Despite her best wishes, she ends up partnered with a A.I. mech dubbed, Smith and the rest is history. Will these two, much like our feuding cohosts, refuse to cooperate or will they once again grow a little more in sync with each passing moment. One final question intrepid listener, do you prefer cake or pie?  Podbean/iTunes/Stitcher/Spotify Follow us on Instagram:@animewasnotamistakepodcast Or on Facebook:@animewasnotamistakepod Music Provided by: "Danse Macabre" Saint-Saëns - Rock/Metal Version Cover – EXMORTUS TV “Live and Learn” – Crush 40 - Main Theme of Sonic: Adventure 2 “Chromaggia” – Repo! The Genetic Opera: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Episode 355: JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders: Part IX
2026/03/01
Our long and treacherous trek around the globe concludes with the finale of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders. The Joestar group presses deeper into Dio’s mansion, but the last of the vampire’s acolytes won’t go down without a fight. Grueling battles and tragic losses bring the group face to face with their mortal enemy. While Dio has yet to fully master the power of his stolen body, he remains as dangerous as ever. The final battle between the Joestars and Dio moves into the streets of Cairo, Jotaro has to think fast and take his own powers to the next level. Dawn grows closer, and both Dio and Jotaro grow stronger still. But who will emerge victorious as the true heir of the Joestar legacy? Remember to check the clock, reset your game console, and grab the commandeer the nearest steamroller for this world-ending episode of Anime Was (Not) A Mistake! Rate, Review, Subscribe, and Listen to Us on Podbean/iTunes/Stitcher/Spotify Follow us on Instagram:@animewasnotamistakepodcast Or on Facebook:@animewasnotamistakepod Music Provided: “Stardust Crusaders” – Yugo Kanno– Warner Bros. Home Entertainment – JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders - JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders OST - 2014 “Koigokoro/In Love” - CLAMP –Victor Entertainment - Cardcaptor Sakura - Cardcaptor Sakura Original Soundtrack 4 - 2000 “Rest” – Yugo Kanno– Warner Bros. Home Entertainment – JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders - JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders OST - 2014
Episode 354: Kamikaze Girls (2004)
2026/02/22
Have you ever wondered how the co-hosts of Anime Was (Not) A Mistake ever met? Well, tonight's film, Tetsuya Nakashima's Kamikaze Girls (2004) sums it up pretty damn well! Picture it, Momoko Ryugasaki/Jonathan a young, jaded girl obsessed with a bygone era of hedonism and Rococo tendencies. On the opposite end of the spectrum, is Ichigo "Ichiko" Shirayuri/Dan as a renegade, trash talking, yanki biker chick taking the world by the balls. When these two uncanny friends meet, an action packed, comical journey begins. From looking for long lost ateliers, striking it rich in seedy pachinko parlors, and speeding down the highway at top speed on motorbikes, this one has got it all. Can Momoko and Ichiko learn from each other and develop longstanding connections? Dan and Jonathan have been at it for years, but maybe these blockheads still have a shot... Rate, Review, Subscribe, and Listen to Us on Podbean/iTunes/Stitcher/Spotify Follow us on Instagram:@animewasnotamistakepodcast Or on Facebook:@animewasnotamistakepod Music Provided: “Stardust Crusaders” – Yugo Kanno– Warner Bros. Home Entertainment – JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders - JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders OST - 2014 “Koigokoro/In Love” - CLAMP –Victor Entertainment - Cardcaptor Sakura - Cardcaptor Sakura Original Soundtrack 4 - 2000 “Rest” – Yugo Kanno– Warner Bros. Home Entertainment – JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders - JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders OST - 2014
Episode 353: Cardcaptor Sakura: Part 9
2026/02/15
On tonight's episode of Anime Was (Not) A Mistake Jonathan and Dan confront the final judgement with the finale of Cardcaptor Sakura Season 2. However, before their destinies can finally be achieved, they must first take the stage in a school play that embraces both the light and darkness. Once our cohosts roles have been reversed and all of the Clow cards have been obtained it is time for a trial using all of the skills they have learned from previous episodes. Will their true forms be revealed? Was Jonathan always an angel and Dan a lion? Is there a need for a third season? Some questions will finally be answered and still more pondered for the first time. No matter what, remember this, it will all work out.  Rate, Review, Subscribe, and Listen to Us on Podbean/iTunes/Stitcher/Spotify Follow us on Instagram:@animewasnotamistakepodcast Or on Facebook:@animewasnotamistakepod Music Provided: “Stardust Crusaders” – Yugo Kanno– Warner Bros. Home Entertainment – JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders - JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders OST - 2014 “Koigokoro/In Love” - CLAMP –Victor Entertainment - Cardcaptor Sakura - Cardcaptor Sakura Original Soundtrack 4 - 2000 “Rest” – Yugo Kanno– Warner Bros. Home Entertainment – JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders - JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders OST - 2014
Episode 352: JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders: Part VIII
2026/02/08
Anime Was (Not) A Mistake and our Jojo Crew continue moving every closer to the vampire villian Dio through Egypt. The remaining stand users are just as crafty and kooky as ever. We start with a comic book/sharpshooting pair up that will have enthralled, like being pulled by your nostrils. Next, you may be wondering what that powerful pup Iggy has been up to the whole time. While it may seem he's been living in a Dog's Day Afternoon, in reality he has been battling an icy avian icon! Then just when you think the dust has settled, our heroes arrive at Dios Alhambra. Within are treacherous traps and even a few relatives of some already defeated villains. Get your joysticks ready and prepare to button mash or forfeit your soul! Its Game Start on this action packed episode of Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders. Rate, Review, Subscribe, and Listen to Us on Podbean/iTunes/Stitcher/Spotify Follow us on Instagram:@animewasnotamistakepodcast Or on Facebook:@animewasnotamistakepod Music Provided: “Stardust Crusaders” – Yugo Kanno– Warner Bros. Home Entertainment – JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders - JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders OST - 2014 “Koigokoro/In Love” - CLAMP –Victor Entertainment - Cardcaptor Sakura - Cardcaptor Sakura Original Soundtrack 4 - 2000 “Rest” – Yugo Kanno– Warner Bros. Home Entertainment – JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders - JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders OST - 2014
Episode 351: Cardcaptor Sakura: Part 8
2026/02/01
In this new year, Anime Was (Not) A Mistake begins our 15th season by returning to where we left off in Cardcaptor Sakura. And in this episodes dreams will follow a long tangent nightmare discussion of Stranger Things. With a new school term beginning for our Cardcaptor and her friends, some things may seem the same, but slowly and surely we are approaching a momentous change. Miss Mizuki is the new homeroom teacher and just as mysterious as ever. Just like real life in New Jersey a cataclysmic snowfall, Jonathan may lose their beautiful voice/experience a fever dream, and Daniel cannot wait to go on a strawberry picking adventure. Maybe NJ really is the western equivalent of Japan. Much to ponder as you listen and enjoy, if you do encounter your dream self, give a wink and nod, maybe a kiss? We've said too much... Rate, Review, Subscribe, and Listen to Us on Podbean/iTunes/Stitcher/Spotify Follow us on Instagram:@animewasnotamistakepodcast Or on Facebook:@animewasnotamistakepod Music Provided: “Stardust Crusaders” – Yugo Kanno– Warner Bros. Home Entertainment – JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders - JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders OST - 2014 “Koigokoro/In Love” - CLAMP –Victor Entertainment - Cardcaptor Sakura - Cardcaptor Sakura Original Soundtrack 4 - 2000 “Rest” – Yugo Kanno– Warner Bros. Home Entertainment – JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders - JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders OST - 2014
Episode 350: Sinister Six L: The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl (2005)
2026/01/25
Close your eyes and dream dream dream of a better podcast as another Sinister Six invades the real world. 2005’s The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl focuses on a young dork named Max, who escapes his boring life by dreaming up the planet Drool and its bizarre denizens. Things take a turn for the stupid when Linus, the school bully, steals Max’s dream journal and makes some villainous edits. Sharkboy and Lavagirl, Max’s imaginary main characters who were actually real for some reason, arrive on the scene and take Max away to planet Drool. There, a darkness has taken hold that threatens to destroy both worlds. Maybe. It’s not clear. At the very least, a tornado is gonna hit one block in Texas. Max, Sharkboy, and Lavagirl must retrieve a Final Fantasy crystal, run across green screens, and find the true cause of planet Drool’s nightmarish new vibe. Put on your 3D glasses and start signing those divorce papers for today’s electrifying episode of Anime Was (Not) A Mistake! If you don’t listen to the whole thing, then we’ll send you straight to the principal’s office and have you EXPELLED! Podbean/iTunes/Stitcher/Spotify Follow us on Instagram:@animewasnotamistakepodcast Or on Facebook:@animewasnotamistakepod Music Provided by: "Danse Macabre" Saint-Saëns - Rock/Metal Version Cover – EXMORTUS TV “Live and Learn” – Crush 40 - Main Theme of Sonic: Adventure 2 “Chromaggia” – Repo! The Genetic Opera: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Episode 349: Holiday Special VI: Part II: The Polar Express (2004)
2026/01/18
Magic Podcast on a rail, never takes a rest, gliding through the airwaves and the snow. Our 2025 Holiday Extravaganza concludes with a burst of steam and the tingling of a bell with Robert Zemeckis's Christmas "classic" 2004's The Polar Express. Daniel Ryan is your conductor on this one and Joanthan, Grant, Gabe, and Heather are just the passengers sorting through presents and glaring CGI. Hopefully on this episode we can ponder on the holidays' true meaning, as we sip on hot chocolate. Maybe we can even learn what it is to truly "Believe?"  Follow us on Instagram:@animewasnotamistakepodcast Or on Facebook:@animewasnotamistakepod Music Provided By: It’s A Wonderful Life Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1946) – “Main Title” & “End Title” Composed and Conducted By: Dimitri Tiomkin. The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya Original Soundtrack (2010) – “SOS Dan Christmas Party” Music By: Satoru Kōsaki, Kakeru Ishihama, Keigo Hoashi, Ryūichi Takada, and Erik Satie Edited By: Kengo Shigemura
Episode 348: Holiday Special VI: Part I: James and the Giant Peach (1996)
2026/01/11
What a Peach! Join us for a family holiday broadcast of Anime Was Not a Mistake in a Classique episode devoted to James and The Giant Peach (1996)! In this Henry Selick adaptation of the Roald Dahl book, James is about to go on a madcap adventure through the sky and across the sea in a giant piece of fruit?!? Jonathan and Dan are joined by their own cavalcade of bug friends with Grant, Heather and Gabe. As we ponder what kind of giant fruit would be the best to live inside and if we are more of a Sponge or Spiker the holiday cheer grows as large as well...a giant peach. So, pour yourself a stein of peach beer and let a flock of seagulls carry you away. Follow us on Instagram:@animewasnotamistakepodcast Or on Facebook:@animewasnotamistakepod Music Provided By: It’s A Wonderful Life Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1946) – “Main Title” & “End Title” Composed and Conducted By: Dimitri Tiomkin. The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya Original Soundtrack (2010) – “SOS Dan Christmas Party” Music By: Satoru Kōsaki, Kakeru Ishihama, Keigo Hoashi, Ryūichi Takada, and Erik Satie Edited By: Kengo Shigemura

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4.6 out of 5
8 reviews
★★★★★
G. Goo 2022/06/18
Great listen!
I’m not a big anime fan so I listen to mostly the anime adjacent episodes, but really enjoy the extensive coverage of some of my favorite films includ...
★★★★★
dr heather c 2022/06/18
I listen to the non anime episodes
it’s good
★★★★★
Philip Heard 2018/12/15
Solid Studio Ghibli Review Podcast
A good listen for anime fans, particularly those who love Ghibli.
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