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We're closing the curtain on Revue Starlight with the movie! While it might not have as strong a plot as the show, it more than makes up for it by having incredible visuals, great songs, and more of that good gay rivalry we crave between Claudine and Maya. Oh, and Veg-giraffe Tsuda is real and he can hurt you. Anime Discussed: Revue Starlight The MovieNext time: Look BackSend us your questions! You can email us at [email protected] or DM us on twitter @underthekotatsu and on bluesky @underthekotatsu.bsky.social

We're once again taking the stage to talk about the second half of Revue Starlight! Definitely some very high highs, and some lows as the curtain closes on the series, but one things for certain: it's all still very gay.Anime Discussed: Revue Starlight 7-12Next time: Revue Starlight The MovieSend us your questions! You can email us at [email protected] or DM us on twitter @underthekotatsu and on bluesky @underthekotatsu.bsky.social

We're following up Girls und Panzer der Film with another great girls show, Revue Starlight. A show filled with Music! Dance! Drama! And also a talking Giraffe... It's so easy for us to imagine a version of this show made by a different creative team that we hate, so we're so grateful that the people how made this kinda nailed it. Anime Discussed: Revue Starlight 1-6Next time: Revue Starlight 7-12Send us your questions! You can email us at [email protected] or DM us on twitter @underthekotatsu and on bluesky @underthekotatsu.bsky.social

We're wrapping up our return to the world of Girls und Panzer with Der film! (And it's associated OVA, Alice War!). If you like girls and you like tanks (like a certain someone on this podcast now does), this movie is a great time! We talk about our favorite looney tunes-esque tank battle moments and our favorite character moments with the girls, learn about the one of it's kind T-28 super heavy tank, appreciate the appeal of march music, and yearn to touch a real tank (ok, maybe that's only one of us). Anime Discussed: Girls und Panzer der Film + Alice War!Next time: Revue Starlight 1-6Send us your questions! You can email us at [email protected] or DM us on twitter @underthekotatsu and on bluesky @underthekotatsu.bsky.social

We're returning to the glorious world of girls and tanks (and the gigantic ships they go to school on) with a handful of Girls und Panzer OVAs! While the original 6 OVAs are a bunch of (mostly) characterful hang-out episodes, the Anzio Battle OVA provides us with a full (Italian) course of all the things we remember loving about the TV series. Overall a great way to get us properly warmed up for Der Film next episode! Anime Discussed: Girls und Panzer OVAs 1-6 and This is the Real Anzio Battle Next time: Girls und Panzer der Film + Alice War! Send us your questions! You can email us at [email protected] or DM us on twitter @underthekotatsu and on bluesky @underthekotatsu.bsky.social

We've made it to the finish line of RideBack! Did the geopolitical themes add up to something compelling and interesting? Oh, hell no, but it was pretty entertaining for the most part. Honestly, it's a rare treat for us to get to talk about a perfect mid anime. Oh, and make sure to stick around to the end for a mini-discussion on the recent theatrical rerelease of End of Evangelion. Spoilers: it was amazing!Anime Discussed: RideBack 7-12Next time: Girls und Panzer OVAs 1-6 and This is the Real Anzio BattleSend us your questions! You can email us at [email protected] or DM on bluesky @underthekotatsu.bsky.social

After our brief foray into video games, it's time to ride back into anime with 2009's RideBack: a show we all thought would be like IGPX with motorcycle mechs, but instead it's more like Terror in Resonance with motorcycle mechs? Either way, we're having a surprisingly good time with this racing anime pollical drama hybrid.Anime Discussed: RideBack 1-6Next time: RideBack 7-12Send us your questions! You can email us at [email protected] or DM us on twitter @underthekotatsu and on bluesky @underthekotatsu.bsky.social

Today we're saying goodbye to anime (temporarily) and hello to video games. We've got another show and tell for y'all with a cyberpunk roleplaying game out in the edges of space, a photography game about trying to soak in the vibes at the end of the world, and a shoot 'em up from one of the bedrock series of otaku culture. And don't you anime sickos worry, we'll be back next time with the first six episodes of 2009's Rideback!Anime Discussed: Show and Tell (Anime Ja Nai, Video Games Ja Yes Edition)Next time: Rideback 1-6Send us your questions! You can email us at [email protected] or DM us on twitter @underthekotatsu and on bluesky @underthekotatsu.bsky.social

It's time to wrap things up with our favorite gay girls and the world of Pure Illusion. Despite some misgivings about the final conflict of the show, we all made it to the other side with positive feelings towards Flip Flappers. Strap in as we unpack the high highs, and (in the grand scheme of this podcast) not so low lows.Anime Discussed: Flip Flappers 8-13Next time: Show and Tell (Anime Ja Nai Edition)Send us your questions! You can email us at [email protected] or DM us on twitter @underthekotatsu and on bluesky @underthekotatsu.bsky.social

We're Flipping and we're Flapping as we watch the delightfully original Flip Flappers. Join us as we discuss our love (or hate) for Papika, lesbians and Class S tropes, biosemiotics and more!Anime Discussed: Flip Flappers 1-7Next time: Flip Flappers 8-13Send us your questions! You can email us at [email protected] or DM us on twitter @underthekotatsu and on bluesky @underthekotatsu.bsky.social

It's time to ugly cry as we reach the emotional climax of A Place Further than the Universe, and boy, what a climax it is. Join us as we discuss loss and closure, friendship, more girls rocking, Werner Herzog, and more!Anime Discussed: A Place Further than the Universe 8-13Next time: Flip Flappers 1-7Send us your questions! You can email us at [email protected] or DM us on twitter @underthekotatsu and on bluesky @underthekotatsu.bsky.social

Needless to say we deserved a nice palate cleanser after Bokurano, and fortunately for us A Place Further than the Universe fits the bill. Join us as we talk about a show where the vibes are great, the girls rock, and the tears are flowin'. Anime Discussed: A Place Further than the Universe 1-7Next time: A Place Further than the Universe 8-13Send us your questions! You can email us at [email protected] or DM us on twitter @underthekotatsu and on bluesky @underthekotatsu.bsky.social

We made it to the end of Bokurano which means we can finally say with no hesitation that it was one of the worst things we watched for the podcast. Any good will we might've had towards the start of the show has fully whittled away at this point. Join us as we attempt to discuss what does and does not happen in the final episodes of Bokurano without losing our minds.Anime Discussed: Bokurano 19-24Next time: A Place Further Than the UniverseSend us your questions! You can email us at [email protected] or DM us on twitter @underthekotatsu and on bluesky @underthekotatsu.bsky.social

Much like the kids in Bokurano, we're fighting for our lives trying to see this show through to the end as it continues to throw plot lines and characters at us that we could care less about, and forgets to have its characters reflect on any of the plot reveals that happen. Oh well, at least it's starting to get a lot sillier as it goes along.Anime Discussed: Bokurano 13-18Next time: Bokurano 19-24Send us your questions! You can email us at [email protected] or DM us on twitter @underthekotatsu and on bluesky @underthekotatsu.bsky.social

So there's good news and bad news about the next six Bokurano episodes. The bad news is that we've hit a major low point in the show, but the good news is that hopefully (let's all cross our fingers) the worst is now behind us. Sit down in your thematically appropriate pilot chair and join us as we complain about the tasteless of the show, it's contradictory inclination to pull its punches, and the ongoing saga of weird car stuff. Anime Discussed: Bokurano 7-12 Next time: Bokurano 13-18 Send us your questions! You can email us at [email protected] or DM us on twitter @underthekotatsu and on bluesky @underthekotatsu.bsky.social