The Anime Intellectuals: Recent Episodes
Jordan Kiefer
This is a podcast where two of the greatest minds of our time, Jordan and Mark, pore over recent industry news and review only the highest quality anime and manga.
In this episode, Jordan and Mark go over the anime they watched from Spring 2023 and give a little peek into what's to come next season.
I'm gonna put an interactable question on episodes from now on I think. For now, I'm gonna make it a suggestion for a show that we should review. The first suggestion we get, we will have to review no matter what.
Also this is Episode 30 now because the numbering system was bothering me.
Enjoy!
Well, yikes.
It's been like half a year or something and a lot has happened. Without getting into details, life is just rough sometimes and it just is what it is. But we're back on the grind with an incredibly scuffed episode. In this one, Mark reviews Denkigai and some other stuff and Jordan reviews Aura Battler Dunbine and some other stuff. Look, just listen to it and don't think about it. Also the intro is just gone for some reason and there were technical difficulties in the middle but we still say some words with a semblance of meaning at some point in these audio clips, so its still a podcast, right?
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After four months of anticipation, Mark and Jordan are proud to present a very timely awards show honoring the best anime of 2022. which one will rise above the rest and contend with last year's winner to try and become the Most Intellectual Anime OF ALL TIME??!!? Who had the most correct predictions from last year? Which character from this year is LITERALLY US? How can a merciful god allow this much suffering? Find out the answers to all these questions and more in the long awaited sequel to last year's awards show.
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In this episode, Jordan and Mark go over the best and worst shows of the Summer 2022 season of anime. Is there anything worth watching in the midst of a sea of disappointment and repetitive other worldly storytelling?
Yeah. There's a few notable ones.
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In this sort of one year anniversary special of the Anime Intellectuals Podcast, Mark and Jordan shake it up a little and do the exact same thing they've done every other episode: Go over irrelevant news poorly and then ramble through some stuff they watched in the time between episodes and try to say something interesting. In this one, Jordan talks about Cyberpunk Edgerunners, The Girl From The Other Side, Goodbye, Don Glees!, and Just Listen to The Song. Mark goes on about the show of many names, Oregairu, and also Blue Box. Thanks for listening to this for a whole year.
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In this episode, after going over some pretty major news, Jordan and Mark review some stuff. Jordan reviews the classic Kamen Rider manga by Shotaro Ishinomori and the newer comedy anime Jashin-chan Dropkick. Mark reviews Ergo Proxy, and then both review Katsuhiro Otomo's Memories.
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In this episode, we'll be the first to break you the news from like 3 or 4 weeks ago. Yay. Jordan reviews the hyperadrenaline rush that is Redline. Mark reviews the hypereradrenaline rush that is Hanasaku Iroha. Then, both review Space Dandy. It's another weird Japanese title, but basically it's about a dandy in space...................baby. Also shoutout to the Blue Grinch. He's a mean one.
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In this new and improved form of seasonal retrospective analysis, Jordan and Mark give ratings to shows of the spring season. The new rankings are as follows: Magnificent, Commendable, Copacetic, Nugatory, Amusingly Bad and Egregious. Think you missed something from the spring season that might be good (highly unlikely)? Just give this episode a listen and let us tell you what deserves to exist and what should never have breached idea infancy.
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In this episode, Jordan and Mark go over some crazy news around the industry (One Piece is going on a break for a month I can't take it I need it now). Jordan then reviews Shoujo Kageki Revue Starlight and Boys Run the Riot. Following up, Mark talks about Demon City Shinjuku. To conclude, both review the OVA classic Ninja Scroll.
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In this episode, after going over some recent news, Jordan and Mark review some stuff. Jordan takes a look at Space Runaway Ideon, AX: Alternative Manga and Akane Banashi. Mark does Yokohama Shopping Log and Blue Period. Then, both talk about Goodbye Eri. After that, the episode ends.
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In this episode, Jordan and Mark catch up on the news they missed from recently and review some things. Jordan takes a look at Bubble, Ride Your Wave and Pompo the Cinephile. Mark reviews Happiness, Grimoire of Zero and Girl on the Shore. And then the episode ends. That's the description.
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In this episode, Jordan and Mark go over some recent news before diving into the highs and lows of the Winter 2022 lineup. Afterwards, they also look ahead to the promising upcoming season to see what they might give a chance.
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In this episode, Jordan and Mark dive right into "recent" news, where things are absolutely positively definitely happening. Jordan reviews the classic comedy Great Teacher Onizuka and Mark follows up with a review of the modern comedy Mrs. Kobayashi's Dragon Maid.
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See what I did there?? Haha.. Haaaaa......... The earth still remains mainly intact, so Jordan and Mark take the chance to go over some news. Afterwards, Jordan reviews Knights and Magic and Mark reviews Dragon's Heaven. To conclude, both discuss Super Dimension Fortress Macross (SPOILERS: It doesn't hold up very well).
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In this episode, Jordan and Mark go over the last bit of anime news before the earth is decimated by nuclear warfare. Then, Jordan reviews three separate manga: Phoenix: Dawn, Zero and lastly Rojica and Rakkasei. Then, Mark reviews the anime Parasyte the Maxim.
In this episode, Jordan goes over a couple of news points before reviewing the manhwa The Horizon and the anime Casshern Sins. Then, Mark reviews Battle Angel Alita in its various forms, including a bug-eyed live action one everybody forgot about after memeing on it for exactly 24 hours.
Note: As much as I wish it were true, Bodysnatchers is not the opening for battle angel alita. Unfortunately, the ova did not have one, so I just used Bodysnatchers because it was the first result as an amv someone made for the ova.
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In this episode, Jordan goes over some things he missed from 2021, and deems whether or not they're still worth watching. Mark reviews Asadora and Sound Euphonium.
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Our very first mechaextravaganza episode! After catching up on some news, Jordan reviews Bubblegum Crisis. Then Jordan and Mark review Mobile Suit Gundam and Knights of Sidonia.
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Jordan takes an in depth look at what makes A Place Further Than the Universe great, and why you should watch it this winter.
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In this episode, Jordan and Mark go over everything they watched in 2021 and decide what was the best in various categories. To what lengths will they go to push their favorite anime to the top ranks and their least favorites to the bottom?
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After going over some recent news, Mark and Jordan go through the Fall 2021 season of anime and what they think is worth watching.
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In this episode, Jordan reviews Juujika no Rokunin and Arcane, Mark reviews Sensor and together they review Riding Bean, M.D. Geist and finally Stone Ocean.
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In this episode, Jordan reviews Jacaranda, The Zombie Maria and Mysterious Girlfriend X. Mark reviews Supercub, and together they review The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya.
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In this episode, Jordan and Mark go on multiple rants and tangents and also manage to get a few reviews in. Jordan reviews Shoujo Fujuubun and Kon'ya wa Tsuki ga Kirei Desu Ga, Toriaezu Shine. Mark reviews Ibitsu and Ghost Stories, and together they review Higurashi: When They Cry. Then they close off the episode by addressing the show's first batch of emails...
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In this spooky themed episode, Jordan reviews Requiem from the Darkness, Mark reviews K-on for some reason and both review Another.
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In this episode, Jordan goes over the miniscule news from recently and talks about the manga Dandadan. Mark reviews Outlaw Star, and both review Rascal Does Not Dream Of Bunny Girl Senpai.
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In this week's episode, Jordan goes through the shows he deems worth mentioning (for better or for worse) from the summer anime season and Mark reviews Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind because he's too lazy to keep up with recent anime.
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Today Jordan and Mark come back from a week break and talk about some anime and manga. Jordan reviews Gantz, Mark reviews Afro Samurai and together they review Konosuba.
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Outro: Loop of Time by The Beckleys
In this episode, Jordan reviews Terraformars, Mark reviews 20th Century Boys and they both review Perfect Blue.
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Outro Song: Loop of Time by The Beckleys
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Welcome to the first podcast in The Anime Intellectuals universe. Today we discuss recent happenings in the anime and manga news circles and review some anime we think are worth watching. Jordan reviews Ping Pong the Animation and unfortunately fails at expressing how good it is properly. Mark reviews Claymore, a dark-fantasy anime from a while back, and together we very briefly review Trigun. This first episode was probably rough to listen to, but we will get better. I swear. Probably.
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