Retro Anime Podcast - The Classic, The Obscure, The Forgotten.

Nov 29 2024 39 ep. 60 mins 183

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The Classic, The Obscure, The Forgotten. Covering anime from the 60's to the 90's. Ian and Lewis watch and review the anime that Ian grew up with 30 years ago, what will modern anime viewer Lewis think of the Old Man's tastes?

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#36 The Good, The Bad and The Ugly Part 2 - The Bad

Nov 29 2024 70 mins

In the second part of their The Good, The Bad and The Ugly series, Ian and Lewis take a look at the notoriously ridiculed MD Geist OVAs and another lame duck of an OVA; Joker - Marginal City.

#35 The Good, The Bad and The Ugly Part 1 - The Good

Jun 06 2024 65 mins

In the first part of their The Good, The Bad and The Ugly series Ian and Lewis start with The Good with reviews of two of Ian's all time favourite anime films, Isao Takahata's Only Yesterday and Satoshi Kon's Perfect Blue.

#34 How Long Were You Alone With That Dog

Dec 27 2023 86 mins

1986 and 1987 saw a trio of sci-fi thriller OVAs released that all wore their clear Hollywood influences on their sleeves and had a lot of similarities to each other, so Ian and Lewis round them up for collective reviews of Roots Search, Hell Target and Lily C.A.T.

#33 War Stories and Beer

Apr 27 2023 63 mins

Two real curios this time as Ian and Lewis take a look at a couple of rather unique war themed films with animal based characters with review's of Osamu Tezuka's 1981 film Bremen 4 - Angels in Hell and the 1985 film Penguin's Memory - A Tale of Happiness made on the back of a series of Suntory beer commercials.

#32 Mecha March 2023

Mar 09 2023 88 mins

For this special episode of the podcast Ian and Lewis welcome Craig from the companion Retro Mecha Podcast to review something particularly beloved to Ian as the trio take a deep dive into 1980 puppet show X-Bomber and its Western localisation Star Fleet.

#31 Toy Families

Jan 20 2023 43 mins

A true case of the Ying and the Yang as Ian and Lewis take a look at two very different OVAs from the never licensed pot with reviews of the legendary TO-Y and not so legendary Yagami-kun's Family Affair.

#30 Silent But Never Forgotten

Jun 23 2022 54 mins

In a tribute to Dan Auty, a school friend of Ian's who helped form his love of anime and who inspired the podcast but who sadly passed away recently, Ian and Lewis review the two Silent Mobius movies based on Kia Asamiya's manga. The first Silent Mobius movie was on the first VHS fansub tape Ian ever saw back in the early 90's which was provided by Dan.

#29 Hot in the City Tonight

Dec 18 2021 59 mins

Mokkori! A franchise built on the colourful adventures of a lecherous private detective and his long suffering partner; City Hunter spans numerous TV series, films and specials. Ian and Lewis take a look a the first three films as an entry point into the franchise with reviews of .357 Magnum, Bay City Wars and Million Dollar Conspiracy.

#28 Dragons! Dragons Everywhere!

Aug 21 2021 59 mins

In what has become an unintended running theme, Ian and Lewis review another couple of dragon themed 80's OVAs with reviews of Xanadu - Legend of the Dragonslayer and Dragon Century.

#27 Plucked From Obscurity (Again)

May 09 2021 63 mins

Delving back into the world of obscure 80's OVAs that never got past the LaserDisc stage in Japan, Ian subjects Lewis to another couple of oddities as they review Nayuta and Whatever, White Bear