Thinking Too Hard About Anime

Feb 04 2025 69 ep. 73 mins 65

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An episode by episode discussion of some of our favorite anime. A little bit of history, a little bit of analysis, and a lot of over-examining the Japanese cartoons we love so much. New episodes every other Thursday.

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S04E14: You Can (Not) Recap - Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time

Feb 04 2025 194 mins

We say goodbye to this season, this series, with Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time (2021). We also discuss the documentary Hideaki Anno: The Final Challenge of Evangelion (2021) email: [email protected] twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/ThinkingAnime⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Music by Yellowjacket from the album ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠�

S04E13: You Can (Not) Recap - Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo

Jan 04 2025 132 mins

We do a giant time skip with Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo (2012). email: [email protected] twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/ThinkingAnime⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Music by Yellowjacket from the album ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Loop Soup⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Used with permission under Creative Commons license ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

S04E12: You Can (Not) Recap - Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance

Sep 22 2024 123 mins

The Rebuild continues with Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance (2009) and meet producered mandated character Mari Makinami email: [email protected] twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/ThinkingAnime⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Music by Yellowjacket from the album ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Loop Soup⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Used with permission under Creative

S04E11: You Can (Not) Recap - Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone

Aug 05 2024 108 mins

We begin the Rebuild movies with Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone (2007) and gush over the glow-up of our favorite polyhedron. email: [email protected] twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/ThinkingAnime⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Music by Yellowjacket from the album ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Loop Soup⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Used with permission under Creative Commons

S04E10: You Can (Not) Recap - Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth and The End of Evangelion

Jun 17 2024 143 mins

We take our sweet time tumbling down our discussion of The End of Evangelion (1997) with a little Death & Rebirth (1997) thrown in for good measure. email: [email protected] twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/ThinkingAnime⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Music by Yellowjacket from the album ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Loop Soup⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Used with permission under Creat

S04E09: You Can (Not) Recap - Neon Genesis Evangelion 25 & 26

Apr 03 2024 72 mins

Congratulations! We've made it to the end of the original broadcast series. email: [email protected] twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/ThinkingAnime⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Music by Yellowjacket from the album ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Loop Soup⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Used with permission under Creative Commons license ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠(CC BY-SA 3.0)

S04E08: You Can (Not) Recap - Neon Genesis Evangelion 23 & 24

Mar 20 2024 85 mins

We meet the 5th child and breakdown the lore of Evangelion thus far. email: [email protected] twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/ThinkingAnime⁠⁠⁠⁠ Music by Yellowjacket from the album ⁠⁠⁠⁠Loop Soup⁠⁠⁠⁠. Used with permission under Creative Commons license ⁠⁠⁠⁠(CC BY-SA 3.0)

S04E07: You Can (Not) Recap - Neon Genesis Evangelion 21 & 22

Mar 09 2024 61 mins

Oh it's about to get ROUGH folks. We learn about the history of NERV and Asuka. email: [email protected] twitter: ⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/ThinkingAnime⁠⁠⁠ Music by Yellowjacket from the album ⁠⁠⁠Loop Soup⁠⁠⁠. Used with permission under Creative Commons license ⁠⁠⁠(CC BY-SA 3.0)

S04E06: You Can (Not) Recap - Neon Genesis Evangelion 17-20

Dec 20 2023 117 mins

Poor Toji. Poor Shinji. Poor everyone, honestly. At least we learn about accents and melons. email: [email protected] twitter: ⁠⁠https://twitter.com/ThinkingAnime⁠⁠ Music by Yellowjacket from the album ⁠⁠Loop Soup⁠⁠. Used with permission under Creative Commons license ⁠⁠(CC BY-SA 3.0)

S04E05: You Can (Not) Recap - Neon Genesis Evangelion 13-16

Nov 04 2023 98 mins

Things get introspective as we go to a wedding and get sucked into quantum physics. email: [email protected] twitter: ⁠https://twitter.com/ThinkingAnime⁠ Music by Yellowjacket from the album ⁠Loop Soup⁠. Used with permission under Creative Commons license ⁠(CC BY-SA 3.0)