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2016
2016x1
What’s in a Year? – The 10 Best Anime Openings of 2015
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A way too deep toplist of 2015's best anime theme songs.
2016x2
What's in an OP? - Hello, Kekkai Sensen (Blood Blockade Battlefront)
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A way too deep analysis of anime openings. This episode, the second best opening of 2015. Spoiler Warning!
2016x3
What's in a Level? - Analyzing Gloria's Theater from Psychonauts
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A way too deep analysis of way too specific parts of Game Design. This episode, we psychoanalyze the bipolar world of Gloria Von Gouton.
2016x4
What's in an OP? - Space Brothers Part 1 (Openings 1 and 2)
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A way too deep analysis of anime intros. This episode: SPAAAAAAAAACE! Also, Brothers. ALSO, spoilers.
2016x5
What's in a Scene? - ERASED's Genius Park Scene (from Ep. 2)
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A shot-by-shot analysis of what goes into making a good Anime scene. This episode: how Tomohiko Ito's brilliant direction for Boku Dake ga Inai Machi transforms Satoru's conversation with Hinazuki in the park.
2016x6
What's in an OP? - The World God Only Knows
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A way too deep analysis of Anime openings. This week: I can see the Opening! Wait, I got that quote wrong.
2016x7
What's in a Scene? - Reading Between the Lines in Welcome to the NHK
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A shot-by-shot analysis of anime scenes. This episode: that one time Sato could have boinked Hitomi in Welcome to the NHK. Spoiler and NSFW warning.
2016x8
What's in a PSA? - The Problem with GATE and the Akeboshi Rockets
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A not-so-deep Public Service Announcement about a great danger to Anime Openings as we know them.
2016x9
How Splatoon Makes Shooting Feel Fresh
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Splatoon boils down the shooter to its most essential elements and enhances it with an ingenious, unique mechanic. Join me and CJ from What's With Games as we review everything it has to offer.
2016x10
What’s in an OP? – How Nichijou Gets You Ready to Laugh
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A way too deep analysis of Anime openings. This week, by popular demand, everyday life with toastergirl.
2016x11
What’s in a Scene? – Red Means Dead in ERASED
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A shot-by-shot analysis of what goes into making a good Anime scene. This episode: how color symbolism and good direction raises the tension in Boku Dake Ga Inai Machi Episode 10.
2016x12
What's in a Level? - HITMAN's Revolutionary Tutorials
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A way too deep analysis of way too specific parts of Game Design. This episode, we look into the ingenious tutorials for the new HITMAN.
2016x13
What's in an OP? - Sword Art Online is Worse Than You Think
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A way too mean analysis of Anime openings. This week: why the SAO openings are ass.
2016x14
What's in an OP? - Cory in the House
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A way too deep analysis of Anime openings. This week: the one, the only コーリー ホワイトハウスでチョー大変!
2016x15
What's in an OP? - The Best Part of ERASED
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A way too deep analysis of Anime Openings. This week, Boku Dake Ga Inai Machi’s OP lives up to the hype.
2016x16
What's in an OVA? - The Origin of "Gainaxing" (and also Gainax)
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A way too deep analysis of an Anime OVA. Today, Daicon IV, the very first work of the studio that would become Gainax.
2016x17
What's in a Season? - Winter 2016 Recap: Dropped/On-Hold Shows
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A way too long rundown of the entire winter anime season. In this part, I run down every show I dropped or put on hold.
2016x18
What’s in a Season? – Winter 2016 Finished Show Reviews and Best OP/ED
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A way too comprehensive rundown of all the Anime series I finished this winter. In this part, scored reviews of Snow White With the Red Hair, ERASED, Haikyuu, Konosuba, GATE, and Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu.
2016x19
What's the Best OP? - FMA Mother's (Basement) Day Special
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A way too deep analysis of anime openings. A lot of anime openings. Like, all the openings from BOTH Fullmetal Alchemist series, ordered from worst to best.
2016x20
Is Gravity Falls Really That Great? - ☐Yes ☐Definitely ☑Absolutely!!
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A way too long review of Gravity Falls. The whole dang show, start to finish. Also, a treatise on the modern state of animation.
2016x21
Uncharted 4 Isn't a Real Video Game (and That's OK)
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A way too contentious examination of the game mechanics - or lack thereof - in the Uncharted series.
2016x22
5 STELLAR Sci-Fi Anime You (Probably) Missed
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Looking for a new Science Fiction anime to watch? Here are five more obscure shows that you can really sink your teeth into.
2016x23
What's in an OP? - Haikyuu's Breathtaking Animation
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A way too deep analysis of Anime Openings. This week Daniel Floyd of Extra Credits helps me break down the gorgeous animation techniques in Fly High!!, the fourth OP of Haikyuu!!
2016x24
What's in a Hero? - Why Lúcio is the Best Support in Overwatch
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A way too deep analysis of Character Design in Video Games. This episode, we look at why Lúcio is the strongest support in Overwatch.
2016x25
The New Zelda Isn't So New - Breath of the Wild is a Return to Form
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The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild was the talk of the show at E3 this year. But the new zelda is a lot more old-school than Nintendo is letting on.
2016x26
What's in a PV? - Mob Psycho 100
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A way too deep analysis of the Mob Psycho 100 trailer, brought to you by Crunchyroll and their big cartoon money sack.
2016x27
What's in an ED? - Ace Attorney: Maya is Best Girl
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A somewhat deep analysis of an Anime... ED? This episode: Maya Fey a cute.
2016x28
How Splatoon's Local Multiplayer Makes Freshness Feel Fresh
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This is why I don't leave the Basement. Ft. What's With Games
2016x29
What's in a Scene? - How SAO Became the Worst Anime Ever
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A way too mean teardown of one of the worst scenes in one of the worst anime ever, Sword Art Online. Gosh dang I hate this show.
2016x30
Adapt or Die - How Great Manga Becomes Great Anime
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Adapting stories from one medium to another can be deceptively hard. With shows like Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood and now Mob Psycho 100, Studio Bones has shown time and again that they know how to get it right.
2016x31
Stranger Things is a Better 80s Movie Than Most 80s Movies
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I'm doing TV reviews now! The new Netflix original series Stranger Things brings back a style of filmmaking you haven't seen since the 80s.
2016x32
What's in an OP? - Predicting the Future of 91 Days
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A way too deep analysis of Anime Openings. This week, a peak into the future twists and turns of Shuka's mafia drama 91 Days.
2016x33
What's in an OP? - Death Note's Heavy Christian Symbolism
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A way too deep analysis of Anime Openings. This week, as requested by Patrons, we break down the ways Death Note references Renaissance-era Christian Art.
2016x34
What's in a Season? - the Most Interesting Anime of Spring 2016
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A rundown of all the Anime series I finished this spring, including Boku No Hero Academia, Space Patrol Luluco, and Kiznaiver.
2016x35
How the Trails Series Mastered Worldbuilding
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Original Title: How a Japanese Indie Studio Kicks Bethesda's Butt at World-Building The world of the Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel puts the likes of Fallout and even The Witcher to shame. Here's how Nihon Falcom did it.
2016x36
What's in an OP? - Cause I Feel (Like Doing a Psycho-Pass Video)
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A way too deep analysis of Anime Openings. This week, a look at the second OP to Psycho-Pass, along with some essential shilling.
2016x37
What's in an ED? - Everybody Loves Reigen (Mob Psycho 100)
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A way too deep analysis of Anime EDs This week, the subtle, beautiful Paint on Glass Animation of Mob Psycho 100.
2016x38
What's in a PV? - Super Warlord Taisen - Drifters
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A Crunchyroll-sponsored analysis of Anime Trailers. This Paycheck: a look at the bombastic trailer for Drifters, from Hellsing creator Kouta Hirano.
2016x39
What's in a Fight? - One Punch Man & Mumen Rider VS. Deep Sea King
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A way too thrilling analysis of Anime Fight Scenes. This episode, how Mumen Rider inspires hope, despite his lack of power, in One Punch Man.
2016x40
Are Clown Pranks a Stand Alone Complex? - Degenerate Diatribes
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For... who knows what reason, Clowns are popping up left and right around the world. But was this strange, strange trend predicted by Ghost in the Shell?
2016x41
Did the Decline of Mass Effect Start with ME2?
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Mass Effect 2 is often touted as the pinnacle of the series, but I'd argue the original game is miles better.
2016x42
Doctor Strange is the best Marvel film Since Guardians - Basement Escape Review
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I escaped the Basement tonight to go see Doctor Strange and bring you my opinions on it. If I'm a little weird in the video, it's because I recorded at 5am.
2016x43
What's in an OP? - Mob Psycho 100's Hidden Secrets (Finally)
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A way too deep analysis of anime openings. This week - the mountain of stylish references in the intro to Mob Psycho 100.
2016x44
What's in a Hero? - Sombra's Hidden History (Overwatch Short Analysis)
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Blizzard revealed a LOT about the new Overwatch hero Sombra with the new short Infiltration. Let's see what else we can figure out.
2016x45
Why Naruto Was Better Than You Think it Was
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Naruto gets a bum rap. It's no One Piece, but it's no Bleach either - and it's definitely no SAO. And I'm not just saying that 'cause they paid me.
2016x46
The 10 Best Anime Openings OF ALL TIME - 100k Sub Special
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Many a toplist channel has tried - and failed - to compile a definitive list of the Greatest Anime Openings Ever Made. But worry not - at last the Anime Pope has come to set the internet .. show full overview
2016x47
Why SAO is a Terrible Game, Too
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Once again I'm dumping on the Sword Art Online Anime from a new angle - the shitty, nigh-unplayable nature of the in-series MMOs.
2016x48
5 FANTASTIC Fantasy Anime You (Probably) Missed
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Anime fans are spoiled for choice when it comes to great fantasy stories, but that can mean some truly great shows fall through the cracks. Here are five incredible shows that you owe it to yourself to watch.