Episode 95: Fall 2024 Has A Lot To Offer... And Too Little At The Same Time (feat. Dandadan, Blue Box, Uzumaki, And More!)
The Fall Anime Seasonals is always the busiest and most abundant time of the year. While this still rings true for Fall 2024, Jason and Will had to navigate the swarm of shows to bring you the Seasonals that you should be paying attention to.
Episode 94: Studio MAPPA - The Glamor, The Greed, and The Gamble to NOT collapse like Studio Madhouse in The 2010s
In this episode, Jason and Will decides to do a deep dive about Studio MAPPA, the golden child of animation studios these days, how everything is not as wonderful as it appears to be, and how history has a habit of repeating itself.
Episode 93: What Happens When A Series Switches Hands or Animation Studios?
Have you ever wondered why your favorite Anime would switch animation studios or companies? Why would a company sell off their licensing rights? Have no fear! Jason and Will is here to give you the deets on this unspoken facet of the Anime industry!
Episode 92: ASAP7 (The Darwin Incident, Blue Box, Nine The Starry Bride, Medalist)
From veganism, figure skating, to star crossed lovers and high school romance, the lineup for these soon-to-be Anime series may look eccentric at first blush, but Jason and Will is here to tell you that these 4 series are all worthy of your undivided attention!
Episode 91: Anime Iceberg 2: The Lost, The Banned, and The Canceled
In this episode, The Anime Iceberg makes its second appearance as Jason and Will talk at length about the demise of various Anime productions, from the well publicized examples to the most obscure (with trigger warnings to boot).
Episode 90: Gotta Watch 'Em All 10 (Jojo Part 6: Stone Ocean, Sword Art Online: Alicization - War of Underworld)
The bizarre adventure and the underworld war ends here. Listen in as Jason and Will give their parting thoughts, then pack their bags to start another new journey on the long road.
Episode 89: Tough to Find Love For Summer 2024 Seasonals (feat. Makeine, Alya Hide Her Feelings, Elusive Samurai, And More!)
It is almost tradition that every Summer Anime Season is always a mixed bag of shows. Along the same lines, it is also tradition for Jason and Will to cover it and unearth some shows worthy of attention at any given time of the calendar year!
Episode 88: Back In My Day 1 (feat. 2014 Year in Anime)
In a new experimental segment, Jason and Will venture back in time to 2014 to see what the Anime industry was like back then, and how it just might be one of the best years ever for the industry…
Episode 87: GAP Redux 2 - EP2: Shounen Jump and Jump's "Big 3" Update
For our second GAP Redux, Jason and Will decided to go back to their second episode on Shounen Jump and their “Big 3” but give it a 2024 update. A lot has changed, and most not for the better, it seems.
Episode 86: Anime Closet Cleanup 7 (feat. Kino's Journey (2017), Tsuritama, NGNL Zero, Golden Kamuy S1)
Who knew that, by cleaning out the GAP Bro’s Anime “Plan To Watch” closet for the 7th time, you would find a talking motorrad, the origin of games between deities, the frigid winters in the 1900s, and going fishing with aliens? Anime is weird and we love it.
Episode 85: ASAP 6 (My Wife Has No Emotions, My Deer Friend Nokotan, No Long Allowed in Another World, Wistoria Wand and Sword)
What do you get when you cross a robot waifu, a high school deer girl, a depressed poet, and magic? You get the 4 Manga series being featured in ASAP6!
Episode 84: The Good Anime Palette Awards 7 (Season 7 Finale)
Just because there is a revamp of the GAP Finale Awards for Season 7 didn’t stop Jason and Will from resorting to their usual banter and shenanigans.
Episode 83: Seeking A Home And A Sense of Belonging In Anime/Manga
Who am I? Where am I from? Where do I belong? The answer to these questions is the life journey of many, fictional or otherwise. In this episode, Jason and Will discuss that, for Anime and Manga, Weebs and Anime characters are no different.
Episode 82: Sakura Season is Here Blossoming With Spring 2024 Seasonal Premieres! (feat. Spice and Wolf, Bartender, Kaiju No. 8, And More!)
Spring has sprung into action with its Anime seasonal lineup… Do you want threequels? Do you want sleeper hits? Do you want amazing remakes? Do you want intense discourse? We got you all covered!
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Episode 81: Gotta Watch 'Em All 9 (Sword Art Online: Alicization, Jojo Part 5: Golden Wind [Ep 29-39], Jojo Part 6: Stone Ocean [Ep 1-12])
Coming onto the third year of the Gotta Watch ‘Em All series, surprises are still plentiful with Jason saying that Jojo Part 5 (Golden Wind) is not his favorite Jojo series, and Will proclaiming to the world that SAO Alicization is legit a very good Anime series.
Episode 80: ASAP 5 (feat. Wind Breaker, Orb - On the Movements of the Earth, The Fable, Quality Assurance in Another World)
Even Jason and Will couldn’t have predicted that upcoming Anime adaptations of fixing bugs in video games, discovering astronomy, a faux “Leon The Professional”, and Japanese “Volcano High” could potentially be amazing Anime to look forward to.
Episode 79: Locked in an Office Cubicle with Weebs! (feat. Wotakoi, Aggretsuko, Servant x Service, And More!)
Most of us may have grown up and are working as adults… but that doesn’t mean that we, as weebs, are not young and passionate at heart! That’s why Jason and Will tackle the Anime and Manga series that uses the office as a setting of focus.
Episode 78: Exploring the Anime Iceberg of Conspiracies and Controversies (CONTENT WARNING)
In this experimental episode of the GAP Podcast, Jason and Will explore the heights and depths of the darkest corners of the Anime and Manga industry. (Note: Do let us know if this episodic format is something we should continue. Any constructive criticism is welcomed.)
Episode 77: Get In The Weeb-mobile, We're Going Back to 2023!
How did 2023 fare for Anime? What? You don’t know? Let the GAP Bros guide you through the 2023 Anime data set so you can update your Weeb historian credentials with confidence!