#PodcastONA

Episode 202 – Somewhere in Time at AnimeJapan AnimeJapan has come and gone, and with it came the expected deluge of too much stuff to go over, but we did and we made sure to not leave out any important things for this year’s rundown of t…

NEW #PodcastONA: a recap of AnimeJapan, the Steel Ball Run/Netflix situation, a legend returns to Ranma 1/2, the Crunchyroll Anime Awards nominations, and more! www.podcastona.surrealresolution.com/2026/04/11/e...

Episode 201 – Never Entertain the Taste of Scarlet This is a weirder show than most, on account of the vast mood shifts with all of the topic at hand here. There’s a not-so-good amount of bad news to dive into, be it from the unfortunate winn…

NEW #PodcastONA: the scandal at Shogakukan, the WBD bidding war winner, three good and fun movies talked about… and Scarlet, the Evangelion anniversary short snafu, the Steel Ball Run dub cast, and more! www.podcastona.surrealresolution.com/2026/03/16/e...

Episode 200 – Here There Be Ghosts *AND* Dragons 200 episodes ago, a group of guys got together to talk about anime every couple of weeks, record those discussions, and upload them to a small corner of the internet that seems to care what a group…

NEW #PodcastONA: the Dragon Ball popularity rankings and new project announcements, (The) Ghost in the Shell heads to Amazon, GKIDS gets more cool things, Crunchyroll does more bad things, and more! www.podcastona.surrealresolution.com/2026/02/18/e...

Episode 199 – Down Bad Denver Umas There’s no point in sugarcoating it, it’s been a rotten cold weekend already, either due to the widespread ice storm or the more vicious “ICE” storm happening. Things are st…

NEW #PodcastONA: Uma Musume heads to theaters and to the football fields, MAPPA x Netflix, Patlabor and VOTOMS gear up for new projects, Discotek Deep Dives, and more! www.podcastona.surrealresolution.com/2026/01/24/e...

Episode 198 – New Year’s Jump Dragon 2026 is here, and so far… not a great start to the year, for various reasons. Nevertheless, this show continues on to be an escape from those perils and horror and will continue to delivers t…

NEW #PodcastONA: all the news from Jump Festa, KyoAni announces RuriDragon, TOHO acquires Anime Limited, Steel Ball Run gets dated, and more! www.podcastona.surrealresolution.com/2026/01/05/e...

Episode 197 – Artificial Translation It shouldn’t need to be said, but it’ll be said anyway – we’re not fans of AI slop as a means to replace people and actual art, and that stance isn’t going to change a…

NEW #PodcastONA - screaming about Crunchyroll, Netflix-WB, and Amazon sneaking in AI dubbing thinking they wouldn’t get caught, plus new Gundam and Code Geass projects, the final burial of Gainax, and more!

www.podcastona.surrealresolution.com/2025/12/16/e...

Episode 196 – Lovesick Back from an extended break (and a trip to Japan) with a shorter-than-usual show for the Thanksgiving week distractions we all could use more often than not, be it from family or football or parade…

NEW #PodcastONA: Chainsaw Man: Reze Arc and Virgin Punk screening thoughts, Kodansha Studios, The Apothecary Diaries returning in 2026, remembering Tatsuya Nagamine from Toei, and a big announcement! www.podcastona.surrealresolution.com/2025/11/24/e...

Episode 195 – Whipping Post FAIR WARNING: we’re all extensively bitchy on this show, this time, and for very good reason. Feel free to skip to the actual news items from NYCC and elsewhere if you don’t want to hea…

NEW #PodcastONA: recapping NYCC, the Frieren manga going on hiatus, the Dorohedoro anime returning in 2026, a LOT of yelling at Crunchyroll and MAPPA for very valid reasons, and much more! www.podcastona.surrealresolution.com/2025/10/21/e...

Episode 194 – Hashira Nightmare While the industry front has been pretty slow on things and happenings, the movie and television front has been anything but – it’s been preparing for the fall season and beyond, and we…

NEW #PodcastONA: the Aniplex Online Fest, a new Tatsuki Fujimoto anthology project, the good and bad of Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle, and more! www.podcastona.surrealresolution.com/2025/09/23/e...

Episode 183 – Switcheroo ’25 (Anime NYC) Right back at it again with another convention roundup show, the happenings and goings-on at Anime NYC brought about some pleasant treats, some fun in-person experiences, and even some good surpris…

NEW #PodcastONA: recapping Anime NYC, SANDA heads to Prime Video, the Sekiro discourse explained, BILLY BAT from Naoki Urasawa coming stateside soon, and more! www.podcastona.surrealresolution.com/2025/09/01/e...

Episode 192 – Anniversary (SDCC & Otakon 2025) Fashionably late and with Starbucks in hand, because that’s just the run of things around here, another three-hour tour of anime nonsense is at hand, bringing both good surprises and shenanig…

NEW #PodcastONA: recapping SDCC and Otakon, the madness of the Tai Chi Chasers “new” dub story, GKIDS x HBO Max, Crunchyroll’s very weird week with layoffs and Demon Slayer, and much more! www.podcastona.surrealresolution.com/2025/08/20/e...

Episode 191 – Fire Drill (Anime Expo 2025) Just sit right back and you’ll hear a tale, a tale of a fateful trip – that started from this tropic port aboard this tiny ship. Xander was a mighty sailin’ man, and Andrew brave …

NEW #PodcastONA: it’s the annual Anime Expo episode, a 3-hour tour talking Cyberpunk Edgerunners 2, a 100 Girlfriends world record, the NEW new Detective Conan dub, the return of Rie Matsumoto, and much more! www.podcastona.surrealresolution.com/2025/07/15/e...

Episode 190 – Late Show Yes, yes, another late upload, but that’s because it’s been A WEEK – as most people know. So do enjoy this glorious distraction from the real world as it continues to get more and…

NEW #PodcastONA: the pre-pregame for Anime Expo with announcements from the Annecy Festival, CITY heading to Prime Video, Samurai Troopers coming back in 2026, and more! www.podcastona.surrealresolution.com/2025/06/30/e...

Episode 189 – Solo Jerk (The 2025 Crunchyroll Anime Awards Show) The look on Frieren’s face says it all. Another year, another terrible attempt at an “awards show” that’s riddled with more corporate schmoozing than your annual Christmas p…

NEW #PodcastONA: riffing the 2025 Crunchyroll Anime Awards (we know…) and talking REMOW, the return of Madhouse shoujo, JOEN making moves, GKIDS picking up the JJK S2 compilation movie, and more! www.podcastona.surrealresolution.com/2025/06/05/e...

Episode 188 – Steel Ball Snatch WARNING: This show has a running theme of discussions of oral sex all throughout. Because we’re stupid. Don’t listen if you’re not old enough to buy an explicit album. Hi, everyon…

NEW #PodcastONA: back after a month to talk about the best and worst of winter, the CR Anime Awards nominations, STEEL BALL RUN, Chainsaw Man FINALLY coming to Blu-ray, plenty of off-kilter jokes about who would and wouldn’t “eat”, and more! www.podcastona.surrealresolution.com/2025/05/11/e...

Episode 187 – Live at AnimeJapan AnimeJapan has come and gone… a while ago, with how late this show is, but with it comes a lot of big announcements of a VERY big summer season coming up, and we’re going to lay out the…

NEW #PodcastONA: AnimeJapan 2025, Aniplex and Crunchyroll forming a production venture, HiDive updates both good and bad, a very romcom-heavy July to look forward to, and more! www.podcastona.surrealresolution.com/2025/04/05/e...

Episode 186 – St. Patrick’s Day Nightmare In MemoryDave Mallow (1948-2025)George Lowe (1957-2025) The ides of “Smarch” are upon us and they’ve gotten off to a stupid start. Alas, we’re still here doing our thing to …

NEW #PodcastONA: Amazon nabs Gundam GQuuuuuuX, Crunchyroll pays up for MHA Vigilantes, Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle is dated, Viz kicks off convention season, and more! www.podcastona.surrealresolution.com/2025/03/17/e...

Episode 185 – The Long-Awaited Reunion! Yes, the world may be on fire and/or a frigid wasteland at the same time, but we’re still here and still kicking. And to prove that there is still some good in the world (along with football …

NEW #PodcastONA: BOCCHI THE SECOND SEASON is announced, Masaaki Yuasa starts a new studio, No. 6 gets a new novel after 14 years, and much more! www.podcastona.surrealresolution.com/2025/02/28/e...

Episode 184 – The Cold Winter’s Arrival. It’s been… quite a month for a lot of us. For a lot of reasons. For the foreseeable future, we’re all going to be on our own for a while, and we’re all going to be depending…

NEW #PodcastONA: Discotek’s recent announcements, GKIDS getting Witch Watch and Gundam GQuuuuuuX in theaters, Macross now on Hulu/Disney+, and more! www.podcastona.surrealresolution.com/2025/02/03/e...

Episod 183 – The Not-So-Daijoubu Culture. NOTE: parts of the audio from the first 34 minutes of this episode are missing due to technical difficulties. As 2024 comes to a close, we have one last show as all of the stars seemed to align jus…

NEW #PodcastONA: the big Bloomberg bombshell about Crunchyroll, the Sony-Kadokawa update, Jump Festa 2024 announcements, and much more! www.podcastona.surrealresolution.com/2024/12/26/e...

Episode 182 – The Christmas Colony Drop! Christmastime is almost here, and there’s a Gundam coming down everyone’s stocking in the new year! A pleasant surprise, for sure, and a good tiding of cheer in the wake of Crunchyroll …

NEW #PodcastONA: Gundam GQuuuuuuX announced, Crunchyroll changes up the Anime Awards, Oricon’s manga sales rankings for 2024, Takeshi Koike directing a new Lupin III film, and much more!
www.podcastona.surrealresolution.com/2024/12/18/e...

Episode 181 – The Good Fight Continues On. So… things may be a bit rough and not make sense, and the future may not be as bright as we’d all like it to, but we’re going to keep doing what we do for all of you as well as all of us – if…

NEW #PodcastONA: major alarm fires from Sony, GKIDS picking up a pair of big movies, Tomorrow’s Joe now online, Look Back on Amazon Prime with an English dub, and more! www.podcastona.surrealresolution.com/2024/11/23/e...

Episode 180 – The Double-A Spinebuster! Yes, it’s a wrestling reference given that the only two on here for this show have names that start with A. And yes, this show is late, once again due to a more-than-hectic week. Apologies fo…

NEW #PodcastONA: the anime and manga happenings at NYCC, TOHO acquires GKIDS, the One Piece anime makes a very big change, and much more! www.podcastona.surrealresolution.com/2024/10/26/e...

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