Warui Deshou: An Anime Podcast

Join Doc, Shads and special returning guest Emily Rand (@ajthefourth, For Me In Full Bloom) as they talk about the show's smart and clever construction along with it's joyous tone and yet sincere but never jarring depiction of anxiety and grief. In this batch of episodes we also cover Akira's crowning moments and his role in the show, the show's surprisingly well executed horror elements, who is best boy and of course the magnificent ending! Support Warui Deshou: https://www.patreon.com/waruideshou This Second Stream series is dedicated to MirrorOnTheWall who requested we cover it. <3 Music: Paradise-97 - Welcome To The Island Weezer - Keep Fishin' --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/waruideshou/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/waruideshou/support

CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of loss of elderly family members. Join  The Subtle Doctor and returning man with a PHD in Baldness Shadon as we  discuss episodes 5 through 8 of Season 2, Descending Stories, covering  topics such as the show's portrayal of aging and the end of life,  preserving historic works, the dichotomy of how the public treat  celebrities versus their close friends & family, and much more! Support Warui Deshou: https://www.patreon.com/waruideshou Music: Casiopea - Take Me Debut - Final Fantasy VII OST by Nobuo Uematsu --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/waruideshou/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/waruideshou/support

Join The Subtle Doctor, aka the Negotiator, and Shadon, aka the Drunkard, as they discuss censorship, the show's ways and means of worldbuilding, what Swindler's true nature may mean for the ending of the show and much more! THE MOON IS A LIE! Support Warui Deshou at: https://www.patreon.com/waruideshou Musical Credits: Mechanism Eight - Unreal Tournament 1999 OST (Composed By Andrew "Necros" Sega") Stuck In The Middle With You - Stealers Wheel --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/waruideshou/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/waruideshou/support

Join Doc and Shads as they talk about the show's smart and clever  construction along with it's joyous tone and yet sincere but never  jarring depiction of anxiety and grief. In this batch of episodes we  also cover the show's holistic use of it's coastal setting, it's  villain's overall goal and other elements to codify Yuki's battle with  his anxiety, the quality of the English dub, Natsuki's fight with his  family and Shadon nearly dying twice in the same podcast! This Second Stream series is dedicated to MirrorOnTheWall who requested we cover it. Support Warui Deshou: https://www.patreon.com/waruideshou Music: Paradise-97 - Welcome To The Island Weezer - Keep Fishin' --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/waruideshou/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/waruideshou/support

Join The Subtle Doctor, aka the Negotiator, and Shadon, aka the Drunkard, as they discuss Akudama Drive episodes 4-6. Topics include: the brutal and amazing fight scenes, the drizzling of social satire with Hacker, how to handle technobabble and many, many train puns! Support Warui Deshou: https://www.patreon.com/waruideshou Musical Credits: Mechanism Eight - Unreal Tournament 1999 OST (Composed By Andrew "Necros" Sega") Stuck In The Middle With You - Stealers Wheel --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/waruideshou/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/waruideshou/support

Deshou The Third is back for a second round and we're still intensely  focused on covering just one thing: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju! But  the past of the first season has been left behind, and now we look to  the future presented in the show for both Rakugo and the lives of our  characters. Join The Subtle Doctor and returning man with a PHD  in Baldness Shadon as we discuss the first four episodes of Season 2,  Descending Stories, covering topics such as Konatsu's crowning moment of  glory, the power of fiction to drive us forward, the weight of the past  as burden but also as motivating factor to push on and Yakumo being  cold as ice! Music: Casiopea - Take Me Debut - Final Fantasy VII OST by Nobuo Uematsu --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/waruideshou/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/waruideshou/support

Check out what we've reeled in! Second Stream is back for Fall 2020 with the delightful Tsuritama, a show about aliens who fish, or fishing to help aliens? Also a duck. Do not forget the duck. Join Doc and Shads as they talk about the show's smart and clever construction along with it's joyous tone and yet sincere but never jarring depiction of anxiety and grief. We also discuss if we would let Haru live with us, the show's technical detail regarding fishing and it's purpose in the narrative, plenty of fish puns and TAPIOCA! This Second Stream series is dedicated to MirrorOnTheWall who requested we cover it. <3 Support Warui Deshou: https://www.patreon.com/waruideshou Music: Paradise-97 - Welcome To The Island Weezer - Keep Fishin' --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/waruideshou/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/waruideshou/support

Swindler, Stop Swindlin'! It's the final lap of the hell year that has been 2020 but Warui Deshou ain't stopping yet! We're back with a brand new anime season and this time we're covering Akudama Drive, a show from the head creatives behind Danganronpa! Join The Subtle Doctor, aka the Negotiator, and Shadon, aka the Drunkard, as they discuss the show's construction, what defines cyberpunk as a genre of fiction, how to write a heist story, favourite moments and characters and if they would allow the Doctor to perform any sort of medical procedure on them! Support Warui Deshou: https://www.patreon.com/waruideshou Musical Credits: Mechanism Eight - Unreal Tournament 1999 OST (Composed By Andrew "Necros" Sega") Stuck In The Middle With You - Stealers Wheel --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/waruideshou/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/waruideshou/support

Unfortunately Shadon was exiled to SPREADSHEET HELL the week this aired  so he was unable to participate in sending off the first season of this  incredible show, but thankfully help was at hand from the esteemed Marc of Oh No! Anime! Join Doc and Marc as they discuss the final four  episodes of Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju and what makes the work overall  so special! Support Warui Deshou at: https://www.patreon.com/waruideshou Music: Casiopea - Take Me Debut - Final Fantasy VII OST by Nobuo Uematsu --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/waruideshou/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/waruideshou/support

We're seeing out this show with the Rule of Threes to boot by bringing back frequent podcast guest, master of knives and all around charming raconteur and intellect Alexander Smit! Join him, Shadon and Doc as we see out Brand New Animal's final three episodes with questions like; does this show endorse eugenics? (Yeah, this was a rough one) You can follow Alex on Twitter at BioD42 and check out his library of written work at https://allthemediamatters.wordpress.com/! Support Warui Deshou at: https://www.patreon.com/waruideshou Musical Credits: Hungry Like The Wolf - Duran Duran mirage - Mitch Murder --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/waruideshou/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/waruideshou/support

oin Shadon and The Subtle Doctor as they conclude the show and discuss  the ending for good and for bad, as well as if it topples Eizouken or  not and their overall feelings on the anime now that it has sadly  concluded! Support Warui Deshou on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/waruideshou Music: A Kiss To Build A Dream On - Louis Armstrong Mindfields - The Prodigy --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/waruideshou/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/waruideshou/support

Join The Subtle Doctor and Shadon as they talk about this amazing show  from 2016 and discuss topics such as art versus tradition, the changing  of the times, Miyokichi's role in the show, damn dirty hypocrisy and  Sukeroku potentially being more of a drunkard than Shadon! Support Warui Deshou at: https://www.patreon.com/waruideshou Music: Casiopea - Take Me Debut - Final Fantasy VII OST by Nobuo Uematsu --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/waruideshou/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/waruideshou/support

Join Shadon and The Subtle Doctor as they continue to discuss the show  that could potentially topple Eizouken as their joint AOTY 2020 and  discuss things like fighting back against narratives, potential problems  with the Xeno-Gadoll, video game references and Sarkozy winning Fall  Guys! Support Warui Deshou on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/waruideshou Music: A Kiss To Build A Dream On - Louis Armstrong Mindfields - The Prodigy --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/waruideshou/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/waruideshou/support

TheSubtleDoctor and Shadon  take a trip to the Goto Islands to watch the  journey of one master calligrapher Seishuu Handa as he does some soul  searching after deciding the best response to criticism from an elderly  man was to give him a mean right hook. Oops.      In this episode we discuss Barakamon as a story of personal and artistic failure as well as the growth in both areas that can come from healthy  reflection, how comedy is constructed, does Barakamon have a message that escaping to the country is always the right way to go, pilgrimages,  and talk about the characters and our favorite moments with them! Support Warui Deshou on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/waruideshou   Music used: Island in the Sun - Weezer Your Affection - Shoji Meguro CALICOMP 1.1 Shutdown - Michael Kelly  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/waruideshou/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/waruideshou/support

We have a very special guest this week in Marc aka Vermillionair3 of Oh No, Anime! Marc joins Doc and Shadon as we go into depth on BNA's depiction of political issues such as immigration, equality vs. equity & cults while also chatting about Spiderman villains, Fake Char Aznable and wolf mythology in Japan! You can check out Marc's work on Oh No, Anime! including their excellent Perfect Blues anime music podcast at https://ohnoanime.moe/ or via Twitter! Do make sure to give them a follow and check out their amazing work! Support Warui Deshou on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/waruideshou Musical Credits: Hungry Like The Wolf - Duran Duran mirage - Mitch Murder --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/waruideshou/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/waruideshou/support

Join The Subtle Doctor and Shadon as they talk about this amazing show  from 2016 and discuss topics such as cultural shifts, the arrival of  Miyokichi to shake things up, further analysis of Kikuhiko and  Sukeroku's relationship and... Pokemon?! Support Warui Deshou on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/waruideshou Music: Casiopea - Take Me Debut - Final Fantasy VII OST by Nobuo Uematsu --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/waruideshou/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/waruideshou/support

Join Shadon and The Subtle Doctor as they continue to discuss the show  that could potentially topple Eizouken as their joint AOTY 2020 and  discuss things like Kurenai as cyclic fandom and system perpetuation,  the show's examination of the prison industrial complex, action as  storytelling and how to construct fights and of course the scourge of all  of the Gadoll; MIKEY \m/ Support Warui Deshou on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/waruideshou Music: A Kiss To Build A Dream On - Louis Armstrong Mindfields - The Prodigy --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/waruideshou/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/waruideshou/support

Join Shadon & The Subtle Doctor as we give plot synopses and analyses of the next three episodes of Brand New Animal and discuss things like Shadon's controversial take on BNA's depiction of minorities, Michiru's emotional journey, Powerpoint exposition and more! Support Warui Deshou on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/waruideshou Links: Otaquest Yoh Yoshinari Interview Otaquest Kazuki Nakashima Interview Genice Chan website Musical Credits: Hungry Like The Wolf - Duran Duran mirage - Mitch Murder Featuring audio from Red Dwarf. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/waruideshou/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/waruideshou/support

Since our $5 Patreon tier is such a steal, we felt it was time to bring a  new series to Warui Deshou to cover more shows that you want us to talk  about, and we've started off Deshou The Third with a real showstopper;  Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu season one! Join The Subtle Doctor  and Shadon as they talk about this amazing show from 2016 and how it  handles direction and storyboarding to sell the art of rakugo, the  complicated relationship between Sukeroku & Kikuhiko, a brief touch  on gender roles, pacing and the distinct absence of sword canes! Support Warui Deshou on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/waruideshou Music: Casiopea - Take Me Debut - Final Fantasy VII OST by Nobuo Uematsu --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/waruideshou/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/waruideshou/support

NOTE: There are minor audio issues from approx 45:00 - 1:45:00 with  sound dropping out from Doc. These should be minor but FYI and  apologies, they will be fixed for next time. Special thanks to NavyCherub for requesting this one! Join Shadon  and The Subtle Doctor on a long form discussion and analysis of the  2006 Ryousuke Takahashi ONA Flag, a refreshingly different anime  experience that utilizes first person perspectives throughout it's  runtime to examine the nature of warfare and journalism. Expect  discussions of giant robot minutiae and lore as a tool for dramatic  tension, divergent story lines, the positive and negative elements of  wartime journalism, why entertainment may not necessarily need to  conventionally entertain and is Flag a competent piece of anti-war  fiction? Also, is Shadon really dead inside or not? Find out as  we cover this truly unique tale of bloodshed and civil war caught  through the looking glass of two jour