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Your Lie in April – A Shining Light Within A Sea of Despair

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To “lose” something is such a powerful, yet diverse word when it comes to what it means to different people. It’s a word that can mean both a misplacement of something important to us and a heartbreaking parting with someone we know. A word that can mean both a failure to achieve a personal goal and also one of misguidance and confusion. It’s hard to pin down on what “losing” can mean to any individual at any given time. Even further still, it’s complicated to understand how different individuals can cope with each scenario of “loss” regarding its various meanings. Sometimes to “lose” is something we don’t focus on too much, yet at other times, it can be devastating to the point where it feels soul-crushing and unable to be overcome.

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Log Time Podcast | Revue Starlight Discussion — Dances with Giraffes

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Tofu was told by some folks that Revue Starlight was basically Black Swan with idol girl fights. In this episode, we learn that this is not the case. Join us as we talk about some sick fights and songs, marvel over timeline-looping bananas, and are astounded that we watched a Bushiroad project that wasn’t BanG Dream! This podcast was recorded August 18th, 2019.

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This podcast was recorded August 18th, 2019.

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Log Time Seasonal Podcast | Beginning of Summer 2019 — O Anime in This (Not So) Savage Season

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I feel like we say this fairly often, but the Summer 2019 season has surprised us with a lot of good good stuff to watch. There’s everything in here you could possibly want. Cute, sincere romance-centric shows? Got ’em. Good dumb shounen fun? It’s in here. High school idiots? Oh buddy, do we ever. Trash? I mean, yeah, it’s here, too.

Join two dinguses and a dying man to discuss things in this episode such as our new hot-blooded shounen series block (shounen hype mileage may vary), more “wow, I didn’t know this show existed”‘s than you can shake a stick at, discussing “the greatest show ever made” brought to you by trains, and previewing “Rush Hour if Jackie Chan was an elf.”

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This podcast was recorded August 2nd, 2019.

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Log Time Campfire Cast | Let’s (Shounen) Jump Right Into It

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Welcome to our first Campfire Cast! These are going to be an offshoot of our current suite of stuff where we talk about pretty much anything and everything anime and manga-adjacent that we’ve been into recently or recent events in the industry.

In this one, we talk about shounen manga and anime series, some Japanese originated video games, and even share how we all got into anime to begin with and why. Also, there’s some random discussion about the English alphabet, but that’s just par for the course for us.

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This podcast was recorded June 21st, 2019.

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Log Time Seasonal Podcast | End of Spring 2019 — We Want to Connect With Spring Anime, So We Will!

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The spring 2019 anime season went out as it came in – comfy, fun, and full of surprises. Join us as we get real with Midnight Occult Civil Servants, have some conflicting anime of the season discussions, talk shop about wartime anime with Fairy Gone, and dive deep into our “comf” with some of our favorites of the season.

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This podcast was recorded July 5th, 2019.

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Lil’ Log Podcast | Escha Chron Discussion — Short Time Shenanigans

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Welcome to our first Lil’ Log Cast! These are going to be an offshoot of our current suite of stuff where we take a look at some shorter series. Incidentally, we also chose this show completely at random using our patented new selection method called Mystery Garbage! Thankfully it didn’t steer us wrong this time, but stick around and maybe we’ll get something really weird with it.

For this cast, we watched Escha Chron, a delightful short OVA series about time and space-bending girls that just want to learn about our world. Talking points include comfy stuff…actually, yeah, that’s most of it, but it’s great, we promise!

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This podcast was recorded June 15th, 2019.

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Log Time Podcast | The Big O Discussion — It’s Showtime! (It Actually Is and It’s Glorious)

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We’ve been meaning to watch The Big O for a while now, and believe us when we say that it was well worth the wait. Join us as we talk about some good ‘ol big mech nostalgia, the show’s weird twists and turns with memory, and a never-before-seen end-of-cast twist in opinions. This show is an absolute treasure, and we hope you see why by the end of this.

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This podcast was recorded June 8th, 2019.

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Log Time Podcast | Samurai Flamenco Discussion — Justice Lives on in Our Hearts

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Samurai Flamenco is a wild ride. We discuss some of its crazy antics, its different aspects of justice of the main character Masayoshi, and how it makes us think differently and reflect on older sentai super heroes shows and other super hero genres.

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This podcast was recorded May 13th, 2019.

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Log Time Seasonal Podcast #20 | Beginning of Spring 2019 — Spring Anime is Poetry in Motion

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The spring season may not have as much of a kick in terms of sheer adrenaline and mind-bending shows as the winter season, but don’t count it out! We’ve dug through a mountain of shows to find the season’s cream of the crop (and some of the trash, while we’re at it). Join us as we discuss some good, wholesome fun with Hitoribocchi, Senryu Girl, and Fruits Basket, talk about the weird side of spring with Sarazanmai and Midnight Occult Civil Servants, and dissect some truly heinous garbage.

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This podcast was recorded on April 25th, 2019.

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Log Time Seasonal Podcast #19 | End of Winter 2019 — Winter Anime Goes Out With a Bang (Dream)

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The winter season ended with a bang, and even though we promised ourselves we wouldn’t go overboard, we definitely, definitely did – this one’s almost three hours, but we just had so much we needed to get out there!

Join us as we talk about the weird, granular umami of what makes sports anime great with Run With the Wind, discuss a fair amount of romance with quintuplets, step-siblings, and student council peers, and go nuts over Bang Dream! for…close to an hour? It’s all great, so come on in!

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This podcast was recorded April 4th, 2019.

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