4 episodes
Villainalysis The Hypothetical Nerd
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In Villainalysis we will talk about all your favorite bad guys and what they are based on.With a focus on primarily video games and anime we will delve into potential inspirations, lore, and impacts within their own worlds of a couple villains per episode,
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Nier: Automata, Androids, Marx, and Socialism!
Nier: Automata is a game ripe with philosophy including the ideas of Karl Marx and other German philosophers. They aren't quite as on the nose as some of the others, but if you know they are there, boy golly is it in your face.
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Demon Slayer: Spiders of the Spider Family
The spider family is a group of demons in Demon slayer that have powers based on spiders. Each of them have different defining combat styles that correspond differently to spiders in the real world. Today we are talking about some of those spiders and the respective characters!
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That Time I got Reincarnated as a Slime: Goblins, DireWolves, and Ogre/Oni
That Time I got Reincarnated as a Slime is a wonderful isekai anime where a slime creates a nation inhabited by races typically shown as enemies. In this episode we analyze and compare the goblins, Dire wolves and Oni with the beings they are potentially based on.
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Ep1 Inuyasha
Inuyasha is an anime set in feudal Japan, and true to its setting there are many different characters inspired by Japanese yokai and demons. Today we will be looking into the main villain of the show, Naraku, and several of his incarnations to learn a little bit more about who they are!