Podcastle in the Sky

The peeps of Podcastle in the Sky

Podcastle in the Sky is dedicated to examining works of anime in combination with a selected piece of pop-culture, cinema, or literature. Join us in our shotgun approach to analysis as we discuss, compare, and contrast everything from high art to pulp fiction.

  1. 12/26/2021

    Episode 23: Baki and Bloodsport

    Spend the holidays the traditional way: by listening to us talk about half-naked muscular men pummeling each other senseless. Yes, the Podcastle in the Sky gang discusses the recent Netflix series Baki along with the 1988 classic Bloodsport. We talk about mixed martial arts, Kowloon Walled City, bro science, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting … Continue reading Episode 23: Baki and Bloodsport

  2. 10/28/2020

    Episode 21: Berserk – The Golden Age Arc and The Last Valley

    In the grim darkness of the 17th century, there is only war! Don your armor and sally into the fray alongside the Podcastle in the Sky Crew as we discuss two works suffused with blood and battle: the 2012 trilogy adaptation of Kentaro Miura’s dark-medieval fantasy series Berserk and James Clavell’s 1971 cinematic epic of … Continue reading Episode 21: Berserk – The Golden Age Arc and The Last Valley

  3. 09/19/2020

    Episode 20: Harlock Saga and Rhinegold

    Turn your 2020 frown upside down with some opera – the space kind and the regular kind. In 1995, Operavox created a half-hour cartoon about Richard Wagner’s Rhinegold. Four years later, Leiji Matsumoto created an anime miniseries about the same opera, added some space pirates into the mix, and called it Harlock Saga. How do … Continue reading Episode 20: Harlock Saga and Rhinegold

  4. 03/16/2020

    Episode 19: Golden Kamuy and Bone Tomahawk

    We return from our hiatus to discuss two works about Westerns, indigenous representation, serial killers, and bloody violence. Yes, episode 19 is all about season 1 and 2 of Golden Kamuy and the 2015 horror-Western movie Bone Tomahawk! PodCastle in the Sky is here to provide some easy listening in your time of quarantine. You’re … Continue reading Episode 19: Golden Kamuy and Bone Tomahawk

  5. 04/12/2019

    Episode 17: Hashire Melos and Die Bürgschaft

    Join us on this month’s episode for a blast from the distant past! The Podcastle crew sets out to learn the meaning of true friendship through two retellings of a classic tale from Greek antiquity about two best bros and the bond of trust they forge together in the face of tyrannical adversity; first in … Continue reading Episode 17: Hashire Melos and Die Bürgschaft

  6. 11/27/2018

    Episode 16: Miss Hokusai and Artemisia

    We spend our 16th episode pissing and moaning about a terrible movie we watched. We also spend it praising a fun movie we enjoyed. One of the films is Miss Hokusai and the other is Artemisia. They’re both historical films about female artists – the first is set in the 19th century Edo period of Japan, … Continue reading Episode 16: Miss Hokusai and Artemisia

  7. 08/22/2018

    Episode 15: Mobile Suit Gundam and Star Wars

    In this month’s episode the PodCastle crew looks back at the humble origins of two iconic science fiction mega-franchises with 1977’s ripping space opera Star Wars and the three film theatrical compilation of Yoshiyuki Tomino’s 1979 television mecha series Mobile Suit Gundam. In the years subsequent to their release, the aesthetic and narrative conventions … Continue reading Episode 15: Mobile Suit Gundam and Star Wars

  8. 03/31/2018

    Episode 14: Little Witch Academia and The Worst Witch

    Witchcraft is the name of the game in our latest episode as we cover Studio Trigger’s Little Witch Academia and the 2017 CBBC/ZDF children’s TV show The Worst Witch – two contemporary throwbacks to a simpler time in the media landscape. Do you remember getting up early on Saturday mornings to watch cartoons and running home after … Continue reading Episode 14: Little Witch Academia and The Worst Witch

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Podcastle in the Sky is dedicated to examining works of anime in combination with a selected piece of pop-culture, cinema, or literature. Join us in our shotgun approach to analysis as we discuss, compare, and contrast everything from high art to pulp fiction.

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  • Creator
    The peeps of Podcastle in the Sky
  • Years Active
    2016 - 2021
  • Episodes
    21
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Creative Commons license CC BY-SA 4.0
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    Podcastle in the Sky