Thinking Too Hard About Anime

Noah Carden & Aaron J. Shelton

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Thinking Too Hard About Anime

An episode by episode discussion of some of our favorite anime. A little bit of history, a little bit of analysis, and a lot of over-examining the Japanese cartoons we love so much. New episodes every other Thursday.

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S04E14: You Can (Not) Recap - Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time

We say goodbye to this season, this series, with Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time (2021). We also discuss the documentary Hideaki Anno: The Final Challenge of Evangelion (2021) email: thinkingtoohardpod@gmail.com twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/ThinkingAnime⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Music by Yellowjacket from the album ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Loop Soup⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Used with permission under Creative Commons license ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠(CC BY-SA 3.0)

3h 15m
JAN 4

S04E13: You Can (Not) Recap - Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo

We do a giant time skip with Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo (2012). email: thinkingtoohardpod@gmail.com twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/ThinkingAnime⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Music by Yellowjacket from the album ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Loop Soup⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Used with permission under Creative Commons license ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠(CC BY-SA 3.0)

2h 12m
09/22/2024

S04E12: You Can (Not) Recap - Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance

The Rebuild continues with Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance (2009) and meet producered mandated character Mari Makinami email: thinkingtoohardpod@gmail.com twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/ThinkingAnime⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Music by Yellowjacket from the album ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Loop Soup⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Used with permission under Creative Commons license ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠(CC BY-SA 3.0)

2h 4m
08/05/2024

S04E11: You Can (Not) Recap - Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone

We begin the Rebuild movies with Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone (2007) and gush over the glow-up of our favorite polyhedron. email: thinkingtoohardpod@gmail.com twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/ThinkingAnime⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Music by Yellowjacket from the album ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Loop Soup⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Used with permission under Creative Commons license ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠(CC BY-SA 3.0)

1h 49m
06/17/2024

S04E10: You Can (Not) Recap - Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth and The End of Evangelion

We take our sweet time tumbling down our discussion of The End of Evangelion (1997) with a little Death & Rebirth (1997) thrown in for good measure. email: thinkingtoohardpod@gmail.com twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/ThinkingAnime⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Music by Yellowjacket from the album ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Loop Soup⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Used with permission under Creative Commons license ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠(CC BY-SA 3.0)

2h 23m
04/04/2024

S04E09: You Can (Not) Recap - Neon Genesis Evangelion 25 & 26

Congratulations! We've made it to the end of the original broadcast series. email: thinkingtoohardpod@gmail.com twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/ThinkingAnime⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Music by Yellowjacket from the album ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Loop Soup⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Used with permission under Creative Commons license ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠(CC BY-SA 3.0)

1h 13m
03/21/2024

S04E08: You Can (Not) Recap - Neon Genesis Evangelion 23 & 24

We meet the 5th child and breakdown the lore of Evangelion thus far. email: thinkingtoohardpod@gmail.com twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/ThinkingAnime⁠⁠⁠⁠ Music by Yellowjacket from the album ⁠⁠⁠⁠Loop Soup⁠⁠⁠⁠. Used with permission under Creative Commons license ⁠⁠⁠⁠(CC BY-SA 3.0)

1h 25m
03/09/2024

S04E07: You Can (Not) Recap - Neon Genesis Evangelion 21 & 22

Oh it's about to get ROUGH folks. We learn about the history of NERV and Asuka. email: thinkingtoohardpod@gmail.com twitter: ⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/ThinkingAnime⁠⁠⁠ Music by Yellowjacket from the album ⁠⁠⁠Loop Soup⁠⁠⁠. Used with permission under Creative Commons license ⁠⁠⁠(CC BY-SA 3.0)

1h 1m

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An episode by episode discussion of some of our favorite anime. A little bit of history, a little bit of analysis, and a lot of over-examining the Japanese cartoons we love so much. New episodes every other Thursday.

Creator

Noah Carden & Aaron J. Shelton
Years Active

2020 - 2025
Episodes

69
Rating

Clean
Copyright

© Noah Carden & Aaron J. Shelton
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Thinking Too Hard About Anime