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Key Frames is a podcast where we talk about anime the way it should be talked about. Join us as we cast a critical eye on that animation out of Japan!

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Key Frames is a podcast where we talk about anime the way it should be talked about. Join us as we cast a critical eye on that animation out of Japan!

    132 - I Have Killed the Part that Cringes

    132 - I Have Killed the Part that Cringes

    Episode 132 of Key Frames, a podcast about anime. Why a beginning-of-the-season episode when we're most of the way towards the end of said season? Well, there's so much anime to watch these days that our schedule got away from us. Besides, time feels kind of awash right now, with hit fantasy manga adaptation Dungeon Meshi coming out while hit fantasy manga adaptation Sousou no Frieren is still in play, not to mention Urusei Yatsura, The Dangers in My Heart, and Burn the Witch all getting new installments. Ben, Andy, Duncan, and Jeff are doing their level best to navigate these crowded waters, and they'll be carrying you along with them as they talk about everything from isekai to romance anime!
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    • 2 hr 32 min
    131 - Jokerfied

    131 - Jokerfied

    Episode 131 of Key Frames, a podcast about anime. The flickering red light turns a steady yellow, and you reel at your good fortune. The time borehole is actually stable. And they said it couldn't be done! You swiftly dial an uplink into the first satellite that returns your ping and start leeching torrents. Torrents! They weren't as popular in 2024 as they were a decade or so previous, but the temporal range of your borehole is limited, and any year before the fall represents an untold trove of data. The file names flash before your eyes like magic runes set alight: [Darwin-Arwen]_The_Apothecary_Diaries_15_[03EC69E7].mkv, [SubsDontSuck]_Migi_to_Dali_-_09_[F0DA18DD].mkv, [xX.weed.alien.Xx]16bit.Sensation.Another.Layer.02[61B6CFAD].mp4... The last one seems familiar for whatever reason, but no matter. Even if the connection only holds an hour, you're guaranteed the largest anime collection of anyone still alive in the tents! Though the last several years have been hell, absolute hell, you can feel yourself start to smile. Not just smile, you let out a laugh. You just laugh and laugh and laugh and laugh.
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    • 2 hr 13 min
    130 - Bocchi the Cave

    130 - Bocchi the Cave

    Episode 130 of Key Frames, a podcast about anime. As we gaze back at the receding wreckage of 2023, probably in our tank powered by a cat ghost or something so we don't have to worry about explaining where we get fuel, we're faced with many questions. How many rules have we broken? How many people have we wronged? How many grudges have we held, how many have we caused others to hold? As Ben, Andy, Duncan, and Jeff try to let it go and face 2024 with a pure heart, listen to what they thought were the top shows out of what they watched this year.
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    • 2 hr 8 min
    129 - Tezuka-Pilled

    129 - Tezuka-Pilled

    Episode 129 of Key Frames, a podcast about anime. The works of Osamu Tezuka are often concerned with the human spirit in conditions of extremity, with what remains of a person when malevolent forces or just the vagaries of circumstance have stripped everything else away. Phoenix: Eden17 and Pluto, the anime discussed by Ben, Andy, Duncan, and Jeff in this episode of the podcast, even go so far as to feature synthetic and alien life forms among their casts, as a means of further interrogating the good and bad of what makes each of us human. Anyway, apropos of nothing at all regarding extremity, try to guess which of the hosts was coming doing with a bruiser of a migraine in the short span of recording!
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    • 1 hr 21 min
    128 - The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love to Twerk

    128 - The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love to Twerk

    Episode 128 of Key Frames, a podcast about anime. "Now they've really jumped the shark," you're thinking to yourself. "I could stand them talking about manga, since you can kind of flip through the pages quickly and pretend that it's animated, but live-action TV and movies?" Well, I'm here to tell you that every podcast runs out of ideas, so we need to start laying the groundwork for the hosts to be able to complain about Ahsoka and Doom Patrol. Kidding! But also Ben, Andy, Duncan, and Jeff discover that they've watched more live-action adaptations than they might have thought, when this topic was first pitched, and that they have some hot takes on them, too!
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    • 1 hr 29 min
    127 - The Joe Rogan of Manga

    127 - The Joe Rogan of Manga

    Episode 127 of Key Frames, a podcast about anime. I'm sure everyone's experienced it: some of your friends happen to throw a party or something while you're out of town, and when you get back you realize that they seem to have had so much fun without you that you can't help but... I don't know, question yourself? "Am I the problem?" you wonder. "Is my constant fixation on production pedigree and overintellectualized themes dragging down the conversation, rather than elevating it? Would everyone be better off without me?" Well, Ben doesn't feel that way at all, on the first mainline Key Frames episode that he's not on. Andy, Duncan, and Jeff handle the task of running down the list of anime from the summer 2023 season just fine! Except for that "cheesy chips" bit.
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    • 1 hr 43 min

Customer Reviews

4.0 out of 5
7 Ratings

7 Ratings

bobbboko ,

New Anime Fan

I’ve always struggled with enjoying anime because of the seemingly complex and unfamiliar plot lines and story elements. After listening to this show, I’ve discovered a newly found interest in this incredibly diverse and brilliant storytelling medium. The hosts break down these stories into classical elements that make sense, and have lifted some the barriers that I’ve had to this art form in the past. I’m looking forward to diving into the vast amount of media that is out there!

spiffydium ,

Good Cartoon Pod

Looking for English-language anime media can be a recipe for shame and embarrassment. You’ve got either your faux-enthusiast Gamestop-esque promotion reels, or a bunch of giggling doofs constantly holding themselves back from revealing when and to whom they’re jackin’ it.

This, however, is neither of those things. This is a good podcast.

Togglesworlh ,

Rad Anime Chats

Cool talkin' 'bout that sweet sweet anime. Occasional goofs, insight, and cool people, plus regular spotlights for in-depth discussion of a single movie or series. It's good junk.

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