950 Club Anime Podcast 950 Club Anime Podcast

Spoiler Warnings Abound!  Please follow timestamps in the comments to skip certain portions.  Recommended sampling for curiosity sake!  


With the 2024 Spring season starting to bloom, the 950 club finally catches up to the very pleasant Winter 2024 season.  For this recap we focus on shows like Unwanted Undead Adventurer, The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic, Shangri-la Frontier, The Apothecary Diaries,  Sasaki and Peeps, 7th Time Loop: The Villainess Enjoys a Care-free Life Married to Her Worst Enemy, Ninja Kamui, A Sign of Affection, Burn the Witch 0.8, Mr. Villain’s Day Off, and of course, Delicious in Dungeon!  We also share our most disappointing shows of the season, short preview the spring 2024 anime season, Edwin’s review of the Netflix Live Action Adaptation of Avatar, an in depth catch-up with Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki, and Jamaal with another mystery bag of surprise reviews with Perfect Blue and Suzume.  Our longest recorded session ever and for good reason!

After two years, Martin is back for another great 950 club session!  For such a special episode we really went all out!  For the first part we continue our ongoing discussion of Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End (Spoilers for Episodes 1-17, Preview 18).  Similar to our discussion with Jesse, for this retrospective we focus on the character dynamics and the importance of time and relationships in Frieren.  The 2nd part is Martin’s top favorite anime of 2023, which includes The 100 girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, REALLY Love You, Goblin Slayer 2nd Season, and his #1 show Shangri-La Frontier; our first deep dive into this glorious epic about a speed-running gamer who is taking on these strong virtual monsters in a God tier Virtual game with his experience playing really bad trash games.  For the final part of the episode we have an impromptu discussion on the current state of video-gaming!  From shady gaming company practices, annoying DLC practices, and our hesitations with online gaming.   We parry, parry the whole episode with laughs and insightful outlooks, so check it out!

Jesse is back!  This time he shares his top 10 favorite anime of 2023.  Jesse’s list is isekai heavy with shows like Campfire Cooking in Another World, By the Grace of the Gods Season 2, and Farming Life in Another World!  But above all else, the show that made his number 1 is a show we are finally going to deep dive into with, and that is Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End.  The 950 Club tries its darndest to tackle the many themes and theories that make this simple story into a though provoking and emotional rollercoaster.

Jesse is back for our new After Hours special!  He is officially the first member to visit the wondrous land of Japan, and boy, does he have stories to share!  Especially his different experiences trying the top tier food Tokyo has to offer.  This episode is definitely recommended for anyone that is going to travel to Japan soon, from the navigation to  the hidden secrets for any traveler worried about money and lodging.  Jamaal also shares his surprise catch-ups of Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Super Mario Brothers Movie (2023) and the first 2 Harry Potter films.  Also we talk Miyazaki, DVDs becoming a sound investment, and Jamaal shares his Xmas horror stories about the company he works for.

2023.  Let’s take it allllllll in.  The 950 Club finally comes back with our top favorite shows of 2023.   Alberto officially makes his debut and what a way to start off 2024!  Jamaal, Edwin and Jack join in as well and have plenty of shows to rank as we mention the very popular, (Demon Slayer, Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End, Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2, Bleach; Thousand Year Blood War) to the not so popular (The Faraway Paladin Season 2, Reborn as a Vending Machine, Otaku Elf, Berserk of Gluttony) and our most disappointing shows (Oshi no Ko, Mushkou Tensei Season 2, KonoSuba: An Explosion on this Wonderful World!).  But we definitely didn’t forget shows like Campfire Cooking in Another World, The Dangers in My Heart, Tomo-chan is a Girl!, and The Apothecary Diaries.  Listen in if you are curious on select shows that you haven’t seen to get a good sample on how special 2023 was!

A huge episode to close out the year as the 950 club presents: The Last Catch-Up of 2023. And we are not messing around with the heavy hitters, including: Zom 100, Jujutsu Kaisen Hidden Inventory, My Happy Marriage, Heavenly Delusion, Mushkou Tensei Season 2, and the Eminence in Shadow. We also bring you up to speed on some overlooked shows like The Great Cleric, Reign of the Seven Spellblades, Link Click Season 2, The Masterful Cat is Depressed Again Today and The Duke of Death and His Maid Season 2. So if you missed out on 2023, definitely check in with this episode!