It’s Popzara’s Movie Time! Podcast…with an anime twist! Japanese animation reached unprecedented heights in 2022, with an astonishing number of anime films showing up in theaters across the country – even topping the box-office. To mark such tide-turning events regular host Ethan Brehm takes a well-earned breather as Sensei Nate Evans is joined by Popzara’s own Chris “Wolfman” Mitchell and – making his podcast debut – Sebastian Stoddard in a kawaii-packed episode looking at the best theatrically released anime movies of 2022. Plus a few surprises.
Films discussed include (but not limited to!) Belle, Sing a Bit of Harmony, Pompo: The Cinéphile, Ryoma! Rebirth: The Prince of Tennis Movie, The Deer King, Eureka: Eureka Seven Hi-Evolution, Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko, Goodbye, Don Glees!, Revue Starlight: The Movie, Inu-Oh, Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero, One Piece Film: Red, Evangelion Thrice Upon a Time, Drifting Home, Jujutsu Kaisen 0: The Movie, Bubble, and several others. So many others.
But there’s more! The gang also discuss anime-adjacent goodies like Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, Spy x Family, Chainsaw Man, Bleach Thousand-Year Blood War, Studio Ghibli’s Zen – Grogu and Dust Bunnies, the domination of Netflix-produced anime, Junji Ito anthologies, why 3DCG is so jarring, the Japanese-ness of Ghostwire: Tokyo, and so much more. Ganbatte!