Hot Takes Podcast

Michael asked Nick to catch him up on what's been happening with Star Wars. He soon learned Nick can spend a lot of time talking about Star Wars.00:00:00 Intro00:04:56 Solo00:09:44 Kenobi00:23:02 Why did Star Wars become TV 00:26:20 Skeleton Crew00:29:41 Andor00:37:14 A brief intermission and tangent 00:38:32 The connect shows and movies 00:39:15 The Clone Wars 00:47:12 Rebels 00:50:18 Tangent on modern Jedi games 00:51:15 Star Wars Resistance 00:52:39 The Mandalorian & a bit on Book of Boba Fett 01:04:09 Ahsoka 01:07:52 A lot of Ahsoka background 01:10:18 The Bad Batch 01:18:22 Tales 01:31:04 Upcoming Projects

Now that summer is over, Christian and Nick revisit the recommendations they made to Michael in a previous episode. Surely they didn't lead him astray.hottakesreviews.comOur BlueskyNick's BlueskyHot Takes Podcast Episode 8Hot Takes Podcast Episode 1000:00 Intro00:44 The Water Magician04:44 Kaiju No. 807:33 Rascal Does Not Dream10:36 Obligatory Kaguya-sama Tangent13:45 Clevatess18:32 The Fragrant Flower Blooms with Dignity24:12 CITY The Animation (& lots of Nichijou)30:15 Closing Thoughts & Outro

Last episode Nick was put on trial. His crime? Dropping shows too early or for unclear reasons. Now the defense puts up a case.hottakesreviews.comOur BlueskyNick's BlueskyThe artistsJessie's BlueskyJill's BlueskyThe Previous EpisodeNick's AniList00:00:00 Intro00:03:00 Some background and score discussion00:06:40 Gurren Lagann00:09:50 Hunter x Hunter00:17:00 Number of episodes watched00:17:44 One Week Friends00:21:08 SHY00:22:24 My Happy Marriage00:24:06 The Apothecary Diaries00:35:08 Christian examines his dropped shows00:37:24 Michael is betrayed by Sword Art Online00:40:33 Demon Slayer00:44:30 Nick calls out Michael00:48:44 My Hero Academia00:56:31 Haruhi Suzumiya 01:00:14 Back to Apothecary Diaries01:01:17 GATE01:02:10 Outro

What do you do when you show up to record without a topic? Find out how we work (or don't) in this bonus episode where we also publicly commit to several things.

Nick is too busy to record so it's up to Michael and Christian to make an episode happen. Surely this will go well.Nick's AniListMichael's AniListChristian's AniList

Ah summer... a time to get in the sun and be outdoors. Or you know, do what we do and watch all of the great anime releasing. Christian and Nick give Michael some recommendations since he's been missing out on those.The Water MagicianSee You Tomorrow at the Food CourtClevatessRascal Does Not Dream- Links to the first seasonKaiju No. 8- Links to the first seasonThe Fragrant Flower Blooms with DignityCITY THE ANIMATIONThis is not legal advice. This is not financial advice.

We go through and rank the 37 existing movies in the MCU... despite only one of us having seen all of them.Main Spider-Man: Homecoming PosterBetter Spider-Man: Homecoming Poster

Christian and Nick sit down to discuss the Crunchyroll Anime Awards several weeks after everyone else has talked about them.Connect with us on Bluesky

We have a lot to talk about when it comes to this debate, most of it isn't actually about subs vs. dubs but hey that's not why you're here anyway! Shoutout to our friend @jessayleee on Twitter for making us some new PNG Tubers!

We just kinda started talking and some funny things went down. New full episode tomorrow!

Have you ever wondered what the criteria are for a good starter anime? We have, and we think we've come up with a pretty good answer! Take a listen as we debate what does and doesn't make a good starter anime and give our general recommendations.Link to review article - https://www.fandomspot.com/beginner-anime/Link to Vicky the Viking for some reason - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicky_the_Viking

We are just a little behind in getting out a third episode here, but we wanted to give you some behind the scenes content to make up for it! Enjoy our Episode 2.5 kindly dubbed "Our Various Tech and Life Issues" for your listening pleasure.

Have you ever thought to yourself "man I wish I owned that show they're taking off Netflix tomorrow?" Well we have, and we have lots of opinions about it. Join us as we talk about all the things we own, how much we like (or don't like) streaming, and how little Michael remembers about Nintendo.

Kick off 2025 with some of the best (and most disappointing) anime our team watched in 2024. It looks like this year is shaping up to be a little slower in the anime world, so if you need some recommendations of shows from last year to catch up on, we've got you!

As we were getting ready to record our first episode of this wondrous podcast, we had some interesting struggles, thoughts and general hatred towards each other that we thought would be fun to share. Enjoy episode 0 and be sure to check out our first episode afterwards!