The Weeb Years

A girl with the power to see the future. A young king on a quest to avenge his kingdom. A pair of millenials who like the sound of their own voices. This time, Beanie and MaeMae are here to tell you all about this cult-classic 90s isekai, "The Vision of Escaflowne"! Follow us on social media! https://theweebyears.carrd.co/

Merry Christmas everyone!! This holiday season, Beanie, MaeMae, and returning guest Cheesecake talk about Christmas, whimsy, found family, and what makes good trans rep! Follow us on social media! https://theweebyears.carrd.co/

If only Beanie go back in time to fix how they kept mispronouncing Mamoru Hosoda's name! Follow us on social media! https://theweebyears.carrd.co/

Do you remember this artistic masterpiece from the renowed Masaaki Yuasa? If not, maybe someone stole those memories! Beanie and Laurel get together to talk about 2008's "Kaiba"! Follow us on social media! https://theweebyears.carrd.co/

MaeMae is back on the show! And today she and Beanie follow up their "Chobits" episode by looking at a related CLAMP work: "Angelic Layer"! Check out MaryLoveMew's video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0qnGz5QajI Follow us on social media! https://theweebyears.carrd.co/

Finally making their triumphant return from hiatus, Beanie and Laurel dive into probably their most requested episode topic ever: "Neon Genesis Evangelion"! Trigger Warning: This episode contains discussions of the sexualization of minors and depression Follow us on social media! https://theweebyears.carrd.co/

Have you ever wondered what was factually and categorically the WORST anime of all time? Unfortunately, we have the answer! SHOCKINGLY zero content warnings for this episode, though! Follow us on social media! https://theweebyears.carrd.co/

Beanie and Laurel welcome their first guest host CrystalCheesecake to talk about the absolute phenomenon that was "Lucky Star"! Find more of Cheesecake at https://bsky.app/profile/crystalcheesecake.bsky.social (They also did the thumbnail for this episode!) Follow us on social media! https://theweebyears.carrd.co/

Before there was "Bleach", there was "Zombiepowder."! Grab your chainsaw swords, because today Beanie and Laurel are examining Tite Kubo's first go at serialization! Follow us on social media! https://theweebyears.carrd.co/

Another episode pulled from the archives, today we welcome back MaeMae to talk about 2007's sci-fi noir action thriller "Darker than BLACK"!! Contains minor spoilers! Find more of MaeMae at https://itsmaemagic.carrd.co/ ! Follow us on social media! https://theweebyears.carrd.co/

HAPPY PRIDE MONTH EVERYONE!! One of the most popular yuri anime of all time, this episode we watched "Sweet Blue Flowers"! Trigger Warning: This episode contains discussions of incest, grooming, and sexual assault Follow us on social media! https://theweebyears.carrd.co/

One of the most popular and beloved anime of the mid 2000s, Beanie and Laurel bring to you the majesty of "Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion"! Very minor spoilers ahead! Trigger Warning: This episode contains discussions of genocide Follow us on social media! https://theweebyears.carrd.co/

Completely by accident this is dropping just a couple days after Golden Week ended! Today Beanie & Laurel study hard and absorb as much wisdom as possible from this 90s OVA classic, "Golden Boy"! Follow us on social media! https://theweebyears.carrd.co/

From the iconic franchise itself to the movie that brought Hayao Miyazaki to the big screen, Beanie and Laurel sit down and talk about "Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro"! (Don't blame Beanie for calling Goemon "Jigen" so many times. It's not their fault Jigen is more interesting) Follow us on social media! https://theweebyears.carrd.co/

Pulled from the archives, Beanie is joined by their original co-host MaeMae to talk about the romantic comedy classic, Chobits! Find more of MaeMae at https://itsmaemagic.carrd.co/ ! Trigger Warning: This episode contains discussion of sexual assault. CORRECTION: This episode was recorded back in April of 2024. It seems that only 3 months later in July of 2024, Chobits was actually *removed* from Crunchyroll. Oops. Follow us on social media! https://theweebyears.carrd.co/

Take f*ckin' sip, babes On today's episode of The Weeb Years, we remember just how bad anime can get with "Akikan!" Follow us on social media! https://theweebyears.carrd.co/

Drinking Game: Take a shot every time Beanie says the word "anachronism" For the first episode of the podcast, Beanie and Laurel take a look at one of the Adult Swim icons, "Samurai Champloo"! Follow us on social media! https://theweebyears.carrd.co/