Henshin History Podcast

https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/download/ury4p6/Henshin_History_057_-_You_Are_Like_A_Little_Baby.mp3 Podcast: Download Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Google Play | RSS THIS WEEK: Sven and Van continue Kikaider 01 (1973) and are introduced to the SHADOW organization. Compelled almost against their will, our hosts are here to dredge out the good points from under a mountain of nonsense. Join them as the hosts are increasingly confused about which show they’re covering; the … Continue reading Episode 57: You Are Like A Little Baby

https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/download/vm8m8i/Henshin_History_056_-_Needs_More_Gun.mp3 Podcast: Download Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Google Play | RSS THIS WEEK: “Set Up!” This marks the start of Kamen Rider X (1974), featuring the “kaizorg” Keisuke Jin. It just so happens that this series is Sven and Van’s blindspot as far as showa goes, so this will be a journey for everyone. Join them as they fret over the darker turns the … Continue reading Episode 56: Needs More Gun

https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/download/bj9x3a/Henshin_History_055_-_This_Is_Stupid.mp3 Podcast: Download Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Google Play | RSS THIS WEEK: “Change 01!” The historians return for more android shenanigans in Kikaider 01, the sequel to Android Kikaider. Not to put too fine a point on it, the show discards its overarcing themes of what it means to be a human in favor of unmitigated nonsense. Does this make it better? The … Continue reading Episode 55: This Is Stupid

https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/download/pr899f/Henshin_History_054_-_Rest_In_Tahiti.mp3 Podcast: Download Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Google Play | RSS THIS WEEK: Alexa, Sven, and Van wrap up Kamen Rider V3 (1973). While their opinions are largely positive, the final stretch isn’t without its share of last-minute curveballs. Join them as they explore Yuki and Great Leader’s dynamic; Van’s attempts at logic are met with about the reaction you would expect; we discuss … Continue reading Episode 54: Rest in Tahiti

https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/download/ejb9x8/Henshin_History_053_-_Bottom_of_the_Barrel.mp3 Podcast: Download Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Google Play | RSS THIS WEEK: Abandoned by Alexa at the eleventh hour, Van and Sven make the mistake of examining a Cyborg 009 spinoff, here reimagined as the exploitation film 009-1: The End of the Beginning. Join them as Sven scrambles for anything to talk about but the movie itself; the Metal Gear Solid … Continue reading Episode 53: Bottom of the Barrel

https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/download/b9427k/Henshin_History_052_-_All_For_Revenge.mp3 Podcast: Download Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Google Play | RSS THIS WEEK: After scheduling conflicts, work issues, technical difficulties, and one instance of the plague, Sven and Van have returned from the holidays to begin the final act of Kamen Rider V3. Join them as they discuss the reasoning behind the remake-episodes; monsters being late for their own hijinks; Sven’s dark backstory … Continue reading Episode 52: All For Revenge

https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/download/wm6zvz/Henshin_History_051_-_Don_t_Let_It_Set_In.mp3 Podcast: Download Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Google Play | RSS THIS WEEK: Sven and Van bring you a wonderful Christmas special about a classic Japanese horror flick and its commentary on post-WWII Japanese society! Hooray! Sven’s facial blindness eclipses Van’s; we chat about the strong points of visual storytelling; we have a lengthy sidebar on nuclear radiation in Japanese and Western … Continue reading Episode 51: Don’t Let It Set In

https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/download/ksv4ru/Henshin_History_050_-_Wing_Ramses_.mp3 Podcast: Download Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Google Play | RSS THIS WEEK: In their continuing coverage of Kamen Rider V3, the Historians move on from the unfortunate Baron Tusk to the nonentity that is Archbishop Wing. This is, sadly, an improvement. Alexa would be rather eating some potate; we cover not one but two of the most iconic 70s Showa rider … Continue reading Episode 50: Wing Ramses!

https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/download/jy6hvs/Henshin_History_049_-_Moon_s_Haunted.mp3 Podcast: Download Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Google Play | RSS THIS WEEK: Sven and Van cover the second half of the 1973 Inazuman TV series, and Ishinomori’s manga of the same name. Goro Watari and Saburo Kazeda gear up to fight their iterations of Emperor Banba. Things get weird. We discuss Ishinomori’s peculiarities; Goro Watari cannot transform in the frozen time; there’s a … Continue reading Episode 49: Moon’s Haunted

https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/download/qk66xp/Henshin_History_048_-_The_Power_Of_Doovoo.mp3 Podcast: Download Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Google Play | RSS THIS WEEK: Van and Sven are left to their own devices to examine the unfortunate Baron Tusk and all the unpleasantness within his arc. In this episode, Sven’s preferences are outted; props are broken; patience is tested; Sven’s vision problems count as weighted armor; the two northern-living members of the podcast … Continue reading Episode 48: The Power Of… Doovoo

https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/download/imzh6q/Henshin_History_047_-_A_PhD_in_Draculas.mp3 Podcast:  Download Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Google Play | RSS THIS WEEK: Summon Supreme Power…? Not quite! Van and Sven try something a little different, as they compare the 1973 show Inazuman with the Shotaro Ishinomori manga. The Historians follow the stories of Goro Watari and Saburo Kazeda, as they point out the shoehorning of formula; the horrors of noclip are observed at … Continue reading Episode 47: A PhD in Draculas

https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/download/n99tfa/Henshin_History_046_-_Doktor_G_s_Book_Club.mp3 Podcast:  Download Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Google Play | RSS THIS WEEK: The gang reconvenes with Kamen Rider V3. A number of familiar faces return to grace us with their presence and we close out Doktor G’s tenure on the show. In addition to that, a joke dies live on podcast; the show tries (poorly) to introduce new merch; Van gives us … Continue reading Episode 46: Doktor G’s Book Club

https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/download/humiag/Henshin_History_045_-_Back_On_Our_Bullshit_Feat_Tara_Wrist_.mp3 Podcast:  Download Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Google Play | RSS THIS WEEK: Tara joins us for the surreal 1995 film Mechanical Violator Hakaider, to once again discuss angry allegorical antiheroes fighting god. In addition to that, Sven and Van’s pasts come back to haunt them; we talk Amemiya’s pre-GARO aesthetics; Hakaider forgot how to dodge; old jokes are taken out of retirement … Continue reading Episode 45: Back On Our Bullshit (Feat. Tara Wrist)

https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/download/jynfqw/Henshin_History_044_-_The_Theory_Is_Sound.mp3 Podcast:  Download Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Google Play | RSS THIS WEEK: Things get goofy with Kamen Rider V3, and we get to see the first Destron commander, Doktor G, in full swing. Sven gets hypertechnical about sci-fi tech; V3 goes for a refreshing dip in the ocean (again, and again, and again); we debate cartoon physics and Destron’s in-house antidotes; … Continue reading Episode 44: The Theory Is Sound

https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/download/3bbk4x/Henshin_History_043_-_Unravelling_At_The_Seams.mp3 Podcast:  Download Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Google Play | RSS THIS WEEK: Sven and Van delve into the 2014 film, Kikaider: REBOOT. Salt stocks have never been higher as their cups boil over. Our podcasters are fooled by goatees, Sven’s childhood comes back in the strangest way; Ishinomori villain motives are brought up and then summarily ignored; an infamous Kickstarter kerfuffle gets … Continue reading Episode 43: Unravelling At The Seams

https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/download/txb5d8/Henshin_History_042_-_The_Following_Events_Are_Canon.mp3 Podcast:  Download Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Google Play | RSS THIS WEEK: Doktor John Darksou– uh, Doktor G graces fellow non-doctors, Sven Michel and Van Ong, with his presence in Kamen Rider V3. In addition to that, we debate the possible intervention of moral guardians; the convoluted timeline that is Toei’s shared properties; maybe our real weaknesses were the friends we made … Continue reading Episode 42: The Following Events Are Canon

https://henshinhistory.podbean.com/mf/download/4p62uq/Henshin_History_041_-_Brain_Functions_Unclear.mp3 Podcast:  Download Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Google Play | RSS THIS WEEK: With Alexa down due to a case of chronic demon possession, it falls to Sven and Van to cover the end of Android Kikaider (1972). As promised, the show ends with a bang… but is it enough? Frustrations begin to mount; Sven’s an absolute donut; minds are boggled and senses befuddled; … Continue reading Episode 41: Brain Functions Unclear