Podcasts by Blade Licking Thieves
Join us as we lick our blades, banter and ramble on, and provide in depth reviews of some of our favorite (and not so favorite) Anime, Kaiju, Martial Arts, Chambara, and Asian films. You can find out more about our show, all of our previous episodes, and our show notes at our blog: bladelickingthieves.wordpress.com
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#96: Pale Flower (1964) from 2023-12-09T06:38:05
A hard boiled yakuza fresh out of prison and a beautiful and mysterious young woman seek out high stakes thrills in the illegal gambling dens of Tokyo in Masahiro Shinoda's film noir Pale Flower (1...
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#95: A Thousand and One Nights (1969) from 2023-11-20T05:46:14
We review Osamu Tezuka and Eiichi Yamamoto's A Thousand and One Nights (1969), the first film in Mushi Production's Animerama trilogy, billed as the world's first work of "adult animation". We al...
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#94: The Seventh Curse (1986) from 2023-10-31T07:55:33
Join us as we celebrate Halloween with a review of a little known Golden Harvest cult horror film: The Seventh Curse (1986). Loosely based on the popular Dr. Yuen series of Chinese novels about a ...
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#93: Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons (2013) from 2023-10-03T04:19:49
We review Stephen Chow's 2013 action comedy, Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons, loosely based on the 16th century Chinese literary classic. The film stars actor Wen Zhang as the famous Bu...
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Team B #15: Hard Ticket to Hawaii from 2023-09-05T03:33:09
Super agents, sleazy soft-core, skateboarding assassins, and one stupendous snake. BLT Team B are back with a review of director Andy Sidaris' trashy 80's action flick : Hard Ticket to Hawaii(1987...
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#91: Black Jack: The Movie (1996) from 2023-07-31T03:53:34
When the world's greatest athletes are infected by a deadly unknown virus, the mysterious, genius doctor for hire, Black Jack, is forced to find a cure, in this over the top, medical thriller, dire...
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#90: The Eight Diagram Pole Fighter from 2023-07-15T04:11:59
The Thieves are back with another Shaw Brothers kung fu classic! On today's show, we are reviewing director Lau Kar-Leung's spectacular Eight Diagram Pole Fighter. Released at the tail end of the...
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#89: The Night is Short, Walk on Girl from 2023-07-01T06:05:29
We review Masaaki Yuasa's 2017 anime film, The Night is Short, Walk on Girl, a bold and breezy romantic comedy based on the light novel by Tomihiko Morimi about a young college student pursuing the...
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#88: Excalibur (1981) from 2023-06-08T07:19:32
We review John Boorman's classic fantasy film, Excalibur (1981). Tune in to hear us chat for admittedly way too long about the legends of King Arthur, Merlin, Lancelot, Guinevere, Percival, and th...
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#87: Lupin the 3rd: The Mystery of Mamo (1978) from 2023-05-09T08:07:55
Infused with an irreverent, chaotic energy, reminiscent of Monkey Punch's original manga, director Soji Yoshikawa's completely madcap Lupin the Third: The Mystery of Mamo (1978) sees Lupin and the ...
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#86: The Swordsman (2020) from 2023-04-15T19:22:03
In Korean director Jae-hoon Choi's period action film, The Swordsman (2020), a retired master swordsman (Jang Hyuk) is forced into action when his daughter (Hyeon-soon Kim) is placed in mortal dang...
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#85: In the Mood for Love (2000) from 2023-03-22T23:33:22
We review Wong Kar Wai's In the Mood for Love (2000), an intimate, heartbreaking, and emotionally simmering peek into the lives of two forlorn souls (actor Tony Leung and actress Maggie Cheung) who...
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#84: Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi from 2023-02-14T13:48:37
We review the 2001 anime TV series Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi, a zany coming of age comedy from famed anime studio Gainax and director / writer Hiroyuki Yamaga, about two young teenage frie...
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Team B #14: The Beastmaster (1982) from 2023-01-24T05:26:34
Armed with the strength of the black tiger, the courage of the eagle, and the cunning of the ferret, the Team B crew sit down to watch Don Coscarelli's sword and sorcery adventure, The Beastmaster ...
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#83: Ong-Bak: Muay Thai Warrior from 2023-01-04T03:23:28
We review the 2003 Thai martial arts film Ong-Bak: Muay Thai Warrior featuring action star Tony Jaa in his break-out role. Timestamps: [00:00] Intro, Goblin Slayer Tabletop RPG, Ultraman Trigger...
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#82: A Chinese Ghost Story (1987) from 2022-10-30T21:57:31
Just in time for Halloween, the Thieves are back with a review of Tsui Hark and Ching Sui-tung's spooky romantic comedy, A Chinese Ghost Story (1987), a genre defying tale of star crossed lovers, f...
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#81: The Mighty Peking Man from 2022-09-01T00:22:46
On today's episode of the Blade Licking Thieves, we talk about our hopes for the recently announced continuation of the Berserk manga (sans its creator) and the potential pitfalls facing the creati...
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#80: Everything Everywhere All at Once from 2022-08-11T03:27:52
We review the Daniels' latest film, Everything Everywhere All at Once, a wild, weird, and wonderfully irreverent journey through the multiverse that's equal parts exhilarating action film, laugh-ou...
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#79: Kikujiro from 2022-07-22T03:29:22
In Takeshi Kitano's summer road movie, Kikujiro, a young boy searching for his estranged mother sets out from Tokyo into rural Japan with an unruly former Yakuza as his guide, begetting a series of...
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Team B #13: Phantom of the Paradise (1974) from 2022-06-15T02:48:50
BLT Team B review Brian De Palma's rock opera musical Phantom of the Paradise (1974): a strange and twisted horror / comedy cult-classic about a disfigured song writer who haunts the concert hall o...
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#78: Zu Warriors from the Magic Mountain (1983) from 2022-05-20T03:40:15
Yuen Biao, Sammo Hung, and Corey Yuen star in this hyper-kinetic supernatural comedy, Zu Warriors From the Magic Mountain, a special effects laden wuxia film from Hong Kong director Tsui Hark about...
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#77: Parasite (2019) from 2022-04-23T23:50:02
We review Korean director Bong Joon-ho's class-conscious thriller Parasite, a black comedy about the Kims, a scrappy lower class family living on the edge of subsistence in Seoul, who through luck ...
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#76: Macross Plus Movie Edition from 2022-03-30T00:45:17
We chat about the Ip Man franchise, discuss the influences and merits of the original Mobile Suit Gundam, and lastly review one of the premiere anime titles of the 1990s: Macross Plus Movie Edition...
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Team B #12: From Beyond (1986) from 2022-02-07T06:59:02
BLT Team B review Stuart Gordon's 1986 body horror film, From Beyond. Like Gordon's prior film, Re-Animator, also starring Jeffrey Combs, From Beyond is based on an H.P. Lovecraft short story - th...
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#75: Chasing the Dragon (2017) from 2022-01-17T01:38:39
We review the 2017 Hong Kong gangster film, Chasing the Dragon, the story of the rise and fall of Hong Kong's most notorious gangster "Crippled Ho" (Donnie Yen) and his unlikely partnership with P...
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#74: One Cut of the Dead from 2021-12-28T06:14:03
We review the ingenious Japanese horror / comedy One Cut of the Dead from Japanese filmmaker Shinichiro Ueda. Timestamps: [00:00] Dragon Quest Dai and Cowboy Bebop Live Action [58:27] One Cut of...
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Team B #11: The Lair of the White Worm (1988) from 2021-09-18T20:24:20
BLT Team B review British filmmaker Ken Russell's horror / comedy cult classic, The Lair of the White Worm (1988), starring a young Hugh Grant, Peter Capaldi of Dr. Who, and the provocatively bewit...
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#73: PROMARE from 2021-07-31T23:46:52
After the hell year that was 2020, the Thieves are at long last back on the couch together! We catch up by chatting about the zaniness that is Record of Ragnarok and JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part ...
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Team B #10: The Secret of Nimh from 2021-05-31T03:31:25
BLT Team B review Don Bluth's directorial debut, the cult-classic, animated feature film: The Secret of NIMH (1982).
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#72: Zeiram&Zeiram 2 from 2021-04-03T22:15:16
Special guest David Bednar (@ykarps) joins us on the show to chat about two of his favorite '90s Tokusatsu films, the action filled, science fiction cult classics, Zeiram and Zeiram 2, from the cre...
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#71: Infini-T Force: Farewell, Friend from 2021-02-20T11:48:29
Classic Tatsunoko super heroes return in this cross dimensional, team up film follow up to the 2017 CG animated Infini-T Force series by Tatsunoko and Digital Frontier studios. Tune in for the ful...
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Team B #9: Jack Frost (The Slasher Film) from 2020-12-25T03:35:57
Not satisfied with reviewing just one Jack Frost movie this season -- oh no, not this Christmas buster! -- the Team B crew had to go and review two of them. For your listening pleasure, here's Jac...
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Team B #8: Jack Frost (The Keaton Film) from 2020-12-19T15:51:24
Team B review Jack Frost (1998): the Michael Keaton film in which he plays a neglectful father and musician who, after dying in a fatal automobile accident, is given one last chance to make things ...
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#70: The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires from 2020-10-31T03:34:43
We interrupt our regularly scheduled programming this evening to bring you a scream filled night of ghouls, ghosts, vampires, and kung fu. *Record Scratch* You heard me! On tonight's Blade Lickin...
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Team B #7: Dog Soldiers from 2020-10-19T04:39:32
Team B are back at it once again: enduring the pain, so we don't have to. This episode they're taking a bite out of director Neil Marshall's Dog Soldiers (2002). It's an action / horror film abou...
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#69: Cat Soup / One Piece: Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island from 2020-10-04T04:45:32
Our series of donation funded listener requests continues with a Blade Licking Thieves' double feature! First, we have a review of Tatsuo Sato and Masaaki Yuasa's short, surreal and slightly twist...
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Team B #6: Escape from New York from 2020-08-19T04:12:49
Ultra cool grouch and Hideo Kojima love interest Snake Plissken (Kurt Russell) has twenty four hours to rescue the President of the United States from the world’s largest maximum security prison, N...
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#68: Pacific Rim from 2020-08-03T02:37:47
We're kicking off our series of listener requests with Guillermo Del Toro's love letter to the Kaiju and Mecha genres: Pacific Rim - so, tune in, enter the drift with us, and let's cancel the apoca...
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Team B #5: Color Out of Space from 2020-07-23T06:29:51
BLT Team B review Color Out of Space, writer-director Richard Stanley's new film adaptation of the classic H.P. Lovecraft horror short story, featuring the latest and greatest advancements in CAGE ...
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#67: Terminator 2: Judgement Day from 2020-07-02T05:03:05
TERMINATOR 2: JUDGEMENT DAY. That's it. That's the blurb. Review (43:13)
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#66: The Prodigal Son (1981) from 2020-05-31T01:43:13
Special guest Nate Ming joins the Blade Licking Thieves to talk about one of his all time favorite martial arts films, The Prodigal Son (1981), an action comedy romp featuring the mega talents of Y...
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#65: The Dagger of Kamui from 2020-04-12T22:19:28
We chat about the 3-D anime, centered around 1990s arcade nostalgia, Hi Score Girl. Argue the merits of the Berserk anime before a court of law. Sally forth into the whimsical world of slimes,...
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#64: Nameless Gangster: Rules of the Time from 2020-03-16T02:56:41
We spend an hour talking Tezuka's Phoenix, Sega's Yakuza series, and too-horny-for-TheHeat-mecha-show Godannar, among other things, before breaking into our review of director Yoon Jong-bing's Name...
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Team B #4: Maniac Cop from 2020-03-08T21:18:18
BLT Team B review the 80s slasher cult classic, Maniac Cop, starring always a treat Bruce Campbell and man with a huge face Robert Z'Dar!
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#63:Versus (2000) from 2020-02-21T05:52:16
Dawn from the Anime Nostalgia Podcast joins us to review Ryuhei Kitamura's break out Japanese action film Versus! Review (39:48) Twitter Questions (2:32:05)
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#62: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006) from 2020-02-04T03:38:07
We review the 2006 anime film The Girl Who Leapt Through Time from director Mamoru Hosoda: a delightful coming of age comedy / drama loosely based on a story by Paprika writer Yasutaka TsuiTsui abo...
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#61: Hero (2002) from 2020-01-18T05:24:50
Daryl Surat, writer for Otaku USA Magazine and host of the Anime World Order Podcast, joins us on this special "regular" episode for a long chat about stuff we've been watching, Chinese action film...
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#60: Tokyo Godfathers from 2020-01-02T00:16:33
We ring in the New Year with a review of Satoshi Kon's somewhat overlooked Christmas film, Tokyo Godfathers (2003): an animated comedy about three homeless people on a quest to reunite an abandoned...
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Team B #3: Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2 from 2019-12-24T02:38:41
Once again proving they are a danger to themselves, BLT Team B willingly dive head first into the pit of darkness that is Holiday themed B-Movies and emerge, bloodied and maimed, with a review of a...
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Spotlight#9: Fan Work with Gabi and Scarlet from 2019-12-19T13:40:30
On today's Spotlight episode, Grant chats with Gabi (@yamineftis) and Scarlet (@scarlet_simply) about creating fan art, writing fan fiction, and doing cosplay of their favorite works.
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#59: Rage of Bahamut Genesis from 2019-11-29T19:35:21
We review the 2014 fantasy adventure series Rage of Bahamut: Genesis from studio MAPPA and Tiger and Bunny director Keiichi Sato, loosely based on the mobile card game by Japanese developer Cygames...
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#58: The Happiness of the Katakuris from 2019-10-31T04:44:23
It's the annual Blade Licking Thieves Halloween episode, so, of course, as seems to have become something of a tradition for the show, that means we're reviewing yet another Takashi Miike film. Th...
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#57: Red Cliff Part I&II from 2019-10-19T01:09:12
In 2008, after a relatively successful stint in Hollywood, John Woo returned to Chinese-language features with Red Cliff Part I & II, a two part epic adapted from arguably the most famous novel...
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#56: Survive Style 5+ from 2019-09-28T21:08:55
There's nothing quite like Survive Style 5+. With an unusual narrative of five interweaving stories, off the wall humor, tripped out art direction, and an all around odd sensibility to it, this de...
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Team B #2: Yor, the Hunter from the Future from 2019-09-21T02:55:25
Life keeps finding ways to delay the release of our next show (the Survive Style 5+ episode should be out by end of next week, I promise), but thankfully BLT Team B is here to fill the void with a ...
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#55: Pee-wee’s Big Adventure from 2019-08-27T03:07:35
He's a loner. A rebel. And so are we...because Blade Licking Thieves is quite possibly the only podcast daring (or stupid) enough to spend nearly thirty five minutes talking about old 1970's Tats...
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#54: Fatal Fury: The Motion Picture from 2019-08-12T23:12:20
Get your quarters ready! Because we're traveling back to the early 1990s -- a time of flashy arcades, fighting games, Saturday Anime, and peak Masami Obari -- to find out whether Fatal Fury: The M...
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#53: One Piece Film: Strong World from 2019-07-16T03:54:48
One Piece Film: Strong World, the 10th film in the franchise but the first to feature designs and story ideas from One Piece creator Eiichiro Oda, catapults the Straw Hat crew onto a mysterious ser...
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#52: Godzilla: King of the Monsters from 2019-06-29T13:57:15
The Blade Licking Thieves romp, stomp, and skreeonk our way to the box office to check out Legendary Picture's Godzilla: King of the Monsters. Tune in to find out whether Hollywood has finally giv...
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#51: Highlander: The Search for Vengeance from 2019-06-12T06:06:49
We review Highlander: The Search for Vengeance, an anime continuation of the HIGHLANDER saga. The movie follows immortal Colin MacLeod’s quest for revenge in the future, and is directed by veteran ...
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Team B #1: Dreamscape from 2019-05-05T00:13:34
The regular crew has been too busy to record a "normal" episode, but thankfully BLT Team B are here to fill the void with a review of the little known or remembered movie Dreamscape about a psychic...
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#50: AKIRA from 2019-04-20T03:14:36
Crazy. It's our 50th episode. A big thanks goes out to all of our listeners new and old. Truly. We've been thrilled by all of your feedback, comments, and responses -- please keep them coming -...
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#49: Chungking Express from 2019-03-30T02:50:01
The romance genre goes art house in Chungking Express, Wong Kar Wai's two part riff on loneliness, yearning, and the comforts of late night take-out, featuring the talented Tony Leung, Faye Wong, B...
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Bonus #3: The Last Dragon (1985) from 2019-03-10T00:28:56
Grant is joined by Cerealsensei of the Dojo Talk Podcast, CallmeDJM of Anime Podcast of Some Sort, and SentaiFive of Build Casters for a chat about the martial arts cult classic The Last Dragon (19...
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#48: Ip Man (2008) from 2019-02-10T18:03:22
Donnie Yen stars as the self-effacing, Wing Chun master of Foshan, Ip Man (2008) in this award winning martial arts drama, loosely based on the early life of Bruce Lee's famous teacher. Intro (00...
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#47: Dragon Ball Super: Broly from 2019-01-25T13:00
After appearing as the overpowered, screaming meathead of villainy -- and enduring power fantasy of twelve year old boys worldwide -- in not one, not two, but three (count'em) previous Dragon Ball ...
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#46: Lone Wolf and Cub Baby Cart at the River Styx from 2019-01-11T13:00:21
We jump head first into the wild world of 1970s Japanese cinema with the second installment of the preeminent chambara film series of the decade: Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx! In...
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#45: Transformers The Movie (1986) from 2018-12-21T01:24:21
Bah weep gragnah weep nini bong? Bah weep gragnah weep nini bong! Intro (00:00) Review (22:39) Twitter Questions (1:37:23)
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#44: Angel Cop from 2018-11-23T22:59:32
We review Angel Cop, infamous schlock fest and towering pillar of the 'not kids stuff' OVA era, and discover that the true villain was Ichiro Itano all along! Timestamps: Intro (00:00) Review (...
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Spotlight #8: Wrestling and Anime with Daryl Surat from 2018-10-05T04:32:31
Daryl Surat from the essential Anime World Order podcast joins Grant for a chat about wrestling, anime, the surprising connections between the two fandoms, and your twitter questions.
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#43: Gintama (2017) from 2018-09-14T12:00:04
We review Gintama (2017) the live action film based on the popular, long-running, gag manga by Hideaki Sorachi. Timestamps: Intro + News (00:00) Review (34:40) Twitter Questions (1:38:50)
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#42: King Kong vs Godzilla from 2018-08-31T12:00:56
In 1962, before Alien vs Predator, before Freddy vs Jason, before the inevitable Goku vs Superman of future year 2032, Toho studios released the mega-sized, trans pacific, crossover event to crush ...
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#41: Face/Off from 2018-08-15T12:00
Here it is. Because you, the people, demanded it, we review Face/Off (1997) --John Woo's absurdly over-the-top American thriller featuring off-the-charts Cage factor, hundreds of avian extras, and ...
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Spotlight #7: Gundam Build Fighters with Dawn and PatzPrime from 2018-07-30T12:30:04
Dawn from the Anime Nostalgia podcast and PatzPrime from The Cockpit podcast join Grant for a talk about Gundam Build Fighters + nearly an hour and a half of your Gundam related twitter questions! ...
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#40: Harakiri from 2018-07-20T12:00:46
The orderly, rigid code of bushido smashes up against human feeling in Masaki Kobayashi's Harakiri (1962), a stunningly trenchant piece of subversive film-making --written by Rashoman and Seven Sam...
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#39: Hard Boiled from 2018-06-22T12:30:07
There's action packed. And then there's Hard Boiled (1992) -- John Woo's final spectacular outing with superstar Chow Yun-Fat in which gun-toting, rough and tumble detective, Tequila (Yun-Fat) part...
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#38: Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind from 2018-05-25T16:31:58
We review a classic that requires no introduction -- though, we'll do that anyway -- Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (1984) from director / writer Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli (sort of). Ti...
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#37: Blade of the Immortal (2017) from 2018-05-11T01:36:46
We review Takashi Miike's 100th film, Blade of the Immortal, a bloody, over the top, chambara romp, starring Takuya Kimura, Hana Sugisaki, and Sota Fukushi, based on the manga by Hiroaki Samura. T...
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#36: Who Am I? from 2018-04-25T22:10:17
The Thieves take a look at Jackie Chan’s Who Am I, his last film with Golden Harvest and nearly his last film ever (after a few of these stunts). Timestamps: What we've been watching (00:00) Liste...
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#35: One-Armed Swordsman from 2018-04-16T02:47:04
Our Shaw Brothers training regimen continues with the bloody saga of Fang Cheng aka the One-Armed Swordsman, a seminal work of wuxia film-making from prolific director Chang Cheh. Timestamps: What...
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#34: Mazinkaiser from 2018-03-28T04:59:48
The Blade Licking Thieves are in the cockpit again to bring you their take on Go Nagai’s classic 2001 OVA Mazinkaiser. Will Mazinkaiser be a show for the wiser, or just fertilizer? Tune in for thei...
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Spotlight #6: Cosplay with Diana (@silencedrowns) and Emma Bowers from 2018-03-02T00:39:37
Emma Bowers and Diana (@silencedrowns) join grant for a discussion all about the world of Cosplay + your twitter questions!
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Spotlight #5: Days of Fandom Past with Dave Merrill from 2018-02-16T11:30:36
Dave Merrill (Let's Anime) joins the show for a chat on fandom of yesteryear: clubs, cons, zines, old anime, and your twitter questions.
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#33: Devilman Crybaby / Godzilla: Monster Planet from 2018-01-26T12:00:38
Join us for a Netflix double feature with our reviews of both Devilman Crybaby and Godzilla: Monster Planet one really long episode! Timestamps: Devilman Crybaby (00:00) Godzilla Monster Planet (...
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#32: Whisper of the Heart from 2018-01-19T10:29:15
We review Whisper of the Heart, a charming coming of age tale with universal appeal from the late Yoshifumi Kondo and Studio Ghibli. We also talk One Piece, Record of Lodoss War novels, and more. ...
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Bonus #2: The Holiday Special (aka Gremlins) with PrimeGundam from 2018-01-16T04:23:41
PrimeGundam of 3BlackGeeks joins Heat and Grant for, what else, Gremlins! Listen in as they reminisce about classic Christmas memories and obscure feeding rituals.
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#31: Come Drink with Me from 2017-12-15T20:20:51
More Shaw Brothers goodness today as we review Come Drink with Me -- King Hu's groundbreaking wuxia classic (starring leading lady Chang Pei Pei) that directly inspired Ang Lee's Crouching Tiger, ...
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#30: The Man with the Iron Fists from 2017-11-30T13:31:53
What happens when a super fan of kung-fu films gets to make one of his own? Find out this week as the BLT crew takes on RZA's The Man with the Iron Fists. Timestamps: Intro (00:00) Review (36:08)
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#29: Mind Game from 2017-11-10T12:00:48
Join us for a chat about Masaaki Yuasa's massively creative, woefully under appreciated, utterly strange, directorial debut: Mind Game. Timestamps: Intro (00:00) Review (50:50)
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#28: Pokemon: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew from 2017-10-28T20:27
The BLT Halloween spooktacular continues with a Treat to follow last episode's Trick as the gang sits down to review the anime film, Pokemon: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew. We also discuss the ma...
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#27: Audition from 2017-10-14T19:01:18
Our spooky Halloween episode is here, so we're reviewing the J-Horror classic, from director Takashi Miike: Audition. There's also Blade Runner Black Out, Gintama, Kamen Rider W, and Neo Yokio dis...
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#26: Space Adventure Cobra: The Movie from 2017-09-30T12:30:02
Fun, charmingly outdated, retro pulp with incredible direction, Space Adventure Cobra: The Movie is a tripped out Dezaki thrill ride that does exactly what it says on the tin! Timestamps: Intro ...
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#25: Shin Godzilla from 2017-08-31T23:11:19
Shin Godzilla is finally here! Tune in to find out whether this latest iteration of the big G, courtesy of Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi, merits the considerable hype. Timestamps: Intro (00:0...
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#24: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon from 2017-08-19T18:22:55
Once described by director Ang Lee as "Sense and Sensibility with martial arts," this all time classic of the wuxia genre packs a heck of a punch. Featuring the formidable talents of Chow Yun-Fat,...
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Spotlight #4: Gunpla with Lauren Orsini, Sean O’Mara, and Tom Aznable from 2017-08-10T12:30:50
Mecha enthusiasts Lauren Orsini, Sean O'Mara, and TomAznable join Grant for a special episode all about Gundam and Gunpla model kits.
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#23: The Host (2006) from 2017-07-28T12:00:08
We review The Host (2006), Bong Joon-ho's critical and commercial hit centering around a Korean family's quest to retrieve their lost child from the clutches of a giant, mutant, fish-monster, all w...
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#22: Dominion Tank Police from 2017-07-17T12:30:24
We review a Saturday Anime classic, Dominion Tank Police, a four part OVA from 1988 featuring incredibly awesome tanks, curvaceous cat-girls, and a dangerously out of control police force! Timesta...
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Spotlight #3: Kaijumax with Zander Cannon from 2017-07-08T12:30:22
Eisner award winning comic artist and writer, Zander Cannon, joins us to talk about his comic series Kaijumax! We delve into his creative process, talk about his comic, and share stories of passio...
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#21: Fist of the North Star (1986, Film) from 2017-06-27T12:20:36
In the year 199X, the Thieves sit down to watch our mates get slaughtered by some dude with seven scars i.e. we review the 1986 anime classic: Fist of the North Star. Timestamps: Intro+News (00:00...
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Spotlight #2: Captain Harlock with Dawn (Anime Nostalgia) and Cai (@kaijinboyfriend) from 2017-06-16T12:30:41
Dawn of the Anime Nostalgia podcast and Cai (@Kaijinboyfriend) join Grant at the helm of this episode all about Captain Harlock! They sail the sea of stars, flying their flag of freedom (from epis...
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Spotlight #1: Patlabor with Sean O’Mara (Colony Drop, Zimmerit) from 2017-06-02T12:00:29
Sean O'Mara of Colony Drop and Zimmerit joins us for this special episode to talk all things Patlabor. Don't miss it! Timestamps: Interview (00:00) Patlabor discussion (28:01)
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#19: Samurai Fiction from 2017-05-05T12:30:05
We review Samurai Fiction, a zany comedy / samurai film that's secretly about Love and Peace! + anime talk: Attack on Titan season 2, Lupin, Gundam 00, Power Rangers in Space, and more. Timestamps...
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#18: Police Story from 2017-04-21T12:30:43
We discuss a few Spring Anime 2017 shows, talk Gundam 00, news topics, and review superstar Jackie Chan's raw, brutal, and death defying, Police Story. Timestamps: Review (1:04:40)
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#17: Ghost in the Shell (2017) from 2017-04-02T23:25:05
The 90s are back! First, Grant talks up the new American Power Rangers film, then we all sit down on the couch to review Hollywood's new Ghost in the Shell film starring Scarlet Johansson. Timest...
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#16: Paprika from 2017-03-24T12:00:11
In Satoshi Kon's final film, Paprika, a group of scientists use an experimental device to enter people's dreams. Soon the lines between the real and the unreal begin to blur in exciting, terrifyin...
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#15: REDLINE from 2017-02-24T13:00:07
We talk Bubblegum Crisis, crappy DBZ designs, Ms Kobayashi's Dragon Maid, and review Takeshi Koike's incredible REDLINE. Timestamps: Intro+News (00:00) Review (1:05:55)
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#14: Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection‘F’ from 2017-02-10T13:00:04
We talk Power Rangers, Voltron, the manga Insufficient Direction, and review Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection F. Timestamps: Intro+News (00:00) Review (1:04:15)
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#13: Godzilla vs. Biollante from 2017-01-27T13:00:59
We delight in this whacked out sequel to Godzilla 1984 featuring super fly assassins, ESPers, mad science, incredible Engrish, and amazing Kaiju action --join us for Godzilla vs Biolante! Timest...
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#12: The Tale of Zatoichi (1962) from 2017-01-13T13:01:12
When Yakuza, Samurai, and corrupt officials run rampant, who better to even the score than an itinerant blind masseuse with a deadly cane-sword and penchant for justice!? Of course, we mean Zatoic...
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#11: The 36th Chamber of Shaolin from 2016-12-30T13:00:18
The Thieves watch the Shaw Brothers martial arts classic, The 36th Chamber of Shaolin, in which Gordon Liu, as the monk San Te, delivers to the masses the most wonderful gift of the season: Kung Fu...
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#10: Metropolis (2001) from 2016-12-16T13:00:59
We catch up on what we've been watching, read some listener mail, and review Rintaro's stunning looking and sounding Metropolis, based on Osamu Tezuka's manga and Fritz Lang's silent original. T...
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Bonus #1: Gelato is a Lie! feat. TheSubtleDoctor (Warui Deshou) from 2016-11-18T13:00:51
For our first bonus episode, TheSubtleDoctor from the Warui Deshou podcast joins us for a discussion on fanservice, what exactly is anime, the secret truth behind Gelato, the news, and more!
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#9: The Tale of Princess Kaguya from 2016-11-04T12:00
We review Studio Ghibli's, absolutely wonderful, The Tale of Princess Kaguya from acclaimed director Isao Takahata. Timestamps: What we're watchin' (00:00) News (31:14) Review (54:35)
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#8: Gamera 3: The Revenge of Iris from 2016-10-21T12:00:15
Join us for our review of the final act of Shusuke Kaneko's incredible Gamera Trilogy: Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris. Timestamps: Random chit-chat (00:00) News (26:10) Review (56:30)
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#7: Return of Godzilla from 2016-10-07T12:00
The Cold War threatens to turn hot in Toho's Return of Godzilla, the 1984 Goji reboot that kicked off the Heisei era. Timestamps: What We're Watching (00:00) News (36:15) Review (1:06:13)
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#6: Aim for the Top! Gunbuster from 2016-09-16T16:39:16
Join us for giant robots, melodrama, spandex, and guts! -- as we shoot for the stars with our review of Hideaki Anno and Gainax's sci-fi / mecha / shojo genre-busting, classic OVA: Aim for the Top!...
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#5: Gamera 2: Attack of Legion from 2016-09-02T22:00:58
The Thieves discuss Ultraman Orb, some blog stuff, the announcement for the new Escaflowne release, and lastly review part two of Shusuke Kaneko's Gamera Trilogy: Gamera 2: Attack of Legion. Revie...
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#4: The God of Cookery from 2016-08-17T12:00:26
We discuss anime influenced cartoons, dubs vs subs, Godzilla Resurgence impressions, and review Stephen Chow's totally bonkers and absolutely hilarious riff on Kung-fu and Iron Chef: The God of Coo...
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#3: Golgo 13: The Professional from 2016-08-01T03:55:19
We talk the state of MSGundam in Japan, animator pay, the Warcraft film, and review Osamu Dezaki's visually stunning, machismo classic, Golgo 13: The Professional. Timestamps: Review (25:51)
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#2: Gamera Guardian of the Universe from 2016-08-01T03:55:01
A short anime on Hulu follow up, Woody Robo Sheriff Star, controversial Ghibli remarks, and our review of Shusuke Kaneko's Gamera: Guardian of the Universe. Timestamps: Review (28:40)
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#1: Rebuild of Evangelion 1.11, 2.22, 3.33 from 2016-06-13T10:28
Welcome to our mega-long first episode! It's time for introductions, our review philosophy, anime talk, Shin Godzilla speculation, and lastly our review for all three of Hideaki Anno and Studio K...
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