Episode 884: Too Irregular at Losing High School Heroines!

This week on Anime Pulse we got Dishonored DLC, disappointing character development, and another round of Would or Wouldn't. Up first Joseph has updates on Dishonored and FGO, and Andrew is very sad as the fighting game tournaments have all dried up. Then we have our next round of Would or Wouldn't, as Joseph and Andrew dig through the top players for Nijisanji. And finally in our last reviews show before we get into the previews, Joseph is saddened and disappointed in what they did to his boy in Mahouka and Andrew becomes the therapist for a group of girls with bad love luck.

Have you ever been to Stapleton Airport? It’s okay if you haven’t, it was the major Denver airport until the Illuminati decided their meeting halls weren’t big enough. Unless you’re local to our area, the only thing you might have heard that name was in the trivia of filming locations for a certain sequel. That’s right, we’re doing Die Hard 2(1990). John McClane is back and this time he’s on vacation. The kids are with the in-laws and he’s picking Holly up from their airport around DC. John being John witnesses some sketchy men sneaking a gun through the metal detectors. Which leads to a protracted fight in the emptiest … Continue reading "Popcorn Pulse 234: McClane International Airport"

This week on Anime Pulse we got stolen meat, mysterious F cups, and finders keepers. Up first in the IRL news Joseph updates us on FGO, Azur Lane, and Dishonored. Andrew meanwhile wants to know what the community thinks 2025 will bring us in the anime industry. Then in the industry news a composer for Chibli comes down with the sickness, and a new trailer for Zatsu Tabi: That's Journey gets released. Lastly in the reviews Joseph is left pondering the mysterious nature of urban legends, and Andrew builds a plane to see the top of a tower with his best friend and a girl they both love.

Prepare yourself. It’s near the end of the year and we have one more manga show before 2025 arrives. That means two final manga of the year to round out everything. Will they be worth the read or do they deserve to be shredded, burned, and flushed into the municipal sewer system? Causing befuddlement for the poor workers on the other end wondering why pages of Princess Ai keep clogging up the filters. Tim has Futari Solo Camping. A title that’s very easy to misread if you’re only paying a little attention. Gen is a mid thirties dude who likes to camp and alone. On one such trip, he comes … Continue reading "Manga Pulse 527: Futa Trauma"

This week on Anime Pulse we got blinking all over the place, the best anime of 2024, and muscle mommies. Up first Joseph passed on returning to BioShock to instead play Dishonored, and Andrew asks the community what their best anime of 2024 was. Then in the industry news we got some isekai coming at us, the ten things tourists do that annoy the Japanese on trains, and the return of One Piece. And finally in the last reviews of 2024 Joseph becomes OP after hitting level two and proceeds to bang a wold girl, and Andrew works at a temple with a lazy elf who is big into anime and video games.

This week on VG Pulse, happy new years!! We ring in 2025 in the only way we know how; by rambling for way too long on this podcast! We start off with sidenotes of retail hell finally calming down and discussing our christmas, before diving into the regular news where we discuss the Game Awards winners and announcements, Capcom realizing that people like it when older franchises are revisited, Don James getting the AIAS Lifetime Achievement Award, the unfortunate passing of Team17’s Martyn Brown, and the announcement of a Pacific Drive tv show!! After the news we go over the discord discussions, before diving into the regular news where Millennium … Continue reading "VG Pulse 412: Farming Jokers"

Get ready to have triple vision. That’s like being drunk twice with one eye closed. We only ask that you try and take that same patience you might have when drunk as we go over this. Because it’s going to sound a little repetitive but this will have a payoff. We start with China Girl(1942). Johnny Williams is an American reporter who’s freelancing in China during the breakout of WWII. He escapes the Japanese and runs off to an unoccupied China to wheel an deal among people. He gets caught up by a girl and drawn into fighting against the Japanese after they bomb her school. Also there’s a traitorous … Continue reading "Popcorn Pulse 233: China Girl"

his week on Anime Pulse we got Christmas gifts, cursed touching, and the worst of 2024. Up first Joseph has been digging the new Azur Lane event, and Andrew has flown back to Scotland. Then in the industry news, ha ha, got ya! Because next comes the Christmas gift exchange! What will our two cohosts possibly unearth!? THEN we get to the new, with just a singular topic about Crunchyroll once again being utter shit. And finally the reviews see us out with Joseph curing his deathy curse and immediately playing super smash with his hot blond maid, meanwhile Andrew begins to see spirals in everything as his life spirals out of control.

This week on Anime Pulse we got vtuber awards, anime dragging its feet, and dancing moments. Up first IRL news has Joseph going back to the gym, and Andrew attended a big fighting game event with some of the top player in the world. Then in the industry news the vtuber awards just wrapped up and announced the winner, and Japanese artists on X are up in arms over blackface being applied to Dandadan. Lastly in the reviews Joseph wades through a really lackluster series of events in a fantasy anime to get to the good stuff, and Andrew brews up a barrel of whisky that will be aged for at least 15 years.

We want everyone to reach under your seats and pull out the old shoe box you find there. Within that box, there should be an old bit of newspaper. Unwrap that and you will find at least two popsicle sticks. Take those and carefully taste the bit of discoloration where the previous treat ended. Give those a quick taste and close your eyes. Congratulations. You are now a weirdo. Tim has Welcome to Japan, Elf-san or Welcome to Japan Ms Elf if you’re looking for the light novel series this is based on. Kazuhiro is a guy who leaves work at quitting time which means he’s the odd one. He … Continue reading "Manga Pulse 526: Elf Daughter"