Character Analysis: Hiyama Hikaru

In today's extra-long episode , Jason describes the role of music in Kimagure Orange Road. What functions does music serve? How does the music shape our experience of Orange Road? Jason discusses these topics and more - including a countdown of the Top Ten songs in Kimagure Orange Road!Please consider supporting Team Alme on Patreon! We offer a TON of bonus content, including live Orange Road commentaries and early releases, plus free swag!Peep us on Insta and Twitter!

Join us for a deep analysis of the character of Hikaru-chan. What is her character arc and narrative purpose? Why do people dislike her? Is she low-key the MVP of Orange Road?Please consider becoming a patron of Team Alme Studios - we will send you some free swag (all tiers), and you’ll enjoy early releases of episodes like this, as well as exclusive bonus content only available to patrons!Connect with us on Insta and Twitter!

Today Jason discusses the character who puts the Kimagure in Kimagure Orange Road: Ayukawa Madoka.Join us for a deep analysis of the Ayukawa character.  Is she just good at everything? What are the forces that pull her in opposing directions? What does she see in that goofball Kasuga? Does she remember meeting him in 1983?Please consider becoming a patron of Team Alme Studios - we will send you some free swag (all tiers), and you’ll enjoy early releases of episodes like this, as well as exclusive bonus content only available to patrons!Check out Abcb Café on twitter and intsa!

Today Jason talks all about our goofball protagonist, Kasuga Kyosuke. Join us for an appraisal of the Kasuga character.  How is Kasuga mischaracterized?  What is is story arc and how does his character progress?  And how the heck did Kasuga get Ayukawa to fall in love with him?Please consider supporting Team Alme podcasts - we send free swag, post early access to episodes, and exclusive content!Peep us on Insta and Twitter!

In today’s episode, Jason is analyzing movie 2 - “Shin Kimagure Orange Road: Summer’s Beginning”Is this sequel an unnecessary cash grab? Or is it a meaningful continuation of the Orange Road story? How does this film compare to the body of work preceding it? These topics and more in this double-length episode!Please consider supporting Team Alme on Patreon for free swag, early releases, and bonus content (like an upload of Shin KOR for you to watch prior to listening to this episode)!Check out Creatures of the Night and Pop Culture Mass for more awesome podcasts!

In today's double-length episode, Jason analyzes the first Kimagure Orange Road film: "I Want to Return to That Day."It's an excellent piece of filmmaking that is tonally and narratively inconsistent with the rest of the Orange Road media franchise - ESP and hijinks are exchanged for heartbreak and tears. It's not easy to sit through, but it offers up a lot for analysis.Please consider supporting Team Alme on Patreon - we will send you free swag and you’ll get access to a library of exclusive content!Check out Creatures of the Night and Pop Culture Mass for more podcasts to listen to!Abcb Café on twitter and instagram

Today Jason analyzes Kimagure Orange Road tv episode 48 - the final tv episode - "I Found Love - and, Repeat From the Beginning"The Orange Road television series caps things off with an episode chock-full of all the things we've come to love: Cute Ayukawa, Delinquent Ayukawa, precocious pre-adolescent Ayukawa, time slipping, alternate dimensions, biker gangs, and flagrant use of the supposedly-secret Power! Is this final television episode the most Orange Road episode of all?Please consider becoming a patron of Team Alme Studios - a host of bonus content awaits, and we will send you free swag!Check out these other awesome Team Alme podcasts:Creatures of the Night - kooky fun paranormal and conspiracy podcastPop Culture Mass - non-Orange Road media reviewsAbcb Café on insta and twitter

Today Jason is analyzing Kimagure Orange Road tv episode 47 - "A Presentiment of Farewells - Locate Madoka's First Love"Kasuga gets slapped SO HARD he lands six years in the past! He didn't know his ojiisan had THOSE kinda hands... Today we discuss the use of expressionist visual techniques and time travel!Please support Team Alme Studios on Patreon - we will send free swag and you’ll get access to an ever-expanding library of bonus content!Check out Creatures of the Night and Pop Culture Mass for more entertaining podcasts!Abcb Café on twitter and instagram

Today Jason is analyzing Kimagure Orange Road OVA episode 8 - "Message in Rouge"In this important episode, Ayukawa confronts some of her long-held biases and the male sex is redeemed by an unlikely savior: Kasuga Kyosuke!Please consider becoming a patron of Team Alme Studios - we will send you free swag and you’ll get access to a library of bonus exclusive and early release content!Also check out the Creatures of the Night podcast for more fun stuff to listen to!Abcb Café on twitter and insta!

Today Jason is analyzing Kimagure Orange Road OVA episode 7 - "An Unexpected Situation"For once it's not Kasuga behaving oafish and stammering out excuses and seeming like a weirdo! Instead, his cousin Akane lets her mouth write a check that her butt can't cash in an effort to conform to heteronormative standards - all to impress a vapid pair of hypocritical twits she doesn't even really seem to like.Please consider becoming a patron of Team Alme Studio - Jason will send you a framed portrait of his own grandmother, along with his eternal gratitude. Listen to the Creatures of the Night podcast too!Abcb Café on twitter and insta