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Bradley Meek joins the show to discuss the 2013 television anime from Toei Animation and director Rie Matsumoto (Blood Blockade Battlefront, Pokémon Special Music Video「「GOTCHA！」), Kyousougiga. It’s cartoon ride through Buddhist thought and comparative religion. Are our minds up to the task? Listen and find out! The post Kyousougiga appeared first on DYNAMITE IN THE BRAIN.

Vinnie from All Geeks Considered joins Brian & Gary to consider three more anime that geography prevented them from seeing in their youth! On this week’s show: God Mazinger (1984) – Everyone’s least favourite outing for Go Nagai’s giant robot franchise. Transformers Victory (1989) – The final Japanese TV outing for the Generation 1 toy … Continue reading "The Anime That Didn’t Make Us #24 – God Mazinger, Transformers Victory, Maico 2010" The post The Anime That Didn’t Make Us #24 – God Mazinger, Transformers Victory, Maico 2010 appeared first on DYNAMITE IN THE BRAIN.

Anthony Askew & Marvyn Lafayette are back to wrap up our romp through Shinichiro Watanabe’s hip hop ahistorical anime Samurai Champloo. Plus a brand new game show – “Who’s On First!” The post Samurai Champloo Part 4 appeared first on DYNAMITE IN THE BRAIN.

Brian, Gary and trusty third chair Dwayne are back with another ride in the TATDMU time machine to watch anime that didn’t get a chance to shape our childhoods. This week it’s animal antics, smart cars and rebooted mecha with Maple Town Stories (1986), Future GPX Cyber Formula (1991) and Tekkaman Blade (1992) . The post The Anime That Didn’t Make Us #23 – Maple Town, Tekkaman Blade, Future GPX Cyber Formula appeared first on DYNAMITE IN THE BRAIN.

Brian is joined by Bradley Meek to discuss the 2012 anime television series, Girls Und Panzer. And you know what? The 2015 Girls Und Panzer film too! It’s the most unexpected DITB topic of all time! The post Girls Und Panzer appeared first on DYNAMITE IN THE BRAIN.

Anthony & Marvyn return to the podcast as we continue our leisurely stroll through 2004’s Samurai Champloo. On this episode we cover episodes 13-20 of the series. Mugen, Jin & Fuu encounter betrayal, graffiti, fake Christians and more. The post Samurai Champloo Part 3 appeared first on DYNAMITE IN THE BRAIN.

Brian & Gary are joined by Sheena Duffy to discuss three more TV anime that geography prevented them from seeing in their childhoods. On today’s show we discuss: 1986’s sci-fi sports comedy, Battle Ball Boy Wonder Ikkiman. 1992’s mecha sequel, Tetsujin 28-go FX. And 1997’s surreal high school melodrama Revolutionary Girl Utena. Originally recorded: November … Continue reading "The Anime That Didn’t Make Us #22 – Battle Ball Boy Wonder Ikkiman, Chou Dendou Robot Tetsujin 28-go FX, Revolutionary Girl Utena" The post The Anime That Didn’t Make Us #22 – Battle Ball Boy Wonder Ikkiman, Chou Dendou Robot Tetsujin 28-go FX, Revolutionary Girl Utena appeared first on DYNAMITE IN THE BRAIN.

Just in time for Hayao Miyazaki’s 80th Birthday, it’s the Laputa podcast I’ve been sitting on for months! Joining Brian this episode are Aaron Long of Sublo & Tangy Mustard and Leon Everett of Ace Comicals. We are gathered to discuss Studio Ghibli’s debut film Laputa: Castle In The Sky, that you can find on … Continue reading "Laputa – Castle In The Sky" The post Laputa – Castle In The Sky appeared first on DYNAMITE IN THE BRAIN.

Marvyn and Anthony are back to squeeze a podcast into Brian’s lunch break as we look at episodes 7 to 12 of Samurai Champloo. The post Samurai Champloo appeared first on DYNAMITE IN THE BRAIN.

The show everyone is calling TATDMU returns with new co-host Gary Hedges! This week our trip down someone else’s memory lane takes us the 1984 car tuning anime Mecha Doc and the 1991 robot police anime Armoured Police Metal Jack. Plus: Brian gets the lead of dreadful sitcom Bottle Boys wrong, something he realised immediately … Continue reading "The Anime That Didn’t Make Us #21 – Mecha Doc, Armoured Police Metal Jack" The post The Anime That Didn’t Make Us #21 – Mecha Doc, Armoured Police Metal Jack appeared first on DYNAMITE IN THE BRAIN.

Brian invites Bradley Meek onto the show to discuss the first 3 episodes of each of the Tiger Mask anime. Plus in a total give away of when we recorded the show, we review a now 6 week old New Japan show. The post Tiger Mask I, II & W appeared first on DYNAMITE IN THE BRAIN.

Dynamite In The Brain Season 2 begins! Brian is joined on the Mayhem Moon by Bradley Meek and Dwayne Moloney (Let’s Go!, Secret of the Sailor Madness). Together, they discuss the celebration of 20 years of One Piece anime that is One Piece Stampede. The post One Piece Stampede appeared first on DYNAMITE IN THE BRAIN.

In the final episode of Dynamite In The Brain Season 1, Brian and Anthony discuss Sion Sono’s adaptation of Santa Inoue’s manga. Anthony is spending more time with his digital son, Sekiro over at twitch.tv/antaskew. Next week: DITB returns with ONE PIECE: STAMPEDE. The post DITB #330 – Tokyo Tribe appeared first on DYNAMITE IN THE BRAIN.

Marvyn Lafayette joins us to discuss the Edo “arc” of Samurai Champloo (episodes 1-6). The post DITB #329 – Samurai Champloo (Part 1) appeared first on DYNAMITE IN THE BRAIN.

Greg Driver from Ace Comicals is here to hop into the TATDMU time machine and find out whether we missed out on three more anime as children. This week’s picks: Zillion (1987) DT Eightron (1998) Super YoYo (1998) The post The Anime That Didn’t Make Us #20 – Zillion, DT Eightron, Super YoYo appeared first on DYNAMITE IN THE BRAIN.

We span the random topic wheel and up came Haikyu! Which means we finally finish off season 1 of the popular Shonen Jump volleyball adaptation. The post DITB #328 – Haikyu appeared first on DYNAMITE IN THE BRAIN.

Gary Hedges returns to join us in another trip through time to find the anime that geography denied us. This week’s picks: Anmitsu Hime (1986) Transformer Super God Masterforce (1988) Goldran (1995) The post The Anime That Didn’t Make Us # 19 – Anmitsu Hime, Transformers Masterforce, Goldran appeared first on DYNAMITE IN THE BRAIN.

Gary Hedges joins us to discuss the 1989 OAV based on the manga by Kenichi Sonoda, it’s Riding Bean! And hey, in the time since we recorded this you can now watch in on Amazon Prime. The post DITB #327 – Riding Bean appeared first on DYNAMITE IN THE BRAIN.

Coming in under the wire, it’s another Summer Anime Preview. With half as many anime as usual. Join Brian as he tries to solve the mystery of what show Anthony finds the perviest. The post DITB Summer Anime Preview appeared first on DYNAMITE IN THE BRAIN.

Bradley Meek returns to record a decidedly different edition of The Anime That Didn’t Make Us, this time with NO ANIME! Instead we picked three shows from the Toei Tokusatsu Channel on Youtube to discuss. JASPION (1986) MAGICAL GIRL CHUKANA IPANEMA (1989) ROBOTACK (1998) The post The Toku That Didn’t Make Us appeared first on DYNAMITE IN THE BRAIN.