Category: Detectives

S.W.A.T. Reviews: Fall 2015

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The premise of these reviews is simple: watch the first episode of a series and then immediately sit down to record a review mini-podcast. The reviews are five- to ten-minutes long and entirely off the cuff. As always we only review new shows (so no sequels or continuations) and try to avoid anything that just looks outright awful.

These are the first batch from the new season and now we’ve broken them into (helpful?) categories:

Sentence: Free to Go

Listen – First impressions of Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-blooded Orphans from Sunrise. It is streaming on Daisuki, Hulu, Crunchyroll, Gundaminfo, and Funimation.

Listen – First impressions of One-Punch Man from MADHOUSE. It is streaming on Hulu, Daisuki, and VIZ.

Listen – First impressions of Tantei Team KZ Jiken Note from Signal.MD. It is streaming on Crunchyroll.

Listen – First impressions of Magical Somera-chan from Seven. It is streaming on Crunchyroll.

Listen – First impressions of The Perfect Insider from A-1 Pictures. It is streaming on Crunchyroll.

Sentence: On Parole

Listen – First impressions of Comet Lucifer from 8-bit. It is streaming on Crunchyroll.

Listen – First impressions of Young Black Jack from Tezuka Productions. It is streaming on Crunchyroll.

Listen – First impressions of Concrete Revolutio from BONES. It is streaming on Daisuki and Funimation.

Listen – First impressions of Beautiful Bones: Sakurako’s Investigation from Troyca. It is streaming on Crunchyroll.

Sentence: Lock ‘Em Up and Throw Away the Key

Listen – First impressions of Heavy Object from J.C. Staff. It is streaming on Hulu and Funimation.

Listen – First impressions of Attack on Titan Junior High from Production I.G. It is streaming on Hulu and Funimation.

Listen – First impressions of Kagewani from Tomovies It is streaming on Crunchyroll.

S.W.A.T. Reviews: Summer 2015 Pt. 1

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Follow us directly, on Stitcher, or on iTunes

The premise of these reviews is simple: watch the first episode of a series and then immediately sit down to record a review mini-podcast. The reviews are five- to ten-minutes long and entirely off the cuff. As always we only review new shows (so no sequels or continuations) and try to avoid anything that just looks outright awful.

These are the first batch from the new season and now we’ve broken them into (helpful?) categories:

Sentence: Free to Go

Listen – First impressions of Gangsta from Manglobe. It is streaming on Funimation.

Listen – First impressions of Ushio & Tora from MAPPA. It is streaming on Crunchyroll.

Listen – First impressions of Seiyu’s Life from Gonzo. It is streaming on Funimation.

Listen – First impressions of Snow White with the Red Hair from Bones. It is streaming on Funimation.

Sentence: On Parole

Listen – First impressions of Rampo Kitan: Game of Laplace from Lerche. It is streaming on Funimation.

Listen – First impressions of Rokka: Braves of the Six Flowers from Passione. It is streaming on Crunchyroll.

Listen – First impressions of GATE from A-1 Pictures. It is streaming on Crunchyroll.

Listen – First impressions of Death Note live-action drama. It is streaming on Crunchyroll.

Sentence: Lock ‘Em Up and Throw Away the Key

Listen – First impressions of Classroom Crisis from Lay-Duce. It is streaming on Crunchyroll.

Listen – First impressions of Chaos Dragon from Silverlink. It is streaming on Funimation.

Listen – First impressions of Overlord from Madhouse. It is streaming on Funimation.

Listen – First impressions of God Eater from Ufotable. It is streaming on Daisuki and MyAnimeList.

Lupin the 3rd VS. Detective Conan: The Movie—Turbo Engine Skateboard VS. Walther P38

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(Watch for free on Hulu)

narutaki_icon_4040 It is rather hard to believe that we have only recently seen an official team-up of Detective Conan and Lupin the 3rd considering both have been mega-franchises for so long. Detective Conan movies are already known for their splashy, high-stakes situations and a penchant for putting in as many characters from the Conan universe as they can. So doubling up by adding the all-star cast of Lupin the 3rd just sounds so right.

Despite the obvious love that Japan has for these characters, they have both only had middling success stateside with the exception of something like The Castle of Cagliostro. To say that seeing the Lupin the 3rd VS. Detective Conan: The Movie streaming was a shock would be a huge understatement. This film is not licensed by an American company and probably won’t be. Plus, unlike TV series, theatrical anime is still a lot less likely to be streamed so we are constantly missing out on titles.

hisui_icon_4040 If you pay attention to any sort of comic book news you will notice people endlessly debating the merits of a Batman VS. Superman movie. I mostly bring that up not so the comments can be a quagmire of angry nerds but because it shows a desire for fans to see their favorite characters interact. That is the reason that comics crossovers sell so well, people makes games like Super Robot Wars, and odd things like a SuperWhoLock fandom exists. Anime and manga is no exception. CLAMP and Go Nagai have often done this with their own series. One Piece and Toriko as well as Fairy Tail and Yankee-kun to Megane-chan have had joint adventures. There was even a Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha and Fate/kaleid liner PRISMA☆ILLYA crossover but the less you think about that the better. The characters of Nisekoi and My Love Story!! have even officially met at one point in time. And this is all outside of fan-fiction which breaks any and all barriers.

But rarely have two properties has an almost gravitational pull like that of Lupin the 3rd and Detective Conan. They are practically designed to fit together seamlessly. Lupin is the world’s most notorious thief and Conan is secretly the world’s greatest detective. Ever since Sherlock Holmes Arrives Too Late there has been a rivalry phantom thieves and detectives so it is only natural for them to clash. While Conan already has Magic Kaito (or considering the order in which they were created maybe I should say Magic Kaito already has Conan) it hardly diminishes the excitement over this clash. Like the old saw of who would win in a fight between Superman and Goku I think fans of either franchise would be curious to see who would come out on top.

Is Conan smarter than the thief with many-colored jackets or is the Lupin’s Walther P38 more dangerous than the boy detective’s wit?

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