Category: Guides

So You Want to Watch Detective Conan: A Beginner’s Guide [UPDATED]

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If you didn’t get the memo . . . DETECTIVE CONAN IS NOW LEGALLY SIMULCASTING ON CRUNCHYROLL! They are calling it by the English title: Case Closed.

So okay yeah, you might be jumping into Detective Conan at episode 754. No problem, do it, take the plunge! We are here to help you out.

A series like Detective Conan can seem like an insurmountable wall that cannot be climbed by anyone other than most dedicated detective fans (or wastrels who have near infinite amounts of free time). The thing is, unlike shonen fighting series or dramas you don’t need to see every episode of Detective Conan to enjoy or follow it. But at the same time, if you just randomly tune-in you could find yourself lost or confused about the bigger stories at play. Thus this guide.

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S.W.A.T. Reviews: Autumn 2014 Pt. 2

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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 Rage of Bahamut: Genesis from MAPPA. It is streaming on Hulu and Funimation.

Listen – First impressions of Akatsuki no Yona from Pierrot. It is streaming on Crunchyroll and Funimation.

Listen – First impressions of GARO: The Animation from MAPPA. It is streaming on Hulu and Funimation.

Listen – First impressions of Hi-sCool Seha Girls from TMS Entertainment. It is streaming on Crunchyroll.

Listen – First impressions of Your Lie in April from A-1 Pictures. It is streaming on Crunchyroll.

Listen – First impressions of Parasyte -the maxim- from Madhouse. It is streaming on Crunchyroll.

Sentence: On Parole

Listen – First impressions of Lord Marksman and Vanadis from Satelight. It is streaming on Hulu and Funimation.

Listen – First impressions of Shirobako from P.A.Works. It is streaming on Crunchyroll.

Sentence: Lock ‘Em Up and Throw Away the Key

Listen – First impressions of Laughing Under the Clouds from Dogakobo. It is streaming on Hulu and Funimation.

 

S.W.A.T. Reviews: Autumn 2014 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 Tribe Cool Crew from Sunrise. It is streaming on Crunchyroll.

Listen – First impressions of Gugure! Kokkuri-san from TMS Entertainment. It is streaming on Crunchyroll.

Listen – First impressions of Joker fromShin-Ei Animation. It is streaming on Crunchyroll.

Sentence: On Parole

Listen – First impressions of World Trigger from Toei Animation. It is streaming on Crunchyroll.

Sentence: Lock ‘Em Up and Throw Away the Key

Listen – First impressions of I Can’t Understand What My Husband Is Saying from Seven. It is streaming on Crunchyroll.

Listen – First impressions of Denki-gai! from Shin-Ei Animation. It is streaming on Crunchyroll.

Listen – First impressions of Wolf Girl and Black Prince from TYO Animations. It is streaming on Crunchyroll.

Listen – First impressions of When Supernatural Battles Became Commonplace from Studio Trigger. It is streaming on Crunchyroll.

Listen – First impressions of Orenchi no Furo Jijou from Asahi Production. It is streaming on Crunchyroll.