Acme Podcasts Inc
Two self-described laymen who love animation host this podcast, diving into the world of cartoons and animated series. Along the way, they also discuss video games, comics, and books, but always circle back to their main passion: animation. Expect casual, enthusiastic conversations from fans who approach the medium with curiosity and humor.
Episodes
Episode 104: I Would Murder A Child For The JinMao Kiss
Hey everyone I'm joined by lovely fiancee Adrian this episode to talk about the apothecary diaries anime. We're talking about both seasons as well as a bunch of anime we've been watching. Enjoy!
Episode 103: "Not' Ninja Turtle Grab Bag
Hey everyone new episode and we're doing another grab bag, and Janky returns! This time of shows that are either very intentionally trying to be tmnt or would not exist if not for tmnt. Street Sharks, Road Rovers, and Mummies Alive. Enjoy!
Episode 102: 22 Bones Is Enough For Me
Hey everyone Lazar is back and we're talking about Masters Of The Universe Revolution. We also talk about some current running anime, and indie pilots. And also I'm gonna be real we kinda bullshitted a lot about toys and other things on this one. lmao. But hope you enjoy.
Episode 101: A Tale Of Two Jackets
Hey everyone we're back and I'm joined by my good friend Kuiper to talk about Lupin III Part 1 and Part 2. aka the Green and Red jacket eras of Lupin III. We also chat about some of the current anime we're watching like Akane Banshi, Drops of God and so on. Hope you all enjoy!Reddit thread I used to pick the best part 2 episodes for the curious.And Outro music
Episode 100: The Transformers Torah
Hey everyone Its out big 100th episode! We're joined by my old co-host Lazar J to talk about Transformers Beast Wars. We also catch up with Lazar, talk a lot about toys, Scott McNeil and rank the best titles of the podcast. We hope you all enjoy.
Episode 99: Future Static Attains Unc Status
Hey everyone we're back from our break. Its black history month and we're talking about Static Shock with special guest RadicalApollo. We also talk alot about JJK, Comics, and the ocupation of Golden Bat. If you want to skip straight to Static talk you can jump to about 1 hour and 20 minutes in. Hope yall in enjoy!
Episode 98: Frosty The Snowman VS The HOA
Hey all its another grab bag. This time of holidays specials. Hope you all enjoy the holidays and the episode!
Episode 97:Four Brains Seven Wives
Hey all hope you had a happy turkey day if you celebrate. And for those out in the retail trenches on black friday we salute you. Anyway, hope you enjoy this new episode where we talk about the 2003 Clone Wars miniseries. We also chat about the new frankenstien, chainsaw man, and Digimon Beatbreak.
Episode 96:The Author's Not Even Disguised Fetishes
Happy spooktober everyone! On this episode we're talking about the ova series Hellsing Ultimate. We also chat a bit about slasher flicks, Saw, Perfect Blue, and more. Have a happy halloween!
Episode 95: She Gundam On My Wing Till I Endless Waltz
Hey all today we're celebrating the 30th anniversary of one the most iconic Gundam series. Mobile Suit Gundam Wing. Is it good? Is it bad? Both? Does Wu Fei suck? We'll find out. We also talk a bit about Knights Of Guinivere at the top and general life stuff. Enjoy!
Episode 94: The Terror Of Stitch Labubus
Hey yall heres the second part or basically bonus episode to the last one. Where we talk about the various sequels and tv show that spawned from the original Lilo and Stitch.
Episode 93:Marketable Little Creature
Hey yall this week we're talking about the original Lilo and Stitch from 2002 to wash the stench of the live action movie away. We also talk about some seasonal anime, and gundam at the top. Hope you all enjoy!
Episode 92: My Gender Is Monster
Hey yall happy pride! This week we're joined by my fiancee Adrian to talk about Promare, and Nimona. We also talk about ska, deltatrune, and heavy metal. I apologize for the fan noise on my end. Its hot here in texas. Hope you all enjoy the episode.
Episode 91:Digimon Is Niche And Thats Okay
Hey everyone this episode we're talking about the original digimon movie, as well as Discoteks recent redubs and recuts of the ovas that made up its parts. We also end up talking a lot about videogames in the first half. If you wanna skip right to digimon talk jump to around the 39 minute mark. Hope you all enjoy.
Episode 90: Jank's Hockey Goon Blorbo
Hey everybody we go a new episode where we're talking about the last of the disney afternoon shows, The Mighty Ducks. We also talk about Elusive Samurai, Shangri-la frontie, Epic the musical, 100 line and a lot about voice actors. If you wanna get to just to talk about the show you can skip to around the 56-57 minute mark.
Episode 89; Card Game Ego Death
Yo new episode is here. We're talking about what I think is a super underrated series. Kaijudo Rise Of The Duel Masters. We also chat about wrestling, undertale/deltarune, da mets, and more. Hope you enjoy.
Episode 88:The Monster Collecting Grab Bag
Hey everybody we're trying a new format today called the grab bag. Where we talk about a bunch of similar shows that probably couldn't hold their own episode. We hope you enjoy and please let us know if you wanna see more episodes like this. Listed below are some links to some videos and video series Jank and i talked about on the episode.Disney Villians Retrospectivehttps://www.youtube.com/playli
Episode 87: "Seth Rogan Can Be Funny Sometimes" -Jank Junkerton
Hey everyone this week we're talking about the newes iteration of the turtles. TMNT Mutant Mayhem and Tales Of The TMNT. We also talk about gundam, pretty please I don't want to be a magical girl and more. Hope you guys enjoy.
Episode 86: Heated Drama Of High School Sports
Hey everyone. This week we're talking about season 1 of Haikyuu. We also talk a lot about card games, euro comics and especially Beyblade. Hope you enjoy.
Episode 85: Doomed Transformer Yaoi
Hey everyone. Happy new year. This episode was a bit delayed cause I'm getting some winter storms down where I live. But anyway. Today we're talking about Transformers One and The Original 80s Transformer's movie. We also talk a bit about animation in 2024, gundam, and more. Hope you guys enjoy!
Episode 84; That Time I Was Reincarnated As A Flashback Swingset
Happy holidays everyone. We didn't really do anything special for the holiday season but we hope you enjoy the new episode regardless. Today we're talking about season 1 of 'That Time I Was Reincarnated As A Slime'. We also chat about Marvel Rivals, Invincible Fight Girl, Reboot, and power scaling Santa Claus. Enjoy!Outro Song 「English Dub」Reincarnated As A Slime OP "Nameless Story" FULL VER.【Sam
Episode 83: Mech Shows Should Have More Gregorian Chanting
Hey all, this week we're talking about The Vision Of Escaflowne. We also spend a lot of time talking about Dragonball and Wrestling. During the episode Jank references an article discussing the transness one of the characters which you can read here https://vraikaiser.com/2019/02/01/do-this-not-that-trans-coded-characters-the-vision-of-escaflowne-vs-persona-4/Music used in this episode in order of
Episode 82:Where The Garden Ends
Happy Halloween everyone! On this weeks episode we're joined by my partner Adrian and we talk about the critically acclaimed miniseries Over The Garden Wall. Hope you enjoy and have a spooky Halloween!
Episode 81:Immaculate Storybook Vibes
Happy spooky month everyone. This episode we're talking about 2012's Frankenweenie, and 2009's class Coraline. We also talk about Witch Hat Atelier, Kagurabachi, children's literature and more. Happy spooktober everyone!Show note linksWitch Hat Atelier page https://official.lowee.us/manga/Tongari-Booshi-No-Atorie/0005-010.pngLaika making of Coraline playlisthttps://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=P
Episode 80:Inuyasha Did It First
Hey sorry its been so long once again. Real life is a lot atm. But we're back. This week we're talking about Inuyasha episodes 22-54. And of course continue my narrative that Devil May Cry and Inuyasha are the same. Episode art by Otagothic on twitter.
Episode 79:The Greatest NB Romance Ever Told
Hey everyone on this episode we're talking 2005's Robots and 2008's Wall-E. Again apologies for the inconsisten schedule as of late. This podcast is still just for fun so Real Life tends to get in the way. Thank you for your patience.
Episode 78:The Shadow Realm Is Just Detroit
(Insert you've activated my trap card joke here). Hey yall we're back and talking about a childhood fave, the first season of the Yugioh Duel Monster anime Duelist kingdom. We also talk a lot about the digimon TCG at the beginning. EnjoyNew intro audio from Richard Williams animators survival guide. Outro music is I'm Not Gonna Panic from the official english ost of Yugioh DM
Episode 77: Punching The Physical Manifestation Of Cancer
And we're finally back after a bit of a unintended hiatus. Kai and Jank talk about a relativley obscure and wild anime called Betterman from 1999. We have a new intro with audio from Richard Williams Animator's Survival Guide which I hope you enjoy. Ending music is Chin Requiem -Juvenile Version-From King Of Ruin GaoGaiGar vs Betterman
Episdoe 76: Looking Back On 2023
Hey everyone happy new year! This episode we're looking back on the year. What we watched. Notable pieces of animation. And events in the animation industry. Hope you guys enjoy
Episode 75:Mimi Was Robbed
Yo, we're back and talking about one of our favorite shows Digimon Adventure 1999. Before that we aslo talk about MTG, Tiny Toons, and Frieren. End song credit to Dave Does Music for their english cover of Brave Heart. (Editors Note there was some background talking in another room that I tried my best to remove I apologize if there is still any left)
Episode 74:The Things I do For Lesbian Love
Happy spooktober everyone! Its time for us to talk about everyones other favorite mystery solving scaredy dog, Courage. We also talk about kong and the meg at the top of the show. If you wanna skip right to the courage talk jump to around the 25 minute mark. Hope you enjoy and have a spooky halloween!
Episode 73:Scooby Spooky Doo
Hey everyone. Sorry for the delay on this episode. Hope you're all having a great spooktober so far.. This weeks episode we're talking about two Scooby flicks. Cyberchase and Goblin King. We also shoot the shit as usual about Fate, old dvds, and so on. If you wanna skip right to the scooby talk jump to around the 52:30 mark
Episode 72:My Life As A Teenage Trans Allegory
Hey sorry if this one came out a little later than planned. This week we're talking about My Life As A Teenage Robot. But before then we also chat about Eyeshield 21, Baki, Black Clover and Vin Diesel. For those who want to hear the My Life talk you can skip to the 46.54 mark. Also stick around all the way to the end for a special song.
Episode 71 Jogress Gender Identity
On this weeks episodes we talk about Unicorn Warriors Eternal. As well as long tangents about Baki the grappler, shonen manga, and other things. Hope you all enjoy.
Episode 70 Darth Hamill
After a long hiatus the podcast returns with a new cohost. Kaijuemperor and Jankertonjunker talk about one of their favorite shows from the mid 2000's Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!
Episode 69 (nicenicenicenicenice): 69 Dracula Hunters In Space (nicenicenicenicenice)
Just a moment, please: (clearing throat noise) Nice nice nice nice nice nice nice. Alright, with that out of the way, it's more spooky day shenanigans with Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust and Batman Vs. Dracula this week on Acme Podcasts Inc
Episode 68: Nice Things Are Said About Billy Ray Cyrus
It's Spoopy Month! Kai and KP watch Scooby Doo and The Witches Ghost! Somehow they start talking about Billy Ray Cyrus! Lazar wishes he'd been there for that conversation because he genuinely loves "Achy Breaky Heart" and "I Want My Mullet Back".
Episode 67: What In The World Are We Watching Next?
KP's back! They're watching netflix's Carmen Sandiego. S'a good time.
Episode 66: Oilslick Is My Favorite Animated Design Too, Jank.
I also had that Oilslick figure. I replaced the plastic chain with real chain. I think I still have it. Anyway, Kai is joined by Jank on this episode, and together they talk about Transformers Animated.
Episode 65: Neither of These Movies Got a Fair Shake.
Kai and Adrian take a look at Atlantis the Lost Empire and Treasure Planet.
Episode 64: Wukong, if you don't quit it with all these monkeyshines, I'm gonna go bananas
Kai's joined by resident Journey to The West Super Fan, KP to go over Monkey Kid.
Episode 63: Deus Ex Vox Machina
Change is a-brewing, as Kai and Scarlet take on Vox Machina, this week, Lazar J. relinquishes hosting duties for good.
Episode 62: Supid, Sexy Diavolo
Adrian's back, and that means Jojo Part 5! Fittingly, Lazar J unleashes the power of his Stand: [UHF] (he's using his soundboard again).
Episode 61: For The Honor of Gayskull, or She-Ra and The Gay Agenda
Pride Month, She-Ra. Scarlet is back. We also talk about Berserk and Elden Ring and some other stuffs
Episode 60: Goofus
Stand out and see Eye 2 Eye up on the half pipe with the Goof Troop this week. Also the season 2 finale for Owl House.
Episode 59: Lazar Regrets
We revisit two of Lazar's favorites from when he was a teen. He regrets that decision. Also, the Amphibia finale in upkeep. Tears were shed. Not on the show, but while watching the finale.
Episode 58: Ducks of a Feather
We're way past late, and with the most unimaginative episode title yet! It's Ducktales (1987) and Darkwing Duck today.
Episode 57: The Boys Did Not Forget That Yoko Kanno Did The Music For Cowboy Bebop
After a few weeks of personal shit getting in the way, we're back! It's Cowboy Bebop and Cannon Busters. We also have a lot of catching up to do, so: 3, 2, 1, Let's Jam.
Episode 56: Beauty and the Fish
Well, it's Ren Fair season, so it makes sense to do an episode about two Disney Renaissance films. We're looking at Beauty and the Beast and The Little Mermaid this week, as well as a spoilercast for season 3 of Kid Cosmic. Also, at some point in the episode Lazar J coughs real bad, and he couldn't find it while editing, so he's apologizing now. Sorry.
Episode 55: It Was Shake Your Groove Thing, Not Funky Town
It's Shrek time, baby. Special Guest Scarlet comes aboard and we all talk about our favorite ogre, Shrek.
Episode 54: I Wanna Be An Airborne Rescue Ranger
New season, new project. We're starting off with Rescue Rangers and Talespin. We also talk about One Piece and Ranking of Kings, and a whole bunch more.
Episode 53: The One Where We Gush About TMNT
We watched the OG 1987 TMNT cartoon. It was damned fun. The conversation was damned fun. Lazar was tired as all hell. It was a good time.
Episode 52: There's No Two Ways About It, It's Centaurworld
Centaurworld! It's an absurdist musical! We also talk about JoJo and One Piece and F is for Family
Episode 51: All Aboard for Adventure!
This week there's some Jojo talk, some video james talk, a Masters of the Universe: Revelation Part 2 spoilercast, and then Infinity Train Book 1 and Adventure Time season 1.
Episode 50: A rascally rabbit, but not That Rascally Rabbit.
Ep-I-Sode-Fif-Tee, Bay-Bee! Fifty damned episodes of this show, and we're doing it up right with an episode dedicated to Who Framed Roger Rabbit. We also do our usual weeks and upkeep, and a spoilercast all dedicated to Arcane.
Episode 49: ...And It All Ends On A Darkman (Sam Raimi, 1990) Reference
We're finishing up Venture Bros (for now; waiting on that movie), but we catch up with Ghost and Molly McGee and Amphibia, and we talk about FFXIV and Fable Anniversary exploits, among other stuff.
Episode 48: Diamond is Crash (fixed audio)
Adrian's here to visit, so that means Jojo, and we're up to Part 4. There's also upkeep and ffxiv talk and job talk and animal talk, and all sorts of stuff, but also a whole lotta Jojo.
Episode 47: Acme Warehouse Halloween Party 2021
It's the Halloween! The Acme Team is back for the annual warehouse party, and this year, it's A Nightmare Before Christmas and Corpse Bride. That's it. A good time was had by all.
Episode 46: Ghosts and Phantoms
The Spoopy Month Halloween Celebravaganza continues this week with a look at Extreme Ghostbusters and the first season of Danny Phantom. But before before our hosts can bust out the proton packs and Fenton Thermos™, they talk about Baki the Grappler, Saihate no Paladin, and some Ghostbusters comics during the week segment, and then they catch up on The Ghost and Molly McGee and Amphibia.
Episode 45: Spirits and Demons
The Acme Crew is back at it, talking up a storm about Jujutsu Kaisen season 1 and Kemetsu no Yaiba Mugen Train. They also do a spoilercast for Kid Cosmic season 2, talk about the premier of The Ghost and Molly McGee and the first episode of Amphibia. Lazar also touches on He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (2021), Blue Period's first episode, and Kokkoro Connect. Kai touches on Baki.
Episode 44: SPHINX, Cobra, It's All The Same
The boys watched GI Joe: A Real American Hero and Season 5 of The Venture Bros. They also talk about Ralph Bakshi. It's kind of a quiet week.
Episode 43: Kai's Birthday 2k21
It's Kai's birthday episode, so we're watching two of his favorite movies, The Secret of NIMH and The Last Unicorn. No week segment or upkeep this week because Lazar J made an Uh-Oh-Spaghetti-O mistake, and The Boy's had to re-record. Oopsie!
Episode 42: Saturday Morning Pitch
We're "Actual Play"-ing this week, where The Boys are joined by regular contributors Adrian and KP for a round of the full and expanded version of Saturday Morning Pitch that Kai, Adrian, and KP developed. You can also find a visual version of this week's episode on Youtube. As always, before the game can begin, The Boys talk about their weeks and do a bit of a spoilercast for Jellystone and talk
Episode 41: Barrels Are Thrown, P.R.O.M's Are Held
We got Jellystone talk, Centaurworld talk, Masters of the Universe Revelations spoilercast, The Owl House upkeep, and then The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest and season 4 of The Venture Bros.
Episode 40: They're Damsels, They're in Distress, They've Got This
We love themes and symmetry, so we're circling back to one of our earliest episodes and taking a look at Hercules (1997) and Aladdin (1992).
Episode 39: Inuyasha
New software brings new challenges, so the editing this week's a little stripped down, but The Boys catch up with The Owl House and then spend a good long while talking about Inuyasha and Rumiko Takahashi.
Episode 37: Go Team Venture!
They boys talk about Chinese folk literature adaptations, Lazar sings badly, the season 2 premier of The Owl House, and the first three seasons of The Venture Bros! Also, Lazar forgot to include the outro song. He's such a dunce.
Episode 36: Coming Out of My Sewage Drain and I'm Doing Just Fine
Ay! Yo! I'm creeping trew da shadows ovah' he'ah! Ah-hrmph, Sorry. That's right, this week, The Boys are taking a look at some Aughty turtles by watching Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003) and TMNT (2007). Before they can do that though, they meet Billy Two Hats, and they have to catch up with the last two episodes of the second season of Amphibia.
Episode 35: Dark Tournament (Season 2 Finale)
It's another conversation about shonen anime, as The Boys talk about Yu Yu Hakusho's Dark Tournament Saga. They also talk about reality tv shows of yesteryear, digimon, and they manage some Amphibia upkeep.
Episode 34: I've Got No Jojoke this week, it's just Stardust Crusaders
Adrian's on again, so it's Jojo time again. Stardust Crusaders, go! Also some talk of Table Top Roleplaying Games and Final Fantasy XIV.
Episode 33: The One Where The Boys Forget To Mention That Yoko Kanno Did The Music For Macross Plus
Mecha March comes to an end with The Boys taking a step into Macross by looking at Super Dimensional Fortress Macross and Macross Plus, and forgetting to mention that Yoko Kanno did the music for Macross Plus! There's also technical difficulties, some Amphibia, and a long discussion about the Ducktales (2017) finale.
Episode 32: If All's Fair In Love And War, Why Did We Even Have The Geneva Conventions?
In this far more cordial second installment of Mecha March, our now calm Boys take a gander at Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team and Escaflowne: The Movie. They also catch up with most of the Upkeep, and Kai falls down the rabbit hole of Final Fantasy XIV.
Episode 31: Robotakus Piloting Robots
Lazar J has bad opinions on mech anime, Kai loves mech anime, but they can both agree that Gunpla rule.
Fast Cars and Big Bots
Lazar J, KaijuEmperor, and RadicalApollo take a good look at Megas XLR and Motorcity and realize sometimes tastes change and sometimes they don't. Upkeep is finally back and they do a bonus spoilercast for Kid Cosmic.
Episode 29: Kid Societies
Lazar J and Kaijuemperor are joined this week by good friend RadicalApollo to celebrate Black History Month by taking a look at Fillmore! and Craig of the Creek. There's, uh, no joke in the description again, huh? Well, they can't all be winners. They also talk about the evolving nature of isekai and the Yakuza game franchise. It's a fun time.
Episode 28: Lupin III and Indiana Jones Is The Same
The Boys are joined by good friend and recurring guest KuiperNebula to talk about Lupin III: Castle of Cagliostro and Lupin III: The First. I'm sorry, there's no jokes in this description, I'm becoming an old man, just finished editing, it's after midnight, and I'm Very Tired. I have made mistakes this day, and the big one is not starting earlier. In addition to Lupin, The Expanded Boys talk about
Episode 27: Year in Review 2020/A Look into 2021
Shit happens, years change, and so do plans. The Boys take a look back on their 2020, the show's 2020, and Animation's 2020, play a round of Saturday Morning Pitch, and then take a look at what's coming out in animation for 2021.
Episode 25: Rock n' Roll Ain't Pollution (But Destroyed Mecha Are)
Double check the power supply to your pedal board, turn your amps up to eleven, and get ready to rock into this week with the Acme Podcasts Inc. boys, as they take a look at Listeners (2020) and Kacho Oji/The Legend of Black Heaven (1999). Additionally, Lazar J rambles (big surprise) about guitars and The Boys manage the upkeep by looking at the two most recent episodes of Ducktales and then discu
Episode 24: (Super Hero De-) Construction Work
Truth! Justice! Animation! These are the virtues we here at Acme Podcasts Inc. fight for on a daily basis. No, we're not super heroes, but we watched two cartoons about super heroes this week. That's right, this week The Boys are taking a gander at The Tick and The Incredibles! Before you go looking for your super suit and letting loose your battle cry, sit tight because The Boys also talk a littl
Episode 20: Of Chipmunks and Monsters
The Boys are joined this week by good friend of the show, KuiperNebula, to discuss two movies that he remembers fondly: Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein and Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet The Wolfman! That's right, we're back on those squeaky little music machines that Lazar J loves so much. They also spend some time talking about books they had to read in high school, reminisce about colle
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