It's Not Old, It's 𝗥𝗘𝗧𝗥𝗢 Anime (ft.
On this exciting installment of The Weeb Crew, the crew is joined by MercuryFalcon as they discuss everything retro anime, from Robotech and Iczer-1 to futas!? It's definitely going to be one of those episodes...
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0:00 Preview
0:22 Intro
0:35 Accidentally violating the Geneva Conventions by using a red cross
2:11 Mumi fails to introduce the podcast, so Psy has to do it himself
3:08 If I had a nickel for every time a conversation about internet usernames have come up on this podcast, I would have two nickels but it's weird that it happened twice
8:22 Finally actually introducing our guest properly
11:38 Two boomers reminisce on how popular Speed Racer used to be
16:18 If you do not know what AMV Hell 3 is, ask your parents
22:33 Being forced to white knight for mecha anime against people who don't even watch mecha anime
28:40 Mizuho Nishikubo is a kinda super underrated anime director
40:21 Mumi finally has someone he can talk about Miyuki and Touch with
44:14 Start of Touch spoilers
55:28 End of Touch spoilers, talking about Kimagure Orange Road
59:50 Mumi asks our guest what they like about romance anime but then just says what he likes about romance anime without giving them a chance to answer
1:08:37 Robotech and the ADV dub of Macross that I did not know about until this episode
1:14:31 The most critical question yet: Macross or Gundam?
1:22:12 Psy backed the Animeigo Kickstarter for Macross II despite having only seen Macross Plus
1:25:01 Is Gundam impossible to start? (Also throwing shade at Trash Taste)
1:41:59 Finding friends by making abridged parody dubs
1:47:59 If you like Iczer-1 but do not know what Nagisa Bonita is, you need to go watch it right now
1:56:02 Is anime abriding still popular? Are AMVs dying?
2:04:28 Mumi grills our guest on their anime taste, specifically Futabu (trust me this is a normal conversation)
2:13:52 Yatterman and the rising popularity of tokusatsu shows in the west
2:17:30 Mumi doesn't recognize John's favorite anime character (because Mumi is secretly a poser)
2:24:14 Marvelous Melmo is a show for the criminally insane and I cannot recommend it highly enough