A month has passed and a new conflict has entered the Ooku. Join us today as we dive into and discuss the 2nd installment of the Mononoke movie franchise, The Ashes of Rage

Our review of movie 1 - https://youtu.be/TzfPoD3wiyM

Socials/Discord - https://linktr.ee/whatdoyousayanime

0:00 Intro

1:08 First Impressions

2:51 The Lead in of Movie 1 into Movie 2

12:13 The message of the Spark

24:18 Politics & Otomo

35:21 Final Thoughts and Rating

Welcome to Watch Club, a bi-weekly group discussion and review where the hosts of the what do you say anime podcast, nominate and vote on shows either that we haven't seen or shows that will hopefully lead to a great discussion. On todays episode we will reviewing the first season of Kamisama Kiss.

Spoiler warning ahead for Fruits Basket as well

Minor audio issue in the intros

Socials/Discord - https://linktr.ee/whatdoyousayanime

0:00 Intro2:12 First Impressions10:07 Synopsis11:44 Beginnings and Building Plot20:50 Supporting Cast27:36 Handling the Romance37:02 Theming, Messaging and Characterization 50:30 Misc. Things We Liked56:47 Final Thoughts and Rating1:05:46 What We're Watching Next

A mythical little creature, a short acne faced child, and those scary ass things from the movie gremlins. All phrases all used to describe the slang term gremlin according to urban dictionary, but what the hell does that mean for anime characters? A rowdy tsundere? A loveable yandere? On todays episode, we discuss the groundwork in what we think makes a gremlin, along with the subgenres that go into being a menace.

Socials/Discord - https://linktr.ee/whatdoyousayanime

0:00 Intro

4:35 Origins of the term "Gremlin"

6:37: What is a gremlin?

15:11 Haruhi Suzumiya

17:05 Goblin energy

18:47 Kyubey

22:43 Types of chaos and Pete's other examples of goblins

28:25 Hobgoblins

32:04 Tanya Degurechaff

34:17 Miles on gremlins and Plato's Theory of Forms

43:33 Anya Forger: gremlin, kid, or both?

45:10 Discord submitted gremlins

1:01:31 Mount Rushmore of Gremlins

1:10:42 Final thoughts