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Japanimation Station Season 6 - TOMINO-THON!

Jonathan Lack & Sean Chapman
Kyoto Animation
Anime
K-On!
Animation
Violet Evergarden
Dirty Pair
Sound Euphonium
Haruhi Suzumiya
Character Development
Dragon Ball GT
SOUND! EUPHONIUM
Music
Goku
Dragon Ball Z
Myriad Colors Phantom World
Berserk
Kyoani
Dragon Ball
Mobile Suit Gundam Gquuuuuux
Vegeta

Japanimation Station is an anime podcast where hosts Jonathan Lack and Sean Chapman, creators of Weekly Suit Gundam, create deep dive conversations not just on individual shows, but on complete bodies of work, approaching these shows not just as fans, but with a fresh pair of critical eyes. We get deep into the stories, characters, and aesthetics, but also place the series and their creators into ... more

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Beginning an historic, uninterrupted run of 5 back-to-back 50-episode anime series airing from 1982 to 1987, Combat Mecha Xabungle marks an exciting turning point in Tomino Yoshiyuki’s career. After really giving his ‘Kill ‘em All’ ethos a workout on... more

Many years before Anno Hideaki remade the ending to his audacious but unfinished sci-fi TV series with an avant-garde theatrical tour-de-force in The End of Evangelion, Tomino Yoshiyuki blazed the trail with The Ideon: Be Invoked, providing the full ... more

It’s finally time to discuss what is almost certainly Tomino’s best-known and most widely renowned work outside the world of Gundam: 1980’s Space Runaway Ideon, the 39-episode TV series that begins with a relatively similar premise to Mobile Suit Gun... more

Considering Japanimation Station started its life in 2019 as Weekly Suit Gundam – which itself started with a six-part podcast miniseries following Sean and Jonathan discussing every aspect of the original Mobile Suit Gundam series from 1979 – it’s s... more

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Thomas Lack
Resident musician, brother of Jonathan Lack
Episode: S4E27 - SOUND! EUPHONIUM 3 Review (Season 3, 2024 Kyoto Animation TV Series)

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Jonathan Lack
Co-host of the show, with a deep-dive focus on historical context, analysis, and auteur-driven discussion; often co-analyst of Tomino works.
Sean Chapman
Co-host, lead researcher, and discussion partner; drives the depth of analysis and contextual framing.

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4.6 out of 5 stars from 118 ratings
  • They do not acknowledge the dub voice actors and sometimes can be pretentious and preachy. To be honest would rank it a 3 star for average but they like Rian Johnson's "Star Wars" so.....yeah. To be honest i want to like this but.......meh

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    RevanWake
    2 years ago
  • They do not acknowledge the dub voice actors and sometimes can be pretentious and preachy. To be honest would rank it a 3 star for average but they like Rian Johnson's "Star Wars" so.....yeah. To be honest i want to like this but.......meh

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    2
    RevTheGreat
    2 years ago
  • Great Way to Find New Shows

    I initially started listening a few years ago to have a guide on UC Gundam because the decades of continuity made it rather overwhelming to approach. I found myself sticking around after they started discussing other shows and also checking out episodes of their main Weekly Stuff podcast due to their in-depth research and discussions. The effort they put into their research makes every episode interesting and has made me check out shows that had never interested me before. If you enjoy learning ... more

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    MR0318
    United States2 years ago
  • Love the hosts!

    I’m gonna listen to these dudes forever!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Jesse Lieurance
    United States3 years ago
  • Was okay when they were talking about gundam, but tend to go on tangents in the newer ones especially the ufotable ones.

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    3 years ago

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Weekly Suit Gundam #63 – Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX -Beginning- Review & Analysis
Q: What did you think Sean?
Yeah, I also loved it, and I was equally surprised and delighted to be faced with Gundam's iconic elements.
S4E27 - SOUND! EUPHONIUM 3 Review (Season 3, 2024 Kyoto Animation TV Series)
Q: What did you think about this season?
I think it has some production issues in terms of not having music, but it is a gorgeous season of television.

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Two-host, deep-dive anime analysis focused on Tomino Yoshiyuki's body of work across Mecha classics. Episodes explore production histories, auteur-driven storytelling, and the philosophical underpinnings of works like Space Runaway Ideon and Mobile Suit Gundam, with emphasis on editing, world-building, and cultural context. The show blends rigorous research with accessible discussion, often tying historical industry details to the creators' broader impact on anime. A standout aspect is the season-long, scholar-level approach (the TOMINO-THON) that pairs rigorous analysis with enthusiastic, conversational chemistry, making it compelling for both longtime fans and curious newcomers who enjoy theory-driven takes on genre history.

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Japanimation Station Season 6 launched 7 years ago and published 167 episodes to date. You can find more information about this podcast including rankings, audience demographics and engagement in our podcast database.

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