That's Dope! Podcast

We brought back the Final Fantasy guru, The Night Sky Prince, to talk about the new game, Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, and to catch up in so much of the Final Fantasy franchise. If you're a fan of Final Fantasy, you'll definitely want to check this episode out! 00:30- Akira Toriyama rememberance 06:30- Final Fantasy 7 on PC 13:10- representing Barret as a human in the new game 19:14- starting at Rebirth or the OG 20:43- Being a game review journalist 30:27- Remake a cash grab? 33:48- Crisis Core prequel 39:28- Advent Children movie 43:31- New graphics in FF games 47:46- FF16 and side quests 01:03:48- FF movies and adaptations 01:17:12- FF13 Versus and Kingsglaive 01:23:22- faith in the FF franchise 01:35:53- Should I start Intergrade Special Guest: Night Sky Prince.

We had a blast with the bombastic Inevitably Dope on this episode! From learning about how he quit his job to pursue content creation full time; how Tekken, Street Fighter, and Dragon Ball Z inspired him; and so much more. 00:58 - Meeting ID at DreamCon and ShotCall 03:03 - Quitting his trucking job 06:37 - getting into anime reviews 11:17 - favorite quip 14:22 - main avenues of posting 20:34 - FGC (SF2, Smash, and Tekken) 34:12 - Interesting anime villains (Cell, Hisoka) 37:54 - Dragon Ball Super Super Hero and Broly 52:13 - Tree of Might & Garlic Jr 01:06:47 - Avatar Live Action 01:15:42 - Dark Knight slander 01:19:28 - Cosplaying 01:24:56 - One Piece moments 01:34:44 - Conclusion Special Guest: Inevitably Dope.

We bring on Lizzy Ashleigh, a rising musician and creative, after meeting her at MAGFest and hearing about her crazy viral story about an unreal baby mama story! We get deep with where her creativity comes from, where she comes from, how media can be faked, and so much more. 01:11- Who is Lizzy? 02:30 - Childish Gambino & Tyler 10:50 - Stylish vs Stylist 20:04 - 5 Baby Mamas and Candace Owens 29:51 - Nikki vs Megan 34:47 - Reality TV 45:12 - Music making and adoption 48:42 - 23 & Me 57:58 - MAGFest 01:12:51 - Palworld 01:24:37 - Mr. Krabs music Special Guest: Lizzy Ashleigh.

Josh and Godswill get together to catch up as the year ends and to plan for 2024! They look back on the events of the last year and the ways we got to grow through it all. 6:10 - Rating our year 8:34 - Dandadan 11:22 - Our jobs 22:53 - Working panels 32:12 - Being black in the workplace 38:05 - Waifu Expo 41:07 - Dating life 55:13 - self-improvement 59:47 - Japan and nutrition 01:03:31 - conversation with compassion 01:11:42 - manga talk 01:21:28 - era before internet and the algorithm 01:38:10 - politics and love 01:49:05 - Fortnite

Our special guest Kizzie Kay is a storied FGC legend who is trying to get new people into the fighting games community including Godswill! Everyone from people who don't play games to international champions are gonna want to check out this episode because there's a ton of wisdom packed in. 0:50 - Start with FGC in 2013 w/ BlazBlue 3:20 - Why people hated SF5 vs SF4 and SF6 10:00 - Super Smash Bros vs Street Fighter 16:40 - Modern controls and Project L 30:00 - Dragon Ball FighterZ & GranBlue as casual friendly 32:00 - from loser mentality to winning 38:54 - Single player modes in fighting games 41:30 - TMNT resurgence and 90s nostalgia 51:22 - The N-word 1:02:17- transitioning with LGBT acceptance 1:17:46 - religion in the modern era 1:35:34 - diversity forced into media 1:51:46 - PandaGlobal Special Guest: Kizzie Kay.

We got Steven Maeda, one of the two executive producers of the hit live-action adaptation of One Piece on Netflix! We get into so much like what it took to make sure this show would be successful, casting choices, meeting Oda, and so much more in this episode. 1 - congrats on One Piece live action 3 - source material 4- GoT 6:30- executive producer role 11- South Africa 14- practical effects 17- pacing 21- faithfulness of adaptation 25- biggest struggles of filming 27- Luffy direction 29- casting and their stunts 34- start in production & show running 38- getting into project 41- working with tough actors 48- feeling before the show came out 53- meeting Oda 55- Cowboy Bebop and world building 1:05- favorite Straw Hat and non-SH 1:07- kid actors Special Guest: Steven Maeda.

Godswill and Dave bring on Tony Waldman, the leader of the 2 million One Piece Facebook group among many other things! We dive deep into One Piece again because the fandom is eating so well! Special Guests: Dave Schot and Tony Waldman.

We got one of the funniest dudes on the internet, Tony Statovci, and we go to the stars and back with this banger of an episode. Shrooms, anxiety and therapy, relationships, and of course One Piece are all in this episode that you definitely don't want to miss! 1- Gear 5 transformation 5- Nashville refugee 9- cannabis legalization 12- shroom trip 28- Talk To Me while fried and horror movies 31- relationships while famous 46- therapy Special Guest: Tony Statovci.

Godswill's movies and comic buff longtime friend, Lee Henry, joins the podcast to catch up to let everyone know the movies that you should be watching! Your movie queue is going to fill up with this episode. 1- Remakes in movies and games 11- Dixie Chicks concert 15- conservatives and Nixon 18- Shiny Happy Family 25- are we screwed with the world? 30- Buddhism and core values 35- old cartoons and movies 41- cancel culture 48- favorite Oscars years 51- Reading comics still 53- starting anime 1:01- Brendan Fraser 1:08- rewatching shows 1:17- Moonlight vs La La Land Special Guest: Lee Henry.

Wreck-It Ronnie aka Bunni Black and her partner Ty join Godswill and Dave in reminiscing on the good times at Waifu Expo (now Kimochii Con), why One Piece is amazing, what's poppin at this coming DreamCon, and so much more. It's a crazy good time! 1- Meeting Ronnie and Ty at Waifu Expo 3- Who is Ronnie? 5- How do your parents feel? 8- Kimochii cuties 13- Waifu Expo experience 17- DreamCon cosplays 21- Favorite One Piece movies 27- TMNT movie coming out 30- One Piece spoilers 34- One Piece favorite characters 37- Sasuke hate 43- One Piece spoilers pt 2 47- One Pace 50- How Free! got started 52- Abridged anime series 57- Top 5 anime 1:06- Jojo's Special Guests: Dave Schot and Ronnie Bunni.

We brought one of the biggest names in the adult world, Violet Myers, to talk about everything outside the adult world! Anime, relationships, and a lil adult content because of course we gotta know some things. Check the episode out here! Special Guest: Violet Myers.

We brought on the legendary artist @picolo and he's a total homie! We geeked out about his Teen Titans art, old cartoons, his rank in Pokemon Unite and so much more. Peep the episode now! 0:00 intro 6:00 legendary cartoons 10:21 episodic vs continuum 16:00 issue with pokemon cartoon 22:00 issue with games monetization 30:00 DC comics 36:00 Picolo's art 40:00 Teen Titans comics 48:00 Nerd culture in Brazil 53:00 being well known 58:00 kingdom hearts Special Guest: Gabriel Picolo.

We celebrated making it to episode 100 by getting hype for more to come! We turned it into a working meeting of parties to come, we looked back to the friends who supported us along the way, and even to the future of how AI will grow. Thank you for supporting us along the way to episode 100! 1- thank you everyone 7- new plans for TD (streaming games) 12- AI taking over the world 18- Blanket Fort 2 24- 13 year school reunion 26- First dance crew 33- Waifu Expo 2 39- One Piece yacht party 43- MGS laser tag Special Guest: Dave Schot.

With over 10 years and almost 100 episodes, it was time to bring back the other founding member, JV, and do what we do best, have dope conversations. Episode 99 brings back the magic of the first episode and keeps it going! 1:00 - taking care of cats 9:00 - hard video games 17:00 - long runnng cartoons (Arthur & Pokemon) 23:00 - ChatGPT 29:00 - Movies not to watch with parents (Black Dynamite, EEAAO, Wolf Children) 37:00 - John Wick, The Matrix, The Raid 43:00 - My favorite cartoons 47:00 - Fortnite and shared generational experiences 52:00 - Newer generations and the internet Special Guest: Justin Varghese.

Tony Weaver Jr is a man of many feats: on Forbes's 30 Under 30, CEO of his own media studio, hugely successful on TikTok, and creator of The UnCommons manga, and we got to have him on our latest episode! Our talk with Tony was filled with so many dope moments that you gotta check it out 1- Tony Weaver intro 5- comics or TikTok 9- The Uncommons comic 13- Black MCs 19- writing process 26- being a black creator 28- Yasuke anime and real person 33- Cool Japan process and samurai imagery 47- getting into writing 50- getting into education and talking with kids 52- representation matters with Black Panther 1:04- speaking well Special Guest: Tony Weaver Jr.

Starting off 2023, Godswill and Sam catch up on the craziness of the past December! From taking care of Nami the Cat to exploring Tokyo for a month, there's a lot to hear this first episode of the year! 1:00 - new year goals 4:00 - taking care of Nami my cat 9:00 - Yakuza tattoo 14:00 - Japanese work ethic 17:00 - awe of Japanese culture 21:00 - fixing US infrastructure 27:00 - coming to US and speaking English 33:00 - drinking culture 40:00 - getting a motorcycle 44:00 - World Cup 49:00 - Top Gun Maverick 54:00 - Chainsaw Devil Gun Devil 57:00 - Spyware and mafias 1:03:00 - reading books

We were graced by the queen of the WWE, Thea Trinidad AKA Zelina Vega, and we geeked out fully about Naruto! We get to learn what she thinks about her wrestling career, why Naruto is her favorite anime, and so much more in this powerful episode 1 - No one to talk anime with 2- traveling for wrestling 4- WWE umbrella and mix of performance vs scripting 8- wrestlers as one take actors 11- Ronda Roussey 14- mental health 16- video games (RE5 & Sonic Adventures 2) 19- Fake nerds 22- bringing Naruto into wrestling 26- Madara and Rengoku costumes 31- Neji in Shippuden 33- Hating Naruto characters 42- wishes from Dragon Ball dragon 44- Itachi as a sociopath 50- Sasuke as a sociopath 53- Naruto hip-hop 57- anime husbandos 1:01- Yashahime 1:05- Meeting Rengoku VA 1:13- favorite anime VA 1:19- favorite DBZ moments 1:23- family into anime 1:27- bringing Neji back to life 1:38- Demon Slayer cosplaying with cats Special Guest: Thea Trinidad.

Special guest Sy Huq is lowkey like James Bond! This jetsetter director and producer of movies has created charities, trained in the mountains of Japan, forged international anime deals between Japan and the Middle East, and so much more. You're gonna want to hear about this cool dude! 3 - The Journey movie premiere 6- Blanket Fort 8- Sy's intro (Norway, exposure to anime) 13- Technologic Radio (EDM music) and iHeartRadio 18- challenges of running a live radio program versus making a movie 23- shirobako 25- making a movie based on directors 31- Things That Fall (first movie) 38- consultant to backpacker 44- lost in Japan 56- sharing what's in a creator's head 58- what's Sy up to now (Panorama & The Stranger) 1:00- Grendizer anime reboot 1:04 - stand out moments in media (Cyberpunk & Entergalatic) 1:15- Wild & Free short movie 1:19- Overwatch 1 ending Special Guest: Sy Huq.

Fik-Shun is straight up a legend that we got to bring on the podcast! A winner of So You Think You Can Dance, a katana-wielding warrior that can cut bullets in mid-air, and one of the strongest dudes out there that does 500 pushups daily, Fik-Shun also watches One Piece! This episode will get you inspired to make your dreams come true and should get you into One Piece. 1- intro 2- how Fik-Shun got into dancing (Power Rangers, martial arts background 4- training regimen (Super Trunks, calisthenics) 12- favorite anime characters (Asta, Zoro, Rock Lee) 21- learning how to use a sword 29- almost stopping swordsmanship thanks to anime 36- type of anime protagonist 38- Avatar tribe/Book of Five Rings 43- One Piece 1:25- Ending quote Special Guest: Fik-Shun Stegall.

Our special guest is a veteran voice actress and ADR director in the anime scene, Caitlin Glass! From Winry Rockbell in Fullmetal Alchemist & Haruhi Fujioka in Ouran High School Host Club to directing the latest anime on Crunchyroll, Caitlin has always been on the forefront of making the anime dub scene pop. Listen to the newest episode to see how Caitlin has grown in the field and how she continues to make anime dubs better! 1- intro 2- being in the world of anime as a career 4- legend of becoming a voice actress from a tour 9- going from school to actress to director 17- becoming full time director in 2015 21- process of dubbing shows 26- still passionate about anime these days 32- being in stage plays 35- Disney figures 37- meeting husband 38- spiritual journey 52- using Spanish in dubbing Garo 1:08- Favorite titles (Ranking of Kings, Radiant, Fruits Basket) Special Guest: Caitlin Glass.