Surface Reality

We're back. Again. This week we talk about where we've been, what to watch when going through a bad time, the new Fallout show, seeing Lost In Translation for the first time, purposefully avoiding media that seems on the nose for what you might be into, John's adventures into the world of heartfelt football drama with Friday Night Lights, Julie's dive into D&D streams, our foray into Freiren and more. Follow us on IG - @surfacereality

Dune your mom. This week we mourn the loss of the legend Akira Toriyama, reflect on Oscar's wise decision in giving praise to the GOAT Miyazaki, sore loser actors on Twitter, the big man getting his due after grinding for over 60 years, John's long-awaited embrace of the Dune franchise, whether or not it should be illegal for movies to release only one part of a two part story, John still doesn't have a Max subscription, Hulu's new show Shogun, whether or not Hollywood is getting better at writing stories about Japan, Julie learns about what a NEET is as we watch Welcome to the NHK for the first time, Julie's obsession with Pokemon Go (to the polls), our first thoughts on Pokemon Horizons and MUCH MORE only on SURFACE REALITY Follow us on Instagram - @surfacereality

We've returned. We've decided to change the name of the podcast because... well, you'll have to listen to find out. This week, we discuss Demon Slayer's Entertainment District arc, the Avatar Live action show, how Satan crafted the first season of Picard, and much more. Follow us on IG @surfacereality

GHIBLIMANIA! This week we conclude talking about our trip to Japan, and also we saw Miyazaki's new film The Boy and the Heron. Email us - whydopeoplelikeanime@gmail.com

Part two. We talk Pokemon Cafe, being targeted by Pikachu, winning the lottery, seeing shrines, seeing human achievement and deer + more. Email us - whydopeoplelikeanime@gmail.com

WE'RE BACK! This week we discuss the beginning of our trip to Japan, including the surprising anime film we found on the United flight, our first impressions being in the country, Akihabara day one and more. Follow us on Instagram - @whydopeoplelikeanime

Sort of a different episode this week - a lot of people liked hearing about the logistics planning for the upcoming Japan trip on the last episode, so we're going further in depth. That, plus we re-watched the 2017 live-action Ghost In The Shell movie, and talked about our mixed feelings on the new Ahsoka show. Email us - whydopeoplelikeanime@gmail.com

Lots to talk about this week. In preparation for our maiden voyage to Japan, we encountered a couple of speed bumps trying to make sure we have as good a trip as possible. After that, we address some serious accusations levied at Julie from last week about her affinity for pocket-sized monsters. From there, our latest dive into the world of Miyazaki, the first ep of Chainsaw Man (finally) and Julie reads her first Junji Ito manga (also finally). Email us! whydopeoplelikeanime@gmail.com

Guess we might be a bi-monthly podcast after all. Anyway we watched a bunch of stuff, including the rest of Steins Gate, Detective Pikachu, Oldboy and more.

Yeah we know we keep going and coming back but we're really back this time honest. This week we wrap up the Witch From Mercury, and start Steins: Gate and Nana. Jah bless.

This week we watched Mamoru Hosoda's The Boy and the Beast! John laughs at something Julie says very hard. There's discussion on Yellowjackets and a deep dive into Marilyn Manson merch. Email us whydopeoplelikeanime@gmail.com

This week we watched two very different anime: Samurai Champloo and Attack on Titan Season 4. We also ask the question: is anime too popular right now? Email us whydopeoplelikeanime@gmail.com

Will we ever get to a point where we can upload on time? Hard to say. But this week we're back with a GUNDAM show, and all we can say is GUN DAMN! We also watched a little bit of Jojo season 3, went deep on Lego vs Legos and more. Email us- whydopeoplelikeanime@gmail.com

We're sorry. After a couple of family emergencies, we're back to talk Case Closed, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Kamen Rider, showing your parents Satoshi Kon, the new Spiderverse movie and more. Email us at whydopeoplelikeanime@gmail.com, follow @whydopeoplelikeanime on Instagram

This week: how to ruin all goodwill a show built up with a very mediocre movie. Also other stuff. Follow us @whydopeoplelikeanime on IG

This week, we read a bunch of manga, got our flights delayed a million times, and got way into Kaguya-Sama: Love Is War. Find out why we're head over heels over a romcom anime! Follow us @whydopeoplelikeanime, email whydopeoplelikeanime@gmail.com

This week we watched Makoto Shinkai's latest film Suzume! We also discuss That Time I Was Reincarnated as a Slime, Haikyu!, Advance Wars and more. John has opinions. Julie has opinions. Email us your opinions - whydopeoplelikeanime@gmail.com, follow us on Instagram @whydopeoplelikeanime

This week we finished the incredible Fruits Basket saga, and many tears were had. We also dip our toes into the Isekai world with That Time I Got Reincarnated As a Slime, experience the horror that is season two of The Promised Neverland and more. Follow us @whydopeoplelikeanime, email whydopeoplelikeanime@gmail.com

Welcome back! For the first week of our new format we're talking about a few things. First of which is the new Netflix Junji Ito series 'Junji Ito: Tales of the Macabre,' the latest losing effort in adapting Ito's work. We're also talking the first few episodes of the new season of 'Fruits Basket,' new 'Aggretsuko,' 'John Wick 4,' 'Resident Evil 4' and sci-fi. Enjoy! Follow us @whydopeoplelikeanime on Instagram, email whydopeoplelikeanime@gmail.com

The end of an era. This anime killed us. Sort of. We're still anime but going through a bit of a format shift. Follow us @whydopeoplelikeanime on Instagram, email us at whydopeoplelikeanime@gmail.com