ERIC THURM MAKES MERRITT K WATCH ANIME
Jordan Mallory Jul 13, 2020. Less than a minute
Eric Thurm Makes merritt k Watch Anime 17: Baki
merritt and Eric are joined by Will Menaker of Chapo Trap House to discuss Baki, the hyper-violent 2018 martial arts anime that teaches us how important constantly fucking is to becoming the world’s greatest martial artist. Oh, and don’t believe those urban legends about global nitroglycerin synchronicity. Never happened! You…
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Danielle Riendeau Jul 6, 2020. Less than a minute
Eric Thurm Makes merritt k Watch Anime 16: Cells at Work
Cells at Work is an intense anime series about your body. Yes YOUR body. Well, any human body, really. Featuring characters that are based on the functions of cells (think, red blood cells, platelets, invading bacterial cells, etc.), our anime co-hosts Eric Thurm and merritt k found the premise simple…
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Danielle Riendeau Jun 29, 2020. Less than a minute
Eric Thurm Makes merritt k Watch Anime 15: Sarazanmai
This week on the anime podcast, co-hosts Eric Thurm and merritt k tune into the wild world of Sarazanmai, which features high-schoolers who turn into kappas — mythological creatures — to fight “zombie kappas” whose desires have turned them into monsters. You can download this episode directly right here. Otherwise,…
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Danielle Riendeau Jun 22, 2020. Less than a minute
Eric Thurm Makes merritt k Watch Anime 14: Beastars
This week on the anime podcast, co-hosts Eric Thurm and merritt k wrestle with the popular Netflix series Beastars, about a bunch of anthropomorphic animals that love fighting (and are… pretty horny) and solving mysteries. You can download this episode directly right here. Otherwise, check out the player above, or…
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Danielle Riendeau Jun 15, 2020. Less than a minute
Eric Thurm Makes merritt k. Watch Anime 13: Magical Girl Madoka Magica
Kieron Gillen (writer of The Wicked + the Divine and Darth Vader comics) joins co-hosts merritt k and Eric Thurm to discuss Magical Girl Madoka Magica, a dark, depressing deconstruction of the magical girl sub-genre. They discuss how the show explores gender, femininity, how queer characters are treated, and how…
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Danielle Riendeau Jun 8, 2020. Less than a minute
Eric Thurm Makes merritt k Watch Anime 12: Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!
Eric Thurm and merritt k go deep on Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! — a series about teen girls who make their own anime. It’s a love letter and brutally honest examination of creativity and craft, with three main characters who act as artist, producer, and director of their own…
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Eric Thurm Makes merritt k Watch Anime 11: Hunter X Hunter
Hunter X Hunter has vibes for days and days. It’s about a young guy named Gon who finds out that his father was a Hunter, a professional who goes on fantastical adventures, and his oddball friends. Join Eric Thurm and merritt k on a whirlwind discussion of the show, as…
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Danielle Riendeau May 25, 2020. Less than a minute
Eric Thurm Makes merritt k Watch Anime 10: Skull-face Bookseller Honda-san
Skull-face Bookseller Honda-san is a special short-form anime series about, yes, a skull-faced person who works at a bookstore. Co-hosts merritt k and Eric Thurm go through the series’ first few episodes — including a look at the very special tastes of so many customers — and examine the gently…
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Danielle Riendeau May 18, 2020. Less than a minute
Eric Thurm Makes merritt k Watch Anime 9: Mobile Suit Gundam
It’s a classic among classics: Mobile Suit Gundam is certainly not the first anime series to feature giant robots, but it spawned a massive following (and several ongoing series) thanks to its compelling action and sobering view of war. Co-hosts Eric Thurm and merritt k dig into the foundational series…
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Danielle Riendeau May 11, 2020. Less than a minute
Eric Thurm Makes merritt k Watch Anime 8: Extra Olympia Kyklos
Extra Olympia Kyklos is a new anime series about an ancient greek athlete named Demetrius who would rather paint terrible vases than compete in the olympics. There’s time travel, unrequited love, a dolphin, and a beautiful, bizarre mixing of visual styles that make this series a lot of fun. The…
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Danielle Riendeau May 4, 2020. Less than a minute
Eric Thurm Makes merritt k Watch Anime 7: Danganronpa
Fanbyte Secretary of Anime Eric Thurm brought a strange, evil teddy bear to the proceedings this week, as he subjected Features and Trending Editor merritt k to Danganronpa, the anime series based on the visual novel/teen murder high school drama of the same name. It’s a pretty bizarre premise with…
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Danielle Riendeau Apr 27, 2020. Less than a minute
Eric Thurm Makes merritt k Watch Anime 6: Lupin the Third
Fanbyte Secretary of Anime Eric Thurm and Features and Trending editor merritt k took a fun trip this week, through the first few episodes of goofy crime caper Lupin the Third. There are wacky characters, fun wardrobe choices, a lot of crime, and even… a sea monster! You can download…
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Danielle Riendeau Apr 20, 2020. Less than a minute
Eric Thurm Makes merritt k Watch Anime 5: One Punch Man
This week on Eric Thurm Makes merritt k watch anime, our hosts discuss the end of Devilman Crybaby (with spoilers!), the first series they successfully navigated through the whole shebang! Then it’s on to One Punch Man, a series about a guy — Saitama — who beats up monsters with…
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Danielle Riendeau Apr 13, 2020. Less than a minute
Eric Thurm Makes merritt k Watch Anime 4: Chihayafuru
This week on Fanbyte’s premiere anime rewatch show, our Secretary of Anime (Eric Thurm) brought the surprisingly intense card-game series Chihayafuru to Features and Trending Editor merritt k. The show is about a club that plays the ancient Japanese game of Karuta, where players match lines of poetry on cards…
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Danielle Riendeau Apr 6, 2020. Less than a minute
Eric Thurm Makes merritt k Watch Anime 3: Trigun
This week on the show, Fanbyte’s Secretary of Anime brings three episodes of wacky sci-fi western Trigun to Features and Trending Editor merritt k, to see if she’ll want to watch more. It’s a wild ride, featuring a sort of human natural disaster called Vash the Stampede as he wanders…
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Danielle Riendeau Mar 30, 2020. Less than a minute
Eric Thurm Makes merritt k Watch Anime 2: The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
Fanbyte Secretary of Anime Eric Thurm brought three episodes of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya to Features and Trending Editor merritt k, a series based on the light novels of the same name. The show features the eponymous Haruhi Suzumiya, a wacky schoolgirl who is obsessed with the supernatural, but…
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Danielle Riendeau Mar 23, 2020. Less than a minute
Eric Thurm Makes merritt k Watch Anime 1: Devilman Crybaby
After the brilliance of Papal Bull, Fanbyte Features and Trending Editor merritt k and Secretary of Anime Eric Thurm decided they needed to keep podcasting. The full title of the show will give you the premise: “Eric Thurm makes merritt k watch three episodes of an anime, and they talk…
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