To Love-Ru Review

This week, we look at an anime famous for being an example of a harem anime and existing! Sounds exciting, right?  Right? 

Also, this is our 100th blog post!  Hooray for milestones!




Five Point Podcast Episode 36: To Love-Ru by fivepointpodcast

The Legend of Korra Season 1 Review

A month in the making. Five combined hours recording between the two attempts at recording.  More than eight hours of editing.  Four hours of uploads.  One review. 

 

It is... an epic length review of the Legend of Korra, the followup to the popular Avatar: The Last Airbender. How does it work out? ... we aren't fans.

If you'll excuse me, I'm just going to go over there and faint.

Also, play the drinking game at home: every time we say, "In a better written show," take a shot.  

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Hero Tales Review

This week, we... mostly talked about Dragon Ball. It'll make more sense once you watch it. Maybe.



Five Point Podcast Episode 31: Hero Tales by fivepointpodcast

Apocalypse Zero Review

We've had series recommended to us for a number of reasons. This is the first that was specifically asked of us because of how bad it was. Thanks a lot, SpacemanHardy. On the plus side, it gave us an excuse to bring in reinforcements, in the form of Paranormal Rob.

Five Point Podcast Episode 20: Apocalypse Zero by fivepointpodcast

For more of Rob: www.planet-rob.com

Mobile Suit Gundam Review

Mecha Month continues full steam ahead! We're hot blooded and raring for action! We believe in ourselves, who believe in ourselves! This meme doesn't work for more than one person!

 

 Four score and eight years after humanity has gone to the stars! A ragtag crew of Earthlings must fight off a group of colonists gone rogue. Their only hope is a young boy named Amero and his giant robot, the prototype Gundam. How did we treat this venerable series that launched quite possibly the greatest anime franchise ever? As well as we treat anything.

...

We are so so very sorry.

Five Point Podcast Episode 16: Mobile Suit Gundam by fivepointpodcast

Beast King Go Lion Review

To bring Mecha Month into full swing (after our April Fools debacle... ugh.), we start off with Beast King Go Lion or, as it's called in America, Voltron: Defender of the Universe.  We selected this show because we wanted to see what they'd changed.

... how can two shows be so similar, yet so completely different?

You'll just have to watch to find out.








Five Point Podcast Episode 15: Beast King Golion by fivepointpodcast

Misfits Review (April Fools Special)

In this episode, Bobcat and Burkion tackle one of the sacred cows of the anime community: Neon Genesis Evangelion. Did it make a (third) impact on us, or did we want to run away?




 

Warning: due to the content of the show, some strong language was used this time around.


Five Point Podcast Episode 14: Misfits by fivepointpodcast

Spice and Wolf Review

In the eighth episode of the Five Point Podcast, Bobcat and Burkion delve into the popular series Spice and Wolf. How much will they love a show about medieval merchants?

Well, there's only one way to find out! ... but since they keep their phone numbers private, the next best option is to watch the episode.

Five Point Podcast Episode 8: Spice and Wolf by fivepointpodcast

Gravitation Review

In this episode, Bobcat and Burkion tackle a shounen ai show. Gravitation is the story of two young men trying to make it in the cutthroat world of J-Pop, and the budding (?) romance between one of the band members and an emotionally distant and abusive novelist. Did this series draw us in, or did it plummet to Earth at a rate of 9.8 meters per second squared?

 

 

Five Point Podcast Episode 5: Gravitation by fivepointpodcast

Tales From Earthsea Review

Oh boy! A studio Ghibli movie based on the famous and beloved Earthsea fantasy series. Is this meeting of two great things like chocolate and peanut butter, or chocolate with battery acid?

... well, the fact that it got a mere 46% on Rotten Tomatoes and won two Japanese Raspberry Awards for Worst Director and Worst Movie should give you some idea. How did such a great combination go so wrong? Watch to find out!

Five Point Podcast Episode 4: Tales from Earthsea by fivepointpodcast

Heat Guy J Review

Hi everyone.  After nearly a month (I can't believe it was that long), Burkion and I return with our review of Heat Guy J, from the creator of The Vision of Escaflowne. Did we like it, or were we left cold?

Also, a quick update on the schedule.  Although we said at the end of the video that our next review would be Ponyo, Netflix took it down from its streaming list.  Don't worry, we'll find something else to review from Studio Ghibli (I'd say what it was, but I don't want to jinx us; this is the second time that something I'd been working on was torpedoed because Netflix picked the wrong week to take something down).





Five Point Podcast Episode 3: Heat Guy J by fivepointpodcast

Nanaka 6/17 Review

This time, Bobcat and Burkion review a cute anime based on a teenager who thinks she's six years old thanks to horrific brain damage. Does the concept work, or will you want to bludgeon yourself back to the first grade to forget it?

And a special thanks to Hika Yagami for giving us our first audience suggested review!

Five Point Podcast Episode 2: Nanaka 6/17 by fivepointpodcast Here are all of the places (that we found) where you can view it for free:

http://www.theanimenetwork.com/Anime/Nanaka-6/17/Watch

(This is the website of the current license holder, but you're still watching it through Hulu).

http://www.hulu.com/search?query=Nanaka+6%2F17&st=0&fs=

http://www.youtube.com/show?p=L7Grkkm34Pw&tracker=show_av The option of last resort; it's buggy, it likes to clip off the last minute of the episode and they put episode 9 at the end of the series inexplicably.

If you decide to buy it, please go through one of our Amazon.com ads; that way, we get a percentage of the sale, and it doesn't increase the price at all.

Finally, if you have any questions or comments, you can comment on the blog or e-mail us directly at fivepointpodcast@outlook.com.

Baka and Test Review

WARNING: THIS REVIEW ISN'T AS POLISHED AS OUR LATER REVIEWS.  We've become much more sophisticated since then... for instance, I don't keep hitting the desk with my knee, making that weird mic sound every 10 seconds.  

In the last post, I said it might be a few weeks before we came out with the first episode of the Blog.  Well, Christmas came early this year, because the first episode is now posted and ready to go!

In the inaugural episode of our series, Bobcat and Burkion review the anime Baka and Test!  This is the tale of Yoshi, a young Japanese student at a school that's turned tests into a competitive video game!  Does it pass with flying colors, or does it need to see us after school?  You'd better take notes, there will be a short quiz afterwards!

Five Point Podcast Episode 1: Baka and Test by fivepointpodcast

EDIT: I'm aware of the strange repeated last word. I'm not sure where it came from in the video file; it wasn't there in any of the audio versions. I'll be more careful in the future.