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The Shonen Tapes is a podcast where homies Kevin and Sean deep dive into anime every week. Topical episodes some weeks and deep dives into shows and characters other weeks. Twenty years of friendship between the hosts comes with the non-stop and banter you’d expect while hanging out with your friends. Subscribe to catch The Shonen Tapes every week!

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The Shonen Tapes is a podcast where homies Kevin and Sean deep dive into anime every week. Topical episodes some weeks and deep dives into shows and characters other weeks. Twenty years of friendship between the hosts comes with the non-stop and banter you’d expect while hanging out with your friends. Subscribe to catch The Shonen Tapes every week!

    #262: The Yamoshi Tape

    #262: The Yamoshi Tape

    The very thing that tipped the scale of Dragon Ball world for Goku to reach new heights, is the legendary super saiyan prophecy that Beerus had in his dream, aka Yamoshi. This man single handedly created a butterfly effect that would eventually lead to Goku and Vegeta becoming gods, but who is this man, and how can Dragon Ball Super progress his story?

    Today, we cover the backstory of what we know so far about Yamoshi, and explore different ways the show can reintroduce the character to have the biggest impact.  

    Jump on that Discord and let us know if you want to see a story around Yamoshi and also who's what-if you liked best!

    This Episode Includes: Anime podcast, Yamoshi, dbz, beerus dream, goku, super saiyan god, beerus, vegeta, dragon ball super, Bardock, the legendary super saiyan, Dragon Ball Z
    Links to everything HERE!

    • 26 min
    #261: The Naruto vs. Sasuke Fight Rankings Tape

    #261: The Naruto vs. Sasuke Fight Rankings Tape

    Here's the deal, these two have fought FIVE TIMES throughout Naruto and Naruto Shippuden. It's a mix of forgettable fights and crazy showdowns, so we decided we'd rank them from best to worst. We break down the fights between how much it impacted the story, the choreography, the excitement, and the result.

    Here are the fights in order: 

    1. Ninja Academy
    2. Rooftop
    3. Valley of the End
    4. After Donzo's Death
    5. Final Battle

    Hit us up on YouTube or Discord and share your rankings!

    This episode includes: naruto vs, naruto, sasuke, naruto shipudden, anime podcast, versus
    Links to everything HERE!

    • 31 min
    #260: The Solo Leveling Tape

    #260: The Solo Leveling Tape

    Like we always say, where there is smoke...there is usually fire. Is that the case with this show though? It has been talk of the internet, so we watched it from start to finish and are giving our immediate reactions. 

    As good as it is, we have a few observations and uncovered a few things that are missing about the show. Overall though, we do think it knocked it out of the park.

    Are ya'll rocking with the show??

    This episode includes: Solo Leveling, Shield Hero, Video Games, Anime, Isekai
    Links to everything HERE!

    • 34 min
    #259: The Demon Slayer Improvement Tape

    #259: The Demon Slayer Improvement Tape

    Although the show is fire, there is always room for improvements! It's no secret that we were not fans of season 1, but we actually uncovered so many things they could have done in the following seasons to make the show even better. We won't beat a dead horse for the issues we had with the exposition dump and lame dialogue, but we focus on character development misses, episode numbers, demon of the season, and timing of background stories for villains. 

    Make sure you are all caught up on Solo Leveling, as we'll be covering that next week. We're shifting a bit of focus over to our YouTube, so we would super appreciate it if you could show it some love! 

    What's your favorite improvement that we did or didn't mention?

    This episode includes: Demon Slayer, Naruto, Nezuko, Tanjiro, Shonen, Anime, Dragon Ball, Attack on Titan
    Links to everything HERE!

    • 33 min
    #258: The Goku vs Naruto Tape

    #258: The Goku vs Naruto Tape

    What's poppin tapeworms?! Today we talk who about who is the OVERALL character between these two juggernauts. Goku obviously washes Naruto in a fight, but was he as entertaining? Did he have a more interesting backstory? Who had the bigger impact?

    To be honest, neither of us expected the results of this episode. Although Naruto (the show) has the better writing....does that apply to Naruto (the character)? 

    We'd love to hear ya'll's take on this. WHO YOU RIDING WITH?

    This episode includes: Vegeta, Dragonball, DBZ, Dragon Ball Super, Dragon Ball Z, Naruto Shippuden, Sasuke, Itachi, Dragon Ball GT, Sakura
    Links to everything HERE!

    • 29 min
    #257: The Ninja Kamui Tape

    #257: The Ninja Kamui Tape

    We deep dive into the super popular show Ninja Kamui today, and make our case and point on why we think this is show is incredibly overrated and lacking overall. 
     
    HEAR US OUT before you dislike and tear us a new one. The show is oddly overrated, and has a lot of glaring issues that the Anime community seems to have given a pass on. 

    Is the story compelling? What about the characters? The dialogue? Good villains at least?? Besides fight scenes and neat animation, what does this show have going for it? Tune in to find out, and let us know how you're feeling about this take.
    Links to everything HERE!

    • 33 min

Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5
39 Ratings

39 Ratings

Thenshesaid ,

Great podcast

I just started listening and absolutely love the show. The guys clearly have a love for anime and have some great conversations about all types of it. I love the mix of “classic” and modern shows and laugh out loud at least once per episode. I’m so glad I stumbled upon it.

ConnoisseurOfPodcasts ,

Approachable anime podcast even for beginners

I’ve been getting into anime a bit during the pandemic and this podcast has been a revelation. The hosts are entertaining and have outstanding rapport. For me, they’re perfect for getting to understand the genre a bit better.

D-MO_1252 ,

I LOOK LIKE HANK HILL NAKED

This is a really good podcast. Great anime knowledge and insight. Wide variety of rap opinions so there’s a space for everybody to get heard. Great chemistry between the hosts and the banter/jokes are always good. 9 thumbs up. 10/10 would recommend

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