Episodes
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...
Published 03/15/24
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...
Published 02/27/24
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 &...
Published 02/06/24
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...
Published 01/08/24
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 &...
Published 12/23/23
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-...
Published 10/20/23
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.
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Published 09/24/23
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.
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Published 09/04/23
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...
Published 08/11/23
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...
Published 07/21/23
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.
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Published 05/26/23
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.
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Published 05/19/23
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-...
Published 04/28/23
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...
Published 04/07/23
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-...
Published 02/20/23
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 -...
Published 01/23/23
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-...
Published 11/28/22
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...
Published 10/17/22
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,...
Published 09/23/22
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...
Published 09/11/22
One of our favorite YouTubers, Super Eyepatch Wolf, came through on the podcast and it is a banger. Starting off with his process into how he got into his hardest hitting videos, we then get into the real nitty-gritty: which Sonic games are actually good. We get into if YouTubers are real people, what we wish we could do if we could live life again, and so much in this packed episode!
1- intro
2- COVID Restrictions
5- Garfield
7- research for making content (Berserk)
14- romance in video...
Published 05/13/22
VampyBitMe joins the podcast and gets right into her favorite passions: Monster Hunter, Gundam, anime, making the nerd community better, and so much more. This episode will get you hype along with us!
1-Monster Hunter Sunrise
6- weapon of choice in MH
8- Who is Vampy- xanga, cosplay
13- immigrant parents and growing in a small town
21- Suncoast and Evangelion and FLCL
24- Kingdom Hearts fandom
26- Getting into Gundam
33- gundam games
40- model kits- gunpla, zoids
50- cosplay and fandom...
Published 04/28/22
Echo Chamber Productions joins the podcast to show off their American manga! Coming from black creators, Echo Chamber aims to show off black protagonists in a medium that could use more diversity. Peep the episode and peep their manga now!
Read their manga here!
1- black publishing house Echo Chamber
4- Is Yasuke good?
8- black stories to tell
12- Echo Chamber's story
17- inspiration in making manga
20- manga vs anime
21- titles they like
23- reasons why they stay away from other...
Published 04/22/22
The homies assemble to talk about the ethics of slapping offenders, the philosophy of sticking it out in Elden Ring, ableism, and death. It's a lot but a lot that you don't want to miss!
1- being adults
2- throwing controllers
4- Elden Ring
14- mindset of getting gud
21- ableism and accessibility
29- ways to play Elden Ring
32- Will Smith and ableism
39- bullying situations
45- situations when you can hit others
1:10- death and memento mori
1:18- religion on the impact of dying
1:35-...
Published 04/09/22