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Ghost Divers

Dive into the ghosts of old anime to discuss film and narrative theory, politics, and queerness in a biweekly show hosted by Connor and Niamh.

tv & film tv reviews

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03:20:35

[S5E5] Magic Knight Rayearth, eps. 31–39 (with...

Ghost Divers ·

2021/09/17

We run a tight ship over here at Ghost, Divers, and Associates LLC. Nobody forgets to open the Google doc. No one accidentally uses their webcam’s mic to record half the episode. And definitely there is no bratty antagonizing of one of the hosts for misremembering a scene from the anime by another one of the hosts. We just focus right in on discussing episodes 31-39 of Magic Knight Rayearth. We start our discussion with some of the character design elements and uhhh none of us had read the Rayearth

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02:57:24

[S5E4] Magic Knight Rayearth, eps. 21–30 (with...

Ghost Divers ·

2021/09/03

Niamh keeps saying fae’s Nova and we’ve all just been waiting for this stupid brat to finally show up. We’re discussing episodes 21–30 of Magic Knight Rayearth! We start the conversation with Niamh reading through this document fae made on the origins of the new character’s names for season two, then dive into topics such as the uneasiness around the way the girls immediately take on the role of magic knights again; how Rayearth is finally really a mech show; the problem of straightness vs

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03:00:18

[S5E3] Magic Knight Rayearth, eps. 11–20 (with...

Ghost Divers ·

2021/08/20

Connor, Niamh, and Honorary Third Ghost Diver Autumn are back again to discuss the second half of the first season of Magic Knight Rayearth. It’s a mech show now? We get into the gradual tonal shift as the series progresses and grows darker; the color coding of characters around red, blue, green, white, and purple/black; Caldina’s character as another mode of femininity and as a person swayed by the love of the Magic Knights; Hikaru and blood and its thematic resonance for the show as a whole; the

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03:25:23

[S5E2] Magic Knight Rayearth, eps. 1–10 (with special...

Ghost Divers ·

2021/08/06

This podcast is named after the Rolls-Royce Ghost Diver. We start out with Niamh reading through this nice little document fae created before diving into the discussion of the episodes. We touch on topics including the comedic tone of the early episodes and its use of JRPG tropes; how the girls are gay; the triangulation of Hikaru, Umi, and Fuu onto class distinctions, forms of femininity, and also the three hosts of this very podcast; Hikaru’s need for unconditional love, Umi’s fraught relationship

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01:40:47

[S5E1] Intro to Magic Knight Rayearth (with special...

Ghost Divers ·

2021/07/23

Hold on to that dream Tomorrow knows, where and when It’s true, what you believe Don’t let go, the podcast will never end… Dive into Magic Knight Rayearth! The Show: @ghostdiverspod Niamh: @FoxmomNia Connor: @rabbleais Autumn: @Autumnal_Coffee Garfield Read Aloud: @GarfReadAloud Export Audio Network: exportaud.io Ghost Divers: exportaud.io/ghostdivers Ornate Stairwells: exportaud.io/ornate stairwells Release Schedule [S1E1] Intro: July 23, 2021 [S1E2] Eps. 1–10: August 6, 2021 [S1E3] Eps. 11–20:

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04:09:15

[S4E7] Question Bucket: LCL is just Gamer Girl...

Ghost Divers ·

2021/07/23

Episode Notes Welcome to Ghost Divers, a true crime podcast or something I guess. We start by looking back a little at our long journey with Neon Genesis Evangelion and talk a little about how our personal experiences informed our readings of the show and, especially, the movie. We then answer questions about reading Eva through Anno’s life, our least favorite Eva spinoffs, dismemberment and abjection, Toji’s hair color in the show vs. the manga, what astrology signs image meme Eva characters would

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03:53:10

[S4E6] The End of Evangelion & the Neon Genesis...

Ghost Divers ·

2021/07/09

Episode Notes What's done is done, it feels so bad. What once was happy now is sad. We’ll never record again, our podcast’s ending. I wish that I could turn back time, ‘cause now the guilt is all mine for ever suggesting we’d do Evangelion. Okay, so Connor and Niamh like to joke about how we get into a big fight about End of Evangelion because we are never going to fully agree on this film. Specifically, we both have the same basic read on what the film is trying to do, but will always be divided on

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04:44:51

[S4E5] Neon Genesis Evangelion, eps. 21–26 (with...

Ghost Divers ·

2021/06/25

Episode Notes We are joined by our first-ever guest on Ghost Divers, Brad Nelson, to discuss episodes 21 through 26 of Neon Genesis Evangelion! They are the person who first got Niamh into anime, so it’s very poignant and meaningful that they are definitely the first-ever guest on the podcast and didn’t at all get usurped by some brat who just decided to join to talk about Final Fantasy VIII on a complete whim. We also get the most into the manga so far around our discussion of Kaworu, so buckle up

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03:14:00

[S4E4] Neon Genesis Evangelion, eps. 14–20

Ghost Divers ·

2021/06/11

Episode Notes We are back again and ready to dive into the back half of Neon Genesis Evangelion with episodes 14 through 20. We start by looking at what actually turned out to be a fairly interesting clip show episode and use it to spring into a discussion of the shift towards greater interiority and the developing undercurrents in the second half of the series; the growing characterization of Rei; Misato and Kaji as a (not always well handled) brat4brat relationship and how it factors into our read

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03:51:29

[S4E3] Neon Genesis Evangelion, eps. 7–13

Ghost Divers ·

2021/05/28

Episode Notes We are back once again with our discussion of episodes 7 through 13 of Neon Genesis Evangelion. These may be what are generally considered the lightest, most slice-of-life/monster-of-the-week episodes of the show, but Niamh and Connor know what this show is and is going to be, so this episode is still plenty dark. Niamh being her most messy Misato when fae recorded this probably didn’t help. We start our discussion with the revelation that Connor is also a Misato x Ritsuko shipper,

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[S4E2] Neon Genesis Evangelion, eps. 1–6

Ghost Divers ·

2021/05/14

Episode Notes Welp, here we go... I hope you aren’t interested in hearing two people talk a bunch about the lore of Neon Genesis Evangelion because that’s not at all what we’re interested in. But if you’re here for people talking about trauma, the indoctrination of toxic masculinity, and the nature of the fractured self, Connor and Niamh have got you covered. We start out with Niamh describing the time fae went to pick up Shinji in faer car and use it to launch into discussion of mechs as bodies,

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01:36:51

[S4E1] Intro to Neon Genesis Evangelion

Ghost Divers ·

2021/04/30

Do you want to become one with us? To be of one mind and body? It’s a very, very comforting feeling. Email us anytime. Come dive with us into Neon Genesis Evangelion. Just relax and release your soul. Release Schedule [S1E1] Intro: April 30, 2020 [S1E2] Eps. 1–6 + manga chs. 1–19 (vols. 1–3): May 14, 2021 [S1E3] Eps. 7–13 + manga chs. 20–26 (vol. 4): May 28, 2021 [S1E4] Eps. 14–20 + manga chs. 27–51 (vols. 5–8): June 11, 2021 [S1E5] Eps. 21–26 + manga chs. 52–74 (vols. 8–11): June 25, 2021 [S1E6]

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02:42:44

[S3E4] Question Bucket: Magical Realist Tokusatsu

Ghost Divers ·

2021/04/30

It’s Question Bucket Time! As always, we start out by wrapping up our series discussion, including some discussion of The 08th MS Team’s reference to the Vietnam War and whether we think there’s anything even there or if US viewers just jump to Vietnam because it is our jungle war but not necessarily Japan’s jungle war, why we chose The 08th MS Team despite knowing a lot of people are down on it, the value of talking about things you have mixed feelings about and debating with someone else about

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04:05:36

[S3E3] Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team, eps. 7–12

Ghost Divers ·

2021/04/16

Episode Notes Connor and Niamh are under new direction (maybe this joke will land in the description?) but are back to discuss the final half of Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team. We start with a discussion of the show’s hot springs episode, how the change in director may have changed the handling of various aspects of the series, the relationship between Shiro and Aina, Aina’s attempts to assert herself against her abusive brother, the potential discrepancies between Shiro and Aina’s political

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03:16:55

[S3E2] Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team, eps. 1–6

Ghost Divers ·

2021/04/02

Episode Notes Connor and Niamh break the Shinigami curse that killed their first attempt at recording this episode and successfully scribe a podcast episode using the new Record Press technology. We start off by talking about how really we’re just talking about Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team in order to let Connor rant about the first Mobile Suit Gundam and then get into what is probably the most we are probably ever going to do synopses on this podcast. Connor gives a lot of context from

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00:51:28

[S3E1] Intro to Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team

Ghost Divers ·

2021/03/19

Episode Notes “I’m gonna live! And I’ll marry Aina!” Dive into Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team! Follow us on Twitter! @ghostdiverspod @foxmomnia @rabbleais @GarfReadAloud Release Schedule [S2E1] Intro: March 19, 2021 [S2E2] Eps. 1–6: April 2, 2021 [S2E3] Eps. 7–12 + Miller’s Report: April 16, 2021 [S2E4] Question Bucket: April 30, 2021 Works Cited We didn’t really cite any works for this series! Content Warnings for the Anime F-slur in the subs for episode 1 (dub says “pansies”) Sexualization

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03:35:37

[S2E4] Question Bucket: Kissing the Homies Goodnight...

Ghost Divers ·

2021/03/19

Episode Notes In what is most certainly the rowdiest, most chaotic episode yet, the Ghost Divers are joined by special guest and person who is hosting this podcast on their network in the first place so how is Niamh ever going to say no to them, Autumn Blake! But before Autumn hops on the call, Niamh and Connor start out with just the regular amount of rowdiness and chaos and get right into the Cro High questions. We start out talking about some of our favorite bits from the show, get waylaid by

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[S2E3] Sakigake!! Cromartie High School, eps. 14–26

Ghost Divers ·

2021/03/05

Episode Notes Niamh and Niamh’s Cohost discuss episodes 14 through 26 of the first season of Sakigake!! Cromartie High School. We take a slightly more synopsis-laden approach this time to try to ground ourselves in the rapidly escalating and (d)evolving world of Cro High, bounding off of topics like Cro High’s use of manzai forms, the literalization of the punchline, the stretching and decontextualization of recurring jokes, Yamaguchi’s failure to fully understand the humor of the show in which he

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02:12:36

[S2E2] Sakigake!! Cromartie High School, eps. 1–13

Ghost Divers ·

2021/02/19

Episode Notes Connor and Niamh can’t remember the name of a song that’s stuck in their heads, so they try to distract themselves by discussing episodes 1 through 13 of the first season of Sakigake!! Cromartie High School. We start out with the first and really only bit of theory bullshit by talking about the yakuza and yankii genre convention of the giri-ninjo conflict and how it relates to the comedy of Cro High, which we then use to launch into how much Cro High actually operates as a genre parody

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[S2E1] Intro to Sakigake!! Cromartie High School

Ghost Divers ·

2021/02/05

Episode Notes Dear Listeners Booting Up This Episode On Their Podcast App of Choice: The guys that appear in this anime are delinquents. So, please do not, under any circumstances, imitate what you see in this anime. Dive into Sakigake!! Cromartie High School! Write into our Question Bucket at ghostdiverspod[at]gmail and follow us on Twitter! @ghostdiverspod @foxmomnia @rabbleais Release Schedule [S2E1] Intro: February 5, 2021 [S2E2] Eps. 1–13: February 19, 2021 [S2E3] Eps. 14–26: March 5,

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