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Two Asian Blokes

A podcast where we chat about Asian pop culture: films, tv shows, cartoons, video games, comics, books, food… whatever we’re feeling on the day, really. A little bit of news, a little bit of analysis, but a whole lot of fun. New episodes every Monday!

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116 Four J-horror shorts you can watch for FREE! The...

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2024/06/11

In this week's episode we took a look at four J-horror shorts from emerging Japanese directors that have excelled in their field: Best Wishes To All by Yuta Shimotsu, Closet by Hiroto Nakano, KARAKASA by Kenji Yamamoto and The Invitation by Hiroho Mieno.These four horror shorts are screening as part of a competition hosted by the Japanese Film Festival Online 2024. If you're a fan of Japanese cinema or horror cinema, I would definitely recommend checking out this FREE ONLINE film festival.Sim...

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115 FURIOSA: A Mad Max Saga. Are culture wars...

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2024/06/10

In this week's episode we covered the Japanese Film Festival news and the Assassin's Creed Shadows scandal. We also did mini, spoiler-free reviews for the Fallout TV show, Fremont, and Atlas, before getting to the main review for this episode - Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga.Furiosa acts as a prequel to the much celebrated Mad Max: Fury Road. Much like Fury Road, it is not doing too well in the box office. But is this a result of simple bad timing, or perhaps something more insidious.Are the culture...

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114 - SHŌGUN review! Finally, East meets West without...

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2024/05/21

In this week's episode we covered Bladerunner 2009 news, Stray Kids at the MET Gala, Scavengers Reign news, as well as mini-reviews for Challengers and X-Men '97, before moving on to our main review for the episode, Shogun on Disney+.This period drama set in 1600s Japan offers a refreshingly tasteful and accurate blend of Eastern culture and Western aesthetics. It also is reminiscent of the journey of a lot of befuddled English teachers that we worked with during our own time in Japan.Is this...

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113 - First time watching Perfect Blue (1997)...

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2024/05/08

In this week's episode we invited Rice n Mics Podcast host, Tung, onto the show to talk about Perfect Blue (1997) - the animated 90s cult film from legendary Japanese filmmaker Satoshi Kon.This was Tung's first viewing of Perfect Blue and first time guesting on our show, so of course we talked about everything from idol culture, to anime filler arcs, to whether or not sauce belongs in pho.Is this film still relevant? Are things somehow worse than Kon predicted? Let's discuss.Rice n Mics YouTu...

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Episode 112 - The Roundup: Punishment!! The glorious...

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2024/05/03

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Episode 111 - Scott Pilgrim TAKES OFF! Underrated gem...

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2024/04/24

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Episode 110 - /generate prompt:: an excellent review...

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2024/04/17

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Episode 109 - Monkey Man spoiler-free REVIEW! Is it...

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2024/04/10

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Episode 108 - Godzilla Minus One and Boy and the...

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2024/04/02

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Episode 107 - Baby Assassins REVIEW! Zoomers versus...

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2024/03/27

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Episode 106 - A Shop For Killers! How to do teenage...

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2024/03/20

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Episode 105 - Scavengers Reign REVIEW! Beautiful....

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2024/03/13

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Episode 104 - Badland Hunters review! Ma Dong Seok vs...

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2024/03/06

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Episode 103 - The Brothers Sun review... well... at...

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2024/02/27

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Episode 102 - Single's Inferno Season 3 aka The Lee...

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2024/02/13

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Episode 101- Mask Girl review! The least romantic...

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2024/02/05

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Episode 100 - The BEST movies (that we remember) of 2023

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2024/02/01

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Episode 99 - Gyeongseong Creature review! Smokey...

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2024/01/21

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Episode 98 - 2nd Year Anniversary listener's Q&A...

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2024/01/02

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Episode 97 - Samurai Friday! Onimusha vs Blue Eye...

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2023/12/21

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