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Gateway to Anime

Gateway to Anime

Gateway to Anime is a podcast where anime megafans Sam, Charlie and Graeme guide you through the wild and wonderful world of anime. From current releases to classics this podcast is for anime fans both veteran and new.

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All Episodes

01:06:04

Episode 55 - Spring Season Round Up & Summer Hype-Up

Gateway to Anime ·

2023/07/10

The gang get together to round-up their hits and misses from the anime winter season and then predict their future hit and misses of the now airing summer season. The season just gone became a bit of a surprise hit with everyone and the next season has big shoes to fill. It's a season of huge sequels (Bleach, Jujutsu Kaisen, Mushoku Tensei) with some hidden gems to accompany them (Zom 100, Reincarnated As a Vending Machine, Alone I Wonder The Dungeon).

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43:30

Episode 54 - The Dark Trio: Jujutsu Kaisen, Chainsaw...

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2023/06/05

This week the gang get together to talk about the "Dark Trio" of shonen anime; Jujutsu Kaisen, Chainsaw Man and Hell's paradise. We speak about the similarities (or lack thereof) between the "Dark Trio" and the original "Big Three" of animanga, break down what these shows are all about, which are our individual favorites and how anime and shonen are evolving.

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Episode 53 - Spring 2023 Mid Season Check-In

Gateway to Anime ·

2023/05/22

We're back to check-in with how the Spring 2023 anime season is tracking. What are the heroes and what are the howlers? Sam regrets misreading a synopsis of a show in the hype-up episode that ended up being terrible. The big hitters are still hitting and the Rom-coms are at an all time high (much to Charlie's happiness). There's also a highly controversial and popular show which stokes a very interesting discussion amongst the group in Oshi no Ko. Listen to our mid season check-in now!

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44:20

Episode 52 - Spring 2023 Season Hype-Up

Gateway to Anime ·

2023/04/17

We preview the Spring 2023 anime season and talk about the shows we're excited about and what the community at large is talking about. These are all very early impressions of the spring season shows, some of which only had their first episodes air at the time of recording and some hadn't even aired at all. At the end of the season we'll be back with our verdicts on these shows. Sam previews a reverse isekai entitled: Dead Mount Death Play, as well as Heavenly Delusion and the Ranking of Kings

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29:26

Episode 51 - Winter 2023 Verdict

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2023/04/10

Here is our latest episode: Winter 2023 season verdict. We're changing the way we do our seasonal round-ups moving forward. This is our verdict on the winter 2023 season that has just finished and we'll be following this up with our hype-up for the currently airing Spring season. That will be an early preview of the hyped upcoming shows for the season and our first impressions of the few shows that have aired an episode or 2 at the time of recording. This will be followed up by our verdict episode

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Episode 50 - Fandom: Do Our Opinions Matter?

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2023/03/06

Everyone is a fan of something. But can a fanbase actually influence the thing they love? We explore what it means to be an anime fan and the fascinating nature of fandom. Brett rejoins us to discuss his first impressions of the anime community while Charlie and Sam talk about how anime fandom has changed over the years.

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01:02:40

Episode 49 - The two best anime you’ve (probably)...

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2023/02/13

Sam and Charlie convinced long time friend and frequent guest Gerald to watch two of their favorite shows in all of anime. (One of) Sam's "undisputed kings of anime" the epic space opera Legend of the Galactic Heroes and Charlie's genre subverting "hard sell" Fruits Basket. While these shows both have fervent and dedicated followings and are renowned in the community, they aren't necessarily widely watched. Gerald brings his measured thoughts and opinions of these epic shows which

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Episode 48 - Winter 2023 Season Hype-Up

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2023/01/31

We're back for our first podcast of the year and we're talking all things Winter 2023! This is a very busy season with some absolute gems at the top, a bunch of mid and some diamonds in the rough. Graeme talks through the "feudal airtasker show" Revenger as well as the CGI Kaina of the Great Snow Sea. Charlie examines the controversy surrounding the Trigun Remake Stampede (hint, more CGI) as well as the brilliantly titled Ice Guy and his Cool Female Colleague. Sam speaks about some video game

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01:07:57

Episode 47 - JRPG’s (Japanese role playing games)...

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2022/12/19

This is a special episode we recorded in Melbourne! We were down for Crunchyroll Expo and got to catch up with Sam's old friend Lachlan McAllister who owns Australia's first ever dedicated Esports bar, GGEZ (where this podcast was recorded). Sam and Lachlan started their anime journey together after Lachlan managed to track down a huge supply of VCD's containing the first 100+ episodes of Naruto back in high school (which Charlie also watched). However they started out playing JRPG's together in

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01:14:00

Episode 46 - Besto Friendos

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2022/11/25

We happened to bump into another Sydney based anime podcast at Smash Con (Besto Friendo's Podcast) back in August and we figured we simply had to have a chat. We talk about our anime backstories, as well as our gateway anime (of course). However we also get amongst the lifestyle aspect of the Besto Friendo podcast and talk about why we do what we do and how we came to be doing it.

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01:02:15

Episode 45 - Fall 2022 Season Hype-Up

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2022/10/31

The gang get together to talk through the STACKED Fall 2022 anime season. There are so many shows this season we can barely keep up. Sam talks about some returning old favorites, one of which is part of the original big three and man does it look good. Nostalgia firing on all cylinders. He also goes through Mob Psycho 100 S3 as well as the weird and original in Golden Kamuy S4 and To You Eternity S2. Graeme talks about two of the big original shows to be airing, Chainsaw Man and Blue Lock as well

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Episode 44 - Horror Anime

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2022/10/17

The gang get together to talk about all things Horror in the anime/manga world. Sam gives a brief history of the Japanese horror genre. Graeme tackles one of the most revered horror mangakas of all time, the legendary Junji Ito. Charlie gets obscure with Ghost Hunt and Sam reveals his scaredy cat nature (not a horror fan) but talks through one of his favorites in Parasyte: The Maxim.

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Episode 43 - An Australian anime you say? Tell me more.

Gateway to Anime ·

2022/09/26

Sammy interviews Ty Hanson, the creator of the Australian anime project Millennium Exile. Sam and Ty talk about the origin of the project, his ambitions moving forward and some of the influences which inspired the project. We of course talk about Ty's initial gateway to anime along with how he came to love the medium and Sam and Ty bond over their mutual love of JRPG's. We have an interesting conversation about what the term anime means in a modern context, the continual progression of cross

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Episode 42 - Historical Fiction Anime

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2022/09/05

The gang gets historical, with Sammy on his crusade to prove "history is fun" to Charlie and Graeme. Sammy starts by differentiating between what constitutes Historical Fiction as a genre as opposed to a period piece, which leads to the new game: "historical fiction or not!?" Graeme breaks down the legendary samurai manga Vagabond. Sam gets edgy with the under watched war story Golden Kamuy while Charlie talks through the much revered Viking epic Vinland Saga.

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01:05:25

Episode 41 - Summer 2022 Season Round-up

Gateway to Anime ·

2022/08/15

A bit of a delay in getting this one out, but, we are back for Season 5 with our Summer 2022 anime season round up! Charlie talks about anime hair in her preview of Shine on! Bakumatsu Bad Boys! Amongst others. Graeme gets arty with Yurei Deco and Uncle from Another World, while Sam talks through two of the bigger sequels airing this season in Made in Abyss and The Devil is a Part Timer.

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Bonus Episode - I choose you, Veronica Taylor!

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2022/06/27

We were so lucky to catch Veronica Taylor for an interview while she was in the country for Supanova. Veronica is a classically trained theatre actor from the United States and has had an extensive career as a voice-over actor in anime, video games and audio books. Veronica is perhaps most famous for voicing Ash Ketchum in the original Pokemon series, movies and video games but she has had an incredibly rich and diverse career, which we speak about in depth in this episode. We had such a great time

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Bonus Episode - Spring 2022 Round-up

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2022/05/06

We're back for a bonus episode in between seasons! The gang round-up all their favorite (and least favorite) shows of the spring 2022 anime season. Graeme talks about the cold war inspired mega hit of the season, Spy X Family and a Squid Game styled show where its all about the money. Sam talks about the second season of one of the bigger Isekai shows going around and fans out over a soccer anime. Charlie breaks down a ballet anime and a trashy rom-com, as is tradition. We're going to be taking a

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01:00:08

Episode 40 - Magical Girl Anime with Ross Chisari

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2022/04/12

For our final episode of season 4 we are joined again by Ross Chisari to talk through Magical Girl Anime. This is one of the most famous and iconic genres in all of animanga. Sam gives a brief history of the genre while Ross talks through Sailor Moon. Charlie and Ross both recount their love for another classic in Cardcaptor Sakura, then Sam brings it home with the genre subverting Puella Magi Madoka Magica.

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37:11

Episode 39 - Gateway to the Bootleg Universe with Adi...

Gateway to Anime ·

2022/03/28

This week we interviewed Adi Shankar! Adi is an Indian-American producer, director, writer, YouTube personality and actor. He is best known for: Castlevania, Dredd, The Grey and his YouTube "Bootleg Universe" series of pop culture satire shorts including: Power/Rangers, The Punisher: Dirty Laundry and Pokemon: The end of Pokemon. We chatted to Adi about a broad range of topics but primarily his new show The Guardians of Justice, which has recently come out on Netflix.

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01:01:20

Episode 38 -Anime Movies

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2022/03/11

Brett is back to talk through some of the most influential anime movies of all time. Brett speaks about his first 'gateway to anime' in the legendary Akira, while Graeme breaks down the genre defining Ghost In The Shell. Charlotte gets a bit more modern with the sci-fi/slice of life film Your Name, while Sam gets psychological with Satoshi Kon's seminal Perfect Blue.

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