Pacific Rim: The Black (First Impressions)
Our Animation Guru Cameron dives into the black for a first look at… Pacific Rim: The Black.
Read MoreGurren Lagann ep. 22, "This is My Final Duty" Review - Fresh Takes #21
Brock and Mike are back to discuss the gyroscopic effect with Leeron on the latest edition of Fresh Takes! We’re now up to episode 22 of Gurren Lagann and it’s been one heck of a series! The path of man and beast intersect as Simon and Viral, along with Team Dai-Gurren, stand with Rossiu and the remaining survivors of Earth as they take on the Anti-Spiral forces in an epic battle! Who lives? Who dies? Let’s find out!
Read MoreAnimation First Goes to 11! Plus the final word on Earwig and the Witch - Animation #11
Cameron and Mike are back to discuss the unfortunate closure of Blue Sky Studios, give their final word on Earwig and the Witch, and review the best films featured in the Animation First film festival: Josep, The King and the Mockingbird, and Calamity: A Childhood of Martha Jane Cannary. It’s another packed episode of animation news and views, so let’s get started!
Read MoreGurren Lagann ep. 21 - "You Are Someone Who Ought to Survive" Review - Fresh Takes #20
Welcome back to another installment of Fresh Takes with Organoid Zero and The Captain! Yes, Brock and Mike are back to dive deep into episode 21 of Gurren Lagann, focusing on none other than Neoplasmic’s favorite badass, Yoko. We’re in the final stretch of episodes, everybody. Let’s get the analysis started!
Read MoreWinter Anime Vortex 2021 Spectacular: 23 New Anime Titles Reviewed! - Renegade Animation #10
Mike and Cameron are joined by special guest hosts Haley and Teresa as they chat about the Winter Anime season, including such series as Sk8 the Infinity, Horimiya, Otherside Picnic, Back Arrow, EX-ARM, and so much more! It’s a huge episode of Renegade Animation, with a bunch of show notes to match! Click that link to get started!
Read MoreOne Night in Miami, a Promising Young Woman named Earwig met Malcolm and Marie to discuss The Little Things! - Renegade Home Theater #3
It’s episode three of the Renegade Home Theater, featuring such modern motion pictures as HBO Max’s Earwig and the Witch and The Little Things, Netflix’s Malcolm and Marie, Amazon’s One Night in Miami, and Promising Young Woman, which is out on premium VOD right now! Quite an eclectic bunch of films lined up on this episode, so let’s get to the show notes, and hit that play button so you can hear the podcast with Keona, Jacob, and Hayden!
Read MoreGurren Lagann ep. 20, "How Far Will God Test Us?" Review - Fresh Takes #19
Welcome back to another edition of Fresh Takes, with our own co-pilots of the Gurren and the Lagann, Mike and Brock! In this episode of the now-classic anime series, Simon is trapped in prison with Viral while Rossiu shoots his shot at saving humanity! Meanwhile, Leeron calculates the population’s chances of survival when the moon hits, and Nia reappears, only to be confronted by an old friend. We’re almost at the end of one of Gainax’s best series ever! Hit that link!
Read MoreGurren Lagann ep. 19, "We Will Survive By Any Means Necessary" Review - Fresh Takes #18
Welcome to another edition of Fresh Takes, featuring our anime lovin’ team of Brock and Mike! As the people turn against Team Dai-Gurren and Simon, Rossiu takes matters into his own hands. Things just got political, my dudes. Thankfully, Leeron is there still being the funniest and best character on the show outside of my favorite, Yoko, who’s strangely absent. Hm. Enjoy the video!
Read MoreWelcome to Pixar Looney Camp! - Renegade Animation #9
Welcome once again to another installment of Renegade Animation, featuring the Captain (Mike) and the Guru (Cameron) bringing up all the news and views animation fans could want! Join our dynamic duo as they tackle the new season of Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous on Netflix, share their take on Pixar Popcorn, and comment on a new batch of Looney Tunes cartoons on HBO Max!
Read MoreGurren Lagann ep. 18, "Tell Me the Secrets of This World" - Fresh Takes #17
Simon boards Gurren Lagann to face off against… Nia??!?? The Human Eradication System is now active! Rossiu kept HIM alive?!???? Who are these Anti-Spiral enemies? What the hell is going on???? Brock and Mike try to bring us some answers in the latest episode of Fresh Takes!
Read MoreGurren Lagann ep. 17, "You Don't Know Anything" - Fresh Takes #16
On this exciting episode of Fresh Takes… OMG, we skipped the recap episode, which was pretty cool, but it’s stuff you astute anime fans already know! So, seven years after the fall of Lordgenome, Simon, Nia, and the entire Dai-Gurren crew have now established Kamina City, the capitol city of humankind, where everyone seems to be living idyllic lives, but the spectre of Lordgenome’s warning to Simon hangs over like a dark cloud. Oh, the drama! Let’s get to it with Brock and Mike’s commentary.
Read MoreA Charming Batman Walks On, Girl - Renegade Animation #8
Greetings, animation junkies, and welcome to a Kung Fu-fighting episode of the Renegade Animation show, formerly called Tooned Up! Neoplasmic here with the notes, while the Animation Guru and The Captain take us through the show itself! We have all the news you could possibly round up, plus a martial arts and ’70s funk-infused Batman animated movie, a modern classic of an anime film, and a fairy tale parody to review, so let’s get to it!
Read MoreRaya and the Last Dragon, Superheroes, Super Awards, and More News Than You Can Shake a Stick At! - Renegade Animation #7
Welcome one and all to a rather low-key episode of the Podcast Formerly Known as Tooned Up! Mike and Cameron, our Captain and Guru, take us through all the news that’s come out of the animation world over the past couple of weeks, chat about the Critics’ Choice Super Awards, and look over the upcoming animated films scheduled to be released in 2021, including Raya and the Last Dragon and DC’s slate of superhero titles! Whew, even on a mellow episode, these two put in all the work! Hit that play button and enjoy the episode!
Read MoreCroods return, Shaun the Sheep faces Farmageddon, and Red Shoes and 7 Dwarfs appear! - Renegade Animation #6
Welcome to the sixth episode of Renegade Animation, in which Mike and Cameron discuss Croods: A New Age (the sequel to Dreamworks’ Croods), Red Shoes and the Seven Dwarfs (a new take on the Snow White tale), and A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon (featuring everyone’s favorite sheep named Shaun)! Plus, all the animation news that fit to talk about with commentary from the Captain and the Guru! What are you waiting for? Hit that link!
Read MoreGurren Lagann episode 15 Review - Fresh Takes #15
Hello and welcome to another edition of Fresh Takes with Mike and Brock! Today the dynamic duo discuss the mid-series climax of Gurren Lagann, entitled “I Will Head Towards Tomorrow”! Simon and Team Dai-Gurren finally stand face to face with their mortal enemy, Lord Genome, Viral makes a forget-me-not cameo, and Nia rides with Simon in Lagann to face her father. It’s a slobber-knockin’ good time with your drill-pals, so click the video for more analysis!
Read MoreSoul Searching with Lupin III - Renegade Animation #5
What’s up fellow Renegades? It’s The Director here, giving you the skinny on what’s up in the latest episode of Renegade Animation… recorded back in the ancient year of 2020 (Happy New Year by the way!) Yeah, I know this is late, but it’s a very big episode with two powerhouses of animation that they needed a third person to help out, as PJ CAMPBELL joins The Animation Guru and our Captain!
Read MoreGurren Lagann Episode 14 Review - Fresh Takes #14
Happy 2021 and welcome to another installment of Brock and Mike’s Fresh Takes! Today we have a look at episode 14 of Gurren Lagann, “Well Met, Everyone,” in which Simon and the Dai-Gurren take on two of the enemy’s battleships, Dai-Gunsen and Dai-Gundo! As Cytomander and his mighty vessel throws everything they have at Team Dai-Gurren, Guame plans his own counter-attack. Will Simon and the others be able to withstand the power of the Spiral? Let’s find out!
Read MoreGurren Lagann Episode 13 Review - Fresh Takes #13
Welcome to another episode of Fresh Takes, featuring our anime-lovin’ dynamic duo, Mike and Brock! It’s another slobber-knocker of an episode as they recap Gurren Lagann episode 13, “Eat Up, Everyone,” in which Nia finally finds her purpose on the Dai-Gurren, and Yoko gets wounded in the epic battle between Simon and Viral that is the centerpiece of the episode! Buckle up, folks, ‘cause we got us some Fresh Takes to serve up!
Read MoreHeisting with Hilda! - Renegade Animation #4
Tonight, on a very lowkey Renegade Animation, Cam and Mike seem ready to call a truce on the war against the Sponge, and they discuss the final season of Great Pretender and the second season of Hilda! YES, I HEAR YOU MICHAEL! Glad you finally watched it!
Read MoreFresh Takes: Gurren Lagann Episode 12 Review!
Ah, the beach episode. A time-honored anime tradition. A time for the cast of our favorite shows and games to relax, let their hair down, put on their swimwear, and engage in some audience-pleasing fanservice. And thus, we come to episode 12 of Gurren Lagann, entitled “Yoko, Will You Do Me a Favor?” Mike and Brock are back with their Fresh Takes on the episode. Check it out at the link!
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