Zannen, Canada: 2024

Thursday 30 May 2024

Episode 94 - There Is No Acronym That Can Describe Gundam SEED FREEDOM

In a move that is not at all surprising for Bandai, the demand for the long-delayed Gundam SEED FREEDOM film was drastically underestimated in Canada. Originally planned for a one night screening, the film's exhibition was expanded to a 17 day run, as screenings in most major cities frantically sold out. Could this film possibly live up to this level of hype over 15 years after Destiny burned us so badly? And... hey is that Trevor Devall back as Mu La Flaga?!

Zannen, Canada · Ep.94 - There Is No Acronym That Can Describe Gundam SEED FREEDOM

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Sunday 28 April 2024

Episode 93 - Charlotte Watch Out, Oh God What Are You Doing Bonhomme's Coming For You

It's time to look at the first anime series ever set in Canada: the pastoral Quebec tale of Wakakusa No Charlotte (Charlotte of the Young Grass). It's not a World Masterpiece Theatre title, but it's got a little of that flavour, not to mention heaps of retro shoujo melodrama, so I knew that it was time to bring Dawn from the Anime Nostalgia podcast back on the show to take a look at this somewhat obscure series. I gotta tell you... we weren't ready for this at all. You may not believe the things that happen in this show, no matter how hard we scream at you about them for an hour.

Zannen, Canada · Ep.93 - Charlotte Watch Out, Oh God What Are You Doing Bonhomme's Coming For You

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Sunday 28 January 2024

Episode 92 - Scott Pilgrim Did Not, Evidently, Get It Together

Scott Pilgrim means a lot of things to a lot of people. He especially means a lot of things to his creator, Bryan Lee O'Malley, which led to a few surprises in the recent anime series Scott Pilgrim Takes Off. And now that Scott Pilgrim is officially anime... well we've gotta talk about him! Hazel and Bell return to chat about the impact Scott Pilgrim had on their lives, the new show and the possibility that this Canadian folk hero has perhaps lost a bit of his Canadian-ness.