Shmanime Podcast

Two jerks watch cartoons and talk nonsense. Subscribe to us on iTunes!

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Episode 25: Eric Didn’t Warn Me

Hey do you like food? Do you like sex? Do you think food is sex? Well then do I have an anime for you.

This week, Eric shocks Liam with Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma, a show that features a lot of rice, a lot of comedy, and a lot of tentacles. Liam still hasn’t forgiven Eric for it.

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Episode 24: I Bought That Rug at a Police Auction

Awwwww SHIT y’all it’s happening, our first actual continuation of a promised series, it’s finally happening

This episode of Shmanime is our second go-round with Gurren Lagann, an anime about large robots and the power of believing in your friends, who believe in you. And this time, Liam and Eric get... existential.

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Episode 23: Thugs Not Uggs

Sometimes, in the course of your life, you just have to watch a show about teens who turn into animals if a member of the opposite sex touches them.

Or at least you do if you’re Eric and Liam and you run the Shmanime Podcast. This week, with the (brief) help of returning guest Lily, we take on Fruits Basket, and we discuss toilet paper, Liam’s hatred of Fleetwood Mac, and Mr. T re-envisioned as a butterfly.

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Episode 22: I Play Jazz Clarinet

Hey did you know Liam, a white person who has lived in suburban or urban America his whole life, has never even been inside a Costco? Isn’t that frigging weird? 

Anyway, the Shmanime episode he and Eric have for you today is about Gurren Lagann, Hiroyuki Imaishi’s frenetically stylized mecha anime series. Along the way, they also discuss the Shmanime Podcast’s research team (a solitary gerbil) and how great Nina Simone is. 

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Episode 21: Libary of Congess

Your hot fresh new episode of Shmanime is here, and hoo boy is it tasty. Liam and Eric take a spin on Space Dandy, and they bring along their returning guest Donovan (Mister Daywalker) for the ride. They yell at Donovan for being too funny, but they also talk about Marvel’s cancelled superheroes and introduce the podcast’s very first character. His name is Cletus. 

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Episode 20: The Sweet Hereafter

One Piece is a franchise as weird and involved as you’d expect from the top-selling manga in Japan, and Eric and Liam are here (on our 20th episode!) to talk about it. They discuss Brian Eno and a movie about a bus crash, Liam sings Amazing Grace, and Eric spoils EVERYTHING.

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Episode 19: Fuck You, Grover Cleveland

It’s Shmanime time once again, and for this episode, Liam and Eric bring their friend Donovan on board to discuss Sengoku Basara: Samurai Kings. For all the two Shmanime aficionados out there, we hit all the classics: animal penises, US presidents, and James Joyce (again).

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Episode 18: Momma Momma

What if the spirit of Oda Nobunaga, the legendary conqueror of Japan, lent its power to a young schoolgirl? What if Geronimo fought aliens side by side with Antonio Gaudí? What if Jack the Ripper was secretly... Florence Nightingale??

If you’ve asked yourself any of these questions, then boy howdy are you ready to hear Liam and Eric discuss Nobunagun. In this week’s episode, we talk about linguistics, Liam’s orgy island, and drafting the perfect RPG team from history’s most prominent figures.

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Episode 17: They Don’t Scratch Back

Hey. You. Out in the street. Don’t you know the man is Kappa Mikey?

If those words made sense to you, you’re probably one of the two diehard fans of Kappa Mikey, an American show that uses both American and Japanese styles of animation, which happens to be Eric and Liam’s topic for this week’s episode. In it, they talk about sentient testicles, mispronounced names, and a KICK. ASS. THEME SONG.

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Episode 16: Drunk Pokemon

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guys

guys we got drunk and talked about Pokemon again.

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Episode 15: Quip It Good

Your courageous hosts Liam and Eric take another trip to anime’s obsession with female genitalia in today’s episode, but this time, we bring a girl. Resident female expert Jane is our special guest, and with her help, we tackle three separate shows: Sekirei, Aesthetica of a Rogue Hero, and High School DxD, all incredibly weird examples of the sexism pervading the anime industry. Listen to us as we discuss flapping, boob sound effects, and how tough it must be to have an accent:

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For more Jane, visit her twitter account, @janecripe, or her Pretty Little Liars parody twitter, @lastweekonpll

Eric’s Twitter: @EdaciouslyYours

Liam’s Twitter: @Oh_Hai_Liam

PS: Eric’s microphone had more audio issues (read: it was cursed) this episode. You can still understand him, but if you can’t stand it, it’s only at the end of the episode. 

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Episode 8: Tim Buckley, The 1936 Olympics and Cocaine Dick

Welcome to the first ever cuuuuuursed episode, filled with unrecorded skype issues and more feed and itunes problems!! And wouldn’t you know it it’s the episode that also features OUR FIRST EVER GUEST! Shmanime Co-Host Eric stops by to tell us a tale of the 1936 Olympics, while Tom discusses douchebag Tim Buckley and Liam talks about cocaine and genitals. We also have our first ever ad sponsor so remember to check out whatever the name of the company is!! And check out research links for this episode in a later tumblr post! 

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This is Liam’s other podcast, where he tells stories to his friend Tom! And this particular episode also has Eric in it, so it’s just like a Shmanime episode, except they talk about genitals and tell stories about horrible people. So... really, it’s just like a Shmanime episode. Have a listen!

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Episode 14: Doofus Is Evolving

AND WE’RE BACK!!! If any of you listeners are still out there, get ready to laugh at us and with us. But mostly at us. And generally be bothered by us. To start off, this one is a Shmanime classic, filled with dumb tangents and unprofessional podcasting. We watched the anime classic Trigun, but you’ll also hear Liam and Eric perfect Downton Abby, Eric discussing Japan and America’s checkered pasts and a surprise guest drops by Liam’s apartment while he is unprepared! 

And as always, follow us on social media stuff (@shmanime) email us ([email protected]) and share if you feel so generous! 

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Episode 13: Cocked Locked and Dropped It

Hey! This Podcast HAS UPDATED?!?!?!?!?! We’re back this time with a muthafucking vengeance. Today, true believers, Eric and Liam tackle a truly dark artwork. join them as they lower themselves into the abyss of Lucky Star, as special guest Josh cackles with mad glee. Will your beloved heroes go mad from listening to animated schoolgirls talk about food for hours on end? discover this and much more, such as what Liam and Eric do while they’re on skype, Eric’s Sherpa heritage, and Gus Van Sant’s Dairy Farm.

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Episode 12: Mangos and Bananimes

Imagine World War Two but instead of warring countries and the darkest parts of aggression and humanity, it’s a bunch of cute boys on an island. We watched a ridiculous amount of the insanity that is Heltalia: Axis of Power and slowly went insane. We also discuss all the history the show forgot, list the personality of board games, and Liam comes up with some super fun wordplay. 

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Episode 11: They Gave Him A Rachel

Anime is a complex and layered medium. Sometimes it involves putting dog shit on a man's head. This week with the help of our guest Steph, we watch the sci-fi/samurai comedy Gin Tama. Also we discuss Larry Flynt’s Hustler Club, go through a Jennifer Aniston Timeline, and Liam freaks the fuck out about Eric’s nickname. 

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Episode 10: His Real Name Is Mark

10 episodes! We made it to ten! Well 11, we’re still going through a backlog, but who cares? We thought for this milestone episode we would take a look at a beloved and polarizing series: Dragonball and Dragonball Z! We recruited our guest Albert, a self proclaimed DBZ fan, to help us understand what the hell we watched. We also discuss Lot’s wife, sex in marketing, and where Liam and Eric got their Pokeology degrees. 

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