Acclaimed anime director Shinichiro Watanabe’s career didn’t end with the fantastic Samurai Champloo. Even with a long gap between Champloo and his next work, Watanabe has continued to produce quality…
Recorded live at C2E2 2023, this episode of Anime’s Game Changers focuses on the early smash hit works of director Shinichiro Watanabe, notably Cowboy Bebop and Samurai Champloo. Host JPod…
In this episode of Anime’s Game Changers, hosts Neil and JPod traverse the well-structured sci-fi optimism of director Yasuhiro Yoshiura. We dive deep into Yoshiura’s growing body of work, including…
This is Anime’s Game Changers, the podcast dedicated to highlighting the people, ideas, and events that shaped the anime you know and love. For the pilot episode, JPod and Neil…
While going through a back catalog of shows I overlooked in 2017, I still feel like kicking myself for ever passing up on Houseki no Kuni, otherwise known as The Land…
Listen, you can’t always be on top of your game. Sometimes you just need to unwind, and while finding a high-quality beer to pair with a high-quality anime is definitely…
The AnimeChicago team has found their way out from under the heaps of delicious food, piles of wrapping paper, and stacks of discarded “2018” plastic glasses to look towards the…
Recently, members of the AnimeChicago attended the Murakami exhibit at the Museum of Contemporary Art as part of an Art Circle Meetup. We’ve gathered together some of our thoughts on…
Hi, I’m Marvin. I work as a developer for an online media company. I was about 5 years old when I started watching anime (Ranma 1/2 is my earliest memory).…
If you’ve ever been to a brewpub or a taproom, you might have noticed a sense of community that permeates the space. There is this feeling of participation in one’s…