Episode 6: Jessica's Birthday Epi Pt 1 | Naruto: Shonen Jump + Shippuden

Episode 8: Dom's Birtday Epi | Our Anime Harems

Dom took over this week as we all curate our own anime harems with rules set by the Birthday Girl in mind! This included a “max” of twenty anime characters from shows, movies or video games, five of which had to be considered questionable in some form or fashion. Check out our weekly poll + Q&A on Spotify to tell us who you think had the most questionable choices! Click here [https://linktr.ee/simpsaturdaypod] to access our Linktree for our socials + episodes on all available platforms Our Featured Friend this week is Kami of Wound Up-Wire Jewelry by Kami! Kami on Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/WOUNDUP.BYKAMI] + Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/woundup_bykami/] Are you or a friend a small business owner that sells cool shit? A podcaster with a fun show? An artist, a writer? An indie VA? A great person with wonderful energy you’d like to share with the simps? Or even a specific accomplishment you'd like to celebrate? Submit to be a featured friend! Send us an e-mail @ simpsaturdaypod@gmail.com with the subject “Featured Friend." Include your socials and those of your nominee (in the event that isn’t yourself) + a short message about your featured friend: what they do, what makes them special, + any examples or links to products, wares or works if applicable. SPOILER TIMESTAMPS 7:38 | ONE PIECE 31:32 | HAIKYUU MANGA 1:47:02 | FAIRY TAIL Our lists were a little too character heavy for the show notes this week and are listed in full in a GoogleDoc HERE [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZMVta7MlNnjaHQ2QksSZVF0YbxOqSTkHm9wsMAyIloQ/edit?usp=sharing]. Below are each of our self-dubbed "Most Questionable Choice"'s DOM THE DARK MAGICIAN | YU-GI-OH! BLACK CLUSTER SOLDIER | YU-GI-OH! SHUU TSUKIYAMA | TOKYO GHOUL USAGI | JUUNI TAISEN: ZODIAC WAR SHIGURE | FRUITS BASKET ELIAS AINSWORTH | ANCIENT MANGUS BRIDE JESSICA HARPY HOWL | HOWL’S MOVING CASTLE LEGOSHI | BEASTARS TITAN EREN | ATTACK ON TITAN LAXUS DREYAR | FAIRY TAIL SUKUNA | JUJUTSU KAISEN DARBY BROOK | ONE PIECE TOSHINORI YAGI (SMALL MIGHT) | MY HERO ACADEMIA GANG ORCA | MY HERO ACADEMIA PAIN | NARUTO MAHITO | JUJUTSU KAISEN SHISHIO MAKOTO | RUROUNI KENSHIN

Episode 7: Jessica's Birthday Epi Pt 2 | Boruto

We're back this week with part two of Jessica's birthday episode (where we analyze + argue all things Boruto for over an hour.) This part got a little high strung because we sat on these opinions for weeks. How do you feel about how we feel? Click here [https://linktr.ee/simpsaturdaypod] to access all of our socials + tell us! Be sure to check out our weekly Spotify poll + Q&A. Next week we'll be celebrating Dom’s birthday by compiling our own anime harems.  Are you or a friend a small business owner that sells cool shit? A podcaster with a fun show? An artist, a writer? An indie VA? A great person with wonderful energy you’d like to share with the simps? Or even a specific accomplishment you'd like to celebrate? Submit to be a featured friend! Send us an e-mail @ simpsaturdaypod@gmail.com with the subject “Featured Friend." Include your socials and those of your nominee (in the event that isn’t yourself) + a short message about your featured friend: what they do, what makes them special, + any examples or links to products, wares or works if applicable. Until then, we love you! Bye!  HIGHLIGHTS ADDRESSING GENERAL BORUTO SLANDER | 1:25 DOM’S ISSUES + JESSICA’S REBUTTALS PT 1 | 3:50 DARBY’S FIRST COMMUTE COMMENT | 7:27 MORE OTSUTSUKI OPINIONS + GENERAL VILLIAN COMMENTARY | 10:29 DARBY’S CHARACTER ATTACHMENT ISSUES | 15:35 JESSICA’S REBUTTAL PT 2 | 18:02 DOM’S ISSUES PT 2 | 26:35 DARBY REITERATES | 27:20 JESSICA’S REBUTTAL PT 3 | 29:23 DARBY RESPONDS | 32:31 DOM WEIGHS IN | 37:36 DARBY’S SASUKE + NAURTO REVELATIONS | 44:52 “JUST BECAUSE THEY’RE ADULTS NOW, DOESN’T MEAN THEY’RE EXEMPT FROM DEVELOPING THEIR CHARACTER”| 48:30 “BITCH WHAT KIND OF FRIEND ARE YOU?” | 56:13 “WHO THE FUCK ARE GIVING THEM THESE HAIRCUTS?” | 57:20 LIGHT SENSEI SIMPING | 58:29 DARBY’S SHINO PRAISE | 59:34 DARBY’S SASUKE REVELATIONS CONT. | 62:30 “OROCHIMARU… HOW IS THIS MAN STILL OUT + ABOUT?” | 72:46 “I KNOW IT SOUNDS LIKE I REALLY DO BE HATIN’ THIS SHIT” | 73:58

Episode 6: Jessica's Birthday Epi Pt 1 | Naruto: Shonen Jump + Shippuden

This week we’re celebrating our resident Taurus by taking down the bull that is her most recent hyper-fixation, Naruto. We went really hard recording this week and ended up with FOUR hours of nonsense, so enjoy part one of two of us simping, arguing + analyzing all things Naruto: Shonen Jump + Shippuden. Be advised this is SUPER SPOILER HEAVY in the event you haven’t seen or read them Check out our weekly poll + Q&A on Spotify to tell us what your favorite episode highlight is! Click here [https://linktr.ee/simpsaturdaypod] to access our socials + episodes on all available platforms Next week we’ll be posting part two where our fuckery continues and we shift our focus to Boruto: Naruto Next Generations! Are you or a friend a small business owner that sells cool shit? A podcaster with a fun show? An artist, a writer? An indie VA? A great person with wonderful energy you’d like to share with the simps? Or even a specific accomplishment you'd like to celebrate? Submit to be a featured friend! Send us an e-mail @ simpsaturdaypod@gmail.com with the subject “Featured Friend." Include your socials and those of your nominee (in the event that isn’t yourself) + a short message about your featured friend: what they do, what makes them special, + any examples or links to products, wares or works if applicable. HIGHLIGHTS: “THE LEAF VILLAGE AIN’T SHIT” | 5:36 WHEN WE STARTED TO FEEL FOR NARUTO | 11:07 DARBY’S “CHARACTER TROPE” COMPLAINT | 16:02 CHUNIN EXAM 1V1 FIGHT HIGHLIGHTS | 18:49 DARBY’S “UNDER UTILIZED CHARACTER” COMPLAINT |  26:21 JESSICA SIMPS FOR TSUNADE | 30:45 MIRRORING + RECURRING THEMES | 34:58 SHIPPUDEN + CHARACTER ATTACHMENTS | 38:22 PAIN ARC COMMENTARY STARTS | 1:00:38 OUR MOST PAINFUL SHIPPUDEN DEATHS | 1:03:21 VILLAIN APPRECIATION FEAT. HAKU + ZABUZA | 1:17:09 DARBY STARTS THE RIOT ON ‘ROMANTIC PAIRINGS’ | 1:21:34 OTSUTSUKI OPINIONS | 1:31:14 DARBY’S “UNDER UTILIZED CHARACTERS + TROPES” COMPLAINTS PT 2 | 1:32:35

Episode 5: The Science Fantasy Spectrum

This week we had to take a step back and narrow our sci-fi focus + ended up on the science fantasy spectrum. With one of us firmly on each side and Darby playing devil’s advocate in the middle, the only question we have for you after this episode is, “Where does ‘Beastars’ fall?” Check our socials via our Linktree [https://linktr.ee/simpsaturdaypod] + our Spotify Q&A let us know… because we need to know Our Featured Friend this week is Courtney of Divine Manifestations, LLC! Click here [https://www.divinemanifestations.net/] to shop + here [https://www.instagram.com/divinemanifestationsllc/] to watch Courtney be goofy + here get shop updates on IG JESSICA’S MENTIONS Morning Glory Milking Farm (CAMBRIC CREEK SERIES, #1) CM NASCOSTA Lost Girl (2010) Earth Girls Are Easy (1989) Sense8 (2015) Beastars (2019) Naruto (2002) Naruto: Shippuden (2007) Boruto: Naruto Next Generations (2017) The Daddies Yoo So-Joon (Lee Ji Hoon) | Tomorrow With You Dyson (Kris Holden-Reid) | Lost Girl Wolfgang Bogdanow (Max Riemelt) | Sense8 DARBY’S MENTIONS Dune, FRANK HEBERT Sword Art Online (2012) Parasyte: The Maxim (2014) Gantz: O (2016) Mobile Fighter G Gundam (1994) Steins;Gate (2011) Minority Report (2002) Stargate SG-1 (1997) Stargate: Atlantis (2004) The Daddies Rain Mikamora | Mobile Fighter G Gundam Domon Kasshu | Mobile Fighter G Gundam Samantha Carter (Amanda Tapping) | Stargate SG-1 Teal’c (Christopher Judge) | Stargate SG-1 Daniel Jackson (Michael Shanks) | Stargate SG-1 John Sheppard (Joe Flanigan) | Stargate: Atlantis Teyla (Rachel Lutrell) | Stargate: Atlantis Rodney McKay (David Hewlett) | Stargate SG-1 Carson Beckett (Paul McGillion) | Stargate: Atlantis Elizabeth Weir (Torri Higginson) | Stargate: Atlantis Ronon Rex (Jason Momoa) | Stargate: Atlantis Jennifer Keller (Jewel Staite) | Stargate: Atlantis Pa'u Zotoh Zhaan (Virginia Hey) | Farscape DOM’S MENTIONS Marvel Franchise | DISNEY Psycho-Pass (2012) The Daddies Shinya Kogomi | Psycho-Pass Shougo Makishima | Psycho-Pass Nobuchika Ginoza | Psycho-Pass Spike Spiegel | Cowboy Bebop Tony Stark/Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.) | Iron Man T’Challa/Black Panther (Chadwick Boseman) | Black Panther Killmonger (Micheal B. Jordan) | Black Panther

Episode 4: One Hit Wonders

This week we’re tackling all of the media that left us wanting more! From cancellations to bankruptcy, something kept the universe from giving us all the serotonin we deserve. What only had one season or one installment and left you wanting more? Check out the poll + Q&A! Our Featured Friend this week is Anna, who just graduated from the Milwaukee Institute of Art + Design with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Illustration!  We love you Anna + we're so proud of you; you can send Anna some love and check out her work on Instagram here [https://www.instagram.com/anna.ellie.art/] | Anna's Etsy Shop [https://www.etsy.com/in-en/shop/annaellieart] Click here [https://linktr.ee/simpsaturdaypod] for our Linktree to access episodes across platforms + all of our socials like TikTok + Instagram! JESSICA’S MENTIONS Amagi Brilliant Park, YUKA NAKAJIMA | KYOTO ANIMATION Ouran HighSchool Host Club, BISCO HATORI | BONES Yuri On Ice! (2016) | MAPPA Selfie (2014) | ABC The Secret Circle (2011) | The CW Dracula (2013) | NBC Once Upon A Time In Wonderland (2013) | ABC Monthly Girls’ Nozaki-kun, IZUMI TSUBAKI Toradora! YUYUKO TAKEMIYA Orange: Future, ICHIGO TAKANO Erased, KEI SANBI Blue Exorcist, KAZUE KATO Well-Intended Love (2019) | SOHO | NETFLIX DARBY’S MENTIONS Freaks and Geeks (1999) | NBC Deadman Wonderland, JINSEI KATAOKA + KAZUMA KONDOU Red Band Society (2014) | FOX My So Called Life (1994) | ABC Firefly (2002) | FOX Constantine (2014) | NBC Fruits Basket (2001) NATSUKI TAKAYA DOM’S MENTIONS GANGSTA, KOHSKE | MONTHLY COMIC @BUNCH AJ and the Queen (2020) | NETFLIX Wotaoki: Love Is Hard For An Otaku, FUJITA Say I Love You, KANAE HAZUKI God of High School, YONGJE PARK| WEBTOON | MAPPA Prison School, AKIRA HIRAMOTO Boruto: Naruto Next Generations,MASASHI KISHIMOTO