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Tsurune's Second Season was a blast and an improvement to its predecessor in almost every conceivable way. But what exactly is a sequel and what makes a Tsurune: Tsunagari no Issha a great one? In this episode I try to wrap my head around anime sequels in the context of the show and make some conclusions as to what they are. Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 1:59 - I'm Not A 'Sequel Guy' 4:39 - What Is A Sequel? 7:33 - Character Writing 17:09 - Sequels As A Learning Opportunity 18:47 - Yamamura & Visual Stuff 25:29 - Intentionality & Effects Animation 29:33 - Closing Thoughts 32:40 - Outro (TikTok Announcement) & Music Credits Full Show Notes: https://getinthemecha.home.blog/2023/09/23/tsurune-the-linking-shot-how-to-sequel-gitm-podcast-ep-119/ Takuya Yamamura Interview(s) on Febri: https://febri.jp/topics/tsurune2_2_1/ [https://febri.jp/topics/tsurune2_2_1/] https://febri.jp/topics/tsurune2_1_1/ [https://febri.jp/topics/tsurune2_1_1/] https://febri.jp/topics/tsurune2_1_2/ [https://febri.jp/topics/tsurune2_1_2/] Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/GetInTheMecha [https://twitter.com/GetInTheMecha] Follow me on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@getinthemecha [https://www.tiktok.com/@getinthemecha] Questions, corrections, complaints: getinthemecha@gmail.com Listen to Get In The Mecha on podcast platforms: https://linktr.ee/getinthemecha [https://linktr.ee/getinthemecha] Music In This Episode: Synth Wave by Alex by Alex McCulloch: https://opengameart.org/content/synth-wave-by-alex [https://opengameart.org/content/synth-wave-by-alex] Chill by Alex McCulloch: https://opengameart.org/content/chill-1 [https://opengameart.org/content/chill-1] On The Road Again by Alex McCulloch: https://opengameart.org/content/on-the-road-again [https://opengameart.org/content/on-the-road-again] Adventure Time: https://opengameart.org/content/adventure-time-revised [https://opengameart.org/content/adventure-time-revised]

Get In The Mecha is officially back! In this episode I'm catching up on some of the analysis that I missed by talking about some of the sleeper hits of 2022 that I think are worth going back to. How does Tatami Time Machine Blues differ from The Tatami Galaxy? How does The Girl From The Other Side configure into the current anime landscape? What can music videos teach us about storytelling? All this and more in this episode. Thanks so much for your patience over the first half of this year (and before that) - I'm graduating this month which means I finally have the time to produce the podcast consistently again. I can't wait to share all of my thoughts on a regular basis like before! Video Version of this episode: https://youtu.be/VEQHa6loaKw [https://youtu.be/VEQHa6loaKw] Show Notes for this episode: https://getinthemecha.home.blog/2023/07/10/the-forgotten-anime-of-2022-gitm-podcast-ep-118/ Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 2:21 - Why 2022? 4:23 - Tatami Time Machine Blues 9:18 - The Girl From The Other Side 14:20 - Tangent: What Counts As 'Anime'? 16:11 - TGFTOS Continued 17:15 - He's Playing Our Song (and Naoko Yamada) 23:54 - Futari-bun no Shoumei 27:59 - Thunder In Bud (And Why MVs Matter) 37:14 - Credits Garden of Remembrance @ Annecy 2023 - https://programme.annecyfestival.com/en/movies/20232143 [https://programme.annecyfestival.com/en/movies/20232143] My INU-OH piece for Full Frontal - https://fullfrontal.moe/inu-oh-is-a-film-about-artists-for-artists/ [https://fullfrontal.moe/inu-oh-is-a-film-about-artists-for-artists/] The Girl From The Other Side Anime Official Twitter - https://twitter.com/totsukunishoujo [https://twitter.com/totsukunishoujo] Koji Yamamura Webinar - https://youtu.be/tEh-31qq1sg [https://youtu.be/tEh-31qq1sg] The other two TGFTOS Storyboard Artists - https://koyanomoe.tumblr.com/ [https://koyanomoe.tumblr.com/] https://takuto-katayama.tumblr.com/ [https://takuto-katayama.tumblr.com/] Futari-bun no Shoumei - https://youtu.be/JBeEpW8l-Mg [https://youtu.be/JBeEpW8l-Mg] My Futari-bun no Shoumei Thread - https://twitter.com/GetInTheMecha/status/1606135974362128384?s=20 [https://twitter.com/GetInTheMecha/status/1606135974362128384?s=20] Thunder In Bud - https://youtu.be/K26fPtPcCys [https://youtu.be/K26fPtPcCys] Works Mentioned: How Do You Live?, Tatami Time Machine Blues, The Tatami Galaxy, The Night Is Short, Walk on Girl, Sonny Boy, The Girl From The Other Side, He's Playing Our Song, A Silent Voice, Heike Monogatari, Garden of Remembrance, Kimi no Iro, Futari-bun no Shoumei, Thunder In Bud, Neon Genesis Evangelion Main Artists Referenced: Shingo Natsume, Fuga Yamashiro, Moko-chan, Yutaro Kubo, Satomi Maiya, Koji Yamamura, Naoko Yamada, Naoko Ogigami, loundraw, Suguru Asakura, que, KAF, Hakushi Hagesawa Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/GetInTheMecha [https://twitter.com/GetInTheMecha] Questions, corrections, complaints: getinthemecha@gmail.com [getinthemecha@gmail.com] (I will go back to checking these again) Listen to Get In The Mecha on podcast platforms: https://linktr.ee/getinthemecha [https://linktr.ee/getinthemecha] Music In This Episode: Synth Wave by Alex by Alex McCulloch: https://opengameart.org/content/synth-wave-by-alex [https://opengameart.org/content/synth-wave-by-alex] Chill by Alex McCulloch: https://opengameart.org/content/chill-1 [https://opengameart.org/content/chill-1] On The Road Again by Alex McCulloch: https://opengameart.org/content/on-the-road-again [https://opengameart.org/content/on-the-road-again] Adventure Time: https://opengameart.org/content/adventure-time-revised [https://opengameart.org/content/adventure-time-revised]

Recently I've been thinking a lot about the things that divide up an anime episode, be it an OP or short intertitles - and so I decided to make a whole episode about them! In this edition of Get In The Mecha, I talk about how these dividing mechanisms make all the difference to how an episode / film feels and ask the question of what is so important about structure. This is the last episode of 2022! I want to get the podcast back on track next year so bear with me a little longer. Thanks for all your support, feedback and attention this year! Video Version of this episode: - https://youtu.be/1Cx_ZWJWN-c [https://youtu.be/1Cx_ZWJWN-c] 0:00 - Intro 1:31 - Structure & Dividers 3:06 - Openings, Ending Credits & Avants 14:00 - Eyecatches & Title Cards 19:25 - Intertitles & Other Dividers 28:48 - Closing Thoughts 30:53 - Outro + Credits 32:26 - super secret post-credit scene 2000 Lightyears into Sonny Boy – Interview with Shingo Natsume: https://fullfrontal.moe/2000-lightyears-into-sonny-boy-interview-with-shingo-natsume/ Chisholm, Reading Intertitles: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01956051.1987.9944095 [https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01956051.1987.9944095] Artists Mentioned: Shingo Natsume, Akiyuki Shinbo, Tatsuya Oishi, Eunyoung Choi, Masaaki Yuasa, Nobutoshi Ogura, Satoru Utsunomiya, Yoshimichi Kameda Anime Mentioned / Referenced: Do It Yourself!!, Sonny Boy, Kizumonogatari, The Soultaker, Nichijou, Kemonozume, Kaguya-sama: Love Is War, The End of Evangelion, EVANGELION: DEATH(TRUE)^2, Sk8, 86 Eighty-Six Show Notes for this episode: - https://getinthemecha.home.blog/2022/12/31/how-is-anime-divided-gitm-podcast-ep-117/ Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/GetInTheMecha [https://twitter.com/GetInTheMecha] Questions, corrections, complaints: getinthemecha@gmail.com Listen to Get In The Mecha on podcast platforms: https://linktr.ee/getinthemecha [https://linktr.ee/getinthemecha] Music In This Episode: Synth Wave by Alex by Alex McCulloch: https://opengameart.org/content/synth-wave-by-alex [https://opengameart.org/content/synth-wave-by-alex] Chill by Alex McCulloch: https://opengameart.org/content/chill-1 [https://opengameart.org/content/chill-1] On The Road Again by Alex McCulloch: https://opengameart.org/content/on-the-road-again [https://opengameart.org/content/on-the-road-again] Adventure Time: https://opengameart.org/content/adventure-time-revised [https://opengameart.org/content/adventure-time-revised]

On this episode I'm taking a bit of a break from the usual essay-style content to take a look at all the amazing anime coming out this Autumn / Fall! With so many shows coming out, let's take a look at what this season has to offer as well as the promising artists who are behind them. This episode was pretty late but bare with me! Video Version of this episode: https://youtu.be/ROnbAn01RcQ [https://youtu.be/ROnbAn01RcQ] Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 2:12 - Preface For Episode Format 2:45 - Podcast Appearances 4:04 - Tatami Time Machine Blues 7:05 - Bocchi The Rock! 10:54 - Do It Yourself!! 16:48 - Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 22:06 - Watch At Your Own Pace 24:43 - Outro & Credits DIY Character Trailer: https://youtu.be/9yYB3L14_JU [https://youtu.be/9yYB3L14_JU] Just Weebs Episode I Was On: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9l2nqcJqkY [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9l2nqcJqkY] Japanese History (Hidden In Our Screens) Episode I Was On: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4rPIQRwCKMN8SIhMvXIyOw?si=uOeFqn9MR2uA8Bdry3ddGg [https://open.spotify.com/episode/4rPIQRwCKMN8SIhMvXIyOw?si=uOeFqn9MR2uA8Bdry3ddGg] Artists Mentioned: Shingo Natsume, Fuga Yamashiro, Keiichiro Saito, Kerorira, Kazuhiro Yoneda, Yuusuke Matsuo, Yasuhiro Asagi, Hiroyuki Imaishi, Kai Ikarashi Anime Mentioned: Tatami Time Machine Blues, Bocchi The Rock!, Do It Yourself!!. Cyberpunk Edgerunners, Sonny Boy, ACCA-13, Boogiepop and Others, The Tatami Galaxy, Night Is Short Walk On Girl, Yama no Susume, Gleipnir, Kageki Shoujo, SSSS.Gridman, SSSS.Dynazenon, Promare, BNA, Gurren Lagann. Show Notes for this episode: https://getinthemecha.home.blog/2022/09/20/fall-2022-anime-is-almost-here-gitm-podcast-ep-116/ Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/GetInTheMecha [https://twitter.com/GetInTheMecha] Questions, corrections, complaints: getinthemecha@gmail.com Listen to Get In The Mecha on podcast platforms: https://linktr.ee/getinthemecha [https://linktr.ee/getinthemecha] Music In This Episode: Synth Wave by Alex by Alex McCulloch: https://opengameart.org/content/synth-wave-by-alex [https://opengameart.org/content/synth-wave-by-alex] Chill by Alex McCulloch: https://opengameart.org/content/chill-1 [https://opengameart.org/content/chill-1] On The Road Again by Alex McCulloch: https://opengameart.org/content/on-the-road-again [https://opengameart.org/content/on-the-road-again] Adventure Time: https://opengameart.org/content/adventure-time-revised [https://opengameart.org/content/adventure-time-revised]

We're just over halfway into the year, so I thought it was the right time to bring back the Get In The Mecha Mid-Year Review, the annual episode of the podcast where I reflect on what I've taken away from anime this year so far. This time around, I have gathered a few insights from watching anime films in the cinema and I also spent time thinking about some of the smaller visual elements that uplift the TV Anime experience. Video Version of this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVdMPCpZ_E4 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVdMPCpZ_E4] Show Notes: https://getinthemecha.home.blog/2022/07/17/what-ive-learnt-about-anime-the-2022-mid-year-review-gitm-podcast-ep-115/ Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 1:27 - Context 2:07 - Watching Anime Films In The Cinema 3:59 - 21:9, Inu-Oh & Jujutsu Kaisen 0 6:08 - Perfect Blue (In The Cinema) 9:48 - 'Small' Things Go A Long Way 11:24 - Saito & The Executioner And Her Way Of Life 13:12 - Ishii & 86 Eighty-Six 14:50 - Final Thought 16:00 - Outro + Credits Staff Mentioned / Referenced: Masaaki Yuasa, Sunghoo Park, Satoshi Kon, Shinji Hashimoto, Keiichiro Saito, Shingo Natsume, Toshimasa Ishii, Tomohiko Ito Anime Mentioned: Inu-Oh, Jujutsu Kaisen 0, Perfect Blue, The Executioner And Her Way Of Life, Sonny Boy, 86 Eighty-Six, Erased Leave a 5-Star Review on Apple Podcasts here: https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/get-in-the-mecha/id1477541787 [https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/get-in-the-mecha/id1477541787] Leave a 5-star rating on Spotify here: https://open.spotify.com/show/4ZghO2lsctQguZaIanwXWg [https://open.spotify.com/show/4ZghO2lsctQguZaIanwXWg] Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/GetInTheMecha [https://twitter.com/GetInTheMecha] Questions, corrections, complaints: getinthemecha@gmail.com All Links: https://linktr.ee/getinthemecha [https://linktr.ee/getinthemecha] Music In This Episode: Synth Wave by Alex by Alex McCulloch https://opengameart.org/content/synth-wave-by-alex [https://opengameart.org/content/synth-wave-by-alex] Chill by Alex McCulloch https://opengameart.org/content/chill-1 [https://opengameart.org/content/chill-1] On The Road Again by Alex McCulloch https://opengameart.org/content/on-a-monday-night [https://opengameart.org/content/on-a-monday-night] Adventure Time https://opengameart.org/content/adventure-time-revised [https://opengameart.org/content/adventure-time-revised]