Episode 131 of Key Frames, a podcast about anime. The flickering red light turns a steady yellow, and you reel at your good fortune. The time borehole is actually stable. And they said it couldn't be done! You swiftly dial an uplink into the first satellite that returns your ping and start leeching torrents. Torrents! They weren't as popular in 2024 as they were a decade or so previous, but the temporal range of your borehole is limited, and any year before the fall represents an untold trove of data. The file names flash before your eyes like magic runes set alight: [Darwin-Arwen]_The_Apothecary_Diaries_15_[03EC69E7].mkv, [SubsDontSuck]_Migi_to_Dali_-_09_[F0DA18DD].mkv, [xX.weed.alien.Xx]16bit.Sensation.Another.Layer.02[61B6CFAD].mp4... The last one seems familiar for whatever reason, but no matter. Even if the connection only holds an hour, you're guaranteed the largest anime collection of anyone still alive in the tents! Though the last several years have been hell, absolute hell, you can feel yourself start to smile. Not just smile, you let out a laugh. You just laugh and laugh and laugh and laugh.
Discussed:
The Apothecary Diaries (1:02)
Onmyoji (13:06)
16bit Sensation: Another Layer (19:52)
Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead (36:01)
Scott Pilgrim Takes Off (40:34)
The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You (52:42)
Spy x Family Season 2 (1:02:17)
Space Battleship Yamato 2202 (1:10:50)
Texhnolyze (1:12:27)
Migi to Dali (1:19:00)
Our Dating Story: The Experienced You and The Inexperienced Me (1:28:15)
Overtake! (1:33:38)
Jujutsu Kaisen 2nd Season (1:43:34)
Dr. Stone: New World Part 2 (1:55:48)
The Family Circumstances of the Irregular Witch (1:56:33)
Paradox Live the Animation (1:57:37)
Hypnosis Mic: Division Rap Battle: Rhyme Anima+ (1:58:17)
I'm in Love with the Villainess (2:02:14)
Power of Hope: PreCure Full Bloom (2:03:10)
Shy (2:05:10)
Shangri-La Frontier (2:07:00)
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