Crybaby Anime Club

Winter '23 New Release Wrap-Up

MK, Olivia and Yosh dig into the first batch of anime for 2023, talking all things Winter. What were some of our disappointments, what blew us away? Which Best Boy is a

2022: Year In Review

Grab yourself a drink and get ready, because the babies are back to discuss 2022 new-release anime! Is "Goopy" better than "Gushy"? Why is everyone obsessed with Reigen's

The Stranger By The Shore

The flames of love flare in a LONG overdue episode!  To close out the second season of the show the Babies gather to discuss the anime adaptation of Kanna Kii's The Stran

Fall '21 New Release Wrap-Up / Winter '22 Preview

MK and Yosh discuss their favorite new-release anime that premiered during Fall '21, and even have some time left over to do a light preview of the currently airing Winte

Summer '21 New Release Wrap-Up

The Babies are back, discussing their favorite new-release anime that premiered during Summer '21.  MK leads the conversation and is joined by Yosh, Olivia and Lucifer.  

Kiki's Delivery Service

The Babies grab their brooms and take flight into a discussion of Hayao Miyazaki's 1989 classic Kiki's Delivery Service, talking about concepts in the movie like magic, p

Children of the Sea

The Babies are back, this time covering Ayumu Watanabe's 2019 film Children of the Sea!    Yosh leads the discussion on themes like eternal recurrence, explorations of c

Spring '21 New Release Wrap-Up

The Babes are back, this time running down the list of recently wrapped up seasonal shows. What was everyone's favorite shows?  Which soundtracks hit the hardest? All thi

Tekkonkinkreet

The Babies set up shop inside the sprawling tangle of Treasure Town and explore the landscape of Taiyou Matsumoto's 2006 liminal drama Tekkonkinkreet.  They discuss the r

Lu Over the Wall

The Babies are back, this time discussing Masaaki Yuasa's 2017 film Lu Over the Wall! Listen to find out what kind of mer-creatures everyone would be, the role of mytholo

Spring '21 New Release Preview

The Cry Babies have been doing their homework and watching a ton of new release Anime to give the rundown on this bountiful spring! MK leads the babies through a list of

Madoka Magica

Hannah bends the rules and sneaks a series into the movie season!  The babies discuss the 2012 film adaptations of Magica Quartet's groundbreaking series Puella Magi Mado

Belladonna of Sadness

This time the Babies are talking Eiichi Yamamoto's classic 1973 film Belladonna of Sadness, navigating all sorts of devilment, despair, and liberation!   ~*Content warni

The Boy and the Beast

The babies are talking Mamoru Hosoda's 2015 action-adventure fantasy film The Boy and the Beast.  They get into deep talk about the darkness within us, what it is we call

Winter 21' New Release Wrap-Up

Yosh and MK hold down the Cry Baby clubhouse for a rundown of shows premiering during the current winter '21 season, discussing shows like Wonder Egg Priority, Horimiya,

Promare

This month the club covers the recent Trigger studios film Promare!  The Babies get into some discourse on Himbo-ism, the use of tropes in story telling, how old Lio Foti

Tokyo Godfathers

The babies are back, kicking off Season 2 with Satoshi Kon's Christmas classic Tokyo Godfathers!   We discuss abandonment, serendipity, and the true spirit of Christmas.

Sarazanmai

Season 1 finale!  The babies are back, this time discussing Kunihiko Ikuhara's 2019 surreal dramedy Sarazanmai.  "The world is facing another challenge right now, is it c

Golden Boy

The Cry Babies are back for another episode recorded from quarantine, this time braving spotty bandwidth to huddle in the controversy corner discussing Tatsuya Egawa's cl

No.6

On this episode the Babies get heated over Kenji Nagasaki's 2011 series No.6, with Olivia fanning the flames of controversy corner while Lucifer and Le Petit Prince defen