Japanimation Station Season 6 - TOMINO-THON! - Podcast Episodes, Ranking & Reviews

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Bonus - ULTRAMAN 60th Anniversary Spectacular! The Jissoji Akio Collection

This month marks the 60th anniversary of the premiere of Japan’s most iconic tokusatsu franchise: ULTRAMAN! Created by the legendary special effects wizards at Tsuburaya

Jul 4
3 h 29 min

S6E13 - TOMINO-THON Mid-Season Finale! L-Gaim OVAs + Ranking Series, Names, and More!

For our last episode of Season 6 Part 1, we’re taking a look at the 3 OVA releases for Heavy Metal L-Gaim. Released between 1986 and 1987, the first two offer recap speci

Jun 8
3 h 00 min

S6E12 - TOMINO-THON! Heavy Metal L-GAIM Part 2 (Episodes 27-54) Review

The second half of Heavy Metal L-Gaim bucks the trend from Xabungle and Dunbine of Tomino shows that become messier down the home stretch, as this final set of episodes s

Jun 1
3 h 12 min

S6E11 - TOMINO-THON! Heavy Metal L-GAIM Part 1 (Episodes 1-26) History & Review

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, a prickly anime veteran named Tomino Yoshiyuki teamed up with a plucky young aniq`mator named Nagano Mamoru, and with a health

May 25
3 h 15 min

Weekly Suit Gundam #65 – Mobile Suit Gundam HATHAWAY: The Sorcery of Nymph Circe Review & Analysis

The second installment of the Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway film trilogy is finally here, and it was absolutely worth the five-year wait. The Sorcery of Nymph Circe, based

May 20
2 h 49 min

S6E10 - TOMINO-THON! Aura Battler DUNBINE Part 2 (Episodes 20-49) Review

The second half of Aura Battler Dunbine is one of the most fascinating and divisive stretches of Tomino Yoshiyuki’s career. After a killer set of episodes following the d

May 18
3 h 11 min

S6E9 - TOMINO-THON! Aura Battler DUNBINE Part 1 (Episodes 1-19) History & Review

Grab your motorcycle, hop on the aura road, and cross between the sea and the shore to join us in Byston Well, where we’ll be spending the next 2 weeks with Aura Battler

May 11
3 h 19 min

S6E8 - TOMINO-THON! Combat Mecha XABUNGLE Part 2 (Episodes 27-50) & XABUNGLE GRAFFITI Review

The second half of Combat Mecha Xabungle – episodes 27 through 50 – plays like a second season, with the action moving to Planet Zola’s snowy tundra, a new group of chara

May 4
2 h 12 min

S6E7 - TOMINO-THON! Combat Mecha XABUNGLE Part 1 (Episodes 1-26) History & Review

Beginning an historic, uninterrupted run of 5 back-to-back 50-episode anime series airing from 1982 to 1987, Combat Mecha Xabungle marks an exciting turning point in Tomi

Apr 27
3 h 14 min

S6E6 - TOMINO-THON! THE IDEON Movies – A CONTACT & BE INVOKED (1982) History & Review

Many years before Anno Hideaki remade the ending to his audacious but unfinished sci-fi TV series with an avant-garde theatrical tour-de-force in The End of Evangelion, T

Apr 20
3 h 19 min

S6E5 - TOMINO-THON! Space Runaway IDEON (1980) TV Series History & Review

It’s finally time to discuss what is almost certainly Tomino’s best-known and most widely renowned work outside the world of Gundam: 1980’s Space Runaway Ideon, the 39-ep

Apr 13
3 h 58 min

S6E4 - TOMINO-THON! The Revolutionary Creation of MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM (1979)

Considering Japanimation Station started its life in 2019 as Weekly Suit Gundam – which itself started with a six-part podcast miniseries following Sean and Jonathan disc

Apr 6
2 h 12 min

S6E3 - TOMINO-THON! Invincible Steel Man DAITARN 3 (1978) History & Review

“Exhilaration, humor, and pathos” – these are the three pillars Tomino Yoshiyuki outlined in a pre-production memo for the series that became 1978’s Invincible Steel Man

Mar 30
2 h 44 min

S6E2 - TOMINO-THON! Invincible Super Man ZAMBOT 3 (1977) History & Review

Our Tomino-thon reaches its first full review of the season with 1977’s Invincible Super Man Zambot 3, the debut series from a newly independent Sunrise, and the first or

Mar 23
2 h 26 min

S6E1 - Tomino-thon Begins! The Origins of Tomino Yoshiyuki, including MIGHTY ATOM and TRITON OF THE SEA

Our Tomino-thon kicks off with a history-focused episode exploring the origins of Tomino Yoshiyuki leading up to the creation of his first full original series, Zambot 3

Mar 16
1 h 57 min

Season 6 Preview - Japanimation Station Returns for our TOMINO-THON on March 15th, 2026

Japanimation Station returns on March 15th, 2026 for its 6th season, and it’s one listeners have been demanding for a long time: our Tomino-thon! Throughout 2026, we’ll b

Feb 1
14 min

S4E34 - MISS KOBAYASHI’S DRAGON MAID: A LONELY DRAGON WANTS TO BE LOVED Movie Review

We’re back in Kyoto again to look at another new work from our friends at Kyoto Animation: Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid: A Lonely Dragon Wants To Be Loved, the feature fi

Nov 3 2025
2 h 05 min

S4E33 - CITY: THE ANIMATION Review & Discussion - Another KyoAni Masterpiece

After spending a full year chronicling the history of Kyoto Animation in 2024, we’re back for a brief return trip to review CITY: THE ANIMATION, the latest anime series f

Oct 15 2025
3 h 30 min

S2.5E6 - DEMON SLAYER: KIMETSU NO YAIBA THE MOVIE – INFINITY CASTLE Review & Analysis

Demon Slayer is back in theaters with its second original movie after the record-breaking success of 2020’s Mugen Train, and the latest installment – Part I of the planne

Sep 17 2025
2 h 25 min

Weekly Suit Gundam #63 – Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX Review & Analysis

The latest Gundam TV series, Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX, wrapped up its 12-episode run this week, which means Weekly Suit Gundam is back to break it all down! A collabo

Jul 1 2025
1 h 59 min

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What listeners say

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I absolutely love this podcast. I can’t remember how I ever stumbled upon it but got into it with the initial Gundam episodes and was glad to follow its transformation into an amazingly researched and entertaining podcast about anime, and also was happy to find the Weekly Stuff Podcast as well. These episodes are so filled with content that that are great for repeated playthroughs (I’ve listened to a lot of them over a dozen times) and you really do learn a lot about the show beyond someone’s opinion about it, which everyone has. I’m also jealous of the students that have had either Jonathan or Sean as teachers, as they are obviously super intelligent, but also just come off as good people who actually care (not just about animation, but society and actually important issues).

Amazingly fun and informs, too · Apr 2026

I initially started listening a few years ago to have a guide on UC Gundam because the decades of continuity made it rather overwhelming to approach. I found myself sticking around after they started discussing other shows and also checking out episodes of their main Weekly Stuff podcast due to their in-depth research and discussions. The effort they put into their research makes every episode interesting and has made me check out shows that had never interested me before. If you enjoy learning about the anime industry and film theory in general, this podcast is a great resource to gain a greater understanding of those topics and find some great new shows to add to your watchlist.

MR0318 · Dec 2023

This podcast got me back into Gundam. Love the discussions. Would like to hear discussions of other Mecha series like Eureka Seven

Alexmaster13 · May 2022

Like many others, Gundam Wing on Toonami was my entry into the world of Gundam. I had watched several of the AU Gundam shows (00, Seed, IBO) up to last year but never any UC content. Decided to finally take the jump and started watching Mobile Suit Gundam. I found this podcast a few months ago and it is the perfect companion piece/travel guide for the Gundam universe. Love your analysis and commentary on Gundam! I just finished the last few episodes of Mobile Suit Gundam and this show is so fantastic. Listening to your episodes as I watched made my experience much more rewarding. Next up… Zeta!!! Will you survive?

Kosif14 · Feb 2022

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