What is "The Akira Slide" and Who are "We?"

In our inaugural episode, we seek to answer the following questions: Who are Michael Jallah and Michael D. Rowland and how did they meet? What was it like growing up in the 1990s, when Anime was still called "Japanimation" and went from a truly niche prospect to a now-Mainstream pop cultural juggernaut? What the hell is "Samurai Pizza Cats? How do people actually enjoy the Live-Action Sonic movies? 

Theme song by Stu Rosenberg.

 

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Edited by Michael D. Rowland.

 

Subjects discussed:

Akira

Barney the Dinosaur

Berserk

Bruce Lee

Sonic The Hedgehog

Sailor Moon

Pokémon

Dragon Ball

Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers

Martial Arts

Rocko’s Modern Life

Samurai Pizza Cats

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Cinemassacre

Satoshi Kon

Rumiko Takahashi

Tomo-Chan is a Girl

The Dangers in my Heart

Fist of the North Star