Akira Slide Podcast

Akira Slide's Favorite Things of 2024!

As Jallah and I recorded this episode on New Year's Eve Eve, we felt the desire to wax nostalgic and remember our favorite things from a huge year. These lists include personal news as well as Films, Music, and YouTube Clips. You'll have to listen to find out which one of us paid off all his consumer debt, who had a meaningful trip to the MN Zoo and where the Akira Slide podcast slides on the Kendrick vs. Drake battle. To be continued in Part Two... 
 
Jallah: Kendrick & Drake Beef.
"Interstellar" (2014) film Re-Release.
Diving into the world of the "Berserk" manga by Kentauro Miura. 
A Trip to the Minnesota Zoo.
The Hajime No Ippo anime.
Song: “Naima” by John Coltrane on Saxophone
The Ramsey Show clips on YouTube, the "Total Money Makeover" book.
Michael: A momentous trip to Los Angeles...
Paying off all consumer debt.
Jallah: Godzilla Minus One (2023) film Re-Release
 
Edited by Michael D. Rowland.
Opening/Closing music by Stu Rosenberg.
 
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Godzilla Minus One

Anyone who knows me knows i love Godziller. Godzilla Minus One is the most recent entry in the Japanese series featuring the giant lizard and is its first Academy Award Winner for Best Visual Effects. This film's word-of-mouth and box office success alike led to a re-release in theaters in December 2024. I took Jallah as my Godzilla Plus One since this is a film best experienced on the largest screen possible. How does a longtime fan like me enjoy this movie's more dramatic and intimate acting? What did Jallah think of his first full-length Godzilla experience? Is Takashi Yamazaki the most multi-talented individual to ever work on a Godzilla project?
 
Opening/Closing music by Stu Rosenberg.
Episode edited by Michael D. Rowland.
 
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Dragon Ball Daima (Episodes 1 - 10)

This week we're covering the newest installment of a favorite series of mine - the Dragon Ball franchise! "Dragon Ball Daima" is an animated tale set between the Majin Buu arc and the end of the original manga/story. Due to nefarious actions by Gomah, an impish demon king, our heroes get transformed into children. It's up to Goku, Kaioshin, and his Little Friends new(!) and old to save Earth's guardian so they can become adults again... but in facing such insurmountable odds, will they live to fight another day. Of course they will, or "Dragon Ball Super" can't happen and all that merch we bought would be pointless!
We start things off by giving our general thoughts about 'Modern Dragon Ball' and then get down to business answering the following questions: What does "Dragon Ball Daima" get right? Is this iteration of Son Goku our friend or is he a jerkass as in most of Dragon Ball Super? While this isn't the Dragon Ball Series we wanted, could it be the shot in the arm (Goku hates needles) this long-running story needed?
 
Opening/Closing music by Stu Rosenberg.
 
Edited by Michael D. Rowland.
 
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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? 
Opening/Closing music by Stu Rosenberg.
 
Follow us on Instagram and TikTok: @AkiraSlidePodcast.
 
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