The Anime That Didn’t Make Us #12 – Dorvack, Montana Jones, Dokkiri Doctor

Dwayne finally takes the second chair as we welcome Sublo & Tangy Mustard creator Aaron Long to pick from the list of anime we never got see in our formative years.

Special Armored Battalion Dorvack – from 1983, it’s Battlestar Galactica for jackasses.

Montana Jones – from 1994, it’s Duck Tales for Italian Furries.

Dokkiri Doctor – from 1999, it’s Dr Slump with more Doctor and no Arale.

The Anime That Didn’t Make Us #11 – GeGeGe no Kitaro, Metal Fighter Miku & Hell Teacher Nube

Heroic third chair Dwayne Moloney helps little red hens Brian & Anthony bake their podcast bread, and now you, the grateful woodland animals get to feast on it.

GeGeGe no Kitaro – the third outing for the iconic yokai gang, this time from 1985.

Metal Fighter Miku – Future sports from a past time. That time being 1994.

Hell Teacher Nube – yet more school bound spooky hijinks with this 1996 Shonen Jump adaptation.

The Anime That Didn’t Make Us #10 – Oh Family!, Haunted Junction

It’s an Anthony & Brian-only episode of The Anime That Didn’t Make Us this time out. And one I should have posted about a month ago. Whoops.

Oh Family! – heartwarming orphantainment with a distinctly American flavour from 1986.

Haunted Junction – another late-night anime from 1997 that Anthony would have definitely not been allowed to watch.

The Anime That Didn’t Make Us #9 – KATRI, J-DECKER, VIRTUA FIGHTER

TATDMU All-Star Dwayne Moloney joins us today talk about three more anime that geography denied us during our formative years.

Katri, Girl of the Meadows – a Finnish World Masterpiece Theatre outing from 1984.

Brave Police J-Decker – another in the Brave Series, this time sentient transforming robots fight crime in 1994.

Virtua Fighter – Sega’s groundbreaking fighting game comes to anime in 1995.

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