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#7: Return of Godzilla
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What we’ve been watching (00:00):
- JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure, Legend of Korra, DC Animated Universe, Space Brothers, Southern Cross, Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress
- Southern Cross’s “Cosmic Deja Vu“ might be the most appropriately titled opening theme song ever.
News (36:15):
- Thirty Six years of Japanese Power Rangers
- Grant’s pretty excited for the Thunderbolt Fantasy season 2 announcement
- Takashi Miike to direct a JoJo’s Bizzarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable film
- They didn’t listen: CrunchyRoll and Funimation begin to cross the streams
- And anime made 12% more money in 2015
Finally, at 1:06:13, the Cold War threatens to turn hot in Toho’s Return of Godzilla, the 1984 franchise reboot, directed by Koji Hashimoto, that kicked off the Heisei era.
Links:
- Our Godzilla vs Biollante episode
- Our Shin Godzilla episode
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