Blade Licking Thieves

Join us as we lick our blades, banter and ramble on, and provide in depth reviews of some of our favorite (and not so favorite) Anime, Kaiju, Martial Arts, Chambara, and Asian films. You can find out more about our show, all of our previous episodes, and our show notes at our blog: bladelickingthieves.wordpress.com

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Eine durchschnittliche Folge dieses Podcasts dauert 2h4m. Bisher sind 233 Folge(n) erschienen. Alle 9 Tage erscheint eine Folge dieses Podcasts.

Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 5 days 15 hours 41 minutes

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Team B #16: Humanoids from the Deep (1980)


BLT Team B return with a review of the schlocky, horror movie Humanoids from the Deep (1980) in which a small fishing village is laid siege by mutated fish-men intent on rape and murder.


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#99: Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992)


We review Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992), from acclaimed director Francis Ford Coppola, a visually arresting, erotically charged, and boldly operatic retelling of Stoker's classic gothic horror novel that remains just as spellbinding a cinematic vision today as it was upon release. Timestamps: [00:00] Intro + The Human Target, Brave Bang Bravern, Delcious in Dungeon [36:33] Review - Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) [2:43:05] Twitter Questions


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 March 5, 2024  n/a
 
 

#98: Cyber City Oedo 808


Tragic space vampires, sabre tooth tigers with laser beams, terminator-esque death machines, enough F-bombs to pop your explosive cyber collar, and more delightful nonsense abounds in Yoshiaki Kawajiri's classic cyber punk OVA:  Cyber City Oedo 808!  Tune in for the full review and your twitter questions! Timestamps: [00:00] Intro + Kaiju No. 8, Fist of the North Star, The Boy and the Heron [48:24] Review - CYBER CITY OEDO 808 [2:25:58] Twitter Questions


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 February 12, 2024  n/a
 
 

#97: Shin Kamen Rider (2023)


We're starting off the new year with a review of Shin Kamen Rider (2023), the third film in Hideaki Anno's Shin series of remakes to classic Tokusatsu franchises. This latest entry sees man turned cyborg Takeshi Hongo as the titular Kamen Rider face off against the villainous organization Shocker, in a plot heavily inspired by Shotaro Ishinomori's original 1971 Kamen Rider manga...


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 January 21, 2024  n/a
 
 

#96: Pale Flower (1964)


A hard boiled yakuza fresh out of prison and a beautiful and mysterious young woman seek out high stakes thrills in the illegal gambling dens of Tokyo in Masahiro Shinoda's film noir Pale Flower (1964). Plus impressions of the anime Hell's Paradise and Onimusha. Timestamps: [00:00] Intro, Hell's Paradise, Onimusha [45:55] Review - Pale Flower (1964)


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 December 9, 2023  n/a
 
 

#95: A Thousand and One Nights (1969)


We review Osamu Tezuka and Eiichi Yamamoto's A Thousand and One Nights (1969), the first film in Mushi Production's Animerama trilogy, billed as the world's first work of "adult animation". We also discuss the news of Cobra creator Buichi Terasawa's passing, Rightstuf's transition to the Crunchy-roll store, the decline of physical media, and Grant's impressions of Netflix's live action One Piece series...


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 November 20, 2023  n/a
 
 

#94: The Seventh Curse (1986)


Join us as we celebrate Halloween with a review of a little known Golden Harvest cult horror film: The Seventh Curse (1986). Loosely based on the popular Dr...


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 October 31, 2023  n/a
 
 

#93: Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons (2013)


We review Stephen Chow's 2013 action comedy, Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons, loosely based on the 16th century Chinese literary classic.  The film stars actor Wen Zhang as the famous Buddhist monk Tang Sanzang, Huang Bo as Sun Wukong, and Shu Qi as the love interest Duan.  Timestamps: [00:00] Intro / Discussion- The Brave Fighter of Legend Da-Garn, Turn A Gundam, The Grandmaster [48:48] Review - Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons (2013)


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 October 3, 2023  2h18m
 
 

Team B #15: Hard Ticket to Hawaii


Super agents, sleazy soft-core, skateboarding assassins, and one stupendous snake.  BLT Team B are back with a review of director Andy Sidaris' trashy 80's action flick : Hard Ticket to Hawaii(1987), touted by some as "the best B-movie of all time".


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 September 5, 2023  36m
 
 

#92: RRR


The Thieves review our first Indian film, the insanely bombastic, international blockbuster, RRR!  Plus, a brief chat about Naoki Urasawa's ongoing Kaiju manga Asadora!,  audio book light novels, the Ranking of Kings anime, and serious answers to your most important twitter questions! Timestamps: [00:00] Intro, Asadora, Ranking of Kings, Faraway Paladin [41:41] RRR Review [2:14:25] Twitter Questions


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 August 15, 2023  2h29m