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Not Just Tentacles
Rachael Eyre
158 episodes
4 days ago
Not Just Tentacles is an anime and animation podcast by a newbie for newbies, talking about all things manga and anime in a straightforward, non gatekeepery way.
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Not Just Tentacles is an anime and animation podcast by a newbie for newbies, talking about all things manga and anime in a straightforward, non gatekeepery way.
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Animation & Manga
Leisure
Episodes (20/158)
Not Just Tentacles
Not Just Tentacles Season 4 Episode 19 - Helluva Recaps - Mission: Bad Drivezo

Rachael and Ruth review the sixth Helluva Boss short, Mission: Bad Drivezo.


Blitzo and Moxxie are on what seems like a regular job when they're cut off by a horrendous driver. Wackiness ensues!


Contains impressions and copious cursing. It *is* a Helluva Recap after all.

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1 week ago
9 minutes 59 seconds

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Not Just Tentacles Season 4 Episode 18 - Helluva Lot of News! (San Diego Comic Con 2025)

Rachael and Ruth discuss the latest Hellaverse updates from San Diego Comic Con 2025.


Includes tangents, theories and Ruth's Alan Rickman impression.


Also what's happening with the podcast going forward.

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3 weeks ago
16 minutes 5 seconds

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Not Just Tentacles Season 4 Episode 17 - KPop Demon Hunters

Rachael and Ruth review KPop Demon Hunters, the hit animated musical on Netflix.


To the outside world Rumi, Mira and Zoey are Huntrix, a beloved KPop group. Their real purpose? Warriors in an epic battle of good and evil. But the foe has a brand new weapon: a rival boy band ...


Contains spoilers, tangents and RWBY news. Also an update on the podcast going forward.

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1 month ago
29 minutes 33 seconds

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Not Just Tentacles Season 4 Episode 16 - Lesbian Bear Pop Idols

It's the second Pride Month episode of 2025!


Rachael and Ruth review two yuri anime, If My Favorite Pop Idol Made It to the Budokan, I Would Die and Yuri Kuma Arashi (Lesbian Bear Storm).


One is a romcom about a fan falling for her idol; another is a metaphor for homophobia and depictions of lesbians in Japan.


Expect the usual singing, impressions, tangents etc.

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1 month ago
41 minutes 42 seconds

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Not Just Tentacles Season 4 Episode 15 - Bumbleby! (RWBY )

In 2025's first Pride Month episode, Rachael and Ruth discuss Bumbleby, the slowburn sapphic romance between Blake Belladonna and Yang Xiao Long of RWBY fame.


Includes repeated use of the word "nonce," dated pop culture references and bickering about AI.

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2 months ago
41 minutes 16 seconds

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Not Just Tentacles Season 4 Episode 14 - Fire Up The Fanons!

It's Not Just Tentacles' YouTube debut, shared with you lovely listeners! (It was originally the third May episode).


Rachael and Ruth discuss fan content and fanons, namely head canons shared by a large number of fans.


Contains strong language, flappy hands and an ironing board.

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2 months ago
44 minutes 40 seconds

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Not Just Tentacles Season 4 Episode 13 - Astérix and Obelix: The Big Fight (Netflix)

Rachael and Ruth review the recent Netflix adaptation of Asterix and Obelix: The Big Fight.


Rachael has grown up with Goscinny and Uderzo's classic French comic series; it's passed Ruth by. Will she convince her co host to watch it?


Includes millennial songs, random fangirling and puns.

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3 months ago
29 minutes 23 seconds

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Not Just Tentacles Season 4 Episode 12 - Shrek!!!

Rachael and Ruth reminisce and review Shrek, the classic film series about a moody ogre, his unlikely romance with a princess, and a heck of a lot of pop culture references and fart gags.


Contains singing, impersonations and Donkey noises. You should know by now.


Also: which star did our hosts randomly meet in Liverpool?

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3 months ago
40 minutes 2 seconds

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Not Just Tentacles Season 4 Episode 11 - LVLUP 2025 Special!

Rachael and Ruth discuss the recent Helluva developments at LVLUP 2025.


Includes impressions, tangents and ... frog noises?


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3 months ago
11 minutes 11 seconds

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Not Just Tentacles Season 4 Episode 10 - Spring 2025 Anime

Rachael and Ruth discuss the shows they've started watching for Spring 2025: Once Upon A Witch's Death, Your Forma, Go Go Loser Ranger Season 2 and My Hero Academia: Vigilantes.


Since they're Whovians, they also have to review Lux, the recent live action/animation episode of Doctor Who.


It's a completely un-Eastery Easter episode!

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3 months ago
50 minutes 56 seconds

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Not Just Tentacles Season 4 Episode 9 - Wife Swaps and Magical Girls

Rachael and Ruth cover indie darling Pretty Pretty Please I Don't Want to Be a Magical Girl, the Indigo reboot, and Netflix donghua No Doubt In Us. It's clearly the right time for supernatural fantasy with sapphic overtones!


Includes misnomers, mispronunciations, David Attenborough and the Road Runner.

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4 months ago
28 minutes

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Not Just Tentacles Season 4 Episode 8 - Spy x Family: Code White

Rachael and Ruth review Spy x Family: Code White, the 2023 standalone film.


There's no such thing as an ordinary day with the Forger family, and certainly not an ordinary holiday. What will our favourite spy, assassin and telepath do when they accidentally threaten world peace?


Rachael is a firm fan of the series; Ruth has never watched it. How will they rate the movie?


You know the drill: tangents, impressions, and whether or not a scientist looks like a member of Take That.

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5 months ago
36 minutes 9 seconds

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Not Just Tentacles Season 4 Episode 7 - Was the Disney Renaissance All That?

In this mega long episode, Rachael and Ruth wonder why the films of the Disney Renaissance exert such a hold over millennials. Are they as good as we remember, or is it the nostalgia speaking?


Includes singing, digressions and cussing.


Ruth couldn't resist reviewing The Emperor's New Groove because 1) she watched it recently and 2) just because 🤦‍♀️

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5 months ago
55 minutes 8 seconds

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Not Just Tentacles Season 4 Episode 6 - Winter 2025 Anime (and Indie Animation)

Rachael and Ruth discuss the shows they've been watching over Winter 2025: Sakamoto Days, Ameku MD: Doctor Detective, Tasokare Hotel, Indigo and The Magical Girl Garnet Heart.


There's an overriding theme of mystery, but a wide range of shows: hitmen, medical drama, supernatural thriller, sci-fi and magical girls!

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5 months ago
44 minutes 5 seconds

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Not Just Tentacles Season 4 Episode 5 - Stolitz Part 2 (Helluva Recaps)

In this bumper Valentine's Day special, Rachael and Ruth talk about all things Stolitz in the second half of Helluva Boss Season 2.


Includes dubious impersonation, Rachael playing devil's advocate for Blitzo and Stolas, and Ruth being Ruth. Also spoilers for Aggretsuko, What We Do In The Shadows and Carol (sorry!)

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6 months ago
53 minutes 9 seconds

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Not Just Tentacles Season 4 Episode 4 - Wicked

Rachael and Ruth enthuse about Wicked, the blockbusting film adaptation of the Broadway musical.


Includes belting notes, brain fog, tangents and Ruth's Jeff Goldblum impression.


They know it's not anime or animation, but what the hell.

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6 months ago
38 minutes 34 seconds

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Not Just Tentacles Season 4 Episode 3 - Stella Goetia is Not One Helluva Girlboss (Helluva Recaps)

Rachael and Ruth discuss the recent antics of Helluva Boss' infamous abusive wife and mother, Stella.


Since people are still missing the point.


CW: Mentions of domestic and child abuse.


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6 months ago
40 minutes 33 seconds

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Not Just Tentacles Season 4 Episode 2 - 100% Nightmare Fuel (The Promised Neverland, Gods' School)

Rachael and Ruth review The Promised Neverland. Ruth is no wuss, but she's traumatised.


They also discuss indie animations Gods' School, The Epilogue of Endings and Bite Shift.


Contains tangents, singing and anecdotes.


CW: Child murder, abuse and endangerment.

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6 months ago
44 minutes 43 seconds

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Not Just Tentacles S4 Episode 1 - Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

In their first episode of 2025, Rachael and Ruth review Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl, the beloved duo's first outing in 16 years.


Wallace has become overly reliant on his new invention Norbot, to Gromit's chagrin. To make matters worse, an old enemy is waiting in the wings, seeking revenge ...

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7 months ago
29 minutes 15 seconds

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Not Just Tentacles Season 3 Episode 48 - Helluva Recaps (Sinsmas)

It's the Helluva Boss Season 2 finale!


Blitzo tries to teach Stolas the spirit of Sinsmas, but he's worried about Via, and they've a target to take out. Oh, and Millie has a secret ...


Rachael and Ruth ask: Is it the best Christmas episode of a show ever? Quite possibly!

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7 months ago
23 minutes 1 second

Not Just Tentacles
Not Just Tentacles is an anime and animation podcast by a newbie for newbies, talking about all things manga and anime in a straightforward, non gatekeepery way.