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Not Just Tentacles
Rachael Eyre
165 episodes
1 week 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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Not Just Tentacles
Not Just Tentacles Season 4 - Hazbin Recaps - Hazbin Hotel: Behind Closed Doors and It's a Deal

Rachael and Ruth recap and review episodes 3 and 4 of Hazbin Hotel.


Charlie proceeds to put her foot in it in every way imaginable, while we learn the origins of Alastor and Vox's feud. Did you know the TV demon used to be called Vincent?


Contains brain fog, tangents and opinions. The usual, then.

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1 week ago
39 minutes 34 seconds

Not Just Tentacles
Not Just Tentacles S4 Hazbin Recaps - S2: New Pentious and Storyteller

Rachael and Ruth recap and review the first two episodes of Hazbin Hotel S2.


How will our antiheroes cope with a flood of vengeful guests? What are the Vees up to? And how will Heaven react to Sir Pentious as the first redeemed Sinner in known history?


Contains impressions and tangents as you'd expect - and gah, we missed out Lilith's second appearance 🤦‍♀️

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2 weeks ago
39 minutes 44 seconds

Not Just Tentacles
Not Just Tentacles Season 4: Hazbin Recaps - Why Lute Should Not Be Ignored

Rachael discusses a certain avenging angel and wonders why she has been overlooked by fans. What's in store for Lute in the second season of Hazbin Hotel?

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3 weeks ago
23 minutes 33 seconds

Not Just Tentacles
Not Just Tentacles Season 4 - Not Another Death Note Adaptation!

Rachael and Ruth examine the 2015 Death Note live action drama series. Is it a hit or a miss, and why does L keep taking his shirt off?


They also review The Earth Guy, the quirky indie animation series by Aninamated. How will hapless everyman Neil cope as the only human at a space school?


Includes discussion of the Hazbin Hotel trailer and Hazbin Guarantee (Trust Us).

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1 month ago
46 minutes 35 seconds

Not Just Tentacles
Not Just Tentacles Season 4 - Homestuck and Knights of Guinevere

Rachael and Ruth discuss Homestuck and Knights of Guinevere, the two latest indie animation pilots to make a splash online.

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1 month ago
31 minutes 39 seconds

Not Just Tentacles
Not Just Tentacles: Stella Goetia is Not One Helluva Girlboss 4

Now that Mission Zero reintroduces Stella, Stolas' fearsome ex wife, Rachael discusses her characterisation and some frequently heard complaints about her storyline.


Contains brain fog, iffy impressions and facepalming.

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2 months ago
25 minutes 28 seconds

Not Just Tentacles
Not Just Tentacles Season 4 - Did Death Note Jump the Shark?

In which Rachael and Ruth discuss the controversial second half of the classic anime, and whether it should have finished with L's death. Naturally this involves copious spoilers.


And yes, Rachael realises she should have referred to defendants, not Mikami's "clients." All she knows about law is taken from Ace Attorney.


Contains impressions, tangents and family tree investigations.

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2 months ago
40 minutes 12 seconds

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Not Just Tentacles Season 4 - 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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3 months ago
9 minutes 59 seconds

Not Just Tentacles
Not Just Tentacles Season 4 - 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 months ago
16 minutes 5 seconds

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Not Just Tentacles Season 4 - 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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4 months ago
29 minutes 33 seconds

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Not Just Tentacles Season 4 - 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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4 months ago
41 minutes 42 seconds

Not Just Tentacles
Not Just Tentacles Season 4 - 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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5 months ago
41 minutes 16 seconds

Not Just Tentacles
Not Just Tentacles Season 4 - 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.


PS: Rachael thought Ruth said Koichi and Pop Step were getting together, NOT him and Knuckleduster 🤦‍♀️

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5 months ago
44 minutes 40 seconds

Not Just Tentacles
Not Just Tentacles Season 4 - 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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6 months ago
29 minutes 23 seconds

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

Rachael and Ruth reminisce and review Shrek, the influential 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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6 months ago
40 minutes 2 seconds

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

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


Includes impressions, tangents and ... frog noises?


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6 months ago
11 minutes 11 seconds

Not Just Tentacles
Not Just Tentacles Season 4 - 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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7 months ago
50 minutes 56 seconds

Not Just Tentacles
Not Just Tentacles Season 4 - 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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7 months ago
28 minutes

Not Just Tentacles
Not Just Tentacles Season 4 - 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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8 months ago
36 minutes 9 seconds

Not Just Tentacles
Not Just Tentacles Season 4 - 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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8 months ago
55 minutes 8 seconds

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.