This week, John Wintroub and Sean Clark discuss episodes 13 & 14 of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean and Danganropa: Trigger Happy Havoc.
0:00 - Intro
0:35 - JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean episodes 13 & 14 discussion
29:25 - Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc discussion
1:07:48 - Outro
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John Wintroub is joined by Devlin Nipper on the first part of a series discussing each member of One Piece's Straw Hat Pirates, beginning with Monkey D. Luffy and the Marineford Arc.
0:00 - Intro
3:10 - Discussing Luffy’s character arc from the Sabaody Archipelago to Marineford
38:50 - Outro
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John Wintroub and Sean Clark discuss the character development, themes and historical references of NieR: Automata.
0:00 - Intro
2:31 - Ghost in the Shell; Machines With Souls
11:11 - Pascal; No Courage Without Fear
16:20 - Become as Gods; Misplaced Faith
18:27 - Adam & Eve; Two Sides of a Broken Coin
27:20 - 2B; Avoidance of Pain
36:18 - 9S; Loss
39:37 - A2; A Tragic Existence
45:29 - 9S Reprisal; Seeing Red
52:27 - Ending C & D; The American Monomyth
55:39 - Ending E; Living Redemption
1:08:10 - Outro
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John Wintroub and Sean Clark are joined by Michael Manny to discuss how Obi-Wan and Stranger Things could learn from each other's successes and failings.
0:00 - Intro
2:06 - Obi-Wan Kenobi series general discussion
5:18 - Bridging the gap with Obi-Wan and Vader; where the man ends and the monster begins
24:24 - Obi-Wan rediscovering his humanity through Leia
30:02 - A series of sacrifices; the importance and disappointment of Tala’s death
32:56 - Reva & Redemption Without Death
42:55 - Renewed Love for the prequels
54:13 - Stranger Things 4 general discussion
1:04:57 - Steve Harrington; the heart of Hawkins
1:07:48 - Eddie, the lifeblood of Stranger Things 4; Stranger Things 4 and the American Monomyth
1:17:50 - Comatose Characters; the Schrodinger’s Cat of storytelling
1:22:13 - How the final season can learn from the prior’s failings & the unlikelihood of that lesson being learned
1:36:08 - Outro
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John Wintroub and Sean Clark discuss the reveals at Star Wars Celebration - Anaheim 2022.
0:00 - Intro
2:16 - Star Wars Jedi: Survivor receives its first teaser trailer
25:53 - How Mandalorian Season 3 can write Din Djarin’s redemption & how Star Wars handles character redemption compared to other fantasy stories (such as Avatar: The Last Airbender, Full Metal Alchemist and Re:Zero)
55:46 - Ahsoka news discussion and how it will act as a sequel to Rebels
1:05:16 - How Andor might enhance Rogue One
1:12:44 - What is Star Wars: Skeleton Crew?
1:19:11 - Tales of the Jedi’s exploration of Dooku, Qui-Gon and Ahsoka can feed into the failures of the Jedi
1:27:40 - The Bad Batch season 2 trailer discussion
1:35:45 - Star Wars Visions returns in Spring 2023 featuring stories from animation studios across the world
1:44:08 - Which future Star Wars story announced at Celebration are we most excited for?
1:46:35 - Outro
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John Wintroub and Sean Clark are joined by Michael Manny to discuss Multiverse of Madness and our complicated relationship with modern Star Wars.
0:00 - Intro
1:13 - Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness discussion
40:52 - Kenobi Anticipation & the successes/failings of Disney Lucasfilm
1:40:10 - Outro
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John Wintroub and Sean Clark are joined by Michael Manny to talk about our disappointment with Warner Bros over the cancellation of DC's Legends of Tomorrow and Batwoman.
0:00 - Intro
0:44 - DC’s Legends of Tomorrow cancellation discussion
32:00 - Outro
The GWW's article "The CW's Diverse Shows are Not Disposable": https://thegww.com/the-cws-diverse-shows-are-not-disposable/
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John Wintroub is joined by comic book writer and metalhead Markisan Naso to discuss the first volume of his latest comic series, By the Horns, and some hints at what is to come in the next volume.
0:00 - Intro
0:57 - Interview with Markisan Naso, writer and co-creator of By the Horns
50:28 - Outro
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John Wintroub discusses his first time watching One Piece with longtime fan Devlin Nipper and more on this week's episode of Nerdsplosion!
0:00 - Intro
0:26 - One Piece discussion (spoilers for the first 32 episodes) and why it is the king of Shonen storytelling
34:59 - How Arcane has changed the landscape for storytelling in animation
48:46 - Outro
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Devlin's Twitter: @Trackie_D
John Wintroub and Sean Clark discuss Netflix's mishandling of the release of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean and the first episode of Marvel's Moon Knight Disney+ series.
0:00 - Intro
0:51 - Episodes 13-24 of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean to premier on Netflix Fall 2022
17:12 - Moon Knight episode 1 discussion
43:49 -Outro & Sean discussing the FIFA World Cup 2022 groups
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Sean's Twitter: @seanclarksports
0:00 - Intro
0:58 - Jujutsu Kaisen 0 discussion
27:00 - The Batman discussion
57:07 - Outro
0:00 - Intro
0:40 - The Rising of the Shield Hero season 2 receives its first trailer
11:35 - Jujutsu Kaisen season 2 confirmed for Winter 2023 & Anticipation for Jujutsu Kaisen 0
29:26 - Demon Slayer: Entertainment District Arc discussion & predictions for the finale
52:08 - Outro
0:00 - Intro
0:36 - Book of Boba Fett Chapter 5 discussion with Sam Gilligan
1:17:23 - Violet Evergarden episodes 1 & 2 discussion with Sean Clark
1:47:04 - Outro
0:00 - Intro
0:37 - Moon Knight trailer discussion
28:31 - New Star Wars video games announced from Respawn Entertainment
36:37 - The Book of Boba Fett Chapter 4 discussion
1:52:07 - We attempt to end the podcast, but instead talk about sports and anime for 14 minutes
2:06:19 - Actual outro
0:00 - Intro
0:28 - The Batman tickets now on sale
10:52 - The Obi-Wan Kenobi Disney+ series receives its first poster
19:39 - The Book of Boba Fett finale discussion and overall thoughts on the series
46:36 - Peacemaker episode 7 discussion and thoughts on the series thus far
1:17:05 - Outro
0:00 - Intro
1:22 - Leslie Grace gives the first look at her Batgirl costume and discussing the Batfamily’s cinematic history
8:43 - The Book of Boba Fett Chapter 3 discussion
38:59 - JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean episode 12 discussion and thoughts on the season so far
1:09:07 - Outro
0:00 - We argue over The Matrix Resurrections
41:39 - The Book of Boba Fett Chapter 2 discussion
1:26:23 - JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean episode 10 & 11 discussion and fanboying over Weather Report
1:52:36 - Outro
0:00 - Intro
0:22 - Discussing our favorite movies, television and video games from 2021
43:28 - Book of Boba Fett Chapter 1 discussion
1:03:34 - Stone Ocean Episode 9 discussion
1:18:36 - Outro
0:00 - Intro
1:10 - Spider-Man: No Way Home spoiler discussion
1:05:50 - Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness trailer discussion
1:07:37 - Hawkeye finale discussion
1:28:14 - JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean episodes 6-8 discussion
1:43:11 - Outro
0:00 - Intro
1:35 - Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse receives its first teaser trailer
10:20 - Shang-Chi sequel officially announced
17:22 - Kevin Feige confirms that Charlie Cox will return as Daredevil in the MCU
30:34 - Hawkeye episode 4 discussion
42:54 - JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean episode 1-5 discussion
1:14:36 - Outro
