God, isn't it so satisfying to finish something? Films are better than TV that way. ...and we've also managed to finish Satoshi Kon's film catalog this week, since we finally cover Paprika. Is it all it's cracked up to be? Did Christopher Nolan rip it off? Does it have the worst English-language tagline for an anime of all time? Listen and find out. We also talk about The Sandman, Inception, vocaloids, sleep demons, and the common types of dreams. |

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[Skip to 9:22 for To Be Hero X talk]

We checked out our first donghua, or Chinese anime, this week: To Be Hero X, thanks to a Patreon supporter. We even watched it in Mandarin! Did we like it as much as Japanese stuff? Listen and find out. We also talk about gout, Mozart's age, family stand-ins, and the languages our grandparents spoke. |

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[Skip to 13:15 for Millennium Actress talk]

Well, I thought this was the last Satoshi Kon we would cover on the pod but apparently we've never done Paprika either? Yahoo, more Kon to look forward to. Anyway this is the first time any of us have seen Millennium Actress, and it turns out Satoshi Kon doesn't really have any misses. You can hear us talk about his overall catalogue toward the end of the episode. We also talk about Gmail's AI, Unit 731, and the Liancourt rocks. |

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JJBPOD keeps watching Steins;Gate this week - episodes 7-9. We also talk about thick water, The Butterfly Effect, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, what our old phone numbers used to be, and what media we bond over. |

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It's a recap of last year on the pod - no new anime to speak of. We talk about our favorite anime we saw in 2025, our favorite anime to debut in 2025, our favorite movies, games, TV shows of the year...and what we hope to see in 2026. We also talk about thin lips, hate-watching, and kids standing in front of doors. |

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Thanks to a Patreon supporter we are continuing to check out Steins;Gate this week, Eps 4-6. Do we get it now? Kinda! We also talk about when CRTs stopped being popular, POSTing, winning mahjong, Pibb, and Jerry Lee Lewis. |

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[Skip to 32:27 for actual TF 17-26 talk]

Time to finish an actual show for once! We wrap up our coverage of Tatsuki Fujimoto 17-26 with episodes 7 and 8 this week. What were our favorite episodes? Is the show good "overall"? Myles is in-person for this recording, if you think that's special. We also talk about charcuterie, rare Christmas songs, magician boxes, art class, and political uprisings. |

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[Go to 29:10 for actual anime talk]

We look at the episodes we missed from Tatsuki Fujimoto 17-26 this week - episodes 2, 3, and 5. We also talk about the members of Wu-Tang, disaster stories for kids, and Sisqo.|

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