Shonen Tapes

If you're enjoying the content, you'd love our Anime Podcast. Episodes every Wednesday. Link belowww https://linktr.ee/ShonenTapes

09/04/2024

Hi All - We’re unsure what the future of the Shonen Tapes Podcast looks like. We’re going to be upfront with everyone. We noticed a dip in our audio at the start of 2024, and decided to pursue YouTube to see if the numbers would be any different. While we had a couple of videos do alright for our size, it was more of the same.

More recently we have also noticed a dip in the activity of discord, followed by a loss in activity on the Patreon.

All that to basically say, while we would love for this to work, we’ve been at this for a few years and are unhappy with where we are compared to other similar podcasts.

This isn’t for sure the end, but we are taking a hiatus to think things over a bit and decide if we want to give this another shot, or if maybe we’ll pivot to just content creation for Instagram/TikTok/YouTube Shorts for the foreseeable future.

Regardless, we love and appreciate every single one of you who have tuned in, listened, and participated in any way.

08/28/2024

Today we revisit the Alabasta Arc from One Piece. The majority of you probably watched this forever ago, but we’re new to One Piece here at the Shonen Tapes, and you get to see our fresh perspectives.

We went from totally torn down the middle to pretty much landing in the same spot.

Were our critiques valid, or are we yapping?? COMMENT BELOW.

Enjoying the Shonen Tapes Podcast? Hit that subscribe button for weekly drops! Keep the comments coming for what you’d like to see in the future.

08/21/2024

We watched the first episode of the Rick and Morty Anime so you don’t have to. No surprise that we mostly feel the same about the show as the rest of the internet, but is all the hate really warranted…?

Yes. Yes it was.

We got our full reaction to episode 1 locked and loaded. How did you guys feel about the show??

08/07/2024

Today we are diving into the world of Shojo with the ladies from ! We tasked Shoujo Sundae with recommending some Shojo that YOU LOT might like, given your tastes in Shonen. We overall have a fun and insightful discussion where we dive into the world of Shojo Sundae, learning about their show and the unique perspectives they bring to the anime community.

Aside from learning about their favorite anime recommendations, we realized that there’s something for everyone in the Shojo genre. Whether that is mind-benders, psychological anime, or even romantic comedies.

This collaboration was very fun, so if you enjoyed the convo, make sure to check out our new friends over at Shojo Sundae! You can find all their links below:

Shoujo Sundae Website - https://www.shoujosundae.com/

Shoujo Sundae’s Discord - https://discord.gg/Se2wREdMxf

Shoujo Sundae’s Youtube - https://youtube.com/?si=8ZFAXgkjXoTK2ny9

07/31/2024

It’s time for part two of the Hashira Training Arc.

The internet’s reaction to this season was just average, and we’re going to see if there’s any truth behind that.

In part one, we ranked our favorite Hashira with the intent of revisiting it at the end of the season to see if how the list changed up. We’ll see if any of our predictions came true and then make some predictions for how the show is going to end.

We also talk about the season’s high points, low points, and how it could have overall improved.

07/24/2024

Finally getting to Tokyo Ghoul! We tried to keep it as high level as we could since there was so much going on in such a short amount of episodes.

We focus on our favorite fights, characters, high points, low points, and ultimately what was it that made fans so upset at the anime while comparing it to the manga.

How did you guys feel about this show?

07/17/2024

WHO GOT THAT DAWG IN EM?! Who physically cannot take an L? Oozing with confidence? Consistently standing on business? Sit back as we explain.

We pick some of our favorite shows and popular anime in general and both agree on not only who got that dawg in em…but also who has a little puppy…and rabies?

There’s zero chance we named all we could, so do us a favor and drop the ones we missed in the comments.

07/10/2024

Su***de Squad? Dope. Isekai? Dope. Su***de Squad Isekai? NOPE.

We watched the first 4 episodes and gave an honest of a reaction as we could. We keep it light from a spoiler perspective, so you can still watch this review without feeling like you need to watch the show first.

It was a miss for many reasons, with few redeemable qualities in sight. We break those down in this video with the good, bad, and the ugly.

Let us know how you’re feeling by commenting below. If you want to come chat with us and make sure you never miss an episode, join our discord!

07/03/2024

We are replacing every member of the Justice League today with characters from different anime. The rules are simple...

We take turns picking on anime character to replace each member. No person can pick multiple characters from the same show. New new Justice League characters retains their personality, but loses their powers from whatever anime they came from.

We took a WILDLY different approach! Let us know if you like this type of content, or if you prefer something different. Consider dropping a like or subscribing if you do.

06/12/2024

New generation anime is dope, but does it have enough soul? Do you feel deeply connected to these characters and their arcs, or do you just enjoy the concept, artwork, and fight scenes?

In this episode, we’re diving into the world of SOUL within Anime. We have a hunch that older generation anime had a lot more soul, and we’re breaking down why that is. We’ll be naming examples of both soulful and soulless anime along the way.

Urban Dictionary describes soulless as: Cold, hard, cruel; lacking sensitivity or the capacity for deep feeling. We explore this definition and how it applies to anime across different generations.

Let us know how ya’ll are feeling about these picks on YouTube, Insta, or our Discord. There’s probably plenty we left out!

05/22/2024

Today we’re diving headfirst into the new season of Demon Slayer with and react to Episodes 1 and 2. We explore the internet’s reactions to the start of the season and share our own thoughts on both episodes.

Who’s your top Hashira? We reveal our Hashira rankings and discuss who we think stands out this to start the season. Plus, we make some season predictions.

Of course, we also share our favorite moments from the episodes and discuss what we think could have been better. Whether you’re here for the action, the characters, or the beautiful animation, I think we can all agree we love us some Demon Slayer.

What were your favorite moments from these episodes? Do you agree with our Hashira rankings? Let’s talk about it in the comments below👇

05/08/2024

Today’s episode is an open conversation about the prodigy who the Dragon Ball torch was supposed to be passed to - Gohan. He went from an underdog with a ton of potential, winning our hearts versus Cell, to rolling our eyes as he pounced around as The Great Saiyaman.

Is he a well developed character?
How could we improve him?
What do we think his future holds?
Favorite fights and moments from him?

05/01/2024

Time for another showdown! Today we pit these two titans against each other and rank them with same criteria to see which clocks more points. Most points win.

Although each show has its pros and cons, we objectively pick which show is better based on protagonists, storylines, villains, side characters, and a few other things.

Obviously opinion-based, so results may vary, but please jump on the YouTube or Discord and let us know where we’re lacking!!

04/24/2024

The very thing that tipped the scale of Dragon Ball world for Goku to reach new heights, is the legendary super saiyan prophecy that Beerus had in his dream, aka Yamoshi. This man single handedly created a butterfly effect that would eventually lead to Goku and Vegeta becoming gods, but who is this man, and how can Dragon Ball Super progress his story?

Today, we cover the backstory of what we know so far about Yamoshi, and explore different ways the show can reintroduce the character to have the biggest impact.

Jump on that Discord and let us know if you want to see a story around Yamoshi and also who’s what-if you liked best!
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04/03/2024

Episode 259: The Demon Slayer Improvement Tape is live!! Although the show is fire, there is always room for improvements! It’s no secret that we were not fans of season 1, but we actually uncovered so many things they could have done in the following seasons to make the show even better.

We won’t beat a dead horse for the issues we had with the exposition dump and lame dialogue, but we focus on character development misses, episode numbers, demon of the season, and timing of background stories for villains.

Make sure you are all caught up on Solo Leveling, as we’ll be covering that next week. We’re shifting a bit of focus over to our YouTube, so we would super appreciate it if you could show it some love!

What’s your favorite improvement that we did or didn’t mention?

02/28/2024

In today’s episode, we go over two extremely similar villains from My Hero Academia and Jujutsu Kaisen (respectively). It’s pretty clear Mahito took some inspiration from Shigaraki - but did he follow the JJK trend of getting inspired on something and overall improving on it?

The match up actually ended up being super close. Fighting skills, better written character, aesthetics, personality; we compare the whole nine yards.

So Tapeworms, let us know. Are ya’ll rockin’ with the league of villains dork or the curse??
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02/21/2024

OK FINE we’ll do the episode. Today we cover the second installment of Vinland Saga. You might be surprised by our reactions, especially if you’ve heard our initial review review in episode 195.

We examine the new characters and their impact on the story, shifts for returning characters, shifts in the tone of the show, least and most favorite character, if we think it’s headed in a positive or negative direction, and lastly.. our patented 7 thumb rating for the season.

So do tune in and enjoy. We’re still regularly uploading on youtube as well, so check us out there if YouTube is more your speed!

02/07/2024

It’s been a little while since we did a good ole fashioned rankings tape, so today we decided to jump into the world of Demon Slayer, and give our personal top 5. We also spent some time at the end of the episode trying to pick out the objectively best characters of the show.

What made us do Demon Slayer? No idea, but it was so much fun to talk about.

What are your top 3 characters? Go on over and comment on the YouTube if you have a moment!
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01/31/2024

Since our favorite baldy is out sick today, we have asked a friend of the podcast, Cisco from the Dough Bois Podcast, to join us today.

Cisco specializes in Amazon Reselling but also dabbles in a bit of Anime, so we spend the first part of the episode learning a little bit more about what that entails as a side hustle. We take advantage of picking the brain of somebody who isn’t deep into the anime world and getting his very unexpected takes. Very...very unexpected takes.

This was a fun episode and Cisco is a natural fit, so please go show his youtube some love if you’ve ever thought about becoming an Amazon Reseller or want to learn more about an entrepreneurial mindset.

Here is their Youtube - https://youtube.com/?si=wGySJDHEdFCsGDzM
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01/24/2024

So we’ve been feeling a little introspective here lately, and decided to take a look into what anime we have completely changed our tune on. This podcast has forced us to watch shows we would have otherwise skipped, or not given a second chance on if we were disappointed...and we’re seeing that’s for the better!

What we’re noticing is that sometimes we can have some super-valid criticisms about how bad or lacking a show is for the first few seasons, but that doesn’t mean the show is going to be continue it’s lack of storytelling, character building, or whatever it was that turned us off in the first place.

So today we pick some of the shows we have changed our minds on, why we have changed our minds, and what seems to be some trends for stories at the start, versus having some time to flesh the world out.

ALSO - We found a platform that works regularly for YouTube! Come show us some love.
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01/17/2024

YAOOO we back baby with another banger. After hearing that a show broke One Piece’s Gear 5 Luffy episode, we had to immediately check-in to see what all the hype was about.

At the time of the recording, from the 2 episodes out, we react to the show and try to guess why it’s so successful. We haven’t read ahead, so we throw out some predictions as well.

We also start out the episode by giving our thoughts on the first few episodes of Season 2 of Vinland Saga as a sneak peek for the eventual Vinland Sage Tape.

Worth noting - we again recorded this video for YouTube, and again the system craped out on us. Sorry yall.. we’re trying. Please go give last week’s video some love if you haven’t already!
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01/10/2024

OUR FIRST EPISODE IS NOW LIVE ON YOUTUBE, GO GO GO!

Okay, now that that is out of the way, on to the episode. Honestly, we both felt like we had a lot more to say from last week’s episode, and wanted to spend a little more time focusing on some of the positive aspects of Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2, so that’s exactly what we did.

Kevin starts off the episode directly speaking to some of the rebuttals you guys tore him up with over discord and social media, while Sean picks up his sword and defends your honor. Afterwards, we shift our focus on to some of the more fun aspects Jujutsu Kaisen brought to us this season, and talk way more about who impressed us this season and why. We also spend a little time theory crafting and other fun stuff.

Lastly, especially if you want Vinland Saga Season 2 next week, go show our YouTube some love and feast your eyes on our ugly faces.
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01/03/2024

After a two week break we are finally back at it!! Tune in to our newest episode reviewing Season 2 of Jujutsu Kaisen.

01/03/2024

The rollercoaster of a banger, also known as Jujutsu Kaisen has finally concluded its second season. While the majority of the internet is in an agreement that season 2 was amazing, Kevin spends this episode making the argument that it was overrated.

The bulk of the episode is the back and forth with us debating the quality, rushed storytelling, character focus, and its overall performance.

We also pick our favorite characters, fights, and moments from the season.

What do you guys think: Does Kevin have a point, or is he trippin?
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12/13/2023

We start off the episode with an announcement before going into the topic. Plucked directly from our discord, we are going to blend different pieces of various anime to form THE PERFECT ANIME. This is one of those creative juices thinky tapes where we get creative.

Pretty much, we take a step back and decide what character archetypes, storylines, power scaling, and other aspects of anime can be molded together to form a banger of a show. First we take turns picking these to create our own, and then at the end we sort which anime’s top tier ingredients could be mixed together and produce some fire.

Let us know if you like these types of episodes. Also make sure you’re tuned into our YouTube next week...
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12/06/2023

Today we dive into the man that used to be Goku’s GO-TO GUY. It’s crazy that somebody with such heavy impact early on in the series would go on to not even be considered a top 10 character anymore. The Shonen Tapes take a slight issue with this, so in this episode, we try to rectify it.

With these improvement tapes, as always, we break down what the issues with the characters are, and why they have fallen out of flavor. Krillin is one of our more obvious cases, but we really believe we came up with some fixes that could do the series some good.

We hope you guys have been enjoying the episodes. And honestly.. we’re hoping Akira Toriyama tunes in too for our suggestions!
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11/29/2023

It’s been a little while since we’ve opened up a can of Dragon Ball, so we decided to chronologically go through from Z to Super and dissect the standout fights. We skipped the OG Dragon Ball, so if you’re fan...sorry.

We usually like to list out our favorite fights with some sort of top 5, but we decided to take a completely different approach so we wouldn’t skip as much. Obviously we know there are some gems we’re missing out on, but we’re pretty sure we got the most memorable ones!

The criteria we used on judging a good fight is the choreography, the story leading up to it, and the finish. Also, for some reason, Sean mentions his loins?

Jump on the Discord and let us know which ones we missed out on, or if you disagree with any of these takes!
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11/22/2023

Get ready for another good ole’ fashioned Shonen Tapes Versus episode, as we take a dive into the world of Attack on Titan and Demon Slayer.

In one corner, we have Eren Yeager, the Titan shifter. In the other corner, we have Tanjiro, the kind Samurai of the World of Demon Slayer.
But the question remains: who’s better?

Join us as we pit these powerhouses against each other, analyzing their strengths, sense of humor, character development, backstories, and finally, who’s winning a fight? We had to level the playing field a bit, so for the majority of the episode, it will be Eren pre-season 4.

We also jump into how they would handle being the main protagonist for each other’s shows and have some fun with it.

Side note - We tried some new editing software for this episode, so let us know how the quality compares to the regular ones when you get a sec!

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11/15/2023

Baaa!! Baaa! Join us today, as we are tackling the goats of Anime, and aside from picking a Mount Rushmore, we are narrowing down what we believe to be the greatest anime of all time.

We base our picks on cultural impact, longevity, quality, and public opinion. Obviously there are a good amount of goat contenders, so there is plenty of discourse to be had. While we are in agreement with each other, we can totally imagine that some of you will whole heartedly disagree with us. So let us know what you think, by joining the discord, or commenting on whatever platform you saw this on.
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11/08/2023

Today we react to this masterpiece of a show, and really see if the ending was as bad as *everyone* made it out to be! From the protagonist, to the antihero, Eren Yaegar took us for one heck of a ride.

During this episode, we dissect the choices made by Isayama and how he attempts to shape the opinions of his audience when it comes to the Yaegarmeister. We react to the ending credits and everything it alluded to. And lastly, we see if Attack On Titan delivered an ending as powerful as the rest of the series.

Do not hesitate to join the discord and let us know how you feel. Also if you’re enjoying these, share with your friends!!
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Which generation of anime has the most SOUL!

Clip from our review on YouTube. Love Solo Leveling, it just doesn’t get us excited for some reason! Why is that? #anime #podcast #animepodcast #sololeveling

REST IN PEACE TO THE GODFATHER OF ANIME, Akira Toriyama. We all owe our fandom to you🙏🏾#dragonball #rip #akiratoriyama

What bro really be thinking about LOL.

How often do you guys think about Eren Yeager? Clip from our podcast, now on YouTube too, where we go off on a tangent during our Demon Slayer episode. #aot #demonslayer #anime #podcast #animepodcast

How often do you guys think about Eren Yeager? Clip from our podcast, now on YouTube too, where we go off on a tangent during our Demon Slayer episode.

Is Ultra Instinct this generation’s Super Saiyan? Not as iconic, sure, but what beats it? Snippet from Episode 238, The Transformation Tape. #dragonball #anime #podcast #supersaiyan #goku