Episodes

"When you learn to accept rather than expect, you will have fewer dissapointments" - Buddist quote Discussion notes How we define a good anime? What we classify as potential? When do we decide no more? Thats it, we have had enough? Discussing which anime did not live up to its potential? Why didnt it live up to its potential? If we had a budget of $1m which one of those anime you mentioned, would you take on to remake. What would you do to change or how would you breath new life into the anime? ...

“A sword wields no strength unless the hand that holds it has courage ” - Hero Shade Discussion Notes What makes a great swordsman? What traits do they have that draws us to them? Does the character holding the sword have a bearing on whether we like the swordsman or is it just purely skill? Who are our top anime swordsman? Out of 10 what swordmanship ranking would you give 10 being the best, 1 the worst! How do we define their style of fighting i.e. (acrobactic, flair, endurance, strategic, pow...

"The creation of a single world comes from a huge number of fragments and chaos." - Hayao Miyazaki Discussion Points Have we seen all the Ghibli films? What makes Ghibli so magical and special? What Ghibli film would we recommend to a non anime fan? What are some of the messages in the Ghibli films that we didn’t first notice? What Ghibli films on Netflix would we recommend you should watch? (UK specific) Some Ghibli anime films discussed in this podcast are: Spirited Away, Ponyo, Grave of the ...

“It is not the answer that enlightens but the question” – Eugene Ionesco We continue our “21 questions” Quora series with a host of new questions. See some of the questions below. Discussion Notes Can you stumble into watching Hentai? What is better, Naruto or Attack on Titan? What are some anime characters that start with an M? What are somethings that we cannot stand about the anime community? Would we rather be a Ghoul or a Titan? Who would be our top 3 anime sensei’s? 21 seconds - We finish ...

Animated or Real, interesting characters are interesting people . - Noel Fitch Discussion Notes What makes an anime MC interesting and exciting for you? Is it because we get emotionally invested, their power etc? Is there such a thing as too interesting, to exciting that detracts from an MC? Counting down our top 5 anime main characters, in terms of most interesting. Listen to see if yours made our list? If you enjoy the podcast, please don't forget to FOLLOW, RATE and REVIEW the show (it takes...

“We faced a lot of hardship, but we kept going… ” Ed (Host of Suuuper Anime Podcast) On 30th July we released our first episode of Suuuper Anime Podcast and it’s been an amazing experience and we would like to thank every single suuuper light who listens, we truly truly appreciate You. You are truly Suuuuper! Discussion Notes Chatting about how the year has been, how we started, hurdles faced! We play and discuss some best bits from the podcast including a compilation of (Solo sounds bits, Ed si...

Be yourself, everyone else is already taken" - Oscar Wilde This was an episode recorded before DMX's un timely death, we are huge fans and thus we would like to dedicate this epiosde to the legend that is DMX! Rest In Peace! Ed and Solo both take the 16-personality test and based on our test results link it to an anime character which we believe would be most like us based on our personality traits Discussion notes Myers Briggs Test - 16 Personalities Results Start Here to help frame the rest of...

" There are no uninterestig things, only unninterested people" . - Gilbert Chesterton Discussion Notes What makes a Main Character (MC) uninteresting/boring for you? How do we define boring? Does a lack of character development make an anime MC boring? Do manga writers do it on purpose making the side character more excitable? Our 5 least interesting anime MC's? Out of the anime characters we mentioned, which one would we choose to make more interesting? How would you do this? If you enjoy the p...

“I believe samurai in the Edo period and modern hip-hop artists have something in common” - Shinichirō Watanabe Discussion notes What are our thoughts on the relationship between Anime and Hip Hop and Vice versa? Do we see any commonalities between the 2 genres? Which anime do we think has influenced hip hop the most? What’s our favourite anime that has a hip hop influence? We discuss how LoFi was created and influenced by Hip Hop? How anime influenced western anime styled cartoon such as Boondo...

“The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team.” ― Phil Jackson Discussion notes The rules are simple! We both have 5 players to choose however, we are only allowed to choose 1 characters from one anime show. A character’s powers can only be used in relation to the game of basketball. There is no attacking each other, no foul play, no beams, no psychic powers, projectiles or manipulation of the football. Only thing allowed are physical enhancement ab...

"There is not such thing as a stupid question, just an unanswered one" - Unkownn In this episode we take questions seen on Quora and get Solo to answer them. Quora questions such as the below and much more: Why did Naruto get with Hinata and not Sakura? How can I make my waifu jealous? What device type do you prefer to watch anime on? Is Sanji from One Piece the king of all simps? What anime take fans service to far? Could Allmight defeat Aang? Is Attack On Titan better than Death Note? Should I...

“Thank you to all our Suuuperlights, were humbled by your feedback and thankful for each and every one of you who listens!” - Ed & Solo This podcast would be nothing without our Suuuperlights (fans). This episode is all about acknowledging them, listening to voice notes from suuuperlights and reading their feedback from our social media! Discussion Notes Listening and reading out voice notes and Instagram feedback Answering questions such as: Which anime should I watch first HxH, Black Clover or...

" What kind of woman is your type?" – Aoi Todou Discussion Notes Which anime character whould be headliner. The club DJ! Who will be in your anime squad of people, your boys that you will be going to the club? Which anime character would be the best dressed in the squad? Which anime character be the worst dressed? Which anime character most likely to be: the guy who just holds the wall up (i.e. just stands there), the anime character on something the anime character who thinks they can dance? t...

You have to feel art. And true art... is an EXPLOSION!" - Deidara Discussion notes - Why do we like love Naruto? What makes it so good? When did we start watching Naruto? When did we start getting truly hooked? Why do you think Naruto the anime gets so much hate from weebs? Favourite arc? Can be from Naruto and Shippuden Favourite Character in Konoha village Outside Konoha village which character is your favourite? Favourite Villian? Can be in or either Naruto or Naruto Shippuden Favourite fight...

My father is the greatest fighter ever… and I want to fight in the same clothing as him! ” – Gohan What does a good anime father embody? What are some of the traits that make us think he is a good anime father? As well as what are the traits of some bad anime fathers? Who are our worst anime fathers and why? Which ones of the ones we picked would you not like to have as a real father? Who are out best anime fathers and why? Which ones of the ones we picked would we like to have as a real father?...

“That’s what we are here for, to leave the world better than we left it” - Jason Paige (Original Pokemon Theme Song Singer!) Discussion Notes How Jason is thriving in the pandemic. Discovering the beautiful community of Pokemon and card collecting! The incredible rise in value of Pokemon cards. What it was like sharing the stage with Michael Jackson? How did that come about? What is Jason’s favourite Michael Jackson song? What was Jason’s first reaction to seeing the lyrics for Pokemon? Talking ...

“Laughter is the best medicine” – Anonymous We are talking about some of our funniest anime moments. We were in stitches laughing on this episode, i hope you find it funny also. Listen, laugh and share with someone to make them laugh and smile. Discussion notes Why do we find anime funny and why? What are some of our funniest moments in anime? Some comedy Anime recommendations! Which anime character would we pay to watch doing stand-up comedy? Does anime meme culture bring us closer together? An...

“The future is worth being around to see and experience” - Taylor Plecity (Band member of Hey, King!) Discussion Notes How Taylor and Natalie from Hey king are dealing with the pandemic? A brief summary of who Hey king is and what the band represents. How anime transcends by bringing people together. What’s Taylor’s favourite character to Cosplay? How Natalie got into anime and what anime she started with? Which Anime that has been the most impactful on our lives? What are Hey King’s favourite a...

“C'est nous, c'est la Champions League” - MHD Discussion notes The rules are simple! We both have 11 players to choose however, we are only allowed to choose 2 characters from one anime show. A character’s powers can only be used in relation to the game of football (soccer). There is no attacking each other, no foul play, no beams, no psychic powers, projectiles or manipulation of the football. Only thing allowed are physical enhancement abilities. So, for example Super Sayian. Basically, it’s l...

The taste of the tentacles took a turn in the wrong direction, it was as if my entire body was being violated – Shokugeki no Souma (Food Wars) We discuss What was our first reaction to the perversion? The foodgasm as it where? We discuss whether the perversion adds or subtracts from the show? Our thoughts on why we think the creators, Yuto Tsukda and Shun Saeki decided to do the anime in this format? Do we think its perverted or food genius? Have we tried any of the dishes you have seen? Or any ...

“ A lot of the time anime is not taking seriously enough sometimes… anime is a really beautiful thing, it should not matter what you like and what you wanna watch, through Shonen Showdown, I want to help change that narrative.” – Robert Whitehorn III We had the pleasure to interviewing Anime You Tuber Rob from the channel Shonen Showdown, which now has over 50k subscribers. This episode was full of laughs and Rob definitely brought it with his anime knowledge. You don’t wanna miss this. Discussi...

“I only have one life; I want to use it on what makes me happy and that’s writing” – Anna Lindwasser This was a great talk with with Ranker Freelance Writer Anna Lindwasser on her anime journey, working at Ranker and the ranking system that goes into the anime listicles for rating th best anime and so much more. Discussion Points Lockdown and how Anna is finding it? What Anna is looking forward to the most after lockdown is over? What anime character Anna would dress up as if she went to an anim...

"What Makes Us Obligated To Meet Such Perfection Or Such Absurd Standards?" -Nobara Kugisaki We look back on the 1st Season of Jujutsu Kaisen (JJK) first season. Discussion points: What’s our rating out of 10? Does it have good character development? Does MHA season 1 have a better story than Jujutsu Kaisen Did the animation impress you? What Was Our Favourite fight? Is anime art style changing for the better? Who Is Our Favourite Character? What Is Our Favourite moment? What would we name our D...

“It’s Over 9000” – Vegeta Thank you, Suuuper Family AKA Suuuper Lights, for helping us get to 9000 downloads! We really appreciate it. Arigato Gozimasu! For our 10,000 podcast downloads episode we want to hear your voices, please send your voice notes into us by May 16th 2021. For more details, please listen to this episode. Discussion points What was our first impression of Vegeta? Do we think Vegeta is the most character developed character in DBZ? Does toes Toriyama underserve Vegeta in the a...