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Michelle Explains Anime, Poorly
Filmmaker Henrique Couto and artist-musician Michelle turn friendship, creative work, movies, anime, horror, pets, anxiety, and everyday disasters into funny, candid conversations. Explore the complete This Show Is Awkward comedy podcast archive, including the road to Monthly Spooky and occasional reunion episodes.
Episodes
- Michelle Explains Anime, Poorly
No. 6, Ep 5- Angel of Death
Shion finally visits Nezumi at work. Nezumi and Safu hear a song and see some bees, or possibly wasps. Shion and Nezumi dance, much to my chagrin. There's no…
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No. 6, Ep. 4- Good and Evil
Lots of prostitution in this episode for some reason. Shion tries to kill a guy. Nezumi is such a good kisser that he can make just about anyone swoon…
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No.6, Ep. 3- Life and Death
Shion's out in the real world now, taking baths and eating soup in a basement apartment. Also, yeah, there's that wasp thing... I complain about Nezumi being…
- Michelle Explains Anime, Poorly
No. 6, Ep 2- City Adorned in Light
Shion faces the repercussions of helping Nezumi escape, and they ain't great, but also they weren't totally terrible, until... Bugs might be killing people…
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No. 6, Ep. 1- Drowned Rat
I talk a little about the light novel, manga, and anime production. We meet Nezumi, Shion, and Safu. Nezumi is a violent criminal, and Shion is insane…
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SPECIAL EPISODE: The State of the Banana Fish Dub
Oh, you wanted more Banana Fish content (it's ok, I know you really don't)? Here's how I feel about the dub 3 episodes in. Listen if you care, skip if you…
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New Season Announcement!
We're starting No. 6 on Oct. 1! That's really it!
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Serial Experiments Lain, Ep. 13- Ego (FINAL)
Alice continues to freak out about God, so Lain does something drastic. I explain what I think the message is, and it will shock you (not really). No, middle…
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Serial Experiments Lain, Ep. 12- Landscape
Things are getting really bad in the real world, and at least a couple people die. Alice confronts Lain and basically just panics her whole way through the…
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Serial Experiments Lain, Ep. 11- Infornagraphy
For a partial recap episode, some pretty major shit happened and I talk about how confused I am about it. Lain saves Alice, I gues Don't talk about me like I'm…
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Serial Experiments Lain, Ep. 10- Love
Lain tries to stop god from existing. The Knights might be related to the Knights Templar, but that doesn't matter anymore. Three grown men confess their love…
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Serial Experiments Lain, Ep. 9- Protocol
We talk about Roswell, conspiracies, and the internet. Lots of grainy footage. I'm pretty sure this all boils down to aliens, at this point. Well, either that…
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Serial Experiments Lain, Ep. 8- Rumors
"Lain" spreads vicious rumors about Alice and a teacher, possibly sets part of the school on fire, and is definitely having an identity crisis. Are all Lains…
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Serial Experiments Lain, Ep.7- Society
So we're just not going to address the explosion, then?! Lain gets to chat with the guys with the weird goggles, and I gush over the tall guy's blue eyes for…
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Serial Experiments Lain, Ep. 6- Kids
Lain is in the sky, and people are deeply unnerved for obvious reasons. Kids may or may not be attempting to worship her or give her their psychic energy. The…
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Serial Experiments Lain, Ep. 5- Distortion
Lain's talking to inanimate objects about the internet and prophecies. Mika's probably supposed to fulfill one of those prophecies, at least according to the…
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Serial Experiments Lain, Ep. 4- Religion
Lain's trying to find out what's going on with all the recent suicides while kids play a game of tag. Everyone's worried because Lain has changed, and they're…
- Michelle Explains Anime, Poorly
Serial Experiments Lain Ep. 3- Psyche
Lain gets questioned by the cops, but stays quiet! No one even knows she got in any trouble since her family just disappeared for the night. Mika meets two men…
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Serial Experiments Lain Ep.2- Girls
Lain gets a new Navi. Now she can talk to her dead friend more, yay! She also gets peer pressured into going to a club or a rave or something that middle…
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Serial Experiments Lain, Ep. 1- Weird
I talk a little about the production and how Lain was supposed to radically change art. A girl, who desperately needs glasses, gets an email from a dead…
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Given Ep. 11- Song2 (FINAL)
Uenoyama has a little internal breakdown. Haruki and Kaji bless the relationship. Haruki is severely lonely and I'm worried about him. Mafuyu wants to write a…
- Michelle Explains Anime, Poorly
Given Ep. 10- Wonderwall
Uenoyama and co. deal with the fallout from their show. And by that I mean they're happy, there's no fallout at all. The band gets a new name. It's not Salted…
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Given Ep. 9- A Winter Story
I basically just rant about guitar strings, and now you hate me (sorry). Mafuyu sings his song, and Uenoyama needs a lesson in consent. When a string breaks…
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Given Ep. 8- Time is Running Out
Time is running out to get your shit together for the show, Mafuyu. Has Mafuyu finished writing lyrics? Is anyone even gonna ask him if he has?? I rant about…
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Given Ep. 7- Tumbling Dice
Uenoyama's feelings for Mafuyu are freaking him out and could destroy the band, I guess. Uenoyama touches Mafuyu's hands while he's asleep, and that's not…
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Given Ep. 6- Creep
Uenoyama struggles to figure out his feelings for Mafuyu. It's weird because he's the only one who doesn't know. Mafuyu walks for a very long time and then…
- Michelle Explains Anime, Poorly
Given Ep.5- The Reason
Kaji is like non-stop flirting with Haruki, and it's really stressing him out! Ueonoyama finishes the song, but we don't get to hear it : ( Kasai spreads…
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Given Ep. 4- Fluorescent Adolescent
We see almost a full minute montage of band practice, and I get annoyed about it. What did Haruki tell Mafuyu about the drink vending machine, damn it!…
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Given Ep. 3- Somebody Else
What do you mean, Mafuyu said no?! Uenoyama gets bad (relationship) advice from the internet. We find out a little more about where Mafuyu's guitar came from…
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Given Ep. 2- Like Someone in Love
Uenoyama starts to teach Mafuyu how to play guitar. I explain how to play an A major chord and get kinda angry about it. ES-330's cost like $3500, and Mafuyu…
- Michelle Explains Anime, Poorly
Given Ep.1- Boys in the Band
I talk briefly about the history of BL, Given's anime staff, and Natsuki Kizu. We meet a boy with trauma connected to a guitar, and the boy who he's…
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The Winter 2026 Anime Season
I'm just going to talk about some currently airing shows, including: - Jujutsu Kaisen - Golden Kamuy - Trigun Stargaze - Frieren - Shiboyugi - And a bunch of…
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Dorohedoro Ep. 12 (FINAL)- Memories of School Days/Boy Meets Girl = Battle!/Pinky Swear
We learn a little more about Risu and Aikawa's past. Caiman and Nikaido fight, and then someone gets stabbed by some guy?! Nikaido and Caiman remain BFFs : )…
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Dorohedoro Ep. 11- The Boss/Let's Meet at the Snack Stall
We learn about En's past through dramatization, probably at least. Caiman dresses up as Tanba's wife for some reason, and two food trucks battle for the right…
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Dorohedoro Ep. 10- Lonely Caiman/Before Nightmare/Manju Terror
All sorts of bad things happen to Nikaido, and Caiman almost goes to Hell (literally). I learn to hate the Sorcerer world, their stupid laws, and the Devils in…
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Dorohedoro Ep. 9- Oh, Flower Smoke/Awesome Meat Pie/A Macabre Mushroom Appears!
We find out how Shin and Noi met and became partners! Fukuyama has a pretty cool power and uses it in a very upsetting way. Ebisu and Garugaru eat food off the…
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Dorohedoro Ep.8- A Good Day to Leave/Lalala Monsterman/A Good Day to Leave Part 2/Splended and Exuberant/Welcome to Blue Night Land
Caiman almost starves to death in the sorcerer world, but then he gets a job! We learn all about Blue Night. Boing!: michelle.a.eem@gmail.com
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Dorohedoro Ep. 7- The All-Star Dream Game
Happy Thanksgiving! I'm thankful that Caiman and the gang get to play baseball against their rivals and that it's as weird as you'd expect. Aside from the ball…
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Dorodedoro Ep. 6- The Mushrooms are Ready/The First Smoke/Manhole Elegy
En needs to learn to control his anger, but at least Kikurage is ok (I love him). We get a look at Shin's past, and it's not very nice. A big tonal shift at…
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Dorohedoro Ep. 5- Caiman in Wonderland
Caiman and Nikaido go to the world of the sorcerers and kill people there, yay?! Shin and Noi are also busy killing people. The man in the mouth gets a name…
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Dorohedoro Ep. 4- Roast Duck a la Sorcerer/Formal Attire Requested/Another Year in the Hole
We meet a sorcerer who cooks things, which is as cool or maybe significantly cooler than it sounds. Shin and Noi find out more about the guy in Caiman's mouth…
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Dorohedoro Ep.3- Night of the Dead – Duel! – in Front of the Main Department Store
Happy Halloween, there's zombies in the Hole! Nikaido and Caiman face off against Shin and Noi, and there is A LOT of blood and carnage. The doc conducts a…
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Dorohedoro Ep. 2- In the Bag, Eat Quietly During Meals, and My Neighbor the Sorcerer
Formal introductions to Shin and Noi, who seem to really like killing people, yay! A dinner party where no one listens to En at all, and they try to feed him…
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Dorohedoro Ep. 1- Caiman
I talk a little about the anime production, the manga, and Q Hayashida. We start off with someone's head getting chomped on by a giant lizard, and it only gets…
- Michelle Explains Anime, Poorly
New Dorohedoro Season Starts Thursday!
I really just say that. You don't even really have to listen to this if you don't want. You can always email me at: michelle.a.eem@gmail.com
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86 [Eighty-Six] Ep. 23- Handler One (FINAL)
Will Lena actually find out that the Spearhead Squadron is all still alive? I certainly hope so. I cry through some of this episode, so welcome back, sad…
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86 [Eighty-Six] Ep. 22- Shin
Everyone's probably dead and Shin is having a mental breakdown in a field of red spider lilies. Maybe there's someone out there who can still save him or, at…
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86 [Eighty-Six] Ep. 21- All That's Left
Comrades are whittled down dramatically as the final battle with Kiri looms. Then they also fight the battle, hooray. Someone's helping out, but we're not sure…
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86 [Eighty-Six] Ep.20- Together Unto Death
It's finally time for the gang to confront Shin about his reckless behavior. They don't quite understand his reasons, so he's forced to explain. It's worse…
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86 [Eighty-Six] Ep.19- Stay This Way Forever
The gang battles The Morpho... well, sort of? Kiri has a conversation with a fellow Legion, and we learn about their plans. Shin's breakdown intensifies, and…
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86 [Eighty-Six] Ep.18- The Truth Is
Ernst is not pleased that Spearhead has been chosen for the suicide mission, and neither is Frederica. I forget that prejudice is real for a few minutes, and…
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86 [Eighty-Six] Ep.17- I Won't Forget
We finally find out what was in that letter, and it's not good. Spearhead becomes Spearhead again : ( It's ok though, cos they have no family, so no one will…
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86 [Eighty-Six] Ep.16- Even So (Sore Demo)
Shin gets a note that destroys him for some reason, and everyone in the Federacy attempts to fight off a large-scale Legion offensive. We finally see what's…
- Michelle Explains Anime, Poorly
86 [Eighty-Six] Ep.15- Welcome Back
We have a relatively calm episode, which is an ok change after the straight-up carnage of the last one. However, Shin's emotional state may be deteriorating…
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86 [Eighty-Six] Ep.14- Glad to be Here
The Federacy seems pretty nice, they even made them a monument and everything. However, there's still all this weird racism going on, and they suck at fighting…
- Michelle Explains Anime, Poorly
86 [Eighty-Six] Ep.13- It's Too Late
The Spearhead gang adjusts to their new life without fighting and a lot less racism. Nobody's really happy about it, though. Frederica is 10 and generally…
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86 [Eighty-Six] Ep.12- Welcome
We start over from zero with Lena and a new group of processors. Nothing and everything has changed. What happens to Spearhead, though? Nothing? Where is…
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86 [Eighty-Six] Ep.10- Here We Go
Spearhead is low on food, fuel, and ammo. They spend the night at an abandoned school. Kurena eats her last after dinner dessert. Lena visits the barracks. If…
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86 [Eighty-Six] Ep.10- Thank You
Spearhead Squadron has some quiet time in the wilderness, but Shin is acting very weird, and Raiden's noticed. The gang visits the most depressing zoo…
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86 [Eighty-Six] Ep. 9- Goodbye
Shin and Rei fight! Lena guilts Annette into helping Spearhead! Everyone cries! Yay! But what happens when the battle's over but you can't go home? We're going…