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Scanline MediaMechanista in G – Gundam Battle Operation 3 (Announcement Discussion)
As big fans, or at least ENJOYERS, of Gundam Battle Operation 2 around here, the announcement of Battle Operation 3 got us excited and intrigued. It’s…
Scanline MediaThe Dark World Number
Several years ago, Six and I huddled around a very tiny desk in a dingy hotel somewhere in New York, recording a goofy pod about the number of Gokus and their…
Scanline Media“All’s Fair in Love and Mahjong” Casual Spoilercast
Mahjong is a niche favorite around these parts. It's hardly universal amongst our crew, but those of us that like it have some serious affection for the old…
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Mechanista in G – ASW-G-64 Gundam Flauros (Ryusei-Go IV)
I just… don’t like waist guns. I don’t like them here. I don’t like them on the Freedom and its successors/variants. I think…
Scanline MediaOops More Anime – Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway: The Sorcery of Nymph Circe
Gundam is back in theaters, and so are we! The long-awaited sequel to Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway is here after five years. The Sorcery of Nymph Circe has no…
Scanline MediaNovel Not New – Fate/stay Night Remastered
Previously exclusive to the Scanline Media Patrons, our friend Boo ran into some financial issues and needs your help! Please check her on…
Scanline MediaGimmick Awards 2025 – Game of the Year Podcast
Here we are- Game of the Year. The big finale. We've had quite enough preamble- let's get to it. The Nominees Are: Aotenjo: Infinite Hands of the Devil…
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Gimmick Awards 2025 – Anime/Manga of the Year Podcast
With multiple anime and manga podcasts, it's clear we love this medium a lot. And in 2025 we saw so many cool things. In this penultimate category, we…
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Gimmick Awards 2025 – Best Character Podcast
Time concerns (that proved a bit unnecessary) forced us to compress Minor Character and Major character into one pod, so Minor Character gets a little "one…
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Gimmick Awards 2025 – Best Narrative Moment Podcast
In contrast to Emergent Moment, you don't have to do anything special to experience these. These scripted moments are part of the media below that everyone can…
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Gimmick Awards 2025 – Best Emergent Moment Podcast
The phrasing on this category was tricky. What is an Emergent Moment? Basically, it's to distinguish from a Narrative Moment- our category tomorrow. Rather…
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Gimmick Awards 2025 – Best Song Podcast
We used to call this category "That's My Jam" which is a long forgotten in-joke from our personal Discord server, but unfortunately it was just a little out of…
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Gimmick Awards 2025 – Best Surprise Podcast
There are bad surprises in this world. A lot of them. We are not celebrating those! They don't get their own category, at least this year. Let's talk GOOD…
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Gimmick Awards 2025 – Best Toolkit Podcast
We may have had to combine Best Action Toolkit and Best Fighting Toolkit this year out of time concerns, but that just means a staggering roster of characters…
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Gimmick Awards 2025 – Best Mechanic Podcast
Systems are such a special part of games. Sets of rules and features that turn into engines to produce unique outcomes as they crash together. And the…
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Novel Not New – The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask
In honor of the 25th Anniversary of The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, we have a real treat. Originally for the $5 Patrons, we have unlocked one of our…
Scanline MediaSunday Henshin Time S1E3 – Rest In Pissard
EPISODES COVERED: Futari wa Pretty Cure 5-6, Tokosou Sentai Dekaranger 5-6, Kamen Rider Blade 5-6 Pretty Cure has a new villain for us. Dekaranger has things…
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Sunday Henshin Time S1E2 – I Know That Quarry
EPISODES COVERED: Futari wa Pretty Cure 3-4, Tokosou Sentai Dekaranger 3-4, Kamen Rider Blade 3-4 Big explosive openings are out of the way, now is time to…
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Sunday Henshin Time S1E1 – Look, That’s His Name
EPISODES COVERED: Futari wa Pretty Cure 1-2, Tokosou Sentai Dekaranger 1-2, Kamen Rider Blade 1-2 Here comes a new story. Or three, to be more precise. With…
Scanline MediaGimmick Awards 2024 – Game of the Year Podcast
Here we are, folks. Game of the Year- the capper to the Gimmick Awards. We've said a lot over the course of this month, so no big preamble: I'll let the…
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Gimmick Awards 2024 – Best Mechanic Podcast
Games. Turns out, you tend to play them. In years past, we have often tried to talk about the elegance of particular systems and mechanics before, but we never…
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Gimmick Awards 2024 – Best Moment Podcast
Sometimes, a singular moment shines through and is so bright, you can't help but take notice. This may be the last year this category takes the form it does…
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Gimmick Awards 2024 – Best Anime/Manga Podcast
You know, despite our ambitions of being a gaming coverage site, we talk about a lot of anime. Our most frequent and consistent shows are about anime and…
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Gimmick Awards 2024 – Best Instrumental Song Podcast
...And here are the Instrumental songs, which is to say, the ones that aren't lyrically focused- the human voice is still allowed as an instrument! The…
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Gimmick Awards 2024 – Best Vocal Song Podcast
Music is a weird category for us, or rather pair of categories thanks to it being split in twain. We aren't music crits, and we don't cover the music industry…
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Gimmick Awards 2024 – Best Surprise Podcast
2024 was full of surprises. Not all of them good! 2024 was a rough year, y'all. But sometimes surprises can be wonderful, and in this category we explore the…
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Gimmick Awards 2024 – Best Side Character Podcast
From Best Character, two phantoms were born. The spotlight-haver and the supporting act shouldn't be fighting with each other. It's not right. But I'll let the…
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Gimmick Awards 2024 – Best Major Character Podcast
This was a category separation we felt very good about when it occurred to us: why are we having leading characters going up against background characters? Why…
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Gimmick Awards 2024 – Best Action Toolkit Podcast
"Action Toolkit" is the best phrasing we could come up with, but it's like... you know when you play a game, and you push buttons, and it feels good? Yeah…
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Gimmick Awards 2024 – Most Misguided Podcast
It would be wonderful if all that was necessary to make a great work of art was a good idea. Unfortunately, this isn't so, and the road to making an idea into…
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Gimmick Awards 2024 – Best Fighting Toolkit Podcast
We're starting the Gimmick Awards with one of our most passionate, intensely discussed categories every year: Best Fighting Toolkit. We love fighting games…
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Novel Not New Sampler – Library of Ruina
This is the latest sampler for Novel Not New, our patron-only show! Want more like this? For just $5/month over at patreon.com/scanlinemedia, you can get…
Scanline MediaOops More Anime – Gundam Requiem for Vengeance
And yet? The Netflix Gundam is still gonna be better than the Legendary Gundam. ...Ah, I really dug myself a hole with this one. I am not talking about the…
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Warcraft Boot Camp: MoP, WoD, Legion, BfA, SL, DF
And so we come to the close, at least for now. Six expansions in one go?! Yeah... there isn't much to say about most of them, from a lore perspective. Our…
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Warcraft Boot Camp: TBC, WotLK, Cata
Our journey into WoW Lore continues! With Vanilla behind us, Six and Allen guide Jen on to the early expansions: The Burning Crusade, Wrath of the Lich King…
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Warcraft Boot Camp: WoW Vanilla
The latest expansion to World of Warcraft, titled The War Within, is getting rave reviews with critics and fans alike. And yet, in some ways there has never…
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Otakon 2024 – Interview with Qubic Pictures
At Otakon 2024, I spoke with Justin Leach, Katrina Minett, and Christophe Ferreira of Qubic Pictures. We spoke about work in animation and production…
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Otakon 2024 – Interview with Studio Orange
At Otakon 2024, I sat down with Akihiko Orikasa and Kensuke Yamamoto of Studio Orange. We spoke about the uniqueness, challenges, and misconceptions of 3D…
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Otakon 2024 – Interview with Uki Satake
At Otakon 2024, I had the opportunity to speak with Uki Satake. We spoke about her role in crafting anime openings, interest in voice acting, and how to best…
Scanline MediaJourney to the Worst – Dragon Ball GT Episodes 9-12
Well, we always knew this was possible... last week was a disappointing downbeat, with a series of pretty rough episodes. We all knew GT had its reputation as…
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Journey to the Worst – Dragon Ball GT Episodes 4-8
It's not all sunshine and rainbows for our viewing. Quite early in, in spite of some refreshing episodes, we have hit our first bump in the road. Pan, Goku…
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Journey to the Worst – Dragon Ball GT Episodes 1-3
Akira Toriyama's Dragon Ball franchise is one of the most beloved in the world. Three great shows, a lot of video games of varying quality but with a huge…
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Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Spoilercast – Episode 7 (Chapters 13-14)
The unknown journey ends, and reveals that there wasn't much mystery there at all, really. Jen, Kyrie, and Six slump in their chairs and marvel at how hard…
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Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Spoilercast – Episode 6 (Chapters 11-12)
The penultimate episode is here, and things just keep turning for the worse for our hosts. We deal with some very contrived plots, ponder over the nature of…
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Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Spoilercast – Episode 5 (Chapter 10)
After a slight upturn in quality at Gongaga, Chapter 10 breaks everyone's spirits as the gang makes their way into Cosmo Canyon. It also happens to be the most…
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Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Spoilercast – Episode 4 (Chapter 9)
We tackle only one chapter in this episode, but boy is it a DOOZY. We travel to Gongaga, encounter too many bosses, and Tifa finds herself in the belly of the…
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Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Spoilercast – Episode 3 (Chapters 6-8)
Our podcasters finally arrive in chapter 6. Jen and Six call for some time off for some fun in the sun. Kyrie disapproves, but is outvoted. A lot of minigames…
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Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Spoilercast – Episode 2 (Chapters 3-5)
After defeating a giant snake, the gang finds themselves deep in some mines, spilling out into the Junon area. We face off with some Turks, explore the world…
Scanline MediaThe Goku Number 2
Six and Kyrie are back to settle it. One number was never enough, so we have come back to scour the Dragonball Xenoverse 2 cast to try and stump the mighty…
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Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Spoilercast – Episode 1 (Chapters 1-2)
One of the most eagerly anticipated releases of the year, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth cast a long shadow over the release schedule. Not only that, but our…
Scanline MediaOops More Anime – Gundam SEED Freedom Spoilercast
Six took some time to go to the movies! Attending the LA Premiere, Six was able to see the US release of Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Freedom! Kyrie and Six hash it…
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Refresh Rate 3/21/24
Take a breath, y'all! Dragon's Dogma 2 released a few hours ago, so we're good! No more big video game releases for 2024, we can all go home! And hey, while…
Scanline MediaGimmick Awards 2023 – Best Game Podcast
It all comes down to this: Best Game. Game of the Year. Call it what you like. We play a lot of games, and every year we make ourselves pick an overall winner…
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Gimmick Awards 2023 – Best Anime or Manga Podcast
When Scanline Media started, we wanted to focus on games. But over the years, from doing weekly anime podcasts and where our general interests as a site went…
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Gimmick Awards 2023 – Best Vocal Song Podcast
In our longest category, we decided to let 2023 sing it's heart out. These tracks, be them anime OP or standalone songs, struck a chord with us. The Nominees…
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Gimmick Awards 2023 – Best Instrumental Song Podcast
Instrumental tracks have often gotten the short end of the stick in our Gimmick Awards, and it's high time we changed that. These tracks backed some…
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Gimmick Awards 2023 – Best Fighting Game Toolkit Podcast
Every year, we fight over fighting games. We're enthusiastic about the genre (that's an understatement) and it's a delight to see the new ideas and spins on…
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Gimmick Awards 2023 – Best New Character Podcast
Most fictional writing runs on characters, and it is to these characters that fandoms attach themselves. It's these personalities, and often their visual…
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Gimmick Awards 2023 – Best Action Game Toolkit Podcast
I am open to other perspectives, but a lot of the love of games to me is down to how it feels to hit a button. When the jump feels bad, the game is bad. When…
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Gimmick Awards 2023 – Best Moment Podcast
While we have catagories for entire games and shows, it's important to hightlight the moments too. Sometimes the entire work isn't a winner, but that's what…