Japanimation Station Season 6 - TOMINO-THON!
Jonathan Lack & Sean Chapman
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174 episodes — long track record
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S6E13 - TOMINO-THON Mid-Season Finale! L-Gaim OVAs + Ranking Series, Names, and More!
For our last episode of Season 6 Part 1, we’re taking a look at the 3 OVA releases for Heavy Metal L-Gaim. Released between 1986 and 1987, the first two offer recap specials of the TV series…
S6E12 - TOMINO-THON! Heavy Metal L-GAIM Part 2 (Episodes 27-54) Review
The second half of Heavy Metal L-Gaim bucks the trend from Xabungle and Dunbine of Tomino shows that become messier down the home stretch, as this final set of episodes sees Daba Myroad step fully…
S6E11 - TOMINO-THON! Heavy Metal L-GAIM Part 1 (Episodes 1-26) History & Review
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, a prickly anime veteran named Tomino Yoshiyuki teamed up with a plucky young aniq`mator named Nagano Mamoru, and with a healthy dose of inspiration from an…
Weekly Suit Gundam #65 – Mobile Suit Gundam HATHAWAY: The Sorcery of Nymph Circe Review & Analysis
The second installment of the Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway film trilogy is finally here, and it was absolutely worth the five-year wait. The Sorcery of Nymph Circe, based on the second novel of…
S6E10 - TOMINO-THON! Aura Battler DUNBINE Part 2 (Episodes 20-49) Review
The second half of Aura Battler Dunbine is one of the most fascinating and divisive stretches of Tomino Yoshiyuki’s career. After a killer set of episodes following the deepening conflict in Byston…
S6E9 - TOMINO-THON! Aura Battler DUNBINE Part 1 (Episodes 1-19) History & Review
Grab your motorcycle, hop on the aura road, and cross between the sea and the shore to join us in Byston Well, where we’ll be spending the next 2 weeks with Aura Battler Dunbine! One of Tomino’s most…
S6E8 - TOMINO-THON! Combat Mecha XABUNGLE Part 2 (Episodes 27-50) & XABUNGLE GRAFFITI Review
The second half of Combat Mecha Xabungle – episodes 27 through 50 – plays like a second season, with the action moving to Planet Zola’s snowy tundra, a new group of characters arriving on the scene…
S6E7 - TOMINO-THON! Combat Mecha XABUNGLE Part 1 (Episodes 1-26) History & Review
Beginning an historic, uninterrupted run of 5 back-to-back 50-episode anime series airing from 1982 to 1987, Combat Mecha Xabungle marks an exciting turning point in Tomino Yoshiyuki’s career. After…
S6E6 - TOMINO-THON! THE IDEON Movies – A CONTACT & BE INVOKED (1982) History & Review
Many years before Anno Hideaki remade the ending to his audacious but unfinished sci-fi TV series with an avant-garde theatrical tour-de-force in The End of Evangelion, Tomino Yoshiyuki blazed the…
S6E5 - TOMINO-THON! Space Runaway IDEON (1980) TV Series History & Review
It’s finally time to discuss what is almost certainly Tomino’s best-known and most widely renowned work outside the world of Gundam: 1980’s Space Runaway Ideon, the 39-episode TV series that begins…
S6E4 - TOMINO-THON! The Revolutionary Creation of MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM (1979)
Considering Japanimation Station started its life in 2019 as Weekly Suit Gundam – which itself started with a six-part podcast miniseries following Sean and Jonathan discussing every aspect of the…
S6E3 - TOMINO-THON! Invincible Steel Man DAITARN 3 (1978) History & Review
“Exhilaration, humor, and pathos” – these are the three pillars Tomino Yoshiyuki outlined in a pre-production memo for the series that became 1978’s Invincible Steel Man Daitarn 3. And the 40-episode…
S6E2 - TOMINO-THON! Invincible Super Man ZAMBOT 3 (1977) History & Review
Our Tomino-thon reaches its first full review of the season with 1977’s Invincible Super Man Zambot 3, the debut series from a newly independent Sunrise, and the first original show directed in full…
S6E1 - Tomino-thon Begins! The Origins of Tomino Yoshiyuki, including MIGHTY ATOM and TRITON OF THE SEA
Our Tomino-thon kicks off with a history-focused episode exploring the origins of Tomino Yoshiyuki leading up to the creation of his first full original series, Zambot 3 (which we’ll be reviewing…
Season 6 Preview - Japanimation Station Returns for our TOMINO-THON on March 15th, 2026
Japanimation Station returns on March 15th, 2026 for its 6th season, and it’s one listeners have been demanding for a long time: our Tomino-thon! Throughout 2026, we’ll be peering into the…
S4E34 - MISS KOBAYASHI’S DRAGON MAID: A LONELY DRAGON WANTS TO BE LOVED Movie Review
We’re back in Kyoto again to look at another new work from our friends at Kyoto Animation: Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid: A Lonely Dragon Wants To Be Loved, the feature film sequel to the beloved (and…
S4E33 - CITY: THE ANIMATION Review & Discussion - Another KyoAni Masterpiece
After spending a full year chronicling the history of Kyoto Animation in 2024, we’re back for a brief return trip to review CITY: THE ANIMATION, the latest anime series from the renowned studio.…
S2.5E6 - DEMON SLAYER: KIMETSU NO YAIBA THE MOVIE – INFINITY CASTLE Review & Analysis
Demon Slayer is back in theaters with its second original movie after the record-breaking success of 2020’s Mugen Train, and the latest installment – Part I of the planned Infinity Castle trilogy,…
Weekly Suit Gundam #63 – Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX Review & Analysis
The latest Gundam TV series, Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX, wrapped up its 12-episode run this week, which means Weekly Suit Gundam is back to break it all down! A collaboration between Sunrise and…
S5E13 - DRAGON BALL DAIMA Review: The Delightful 2024 Dragon Ball Isekai Anime
Our Grand Tour comes full circle for its final stop, as we return to the world of Dragon Ball – and the premise of Goku becoming a kid again – for the latest installment in the franchise, and the…
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