It is amazing to think that, a little over a decade ago, some low-level staffer from ARMS Studio traveled to Coquitlam, BC, marveled at the Real Canadian Superstore off Lougheed Highway and thought to himself, "yes, this needs to be immortalized in an anime about wizard lawyers". OK, I don't actually know if that happened, but a trip to the liminal Loblaws spin-off "Storesuper" is only one of the inexplicable Canadian references that can be found in Wizard Barristers, staring the inexplicably half-Canadian Cecil Sudou. Karl joins me after an extended hiatus to marvel at this kind-of notable Yasuomi Umetsu joint from 2014.
31 Jul 2026
Ep.112 - Weirdly Specific Canadian References in Gundam
It's unusal for any major media franchise from outside of this country to frequently and specifically reference Canada, but Mobile Suit Gundam is fairly well known for it. I don't know why Amuro's birthplace was established as Prince Rupert, BC in Gundam Movie 1, why there's a military fortress in Fort Severn, Ontario in Gundam X or why the insidious Earth Federation training academy from Ecole du Ciel was set up in Montreal, but I'm more than happy to interpret it as a compliment. Gundam super fan Yazy returns to the show to discuss.
26 Jun 2026
Ep.111 - Interview with Andy Coyle
Andy Coyle is probably best known as the director of Hilda, the animated adaptation of the UK novel series by Mercury Filmworks. More recently, he's been tinkering away at Don't Walk Home Alone After Dark, an animated horror anthology that has blown up in popularity over the past few years on YouTube and may very well be one of the coolest things happening in Canadian animation today. I talk to him about the struggle of getting a show like this made in the our modern production ecosystem, as well as his youthful days watching graphic and exploitative anime OVAs from his local video store in New Brunswick - an essential diet for any growing animator.
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Dave Merrill
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