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Turns out: Fullmetal Alchemist holds up. It was super popular for a reason!

The final movie in horror October is here! Chris leads @nidokorn.bsky.social and @gokuffy.bsky.social through Blind Woman's Curse. taiikupodcast.com/2026/10/26/t...

Double feature of pods for horror Oct @phoenixphire24.bsky.social leads us thru Masque of the Red Death taiikupodcast.com/2026/10/25/r... @izandra.bsky.social leads us thru Event Horizon taiikupodcast.com/2026/10/25/p... Feat the regular crew @nidokorn.bsky.social, @gokuffy.bsky.social, and Chris

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“Hey everybody, what the FUCK just happened?” - Apryll finding out the truth behind the philosopher’s stone/Amestris

We're back with a new Manga In Your Ears! @wanderindreamr.bsky.social, @nidokorn.bsky.social, and @manjiorin.bsky.social talk about volumes 11-20 of Fullmetal Alchemist and Dinosaur Sanctuary. taiikupodcast.com/2026/10/22/f...

We're back with more Stuart Gordon for our Halloween horror extravaganza (h-extravaganza?)! @gokuffy.bsky.social leads Chris, @nidokorn.bsky.social, and special guest @izandra.bsky.social through Dolls. taiikupodcast.com/2026/10/21/s...

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Horror October has begun! Fist up, @nidokorn.bsky.social leads @gokuffy.bsky.social, Chris, and @gatofather21.bsky.social through Hour of the Wolf. taiikupodcast.com/2026/10/08/i...

Get your ASSes over there!

It's that time of year again; that's right 92 degree Christmas and Anime Secret Santa time! If you'd like to participate, fill out the form in this link. And if you have no idea what Anime Secret Santa is, the blog post explains it as well. taiikupodcast.com/2026/10/07/a...

It's a giallo double feature! @gokuffy.bsky.social leads Chris and @nidokorn.bsky.social through Libido and The Possessed. taiikupodcast.com/2026/10/07/e... taiikupodcast.com/2026/10/07/l...

Two recordings today and two episodes today. Chris leads @nidokorn.bsky.social and @gokuffy.bsky.social through The Good, the Bad, the Weird. taiikupodcast.com/2026/09/28/k...

We're back with another Taiiku Movies podcast! @nidokorn.bsky.social leads @gokuffy.bsky.social and Chris through Richard Linklater's second film, Slacker. taiikupodcast.com/2026/09/28/r...

There’s a few ways in which this Fullmetal Alchemist translation (and the dub, for non-Ed / Tucker / whoever else reasons) is dated, but Ed repeating m- is one of them. I still like the comedic relief Ed provides being mad at any short related word, but this is just a very funny sight gag

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Through it all is Al’s existential crisis that reminds us that, even though Winry says all they have is each other, Winry is literally there helping them from the side. And she’ll always be there for them.

Legitimately, he grounds the whole story back to Winry (who was introduced as a family friend, neighbor, and - most importantly - automail mechanic) and Risembool (the place they don’t wanna go back to) for the boys. It’s a reminder to them, and a message to us, that it isn’t just the Elrics alone.

Boy I love Hughes. What a good comedic break in every panel he’s in. Good thing I don’t remember anything happening to him.

Edward Elric confirmed not Bryce Harper

Also the 4koma are funny

One thing that’s re-striking me is how philosophical it can be. How much is the agnostic Elrics against people of God (Cornello, Rose, Scar). And how much the Elric brothers basically say you can accomplish anything on your own with enough willpower.

Rereading Fullmetal Alchemist for the pod and it is immediately foot on the gas from page one.

Reading The Girl with the Sanpaku Eyes

“And what’s that? IT’S WINRY COMING IN WITH A STEEL CHAIR”

And we're back with another Manga In Your Ears! @wanderindreamr.bsky.social @nidokorn.bsky.social and @manjiorin.bsky.social talk about the first 10 volumes of Fullmetal Alchemist and The Girl with the Sanpaku Eyes. taiikupodcast.com/2026/09/24/f...

We're back with an interim Taiiku Movies podcast! While we wait for the director's cut of No Other Choice, Chris leads @nidokorn.bsky.social and @gokuffy.bsky.social through I Saw the Devil. taiikupodcast.com/2026/09/24/k...

Linklater pods start here, so excited

Hamnet is good. Can’t wait for the next director series.

This one was alright but it’s also free on YouTube that’s a rip from a tv station so go for it

Both of these are great

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It's a new Taiiku Movies podcast and a new director! @nidokorn.bsky.social leads @gokuffy.bsky.social and Chris through Richard Linklater's It's Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books. taiikupodcast.com/2026/09/01/r...

We're back with a new Manga In Your Ears! @nidokorn.bsky.social, @wanderindreamr.bsky.social, and @manjiorin.bsky.social talk about Library Wars and A Witch's Life in Mongol. taiikupodcast.com/2026/08/28/l...

We're back with the penultimate (for now) Park Chanwook! Chris leads @nidokorn.bsky.social and @gokuffy.bsky.social through The Sympathizer. taiikupodcast.com/2026/08/05/p...

BOYHOOD is a masterpiece, a quiet magic trick that breaks my heart every time I watch it. I showed it to both of my sons on their 18th birthdays, and those experiences were so emotionally powerful. Linklater is truly our best director about time and how it changes us.

We're back with more giallo! @gokuffy.bsky.social leads Chris and @nidokorn.bsky.social through A Game of Crime, featuring John Drew Barrymore. taiikupodcast.com/2026/07/30/r...

What she’s eventually realizing that her entire life has driven toward making other people happy. Sato opened her eyes. It’s wonderful.

It’s literally not until someone willing to break the social order and norm of things (and Sato has been a character that has been labeled as “weird” or “off putting” or “not friendly” because of this by Hinako’s friends) that Hinako even realizes that there’s multiple paths to being happy.

To basically restate my thesis from the podcast, it really captures this societal pressure (for Hinako, from her mom and her coworkers, that’s been internalized to also be from herself) to find a man, marry, have kids, and live the idealistic happy life.

Loved this manga

We're back with Manga In Your Ears! @manjiorin.bsky.social, @nidokorn.bsky.social, and @wanderindreamr.bsky.social talk about Doughnuts Under a Crescent Moon and Ramen Wolf and Curry Tiger. taiikupodcast.com/2026/07/16/d...

@wbforeman999.bsky.social would like to play a game.... We're way overdue on a release for this (we recorded in February, oops) but our next episode is another BILL'S TRIVIA GAUNTLET with special guest and number 1 Jisoo fan, @nidokorn.bsky.social from @taiikupodcast.com! Coming soon~!

Listen to us talk about good giallo and also two other short movies