Bonus: Because of Fruits Basket With Tiffany Senpai and Davies of Anime Nokori

Ode (@thatsod.e / @thatsod_e) and Mo AKA Kid Licorish (@licorishislegit) welcome Davies and Tiffany of the Anime Nokori podcast for a wide-ranging conversation on Black and Snerdy. Tiffany opens up about how Fruits Basket helped her rebuild her sense of self after ending an engagement she entered right out of high school, while Davies credits Princess Mononoke with expanding his imagination beyond Western fantasy storytelling.

The four also trace their earliest anime memories back to Kiki's Delivery Service, Cowboy Bebop, Akira, and the original Dragon Ball, before Tiffany and Davies offer newcomer recommendations including Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood and Samurai Champloo. The group then runs through two original games built around anime trivia, correctly identifying characters like Naruto, Goku, Deku, Shinji Ikari, and Edward Elric, along with real-versus-invented plot summaries for shows including Bleach, Sword Art Online, Devilman Crybaby, and Ergo Proxy.

During the Big Mad segment, Tiffany describes having her laptop and hard drive stolen at DreamCon, while Davies and Ode dig into Sony's move to gatekeep Crunchyroll's physical media behind paid tiers and the broader frustration of streaming platforms splitting shows across services. The episode closes on lighter notes, with Davies detailing a new Claude-powered editing workflow built with Audacity and Tiffany celebrating the arrival of the Avatar: The Last Airbender Aang movie on Paramount.

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