About this episode

The episode discusses the absurdity of the anime Ginban Kaleidoscope and features a guest from The Anime Nostalgia podcast.

Ginban Kaleidoscope is an anime series from 2005. It tells the story of self-absorbed Japanese figure skating champion who becomes possessed by the ghost of Canadian stunt pilot who crashes his plane near one of her qualifying performances in Montreal. The premise is ridiculous, the animation is mediocre at best, and the final episode famously carries an Alan Smithee directing credit. Did we have a good time watching it? Well... we had a good time talking about it, that's for sure. Dawn from The Anime Nostalgia podcast guest stars!

People in this episode

Guest: Dawn

Topics covered

• anime
• figure skating
• ghosts
• Canada
• comedy

Keywords

• Ginban Kaleidoscope
• 2005 anime
• figure skating champion
• Canadian stunt pilot
• Alan Smithee

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Ginban Kaleidoscope

Places: Montreal

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