The Weeb Years
Join Beanie and Laurel on a podcast adventure through the media and culture of the Western Anime Boom of the 90s and 00s
New episodes every other Thursday!
- Update frequency
- every 15 days
- Average duration
- 74 minutes
- Episodes
- 11
- Years Active
- 2025
TWY 011 - Tenkuu Danzai Skelter+Heaven
Have you ever wondered what was factually and categorically the WORST anime of all time?
Unfortunately, we have the answer!
SHOCKINGLY zero content warnings for this episode, though!
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TWY 010 - Lucky Star
Beanie and Laurel welcome their first guest host CrystalCheesecake to talk about the absolute phenomenon that was "Lucky Star"!
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TWY 009 - Zombiepowder.
Before there was "Bleach", there was "Zombiepowder."! Grab your chainsaw swords, because today Beanie and Laurel are examining Tite Kubo's first go at serialization!
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TWY 008 - Darker than BLACK
Another episode pulled from the archives, today we welcome back MaeMae to talk about 2007's sci-fi noir action thriller "Darker than BLACK"!!
Contains minor spoilers!
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TWY 007 - Sweet Blue Flowers
HAPPY PRIDE MONTH EVERYONE!!
One of the most popular yuri anime of all time, this episode we watched "Sweet Blue Flowers"!
Trigger Warning: This episode contains discussions of incest, grooming, and se…
TWY 006 - Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion
One of the most popular and beloved anime of the mid 2000s, Beanie and Laurel bring to you the majesty of "Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion"!
Very minor spoilers ahead!
Trigger Warning: This episod…
TWY 005 - Golden Boy
Completely by accident this is dropping just a couple days after Golden Week ended! Today Beanie & Laurel study hard and absorb as much wisdom as possible from this 90s OVA classic, "Golden Boy"!
Fol…
TWY 004 - Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro
From the iconic franchise itself to the movie that brought Hayao Miyazaki to the big screen, Beanie and Laurel sit down and talk about "Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro"!
(Don't blame Beanie for ca…
TWY 003 - Chobits
Pulled from the archives, Beanie is joined by their original co-host MaeMae to talk about the romantic comedy classic, Chobits!
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Trigger Warning: T…
TWY 002 - Akikan!
Take f*ckin' sip, babes
On today's episode of The Weeb Years, we remember just how bad anime can get with "Akikan!"
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TWY 001 - Samurai Champloo
Drinking Game: Take a shot every time Beanie says the word "anachronism"
For the first episode of the podcast, Beanie and Laurel take a look at one of the Adult Swim icons, "Samurai Champloo"!
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