This week Victoria and Evan learn the power of anime training via fanservice-y fitness series Anime De Training! Ex and the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure manga, and Evan tries out Samurai Champloo. Plus discussion of Final Fantasy VII, the death of Shigeru Mizuki, and Victoria's limited exposure to American media. Show Notes

• The famous manga artist Shigeru Mizuki (Gegege no Kitaro) passed away in November.
• The whole Internet is angry about Final Fantasy VII Remake being released as three games, but Victoria is alright with it.
• Teekyu cannot be stopped and Evan couldn't be happier.
• Evan is watching the hip-hop/samurai movie crossover Samurai Champloo for the Reverse Thieves' Anime Secret Santa.
• Victoria is learning a lot about physical fitness in more ways than one via Anime De Training! Ex.
• She also tried to watch Deltora Quest, but got sidetracked by looking up what the character designs reminded her of. Anime Problems.
• Evan is falling in love with JoJo's Bizarre Adventure all over again via the original Part 1: Phantom Blood manga.

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The Crunchycast is hosted by Victoria Holden and Evan Minto and edited by Bill Zoeker. If you have any questions for our hosts, you can reach us at [email protected], or on Twitter at @SailorBee and @VamptVo respectively.

The opening and ending music in Crunchycast are produced by Noah Hafford, who can be found at his SoundCloud.