Pop Culture Maniacs Podcast #22: Friends

From Mahjong to Loving Magical Girls: LGBTQ+ Representation in Animation in 2024

2024 began slowly, with the premiere of the ecchi magical girl series, with yuri themes, Gushing Over Magical Girls, on January 3, and Pon no Michi, a yurish anime centered on mahjong, on January 6. While the former was on HIDIVE, the latter never aired on any streaming platforms available in Western countries. Following that, […]

Pop Culture Maniacs Podcast Episode #10: Big Mouth

Kieran Freemantle and Jean Henegan discuss what makes Big Mouth so special.

Lovecraft Country – Full Circle Review

Well, that was a pretty unsatisfying end to the first season of HBO’s Lovecraft Country. And it’s a shame because when the series was working, it was easily the best thing on television this fall. However, the best elements of the season were the character-focused episodes; islands within the confusing and poorly explained mythology that […]