Pop Culture Maniacs Podcast Episode #13: Brooklyn Nine Nine

The Best Show You Aren’t Watching: Mythic Quest

In this installment of The Best Show You Aren’t Watching, our underappreciated series once again comes from AppleTV+ (the streaming service that seems to be hitting it out of the park when it comes to unassuming and quirky shows that lack big name stars – compared to their big, flashy shows that just aren’t quite […]

Pop Culture Maniacs Podcast #34: Video Game Adaptations

Kieran Freemantle and Jean Henegan by joined by Andrea M. Catinella to discuss the history and issues of video game adaptations. d

A year of “Yuridemption”?: LGBTQ+ Representation in Animation in 2025 [Part 1]

In December of 2024, I published my post examining LGBTQ+ representation in Western animation and anime, noting that twenty-six anime with direct, or indirect, yuri themes aired. This included some of my favorites, with yuri subtext, like Dungeon Meshi, Girls Band Cry, My Deer Friend Nokotan, Mayonaka Punch, Pon no Michi, Jellyfish Can’t Swim in […]