Speaker 1: 0:05

Welcome to Realm Jumpers. I'm Andrew and this is my co-host, jordan.

Speaker 2: 0:09

Hey everyone. We're here to dive into the worlds of fantasy and anime, bringing you epic stories and unforgettable adventures.

Speaker 1: 0:16

We'll be talking world building, unforgettable villains and everything that makes these genres legendary. So let's jump into the realm and everything that makes these genres legendary. So let's jump into the realm. Hey everybody, in just a few minutes we'll dive into our main topic for the night, our underrated anime gems. But first let's go ahead and dive right into Realm Rumors. What do you got for us this week, jordan?

Speaker 2: 0:36

So what we're looking at here? Actually you kind of the one who told me about this and looking it up I got super excited. I guess, uh, there's real life hunters out there and not the animal kind, the uh, you know superpower kind apparently. Yeah, man, tell me a little bit. I know you said it to me originally. I know we were kind of chatting about it on the weekend there dude.

Speaker 1: 0:57

I don't even know how I found it. I was doom scrolling through reddit and I just, um, I saw this thing for the hunter's exam and I was like, oh yeah, the Hunter's exam arc, great arc. And then I saw the next link and I think it's the second or third link on somewhere, but anyways, it was the second or third link I saw and I was like, wait, no, this is a legitimate website, what's going on here? So I clicked into yeah, I clicked into that to go check it out and I'm oh, these guys are, they're hosting a legit hunter's exam and you know, they're modeling it after yeah, they're modeling it after.

Speaker 1: 1:29

You know the hunter's exam mark that you know gone and um, the whole crew went through, you know, in the in the beginning of the series. So they've got the, they've got the big endurance run section. Um, they're promising to do like 10 to 15 mile run, but you don't't know. Yeah, they're not going to tell you right.

Speaker 1: 1:45

Yeah, it's just like just like the, you know, just like the show they're not going to tell you. Then they've got like this deception thing, and then there's a labyrinth, and then you know some sort of one on one combat, like all in all it looks pretty awesome. And you know, that's what I was saying to you. I was saying to you, I was like dude, we got to go to this, we got to do this.

Speaker 2: 2:03

Yes. So yeah, guys, we're going to go check it out as viewers and we'll report back how epic it is or you know who becomes a pro hunter, right? Maybe we can snag an interview with somebody. That would be kind of cool.

Speaker 1: 2:16

Yeah, that would definitely be awesome. And, as of the airing of this episode, everyone, we're about 10 days away from the Hunter's exam That'll take place on March 29th, obviously, 2025, in the Plains Virginia. Yeah, it's a big old field, right? Yeah, I looked it up, it's a massive, massive field.

Speaker 2: 2:39

Dude, we're going to have to take video pictures. I'm sure people are going to be dressed up in cool outfits, I'm hoping, oh, dude, which would be epic and then maybe we can, yeah, snag an interview or two and post it on the socials. Man, that'd be, that'd be awesome yeah, that would. That would definitely be super dope so we'll let you guys know it'll be. It'll be a fun time, um, but yeah, let's jump in right. Underrated right is what we were looking at this week.

Speaker 1: 3:01

Yeah, man, underrated anime gyms and you know the criteria. I was kind of think of and I did check out the criteria for all the shows is one you know it's not talked about so much anymore, Like you just don't hear anybody talking about it, or it has a low rating and we used AnyListco to generate the light, to generate the rating score and every single one of these shows is under 73%, like I don't know, satisfaction or whatever you want to call it, rated on on any listco.

Speaker 2: 3:35

But which is kind of nuts Cause, like all of them. You know I did too and you did too are so interesting and really good. So yeah, I don't know, some of them are older, maybe that's what it is before. You know, streaming was a huge deal. You know we're all on youtube watching it again. Part one, two, three, four, maybe that's part of it. But uh, yeah, man, I'll jump in on first, then I guess you can go after that if you're cool with it.

Speaker 1: 3:57

Yeah, go first take. Uh, you know you're bringing two and I'm bringing two, so hit them all right, very cool.

Speaker 2: 4:03

so mine is claymore. I mean, I've mentioned it before. Um, it is an inspiration for me as a writer. Uh, it's still inspiration of a lot of probably cool stories, at least with the, you know, monster hunting type vibe, you know witcher type stuff, in a way very similar actually, because they do have powers and they hunt monsters and all these different things, um, and then there is an organization that's kind of above everybody that they are the ones that tell the hunters where to go. This story, though, is pretty interesting because it was actually made by Madhouse, so we all know Madhouse, very popular anime studio back in 07. So it's been a minute that it's come out. The manga is obviously finished. It's a 26 episode run, so it had a good season, although I would say that and I don't know why it wasn't really picked up for more seasons, although I feel like if they redid it now it probably would, because it's like the perfect vibes for nowadays Serious send, send in level blood tragedy, you know all that cool stuff.

Speaker 1: 5:08

So that's actually something that surprised me. You put it here in your notes that it that it was in Shonen Jump and I, when I watched that, I remember thinking that that couldn't have been Shonen.

Speaker 2: 5:18

Yeah, it really was. Yeah, I think this is probably the time when they started to lean into more darker story times. Even Death Note and stuff was in Shonen Jump, which makes no sense. It's not a hero character, he's literally a villain. It's the main character, modern day. It's not underdog story type stuff. I mean this does have those elements. Cool thing about this that kind of sets it apart, though, is literally all females. The whole cast is women.

Speaker 2: 5:45

Um, so there's really there are guys obviously in the world and stuff, medieval times type thing, but a lot of them are, uh, you know, regular humans or some of the monsters end up becoming, you know they're, they're dudes, and it kind of goes into a little bit more detail of it. But I'll run it down a little bit here. We can chat about it and, uh, maybe I can get some people to see this because it is a really fun show, if you, uh, if you haven't seen it. So it's a medieval type world monster infested land. Human eating creatures called yoma disguise themselves as human so they can look like us. They live in the town. Kids go missing, people are going missing very witcher vibes in way, because the town has to kind of like hire the organization that has the Claymore, the warriors, to kill them to come in and do it. So it's very Witcher-like in that type of thing, of course, but they are called Claymore because they all use giant, badass broadswords. That would look great behind you on the wall there. It would look awesome.

Speaker 2: 6:45

Now the main character is Claire, so they do rank the Claymore based on strength. She's number 47, which is the lowest rank of the weakest, but she was raised and saved by the number one rank one that ever existed, teresa. So it has her backstory. Of course she gets a little kid. There's a monster, it's killing her family. Saved. Teresa saves her. Teresa's the badass one, the strongest, and eventually she gets killed. And that's what sets Claire up here to become a Claymore and go on the journey of trying to avenge her mentor type situation.

Speaker 2: 7:25

Now, interestingly enough about this series, in this show, the way you get abilities is you have to devour the flesh of one of the monsters. The problem is, if men do it, they do get strong and they do become powerful warriors, but the Yoma energy overwhelms them and they end up becoming the monsters. Where, for whatever reason, women they can fight that off, where they don't become the actual monsters. So with Claire, that's interesting is she didn't devour the flesh of the monster to get her powers. She ended up devouring the flesh of Teresa after she's killed, which never has been done before and gives her certain abilities and know abilities and things that Teresa may have had or whatever. But it's a big, you know, cool world because it sets the stage for, like, what is this organization? They're protecting people quote unquote, right, but they're also like, where are these monsters coming from? Why is this a thing? Are they really good? They're very mysterious. You know they have all the they're. They're kind of like you know the chess masters. They move the girls where they want, tell them, give them the missions, don't ask questions. And you know a lot of people, a lot of these claymore. They've lost people to monsters, so obviously they want to hunt them. You know they wouldn't. They would want to get revenge on them if they could, right?

Speaker 2: 8:45

I mean, that's kind of the whole concept of it, um, but uh, the second main character is a guy that she, claire, ends up saving and uh, he ends up kind of going with her. He's the audience, I think, kind of like stand into the world of like experiencing what's happening. You know the battles, claire, you know she's full of rage, hatred, all that stuff, and it kind of like builds from there. Um, the kid's name is rocky and he's the one that kind of like it's almost like they're losing their humanity to the powers, to the monster abilities. So he's kind of like the emotional center that keeps her like human, I guess, in a way right, yeah, that's kind of the way I felt about it.

Speaker 1: 9:22

He was the. He was like her grounding force throughout the uh, throughout the show oh yeah, absolutely.

Speaker 2: 9:27

And you know the themes are cool because it's humanity versus monsters, which is always fun. Um, control, power versus control, right. So the stronger you get in the in the yoma powers, the closer they can get to possibly, you know, giving into it. You know there's that whole freedom of choice thing going on. And then the revenge arc, right, like she's trying to avenge her, her kind of her mom in a way, is how she looks at her and it's, um, you know, it's got the whole female empowerment thing, which is super cool because you know, a lot of anime have strong male characters, a lot of them have strong female characters, but you don't really see one of all women. And then it's set in this like medieval world.

Speaker 2: 10:04

Of course the organization are mostly men, so that's kind of interesting um, but throwing yeah upside down, yeah yeah, it's kind of upside down that way, um, and then you know, there is it's kind of it's interesting story, because I watched the anime. It was like this, really cool, and years later I found the manga, ended up reading it a whole thing, which I I hope it gets animated because it really would be probably really big right now. But the cool thing in the manga, the way it ends, it blows out this whole storyline of I'm trying to think. I don't want to spoil it, maybe the organization isn't as good as they pretend, type thing. Yeah, sure, and it's more of like a propaganda thing because you know, are they making the monsters? Where are the monsters coming from? What's really going on in the bigger world?

Speaker 2: 10:49

And I don't want to spoil it, but all I'll say is, if you've watched Attack on Titan to a certain point you see there's a bigger world out there, similar type situation in that. So, yeah, dope story man. I tell anyone, if you like sword abilities, you know fighting, but real stakes death, check out. Tell anyone, if you like sword abilities, you know fighting, but real stakes death, check out. Claymore, if you haven't, it's um, it's a really fun show man, it's, it's awesome I will say claymore wasn't and is not, still it's not, you know, it's.

Speaker 1: 11:18

It's probably not even in the top 10 for me for favorites, but it was really good and the story was compelling and, um, you know what you were saying about the monsters and, like, what are they actually doing there? That it kind of it's one of those situations where it's like you know, the longer you stare into the abyss, the abyss stares back into you. Right, absolutely, yeah, absolutely. So I do have. I do have a pretty big question why do you think this isn't still talked about? Because it was impactful and it was a big show and they had.

Speaker 2: 11:47

Well, they had madhouse animating, which they're solid. I mean, madhouse is good. Now the only thing is, madhouse has a reputation where they will take a series, animate one season and it'll be great, and then they will not animate another season. They they just say nope, we're going on. The next thing and you know this is back in the day where anime were mainly made to sell the mangas, like that's kind of what it was. Nowadays, I feel like if it were to be redone, or even the second season, I would. I personally would say they should just restart it because it's been right, it's almost 20 years it's almost 20 years by now it's ripe

Speaker 2: 12:27

for and the story's over, so you don't have to worry about filler or making up endings, just just do it. I don't think it blew up because I think one season really hurts stuff like that, you know, and I think back then it wasn't as easy and accessible in 07, and stuff to watch anime on your phone, on your, your computer, on your TV, on the apps, it really wasn't that big a thing. So I think time period, maybe it was ahead of its time a little bit in a way and, funny enough, the only thing Madhouse seems to do multiple seasons of they're the ones who do Overlord, right.

Speaker 1: 13:03

They are right. You're asking the wrong one.

Speaker 2: 13:05

I watched four episodes of overlord and I was kind of done with it okay, hold on, I'm just gonna look at it real quick because I feel like it's mad. Uh, yes, it looks like. Yeah, it is. So they keep doing overlord, but any other series they do one in bounds they're like overlord is our main side.

Speaker 1: 13:23

You know that's like our main project. Everybody else is just a side piece.

Speaker 2: 13:27

Right, yeah, right, absolutely. Did you want to go with one, and then I'll do one after you? That's probably easy.

Speaker 1: 13:33

It doesn't matter to me man. Yeah, I can go.

Speaker 2: 13:35

So yeah, go ahead, I'll do my next one after you.

Speaker 1: 13:37

Right. So the first underrated anime that I think we should be including on this list, there's a little show called Trinity Blood. You know, quick summary it's post-apocalyptic world. You've got vampires which are called Methuselah, and then you've got the humans which are called Terrans. They're locked in this, you know, just basically a Cold War, and the Vatican deploys, you know, different spies, different agents all over the world, and so do the, you know, so do the Methuselah, the vampires, so it's just this whole interesting Cold War story going on that does end up in some minor skirmishes and you know some things going on. But you know it follows around this priest and his name is Abel Night Road. But the thing about Abel Night Road is, is he's actually major spoiler? But you know Abel Abel Knight road is, you know, like one of the founding Methuselah. He was one of the original three Methuselah but he's different he's.

Speaker 1: 14:35

He's what they call a cruise Nick. He survives on feeding on other vampires. Dope oh yeah, he he has no interest in humans. He gets his power and his so he's. You know, he's kind of like this bumbling dude until he goes full power mode Right, which I don't know for an anime that was made in 05, you know it just had that. It just had that good old school anime feeling for me, you know, just that comfort anime Um and it was around rim glasses too, man, yeah, I remember that.

Speaker 1: 15:09

And it was only a one season run, I believe. But I think the season is, I don't know it's not 12 episodes, it's either 26 or you know it's higher than that. I'm not going to lie to you and say exactly how many episodes is, but I'm pretty sure it's just a one season run, one and done. But I just I love it. It's got that old school feel. It just gives me kind of those comfort vibes.

Speaker 1: 15:34

It's got a unique take on vampires man. I mean like the concept of the concept of making a vampire through science fiction instead of, you know, the traditional way, like dracula and stuff like that. That's not new. Um, the science fiction aspect of the birth of vampires has been done. But I don't know, this felt like a fresh take on on it for me and this was at a time when I was just getting back into anime. So it, you know, it really just really brought it for me and I I don't know, I just love the character interactions. Um, you know, you've got your goofy moments. There were, there was times in there where it felt episodic, like d gray man, where you've got a monster of the week type of thing.

Speaker 1: 16:10

It does feel a little bit like that Occasionally they kind of look similar, like the characters. I would. Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if you looked it up right now and told me that it was the same studio. I don't know.

Speaker 1: 16:21

It probably is. Yeah, it's the same time period, you know, it's got a got a little bit of the same feel, but also completely different. And Now some of the other things I like about it. I normally we've talked about this before I normally go straight in for the fantasy, lean more hard towards the fantasy side. So this one's a little bit weird, right, because it's more sci fi, goth horror stuff, a little bit soft on the goth horror, but definitely more sci fi. I don't know, man, the show is just. It just did it. For me it was good. The animation, you know, know, it feels like 2005. So if you guys go watch this, it's gonna feel like you're in 2005, but it doesn't take away from it, doesn't take away from, you know, the beauty of what the show is doesn't take you out of it or anything, right yeah, the art was good for the time period and it still stands today as good art.

Speaker 1: 17:08

It just might not be as vibrant, it's not going to be as vibrant solo leveling, but it still looks great, you know yeah, absolutely yeah, so I don't have as much to say on that show as you. You know you do with claymore, uh, but that's just because I like there are some story things in there that I don't really want to go too too, too much into yeah, I got you I know I saw it because I remember the characters.

Speaker 2: 17:32

I don't remember the story for beta I. I mean, when you watch so many it's hard to remember them all but I do remember the name that I looked at that I was like, oh yeah, the guy with the white hair. He's funny, goofy, but then get super serious and it's a badass.

Speaker 1: 17:44

Yeah, yeah.

Speaker 2: 17:45

Oh yeah, I definitely remember that one.

Speaker 1: 17:47

So good. It's great and I think you know I did kind of say this. It came out during a crowded time, but I really do think that that's the only reason why nobody is still talking about that is because it was a crowded era of just great shows coming.

Speaker 2: 18:03

Did it finish the whole story in that one season? Do you remember? So I don't know.

Speaker 1: 18:08

It felt like a completed story I will say that it felt like a completed story. But I never double checked with the manga. I never looked to see if there were light novels. When I finished that series I felt like it was a completed story.

Speaker 2: 18:19

So I was happy with the way it ended. It fulfilled the story. For me, I then. It never gets done in anime, like and you know, so that's. It seems like those days, to an extent, are kind of not really happening anymore with anime. It's usually like they seem to be finishing them a lot more, although there are shorter seasons, you know, which is cool. But I hate those one season ones that the cliffhanger and you never, you never see it again. All right, well, I'll do mine. So I've mentioned this one before Gangsta.

Speaker 1: 18:59

Yeah, you have mentioned this.

Speaker 2: 19:00

And.

Speaker 1: 19:01

I don't know, I just I haven't seen this one at all.

Speaker 2: 19:05

So you want vibes, black Lagoon vibes and I know you liked Black Lagoon, it was awesome, so this one is very similar. This came out in 2015. So about like black lagoon was awesome, so this one is is very similar. This came out in 2015, so about 10 years old, so the anime is, you know, animation's crisp, and it really does deal with some interesting stuff. So, in this story, modern day, very black lagoon, like mercenary hitman, like that kind of stuff, uh takes place in a city that's like just I'm not even trying to say the name, it's super hard to say, but it's all um. Mafia syndicates control this city, so there's different ones. Right, there's gangs, there's prostitutes, there's all kinds of stuff, drugs going on but there's these people called Twilights that they're superhuman and what it is is that they've taken a drug called Celebrar, and it boosts your. It boosts your, your abilities, and you become super human in a way, so like captain america, like strong, fast, agile, like different powers you get. The thing is, with the drug, though, is it cuts your lifespan.

Speaker 1: 20:07

So every, so does it cut your lifespan immediately when you first take it, or like every? Successive time you take it.

Speaker 2: 20:14

No, so you don't have to keep taking it. But once you take it, and depending on and not everyone can survive it too. So it's not like everyone gets taken, you can. Whatever it's like you take it, you're taking a risk. You're going to die right then and there. Or you're forced to take it, it could be. Or you're like, hey, my life's terrible, I can earn money if I become a twilight or mercenary. I'm going to take my chance and do it. So you do it and, depending on the way your body bonds with it, you can get stronger. There's levels to it. Tears of, yeah, of power, but you do lose lifespan the stronger you get. So it's, it's one of those.

Speaker 1: 20:47

Yeah, it's kind of one of those things so your lifespan is inversely inversely tied to how strong you are.

Speaker 2: 20:53

Yeah, pretty much. Pretty much. So the main characters there's three of them. There's Warwick, which he's kind of like that smart mouth, interesting, funny but very smart type character. He's a former mafia aristocrat, terrible past, he's like a gunman. He also gigolo, which is hilarious. You know, a dude just living it up. And then the other main character is nicholas brown. So he's actually deaf, which is super interesting, and he uses a katana as his main weapon and he's strong as shit, tell me. But you don't, you don't really see that type of disability character right in anime. So that's cool.

Speaker 2: 21:31

And the last one's a woman, a Alex Benedetto. She's a former prostitute. She is rescued by the handymen is what Warwick and Nicholas are. They call themselves and they kind of become her guards, protector against the rest of the mafia families and the different missions and stuff. And she kind of becomes their secretary, as in she books their jobs. So it's like this unwitting trio that kind of becomes their secretary, as in she books their jobs. So it's like this unwitting trio that kind of like binds themselves together in this terrible ass. You know world that they uh trauma bonding. Yeah, I'll do it 100. Now nicholas, he's an a-rank, like he's super strong. Everyone knows who he is like. Yeah, he's the guy pretty much.

Speaker 2: 22:13

So the whole show kind of revolves around like the the cause. There's people who, like, want to free the twilight. It's like this is wrong because they are discriminated against. So it's weird because people look down on them but they need them, but they hate them, but they need them and they hire them, but they hate them. You know, it's like this whole you know what I mean Back and forth thing and you get to see their, you know their backstories and then why, you know why are they in this? How did they get the drug? And then it kind of just like builds around that whole thing.

Speaker 2: 22:42

Um, I do remember I'm pretty sure I don't know if it was a full story of the whole manga. I never read it, so I don't know if there's more of it. I felt like it was pretty good on the end of the season, but I do remember there being some controversy because the studio who animated it and this is super weird they, they animated it. It's beautiful, it looks great, the animation Story's great, action's great, very mature themes, and it came out and it was like for some reason, the studio went bankrupt and they literally shut down during it being released. So it's crazy. Manga Globe or Maya Globe was the name of the animation studio. They did a great job and I don't know what happened behind the scenes, because you never, if you're a successful show, usually not gonna go bankrupt like while it's releasing, like what are you talking about no dude people.

Speaker 2: 23:34

You never heard things with money on the backside yeah, I don't know if that's what it was, um, I didn't look into like the thing, but it's only 12 episodes so you can just watch it pretty much in a day or so and it's a really fun thing. It's gritty, it's mature, realistic themes, unique characters, deaf protagonists, which is interesting. Diverse Action is brutal man Blood guns, it's crime. You know, think of like the worst city and it's in. But all these people are stuck in this city, they can't leave the city very nice and they're all vying for that political control. So, yeah, I think you, uh, you dig it for sure, and it's fantasy because there's powers, so it still matches that does not, no, no, that that's.

Speaker 1: 24:16

That does not make a fantasy, um, but it does still sound interesting, so I will check it out. I you know, I'll pop that in, like I don't know, friday or saturday and yeah, it's an easy one.

Speaker 2: 24:28

It's not, you know, super long and nothing crazy no, it sounds good, dude.

Speaker 1: 24:32

Um and again, yeah, not fantasy, but I will check it out all right, good enough, we'll roll with it funny enough, the the second one I'm bringing tonight is also not fantasy, which surprise you know. Normally, again, I go full in on the fantasy stuff and I I tend to leave other types of shows alone. I did start branching out several years ago.

Speaker 1: 24:52

You know, psychopath is when I started branching out and such a good show psychopath is not the, not the show that I'm talking about as an underrated show, because that is definitely not under. That's just that's the. The hype it psychopath gets is very well deserved. Um, but this one is called dead mount, death play and before you get any weird ideas, no, it's not any kind of weird hentai thing.

Speaker 2: 25:16

Um the name of this is so familiar, though like I feel like I've heard of this.

Speaker 1: 25:21

I feel like there's something lost in the translation between. You know the original Japanese name and you know what what it translates to in English.

Speaker 2: 25:30

I.

Speaker 1: 25:30

I doubt it's supposed to be something that that goofy, but who knows Right.

Speaker 2: 25:34

Um, bro, there's names Now. I reincarnated as a cat after I died and you know there's, like these crazy ass, seven sentence names now, so that's not too bad.

Speaker 1: 25:43

No, yeah, dead Mount. Death Play, all things considered, is not a bad name, but this follows the story of a legendary necromancer. His name is the Corpse God. And yes, I did say this wasn't a true fantasy and it's not. Give me a second. This is a reverse isekai, which I I generally don't like these at all. Um, there's one or two. Maybe the devil is a part-timer is really funny, you know, but the action is just not there for me, that's more I feel like devil is a part-timer is like slice of life right 100.

Speaker 2: 26:15

Yeah, I feel like there's so much there and they never really get to it, right so this is a reverse isekai.

Speaker 1: 26:20

That's good. It's got some good action and I feel like it brings a fresh take, you know, to the to the genre there. So it follows this legendary necromancer known as the corpse god and, you know, very opening scene, he's got this massive battle and he's, he's, he's very, very strong, but you know, they bring out all the guns to beat him. Well, at the end he knows he's going to lose, so he casts a spell that he has been preparing for quite a long time and he casts this spell to bring him to another universe, which would be our universe, earth. Well, he jumps right into the dead body of a boy that has just been killed, this Poka Shinoyama, and this kid has just been killed, this, uh, poka shinoyama, and this kid has just been killed. So, right off the bat, the action is there, because the assassin that just killed killed this kid, is like why are you still alive? Now? I gotta kill you, right. So it brings the action right that's kind of cool street yeah no, it is great.

Speaker 1: 27:15

It brings the action right from jump street. Um, the, the girl I don't remember her name right off the top of my head. She is insane in all the best ways. She makes you know, she makes the insanity enjoyable. It's not like, oh my God, the annoying insane right Like she. Just her level of insanity brings some you know laughter to it. Like it just it makes it fun to watch and he gets caught up in the underworld. This is the whole story, because you know of this assassin and the things his family was involved in. He gets caught up in the underworld and you know he goes from you know this other world straight into this criminal underworld and it starts bringing in these durarara vibes for me okay, yeah, I like that, yeah, I know, you know that show and it just gives

Speaker 1: 28:00

me those same vibes. Right, you're a little bit confused the first episode and then the further you get in, you're like man. This is some good storytelling and the side characters in this are compelling. There's a couple of police officers that the show sort of follows around. The police officers are done well. Yeah, there's a few tropey things in there, but the stories are compelling. Um, there's this clown magician dude, and he is also probably a psychopath. You know, just out there doing crazy stuff for the, for the lulz, you know, just for the laughs good old hisoka character kind of.

Speaker 1: 28:34

Yeah, a little bit more, a little bit more crazy, okay, joker?

Speaker 1: 28:37

okay, that's cool yeah, more like less, bit more crazy. Okay, joker, okay, that's cool. Yeah, more like less insane, more crazy, I don't know. Ooh, it's a.

Speaker 1: 28:45

It's a weird line, cause he's he's not super violent. He will get violent, but it's not, that's not his goal. Right, he's just out to pull these antics Like he wants to pull, that he can do them and stuff like that. You know, he he plays pranks on like the mayor and stuff like that. I mean, these pranks should get him arrested.

Speaker 1: 29:04

But yeah, that's that's his whole world is just doing this crazy stuff and it's just the blend of these characters in this show. Right, you've got gang conflicts which, as I said, you know, polka slash the corpse. God, he's heavily involved now in this criminal underworld. His companions are involved in this criminal underworld. His companions are involved in this criminal underworld. So you got the criminal stuff going on. You got the occult stuff going on. Then you throw this magician in the mix who just likes to just jump in there and just mess with everybody, right, like his whole thing is to shake everybody up, and so it just, it just provides this. It provides this like sense of just craziness, like the everything that's going on. You're like I have no idea what's happening next, and this is one of those few times that I love that when I can't predict what's going to happen. You know what I mean. I just I love that, yeah, and you know, this show is not that old. I think it came out in 2022.

Speaker 2: 29:56

Okay, so it's not that old. Yeah, yeah, that's the thing I've heard of it, but I haven't talked about it.

Speaker 1: 30:01

I don't hear anybody talk about it. I don't know because I it. Just to me this is great. I think everybody just looked at it and said isekai and left it alone. Right, because 2022 to now there's a lot of isekai that came up, so I feel like that's probably what happened. It got slapped with an isekai label and people were like no, not for me.

Speaker 2: 30:23

Well, hey, give it a shot at least. I mean it's reverse, so it might be fun. You said it was pretty good. Just give it a shot, it's good. Yeah, I'll try it, man, I like the name, and the concept is very interesting.

Speaker 1: 30:33

So the art is super crisp. Dude, you're going to, you're gonna, you're gonna love it. It's. It's like a mix now that I've seen, fully seen dan to dan. Um, it's just this weird mix of dura rara and dan to dan which is hard.

Speaker 2: 30:46

Yeah, those are two like off the wall yeah they.

Speaker 1: 30:49

They're completely opposite directions, but it just gives those kind of I don't know, it's just weird vibes. Man, it's good though.

Speaker 2: 30:56

I love it I'll check it out. I mean anything with that weird vibe. It seems to be a more. You're seeing it more lately for sure. Well, these are good man, I'm gonna check yours out. I know I saw trinity blood so I'm not gonna re-watch that, but I will definitely check out.

Speaker 1: 31:09

Uh, dead mount, death play I will also check out gangsta deal. Yeah, so there's the deal we trade off.

Speaker 2: 31:16

I like it, I like it, I like it. So hot yeah, what do you got for me this week? So this one's it's such a loaded question because I really want to say certain ones, but I'll let you All. Right, what is the best anime to introduce a non anime fan to Psychopaths? So that's actually a really great one. It depends the person, though, right, because like no, just straight up psychopath.

Speaker 1: 31:45

I will argue my case why Psycho Pass is the best one to introduce non-anime fans to.

Speaker 2: 31:50

Because it's very realistic.

Speaker 1: 31:51

Point number one Point number one it's based on the real world and it's very realistic. There's not a lot of magicity hoo-ha going on, you know. Second point lot of magicity hoo-ha going on, you know, uh. Second point there are already a lot of police procedurals on television today and you can tell by their that they're popular, by the amount of shows that they keep making, right yeah csi, csi, new york, um, csi, las vegas, like you've got.

Speaker 1: 32:18

And then you got bones in ci. The list goes on and on and on. Right. It proves how popular that genre is.

Speaker 1: 32:25

People love a police procedural. Sometimes they just love to hate them, but they love a police procedural, which is exactly what psychopaths is. So it's going to feel comfortable. It's going to feel like something they already know. Right, it's not going to feel like, well, what am I diving into these animated things? Is there going to be weird anime sex? You know, it takes all of that away and it just gives you this level of comfortability because you already know the setup. Right. This is a police procedural. We're following a crew of police officers. The story goes off the rails later, but that's not the point. It's that first episode that needs to suck you in, because you know if you can get sucked in by that first episode. So yeah, I'm going to say hands down. Without a doubt, psycho pass is the number one reference for anybody that is a non anime fan to get into anime dude, I'm not even gonna try on this one man, because I think you just killed it.

Speaker 2: 33:17

You killed it on this because that is 100 accurate, because I want to pick like a super popular show that is like, yeah, it pulls you in, but it could be too much. I mean, hit me with it, hit me with anything, I don't care. No, I mean, and the only reason, like, I'm gonna say this one, but I in my heart, I don't know if I actually would do it, just because if they end up getting super into it which is great, you've set the bar. So here, and they're not always like that, there's a lot that are in this.

Speaker 2: 33:46

So my goat, my, my first thought would have been attack on titan, because it starts and it blows up and you don't know what's going on, but you're like holy shit, and it's a train, it's a roller coaster, the whole show, absolutely. But when you're up there, you're starting at a part of that and then if they try to watch fairy tale or something who knows Whatever else you pick. The only other one that I would say would be a pretty good starting point, because it's realistic to an extent in the world that it's in, would be Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood, because it's two brothers, it's a family you can relate. You kind of see some stuff going on yeah, they could do alchemy but like explains it a little bit and that's a pretty good story that has the ups and downs and can really get someone in to the genre of like, oh, this was actually really good and I I did think a little bit about that because, um, you know who doesn't love Fullmetal Alchemist, but there are people out there that don't love Fullmetal Alchemist.

Speaker 2: 34:44

That's insane Insanity. What.

Speaker 1: 34:47

I've found with people that don't want to watch anime at all. It's usually that they hate everything related to magic. That's kind of strange.

Speaker 2: 34:55

It's weird.

Speaker 1: 34:56

They also don't want to watch fantasy related stuff like Lord of the Rings.

Speaker 2: 35:00

Okay, so it's like a thing.

Speaker 1: 35:02

Okay, yeah, it's like a thing, they just don't care about that stuff. So I don't know Like it's a great show and yeah, that, and you're right, it is a loaded question. Of course it's a loaded question because you know you got to ask leading questions like what are you into? Do you like to watch shows about cooking? You know what I mean? Yeah, it's totally a loaded question. But that's the point of the hot take, right, you just throw something out there and you just do it.

Speaker 2: 35:24

Yeah, you know, it's another good one I just thought of when you're talking about like the realistic part, like without magic you ever see erased.

Speaker 1: 35:31

That one's really good, it's the only thing again, when you say erased is eraser with arnold schwarzenegger no, no, no, no, it no.

Speaker 2: 35:39

So you check this one out. I won't go into detail too much, but pretty much the kid's trying to stop a murder and he goes back in time when he's a kid.

Speaker 1: 35:48

Okay.

Speaker 2: 35:48

And it's like this whole thing Mystery, the whole, who did it? It's actually that would probably be a pretty good one. That would hook someone pretty good. That's a good series.

Speaker 1: 35:56

There you go, man. Now I'm actually going to have to check that one out as well. All right, what do we got next week, man? Next week we'll be talking about anime tropes we love and hate. Okay, good, good, all right, see you then. Yeah, see you guys next week. Thanks for jumping into the realm with us today. Be sure to follow Realm Jumpers wherever you get your podcasts and don't forget to share your thoughts, theories and favorite moments with us.

Speaker 2: 36:19

Stay epic and keep exploring the worlds you love. Leave us a review on your podcast platform and if you're stuck on what to say, let us know what your favorite anime is. See you in the next round, thank you.