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An Anime/Animated Retrospective Podcast ranging from the realms of Ghibli to Godzilla and beyond. Join resident nerd co-hosts Jonathan Kwiatkowski and Dan Ryan as they travel through spirit realms, new, fascinating worlds, and fly through the skies in order to prove that Anime Was (Not) A Mistake.
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On tonight's episode of Anime Was (Not) A Mistake Jonathan and Dan confront the final judgement with the finale of Cardcaptor Sakura Season 2. However, before their destinies can finally be achieved, they must first take the stage in a school play that embraces both the light and darkness. Once our cohosts roles have been reversed and all of the Clow cards have been obtained it is time for a trial using all of the skills they have learned from previous episodes. Will their true forms be revealed? Was Jonathan always an angel and Dan a lion? Is there a need for a third season? Some questions will finally be answered and still more pondered for the first time. No matter what, remember this, it will all work out.
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Music Provided:
“Stardust Crusaders” – Yugo Kanno– Warner Bros. Home Entertainment – JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders - JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders OST - 2014
“Koigokoro/In Love” - CLAMP –Victor Entertainment - Cardcaptor Sakura - Cardcaptor Sakura Original Soundtrack 4 - 2000
“Rest” – Yugo Kanno– Warner Bros. Home Entertainment – JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders - JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders OST - 2014
Sunday Feb 08, 2026
Sunday Feb 08, 2026
Anime Was (Not) A Mistake and our Jojo Crew continue moving every closer to the vampire villian Dio through Egypt. The remaining stand users are just as crafty and kooky as ever. We start with a comic book/sharpshooting pair up that will have enthralled, like being pulled by your nostrils. Next, you may be wondering what that powerful pup Iggy has been up to the whole time. While it may seem he's been living in a Dog's Day Afternoon, in reality he has been battling an icy avian icon! Then just when you think the dust has settled, our heroes arrive at Dios Alhambra. Within are treacherous traps and even a few relatives of some already defeated villains. Get your joysticks ready and prepare to button mash or forfeit your soul! Its Game Start on this action packed episode of Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders.
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Music Provided:
“Stardust Crusaders” – Yugo Kanno– Warner Bros. Home Entertainment – JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders - JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders OST - 2014
“Koigokoro/In Love” - CLAMP –Victor Entertainment - Cardcaptor Sakura - Cardcaptor Sakura Original Soundtrack 4 - 2000
“Rest” – Yugo Kanno– Warner Bros. Home Entertainment – JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders - JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders OST - 2014
Sunday Feb 01, 2026
Sunday Feb 01, 2026
In this new year, Anime Was (Not) A Mistake begins our 15th season by returning to where we left off in Cardcaptor Sakura. And in this episodes dreams will follow a long tangent nightmare discussion of Stranger Things. With a new school term beginning for our Cardcaptor and her friends, some things may seem the same, but slowly and surely we are approaching a momentous change. Miss Mizuki is the new homeroom teacher and just as mysterious as ever. Just like real life in New Jersey a cataclysmic snowfall, Jonathan may lose their beautiful voice/experience a fever dream, and Daniel cannot wait to go on a strawberry picking adventure. Maybe NJ really is the western equivalent of Japan. Much to ponder as you listen and enjoy, if you do encounter your dream self, give a wink and nod, maybe a kiss? We've said too much...
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Music Provided:
“Stardust Crusaders” – Yugo Kanno– Warner Bros. Home Entertainment – JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders - JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders OST - 2014
“Koigokoro/In Love” - CLAMP –Victor Entertainment - Cardcaptor Sakura - Cardcaptor Sakura Original Soundtrack 4 - 2000
“Rest” – Yugo Kanno– Warner Bros. Home Entertainment – JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders - JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders OST - 2014
Sunday Jan 25, 2026
Sunday Jan 25, 2026
Close your eyes and dream dream dream of a better podcast as another Sinister Six invades the real world. 2005’s The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl focuses on a young dork named Max, who escapes his boring life by dreaming up the planet Drool and its bizarre denizens. Things take a turn for the stupid when Linus, the school bully, steals Max’s dream journal and makes some villainous edits. Sharkboy and Lavagirl, Max’s imaginary main characters who were actually real for some reason, arrive on the scene and take Max away to planet Drool. There, a darkness has taken hold that threatens to destroy both worlds. Maybe. It’s not clear. At the very least, a tornado is gonna hit one block in Texas. Max, Sharkboy, and Lavagirl must retrieve a Final Fantasy crystal, run across green screens, and find the true cause of planet Drool’s nightmarish new vibe. Put on your 3D glasses and start signing those divorce papers for today’s electrifying episode of Anime Was (Not) A Mistake! If you don’t listen to the whole thing, then we’ll send you straight to the principal’s office and have you EXPELLED!
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Music Provided by:
"Danse Macabre" Saint-Saëns - Rock/Metal Version Cover – EXMORTUS TV
“Live and Learn” – Crush 40 - Main Theme of Sonic: Adventure 2
“Chromaggia” – Repo! The Genetic Opera: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Sunday Jan 18, 2026
Sunday Jan 18, 2026
Magic Podcast on a rail, never takes a rest, gliding through the airwaves and the snow. Our 2025 Holiday Extravaganza concludes with a burst of steam and the tingling of a bell with Robert Zemeckis's Christmas "classic" 2004's The Polar Express. Daniel Ryan is your conductor on this one and Joanthan, Grant, Gabe, and Heather are just the passengers sorting through presents and glaring CGI. Hopefully on this episode we can ponder on the holidays' true meaning, as we sip on hot chocolate. Maybe we can even learn what it is to truly "Believe?"
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Music Provided By:
It’s A Wonderful Life Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1946) – “Main Title” & “End Title”
Composed and Conducted By: Dimitri Tiomkin.
The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya Original Soundtrack (2010) – “SOS Dan Christmas Party”
Music By: Satoru Kōsaki, Kakeru Ishihama, Keigo Hoashi, Ryūichi Takada, and Erik Satie
Edited By: Kengo Shigemura
Sunday Jan 11, 2026
Sunday Jan 11, 2026
What a Peach! Join us for a family holiday broadcast of Anime Was Not a Mistake in a Classique episode devoted to James and The Giant Peach (1996)! In this Henry Selick adaptation of the Roald Dahl book, James is about to go on a madcap adventure through the sky and across the sea in a giant piece of fruit?!? Jonathan and Dan are joined by their own cavalcade of bug friends with Grant, Heather and Gabe. As we ponder what kind of giant fruit would be the best to live inside and if we are more of a Sponge or Spiker the holiday cheer grows as large as well...a giant peach. So, pour yourself a stein of peach beer and let a flock of seagulls carry you away.
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Music Provided By:
It’s A Wonderful Life Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1946) – “Main Title” & “End Title”
Composed and Conducted By: Dimitri Tiomkin.
The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya Original Soundtrack (2010) – “SOS Dan Christmas Party”
Music By: Satoru Kōsaki, Kakeru Ishihama, Keigo Hoashi, Ryūichi Takada, and Erik Satie
Edited By: Kengo Shigemura
Sunday Jan 04, 2026
Sunday Jan 04, 2026
Anime Podcast - Definition: Two idiotic, but lovable, cohosts pick any bad movie they want or deem close enough to the subject matter they want and rant madly for an hour or so.
Welcome listeners, it's time to don your tropical shirts and freshly ironed culottes as Anime Was (Not) A Mistake/Sinister Six takes a much-needed vacation with the 2021 comedy Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar. When best friends Barb and Star long for a getaway they head off to the land of seashell, banana boats, and Morgan Freemanesque crabs. However, while love blooms, an evil pale, stinging plot may lie just below the surface of this palatial paradise. More than that, will Barb and Star's friendship prove to be as strong as a sea spirit. Jonathan and Dan's may come into question. Seagull! Can you hear my prayer? (Slurps down a Buried Treasure)
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Music Provided by:
"Danse Macabre" Saint-Saëns - Rock/Metal Version Cover – EXMORTUS TV
“Live and Learn” – Crush 40 - Main Theme of Sonic: Adventure 2
“Chromaggia” – Repo! The Genetic Opera: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Sunday Dec 28, 2025
Sunday Dec 28, 2025
On this episode of Anime Was Not a Mistake an Egyptian trek to find Dio continues with JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders. Today's Bell Affair includes some high stakes gambling, magnetic encounters, and some very awkward age regression antics. Our lovable bunch of intrepid Jojo adventures get closer and closer to Dio's hideaway, but on their way, they have to fight some very unique Stand Users. Jonathan would suggest never trusting an outlet that is in a rock and never to trust a wimp with random bells in their hair. Meanwhile, Dan is ready to lay all his friends' souls on the line in a game of chance? Will our heroes up the ante and come out on top or are we all heading to a bad hand that will make us bust? Tune in to find out. Has anyone seen a bathroom we could use?
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Music Provided:
“Catch You Catch Me” – GUMI – CLAMP – Cardcaptor Sakura – Cardcaptor Sakura Original Soundtrack- 1998
“Sakura’s Theme” – CLAMP – Cardcaptor Sakura – Cardcaptor Sakura Original Soundtrack- 1998
Nukumori no Kioku (Warm Memories) – Seki Tomokazu – CLAMP – Cardcaptor Sakura – Cardcaptor Sakura Original Soundtrack 2- 1998
Sunday Dec 21, 2025
Sunday Dec 21, 2025
(Thunder Crash) Tonight, on Good Movie Podcast? we promise an eternal rivalry and a touch of magic in a world obsessed with science. Within the swirling purple potion of immortality Jonathan and Dan are ready for a comedic bloodbath in Robert Zemeckis's eternal classic Death Becomes Her (1993). Madeline Ashton and Helen Sharp have been at each other's throats (much like our two hosts) for as long as they can remember. When famed surgeon of the stars, Ernest Menville is thrown in the mix the claws come out. In a story as old as time, when beauty fades these two women will do whatever it takes to stay young forever and come out on top. Luckily for them there is one ancient lady dealing just the sort of a elixir they have been looking for. When things turn violets heads start spinning, shotguns are fired, and many bodies are thrown down staircases. We advise our listeners to learn from this morality tale, and to take care of themselves. Sempre Viva! Live Forever!
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Music Provided by:
Cab Calloway, Irving Mills and Clarence Gaskill – “Minnie the Moocher” – RCA Instrumental/Karaoke Version
Dave Flesischer – “Let’s All Go to the Lobby”- National Film Registry/Library of Congress
Kansas Joe McCoy, Herb Morand– “Why Don’t You Do Right” – Claudia Santoro Instrumental/Karaoke Version
Sunday Dec 14, 2025
Sunday Dec 14, 2025
It’s the 1980s, the gang is back, and things are about to get stranger. JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders finally returns to the podcast as we begin the series’ second half, the “Battle in Egypt” saga. After fighting their way across the globe, the Joestar group finally arrives in Egypt. Unfortunately, the final phase of their journey will be no less treacherous. Dio has dispatched nine more Stand users, all fanatically devoted to protecting their leader. To give the Joestar group some extra muscle, they’re joined by the Stand-wielding canine Iggy. But is this pup a loyal companion or a loose cannon? Prophetic comic books, possessed swordsmen, and exploding oranges await on today’s coffee-flavored episode of Anime Was (Not) A Mistake!
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Music Provided:
“Catch You Catch Me” – GUMI – CLAMP – Cardcaptor Sakura – Cardcaptor Sakura Original Soundtrack- 1998
“Sakura’s Theme” – CLAMP – Cardcaptor Sakura – Cardcaptor Sakura Original Soundtrack- 1998
Nukumori no Kioku (Warm Memories) – Seki Tomokazu – CLAMP – Cardcaptor Sakura – Cardcaptor Sakura Original Soundtrack 2- 1998