S6E6 - TOMINO-THON! THE IDEON Movies – A CONTACT & BE INVOKED (1982) History & Review
Many years before Anno Hideaki remade the ending to his audacious but unfinished sci-fi TV series with an avant-garde theatrical tour-de-force in The End of Evangelion, Tomino Yoshiyuki blazed the tra...
20 Apr 3h 19min
S6E5 - TOMINO-THON! Space Runaway IDEON (1980) TV Series History & Review
It’s finally time to discuss what is almost certainly Tomino’s best-known and most widely renowned work outside the world of Gundam: 1980’s Space Runaway Ideon, the 39-episode TV series that begins wi...
13 Apr 3h 58min
S6E4 - TOMINO-THON! The Revolutionary Creation of MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM (1979)
Considering Japanimation Station started its life in 2019 as Weekly Suit Gundam – which itself started with a six-part podcast miniseries following Sean and Jonathan discussing every aspect of the ori...
6 Apr 2h 12min
S6E3 - TOMINO-THON! Invincible Steel Man DAITARN 3 (1978) History & Review
“Exhilaration, humor, and pathos” – these are the three pillars Tomino Yoshiyuki outlined in a pre-production memo for the series that became 1978’s Invincible Steel Man Daitarn 3. And the 40-episode ...
30 Mars 2h 44min
S6E2 - TOMINO-THON! Invincible Super Man ZAMBOT 3 (1977) History & Review
Our Tomino-thon reaches its first full review of the season with 1977’s Invincible Super Man Zambot 3, the debut series from a newly independent Sunrise, and the first original show directed in full b...
23 Mars 2h 26min
S6E1 - Tomino-thon Begins! The Origins of Tomino Yoshiyuki, including MIGHTY ATOM and TRITON OF THE SEA
Our Tomino-thon kicks off with a history-focused episode exploring the origins of Tomino Yoshiyuki leading up to the creation of his first full original series, Zambot 3 (which we’ll be reviewing next...
16 Mars 1h 57min
Season 6 Preview - Japanimation Station Returns for our TOMINO-THON on March 15th, 2026
Japanimation Station returns on March 15th, 2026 for its 6th season, and it’s one listeners have been demanding for a long time: our Tomino-thon! Throughout 2026, we’ll be peering into the delightfull...
1 Feb 14min
S4E34 - MISS KOBAYASHI’S DRAGON MAID: A LONELY DRAGON WANTS TO BE LOVED Movie Review
We’re back in Kyoto again to look at another new work from our friends at Kyoto Animation: Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid: A Lonely Dragon Wants To Be Loved, the feature film sequel to the beloved (and ...
3 Nov 20252h 5min
