Blade Licking Thieves

by Grant, TheHeat, and Zen

Join us as we lick our blades, banter and ramble on, and provide in depth reviews of some of our favorite (and not so favorite) Anime, Kaiju, Martial Arts, Chambara, and Asian films. You can find out more about our show, all of our previous episodes, and our show notes at our blog: bladelickingthieves.wordpress.com

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Episodes

Spotlight #7: Gundam Build Fighters with Dawn and PatzPrime

0s · Published 30 Jul 12:30

Dawn from the Anime Nostalgia podcast and PatzPrime from The Cockpit podcast join Grant for a talk about Gundam Build Fighters + nearly an hour and a half of your Gundam related twitter questions! Timestamps: Introductions (00:00) Gundam Build Fighters (17:05) Twitter questions (36:38)

#40: Harakiri

0s · Published 20 Jul 12:00

The orderly, rigid code of bushido smashes up against human feeling in Masaki Kobayashi's Harakiri (1962), a stunningly trenchant piece of subversive film-making --written by Rashoman and Seven Samurai scribe Shinobu Hashimoto, and starring the great Tatsuya Nakadai -- that threatens to demolish the foundational ethos all of samurai cinema is built upon. Timestamps: Intro + News (00:00) Review (31:25) Twitter Questions (1:46:05)

#39: Hard Boiled

0s · Published 22 Jun 12:30

There's action packed. And then there's Hard Boiled (1992) -- John Woo's final spectacular outing with superstar Chow Yun-Fat in which gun-toting, rough and tumble detective, Tequila (Yun-Fat) partners with undercover officer Alan (Tony Leung) to take on a villainous gang of gun-running triads. Tune in for the full review! Timestamps: Intro + News (00:00) Review (33:45) Twitter Questions (1:59:52)

#38: Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind

0s · Published 25 May 16:31

We review a classic that requires no introduction -- though, we'll do that anyway -- Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (1984) from director / writer Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli (sort of). Timestamps: Intro + News (00:00) Review (35:32) Twitter Questions (1:55:11)

#37: Blade of the Immortal (2017)

0s · Published 11 May 01:36

We review Takashi Miike's 100th film, Blade of the Immortal, a bloody, over the top, chambara romp, starring Takuya Kimura, Hana Sugisaki, and Sota Fukushi, based on the manga by Hiroaki Samura. Timestamps: Intro+News (00:00) Review (40:05) Twitter Questions (1:41:35)

#36: Who Am I?

0s · Published 25 Apr 22:10

The Thieves take a look at Jackie Chan’s Who Am I, his last film with Golden Harvest and nearly his last film ever (after a few of these stunts). Timestamps: What we've been watching (00:00) Listener Mail (45:45) News (49:32) Review (57:34) Twitter Questions (2:07:08)

#35: One-Armed Swordsman

0s · Published 16 Apr 02:47

Our Shaw Brothers training regimen continues with the bloody saga of Fang Cheng aka the One-Armed Swordsman, a seminal work of wuxia film-making from prolific director Chang Cheh. Timestamps: What we've been watching (00:00) Listener mail (39:12) News (49:53) Review (1:08:35)

#34: Mazinkaiser

0s · Published 28 Mar 04:59

The Blade Licking Thieves are in the cockpit again to bring you their take on Go Nagai’s classic 2001 OVA Mazinkaiser. Will Mazinkaiser be a show for the wiser, or just fertilizer? Tune in for their semi-coherent thoughts on the matter! Timestamps: Review (40:07) Twitter Questions (1:51:03)

Spotlight #6: Cosplay with Diana (@silencedrowns) and Emma Bowers

0s · Published 02 Mar 00:39

Emma Bowers and Diana (@silencedrowns) join grant for a discussion all about the world of Cosplay + your twitter questions!

Spotlight #5: Days of Fandom Past with Dave Merrill

0s · Published 16 Feb 11:30

Dave Merrill (Let's Anime) joins the show for a chat on fandom of yesteryear: clubs, cons, zines, old anime, and your twitter questions.

Blade Licking Thieves has 129 episodes in total of non- explicit content. Total playtime is 0:00. The language of the podcast is English. This podcast has been added on November 21st 2022. It might contain more episodes than the ones shown here. It was last updated on May 15th, 2024 16:41.