Salt Circle Podcast

It's another movie night. Ben and Hank watched Mulholland Drive (2001), The Handmaiden (2016), Thoroughbreds (2018), and The Favorite (2018). Hank loves all these movies, but place your bets on which one Ben hated. Email: SaltCirclePodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @SaltCirclePod Hank's Twitter: @ComicPanels The Burning Barrel Discord: discord.gg/jBDGW5j Logo Artist: bellamy.world/

Ben and Hank start the Sailor Moon manga by Naoko Takeuchi covering the entirety of the Dark Kingdom arc, Acts 1-14. This covers the same overall plot as season 1 of the Sailor Moon anime but it's also a pretty different experience.  Email: SaltCirclePodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @SaltCirclePod Hank's Twitter: @ComicPanels The Burning Barrel Discord: discord.gg/jBDGW5j Logo Artist: bellamy.world/

Ben and Hank catchup after Ben being on vacation and then having COVID. They talk about some bullshit and get into some of the media they've consumed.  The podcast Hank mentions briefly is called Ghost Divers and can be found here: https://pnc.st/s/ghost-divers Email: SaltCirclePodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @SaltCirclePod Hank's Twitter: @ComicPanels The Burning Barrel Discord: discord.gg/jBDGW5j 

Ben and Hank finish season 1 of the 1992 Sailor Moon anime, covering episodes 35-46. And then everybody died. Email: SaltCirclePodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @SaltCirclePod Hank's Twitter: @ComicPanels The Burning Barrel Discord: discord.gg/jBDGW5j Logo Artist: bellamy.world/

Ben and Hank continue their watch through of the 1992 Sailor Moon anime, covering episodes 25-35. Here it is, the greatest episode of Sailor Moon: The tale of Rhett Butler the cat. Also Sailor Jupiter shows up and is the best. Email: SaltCirclePodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @SaltCirclePod Hank's Twitter: @ComicPanels The Burning Barrel Discord: discord.gg/jBDGW5j Logo Artist: bellamy.world/

Ben and Hank read all of the Jiro Kuwata Batman manga from 1996. An old manga that's basically only available in english becuase of a 2008 coffee table book. This is a precursor to a dive into Kamen Rider, getting some context on superhero manga. Email: SaltCirclePodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @SaltCirclePod Hank's Twitter: @ComicPanels The Burning Barrel Discord: discord.gg/jBDGW5j Logo Artist: bellamy.world/

Ben and Hank give running commentary as they watch through Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might released in 1990 and directed by Daisuke Nishio. Goku and pals fight a big Tree.  Press play on your copy of the movie around 0:54 to sync up. Email: SaltCirclePodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @SaltCirclePod Hank's Twitter: @ComicPanels The Burning Barrel Discord: discord.gg/jBDGW5j Logo Artist: bellamy.world/

Ben and Hank continue their watch through of the 1992 Sailor Moon anime, covering episodes 14-24. Ben is mad about the love story between a 14 year old and a Demon General and Hank is just here to see Usagi get turned into a tennis ball. Email: SaltCirclePodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @SaltCirclePod Hank's Twitter: @ComicPanels The Burning Barrel Discord: discord.gg/jBDGW5j Logo Artist: bellamy.world/

Ben and Hank start their watch through of the 1992 Sailor Moon anime, covering episodes 1-13. The plan is to cover the first season (Episode 1-46), then read the manga through that part of the story and then watch Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, the live-action Tokusatsu show from 2003 that also adapts this same section of the manga. And then after that to eventually cover the rest of the anime and manga. Email: SaltCirclePodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @SaltCirclePod Hank's Twitter: @ComicPanels The Burning Barrel Discord: discord.gg/jBDGW5j Logo Artist: bellamy.world/

Ben and Hank talk about episode 8 of Bubblegum Crisis, the last episode of the series.  Live by the Bop die by the Bop. Email: SaltCirclePodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @SaltCirclePod Hank's Twitter: @ComicPanels The Burning Barrel Discord: discord.gg/jBDGW5j

Ben and Hank talk about episode 7 of Bubblegum Crisis. Live Crab Mech. The password is in the wrong. Email: SaltCirclePodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @SaltCirclePod Hank's Twitter: @ComicPanels The Burning Barrel Discord: discord.gg/jBDGW5j

Ben and Hank talk about episode 6 of Bubblegum Crisis. The Legendary Super Boomer. Email: SaltCirclePodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @SaltCirclePod Hank's Twitter: @ComicPanels The Burning Barrel Discord: discord.gg/jBDGW5j

Ben and Hank talk about episode 5 of Bubblegum Crisis. The tragic death of vampire sexaroids.  Email: SaltCirclePodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @SaltCirclePod Hank's Twitter: @ComicPanels The Burning Barrel Discord: discord.gg/jBDGW5j

Ben and Hank talk about episode 4 of Bubblegum Crisis. Sometimes the drama of your show is lessened because your heroine's motorcycle is too powerful.  Email: SaltCirclePodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @SaltCirclePod Hank's Twitter: @ComicPanels The Burning Barrel Discord: discord.gg/jBDGW5j

Ben and Hank talk about episodes 2 and 3 of Bubblegum Crisis. Nothing softens the tragic death of a character like a fucking jam.  Email: SaltCirclePodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @SaltCirclePod Hank's Twitter: @ComicPanels The Burning Barrel Discord: discord.gg/jBDGW5j

Grain of Salt returns! This season Ben and Hank through all 8 episodes of the classic anime Bubblegum Crisis. Cyberpunk dystopia, power armor, motorcycles, mechs, robots, and bops. Boasting tremendous high budget direct-to-video late 80s animation, Bubblegum Crisis is mainly here to be the coolest show in town. Email: SaltCirclePodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @SaltCirclePod Hank's Twitter: @ComicPanels The Burning Barrel Discord: discord.gg/jBDGW5j

Ben and Hank watched Yoji Yamada's samurai trilogy: The Twilight Samurai (2002), The Hidden Blade (2004) and Love and Honor (2006). This is one where Ben picked the movies and Hank didn't have a great time but they have a good chat about that. Email: SaltCirclePodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @SaltCirclePod Hank's Twitter: @ComicPanels The Burning Barrel Discord: discord.gg/jBDGW5j Logo Artist: bellamy.world/

Ben and Hank talk about The Rose of Versailles, Riyoko Ikeda's historical series about the life of Marie Antoinette and ficinal character Oscar François de Jarjayes; who is raised by her father as if she were a boy, becomes Marie Antoinette's best friend and then also goes on to lead the storming of the Bastille.  Ben watched the anime (1979) and Hank read the manga (1972) going into this recording. Email: SaltCirclePodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @SaltCirclePod Hank's Twitter: @ComicPanels The Burning Barrel Discord: discord.gg/jBDGW5j Logo Artist: bellamy.world/

Ben and Hank begin their dive into the world of Naoko Takeuchi's Sailor Moon with this precursor manga about the solo adventures of Minako Aino, Sailor V. Email: SaltCirclePodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @SaltCirclePod Hank's Twitter: @ComicPanels The Burning Barrel Discord: discord.gg/jBDGW5j Logo Artist: bellamy.world/

In this episode Ben and Hank cover episodes 143-167 of Dragon Ball Z Kai, covering the end of the series. Ben and Hank reach the end of Dragon Ball Z Kai which covers the story through the original manga run. They talk about the final showdown with Buu, the epilogue and look back at the whole series.  Thank you Dragon Balls! Email: SaltCirclePodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @SaltCirclePod Hank's Twitter: @ComicPanels The Burning Barrel Discord: discord.gg/jBDGW5j Logo Artist: bellamy.world/