Feudal Anime Podcast

This week we talk about Moonrise, and it immediately turned into a heated debate. We start by tearing into the show for its confusing plot, and nonsensical world-building. And Rick tore into the terrible dubbed voice acting. We both clash heavily over the anime's mechanics, with Rick frustrated by the logic of weapon cards transforming into grenades out of thin air, and Jack reluctantly playing defense, arguing that the show's technology makes sense if you actually pay attention to it. We agree the series feels more like a video game adaptation complete with double-jumps and zero-G combat, but that is where the agreement ends. Rick slams Moonrise as a boring, poorly executed Gundam wannabe. Jack, on the other hand, finds himself defending the show out of sheer spite.About the anime:Set in the far future, Moonrise takes place in a world where humanity has established a loosely organized world government with all major decisions delegated to a single AI network known as Sapientia. And while Earth enjoys its pea