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
COMBAT MARTIAL ARTS, SELF DEFENSE, MUAY THAI BOXING, JUJITSU, MIXED MARTIAL ARTS, FILIPINO MARTIAL ARTS, KEMPO, KUNG FU, KICKBOXING, BOXING, WEAPONS, KARATE, INDONESIAN, KOREAN, AMERICAN, KUNTAO
Download (right click and save as) Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | E-mail | Twitter Not satisfied with reviewing just one Jack Frost movie this season — oh no, not this Christmas buster! — the Team B crew had to go and review two of them. For your listening pleasure, here’s Jack Frost (1997) a.k.a. the snowman slasher film. If you hav…
Download (right click and save as) Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | E-mail | Twitter Team B review Jack Frost (1998): the Michael Keaton film in which he plays a neglectful father and musician who, after dying in a fatal automobile accident, is given one last chance to make things right when his son summons him back to life (using a ma…
Download (right click and save as) iTunes | Google Play Music | Stitcher | E-mail | Twitter We interrupt our regularly scheduled programming this evening to bring you a scream filled night of ghouls, ghosts, vampires, and kung fu. *Record Scratch* You heard me! On tonight’s Blade Licking Thieves spooktacular we’re watching the 1974 Hammer Films and…
Download (right click and save as) iTunes | Google Play Music | Stitcher | E-mail | Twitter Team B are back at it once again: enduring the pain, so we don’t have to. This episode they’re taking a bite out of director Neil Marshall’s Dog Soldiers (2002). It’s an action / horror film about a group of soldiers on a rescue mission that’s about to go ho…
Download (right click and save as) iTunes | Google Play Music | Stitcher | E-mail | Twitter Our series of donation funded listener requests continues with a Blade Licking Thieves‘ Double Feature! First, we have a review of Tatsuo Sato and Masaaki Yuasa’s short, surreal and slightly twisted 2001 OVA, Cat Soup, based on the manga by the late Nekojiro…
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/bladelickingthieves/BLT-EP068.mp3 Download (right click and save as) iTunes | Google Play Music | Stitcher | E-mail | Twitter We’re kicking off our series of listener requests with Guillermo Del Toro’s love letter to the Kaiju and Mecha genres: Pacific Rim – so, tune in, enter the drift with us, and let’s cancel the apocal…
http://traffic.libsyn.com/bladelickingthieves/BLT-TBE005.mp3 Download (right click and save as) iTunes | Google Play Music | Stitcher | E-mail | Twitter BLT Team B review Color Out of Space, writer-director Richard Stanley’s new film adaptation of the classic H.P. Lovecraft horror short story, featuring the latest and greatest advancements in CAGE …
http://traffic.libsyn.com/bladelickingthieves/BLT-EP067.mp3 Download (right click and save as) iTunes | Google Play Music | Stitcher | E-mail | Twitter TERMINATOR 2: JUDGEMENT DAY. That’s it. That’s the blurb. Review (43:13) If you have questions or comments about the show, please feel free to shoot us an Email or leave a comment below. Thanks for …
http://traffic.libsyn.com/bladelickingthieves/BLT-EP066.mp3 Download (right click and save as) iTunes | Google Play Music | Stitcher | E-mail | Twitter Special guest Nate Ming joins the Blade Licking Thieves to talk about one of his all time favorite martial arts films, The Prodigal Son (1981), an action comedy romp featuring the mega talents of Yu…
http://traffic.libsyn.com/bladelickingthieves/BLT-EP065.mp3 Download (right click and save as) iTunes | Google Play Music | Stitcher | E-mail | Twitter We chat about the 3-D anime, centered around 1990s arcade nostalgia, Hi Score Girl. Argue the merits of the Berserk anime before a court of law. Sally forth into the whimsical world of slimes, heroe…
http://traffic.libsyn.com/bladelickingthieves/BLT-EP064.mp3 Download (right click and save as) iTunes | Google Play Music | Stitcher | E-mail | Twitter We spend an hour talking Tezuka’s Phoenix, Sega’s Yakuza series, and too-horny-for-TheHeat-mecha-show Godannar, among other things, before breaking into our review of director Yoon Jong-bing’s Namel…
http://traffic.libsyn.com/bladelickingthieves/BLT-TBE004.mp3 Download (right click and save as) iTunes | Google Play Music | Stitcher | E-mail | Twitter BLT Team B review the 80s slasher cult classic, Maniac Cop, starring always a treat Bruce Campbell and man with a huge face Robert Z’Dar! If you have questions or comments about the show, please fe…
http://traffic.libsyn.com/bladelickingthieves/BLT-EP063.mp3 Download (right click and save as) iTunes | Google Play Music | Stitcher | E-mail | Twitter Dawn from the Anime Nostalgia Podcast joins us to review Ryuhei Kitamura’s break out Japanese action film Versus! Review (39:48) Twitter Questions (2:32:05) If you have questions or comments about t…
http://traffic.libsyn.com/bladelickingthieves/BLT-EP062.mp3 Download (right click and save as) iTunes | Google Play Music | Stitcher | E-mail | Twitter We review the 2006 anime film The Girl Who Leapt Through Time from director Mamoru Hosoda: a delightful coming of age comedy / drama loosely based on a story by Paprika writer Yasutaka TsuiTsui abou…
http://traffic.libsyn.com/bladelickingthieves/BLT-EP061.mp3 Download (right click and save as) iTunes | Google Play Music | Stitcher | E-mail | Twitter Daryl Surat, writer for Otaku USA Magazine and host of the Anime World Order Podcast, joins us on this special “regular” episode for a long chat about stuff we’ve been watching, Chinese action films…
http://traffic.libsyn.com/bladelickingthieves/BLT-EP060.mp3 Download (right click and save as) iTunes | Google Play Music | Stitcher | E-mail | Twitter We ring in the New Year with a review of Satoshi Kon’s somewhat overlooked Christmas film, Tokyo Godfathers (2003): an animated comedy about three homeless people on a quest to reunite an abandoned …
http://traffic.libsyn.com/bladelickingthieves/BLT-TBE003.mp3 Download (right click and save as) iTunes | Google Play Music | Stitcher | E-mail | Twitter Once again proving they are a danger to themselves, BLT Team B willingly dive head first into the pit of darkness that is Holiday themed B-Movies and emerge, bloodied and maimed, with a review of a…
http://traffic.libsyn.com/bladelickingthieves/BLT-SEP009.mp3 Download (right click and save as) iTunes | Google Play Music | Stitcher | E-mail | Twitter On today’s Spotlight episode, Grant chats with Gabi (@yamineftis) and Scarlet (@scarlet_simply) about creating fan art, writing fan fiction, and doing cosplay of their favorite works.…
http://traffic.libsyn.com/bladelickingthieves/BLT-EP059.mp3 Download (right click and save as) iTunes | Google Play Music | Stitcher | E-mail | Twitter We review the 2014 fantasy adventure series Rage of Bahamut: Genesis from studio MAPPA and Tiger and Bunny director Keiichi Sato, loosely based on the mobile card game by Japanese developer Cygames.…
http://traffic.libsyn.com/bladelickingthieves/BLT-EP058.mp3 Download (right click and save as) iTunes | Google Play Music | Stitcher | E-mail | Twitter It’s the annual Blade Licking Thieves Halloween episode, so, of course, as seems to have become something of a tradition for the show, that means we’re reviewing yet another Takashi Miike film. This…
http://traffic.libsyn.com/bladelickingthieves/BLT-EP057.mp3 Download (right click and save as) iTunes | Google Play Music | Stitcher | E-mail | Twitter In 2008, after a relatively successful stint in Hollywood, John Woo returned to Chinese-language features with Red Cliff Part I & II, a two part epic adapted from arguably the most famous novel in C…
http://traffic.libsyn.com/bladelickingthieves/BLT-EP056.mp3 Download (right click and save as) iTunes | Google Play Music | Stitcher | E-mail | Twitter There’s nothing quite like Survive Style 5+. With an unusual narrative of five interweaving stories, off the wall humor, tripped out art direction, and an all around odd sensibility to it, this debu…
http://traffic.libsyn.com/bladelickingthieves/BLT-TBE002.mp3 Download (right click and save as) iTunes | Google Play Music | Stitcher | E-mail | Twitter Life keeps finding ways to delay the release of our next show (the Survive Style 5+ episode should be out by end of next week, I promise), but thankfully BLT Team B is here to fill the void with a …
http://traffic.libsyn.com/bladelickingthieves/BLT-EP055.mp3 Download (right click and save as) iTunes | Google Play Music | Stitcher | E-mail | Twitter He’s a loner. A rebel. And so are we…because Blade Licking Thieves is quite possibly the only podcast daring (or stupid) enough to spend nearly thirty five minutes talking about old 1970’s Tatsunoko…
http://traffic.libsyn.com/bladelickingthieves/BLT-EP054.mp3 Download (right click and save as) iTunes | Google Play Music | Stitcher | E-mail | Twitter Get your quarters ready! Because we’re traveling back to the early 1990s — a time of flashy arcades, fighting games, Saturday Anime, and peak Masami Obari — to find out whether Fatal Fury: The Motio…
http://traffic.libsyn.com/bladelickingthieves/BLT-EP053.mp3 Download (right click and save as) iTunes | Google Play Music | Stitcher | E-mail | Twitter One Piece Film: Strong World, the 10th film in the franchise but the first to feature designs and story ideas from One Piece creator Eiichiro Oda, catapults the Straw Hat crew onto a mysterious seri…
http://traffic.libsyn.com/bladelickingthieves/BLT-EP052.mp3 Download (right click and save as) iTunes | Google Play Music | Stitcher | E-mail | Twitter The Blade Licking Thieves romp, stomp, and skreeonk our way to the box office to check out Legendary Picture’s Godzilla: King of the Monsters. Tune in to find out whether Hollywood has finally given…
http://traffic.libsyn.com/bladelickingthieves/BLT-EP051.mp3 Download (right click and save as) iTunes | Google Play Music | Stitcher | E-mail | Twitter We review Highlander: The Search for Vengeance, an anime continuation of the HIGHLANDER saga. The movie follows immortal Colin MacLeod’s quest for revenge in the future, and is directed by veteran d…
http://traffic.libsyn.com/bladelickingthieves/BLT-TBE001.mp3 Download (right click and save as) iTunes | Google Play Music | Stitcher | E-mail | Twitter The regular crew has been too busy to record a “normal” episode, but thankfully BLT Team B are here to fill the void with a review of the little known or remembered movie Dreamscape about a psychic…
http://traffic.libsyn.com/bladelickingthieves/BLT-EP050.mp3 Download (right click and save as) iTunes | Google Play Music | Stitcher | E-mail | Twitter Crazy. It’s our 50th episode. A big thanks goes out to all of our listeners new and old. Truly. We’ve been thrilled by all of your feedback, comments, and responses — please keep them coming — but, …
http://traffic.libsyn.com/bladelickingthieves/BLT-EP049.mp3 Download (right click and save as) iTunes | Google Play Music | Stitcher | E-mail | Twitter The romance genre goes art house in Chungking Express, Wong Kar Wai’s two part riff on loneliness, yearning, and the comforts of late night take-out, featuring the talented Tony Leung, Faye Wong, Br…
http://traffic.libsyn.com/bladelickingthieves/BLT-BEP003.mp3 Download (right click and save as) iTunes | Google Play Music | Stitcher | E-mail | Twitter Grant is joined by CerealSensei of the Dojo Talk Podcast, CallmeDJM of Anime Podcast of Some Sort, and SentaiFive of Build Casters for a chat about the martial arts cult classic The Last Dragon (19…
http://traffic.libsyn.com/bladelickingthieves/BLT-EP048.mp3 Download (right click and save as) iTunes | Google Play Music | Stitcher | E-mail | Twitter Donnie Yen stars as the self-effacing, Wing Chun master of Foshan, Ip Man (2008) in this award winning martial arts drama, loosely based on the early life of Bruce Lee’s famous teacher. Intro (00:00…
http://traffic.libsyn.com/bladelickingthieves/BLT-EP047.mp3 Download (right click and save as) iTunes | Google Play Music | Stitcher | E-mail | Twitter After appearing as the overpowered, screaming meathead of villainy — and enduring power fantasy of twelve year old boys worldwide — in not one, not two, but three (count’em) previous Dragon Ball fil…
http://traffic.libsyn.com/bladelickingthieves/BLT-EP046.mp3 Download (right click and save as) iTunes | Google Play Music | Stitcher | E-mail | Twitter We jump head first into the wild world of 1970s Japanese cinema with the second installment of the preeminent chambara film series of the decade: Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx! Intr…
http://traffic.libsyn.com/bladelickingthieves/BLT-EP045.mp3 Download (right click and save as) iTunes | Google Play Music | Stitcher | E-mail | Twitter Bah weep gragnah weep nini bong? Bah weep gragnah weep nini bong! Intro (00:00) Review (22:39) Twitter Questions (1:37:23) If you have questions or comments about the show, please feel free to shoot…
http://traffic.libsyn.com/bladelickingthieves/BLT-EP044.mp3 Download (right click and save as) iTunes | Google Play Music | Stitcher | E-mail | Twitter We review Angel Cop, infamous schlock fest and towering pillar of the ‘not kids stuff’ OVA era, and discover that the true villain was Ichiro Itano all along! Intro (00:00) Review (11:57) Twitter Qu…
http://traffic.libsyn.com/bladelickingthieves/BLT-SEP008.mp3 Download (right click and save as) iTunes | Google Play Music | Stitcher | E-mail | Twitter Daryl Surat from the essential Anime World Order podcast joins Grant for a chat about wrestling, anime, the surprising connections between the two fandoms, and your twitter questions. Thanks for li…
http://traffic.libsyn.com/bladelickingthieves/BLT-EP043.mp3 Download (right click and save as) iTunes | Google Play Music | Stitcher | E-mail | Twitter We review Gintama (2017) the live action film based on the popular, long-running, gag manga by Hideaki Sorachi. What We’ve Been Watching + News (00:00) Review (34:40) Twitter Questions (1:38:50) If …
http://traffic.libsyn.com/bladelickingthieves/BLT-EP042.mp3 Download (right click and save as) iTunes | Google Play Music | Stitcher | E-mail | Twitter In 1962, before Alien vs Predator, before Freddy vs Jason, before the inevitable Goku vs Superman of future year 2032, Toho studios released the mega-sized, trans pacific, crossover event to crush t…
http://traffic.libsyn.com/bladelickingthieves/BLT-EP041.mp3 Download (right click and save as) iTunes | Google Play Music | Stitcher | E-mail | Twitter Here it is. Because you, the people, demanded it, we review Face/Off (1997) — John Woo’s absurdly over-the-top American thriller featuring off-the-charts Cage-factor, hundreds of avian extras, and a…
http://traffic.libsyn.com/bladelickingthieves/BLT-SEP007.mp3 Download (right click and save as) iTunes | Google Play Music | Stitcher | E-mail | Twitter 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! …
http://traffic.libsyn.com/bladelickingthieves/BLT-EP040.mp3 Download (right click and save as) iTunes | Google Play Music | Stitcher | E-mail | Twitter 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 Samu…
http://traffic.libsyn.com/bladelickingthieves/BLT-EP039.mp3 Download (right click and save as) iTunes | Google Play Music | Stitcher | E-mail | Twitter 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) partne…
http://traffic.libsyn.com/bladelickingthieves/BLT-EP038.mp3 Download (right click and save as) iTunes | Google Play Music | Stitcher | E-mail | Twitter We review a classic that needs no introduction: Studio Ghibli’s Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (1984) from director / writer Hayao Miyazaki. What We’ve Been Watching + News (00:00) Review (35:32…
http://traffic.libsyn.com/bladelickingthieves/BLT-EP037.mp3 Download (right click and save as) iTunes | Google Play Music | Stitcher | E-mail | Twitter We review Takashi Miike’s 100th film, Blade of the Immortal (2017), a bloody, over the top, chambara romp, starring Takuya Kimura, Hana Sugisaki, and Sota Fukushi, based on the manga by Hiroaki Samu…
http://traffic.libsyn.com/bladelickingthieves/BLT-EP036.mp3 Download (right click and save as) iTunes | Google Play Music | Stitcher | E-mail | Twitter We review Jackie Chan’s Who Am I?, his last film with Golden Harvest and nearly his last film ever after a few of these stunts – plus Major 2nd for the Three Minute Rule! Timestamps: What We’ve Been…
http://traffic.libsyn.com/bladelickingthieves/BLT-EP035.mp3 Download (right click and save as) iTunes | Google Play Music | Stitcher | E-mail | Twitter Our Shaw Brothers training regimen continues with the bloody saga of Fang Cheng aka the One-Armed Swordsman (1967), a seminal work of wuxia film-making from prolific director Chang Cheh. Timestamps:…
http://traffic.libsyn.com/bladelickingthieves/BLT-EP034.mp3 Download (right click and save as) iTunes | Google Play Music | Stitcher | E-mail | Twitter After a bit of a hiatus, the BLT crew is finally back on the couch with our review of Mazinkaiser, a 2001 OVA follow up to Go Nagai’s popular Mazinger super robot series that Turbo Smasher Punches i…