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Kupo Talks! is a casual podcast where two best buds talk about mostly visual novels but also other topics such as games and game narratives, cartoons, anime, literature. We aim to include our own cultural and personal experiences into the things we consume and create discussions about media that we feel does not get talked a lot about. Follow us @KupoTalks on Twitter and email suggestions/feedback at kupowrites@gmail.com
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Kupo Talks! Episode 17 - The Avatar Has Returned... Again
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Mog Knight has been sick, then busy, then sick again - but that didn't stop us from podcasting (at least prepping for an eventual one). But anyways, in this episode we talk about Avatar: The Last Airbender. Not the 2005. The live-action 2024 one on Netflix. And boy did we have thoughts on it, as fans of the original series. Spoiler warning - we do …
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Kupo Talks! Episode 16 - The Paranormasight Spoilercast
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New year, new game to talk about! This time, it is Square Enix's "PARANORMASIGHT: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo" released on March 8th, 2023. Your lovely hosts have been meaning to play this one, so in our downtime after our end-of-the-year writing show - we did!! Warning - Spoilers for this game for probably the last 3/4ths of this episode. Kinda t…
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Kupo Talks! Episode 15 - The Kupo Writes! Game Awards 2023 Preview
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Hello, kupo~!! In this episode, we talk about the 4th annual Kupo Writes! Game Awards where we celebrate game experiences (and more!) we had throughout 2023. We mostly talk about the games we didn't have time to award or write about, plus wrapping up with some things we're looking forward to next year. Thanks for a year of moderate achievement and …
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Kupo Talks! Episode 14 - The Pilgrim Cast (Scott and Plymouth)
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Ray and Andy are here once more this Thanksgiving season to talk about more games (Twofold, Alan Wake, Half Life), what we watched (Korean Drama about a girlboss crash landing in North Korea), and our main topic of this month: "Scott Pilgrim Takes Off". As fans of both the movie and comics, it was a nice and fun in-depth discussion of how we felt a…
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Kupo Talks! Episode 13 - Games 'n Ghibli
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The boys are back at it again, talking in-depth about some recent games and how we feel about them, from Project Wingman, Armored Core, Chants of Sennaar to 3 years of Genshin Impact and the hit game Starfield! We closed off by finally doing our Ghibli Films tier list, and we were surprised by the result. 0:00 - Intro 0:26 - Start 2:00 - Andy's Top…
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Kupo Talks! Episode 12 - Homecoming
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After almost a year and 6 months, the boys are back again! Consider this a "season 2" of Kupo Talks~!! In this episode, we come back home to our virtual podcast studio, de-rusting ourselves and wiping off the cobwebs by just talking about what we've been up to and the games we've been playing as of recent. We have some hot takes, some reasons why w…
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Kupo Talks! Episode 11 - Aces above Racial Bias; "The Great Ace Attorney: Adventures"
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Happy New Year from the Kupo Creates Brand Management!! The boys are at it again, here to talk about a set of cases in a collection known as "The Great Ace Attorney: Adventures"! Join us in our discussion about all 5 cases found in the first game of the "The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles", from the case details itself to the blatant (but well-writt…
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Kupo Talks! Episode 10 (Live Edition) - Objectively Ranking Fruit and Cartoon Network Programming
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As a personal milestone of doing something 10 times within a certain timeframe, your host Mog Knight and the forever rotating chair Andrew decided to do things a little different: stream our talk live on the internet! Of course and as promised, the audio-only version is here. In this episode, we rank every single fruit known to humankind (or at lea…
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Kupo Talks! Episode 9 - The Episode Where We Talk About Hit TV Show "Scrubs"
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In this day and age of new TV series or shows coming out every week, it can get overwhelming deciding on what to watch. So what did we decide to do? Head back to the olden days (our olden days) and watch a bunch of Bill Lawrence's "Scrubs" (also available for streaming in places!). In this episode we primarily focus on the 1st season of "Scrubs", l…
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Kupo Talks! Episode 8 - Cleaning the Games Backlog and Adding Some New Ones
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Back again with your game updates! In this episode, Mog Knight talks about games that came out recently that he's played (Boyfriend Dungeon, Fuga: Melodies of Steel) while Andrew talks about games he finally got around to playing (Okami, Gravity Rush, A Hat in Time). We also close off this episode by talking about The Great Ace Attorney Case 1, wit…
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Kupo Talks! Episode 7 - Real Talk; All Bummers: Josee the Tiger and the Fish, Look Back, and Oddtaxi
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The boys are back again, and this time their vast circle of interests and media have collided enough to the point where we're able to talk about it and analyze how it affected us. In this episode, we talk about Studio Bones' latest film "Josee the Tiger and the Fish", Fujimoto's latest one-shot manga "Look Back", and the main reason why we recorded…
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Kupo Talks! Episode 6 - Food Adventures Edition
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In this episode, we take a break from our regular programming to bring you an anime beach episode! Wait, what? Oh, just kidding, it's an episode all about our love of food and the places we had fun eating in good ol' Los Angeles. Let hosts RJ and Andrew tell you about what food means to them, and the stories they had because of their love of food a…
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Kupo Talks! Episode 5 - Quarantine Edition
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Being stuck at home won't stop this crew from getting together for a chat, especially if that's the only thing we can do! Welcome (back) our co-hosts Andrew and Amaro for a discussion on various things we've been doing as we're locked in our own homes. Here are the things we covered in our little "show and tell" Amaro: -Kingdom Hearts 3 -22/7 and I…
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Kupo Talks! Episode 4 - My Niche Podcast Can't Possibly Be This Cute aka The Oreimo Episode
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New year, new episodes kupo! This time, we feature a special guest and dear friend of mine Amaro to talk about an anime that has a special place in our lives both good and bad: Oreimo, or "My Little Sister Can't Be This Cute"! In this episode, we talk about the anime in the context of our lives when it aired, our thoughts on it now as we rewatched …
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Kupo Talks! Episode 3 - Aggrestuko Season 2
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The mogs are back again, and this time with Aggretsuko Season 2! We start by talking about some current going-ons in our lives, then moving onto our Aggretsuko discussion. In this episode, our main focus is on three of the important characters introduced in this season: Anai, Retsuko's mom, and the handsome lad himself Tadano. Listen to our takes o…
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Kupo Talks! Episode 2 - NaNoReNo, VA11HALLA Kids, and AX2018!
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The boys are back at it again (after a brief hiatus), talking about what we liked from NaNoReNo, about VA11HALLA Kids, and our short time at Anime Expo 2018 in Los Angeles! We also are moving to a once a month format, so tune in next month where we will be talking about some anime movies we like. Have a suggestion of your favorite anime movie? Mess…
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In this episode, we talk about Brianna Lei's visual novel "Butterfly Soup" (our 2017 best VN of the year) and it's profound effects it had in our lives. We talk about what this VN meant to us in terms of representation, our time in high school, our parents' views on education, and many more. We hope you enjoy this episode just as much as we had fun…
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A little introduction of us, Andrew and RJ, and our goals for this podcast. Take a listen!
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