Best Kotatsu Podcast Podcasts (2024)

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#147 - Winter 2024 Anime in Review 1:29:54

22d ago1:29:54

1:29:54

Our resident seasonal anime watchers, Sarah and Bill, are back once again for their review of the recently-wrapped winter 2024 anime season! With continuing smash hits like The Apothecary Diaries, popular adaptations like Delicious in Dungeon and Solo Leveling, and total surprises out of nowhere like Bravern, there is a LOT to cover in this one, an…

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#146 - Attack on Titan (Season 1, Part 1) 1:17:08

3M ago1:17:08

1:17:08

On that day, this podcast feed received a grim reminder. Humanity lives in fear of yet another episode of the Third Impact Anime Podcast. Not only is this our first proper episode of 2024, it's the beginning of a retrospective looking back at the one and only Attack on Titan, a series that defined the 2010s and finally wrapped up last year. How wel…

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Kotatsu Corner #6 - Our Favorite Things in 2023 1:26:26

4M ago1:26:26

1:26:26

Happy New Year, everyone! We hope your 2023 ended on a high note and your 2024 has begun with the same. Much like last year, Tobias presents a few segments from TIA members reflecting on a few of the anime, manga, video games, books, movies, TV series, concerts, experiences, or life events that we found meaningful this past year. We hope you enjoy …

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#145 - Anime Secret Santa 2023 2:28:41

4M ago2:28:41

2:28:41

And if youuuuu caaaaannnn believe it, it's Christmas once again! We're happy to present (ha) our 2023 Anime Secret Santa Special! If you're not familiar with this project, the kind folks over at the Taiiku Podcast (formerly the All Geeks Considered Podcast, formerly more-so the Reverse Thieves Podcast) organize an annual Secret Santa swap between v…

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#144 - Con-versations: Anime Weekend Atlanta 2023 1:29:10

5M ago1:29:10

1:29:10

After a years-long absence, we one again returned to the hallowed halls of the Renaissance Waverly/Cobb Galleria in Atlanta, Georgia for the final year of Anime Weekend Atlanta... in that venue, at least. Austin, Tori, and Tobias reflect on being back after a while, the convention moving on to a bigger and (hopefully) better location next year, and…

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A Grand Line Reborn | Cruise #06 - Davy Back Fight (Savage) 1:11:00

5M ago1:11:00

1:11:00

Bill is still finishing up the 3.x Heavensward patches, but Tobias is encountering interparty conflict in Water 7, so we wanted to go ahead and get this one out as soon as possible. What did we think about the Davy Back Fight? Will Bill ever pronounce Aokiji's name correctly? These questions and more answered on the latest episode of A Grand Line R…

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#143 - Fall 2023 Anime Season SO FAR 53:54

6M ago53:54

53:54

Bill drops by to give you a rare solo episode where he gives a brief overview of his thoughts on the current Fall 2023 anime season. Titles he talks about include (in no particular order) Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, Spy X Family Season 2, The IDOLM@STER Million Live!, I'm in Love with the Villainess, and more! What anime are you enjoying, or not…

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#142 - Interview with Colleen’s Manga Recs on Shojo & Josei! 1:23:55

6M ago1:23:55

1:23:55

How many times can Bill be recommended to watch Chihayafuru in a single podcast episode? Find out in this incredible new INTERVIEW episode with TikTok star, YouTube video essayist, and shojo/josei expert, COLLEEN from Colleen's Manga Recs! If you're tuned in to anime content on YouTube even slightly, you've probably ran into Colleen's excellent vid…

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A Grand Line Reborn | Cruise #05 - Sin City of Gold 1:31:07

7M ago1:31:07

1:31:07

See, we really are a regular podcast! Tobias went to FanFest in Las Vegas! Bill’s been putting off the Heavensward patches to play Final Fantasy XVI! We talk about Skypeia and how it compares to the previous two One Piece sagas! Timestamps: 00:00:30 Intro 00:09:41 Fan Fest 00:22:45 Bill's progress in HW 00:30:05 Skypeia Recap 00:50:18 Music Break 0…

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A Grand Line Reborn | Cruise #04 - Recaps and Reimaginings 1:42:53

8M ago1:42:53

1:42:53

We’re back in our, uh, first episode of 2023, with a double feature at the movies! Tobias got his first taste of the One Piece anime adaptation with Episode of East Blue, while Bill watched the Noclip documentary on the 1.0 release and subsequent rebirth of Final Fantasy XIV. Then, we play catch-up as Tobias recounts his experience with the latter …

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#141 - Mobile Police Patlabor (OVA) 1:40:08

9M ago1:40:08

1:40:08

We hope you love this podcast episode as much as Noa loves Alphonse, but that's pretty unlikely. On this episode, we're reviewing 1988's Mobile Police Patlabor (OVA), our first Patreon request episode. Bill, Tobias, and Austin helm this review coming to you courtesy of our NERV Commander level patron, Drew H.! We want to thank Drew for pushing us t…

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BONUS - Interview with the developers of Quartet (indie RPG) 1:34:09

9M ago1:34:09

1:34:09

Here's something a little different from us; a bonus episode! We haven't had a proper bonus episode since 2020, but we're back with another one. This time, Ryan sits down with three developers from Something Classic games, an indie game studio, to talk about their upcoming JRPG-inspired game Quartet! They chatted about how the team came to be, thei…

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#140 - Con-versations: Animazement 2023 2:35:02

10M ago2:35:02

2:35:02

Another Animazement is successfully behind us (a whole month ago, if you can believe it) and here's our breakdown of all the great fun we had across those four shockingly chilly days in downtown Raleigh, North Carolina. Hosted this time by Bill and joined by Sully, Austin, and Tobias. We talk about our panels followed by all the other cool stuff we…

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#139 - Suzume 1:27:24

11M ago1:27:24

1:27:24

This movie kept us all on the edge of our three-legged seat. On this episode of the Third Impact Anime Podcast, we're reviewing the latest film from acclaimed anime director Makoto Shinkai, Suzume! How does it hold up against his previous works? Is Shinkai still trying to tell the same story or has he broken away from his traditional format? And wh…

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#138 - BERSERK (1997) 2:39:45

1y ago2:39:45

2:39:45

Put your glasses on, nothing will be wrong! On this episode of the Third Impact Anime Podcast, we're reviewing the classic dark-fantasy anime series BERSERK, specifically the original 1997 adaptation by OLM covering the Golden Age Arc of the late Kentaro Miura's classic manga. Tobias, Austin, and Ryan are joined by frequent buddy and BERSERK super-…

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#137 - ZOMBIE LAND SAGA (S1 & S2) feat. Cy Catwell (Anime Feminist, ANN, Seven Seas) 2:09:04

1y ago2:09:04

2:09:04

OHAIYO GOZAIMASU! Watch out for passing trucks because we're reviewing the greatest zombie idol anime that takes place in Saga prefecture ever made, ZOMBIE LAND SAGA and its sequel season ZOMBIE LAND SAGA REVENGE. Austin and Bill take center stage on this one but they aren't alone! We welcome a very special guest to our idol troupe who you may know…

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#136 - Captain Harlock: Arcadia of My Youth (1982) & Remembering Leiji Matsumoto 2:13:31

1y ago2:13:31

2:13:31

Hoist your wine glasses towards the infinite sea of stars! On this episode, we are reviewing the 1982 space opera based on the iconic manga from Leiji Matsumoto, Space Pirate Captain Harlock: Arcadia of My Youth. The primary reason we're reviewing this is because back on February 13th, 2023, Leiji Matsumoto passed away at age 85. His manga are some…

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#135 - BEASTARS (Season 2) 1:20:18

1y ago1:20:18

1:20:18

After a multi-year-long delay from our coverage of season 1, we're back to talk about the second season of BEASTARS. The adventures of Legoshi, Haru, Louis, and the rest of the Cherryton Academy animal teens continue as the mysteries of Tem's death and devouring are finally revealed. This episode is NOT spoiler free. We hope you enjoy it! 00:00:00 …

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#134 - Fall 2022 Anime Season Review! 2:08:49

1+ y ago2:08:49

2:08:49

As the incredible Fall 2022 anime season wrapped up a few weeks ago, Tobias and Bill chat about the shows they enjoyed and kept up with. Between returning sequels, anticipated manga adaptations, and totally unexpected gems, there's a LOT to cover! Also they answer an audience comment from our Secret Santa episode. What did you think of the Fall 202…

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A Grand Line Reborn | Cruise #03 - Defenders of Eorzea (and Alabasta) 59:35

1+ y ago59:35

59:35

Apologies for the delay in publishing this episode–Bill got invited to a dinner party in Ul’dah and had a hell of time getting out of there! After reviewing the end of the A Realm Reborn patches, we switch over to the first half of the Alabasta saga, as the Straw Hat gang enters the Grand Line and picks up two new crewmembers. No reindeer games awa…

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Kotatsu Corner #5 - Our Favorite Things in 2022!!!!!!!! 1:26:39

1+ y ago1:26:39

1:26:39

2022 has come to a close and we're doing our final Kotatsu Corner a little different than usual. First off, we're doing one at all (we promise they will be more regular in the coming year), but second off, we've adapted an old idea into a new format! If you've followed us for a while, you may remember that we used to do blog posts cataloging and ce…

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#133 - Anime Secret Santa 2022 (KEIJO!!!!!!!!, Great Pretender, Space Dandy, and more!) 2:03:48

1+ y ago2:03:48

2:03:48

Ho-ho-hold on to your butts, it's time for Anime Secret Santa 2022, an annual event hosted by the holiday hosts over at the AGC Podcast. Every year they organize an anime swap for folks in the anitwitter sphere with various outlets (podcasts, blogs, etc.) and a jolly good time is had by all. This year, Austin, Tobias, and Bill gather around the coz…

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#132 - The IDOLM@STER (2011) feat. Kory (Taiiku Podcast & Manga In Your Ears) 1:15:14

1+ y ago1:15:14

1:15:14

An episode in which Bill finally gets to gush about his undying love for The IDOLM@STER (2011), a show a bit ahead of its time for the mid 2010s idol anime boom kicked off by shows like Love Live! School Idol Project. Kory from the Taiiku Podcast & the Manga in Your Ears Podcast comes as a first-time guest and resident Love Live! fan to dip his toe…

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#131 - Lupin the Third: Goodbye Partner feat. Drew & Emma from Sideburns & Cigarettes 2:06:49

1+ y ago2:06:49

2:06:49

Are you Chopin around for a good podcast? Well you found one! Bill and Austin finally return to the monkey-faced thief for this first time in a while to review a fairly recent TV special, 2019's Lupin the Third: Goodbye Partner, but this time we're not going in alone. We asked two special guests to join us, Drew and Emma of Sideburns & Cigarettes: …

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A Grand Line Reborn | Cruise #02 - Castrum Arlong 1:58:17

1+ y ago1:58:17

1:58:17

Pray return to Arlong Park, as we wrap up the first leg of our journey into One Piece and Final Fantasy XIV. We answer our first listener email. Tobias wonders who these Seven Warlords could be. Bill solves mysteries with a gentleman inspector. 00:03:15 Our First Email 00:14:14 Arlong Park Review 01:02:57 Seventh Umbral Era (2.0) 01:21:50 Bill star…

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#130 - Satoshi Kon’s Paranoia Agent | 2022 Halloween Special! 1:59:12

1+ y ago1:59:12

1:59:12

You're walking home on a dark night and your neck bristles. You adjust your eyes, peering down the street. You see it coming. It's on roller skates, carrying a golden bat. It's speeding towards you. Is it Little Slugger? Nope! It's the 2022 Third Impact Anime Halloween Special! This year we're talking about the 2004 modern classic thriller Paranoia…

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#129 - Masaaki Yuasa’s INU-OH 1:36:01

1+ y ago1:36:01

1:36:01

The dog king rises! We're reviewing the latest and last (but hopefully not really) film from genius anime director Masaaki Yuasa and studio Science Saru, INU-OH! Our new favorite anime movie and yours, if you have taste. Listen to us chat about the production of the film, major themes, the incredible music, our favorite characters and moments, and …

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A Grand Line Reborn | Cruise #01 - Humble Beginnings 1:14:52

1+ y ago1:14:52

1:14:52

Introductions out of the way, let's get into our first full-length discussion of our challenge. Bill joins a guild learns that spinning is a neat trick. Tobias takes a job at a restaurant, but his coworkers are extremely weird. Just who are these Garlean people anyway? Timestamps: 00:00:00 Intro 00:04:52 Initial Thoughts: FF XIV 00:20:04 Initial Th…

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A Grand Line Reborn | Cruise #00 - The Wager 42:18

1+ y ago42:18

42:18

Introducing a new podcast series by Third Impact Anime! Join Bill and Tobias as they embark on a new challenge: to read all of One Piece and play all of Final Fantasy XIV Online. In this Episode 0, they'll talk a little about why they're focusing on these two stories for the challenge and what you can expect out of this series. Timestamps: 00:01:22…

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Kotatsu Corner #4 - Ryan & Will slipped and made a con 1:28:11

1+ y ago1:28:11

1:28:11

KC is back for the first time since January. We really should do this more often. Kotatsu Corner is our side-show where we talk about non-anime related crap that we just have to get out of our system. On this one, con-certs, con-ventions, and the con-fluence of other topics. Topics include Cuphead, My Chemical Romance, Raleigh Gamer and Geek Expo, …

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#128 - Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (Season 2)! 1:21:13

1+ y ago1:21:13

1:21:13

Do your mice even lift, bro? The next chapter in the Demon Slayer saga has arrived! Austin, Tori, and Sarah chat about the latest entry, The Entertainment District Arc, where Tanjiro and the gang team up with a duel-wielding hashira and his kunoichi polycule to fight against their most terrifying foes yet. We cover what we liked, didn't like, major…

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#127 - Spring 2022 Anime Season Review! 2:00:57

1+ y ago2:00:57

2:00:57

As the Summer season trucks on, we're here to be late as usual and cover the absolutely STACKED spring 2022 anime season! By our rough and unscientific analysis, spring tends to be the season each year that goes all-out and 2022 is no different with the likes of SPY X Family, Ya Boi Kongming, and RPG Real Estate knocking people's socks off.... or n…

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#126 - Macross Frontier: The Movies | The False Songstress & The Wings of Farewell 2:38:48

2y ago2:38:48

2:38:48

Macross Frontier finally came to the states officially for the first time! Fathom Events and Big West brought us the two theatrical films The False Songstress and The Wings of Farewell in June, 2022. Long-time Frontier fan Sarah takes newbie Austin on a musical journey into our review of both films. This is another long one since we're covering bot…

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#125 - Glass Mask (1984) feat. Basil from the OSMCast! 1:44:52

2y ago1:44:52

1:44:52

Entering stage left is the Third Impact Anime podcast! Tobias and Bill are joined by Mr. Pain Train himself–Basil of the OSMcast! The boys catch up with what they’ve been up to lately before reviewing the classic anime series Glass Mask (1984)! For better or for worse, Nicolas Cage is mentioned. Hosted by Tobias (@reverend_tobias), Bill (@wbforeman…

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#124 - Con-versations: Animazement 2022 1:37:06

2y ago1:37:06

1:37:06

An anime convention happened, and we happened to be there. Here us chat about the good, the great, the so-so, and the unexpected of Animazement 2022! Topics include the panels we did, popular cosplays, the great tornado evacuation, and other choice reflections. Huge thanks to the convention for bringing us out as Featured Panelists for a second tim…

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#123 - Night on the Galactic Railroad (& other Kenji Miyazawa anime) 1:21:41

2y ago1:21:41

1:21:41

Put on your otter-skin coats for a journey into some classic Japanese children's literature. On this episode, Austin and Bill are talking about the 1985 classic anime movie Night on the Galactic Railroad based on the influential children's novel by Kenji Miyazawa. We're also talking about some adjacent anime including 1997's Spring and Chaos and 20…

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Spring 2022 Anime Follow-up | Beneath the Kotatsu EP64 36:05

2y ago36:05

36:05

Join On as he follows-up on the spring 2022 anime season --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beneaththekotatsu/support

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Interviewing Vtuber Princess Kumiko | Beneath the Kotatsu EP63 59:35

2y ago59:35

59:35

Join On as he interviews Princess Kumiko https://twitter.com/PrincessKumiko2 https://www.twitch.tv/princesskumiko --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beneaththekotatsu/support

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Hololive Council's Top 10 Anime | Beneath the Kotatsu EP62 27:27

2y ago27:27

27:27

Join On as he reviews Holocouncil's top 10 anime --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beneaththekotatsu/support

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Kaguya-sama EP5 (What did I just watch) | Beneath the Kotatsu EXTRA 3:36

2y ago3:36

3:36

I'm kinda speechless https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWp6SXivHBQ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beneaththekotatsu/support

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#122 - Our Top 15 Anime MOVIES of the Two-Thousand-Tens 2:19:01

2y ago2:19:01

2:19:01

Here it is! Our Definitive Top 15 ranking of the best anime movies of the 2010s. We said we were going to do this all the way back in episode 89 where we talked about our favorite TV series' of the decade, but shortly after that a little global pandemic came along and garbled our brains. Two years and 20+ episodes later, we finally came through! Pl…

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Spring 2022 Anime Review | Beneath the Kotatsu EP61 42:31

2y ago42:31

42:31

Join On as he reviews the 2022 Spring Anime Aharen Heart - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnO2R66BaYo Choreography - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OD6gd9odR0 YOASOBI「Gunjo」- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ng08QQvjV0U --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beneaththekotatsu/support…

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Magikano | Beneath the Kotatsu EP60 22:57

2y ago22:57

22:57

Join On as he talks about Magikano --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beneaththekotatsu/support

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Maburaho / r/place | Beneath the Kotatsu EP59 43:04

2y ago43:04

43:04

Join On as he talks about Maburaho and r/place --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beneaththekotatsu/support

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#121 - Junji Ito’s Fragments of Horror (Manga) 1:03:40

2y ago1:03:40

1:03:40

It's almost April, and you know what that means... we're only 6 months away from Halloween! Why not get the party started early with another episode covering a Junji Ito work, this time his anthology piece Fragments of Horror. Published between 2013 and 2014, this is one of Junji Ito's more recent works and many of the stories therein were adapted …

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Finishing up the 2022 Winter Anime Season | Beneath the Kotatsu EP58 29:14

2y ago29:14

29:14

Join On as he talks about the 2022 anime season and some topical news for the week --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beneaththekotatsu/support

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The Legend of Vox Machina | Beneath the Kotatsu EP57 23:13

2y ago23:13

23:13

Join On as he talks about The Legend of Vox Machina --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beneaththekotatsu/support

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Monster | Beneath the Kotatsu EP56 20:06

2y ago20:06

20:06

Join On as he talks about Monster --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beneaththekotatsu/support

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Vtuber news and more info about what happening in Ukrain | Beneath the Kotatsu News 19:18

2y ago19:18

19:18

Join On as he talks about global news about Vtubers and Ukraine--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beneaththekotatsu/support

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Final Fantasy XIV: Dad of Light | Beneath the Kotatsu EP55 53:48

2y ago53:48

53:48

Join On and Jams as they discuss Final Fantasy XIV: Dad of Light and their experiences with mmo games --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beneaththekotatsu/support

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