Anime Masterpiece Theatre is now in its back half, and everything is RAD. RAD face explosions, RAD spine snapping, and RAD deliberations on the rise of fascism within democratic governments. RAD STUFF HERE

We hope you’ve laundered your smoking jacket since last week, because we’re back for more Anime Masterpiece Theatre, which is currently about a bunch of dudes dying. You won’t believe the ways and quantities of dudes who bite it. Also Kyle Henick is here.

Cue the fancy PBS music, cause it's time for Masterpiece Theatre! We're watching two seminal works from Japan's Shōwa period which deftly prodded the fleshy pressure points of culture and exploded it from the inside out. Put on your smoking caps, stretch out on the settee, and feast your eyes upon Legend of the Galactic Heroes and Fist of the North Star.