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Tuesday Top Five: Favorite Final Fantasy Protagonists

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Original Publication Date: 11/29/2016

By:  Andrew Lister

Welcome to the next installment of a new articles series,Tuesday Top Five! From time to time I’ll be coming up with a Top 5 spanning a number of geeky topics. This week we celebrate the release of Final Fantasy XV with an article chronicling my favorite Final Fantasy protagonists.

Greetings, fans! It’s been a while since I’ve posted a Top 5 article, but I’m back with a promise of several Final Fantasy themed articles. Final Fantasy XV dropped today, and a lot of people have been eager to get their hands on the game. I may try it myself, but for the first time ever I’m not rushing out to get it on Day 1. Perhaps I was burned by every game after Final Fantasy X-2.

The first of several weekly articles will be my personal top 5 playable characters from the history of the series. I can tell you right now that my list is probably going to be VERY different from your own. As always, let us know what your own list is in the comments section below!

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Tuesday Top Five: Best Final Fantasy Games

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Original Publication Date: 8/30/2016

By:  Andrew Lister

Welcome to another installment of Tuesday Top Five! Each week I’ll be coming up with a Top 5 spanning a number of geeky topics. This week, I’m going to rank my favorite video games from the Final Fantasy series.

Out of all my NES games, the one I treasured the most was my copy of Final Fantasy. This JRPG from Square was published in 1987 and was supposed to be the very last video game for the failing company.

I am a child of the Nintendo era. Growing up, I owned the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES for short), and I would lose myself in its many worlds, such as The Mushroom Kingdom and Hyrule. The games had simple graphics, but many of them were insanely difficult to play and master.

That being said, it turned out to be a massive hit, and as most people know, it spawned a number of other games in the series. Most of these games are not sequels, but many of them had similar themes and mechanics that evolved alongside the hardware of new consoles.

Trying to rank my Top 5 this week was extremely difficult, and I’m sure those of you out there may disagree with my list.  If you do, leave your own list in the comments below. We may read your comments on a future episode of the Tooning Japanese Podcast!

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Season 2: Finale – Time Traveling Knives

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Welcome to Tooning Japanese, a podcast where three dudes in their 30s talk about Japanese anime!

Listen to Season 2: Finale – Time Traveling Knives

Bill, Josh, and Andy say their final goodbye to Trigun. This week they talk about some of their favorite moments, episodes, and characters. Josh and Bill also go head-to-head in Trigun trivia! We discuss the schedule for the next few months as well at the end of this episode.

We are now part of a brand new media network!  Check our Questionable Endeavor today for other amazing podcasts, articles, and streams!

Follow along with the show!  Watch Trigun on Hulu or on Funimation!

Help support the show on Patreon!

We are now releasing new episodes every Tuesday!

Season 3 will be our review of the classic anime Gurren Lagann!  E-mail the show at TooningJapanese@gmail.com!

Season 2: Episode 11 – Come Back, Senpai

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Welcome to Tooning Japanese, a podcast where three dudes in their 30s talk about Japanese anime!

Listen to Season 2: Episode 11 – Come Back, Senpai

We have Andy’s favorite Trigun episode this week, starring Milly and Senp…err…Wolfwood. Damnit, now Josh has ME saying it! The caravan our heroes are traveling with has come to a stop, and they may not go anywhere without their key. The problem is that key is not an object, but a human being. Enjoy our review of Episode 11, “Escape From Pain.”

Special thanks this week to Thurk, who helped edit the episode and save Andy several hours of his life!

We are now part of a brand new media network!  Check our Questionable Endeavor today for other amazing podcasts, articles, and streams!

Follow along with the show!  Watch Trigun on Hulu or on Funimation!

Help support the show on Patreon!

We are now releasing new episodes every Monday!

Season 2 will be our review of the classic anime Trigun!  E-mail the show at TooningJapanese@gmail.com!

Season 2: Episode 3 – Vash & Shoulders

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Welcome to Tooning Japanese, a podcast where three dudes in their 30s talk about Japanese anime!

Listen to Season 2: Episode 3 – Vash & Shoulders

This week we review an episode that’s not only one of Josh’s favorites, but also one of Bill’s as well! That’s right, we’re review Trigun episode 3, “Peace Maker”! In this episode, Vash tries to help a worthless drunk find his way once again.

We are now part of a brand new media network!  Check our Questionable Endeavor today for other amazing podcasts, articles, and streams!

Follow along with the show!  Watch Trigun on Hulu or on Funimation!

Help support the show on Patreon!

We are now releasing new episodes every Monday!

Season 2 will be our review of the classic anime Trigun!  E-mail the show at TooningJapanese@gmail.com!

Season 1: Finale – Jessica Calvello Interview

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Welcome to Tooning Japanese, a podcast where three dudes in their 30s talk about Japanese anime!

Listen to Season 1: Finale – Jessica Calvello Interview

We’re giving Excel Saga a proper fairwell this week with a really amazing finale.  We really hope you enjoy our analysis of the anime alongside the absolutely hillarious Jessica Calvello, the voice of Excel!  We have an absolute blast!  Thank you again so much to Jessica for giving her insight and just making us laugh so much!

Oh, and we reveal our next anime that we plan to review!  What will it be?  Listen and find out!

We are now part of a brand new media network!  Check our Questionable Endeavor today for other amazing podcasts, articles, and streams!

Follow along by watching Excel Saga on Funimation!

We are now releasing new episodes every Monday!

Season 1 will be our review of the wacky anime Excel Saga!  E-mail the show at TooningJapanese@gmail.com!

Season 1: Episode 17 – Samurai Stem Cells

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Listen to Season 1: Episode 17 – Samurai Stem Cells

Mark your calendars, ladies and gentlemen.  This is the first time that all three hosts actually really liked the same episode of Excel Saga.  Wow.  Episode 17 covers the amazing take on the world of cartoons and anime, “Animation USA.”  Excel and Hyatt travel to America where they meet Pedro’s son Sandora, who just wants to become an anime artist.  Too bad they didn’t tell him he can’t do Japanimation because he’s not Japanese.

Check out Anime Iowa 2016!  Join Josh and Andy this year between July 29th through 31st at the Marriott Hotel & Conference Center in Coralville, Iowa!

Oh, and don’t forget that we are now part of a brand new media network!  Check our Questionable Endeavor today for other amazing podcasts, articles, and streams!

Follow along by watching Excel Saga on Funimation!

New episodes will be released every Sunday.  Season 1 will be our review of the wacky anime Excel Saga!  E-mail the show at TooningJapanese@gmail.com!

Like our show?  Help us take over the world like ACROSS by checking us out all over the internet:

Season 1: Episode 16 – Ropponmatsu Fusion Dance

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Welcome to Tooning Japanese, a podcast where three dudes in their 30s talk about Japanese anime!

Listen to Season 1: Episode 16 – Ropponmatsu Fusion Dance

Ropponmatsu 1 and 2 return yet again, and this time they spark up a “close friendship” with Excel and Hyatt.  Josh gives us the run down of this week’s episode of Excel Saga, “Take Back Love!”  This one is a good one, folks, even if there was more outtake material that didn’t make it into the episode than actual episode.

Check out Anime Iowa 2016!  Join Josh and Andy this year between July 29th through 31st at the Marriott Hotel & Conference Center in Coralville, Iowa!

Oh, and don’t forget that we are now part of a brand new media network!  Check our Questionable Endeavor today for other amazing podcasts, articles, and streams!

Follow along by watching Excel Saga on Funimation!

New episodes will be released every Sunday.  Season 1 will be our review of the wacky anime Excel Saga!  E-mail the show at TooningJapanese@gmail.com!

Like our show?  Help us take over the world like ACROSS by checking us out all over the internet:

Season 1: Episode 9 – We Already Did That Bit

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Listen to Season 1: Episode 9 – We Already Did That Bit

Once again, we’re sorry for taking last week off!  This week we bring you our review of Episode 9 of Excel Saga, “Bowling Girls!”  Surprisingly, all three hosts actually liked this one!  Excel and Hyatt take jobs at a bowling alley in order to figure out if it’s the most popular sport in Japan.  Unfortunately, ACROSS goes face to face with another idealogical organization, Stick and Ball!  Sports and ball jokes abound!

Follow along by watching Excel Saga on Funimation!

New episodes will be released every Sunday.  Season 1 will be our review of the wacky anime Excel Saga!  E-mail the show at TooningJapanese@gmail.com!

Like our show?  Check us out all over the internet: