Back to format for 2020 as your new BFFs examine the shocking similarities between the Studio GAINAX sleeper "Nadia and The Secret of Blue Water" and Disney's foray into PG animation, "Atlantis: The Lost Empire." (52:30) Speaking of GAINAX, we check in on the studio's recent legal woes and Evangelion creator Hideaki Anno's attempts to distance his creation from its original production house (6:32) and catch-up on all the content we got into over the holiday break (10:00). Turns out you can watch, read and listen to a lot of things when you have some time off!
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Anything you watched over the holidays that we should check out? Let us know on Twitter (twitter.com/geekdownpod)
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The article we discussed breaking down Anno, Gainax and Eva can be found here: https://www.otaquest.com/hideaki-anno-gainax-evangelion/
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