Why Do People Watch Anime? | Punching Down Episode 10
Added 2025-09-22 17:40:08 +0000 UTCSodapoppin and Nmplol talk anime, the difficulty of video games, and Twitch going to congress
Rin with the amazing thumbnail art!
Comments
Thank you for correcting the pronunciation of gollum
TheNeilMan
2025-10-29 17:44:34 +0000 UTCall 3 of u watch gintama pure peak
lanirus
2025-10-28 04:08:12 +0000 UTCI married and watch anime. I can get my wife to watch some but they have to be a slice on life. Also enjoying this pod always been a fan of soda been watching since 2013 and becoming a fan of Nick too!
Ayeimcooper
2025-10-15 19:14:03 +0000 UTCChance not ready for that Naruto filler lmao
Serese
2025-10-06 01:19:50 +0000 UTCI haven't struggled much with silksong at all, I have two bosses left and every upgrade. However, I've been on this one Karmelita boss for 4 hours and there's nothing I can do to make it easier but get good.
Joey
2025-09-27 04:15:20 +0000 UTChttps://youtu.be/HFJm8JDksZY?si=WVfUjKl2nmb2x85D It's not much easier in earlier levels either. Btw phin I appreciate the dopamine hit from you liking my comment. It makes me want to comment more. You can't just psychologically control me like this.
alandalus
2025-09-25 21:21:28 +0000 UTCTell soda and nick to play adventure island on the NES. Harder than any pvp game lol
alandalus
2025-09-25 11:16:15 +0000 UTCIt's weird how I am the same age as these guys and 10 years ago I used to watch them and super best friends and now 10 years later I listen to both their podcasts. So much has changed and so much is the same.
Shaswar Taha
2025-09-25 08:55:49 +0000 UTClove it
Nova
2025-09-25 01:37:27 +0000 UTCAnime is kewl and if you watch it you're kewl too. If you don't I'm sorry you hate yourself. <3
TateJ
2025-09-24 23:25:53 +0000 UTCI had multiples girlfriends that i watched anime with maybe french canadian women are just more cool
Gabriel Boisvert
2025-09-24 22:38:25 +0000 UTCTo add to this: a lot of that anime is under the "shonen" umbrella. Which literally means they are for young boys.
alandalus
2025-09-24 20:55:57 +0000 UTCAGREED
Punching Down Podcast
2025-09-24 20:05:38 +0000 UTCChance mispronouncing Gollum is the worst thing he's done so far
alandalus
2025-09-24 10:56:30 +0000 UTCA CULTURED INDIVIDUAL I SEE
Punching Down Podcast
2025-09-23 23:11:34 +0000 UTCI'm so glad phin was letting the inside voice win and correcting the pronunciation of certain words - I too was yelling at my screen saying elfen LEEEDDDD
Nick Munn
2025-09-23 22:32:43 +0000 UTCAlso love the awkward starts and even more that they are left in the edit.
Val
2025-09-23 17:20:51 +0000 UTCI watch some anime and don't have a girlfriend, but my wife watches it a lot more than me, mostly started within the past 2 years.
Val
2025-09-23 17:20:21 +0000 UTCOh god soda nazi poppin. May god help us all!
Lydriz
2025-09-23 10:45:29 +0000 UTCThe day Nick goes to Congress for a twitch clip, I think that's the day I leave this world 💀💀
KelseyRose1212
2025-09-23 06:10:46 +0000 UTCSolid gold
Judas Rex
2025-09-23 04:00:20 +0000 UTCNick doing his east coast fam dirty!! I got your back, Sardaco! C's UP, B's DOWN, homie!
Judas Rex
2025-09-23 03:58:44 +0000 UTCAmazing episode. I love how Soda has no knowledge about anything but great takes and insights on them while Nick knows a surprising amount about everything and has the worst takes on them.
merger3
2025-09-23 00:32:43 +0000 UTCholy shit Nick was on a roll this time.. shit take after shit take 😂
Martín Olhagaray
2025-09-23 00:23:51 +0000 UTCCrazy the cowardess to call out hasan on incoting violence
Surgeon Moses
2025-09-23 00:22:19 +0000 UTC3D Pokémon was good in gen 6 with ORAS/XY but holy shit idk how they moved to the switch and got worse. I never even thought about that but phin is right 2.5D hd Pokémon like octopath would be AMAZING concept wise. Pokémon started and grew on spirite models that are pretty amazing and would fit so well in that format
Dreezy
2025-09-22 23:11:48 +0000 UTCI'd say in the past watching anime was definitely no girlfriend territory but recently I feel like anime is taking off maybe because it's on Netflix/crunchy roll so if you watch anime now you're chances of having a girlfriend are the same as non-anime watchers
Edman
2025-09-22 23:00:51 +0000 UTCI get nicks point. you could say it was partly true. But anime (mainly shounen) has always been about relating to an "average young boy". Probably why I dont really watch it anymore as I got older. Had nothing to do with being down trodden. shruge. Also ive noticed the majority of older adults getting into anime are usually couples watching together.
Matty
2025-09-22 22:39:29 +0000 UTCIf Nick does a Patreon where he gets high and watches Naruto I will pay for it.
ROLF
2025-09-22 22:37:06 +0000 UTCwhy does sodapoppin of all people have by far the best takes, I feel like life has become the twilight zone
Denshi
2025-09-22 22:35:33 +0000 UTCI did that with bleach, every fight and meaningless dialouge scene I’d just keep skipping 10, especially the fight scenes bleach fights have some epic moments but 90% of it is just slightly zooming in manga panel of someone charging at a target yelling then flash cut to the same thing but the other guy
Dreezy
2025-09-22 22:32:53 +0000 UTC“Yk me “😭
Dreezy
2025-09-22 22:08:39 +0000 UTCSoda needs to look up what episodes to skip with naruto cause the "big 3" animes are known for having loads of filler bloat, you can probably skip around 150 episodes for the main story
Ryunohai
2025-09-22 21:59:21 +0000 UTCI used to watch anime like it was a relegion before I got married. After that i just quitted. Anime is just boring for me now a days idk
Matheus Rebelo Tontini
2025-09-22 21:44:55 +0000 UTCYall are great. Thank you for providing entertainment during my work day.
Swish
2025-09-22 21:42:21 +0000 UTCAnother great episode
SlumShady11
2025-09-22 21:03:34 +0000 UTCthis nmp guy...
Kehmind
2025-09-22 20:41:19 +0000 UTCWhen I was a kid I felt the same way about the subtitle thing, but then I studied Japanese for a number of years and because I then understood the language a lot more it became cringe again. Anime still has a special place in my heart and I enjoy that people love it and can enjoy it.
Rebecca Loran
2025-09-22 20:07:15 +0000 UTCdid nick possibly rope himself into a cs2 grandmaster climb?
clowniusthe1st
2025-09-22 19:48:03 +0000 UTCfor a patreon exclusive you guys should do a video where nick tries to beat a boss in one of these ''hard'' single player games that he thinks hes so above because they are so easy
kiramunshum
2025-09-22 19:32:28 +0000 UTC"but senator, im not a hasan tier 3 sub"
l1q012
2025-09-22 19:12:24 +0000 UTCI used to watch a lot more anime before I got a girlfriend, but now with my gf of 5 years it’s a lot less because I’ve grown out of it. Mostly because I grew out of it. We watch one piece together.
anemoia
2025-09-22 19:07:53 +0000 UTCBIG HOG EXPRESS
TITACLES
2025-09-22 18:55:56 +0000 UTCJinwoos squire picks up jinwoo and the e rank higjschool girl. His squire thinks they are dating and jinwoo is just giving her a job.
SumGuy
2025-09-22 18:51:53 +0000 UTCDoes Hentai count? Asking for a friend
DCHeals
2025-09-22 18:47:30 +0000 UTCIf I recall, in solo leveling they were talking about giving her a job, but the other dude misinterpreted it
Chekaaa
2025-09-22 18:46:08 +0000 UTCNick Polom
Jack Burke
2025-09-22 18:40:02 +0000 UTCI'm curious, how did soda like playing in the osrs tournament and how did Nick like casting it. I know he probably thought pvp would seem cooler.
connor bollinger
2025-09-22 18:26:46 +0000 UTCSup Downers?
Bjorn Kiljan
2025-09-22 18:20:09 +0000 UTCI don’t watch anime and dont have a girlfriend.
Adam
2025-09-22 17:53:40 +0000 UTC
