Ben Lindbergh

But beyond that, yes, it's true.

And even though it is about grief and loss on one level, it's a really lighthearted show from moment to moment.

And there's a lot of comic relief and it's funny and it's exciting and it's just all these mix of emotions.

And that's the thing is that if you're having trouble selling someone on this, or if you're listening right now and you're thinking, ah, I don't know, fantasy, anime, it's not my typical thing.

this isn't exactly my typical thing either.

And so let my experience be the guide.

Like I'm not, you know, I'm quite casual when it comes to anime.

And, you know, I mispronounced senpai when I introduced you and I was conscious of that in the moment and it was too late, but apologies for any other mispronunciations because yeah, this is not my wheelhouse.

Like I could probably just list all the anime that I've watched in my life

very quickly, you know, not counting anime-inspired or anime-adjacent, you know, Avatar and Blue-Eyed Samurai and stuff like that, but... This is a good starter anime.

Yeah, I mean, I watched Fullmetal Alchemist back in the day.

I watched some Cowboy Bebop, love Miyazaki, you know, love like Suzume and Your Name and some baseball anime.

Gretzany, Money Pitch is a favorite of mine, but I wasn't like... Ooh, you're into baseball anime.

Which ones?

Goretzany is the one that I really like the most.

Than actual baseball?

Yeah, that doesn't surprise me.

But the point is, you don't have to have a long, extensive history of anime to jump into Fury, and maybe it'll be a gateway to you for other shows, or maybe you'll just love Fury, and that's fine too.

But that's the thing, you'll recognize...

Other things that you love in Freerun, you know, we're talking about Lord of the Rings and it reminds us of this and that.