Wah, anime blogger from Analog Housou, joins Evan for an extended episode revisiting the classic high school girl sitcom manga and anime Azumanga Daioh, which is now over 20 years old! Plus: Abunai Deka, Kamichu, Fragments of Horror, What a Wonderful World, Here Is Greenwood, and more in the Queue....
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