158 Ghost Killer
157 Animated Shorts 2026
156 The Hidden Fortress
155 One Cut of the Dead
154 Outlaw Brothers
153 We're Going to Eat You
152 Infernal Affairs
151 Zebraman
150 Armour of God
Welcome to the Heroes Three podcast! This week we are joined by The Fanatical Dragon to discuss the 2024 supernatural action film Ghost Killer, directed by Kensuke Sonomura and starring Akari Takaishi and Masanori Mimoto! Check out some H3 art and merch! - https://www.teepublic.com/user/kf_carlito Full cast and credits - IMDB Find us online - https://linktr.ee/Heroes3Podcast Email us! - heroes3podcast@gmail.com Find The Fanatical Dragon here! Eric Jacobus interviews Kensuke Sonomura! Fanatical Dragon interviews Kenji Tanigaki! Timestamps (00:00) Intro (0:56) Background (17:59) Back of the Blu Ray (18:34) Movie Talk (47:46) A diversion on choreo and inspirations (52:20) Fight "accents" and Eric Jacobus (58:24) Back to the movie (1:26:51) Carlos went to Beyond Fest Chicago (1:33:43) Johnny Plugs (1:37:50) VGMCon 2026 Panel! (1:38:23) Outro and training for next week
Welcome back to the Heroes Three podcast! This week we're returning to regular episodes with our selection of animated shorts! This episode we're join by Josh McKenzie to discuss 4 animated short features from around the world! Schirkoa by Isan Shukla Nobody by Yu Shui Kakurenbo: Hide and Seek by Shuhei Morita In the Shadow of Cypress by Hossein Molayemi and Shirin Sohani Check out some H3 art and merch! - https://www.teepublic.com/user/kf_carlito Find Josh online HERE Listen to SWIMFANS Find us online - https://linktr.ee/Heroes3Podcast Email us! - heroes3podcast@gmail.com Click below to watch the shorts on youtube: Schirkoa Nobody Kakurenbo: Hide & Seek Trailer for In the Shadow of the Cypress Timestamps (0:00) Intro (2:43) Schrikoa (16:51) Nobody (27:34) Kakurenbo (40:19) In the Shadow of the Cypress (49:03) Engage with other cultures! It's amazing! (54:48) Listen to Swimfans (56:05) Plugs and Training for next week
Welcome to the Heroes Three podcast! This week we're finishing up the year with Matthew's pick, the legendary Akira Kurosawa film The Hidden Fortress! Full cast and credits - IMDB Find us online - https://linktr.ee/Heroes3Podcast Email us! - heroes3podcast@gmail.com Check out some H3 art and merch! - https://www.teepublic.com/user/kf_carlito Timestamps (00:00) Intro (0:31) The George Lucas Elephant in the room (1:16) Our history with the movie (6:11) West influences east influences west (10:23) Clarity and simplicity (20:18) Plot recap (25:44) Movie discussion (36:00) An aside on Star Wars (42:16) Copying and creativity (50:08) Back to The Hidden Fortress (1:05:40) 2008 Remake (1:07:07) Plugs and outro
Welcome to Heroes Three podcast! This episode it's Marty's pick and we are discussing Shin'ichiro Ueda's One Cut of the Dead! Check out some H3 art and merch! - https://www.teepublic.com/user/kf_carlito Full cast and credits - IMDB Find us online - https://linktr.ee/Heroes3Podcast Email us! - heroes3podcast@gmail.com Making of One Cut of the Dead documentary! Timestamps (0:00) Intro (0:29) Spoiler Free thoughts (3:40) Start Spoilers (1:07:51) Plugs and Training for Next Week
Welcome to Heroes Three podcast! We're beginning our annual host picks to close out the year with Frankie Chan's Outlaw Brothers from 1990 starring Frankie, Yukari Oshima, and Max Mok! Check out some H3 art and merch! - https://www.teepublic.com/user/kf_carlito Full cast and credits - HKMDB Find us online - https://linktr.ee/Heroes3Podcast Email us! - heroes3podcast@gmail.com Full blog post with gifs here! Timestamps (00:00) Intro (01:14) Why The Outlaw Brothers (03:20) Marty Thoughts (06:45) Cars! (08:32) The H3 Checklist, Music, and outfits (11:27) BotVHS (11:53) Movie Recap (18:28) Music clip Genius of Love (04:53) Final Thoughts (05:23) Plugs and training for next week
Welcome to Heroes Three podcast! This week we're keeping the Halloween decorations up as we discuss Tsui Hark's We're Going to Eat You starring Norman Chui and Eddy Ko! Check out some H3 art and merch! - https://www.teepublic.com/user/kf_carlito Full cast and credits - HKMDB Find us online - https://linktr.ee/Heroes3Podcast Email us! - heroes3podcast@gmail.com Timestamps (0:00) Intro (1:16) Why this movie (3:26) Carlos and Marty initial thoughts (6:19) Tsui Hark style and influences (10:36) Hong Kong character actors! (16:06) The music (17:28) Horror and Action (19:33) Back of the VHS (20:09) Movie Recap (53:32) Final thoughts (1:01:56) Plugs and training for next week
Welcome to Heroes Three podcast! This week we're joined by SWIMFANS co-host Jennifer Hocking to close out our summer arc with 2002's critically acclaimed crime drama, Infernal Affairs! Check out some H3 art and merch! - https://www.teepublic.com/user/kf_carlito Full cast and credits - HKMDB Find us online - https://linktr.ee/Heroes3Podcast Email us! - heroes3podcast@gmail.com Listen to SWIMFANS! Timestamps (0:00) Intro (1:09) Jennifer Hocking (2:00) The Departed (7:51) Andrew Lau and behind the scenes stuff (13:14) Back of the VHS (13:58) Movie Recap (1:20:53) Final thoughts (1:29:40) Listen to Swimfans! (1:33:25) The End??
Welcome to Heroes Three podcast! This week we're sneaking out in costume to grab a snack to discuss the 2004 superhero film Zebraman directed by Takashi Miike and starring Sho Aikawa! Check out some H3 art and merch! - https://www.teepublic.com/user/kf_carlito Full cast and credits - IMDB Find us online - https://linktr.ee/Heroes3Podcast Email us! - heroes3podcast@gmail.com Full blogpost with gifs here! Timestamps (0:00) Intro (0:52) Why Zebraman (4:05) Matthew's History (5:59) Marty's Experience (9:47) Miike as a director (14:30) Zebraman Production (20:11) Show Aikawa (22:40) Back of the VHS (23:27) Movie Recap (58:50) Final thoughts (1:00:14) Zebraman 2 (1:03:03) Plugs and training for next week
Welcome to Heroes Three podcast! This week we're joined by The Fanatical Dragon to celebrate 150 episodes and discuss Jackie Chan's take on Indiana Jones/James Bond, Armour of God! Check out some H3 art and merch! - https://www.teepublic.com/user/kf_carlito Full cast and credits - HKMDB Find us online - https://linktr.ee/Heroes3Podcast Email us! - heroes3podcast@gmail.com Check out the Mic'd Avengers Podcast!
Welcome to Heroes Three podcast! This week we're talking Spielberg and Wong Jing with the martial arts comedy adventure, The Magic Crystal starring Andy Lau, Cynthia Rothrock, and Richard Norton! Check out some H3 art and merch! - https://www.teepublic.com/user/kf_carlito Full cast and credits - HKMDBFind us online - https://linktr.ee/Heroes3Podcast Email us! - heroes3podcast@gmail.com Full blog post with gifs here! TimesSqKungFU compares the 88films and Vinegar Syndrome BR release of Magic Crystal Cynthia talks Magic Crystal! Timestamps (0:00) Intro (2:37) The fight choreography (4:09) The TWO blu ray releases! (9:36) Production background (16:08) Carlos history with the film (18:06) Back of the VHS (18:42) Movie recap (1:25:52) Plugs and Training for next episode