Podcast
Not Just Tentacles
Not Just Tentacles is an anime and animation podcast by a newbie for newbies, talking about all things manga and anime in a straightforward, non gatekeepery way.
- Episodes
- 201
- Releases
- Weekly
- Typical length
- 30 min
- On air since
- 2021
- Latest episode
- 2 days ago
Episodes
201 episodes, newest first
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44 min
Not Just Tentacles Season 5 - S3 Helluva Boss (Return to Loo Loo Land, Yes/No) (Helluva Recaps)
Show notes
Rachael and Ruth recap and review the last two episodes of Helluva Boss S3 Part 1, Return to Loo Loo Land and Yes/No. Why has it been so controversial?
Contains swearing, Ruth accidentally falling asleep, butt slapping, and your hosts being fed up with a certain parrot.
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30 min
Not Just Tentacles Season 5 - Helluva Boss S3 - A Trial Of Errors; The Auction (Helluva Recaps)
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Episode 4: When Wally Wackford steals the IMP brand, Blitzo needs to lawyer up. Pity he can't stop slutshaming Stolas ...
Episode 5: A heist at Stolas' palace *should* be straightforward - but a past flame shows up ...
Includes brain fog, impressions and lobsters.
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35 min
Not Just Tentacles - Season 3 Helluva Boss Premiere! (Helluva Recaps)
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Rachael and Ruth review the first three episodes of S3 Helluva Boss: Turtle Emoji, Bad Reputation and Gimpy Gimpy.
Anyone would think these episodes had killed the internet's grandma, but our hosts actually rather liked them.
Contains profanity, polarised opinions and celebrity encounters.
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33 min
Not Just Tentacles Season 5 - Law And Order: Meep Meep! (Coyote Vs Acme)
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Rachael and Ruth review Coyote Vs Acme, 2026's surprise hit that changes everything you thought you knew about Wile E Coyote and his avian nemesis.
Contains impressions (of course), profanity, cartoon history and brain guffs.
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9 min
Not Just Tentacles Season 5 - Helluva Shorts: The Princess and The Pupper (Helluva Recaps)
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When Via's grimoire teleports her chez Blitzo, things sure do happen! Will our face sisters return to the palace safely?
Contains impressions, tangents, Welshisms and Ruth's utter inability to get Stella's name right.
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42 min
Not Just Tentacles Season 5 - Helluva Boss Season 3 Predictions!
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Season 3 of Helluva Boss is now upon us, so Rachael and Ruth make their predictions! Although can Ruth persuade Rachael to give up her highly illegible notes (damn dysgraphia)?
Contains profanity, singing, Wile E Coyote impressions and the new Hellaverse threeway.
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36 min
Not Just Tentacles Season 5 - Sapphic Sirens, Musical Dystopias and Stolitz
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In perhaps the most eclectic episode to date, Rachael and Ruth discuss The Lovers, Alien Stage, Death Note The Musical, Eden of the East and the Helluva Boss Season 3 trailer.
Contains mermaid sex, musical rants, shipping and sexy owl hot pants.
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21 min
Not Just Tentacles Season 5 - Hell's Belles - Sallie May and Lin
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In the last episode of Hell's Belles (for now!), Rachael discusses Sallie May and Lin, Millie's sister and mum.
Why is Sallie so popular? Why is Lin possibly Rachael's least favourite minor character? And what is her weirdest theory to date?
Contains profanity, tangents and speculation. You know, the usual.
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33 min
Not Just Tentacles S5 - The Ruth Coup (Ann Droid, The Other Bennet Sister, Ghosts Australia and US)
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Today Ruth's in charge, and there's no anime in sight! She and Rachael review Ann Droid, The Other Bennet Sister, Ghosts Australia and US, and Ride Or Die.
Also discusses recent Helluva Boss sneak peeks.
Contains impressions, profanity and Cotton Eyed Joe.
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53 min
Not Just Tentacles Season 5 - Smoking Behind The Cat And The Dragon (Summer 2026 Anime)
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Rachael and Ruth review the shows Rachael's watched this summer: Smoking Behind The Supermarket With You, The Cat And The Dragon and Young Ladies Don't Play Fighting Games.
They also talk about My Hero Academia: I Am A Hero Too, the 10th anniversary Assassination Classroom movie, I Want To Love You Till Your Dying Day and Goodbye, Lara.
Includes profanity, tangents, queer history, brain fluffs and singing.
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21 min
Not Just Tentacles Season 5 - Hell's Belles - Barbie Wire
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In the latest instalment of Hell's Belles, Rachael has possibly the most chaotic recording session yet as she tries to analyse Barbie Wire, Blitzo's shambolic estranged twin.
Contains brain flubs, seagulls, car alarms and references to daft 90s pop songs.
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23 min
Not Just Tentacles S5 - Helluva Sheep - Helluva Recaps (Mission: Book Report & The Sheep Detectives)
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Rachael and Ruth review Mission: Book Report, the latest Helluva Boss short, in a heatwave. What happens when Moxxie helps Stolas write a report for work?
They also cover The Sheep Detectives, the heartwarming family murder mystery.
Contains impressions, tangents and Thomas Jefferson's murder sheep.
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37 min
Not Just Tentacles Season 5 - Hell's Belles: Bee
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In the latest Hell's Belles Rachael and Ruth talk about Beelzebub, the Sin of Gluttony. Who is she, why is she controversial, and will she be a love interest for one of our leads?
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46 min
Not Just Tentacles Season 5 - The Pride Month 2026 Episode!
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Rachael and Ruth review the shows they've watched for Pride Month 2026: yuri isekai The Executioner And Her Way of Life, BL Omegaverse anime Welcome Home and indie stop motion A Bird Hit My Window And Now I'm A Lesbian.
They also cover the S3 Helluva Boss sneak peek, and mention The Amazing Digital Circus and The Earth Guy.
Contains discussion of the European heatwave, queer tropes and your usual barrage of pop culture references.
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14 min
Not Just Tentacles Season 5 - Helluva Recaps - IMP Training Video
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When Blitzo tries to make an IMP training video with the interns, things sure do happen!
Rachael and Ruth wax lyrical about the twelfth short, which is quite possibly the best yet. They also discuss recent Hazbin sexuality disclosures and Tip Toe, Russell T Davies' new thriller.
Contains impressions, excitement re: Stolas, and dyslexic solidarity.
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31 min
Not Just Tentacles Season 5 - Rivals - Bury Your Gays and Huffing Copium?
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In the first of several Pride episodes, Rachael and Ruth discuss Rivals, the smash hit series on Disney+. Is Monica's recent death an example of Bury Your Gays/Dead Lesbian Syndrome?
Contains impressions, profanity and indignant Welsh squeaking.
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30 min
Not Just Tentacles Season 5 - Hell's Belles: Verosika
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In the fourth episode of Hell's Belles, Rachael covers Verosika Mayday, Blitzo's unlikely popstar ex. Is she a crazy ex girlfriend or woman scorned?
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5 min
Not Just Tentacles Season 5 - Gameoverse (Part 2)
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Rachael realises that she didn't cover Miss Information and Fold, Syntax's dastardly agents and her favourite part of the Gameoverse pilot.
She puts this egregious oversight right.
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20 min
Not Just Tentacles Season 5 - Gameoverse
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Rachael and Ruth review Gameoverse, Glitch's latest pilot.
Kit and Kaboodle travel the universe stopping video game heroes from winning, because otherwise their planets will be destroyed. Surely their latest mission will work out, right?!
Contains discussion of the controversies, the Barney song, and Rachael mixing up voice actors' names yet again 🤦♀️
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9 min
Not Just Tentacles Season 5 - Helluva Recaps - Shark Boy Summer
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Rachael and Ruth review Shark Boy Summer, the recent Helluva Boss music video about resident Chad Chaz.
They discuss the controversy surrounding its release and various other oddments.
Contains animal genitalia (don't ask).
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