Our Anime Boston 2016 panel, which was our last Chibi Project panel ever, featured an extensive Q&A which is featured (and expanded upon with clips) in the long-awaited second half to this final episode.Learn more about The Chibi Project at http://chibiproject.com/The Chibi Project

After more than 17 years of experiments, The Chibi Project is coming to a close. Share in the emotional final episode as recorded live at Anime Boston 2016.Learn more about The Chibi Project at http://chibiproject.com/The Chibi Project

Shortly after PatrickD's own custom Dancing Baby Groot went viral, a company started selling an officially licensed version. It looks gross, is too small, and he doesn't even say, "I am Groot." It's time to chop some wood.Learn more about The Chibi Project at http://chibiproject.com/The Chibi Project

Edward Cullen gets nailed for being a terrible character. Lizzard, Jekka, and Patrick would not tolerate his sparkle.Learn more about The Chibi Project at http://chibiproject.com/The Chibi Project

The Girl on Fire has a reputation for sporting fiery outfits and outlasting the competition. It's time for one last Hunger Games.Learn more about The Chibi Project at http://chibiproject.com/The Chibi Project

We use chemistry to attempt to create "Elephant Toothpaste" and see how Chii and Megatron would hold up to science! Recorded live at PortConMaine 2013.Learn more about The Chibi Project at http://chibiproject.com/The Chibi Project

PatrickD and Jekka crush Beyblade in a Slap Chop and then take a soldering iron to the survivors. Recorded live at Anime Boston 2013.Learn more about The Chibi Project at http://chibiproject.com/The Chibi Project

Jekka attempts to destroy an anime body pillow, toy mushrooms, and a Warcraft night elf using thermite.Learn more about The Chibi Project at http://chibiproject.com/The Chibi Project

A pink plush bunny is tied to the front of a car and driven from Boston to San Francisco.Learn more about The Chibi Project at http://chibiproject.com/The Chibi Project

"Raisins ruin everything" but "Bacon makes everything better". What happens when we mix these two titans of taste? Whose flavor and texture will overcome the other? Find out on a very special episode of The Chibi Project!Learn more about The Chibi Project at http://chibiproject.com/The Chibi Project

Piccolo from Dragonball Evolution is the latest victim as Patrick rips him to dust with a Dremel at AnimeIowa 2012.The Chibi Project

Live at PortConMaine 2012, we took a Dremel with a drill bit and put it against old video game players.The Chibi Project

When our theme composer decided to burn his law school notes, we took this as an opportunity to finally burn those bootlegs!The Chibi Project

Live at BAMCon 2012, PatrickD and Jekka test their new Dremel Saw Max against Sailor Moon and other anime toys.The Chibi Project

To celebrate our 50th experiment and the 10th year of Anime Boston, some of our fans got to be a little hands-on.The Chibi Project

This is the blender test to end all blender tests! To celebrate 10 years of Anime Boston experiments, we ramped it up, got "misty" eyed, and asked ourselves, "Will it blend?"The Chibi Project

It's finally time for our first experiments at PortConMaine! We take a hammer/mallet/hatchet to Optimus Prime's head and Mokona's body. Then we pummel another Sailor Moon Cycle!The Chibi Project

Rather than shooting at Sailor Moon characters with a potato cannon, this time we shot them OUT OF a potato cannon. Can Princess Serenity and Queen Beryl hit the broad side of a barn?The Chibi Project

At Animaine 2011's Bootleg Bomber event, The Chibi Project teamed up with KeepAnimeAlive.com's Colin Harvie and voice actor Greg Ayres to destroy some bootlegs in front of the entire convention.The Chibi Project

There's no better experiment to conduct at Anime Boston, within sight of Fenway Park, than smack Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter with a bat signed by the convention's 2003 guests of honor.The Chibi Project

At Zenkaikon 2011, we see what happens if we see exactly how much of Queen Serenity can be curled up with a curling iron with rather surprising results.The Chibi Project

Nobody in the history of the world has ever taken on a snowblower with a couple shuriken...until now. We're not chicken!The Chibi Project

Some Love Hina figures were dressed up for the beach, so we supplied the sand...by way of an orbital sander...live at Anime Boston 2010. We also answer some questions from the audience.The Chibi Project

You've seen it on TV! It's great for grating cheese, vegetables, fruit, Gundams... Wait, Gundams? Yes, we gave Turn A Gundam a turn in a grater and chopped him to bits. Did it work? Watch and find out!The Chibi Project

In 2005, we were defeated when a toy actually broke the blender. Back at Anime Boston with a better blender and a softer toy, we're out for revenge! This episode is also the first time four Chibi Project scientists have assembled together.The Chibi Project

PatrickD and Jekka let the cat out of the bag and will mow you over in the season 2 premiere of The Chibi Project. Trigun's Kuronekosama has previously escaped the wrath of Hurricane Dennis, but has its luck run out as it goes up against a tractor?The Chibi Project

PatrickD was invited to Tsubasacon 2005 as a guest. Determined to entertain West Virginians with a new experiment, he brought a "Sailor Moon Cycle" which had been donated. It was made out of brittle plastic material and almost certain to shatter into many sharp pieces.Upon arriving at the convention, Patrick discovered a theater next door with a la…

This all started at Anime Boston 2005 where Megaman was put into a blender. We attempted to chop him into bits, but he was just too tough for the blender. We ended up destroying the blender instead. This was the first failed experiment in the history of The Chibi Project.Wanting to get our revenge, we handed Megaman over to our friend Buford. Bufor…

As a fan of Ctrl+Alt+Chicken, Patrick has wanted to do a cooking episode ever since the start of The Chibi Project Podcast. Now, two years and 22 episodes later, it finally happened!For this cooking experiment, Jekka was put in charge. She has had a secret recipe for baking cakes using nothing more than a soft drink and cake mix. Take a box of cake…

What genius came up with the idea of a show about spinning tops that fight? It's a pretty stupid concept if you ask us. We decided it was time for revenge, powered up the tops, and let it rip.We took a Dremel and a Craftsman Rotary Tool and used them to make Beyblade tops spin much faster than they're every supposed to spin. Once that becomes borin…

For several months, we've been taking anime bootlegs and fansubs off of people's hands with the promise of destroying them. That time has come.At Bakuretsu Con 2008, PatrickD used a Black & Decker Varible Speed Jigsaw to cut his way through a handful of bootleg DVDs in front of a live audience. The remaining DVDs as well as the pieces of the destro…

For this test, we needed a location where we could access railroad tracks. Although the Newtonville, MA commuter rail station was an option (it was where the first test on Chibi Moon was conducted), we decided to try a different kind of train. We opted for the MBTA Green Line and chose the Newton Centre station.A few minutes later, a Type 7 trolley…

Having heard about our live experiments at Anime Boston, The Chibi Project was invited to Nan Desu Kan 2004 to run Anime Unscripted and conduct a live Chibi Project experiment. Fans of The Chibi Project had been asking for us to take on Dragonball Z for a while. This seemed like a good time. A fan from the audience videotaped the experiment while P…

The Chibi Project fights fire with fire. In the anime series Sailor Moon, Sailor Mars uses fire attacks to fight evil. She can dish it out, but can she take it? The Chibi Project decided to find out. To accomplish this test, we enlisted the help of professional fire eater, fire breather, and bizarre magician, Brian Brushwood, best known for Scam Sc…

For this test, a little inventive preparation was required. Fireworks were easy enough to obtain, but how to hold Chii in position without become scientist flambe? One of our honorary scientists, an auto mechanic from the Deep South, concocted a special device for holding Chii. He placed a metal bar on two stands over a wooden slab and then wired C…

PatrickD of The Chibi Project conducted a live experiment at San Japan 1.5 on August 9, 2008. Botan of Yu Yu Hakusho was exposed to one of the oldest and most cruel forms of torture, being hung, drawn, and quartered. The experiment began with kite string tied to each of Botan's limbs. The strings were pulled by a audience members. After much effort…

After filling the panel room for our Chibi Project panel and live experiment at Anime Boston 2003, we knew we had to return to Anime Boston 2004 and we had to do something impressive. We knew taking a circular saw to a vibrating, plush Pikachu that we picked up at the AnimeOnDVD.com Christmas party would fit the bill. We used duct tape on Pikachu's…

After hurricanes began ramming up against one of The Chibi Project's team members on a regular basis in 2004, The Chibi Project staff began to discuss subjecting Chibi Moon to a hurricane test. Unfortunately, the short notice on which most hurricanes arrive made it difficult to mail the Chibi Moon figure in time. Ultimately, we decided to improvise…

In episode 4, we stuck Sailor Venus in a potato cannon. After we blew her head off, we called it a day and packed up. Sailor Venus was put in a bag with a leftover potato and brought home...where we forgot about her for NINE MONTHS!After discovering flies in the kitchen, we found the source: a rotting potato and Sailor Venus! The bag was immediatel…

What started out as a suggestion at last year's Chibi Project panel at Anime Boston grew into a full test at this year's panel. Chibi Moon is "tarred" using rubberized driveway crack sealer packaged in a caulking tube. After being covered in black caulk, she is "feathered". At the end of the podcast, The Chibi Project crew answer audience questions…

Someone donated dolls of all five of the main Sailor Moon characters. Seeing everyone go out and cut down Christmas trees gave us an idea...to use a chainsaw to cut through the dolls rather than a tree. We get assistance from our theme song composer, K.T.F. Terison and discover that chainsaws aren't quite as unstoppable as you might think.…

At Anime Boston, one of our fans donated a clow wand from Card Captor Sakura. We knew right away that we wanted to imitate the way Sakura uses her wand...but smash it. We also knew that it would be best done in front of a live audience, so we took the show on the road to Bakuretsu Con 2007 and performed the experiment in front of fans.…

A few years back, ADV Films started selling a plush toy of Menchi from Excel Saga that came shrinkwrapped to a charcoal grill. It was an in-joke that referenced Menchi being the "emergency food supply" in the show. Of course, when we got our hands on one, what else would we do with it but actually grill Menchi?…

Almost as long as The Chibi Project has been around, people have been asking us to "drop her from a building", "drop her from 50 feet in the sky", or "drop her from [insert high place here]". We've been fairly reluctant to do a drop test since we prefer the more elaborate tests, but when the opportunity to drop toys from the top of Dragon's Descent…

For the fifth year, The Chibi Project packed a panel room full of crazy fans at Anime Boston. Making her first live appearance, Jekka joined PatrickD as they took a wire brush to Tuxedo Mask from Sailor Moon.The Chibi Project

Over ten years ago, PatrickD read a web page from someone who got ahold of a fresnel lens and melted a bunch of things. He claimed he could melt concrete. This sounded like the perfect test for some Sailor Moon dolls we got our hands on. Also, we review Idiocracy and answer viewer e-mail. Sponsored by AnimeCons.com, Anime Boston, and Chambermints. …

Ever wonder what would happen if you stuck a Sailor Venus doll in a potato cannon? Have you wondered what would happen if you shot potatoes at Sailor Venus? We did. We taped it too and now it's posted on the Internet for all to see. Also, we review Apples to Apples and answer viewer e-mail. Sponsored by Weekend Anime.…

With 15 experiments on Chibi Moon completed, The Chibi Project has moved on to conducting tests on other anime toys. The first subject of our experiments? Burning Gundam. With a name like that, he was just asking for it! Also, we feature our first review and answer some fan mail.The Chibi Project

This episode features experiments 8 through 15 as The Chibi Project continues to try to destroy a Chibi Moon toy figure. It also features an interview with voice actor Scott McNeil and we answer some viewer mail. This completes coverage of all experiments to date on Chibi Moon as we have moved on to other anime toys for future experiments.…

This episode features experiments 1 through 7 as we start The Chibi Project and try to destroy a Chibi Moon toy figure. There are 8 more experiments to go before we move on to other anime toys. This episode features some photos from the original experiments as well as dramatic re-creations of the testing. (Yes, we know Patrick says "first eight exp…