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| Episode 1 - State of the Industry | 31 May 08 | A long conversation about various topics, including fanservice, the influence of dating sims, originality, mecha, the use of conventions these days, improving fandom, Crunchyroll, quality of DVD releases, adaptations, and providing release/purchasing numbers. Just Nick and Brent this time. | ![[Download]](graphics/download-icon.gif){kind=icon} Download |
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| Episode 2 - We've Fixed the Anime Industry | 13 Jun 08 | All three of us talk about the collapse of the Bandai Visual model, whether it matters how quickly anime is brought to the U.S., censorship (particularly relating to Jojo's Bizarre Adventure and Kodomo no Jikan), and violence in anime. Plus, our thoughts on Escaflowne, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, Kite, and Mezzo TV. Our apologies for the audio quality; we plan to fix it for next episode. | Download |
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| Episode 3 - Fragmentation | 29 Jun 08 | We discuss whether Hayao Miyazaki's lost his touch, the fragmentation of the anime market, Crazy Leiji Matsumoto's distribution of a manga on the Wii, an interview with "Ota-King" Okada and the loss of an otaku "core literature," Japan's delay in revising its child pornography laws, and the influence of anime on American animation. Plus, Nick's thoughts on Piano no Mori and Grave of the Fireflies, and Brent's thoughts on GoLion and Osamu Tezuka's Buddha manga. Whew! | Download |
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| Episode 4 - The Origins Episode | 6 Jul 08 | We describe how we each got into anime, the fact that 6 of the top 10 best-selling Blu-Ray discs in Japan are anime, Gundam 00 on the Sci-Fi Channel (and the SFC's general lack of advertising of anime), and talk about Afro Samurai and the trailer for Ponyo on a Cliff. | Download |
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| Episode 5 - Things Are Looking Up | 11 Jul 08 | We talk about the importance of standard conventions in anime and and manga (especially shonen titles), the impact of 1.5 year prison terms on Japanese anime file sharers (probably none in the long term), Bandai's decision to release Blu-Ray anime discs simultaneously in Japan and America (yaaay!), and the apparent close participation of Japanese folks with American companies. Plus reviews of Batman: Gotham Knight, Elfen Lied, and Speed Grapher. | Download ![[Discuss]](graphics/discuss.png){kind=small} Discuss |
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