Podcast Archive

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Episode 1 - State of the Industry 31 May 08 Listen now Download 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.	Episode 2 - We've Fixed the Anime Industry 13 Jun 08 Listen now Download 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.
Episode 3 - Fragmentation 29 Jun 08 Listen now Download 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!	Episode 4 - The Origins Episode 6 Jul 08 Listen now Download 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.
Episode 5 - Things Are Looking Up 11 Jul 08 Listen now Download Discuss 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.	Episode 6 - Who Cares About Tracing? 18 Jul 08 Listen now Download Discuss We discuss Studio Ghibli's diversification of directors, the debacle of Youka Nitta's tracing of existing photographs (not worth quitting manga over, we agree), Viz reviewing aspiring artists' portfolios at the next Comic-Con (and the oddity of Viz doing this, considering their primarily Shonen Jump stable), the difficulty of translating Japanese to English, our preferences for translation of attack names and such, the unfortunate online petition asking that ''Final Fantasy XIII'' not be released on the X-Box 360, and the current video game console market (including the PS3's problems). Plus, our thoughts on Gundam 00, and Brent's reaction to the first episode of Touch.

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