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Otaku News Live! is a weekly panel show that brings you context and informative discussion about the week's anime and manga news.

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Spring 2011 Anime Preview Guide: Technical Issues Edition

Despite some camera and audio problems, the gang discuss the upcoming anime of the spring 2011 anime season.

Tags: anime, preview_guide

Slow News Week, then Funimation Came Along

We discuss Funimation's loss of 50% net sales in the past 4 years, a Japanese Academy Award for Ghibli's The Borrower Arrietty, a new Saint Seiya CGI film, ZUN's limit on fan-made works based on Touhou, and more.

Tags: funimation, studio_ghibli, borrower_arrietty, saint_seiya, touhou

Sgt. Frog, We Salute You

Brent, Matt, Miniman, and RisingZan discuss the coming end of the Sgt. Frog anime, the Japanese 18-year-old arrested for distributing manga online, One Piece volume 61's huge sales, the upcoming Final Fantasy concert in New York City, Anime Expo's large cash rewards for AMV creators, and a replica of One Piece's Thousand Sunny.

Tags: sgt_frog, manga, one_piece, final_fantasy, anime_expo

This Is Why We Don't Review Games

A spirited discussion of the new Gainax/Subaru anime, Navarre's inability to sell Funimation, the new children's classic lit line and light novel adaptations of manga, two teens breaking into the school modeled in K-ON!, James Cameron's Battle Angel Alita plans, Tokyopop's "America's Greatest Otaku," and more.

Tags: gainax, subaru, navarre, funimation, manga, light_novels, k-on, james_cameron, battle_angel_alita, tokyopop, americas_greatest_otaku

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