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Sakura-con 2008 Day 2 started off well. I had breakfast with a friend who lives in Seattle while Batou slept in. Then we went and caught some of Yutaka Izubuchi’s Q&A panel. After that we went to theOtaku.com meetup. A funny thing happened on the way to the meetup. Batou and I grabbed a snack [...]

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 Sakura-con 2008: Ali Project [60:36m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Here it is. The video from the Ali Project concert at Sakura-con. There is about 5-6 minutes total of the entire video where the audio gets really distorted because Batou was right in front of the speaker, but the majority came out really well. I hope you all enjoy it.

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 Sakura-con 2008: Day 3 Video [01:05m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Here it is, our final update from Sakura-con. I don’t know if we’ll make it back or if we’ll join the packs on the street. Wish us well.

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 Sakura-Con 2008: Roland Kelts [37:42m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

We’re proud to present you an interview with Roland Kelts. He is a lecturer at Tokyo University and author of the book “Japanamerica: How Japanese pop culture has invaded the US”. We talk a lot about cultural and business differences between the US and Japan. I really enjoyed talking with him and I hope you enjoy this great interview.

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 Sakura-Con 2008: Yutaka Izubuchi [44:16m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

We’re proud to present you an interview with one of my personal heroes, Yutaka Izubuchi. His record speaks for himself, but just the fact that he is responsible for the creation and designs of my favorite series, RahXephon is enough to make me giddy. So I hope you enjoy this.

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 Sakura-con 2008: Day 2 Video [00:58m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

And now, our quick short from Sakura-con day 2. Strange things are afoot. What might happen tomorrow?

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 Sakura-con 2008: Day 1 Video [00:38m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Here is our quick update from Sakura-con day 1. Enjoy.

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 Sakura-Con 2008: State of the Industry [60:58m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

As promised, here is the audio from the State of the Industry panel at Sakura-Con 2008, hosted by Derek Stephen Prince (Voice Actor), Roland Kelts (Author of Japanamerica) and Lilian Diaz-Przbyl (Editor from Tokyopop). If you listen hard you might hear a certain podcaster ask a question as well.

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So Batou and I didn’t get into Sakura-con until 2pm because our plane was delayed out of Denver for two hours, and then the shuttle driver skipped our stop. Idiot. Anyways, we got there in time to catch some of Penny Arcade’s panel. Then we spent some time getting a feel for the center and [...]

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 Episode 124 [75:22m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

We’ve got a great show this week. Rangiku joins us to provide the lowdown on the fiasco that was the Anime Boston registration lines. We also do the news and review Heroic Age and Ashita no Kita Yoshio. It’s a great show so check it out. Note that at a certain point Rangi’s audio stream got a few seconds of lag, and since it was recording to the same stream I couldn’t separate it out. It’s new software and I’ll have that sorted out next time.

Ashita no Kita Yoshio – Wouldn’t kick it out of bed for crackers.
Heroic Age – Wouldn’t kick it out of bed for crackers.