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icon for podpress  Episode 221 [70:49m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

We’ve got a great show this week, we talk about the Anime DVD industry in both the US and Japan, and we talk about the desire for life-long employment. We also talk about some shows. Batou reviews Ladies Versus Butlers and I review Massugu na Otoko. Check it out!
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icon for podpress  Manga Episode 112 [52:53m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

In the future there will be gods but there will be no…insurance. We tackle the Neocons, again, and trash politicians. Tim gets to revisit Death Note and Weltall gets attacked by a talking goose armed with Apple’s new iDestroy. After making himself a sleeping bag from the offending fowl the shows gets moving at a brisk pace not seen since the power-walking event at the olympics.

Waqwaq – Wouldn’t kick it out of bed for crackers.
Death Note (revisit) – Wouldn’t kick it out of bed for crackers. Read more>>

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icon for podpress  Episode 220 [54:50m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Yep, we’ve got some Anime this week, but before that we talk about the news and I relate my Valentine’s Day experience at a Takarazuka show. After that we talk about Ookami Kakushi and Mobile Suit Gundam 00: Second Season. Don’t miss this one.
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icon for podpress  Manga Episode 111 [63:57m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Stuffs happens, we talk about things we probably shouldn’t, so on so forth… I don’t believe there is really more than like 5 of you reading this anyways…

Read or Die – Read it at Borders.
Cardcaptor Sakura – Even if you receive it as a present, burn the book and piss on the ashes. Read more>>

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LOS ANGELES, CA – Feb. 9 - It has been announced that actor Spike Spencer is to voice two characters in the Classic RPG Vandal Hearts: Flames of Judgment, recently developed and published by Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc.

Spike will provide the voices for Connor Ganson, (a career criminal since age sixteen; an unrepentant street thief and con artist) and Menicks Rence. “I really enjoyed playing a career criminal, a character so totally unlike me. Wink, wink, nod, nod, say no more…” joked Spike in a recent interview. “It was also nice to play another character, in Manicks, with a deeper voice which a lot of people don’t realize I can do. It was a nice departure from all those effeminate little girly boys who save the world in a biomechanical frickin robot.” Spike jokingly added.
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Features

≡ Category: Features, Japan | Author: Ichigo |2 Comments

Today was a slow day, but it wouldn’t be complete without another ElJohn (seriously, do they love him here or what?). On the plus side, one of the kids said “what, are you going to put this in a blog or something?” to which I replied “Of course not, I’m just going to show it to some friends” (all 300 billion of them on the internet :D)

ELJOHN!!! (and I don’t understand their capitalization logic)
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Left Side:
ELJOHN
EJ
Serenity Of Mind Becoming
A Person Who Is Identified
With the clouds
In The Sky And The Stream Below
Right Side:
FULL-BLOWN
ELJOHN DIGNITY 58
flux and reflux of the tides
Thirteen grades of imperial treasure

PINK SPLASH
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All Cute Girls Need
INNER-PRESS!!
PINK
SPLASH

≡ Category: Features, Japan | Author: Ichigo |1 Comment

Have you had your creepy dose of mannequins today? If not I’ve got you covered.

What’s wrong with their heads?
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≡ Category: Features, Japan | Author: Ichigo |2 Comments

I’m back, with a full load of pics, and not blurry like yesterdays. Here we go. Hope you like these as much as I do. The best part is explaining why I want to take pictures of their shirts.

Where’s spellcheck when you need it?
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ANGEL POTATO CUTE GIRL
AGEL POTATO CUTE GIRL
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≡ Category: Features, Japan | Author: Ichigo |2 Comments

Armed with a new camera that can withstand the brunt of energetic kids (the Olympus Stylus-8000 Tough), I bring you the first pictures of fun Engrish shirts.

A bit deeper than I expect when I think “Airwalk”, but I guess it ties in.
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AIRWALK
A DAILY DOSE OF FREEDOM
inner peace and enlightenment can only be achieved after there are no places left on your body to bruise
Airwalk
A DAILY DOSE OF FREEDOM
when this happens, take a moment to look down, and realize you’ve found the ground whether you’re ready or not
upon the attempt to transcend the metaphysical one can easily get lost alone

One word… “ElJohn”? Seriously?
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FULL-BLOWN DIGNITY
Loud Exclamation
QUICK AS GREASED LIGHTNING
STRUGGLING AGAINST
DIFFICULTIES FOR THE SAKE
OF VENGEANCE
FULL-BLOWN DIGNITY
THE FINISHING
TOUCHES
ElJohn
struggling against difficulties for the sake of vengeance

≡ Category: Features, Shows | Author: Ichigo |1 Comment

If you have purchased the app in the past you can now upgrade to v1.1.1.

One of the key new features is the addition of Resume Playback. The app now keeps track of where you are in an episode, so if you get a call or quit out of the app while playing (other than hitting the done button) the app will take you back to where you were the next time you open it up or after the call ends.

The new version also improves stability and load times.

Don’t forget about all the other benefits you get by purchasing the app – such as special bonus content, ease in contacting the show as well as other features.

Industry

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LOS ANGELES, CA – MARCH 16 TH – Spike Spencer has announced that he is the voice of the character “Arakune” in the English dubbed version of BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger. Aksys games recently completed the dubbing in studio and is in the process of a general release of the finished product. This is a video game designed for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. And yes, it’ll have online support, so everyone can fight to their heart’s content! Spike hopes that everyone will enjoy the work and have fun playing the game.

ABOUT SPIKE SPENCER: An accomplished actor, Spike Spencer has worked onscreen with such notable stars as Tommy Lee Jones, Sandra Bullock, Frank Langella, Tia Carrere, and Scott Glenn. In the realm of voice acting he has voiced hundreds of episodes of Anime including Evangelion, Spriggan, Nadesico, Mar, Pre Tear and Bleach as well as numerous video games including World of Warcraft-The Burning Crusades, Tales of Vesperia, Trauma Center, Steambot Chronicles. Spike has lent his voice to many radio and television commercials and campaigns. Spike is also an author/screenwriter and is in pre-production on his first feature film that he scripted, “Dwindle Down.” Learn more about Spike at www.worldospike.com and at www.myspace.com/spikespencerfrickingenius.

≡ Category: Industry | Author: Ichigo |2 Comments

This just in:

Broccoli International USA, Inc. will be having a final warehouse sale to liquidate inventory.

Date: December 12, 2008 (Friday)
Time: 3:00pm – 7:00pm PST

Location:
1728 S. La Cienega Blvd.
Los Angeles CA 90035

TEL: 310-815-0604

Information about the warehouse sale is available on the Broccoli Books production blog.
http://www.bro-usa.com/bb_blog/2008/12/08/final-warehouse-sale-121208/
http://www.bro-usa.com/bb_blog/2008/12/08/final-warehouse-sale-list-of-products/

≡ Category: Industry | Author: Fazman |1 Comment

Spike TV has announced that it will be airing the Movie Sequel to Afro Samurai, “Afro Samurai: Resurrection” In January 2009. They have also said that Lucy Liu (Charlie’s Angels) and Mark Hamil (Star Wars) will add their voices into the mix. Spike had originally aired Afro Samurai in the U.S. back in January 2007. Read more>>

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Yes it is true, a Live-Action adaptation of the Anime cult classic Cowboy Bebop is currently in “early” development. Read more>>

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A recently released Novel adaptation of Rei Hiroe’s Black Lagoon done by Gen Urobuchi has confirmed the production of a third season of Black Lagoon. Read more>>

Interviews

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icon for podpress  NDK 2007 - Richard Epcar [24:26m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Here is an Anime Pulse interview with Richard Epcar. To find out more about him, visit his site.

Official Site

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icon for podpress  NDK 2007 - Spike Spencer [16:55m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Here is our interview with Spike Spencer. You can find him at the following links:

Official Site
Myspace Page

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icon for podpress  NDK 2007 - Lisa Furukawa [17:53m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Here is our interview with Lisa Furukawa. The ending song is Kabuki from Reaching the Dragon.

You can find her at the following locations:
Official Site
Myspace Site

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icon for podpress  Chris Johnston Interview [36:07m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Yes, you read that right. It’s an AP exclusive interview with Chris Johnston, the senior editor over at Newtype USA. He was nice enough to give us a half hour of his time over the phone to talk. Check it out, it’s a good segment.

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icon for podpress  Edward Alchemy Video [0:49m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 
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icon for podpress  FMA: Dual Sympathy Interview [45:28m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Here is a special release for all you FMA fans out there. We have a 45 minute interview with the American producer of the FMA: DS game. It’s a good conversation with some great information. We also have some trailers and screenshots for you to check out, so enjoy.

Screenshots

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Japan

≡ Category: Features, Japan | Author: Ichigo |2 Comments

I’m back, with a full load of pics, and not blurry like yesterdays. Here we go. Hope you like these as much as I do. The best part is explaining why I want to take pictures of their shirts.

Where’s spellcheck when you need it?
PC020001
ANGEL POTATO CUTE GIRL
AGEL POTATO CUTE GIRL
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≡ Category: Features, Japan | Author: Ichigo |2 Comments

Armed with a new camera that can withstand the brunt of energetic kids (the Olympus Stylus-8000 Tough), I bring you the first pictures of fun Engrish shirts.

A bit deeper than I expect when I think “Airwalk”, but I guess it ties in.
PC010001
AIRWALK
A DAILY DOSE OF FREEDOM
inner peace and enlightenment can only be achieved after there are no places left on your body to bruise
Airwalk
A DAILY DOSE OF FREEDOM
when this happens, take a moment to look down, and realize you’ve found the ground whether you’re ready or not
upon the attempt to transcend the metaphysical one can easily get lost alone

One word… “ElJohn”? Seriously?
PC010002
FULL-BLOWN DIGNITY
Loud Exclamation
QUICK AS GREASED LIGHTNING
STRUGGLING AGAINST
DIFFICULTIES FOR THE SAKE
OF VENGEANCE
FULL-BLOWN DIGNITY
THE FINISHING
TOUCHES
ElJohn
struggling against difficulties for the sake of vengeance

≡ Category: Japan | Author: Ichigo |1 Comment

I’m currently watching TV on my DS, yay for Japanese tech. The Minshuto (DJP) has 276 seats out of the 480, with the Jiminto (LDP) only having 82. This means that Aso Taro is out of power and Hatoyama Yukio is in power. Join the rest of Japan in rejoicing that one group of old, power-hungry and corrupt men has been replaced with an almost identical group (heck, they were the same party until 1996) of old, power-hungry and corrupt men. Yay for choice!

EDIT: Now the DJP is at 303, LDP at 115, with only 14 seats left to report. Komeito has 19, Communist party has 8, Social Democratic has 5, with 16 seats split among other small parties.

≡ Category: Features, Japan | Author: Ichigo |4 Comments

So, I spent some time with the Gundam. We got up close and personal, I hesitate to call it a “thing”, but there was a connection there. I approached slowly.

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Alright, I’m back, unpacked, and ready to talk about Comiket.

I’m sure you’ve already heard, but this was a record attendance event. Over 560,000 over the three days. Talk about crazy. Since I’ve already talked about Day 1 in my previous post, let’s talk about Day 2.

First off, after finally getting a chance to go through the Catalog, I have a better feel for the event. Day 1 appears to be a lot of Yaoi stuff, Day 2 is a lot of Game/Videos and Day 3 is a lot of the male-oriented doujin. Of course, every day has lots of doujin, but that’s the emphasis. So, plan in hand, I was ready.
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Shows

≡ Category: Shows | Author: Ichigo |5 Comments

We’ve got a great show this week, we talk about the Anime DVD industry in both the US and Japan, and we talk about the desire for life-long employment. We also talk about some shows. Batou reviews Ladies Versus Butlers and I review Massugu na Otoko. Check it out!
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In the future there will be gods but there will be no…insurance. We tackle the Neocons, again, and trash politicians. Tim gets to revisit Death Note and Weltall gets attacked by a talking goose armed with Apple’s new iDestroy. After making himself a sleeping bag from the offending fowl the shows gets moving at a brisk pace not seen since the power-walking event at the olympics.

Waqwaq – Wouldn’t kick it out of bed for crackers.
Death Note (revisit) – Wouldn’t kick it out of bed for crackers. Read more>>

≡ Category: Shows | Author: Ichigo |2 Comments

Yep, we’ve got some Anime this week, but before that we talk about the news and I relate my Valentine’s Day experience at a Takarazuka show. After that we talk about Ookami Kakushi and Mobile Suit Gundam 00: Second Season. Don’t miss this one.
Read more>>

≡ Category: Shows | Author: weltall |5 Comments

Stuffs happens, we talk about things we probably shouldn’t, so on so forth… I don’t believe there is really more than like 5 of you reading this anyways…

Read or Die – Read it at Borders.
Cardcaptor Sakura – Even if you receive it as a present, burn the book and piss on the ashes. Read more>>

≡ Category: Shows | Author: Ichigo |1 Comment

 
icon for podpress  Episode 219 [50:02m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

I’ve got a great episode this week. I talk about the news in Japan and the Anime world. Setsubun is good fun for kids. Then I talk about two shows, Dance in the Vampire Bund and Majisuka Gakuen. Got one Anime and one Drama (full of AKB48 members) for you this week, so enjoy!
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