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Here is the Ketchup Mania concert encore from Sakura-con. With this we are at the end of our Sakura-con coverage for 2008. I hope you enjoyed it.
Sakura-con 2008: Ketchup Mania Concert!
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Here is the Ketchup Mania concert from Sakura-con. They were the first act in the Ali Project double-concert. The audio sounded great, but Batou’s right in front of the speaker for a lot of it so there is a lot of distortion, but I still watched it and enjoyed it, so I hope you do as well. We’ve got one more video for you, their encore, and that will be the end of our Sakura-con coverage for 2008.
Manga Pulse 20: Confidential XXX….holic that is..
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This week Tim and Weltall get down to business with Confidential Confessions. That’s actually the name of a manga they review. They also review xxxHolic and talk about the news.
Confidential Confessions – Read it at Borders.
xxxHolic – Wouldn’t kick it out of bed for crackers.
Show Notes
Music
Intro – Chiyoko’s Theme Mode-1 by Susumu Hirasawa from Millennium Actress
Outro – Neko Mimi Mode by Dimitri From Paris from Tsukiyomi Moon Phase
Reviews
Confidential Confessions
Wikipedia
Anime News Network
Tokyopop Site
xxxHolic
Wikipedia
Anime News Network
Official Site
Sakura-con 2008: Ali Project Concert!
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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.
Sakura-con 2008: Day 3 video short
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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.
Sakura-con 2008: Roland Kelts
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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.
Ichigo with Roland
Sakura-con 2008: Yutaka Izubuchi
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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.
Ichigo with Izubuchi-san
Sakura-con 2008: Day 2 video short
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And now, our quick short from Sakura-con day 2. Strange things are afoot. What might happen tomorrow?
Sakura-con 2008: Day 1 video short
Sakura-con 2008: State of the Industry Panel
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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.