Episode 74 – Japanese Festivals
We discuss Japanese festivals and some anime they can be found in. What festivals are the best to hit up and where to find them.
We discuss Japanese festivals and some anime they can be found in. What festivals are the best to hit up and where to find them.
Reviews: MD Geist and Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi
If it’s your first con, or your last con, you have to get there and get through it! The addicts put their con knowledge together to create a list of things you need to do and think about to go to cons near and far. And just how to get through!
Reviews: Eureka 7 and School Rumble
After living in Japan with a Japanese family, and having a Japanese person stay with them, Chiaki and the addicts know something about Japanese cooking. We talk about popular dishes and how to prepare them.
Reviews: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time and Otome Youkai Zakuro
Impressions: IS: Infinite Stratos, Kore wa Zombie desu ka, and Oniichan no koto nanka suki ja nai dakara ne
Have you ever seen a plastic recorder and thought a sword hilt? Or a piece of insulation and thought of Link’s shield? Well we did! Kimiko and Chiaki lend their cosplay expertise for the unlikely items and the unlikely places to find all the best cosplay goodies.
Reviews: Rosario + Vampire and Motto To Love Ru
Impressions: Yumekui Merry, Level E, and Infinite Stratos
Side characters are sometimes as loveable as the main characters in a series. We talk about side characters who we would want to see a whole series devoted to. Loveable antics? Slice of life? Action-packed! And More.
Reviews: Read or Die (OVA) and Amagami SS
Impressions: Fractale, Freezing and Mitsudomoe Zouryouchuu
Kimiko versus Chiaki, Yaoi Versus Yuri? Mitsugi versus Roukou, Loli girls or catgirls? We pit ourselves against each other and battle it out to answer the most epic anime questions of all time!
Reviews: The World God Only Knows, My little Sister can’t be this cute, Legend of the Legendary Heros and Panty and Stocking
Impressions: Kimi Ni Todoke (2nd Season), Wolverine, Beelzebub and Hourou Musuko
Have you ever wanted to bring a gun to a sword fight? On purpose? Talk about element of surprise! We go over a recent survey about what anime or manga weapon Japanese people said they’d want the most and then we contribute our own thoughts on what we would want to have if we got in an epic anime battle.
Reviews: Kuragehime, Fortune Arterial, Togainu no Chi
Impressions: Rio Rainbow Gate, Starry Sky, GoSick
Looking back on the past three years the addicts talk about the anime that they think will become classics in the future. But what is a classic? We tackle all this and more
Reviews: Iron Man, MM!, Psychic Detective Yakumo
Are the addicts having their normal amount of hate for the state of anime? Will this season finally offer relief!? We go over the new anime season in our normal round-robin fashion and cover what’s coming out and what we’re watching.
Reviews: Chocolate Underground, Chobits
We keep telling everyone that we’ll deliver fresh anime crack, but is there ever really crack in anime? We discuss drugs in anime and the drug culture in Japan in the process.
Reviews: Those Who Hunt Elves and Voices of a Distant Star