2011 March | Otaku no Podcast

Episode #0019 – Japan Disaster News Recap

In this episode of Otaku no Podcast, we briefly review and talk about the news surrounding the horrible earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan two weeks ago.

Show notes coming soon; please check the Otaku no Podcast website in a day or 2.

Today’s Theme Song: “M/elody” by Shion Tsuji, ending theme of the anime [...]

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Air Video adds AirPlay support: now you can watch your anime on your Apple TV on the big screen!

The Apple TV is a decent little media center streaming box. It improves in every way over its predecessor – smaller, lighter, faster, and doesn’t give off over 9000 BTU of heat energy.

With it, you can rent and stream any of the (pretty large) anime collection that’s now available on iTunes, as well as [...]

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Do you own an iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad? Then go check out the shiny new Otaku no Podcast app on the iTunes app store! With our fine new app you can listen to and watch our latest audio and video episodes; read our latest blog posts; see what we’ve been up to on Twitter; [...]

ChibiCast #0018 – We Heart Japan event TONIGHT to benefit victims of the earthquake and tsunami

We Heart Japan event TONIGHT to benefit victims of the earthquake and tsunami

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“We Heart Japan” event TOMORROW to benefit victims of the Japan earthquake and tsunami

If you live in the Los Angeles area, you’ll want to get yourself over to Meltdown Comics, 7522 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90046. We Heart Japan, organized by voice actress Stephanie Sheh and comic artist Pinguino Kolb, is holding an event TOMORROW (that’s Thursday, March 17) at Meltdown Comics to benefit the Japan NGO [...]

Otaku no Podcast now supports HTML5

The world is increasingly moving toward mobile devices to consume content with. Whether it be an iPhone, iPod touch, iPad, Android based smartphone or tablet, Palm webOS device, BlackBerry, or what have you, we are increasingly turning to these mobile companions to get our fix of news and entertainment while out and about.

Now, we’re [...]

Reach out and touch someone: Otaku no Podcast has a new voice call-in line!

In our continuing effort to (A) make ourselves available to you, the fans, so that you can send us your thoughts, comments and whatnot, while at the same time (B) reducing costs, we now have a new voicemail call-in line!

The new number is: 949-OTAKU-09 (949-682-5809).

You can either call from your home or [...]

ChibiCast #0017 – 8.9 magnitude earthquake in Japan

8.9 magnitude earthquake in Japan

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8.9 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Japan

At 9:46 PM PST on March 10, an 8.9 magnitude earthquake hit approximately 125km off the eastern coast of Japan (Honshu) at a depth fo 10km, causing a 4 meter high tsunami to hit the coastal areas of Japan. Huge areas of the coast are literally being washed away. Sendai airport is literally flooded (pic). [...]

K-ON! Vol.1 DVD and Blu-Ray coming out on April 26, pre-orders open now

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What more needs to be said? (insert standard ranty rant about how Haters Gonna Hate, etc.)

Well, OK, I do actually have one comment. I must admit that I’m rather disappointed that Bandai is choosing to dole out K-ON! in segments. This first disk only contains 4 episodes, meaning that it [...]