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And thus ends another Anime Expo… (Updated)

I write this from our tiny hotel room at the Kawada, on the eve of AX Day 4, after an enforced 4 hour-ish nap.  Anime Expo 2010 was another phenomenal event.  Some among our panelists will disagree (and I’m sure they’ll elaborate during our inevitable Panel Review of Doom, which we’ll try to get to [...]

Watch your downloaded anime on your iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad with Air Video (Updated)

I hope you’ll excuse this slightly off-topic posting, but I just found something that I had to share with you.

We’ve all got anime on our hard drives. Might as well man up and admit it. OK, so maybe it’s anime you legally purchased through an online service like iTunes; or maybe it’s content [...]

The K-On! School is Real!

First, there was the story of the increased popularity of the Washimiya, Saitama area of Japan (and in particular the Washinomiya Shrine located there) because of the fact that much of the anime “Lucky Star” is based in that area. Now comes word of the latest real-life-spot-turned-otaku-mecca, Toyosato High School in Shiga Prefecture.

What? [...]

The TJX crew talk about one of my favorite subjects – FOOD!

The good news is that my two work projects went very well, and I’ve been having a great time at BlogWorld and New Media Expo, learning a lot of good blog/podcasting stuff and meeting and networking with a lot of cool people.  I even took the opportunity to upgrade my podcasting setup – I got [...]

The TJX crew talk about Onsen Etiquette (among other things)

The fine folks over at TJX – The Japan Xperience bring us yet another episode of their fine show.  This time around, they talk a very important subject — well, important if you ever want to visit one of Japan’s famous hot springs – Onsen Etiquette.  (I wish I had this information back when I [...]

Greetings, Leo Laporte: The Tech Guy listeners!

Thanks for visiting my humble podcast and website.  Your visit is much appreciated.

I’m still pretty new at this podcasting stuff, so your feedback and suggestions are greatly appreciated.  You’ll find all the various methods of contacting me on the “Contact Us” page.

I’m trying to get an episode out every two weeks or so.  The past [...]

Holy crap, that’s a lot of people!

If you’re a long time listener of Otaku no Podcast, I’m sure you’ve heard certain of our panelists complaining about the large crowds at certain of the more high-profile anime/comic conventions.  Indeed, when you look at the attendance figures for two recent events, Anime Expo (reportedly 44,000) and San Diego Comic-Con (reported by Wikipedia as [...]

DJ City and DJ Gladiator talk travel in and around Nara Prefecture

This year marks the 5 year anniversary of our trip to Japan on the AX Tokyo tour. (And I STILL haven’t edited together our trip video! Yeah, feel free to beat me with whatever blunt objects happen to be within easy reach.) I was interested in Asian and Japanese culture long before [...]

“PixelPerfect” shows you how to draw and color Manga in Photoshop

Bert Monroy is one of the world’s premier digital artists.  Using the Adobe Creative Suite (mostly Photoshop and Illustrator), he creates incredibly detailed scenes, “digital paintings” of a sort.  They look so incredibly lifelike – so much so that someone who is not familiar with Monroy’s works would call them photographs. They are not. [...]