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Mikunopolis CD, DVD and Blu-ray releases are coming soon; pre-order today!

Those of you that missed Mikunopolis, the awesome Vocaloid concert that took place at this year’s Anime Expo, listen up! The release dates for the concert videos have been set!

But first, the bad news. These are only going to be released in Japan. Why they chose to do this, I have no idea. If [...]


Episode #0026 – Anime Expo 2011 Interviews – Maki-san of Obitsu

We conclude our Anime Expo 2011 interviews with a chat with Maki-san from the doll maker Obitsu. We talk about Obitsu’s products as well as their plans for the future.

This concludes our series of Anime Expo 2011 interviews, but is not the end of our AX 2011 coverage. There are still some videos that [...]

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Episode #0025 – Anime Expo 2011 Interviews – Peter Payne of J-List

Our Anime Expo 2011 interviews continue! Today we interview Peter Payne, founder and head honcho of one of my favorite online sellers of stuff, J-List. Be sure and check out their incredible catalog over at J-List (includes adult/NSFW products) or J-Box (just the PG-rated ones).

Today’s Theme: “Sweet Drop,” by Puffy AmiYumi, OP to the [...]

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Episode #0024 – Anime Expo 2011 Interviews – Taliesin Jaffe

Our Anime Expo 2011 interviews continue! Today we interview the multitalented Taliesin Jaffe, where we talk about some of his various projects, as well as a road trip of epic proportions.

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Episode #0023 – Anime Expo 2011 Interviews – Fred Gallagher of MegaTokyo

We begin our Anime Expo 2011 interviews with a chat with webcomic artist Fred Gallagher of MegaTokyo.

I recently made a guest appearance on the Nigorimasen podcast. Go listen to it today!

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Episode #0022 – Anime Expo 2011 (Part 2)

We conclude our coverage of Anime Expo 2011 with part 2 of our usual panel-style review/wrapup of doom. Anime Expo 2011 coverage will be coming out over the next few weeks, as I have tons and tons of audio, video and photos to go through, not to mention all of the news and announcements that [...]

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Did you miss Mikunopolis? We’ve got you covered!

Are you sad that you missed out on what was quite possibly THE event of the new millennium? Don’t fret, we’ve got you covered. We’ve uploaded our video from the Mikunopolis concert to our YouTube channel. Go check ‘em out today!

But first, the bad news. Unfortunately, the press weren’t exactly given the best seats [...]


Episode #0021 – Anime Expo 2011 (Part 1)

We begin our coverage of Anime Expo 2011 with part 1 of our usual panel-style review/wrapup of doom. Anime Expo 2011 coverage will be coming out over the next few weeks, as I have tons and tons of audio, video and photos to go through, not to mention all of the news and announcements that [...]

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Anime Expo 2011 videos are hitting the Otaku no Podcast YouTube channel

First of all, yes, I am well aware that there are no Anime Expo Day 2-4 updates. I’m sorry, but I just wasn’t able to get them done. By the time we got back to our hotel room each night, it was too late and we were way too tired to write anything even remotely [...]