WARNING: audio quality and editing aren't up to our usual "standards." But regardless, here's our quite-delayed, quite chaotic convention report for Anime Weekend Atlanta 2009! With our special guests, Gerald's Harem Plus Plus! [Amanda, Andrea, Laina, Brian] Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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After two and a half months we finally got it together and have edited some of our Otakon audio! Here's our interview with the Philadelphia Animation Society's "Old Timers of Anime," conducted Saturday, July 18 at Otakon 2009. Do go back and listen to our 2008 interview with them if you haven't already done so. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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Courtesy of the Ani-Gamers Podcast at www.anigamers.com, here is the Otakon 2009 press conference for Japanese guests Noboru Ishiguro, Masao Maruyama, Yukio Kikukawa, and Hidenori Matsubara. Gerald and Clarissa were in attendance, as were several others. They edited it so we don't have to! Anime Weekend Atlanta panel preparations are still taking up all of our time, so if you'll be there, be sure and attend Doujin World (18+), History of Hentai (18+), Black Jack: Tezuka's Dark Doctor, the Panel OF DOOM!, and Anime's Craziest Deaths!

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Show 82 concludes with Daryl's review of Bartender and Clarissa's review of One Outs. But first, a special voice mail from the ONE AND ONLY Vic Mignogna, who tells us all about his experience at Whack-a-Nerd at Anime Festival Orlando! Keep your eyes on our Youtube channel for possibly related material in the near future. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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We've moved to new hosting! Let us know if you encounter any broken links. This time, Clarissa's picking the shows for everyone. In return for what Gerald made her review, she's assigning him to review the Starship Troopers anime. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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It's been entirely too long since we've done any con reports. In fact, we owe about a year's worth. But here's our report for Otakon 2009 while it's still fresh in our minds. Warning: in order to release this "on time," we opted to more or less release the audio unedited. It's rougher than we'd like. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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Show 81 concludes with Daryl's review of Kekko Kamen and Clarissa's review of Butt Attack Punisher Girl Gautaman. Along with the post-Anime Expo news, can you really call it the second half of a podcast when it's over 2 hours long? WE CAN! Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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The deadly experiment continues! This time it's Gerald's turn to pick the titles for everyone to review. He's taken the heavy burden of reviewing Yukikaze upon himself. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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The news segment for Show #80 ran long, so here it is in its own separate file. Numbered #80b because you guys said you didn't mind it. SORRY, BOSTONIANS! Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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Show #80 begins Gerald's experiment, in which one host selects what everyone else reviews. Daryl is up first, and as such he is dragging everyone into the Madhouse! Gerald's reviewing Kemonozume and Clarissa's reviewing Kaiba. Meanwhile, Daryl himself speaks of the grand masterpiece that is Goku: Midnight Eye!

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Here's the second half of AWO Show 79. Along with a news addendum, Clarissa reviews Detroit Metal City and Daryl reviews Queen Millennia. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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Here's the first half of Show 79, where we read some emails, play a voicemail, talk the news, and Gerald reviews Chi's Sweet Home. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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Here's the second half of Show 78, containing the news segment and Clarissa's review of Heaven Wars Shurato. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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Once again, we're splitting this one in two due to the ever-increasing running time. In this first half, Gerald reviews Roujin Z and Daryl finally breaks his silence on Mamoru Oshii to talk about Angel's Egg. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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Here's the second half of Show 77 with our special guest Mike Toole. It contains Gerald's review of Five Star Stories and Clarissa's review of The Big O. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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Our special guest this episode is the returning Mike Toole! This first half of the show contains our introductory feedback response session, the news, and Daryl's review of Baccano!. The second half will have Gerald's review of Five Star Stories and Clarissa's review of The Big O. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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OH NO, THE BANDANA'S COME OFF! Here now is the second half of Show 76 containing the reviews of Shootfighter Tekken, Baoh, and Part 4 of Jojo's Bizarre Adventure. Warning: this might melt your brain. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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Here's the first half of Show 76, containing the "general chat" portions of the show; reading emails and responding to recent anime news developments. Show 76b will contain the actual reviews. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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Show 75 with our special guest Ryan Gavigan concludes with the news segment, Gerald's review/summary of Riding Bean, and Clarissa's review of Yakitate! Japan. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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For our final podcast of the year, we celebrate our third year anniversary with our special guest, Ryan Gavigan! Took us long enough; we'd been meaning to record this since before our first year anniversary. In the first part of this show, we talk to Ryan about his sordid life in anime fandom and Daryl reviews the Bubblegum Crisis OAVs, aka "the only Bubblegum Crisis that exists" or if you prefer "the REAL Bubblegum Crisis." Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes, archives, and supplemental links.

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Here's the last of our con reports for the year, this time for both SITACon 2008 and EXPCon 2008. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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Even though the convention was back in September, here's our con report for Anime Weekend Atlanta 2008. Show 75 is recorded and will hopefully be posted soon, but there may be one more convention report bonus edition posted first. Three bonus recordings in a row? Man, we are lazy. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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Here's a recording of the JAM Project press conference that was held at Otakon 2008, courtesy of Mike Dent and the R5 Central podcast at http://r5central.wordpress.com. Special thanks also to Tyler from Rangercast; between Mike, Tyler, and us that comprised nearly all of the questions asked during this interview. Warning: as we realized that the rest of the press in attendance was not going to ask anything, our questions become progressively more absurd until...well...

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Kept you waiting, huh? For this episode we're all reviewing manga titles. Gerald's reviewing Dororo by Osamu Tezuka and Daryl's reviewing Ressentiment by Kengo Hanazawa. Clarissa's review of Part 4 of Jojo's Bizarre Adventure will be posted soon. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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This episode probably sets some sort of AWO record for going off-topic, so if you find yourself wondering "when are they going to actually talk about anime" then you are encouraged to consult the timecodes listed on our website. Gerald reviews Witchblade (which he repeatedly paid money to own), Daryl reviews Strait Jacket (probably the newest thing he's ever done), and Clarissa reviews Moyashimon. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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Here's an interview we conducted at Otakon 2008 with the Philadelphia Animation Society's "Old Farts" of anime: Bill Thomas, Kevin McHenry, Sydney Whitfield, and Jim Kaposztas. All of these gentlemen were present at the Old Farts Anime Appreciation panel, hence the moniker. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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Clarissa's reviewing the BL manga Dog Style, Gerald reviews the terrible wannabe cyberpunk OAV Burn Up! which unfortunately got multiple sequels, and Daryl reviews the awesome non-wannabe cyberpunk OAV Cyber City Oedo 808 which unfortunately got no sequels at all. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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Alternate title: "Noah, When I Want Your Opinion I'll Take My Cl*t Out of Your Mouth and Ask You For It." Rather than edit our own con report which was hastily recorded a few days ago, here's the Ninja Consultant Otakon 2008 report recorded LIVE at the con! With special guests Daryl Surat and Gerald Rathkolb from AWO! Also, Mike Dent from R5 Central, Tyler Waldman from Rangercast, and James Veronico from Animepodcast.net! Featuring Dave Riley from Fast Karate for the Gentleman, and Mike Toole as the Voice of God. Recorded Saturday night from about 1 AM to 4 AM WHILE COMPLETELY SOBER. Except for those Irish anime podcasters. You can't keep them away from the bottle.

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The remainder of Show 71 is quite lengthy, but let it tide you over for a while since we've got conventions coming up. Gerald reviews Nobody's Boy Remi, Clarissa reviews the anime version of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Daryl finally covers Part 3 of Jojo's Bizarre Adventure. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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Here's an interview we conducted with veteran anime voice actor and ADR director Richard Epcar at Florida Supercon 2008. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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Show 71 ran a little long, so here's just the news segment rounding up what transpired at Anime Expo 2008. It's not as well-edited as usual due to a broken monitor plus writing deadlines, so bear with it. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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Caught up by greed and the war economy, this episode is all about the pursuit--and parting--of cash. Clarissa reviews the Black Jack TV series, Gerald opines on Tekkon Kinkreet, and Daryl gambles it all away on Kaiji. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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Here's a live podcast we recorded at JACON 2008 for the dearly departed Snacktime Online podcast to tide people over in the meantime. For this bonus installment of AWO, the role of Gerald will be played by Paul Chapman from the Greatest Movie EVER! podcast and the role of Clarissa will be played by Joey Snackpants, whom we interviewed back in Show # 18. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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Show 69 concludes with Clarissa and Zero-chan's introduction to doujinshi. But since that would be ONLY an hour, we've got yet another news segment in front of it too. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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The hentai hoedown that is Show 69 continues, with our special guest Zero-chan from Japanator. Gerald reviews Cream Lemon and Daryl doesn't review Wicked City so much as synopsize it scene by scene so you don't have to see it. Psst: see it. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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Behold the much-dreaded Show 69: another all-hentai episode! With special guest, Zero-chan from Japantor! Both Clarissa and she will be talking about doujinshi in general. Gerald's reviewing Cream Lemon, and Daryl's not-reviewing Wicked City! Actually this is just the first part of the show where we don't technically talk about hentai since the recording ran extremely long. This is just the emails and news. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplementary links.

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Here's our interview from Anime Weekend Atlanta 2007 with renowned science fiction anime director Noboru Ishiguro, whose works include Space Battleship Yamato (Star Blazers) as well as Superdimensional Fortress Macross (part of which became Robotech). Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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The full-on Podcast411-approved rig is officially in full effect! Daryl reviews The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, Clarissa has the baseball anime Ookiku Furikabutte ("Swing Big"), and Gerald catches Clarissa's moe infection brought on by Potemayo as he reviews Lucky Star. Lucky Star? LUCKY STAR? NAJICA?! Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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Daryl gets back on the horse [heroin...?] with his review of Paprika, Clarissa's tackling School Rumble, and Gerald double-dips on Detonator Orgun. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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Here's our interview from AWA 2007 with noted anime scholar Helen McCarthy, author of The Anime Encyclopedia, which is now in its second edition. Also appearing is anime fandom gatekeeper/Flexible Metal Hose Guy Dave III from Corn Pone Flicks fame, and Rob Fenelon, whom we interviewed back in Show # 64. Listen as we all get totally schooled! Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes, supplemental links, and feedback.

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After over a month of no new episodes, this show--recorded a month ago--is now out. Nothing but absolute evil is contained within as Daryl reviews MW by Vertical Inc (featuring nonstop depictions of evil), Gerald reviews Dangaioh (the dub of which is truly evil), and Clarissa reviews the most evil of them all: Potemayo (a moe show). Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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Here's the rest of Show # 65: Gerald's super-short review of Sonic Soldier Borgman and Daryl's super-long report on the New York Anime Festival 2007. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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Clarissa's reviewing Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann and we speculate on this whole ADV / Sojitz scenario. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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The much-belated, and hopefully final, segment of Show # 64. We discuss the news, which is rather hilariously out of date as there have been several further developments since the time this was recorded. With the current craziness going on, expect more on these topics in the future. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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This is Part 2 of our interview with Walter Amos and Rob Fenelon. You probably want to listen to Part 1 first. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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Apologies for the one month delay between episodes. Anyway, we're back with Part 1 of an interview we conducted with Walter Amos and Rob Fenelon back at Anime Weekend Atlanta 2007. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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Show 63 concludes with Clarissa's review of the much-dreaded Crystal Triangle and our run-in with 4chan, the INTERNET HATE MACHINE, at AWA 2007. Two year anniversary? Probably. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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Our special guest is Neil Nadelman and the Totally Lame Anime floodgates have been unleashed! Daryl reviews Dog Soldier, and Gerald reviews Machine Robo: Revenge of Chronos! Stay tuned for Clarissa's Crystal Triangle review which will be uploaded in a few days. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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It's catch-up week for all of us. Daryl's going back and reviewing the remainder of To Terra and Gerald's reviewing the rest of Hakugei and Vol 1 of Xenosaga. Clarissa's belated AWA report was split into a separate bonus file that we uploaded prior to this. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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Show 62 was running pretty long and we needed to get SOMETHING out before Thanksgiving, so we figured we'd put the con report for Anime Weekend Atlanta 2007 up as its own separate thing. You know, so you have something to listen to while you're waiting in line/traffic on Black Friday. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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Are we deliberately trying to get people to stop listening to us? Not only is this episode late, it's also nearly three hours long. THREE HOURS LONG. And it's another all-mecha podcast! Gerald reviews Space Runaway Ideon, Clarissa tells us about Gravion, and Daryl might need a helping hand with Godannar. Huh huh, huh huh. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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This is the third and final part of our 60th show and Osamu Tezuka spotlight, featuring Clarissa's review of the Black Jack OAVs and movie from the 1990s. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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This is Part 2 of our 60th show and Osamu Tezuka spotlight, containing Gerald's news segment as well as his review of Vertical Inc's release of the manga Apollo's Song. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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This is Part 1 of our 60th show! To celebrate, we're focusing on Osamu Tezuka works, and Daryl starts things off by talking about Astro Boy in its various anime TV incarnations over the years. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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Is time and space broken, or have the cartoons driven us crazy? Daryl's reviewing the historic anime anthology Robot Carnival, Gerald talks about the historical business manga Project X: Cup Noodle, and Clarissa makes AWO history by talking about When They Cry: Higurashi. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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This show ran long, so we're splitting it in half. In this section, we read emails and talk about the news. We'll put up the file with the actual reviews in a few days. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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Finally, an actual episode again! Clarissa reviews Suzuka, and Daryl not only recounts his experience at Florida Supercon, but also reviews Barefoot Gen, which is a very important work indeed. Gerald's Otakon report has been split off into a separate file. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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This is Gerald's report on Otakon 2007. It was the length of an entire episode on its own, so we have split it apart from the regular show and given it this separate feed item. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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Skype's acting haywire, so we don't have a show for THIS week either. Here then is the audio for the interview we did with Colleen Clinkenbeard at Anime Festival Orlando 2007. We're even more addled than in the first interview. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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We don't actually have a show recorded for this week, so here's the audio to our interview from Anime Festival Orlando 2007 with Funimation voice actor, director, and comicbook artist Sonny Strait (Krillin in DBZ, Hughes in FMA). None of us have ever done a live interview before prior to this. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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You thought last week was pain? This week is ALL bad anime. Daryl secretly loves Angel Cop, Gerald is ashamed to own The Humanoid, and Clarissa's blood pressure is DA BOMB when she watches Zaizen Jotaro. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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Everything this week causes pain one way or another as Daryl reviews Demon City Shinjuku, Clarissa reviews Birth / Planet Busters, and Gerald wraps things up with Megazone 23 III. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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After over a month of no new recordings, we have returned, but our attempt to resume normal releases hit some roadblocks. This week, Daryl's finally talking about the Sanrio film Sea Prince and the Fire Child, Gerald discusses the Gainax television series Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water, and Clarissa goes nuts over MPD Psycho. This file is the first hour or so of the show, encapsulating all segments except for the news and the Nadia review which are available as a separate download on the feed. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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We're releasing the news as well as the Nadia review in their own file separate from the rest of Show # 55 since these two segments alone run about two hours in all. We go over some of the news items arising out of Anime Expo 2007 and talk all about Fushigi no Umi no Nadia. Beware: discussion of "the island episodes" are contained within. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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After a month of procrastination and being occupied with actual work, we conclude the super-extended Show # 54 with Clarissa's review of Ai no Kusabi. Its DBR--Dudes Bein' Rude--rating is quite powerful indeed. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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It's time, it's time, it's...GERALD TIME! The extra drawn-out Show 54 continues as a result of Daryl's moving, so this week is Gerald's review of Black Lion by the almighty Go Nagai. Egged on by Daryl's solo recordings last week, Gerald follows suit. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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Please don't let this be your first impression of this podcast. Please? Show 54 continues with Daryl's advance review of 009-1...but due to technical difficulties and the onset of madness, Daryl decided to record the remaining segments...BY HIMSELF. As such, this is probably the single worst segment of AWO ever. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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In an attempt to at least release SOME content on a weekly basis, we're splitting Show 54 up across the next few weeks. This is our report for JACON 2007. Normally we'd try and keep this to 20-30 minutes, but...yeah, we failed at that. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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Daryl reviews Record of Lodoss War, Gerald reviews The Notenki Memoirs, and Clarissa reviews the BL anthology J-Boy. Apologies for the delay, but it's probably not the last of it. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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This is not a standard episode of AWO, but since we're all incredibly busy with school, convention preparation, and relocating to another city, we're talking about the subject of bootlegging in anime as well as Volume 1 of the journal Mechademia. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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This week, it's all stuff we're feeling kind of "eh" about, which partially accounts for why it took so long for us to edit it. Daryl reviews all of Ergo Proxy, Gerald tackles Megazone 23 Part 2, and Clarissa's keeping it real [robot] with Hades Project Zeorymer. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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In addition to our Megacon 2007 report, Clarissa reviews Animation Runner Kuromi, Gerald revisits The Venus Wars, and Daryl finally gets around to reviewing To Terra Volume 1. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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It's our glorious 50th episode! Gerald reviews Megazone 23 Part 1, Clarissa's got Princess Tutu, and Daryl rambles about Macross: Do You Remember Love? for nearly an hour. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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This is not like our usual episodes, so don't let this be your first episode you hear. We keep asking for voicemails, but we never seem to play them. Here we shall rectify this and also procrastinate on releasing Show # 50. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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Daryl keeps the manga reviews coming with a review of The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service, Clarissa gets back her shojo mojo talking about Loveless, and Gerald celebrates its 20th anniversary by reviewing Dirty Pair: Project E.D.E.N.  Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full notes and supplemental links.

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Daryl reviews the MANLY MANGA Satsuma Gishiden, Gerald reviews the MANLY CARTOON Spirit of Wonder (what?), and Clarissa is the MANLIEST of us all since she reviews MAZINKAISER~! which law dictates must be spelled in all-caps tilde exclamation point. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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Daryl has an advance review of Le Chevalier d'Eon, Gerald gets sprung with Utawarerumono, and Clarissa reflects upon Nerima Daikon Brothers. As a test to see if we can hang with REAL reviewers, all of us have decided to review just Volume 1 of shows we've never seen before, all courtesy of ADV Films. We're going nowhere fast. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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In what will go down in history as the AWO's darkest hour (it was Gerald's idea!), this episode is entirely devoted to hentai. Daryl reviews the extensively surreal Kanashimi no Belladonna, Clarissa reviews the manga Pink Sniper by her favorite hentai artist Kengo Yonekura, and Gerald fulfills the dream by providing us with a highly-researched review of Urotsukidoji: Legend of the Overfiend. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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Daryl reviews the books The Push Man and Other Stories and also Abandon the Old in Tokyo, Clarissa reviews the recent anime series Black Lagoon, and Gerald reviews Voltes V. The books contain dead babies, they probably shoot babies in Black Lagoon, and women are repulsed enough by 70s super robot anime such as Voltes V that they miscarry. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and details.

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This week, the theme is unbridled optimism in the face of adversity, so who better to have on as a guest than veteran anime fan and Corn Pone Flicks personality Joe Vecchio. Daryl reviews Studio 4C's 2004 theatrical film Mind Game, Gerald weighs in with his thoughts on Vertical Inc's release of the Osamu Tezuka manga Ode to Kirihito, and Clarissa feels all warm and fuzzy inside as she shares with us her thoughts on ADV's manga release of Yotsuba&! Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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This isn't technically an episode, so if you've never heard our show before, don't listen to this episode first, okay? All we do this episode is answer emails...on Christmas Eve. We were supposed to put this up weeks ago, but then the entire project got corrupted and the whole thing had to be hastily re-edited and processed. As a result, the first 30 minutes or so may sound like we recorded this in a tin can. Also, there is no music at the beginning or end. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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Daryl reviews the obscure and INCREDIBLY DEPRESSING 1970s film Ringing Bell (from the people who brought you Hello Kitty!), Gerald is quite let down by Kishin Corps, and Clarissa saves the day with Part 2 of Jojo's Bizarre Adventure. This is perhaps the last episode of 2006, what with Christmas and New Year's coming. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.  

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It's our one year anniversary! Funimation sent us DVDs to review, so Clarissa reviews Full Metal Panic: The Second Raid, Gerald has the unenviable task of reviewing Moon Phase, and Daryl pitches in with his viewpoint on the Limited Edition of Fullmetal Alchemist The Movie: The Conqueror of Shambala. Be sure to listen to the end for a SPECIAL ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY SURPRISE!. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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This week, it's titles that for one reason or another just aren't for everyone. More so than usual, anyway. Daryl reviews the 2004 Gonzo anime series Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo, Gerald reviews the manga Voyeur and its followup Voyeurs Inc, and Clarissa reviews the Studio Ghibli film Omoide Poroporo, aka Only Yesterday. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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We're officially over the hill. Can you believe we've been babbling for 40 episodes? Daryl--whose gain level introduced lots of static whenever he spoke--reviews the semi-obscure 1980s film The Dagger of Kamui, Gerald reviews the quite obscure 1980s TV series Future Police Urashiman, and Clarissa gets the ball rolling with Part 1 of our Jojo's Bizarre Adventure review. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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By popular demand, here's what we--and by we I mean Clarissa--think of the Fall 2006 anime lineup. What we watched of it, anyway. Death Note and D. Gray-Man were covered in Show # 39. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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There are officially too many good videogames coming out right now, but we resist the urge to slack off just barely.  Daryl talks about The Twelve Kingdoms, Clarissa gives us her thoughts on the first few episodes of both Death Note and D. Gray Man, and we somehow manage to talk about our experiences at Anime Weekend Atlanta 2006 in 30 minutes instead of 2 hours. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and descriptions.

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In perhaps the manliest (and longest) episode to date, Gerald reviews the Kazuo Koike jigoku manga masterpiece Lady Snowblood, Daryl opines on the new Fist of the North Star movie Raoh Gaiden, and Clarissa weighs in with her thoughts on the first season of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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This one's for all the Gerald acolytes out there, as he conducts an interview with Michiko Ito, professor of Japanese Studies at the University of Kansas. Tim Eldred, whom we interviewed in Show 14, is also present. Listen on, would-be otaku, and discover exactly what inanimate objects YOU should be praying to in order to guarantee that you see that next episode of Gundam! Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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Departing from our typical show format, our special guest this week is Marc Handler, who's worked in various roles on localizing titles such as Voltron, Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs, Transformers, FLCL, Naruto, Cowboy Bebop, Ghost in the Shell, Astro Boy, Avalon, Zatoichi, and much, MUCH more. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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This isn't really an episode. Well, it was until we decided it was cosmically lame. See, it's mostly composed of the audio to our panel at AWA 2006, and it was pretty boring. Oh, and we sound like robots for the first 30 minutes.  Oh well. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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This episode is a week late due to computer troubles, but hopefully the wait is worth it.  Gerald reviews Hayao Miyazaki's theatrical directorial debut The Castle of Cagliostro, Daryl reviews the 2004 anime remake of Osamu Tezuka's Phoenix (aka Hi no Tori), and Clarissa reviews the yaoi manga Embracing Love by Youka Nitta. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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No time for a final quality check listen, we've got to drive to Anime Weekend Atlanta! Gerald reviews Cromartie High School, Clarissa continues the ABe kick from last week with Serial Experiments Lain, and Daryl unveils a small portion of THE TRUTH he discovered at Metrocon 2006! Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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Finally, a normal format episode again!  Gerald lets us know all about the uncut version of Street Fighter II: The Movie, Clarissa kicks it old school with My Youth in Arcadia (aka Arcadia of My Youth), and Daryl offers his own unique insight on Haibane Renmei! Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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In our longest podcast to date, we were supposed to get caught up on responding to listener feedback with our special guest, the now-retired head of Anime Weekend Atlanta / Corn Pone Flicks member / Anime Hell founder / comicbook creator / Totally Lame Anime expert / Misterkitty.org co-creator / no longer a "Cap'n," Dave Merrill.  But we got too preoccupied with having him impart his wisdom to us so that our kung fu might become stronger. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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Our special guest this week is Zac "Answerman" Bertschy from Anime News Network! We spend the episode giving our con report of Otakon 2006. Clarissa is woefully absent from this recording, but she'll be back next time. If you're lucky. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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This week we deviate from the typical show format and devote an episode to giving our con report on AFO 2006, with our special guest via telephone, AFO vice president Erik Reiss.  We talk about what went right, what went wrong, and why the search for THE TRUTH might have died for good at this convention! Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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We're back from Otakon and fighting off coughs. Clarissa reviews the manga Antique Bakery, Daryl discusses the MANLY CARTOON that is New Getter Robo, and Gerald opines on the limited edition release of Patlabor the Movie 2. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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Nope, it's not really a new episode, but here's the audio to our interviews with Christine Auten and Nobuteru Yuuki, conducted at Otakon 2006. We should be back on schedule next week. Visit http://www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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Better late than never, I guess. Daryl reviews the horror anime Requiem From the Darkness, Clarissa reminisces on The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya now that it's ended, and Gerald talks about his favorite anime of all time, Gall Force. Visit http://www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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In an attempt to more accurately reflect what this podcast is SUPPOSED to be, Gerald reviews the new(ish) anime Fantastic Children, Clarissa reviews the not-so-surprisingly forgotten A Wind Named Amnesia, and Daryl's search for THE TRUTH at anime conventions continues with Part 2 of The Japanese Animation Convention is Decadent and Depraved! Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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It's another 90 minutes of mirth as Gerald talks about Goshogun: The Time Etranger aka. Time Stranger in the newer DVD release, Daryl reviews Discotek's latest classic anime DVD release Puss n' Boots, and Clarissa gawks over little boys more than even Michael Jackson would as she discusses CLAMP Campus Detectives! Visit http://www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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This week, our special guest is Steve Harrison, which is fitting because this week none of us have a clue what we're talking about! Gerald rants about the state of the anime industry, Daryl does a braindump of MD Geist, and Clarissa reviews Shinesman! Informed viewpoints? What are those?! Visit http://www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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It's all about the catfights this week as Clarissa talks about Air Master, Daryl reviews Shadow Skill, and Gerald discusses Project A-Ko! Outrageous!  Truly outrageous! Visit http://www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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The sound quality on this is pretty bad. We did the best we could to amplify this sufficiently so that people could hear it, but the levels are all over the place and we apologize in advance. This week, Gerald reviews one of his all-time favorites Crusher Joe, Daryl reviews the Often Overlooked Prefectural Earth Defense Force, and Clarissa continues her "pretty boys in armor" overview by telling about Ronin Warriors aka Yoroiden Samurai Troopers. Visit http://www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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The theme of this episode was "disasters," and that's what befell us all.  Gerald was going to review Spriggan but couldn't find the words, Clarissa reviews the "gay porn only without the porn" title My Sexual Harassment (and eventually found the words), and Daryl's ongoing search for THE TRUTH leads him to the simple, startling, and plagiarized revelation that The Japanese Animation Convention is Decadent and Depraved. Visit http://www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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This episode is entirely about anime and manga which itself is about obsessive fans of anime and manga, or otaku. Gerald reviews Otaku no Video, Clarissa reviews Genshiken, and Daryl reviews Welcome to the NHK. Visit http://www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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It's flexible, it's metal, it's our 21st podcast as Daryl reviews Giant Robo (perhaps his favorite anime ever), Gerald reviews Combattler V, and Clarissa tackles Saint Seiya! Visit http://www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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This week, it's all anime reviews as Clarissa talks about Ouran High School Host Club, Gerald reviews the limited edition release of Patlabor the Movie, and all will receive the anime blessing...and the cleansing. But will they lift up their arms and praise Daryl for reviewing Karas, as the vapors make them pure?  NNNAYYYY, they will WAIL and SCREAM, most ungrateful...! Visit http://www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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It's a sappho-riffic episode of Anime World Order this week as Clarissa reviews Maria-sama ga Miteru, Daryl kicks SCIENCE~! like no one else can by talking about the Often Overlooked Ippatsu Kikimusume (in clear defiance of the episode's yuri theme), and Gerald reviews the hentai title Another Lady Innocent. Visit http://www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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Our special guest (via a kind of flaky telephone line) is Ken Nabbe aka Joey Snackpants, the chair of JACON, a local Florida anime convention which all of us  attended and ran panels at.  We talk about the history of the convention and the club which founded it, what happened at JACON 2006, and what we can expect from JACON in the future. THE TRUTH about JACON will be revealed at a later date. Visit http://www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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We skipped a week because of Jacon, but we're still lazy! As compensation for this relatively segment-light episode, we present to you the long-awaited next part of Daryl's search for THE TRUTH. This time, at Megacon. Visit http://www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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The show was running long this week, so we're pushing the Megacon report back yet another week. Clarissa explains it all about Eyeshield 21 and Gerald reviews the classic anime Taro the Dragon Boy. Visit http://www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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This week we're breaking new grounds in laziness as we not only catch up on reading listener emails, we try out new microphones that sound well, bad.  Fortunately, Ichigo from Anime Pulse is our guest to offer his unique and robotic-sounding perspective! Visit http://www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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This week we depart from the standard show format to conduct an interview with Tim Eldred, who's been an anime fan for about as long as we've been alive.  Tim is a huge fan of Space Battleship Yamato (aka Star Blazers) as well as Armored Trooper VOTOMS and Fist of the North Star. In addition, he has written comicbooks and does work in Western animated works such as Teen Titans, MTV's Spider-Man, and much more. Visit http://www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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This week Daryl talks about the currently-running manga series Pluto, Clarissa talks about the really old but also currently-running manga series From Eroica With Love, and Gerald tells us all about the works of director Katsuhito Akiyama. Visit http://www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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Our guest this week is Mike Toole from Anime Jump who's been putting the "dumb" in anime fandom since 1998! Gerald and Clarissa review the excellent series Monster, and Mike and Daryl review the Often Overlooked (and notoriously terrible) Odin: Photon Space Sailer Starlight. Yes, that's spelled correctly. Visit http://www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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We're testing to see if recording in mono sounds better or worse. PLEASE let us know if it sounds bad. This week we read lots of email, Gerald conveys his thoughts on Zipang, Clarissa finally reviews Death Note, and Daryl's search for THE TRUTH continues! Visit http://www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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We talk about anime fans outside of the US, then Gerald discusses the Often Overlooked Lensman (the DUB!) Clarissa reviews the manga Homunculus, and Daryl's search for THE TRUTH kicks off with Part 1 of his Katsucon experience. If you don't normally read the show notes, now is the time to start. Visit http://www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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We're back to the "regular" show format. Daryl talks about the Often Overlooked gekiga mainstay Golgo 13 and gets made fun of by shut from 4chan, Gerald reviews Cannon God Exaxxion, and we offer a sample of the upcoming Katsucon and Megacon interview segments. Visit http://www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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It's a much dreaded hentai-themed episode as Gerald talks about Gonad the Barbarian in what is technically the end of the Patrick Macias interview.  Actually, we have nearly two more hours worth. We also talk about cyberpunk anime as well as follow up on Prefectural Earth Defense Force. Visit http://www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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The Patrick Macias interview rolls on, as we talk about "jigoku manga," best embodied by the works of Kazuo Koike! Plus Space Battlecruiser Yamato and uh...Anna Miller's. Visit http://www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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In this episode we talk about why harem shows all suck, why you NEED to buy Prefectural Earth Defense Force when it comes out, and how to fix conventions so the only people who'll attend them is us. Plus part two of the Patrick Macias interview! Visit http://www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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For Show # 5 we talk about why “voting with your dollars? doesn?t really work, discuss the Often Overlooked classic anime They Were Eleven, and conclude with Part 1 of our interview with Patrick Macias, author of “Cruising the Anime City: An Otaku Guide to Neo Tokyo? and the Most Dangerous Man Alive. Visit http://www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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For Show # 4, Gerald talks about the Often Overlooked Hakugei: Legend of Moby Dick, Daryl's Anime Then and Now compares the original Area 88 OAVs of the 1980s to its 2004 TV series remake, and Clarissa reviews the BL title Sensitive Pornograph. We apologize for the audio quality of this episode. Visit http://www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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This one's all about the robots. We talk about why most anime fans don?t really like robot shows, then Daryl reviews Gundam SEED Destiny: Final Plus and Gerald does a Creator Spotlight on Shoji Kawamori. Double ouch. Clarissa wraps things up by talking about The King of Braves GaoGaiGar. Visit http://www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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