Anime World Order Podcast

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.

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.

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.

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 www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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.

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 www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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 www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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.

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.

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 www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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 www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

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.

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.

Daryl talks about the Often Overlooked theatrical anime classic Hols (Horus?), Prince of the Sun. Gerald reviews the City Hunter sequel Angel Heart, and Clarissa picks up from part of the discussion in the last episode to talk about fansubs, scanlations, and their relevance in anime fandom today. Visit http://www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

It's our inaugural podcast! After we introduce ourselves, Clarissa offers up a review of Ai Yazawa's manga title Nana, Gerald discusses the Often Overlooked classic Animal Treasure Island, and Daryl rants about Fortune magazine's attempt to get investors for a live action Evangelion. Visit http://www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.