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Despite numerous scheduling difficulties, extreme heat and (still) flaky equipment, we've finally managed to get together and record our thoughts and wrap-up of Anime Expo 2015. Of course, we also bring you our latest and greatest anime (and this time also mobile app) picks. Still working on posting pictures and video (the flaky computer kind of makes this hard) so please stay tuned to our Twitter and Facebook for an update when those get posted. For full show notes, visit otakunopodcast.com.

When going to an anime con, one thing you're gonna need a lot of is money. Hotels, travel, food, registration, main event tickets -- they don't come cheap. Plus, you'll want to have some money left over to spend in the dealer's room, right? Well, budgeting may not be a particularly exciting topic, and it may either bore you or make you run screaming for the hills, but it's an absolutely necessary one, if you want to maximize your con-going enjoyment. And it's not that hard to do either. In today's episode, we show you how. Along the way, we dish out a few convention survival tips as well -- Be sure and listen to our full episode on con survival tips too! We also take a look at the upcoming Anime Expo - our favorite con is right around the corner, and we're seriously getting pumped about it. Today's Sponsor: Listeners like you! Help us bring this blog and podcast to you. Today's Theme: "Blue Field (ブルー・フィールド)" by Trident, ED to the anime Arpeggio of Blue Steek (aka Aoki Hagane no Arpeggio, aka Ars Nova.) Watch it on Crunchyroll. (and if you don't already have one, be sure and get a Crunchyroll Premium Membership!) For full show notes, visit otakunopodcast.com.

In today's episode, we bring you our 2nd (and final) interview from Anime Expo 2014. This time we speak with none other than Danny Choo, about his various projects, including the new Mirai Suenaga Smart Doll. Today's Sponsor: Listeners like you! Help us bring this podcast and website to you. Today's Theme: "Innocence" by Eir Aoi, 2nd OP to the anime "Sword Art Online." Watch it on Crunchyroll. Get a Crunchyroll Premium Membership! For full show notes, including links to the things we discussed in this episode, visit otakunopodcast.com.

It's been over a month since Anime Expo 2014, and thanks to an extremely busy schedule that just didn't mesh up with the busy schedules of my fellow cohosts, I haven't been able to finish editing our mega recap episode of doom. I hope to do so this weekend. In the meantime, here is one of two interviews we managed to grab at Anime Expo 2014, with Peter Payne of J-List. We talk about the latest goings-on at J-List, as well as visual novels/dating sims, including the recently released (and altogether awesome) Steins;gate. For full show notes visit otakunopodcast.com.

Summer con season is upon us, and so we thought that it was high time that we brought back our famous Convention Survival Guide. These are the tips, tricks and techniques we've found to be extremely helpful in maximizing our con-going enjoyment while minimizing those two undesirable elements, Con Drama and Con Plague. We also take a look at some 11th hour Anime Expo guest announcements. Today's Sponsor: Listeners like you! Help us bring this show and website to you. Today's Theme: "Shin Sekai Kōkyōgaku" (新世界交響楽, "New World Symphony") by Sayonara Ponytail, 2nd ED to the anime "KILL la KILL." Watch it on Crunchyroll. Get a Crunchyroll Premium Membership! For full show notes, please visit otakunopodcast.com.

After a long absence due to some "interesting" (in the Chinese proverb sense of the word) medical issues, we are back! Sorry for the downtime. Today we're taking a look at the Anime Expo 2014 guest list. Anime Expo is our favorite anime con (and we're not just saying that because it's located practically in our backyard.) We also take a look at a really cool app that I found that any anime lover should have on their smartphone or tablet. Finally, we resurrect an interview that I thought I had lost, with Peter Payne of J-List, from last year's Anime Expo. Today's Sponsor: Listeners like you! Help us bring this show and website to you. Today's Theme: "Gomen ne, Iiko ja Irarenai." (ごめんね、いいコじゃいられない, "Sorry, I'm Done Being a Good Kid.") by Miku Sawai, 1st ED to the anime "KILL la KILL." Watch it on Crunchyroll. Get a Crunchyroll Premium Membership! For full show notes, visit otakunopodcast.com.

At long last, we bring you our coverage of Anime Expo 2013. (Part 2 of 2) In this week’s episode we conclude our coverage of Anime Expo 2013. And, naturally, we go into some of our favorite anime picks as well. I still intend to finish processing our video and photos from AX, so those will be coming out piecemeal over the next few weeks. So keep your eyes on our YouTube and our Photo Gallery. Sponsor: Listeners like you! Please help us bring this website and podcast to you. Today’s Theme: Opening theme from Space Battleship Yamato 2199 (aka Uchuu Senkan Yamto 2199, aka Star Blazers 2199) For full show notes, visit otakunopodcast.com.

At long last, we bring you our coverage of Anime Expo 2013. (Part 1 of 2) Fortunately, this time the delay was not caused by a hard drive crash. (After last year’s fiasco I learned my lesson; this time I made about five different backups of all our AX files.) However due to some audio glitches, editing this turned out to be harder than usual. Also I’ve just been incredibly busy, back on a job that requires 3+ hour bus commutes, and haven’t had a good solid block of time when I could sit down and record and edit. And of course there was the week or so I was out thanks to good old Con Crud. We managed to gas on for over 2 hours, so I’ll be turning this into a two-parter. In this first part we talk about our impressions of AX, what we saw and did, and what we liked (and didn’t like). I still intend to finish processing our video and photos from AX, so those will be coming out piecemeal over the next few weeks. So keep your eyes on our YouTube and our Photo Gallery. Sponsor: Listeners like you! Please help us bring this website and podcast to you. Today’s Theme: “Yūkyū no Tabibito ~ Dear boy” (悠久の旅人～Dear boy) by Snow*, ED to the anime Idolmaster Xenoglossia.

Thanks to a combination of busy work schedules, holiday obligations, and the dreaded Winter Cold, we are super late with our PMX 2012 wrap-up, but here it is at last. Today I am joined by Avi of the Fashion Monster blog. We talk about what we saw and what we thought of PMX, and of course, we bring you our freshest anime picks. We are still working on getting our PMX 2012 photos and videos up. Keep checking our YouTube and Flickr! Today's Sponsor: Listeners like you! Please help us continue to bring this blog and podcast to you. Today's Theme: "Junjou Spectra," by Zwei. OP to the 2012 anime Robotics;notes. For complete show notes, visit otakunopodcast.com.

Today we bring you another in our series of Lost Treasures. We didn’t get very many interviews at Anime Expo this year, and I had thought I lost the two that we did get in the Great Hard Drive Crash of 2012. Fortunately iTunes (believe it or not) unknowingly made an automated backup of them when I synced my iPhone (which I was using to record the interviews). So here, at long last, we present our two Anime Expo 2012 interviews. We interviewed Ejen Chuang of Cosplay in America as well as Peter Payne of J-List. Important Note Please help us out by taking our quick audience survey. Also be sure and nominate us in both the Blubrry and Stitcher Podcast Awards. Your Supreme Leader commands you! ;-) Today’s Theme: “crossing field” by LiSA, OP to the 2012 anime Sword Art Online. Get a Crunchyroll Premium Membership! For full show notes, visit our website at otakunopodcast.com.

Thanks to a combination of an excessively busy work schedule, a flaky computer and a crashed hard disk, our Anime Expo 2012 wrapup is… a bit late… and in fact we almost lost it entirely. But, at long last, and against all odds, we still manage to bring you our usual panel-style wrap-up of Anime Expo 2012. Today we are joined by Tom Langston of Nigorimasen! I'd like to take the opportunity to thank the makers of three excellent products, SpinRite, DiskWarrior and CrashPlan. No, they didn't sponsor this episode (no sponsors this time other than you, my listeners); but without these fine products, this episode would have been irretrievably lost. (Pro tip: BACK UP. Do it now. Seriously. BACK UP.) Today's Sponsor: Listeners like you! Help us bring this show to you. Today's Theme: "My Soul, Your Beats!" (GirlsDeMo version), OP to episode 4 of Angel Beats! (Yes, I know I've used this one before; but again, I felt I had to again in honor of LiSA's appearance at AX. Plus it's just a damn good song.) For full show notes, visit our website at otakunopodcast.com.

At last, we bring you our wrap up of FanimeCon 2012. Sorry for the delay; you can blame a combination of work and computer issues. Today I am joined by Tom Langston from Nigorimasen! and Patz from Insert-Disc. (Note: I wanted to get this out asap, so didn't really have the time to finesse things as I normally do during editing. My apologies.) Sponsor: Try GotoMeeting with HD Faces Today Free for 30 Days! "Like" GoToMeeting on Facebook for your chance to win an iPad! Today's Theme Song: "Oath Sign,” by LiSA, OP to the 2011 anime Fate/zero (first season). Get a Crunchyroll Premium Membership! (Yeah, I know I've used this song before; but in honor of LiSA's appearance at Anime Expo, and the awesome end of Fate/zero, I just had to use it again.) For full show notes, visit otakunopodcast.com.

Last minute FanimeCon announcements (+ AudioBoo test)

Our Japan Travel Extravaganza continues! This week we conclude our conversation with the fine folks from TJX: The Japan Xperience as we talk about travel within Japan (trains, subways, etc.) and – my favorite topic – FOOD! Sponsor: Try GotoMeeting with HD Faces Today Free for 30 Days! Today’s Theme: “To the Beginning” by Kalafina; OP to the second season of Fate/zero. Get a Crunchyroll Premium Membership! For full show notes, visit our website at otakunopodcast.com.

Our Japan Travel Extravaganza continues! In today's episode, myself, co-host Danny Barer and the fine folks from TJX: The Japan Xperience talk about our suggestions for places to see and things to do while in Japan. Sponsor: GoToMeeting with HD Faces makes it easy to collaborate online anytime. Try it Free! Use the promo code "PODCAST" Today's Theme: "I am a Love Beginner (TT)" (恋のビギナーなんです（TT） Koi no Beginā Nan Desu (T_T)?) by Rie Yamaguchi; ED to the second season of Is this a Zombie? (aka Kore wa zombie desu ka?). Watch Season 1 on FUNimation's website (season 2 will start streaming later this spring) For full show notes, please visit otakunopodcast.com