AOT!podcast #12 - Anime Spring! 2013

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• In this episode we talked about: 
• Aku no Hana is...
• Obsession over hair (again?)
• Titans are actually over-grown otaku
• Hosts: Takkun (Joe) and Wakashi (Marlon) 
• Guests: Red the Regular, Neokage from The Otaku Momentum, and Bamboo from AnimeNewsNetwork
• Crazy News from Asia:
• Live Explosive Found Inside Squid
• Links to stuff:
• The Stream by Bamboo
• Shelf Life by Bamboo
• Wakashi's drawing inspired by Kantoku's (artist of Henneko) art style
• Anime highlights:
• Attack On Titan
• Gargantia
• Aku no Hana
• Hataraku Maou-sama
• [Click here to view the Spring 2013 Anime Chart]

Anime Unbox // Hanasaku Iroha Premium Set Vol.1

So here's my latest Anime Unbox review for the "Hanasaku Iroha" Volume 1 Premium Set! 
A great and under-appreciated show by P.A. Works (Angel Beats, TariTari, Another). 
Also, shout-out to NISA and RightStuf for being awesome! 

• You can watch "Hanasaku Iroha" at: http://www.crunchyroll.com/hanasaku-iroha
• You can buy it at: 
• RightStuf
• or NISA's Online Store
• or Amazon

Manga Unbox #1 // Mobile Suit Gundam:The Origin - Activation

So here's my first "Manga Unbox" review!
I'll be going over Vertical's recent release of "Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin" graphic novel 1.
I also give my opinion about Gundam vs Evangelion in terms of quality.


You can buy this at:

• Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Mobile-Suit-Gundam-Origin-Activation
• RightStuf: http://www.rightstuf.com/1-800-338-6827/catalogmgr/qsGuukqHCU090ox8RN/browse/item/95994/4/0/0 

AOT!podcast #11.5 - M@STER of TANGENTS

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• In between the Perfect Blue review, we talked about:
• Atrocities of the music industries (k-pop/j-pop, etc.)
• Obscene and hilariously bad fan-fiction
• Tangents, tangents, tangents.
• Hosts: Takkun (Joe) and Wakashi (Marlon) 
• Guests: Darrien, Caroline, David II, and Foxy Brown from the SSAA Podcast (also host of Just a Gintama Podcast, Hunter x Hunter Podcast, and The Always Rational Kpop Podcast)
• Fanfic/stories we read: 
• Hilda and Torolf (27:00)
• House House (38:00)
• Story of Rain Strife (48:00)
• Links:
• Girls' Generation Genie
• Fan-dub of "donut banana" scene from Baka to Test
• Egoraptor's Girlchan in Paradise

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AOT!podcast #11 - M@STER of IDOLS

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• In this anime review, we talked about:
• A nice little anime about pop idols
• Old men love their nice little pop idols
• Taxing the handsome people will save Japan's economy
• Hosts: Takkun (Joe) and Wakashi (Marlon) 
• Guests: Darrien, Caroline, David II, and Foxy Brown from the SSAA Podcast (also host of Just a Gintama Podcast, Hunter x Hunter Podcast, and The Always Rational Kpop Podcast)
• Crazy Asian News:
• Lonely Indian Man Spends £14,000 on a Gold Shirt
• Punters and Doctors in Taiwan Win Big on Family Members’ Deaths
• Facebook Becomes a Tool for Human Trafficking in SE Asia
• A Solution to Japan’s Economic Problem: Taxing the Asthetically Gifted
• Wakashi's submission for the AnimeIndustry-tan art contest
• Anime we reviewed:
• The Idolm@ster

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