Anime Roundtable

The Canadian Thanksgiving episode was a cornucopia of little appetizers of headlines that came together for a big meal. James and Kevin talked about NYCC and the fall season. Some streaming news concerning Demon Slayer and Lupin III, a few notable (rightful or wrongful) figures passing, the new Japanese PM and his take on the country’s soft power industries, NPR talks anime, Right Stuf kickstarts a Dirty Pair project, and Squid Game

I’m stuffed…

Mike Nicolas, James Austin, Kevin Ng, Mohamed Sharmarke, Geoff Greig

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Mike started off talking about venturing into someone else’s fandom (being a casual eSports watcher), and that leads to a conversation about a trio of articles that highlight the industry’s current crossroads as its fandom increases. And that leads to talk again about upcoming live actions and Hollywood Adaptations. And that leads to Kevin finally making it...

Mike Nicolas, James Austin, Mohamed Sharmarke, Geoff Greig, and Kevin Ng (eventually)

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We begin the 50th episode of 2.0 by sharing our memories on the 20th anniversary of 9/11. Then with summer ending, we look back on it by revisiting some of the stories coming from there in a pretty much all bullets rewind

Mike Nicolas, James Austin, Kevin Ng, Geoff Greig

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So how do we spend the 50th recording of the Pandemic Series…well it isn’t a proper Roundtable

SPOILER WARNING!! We do talk a fair amount about the plot of the movie. So if you haven’t seen it yet and don't want to be surprised…

Yup we saw Shang Chi. Yup we have thoughts on it. We’ll talk about it in terms of certain plot specifics, the dynamics of the two lead characters, how this will fit in the context of stage four of the Marvel Cinematic Universe both in plot and marketing, thoughts on Asian representation in Hollywood with Mike giving a quick history lesson, and the music

Then we actually go a little anime side by coming back to John Cho’s thoughts on the live action Cowboy Bebop and how fans might be too hung up on how certain characters look…to a possible One Piece live action? Before ending with the Anime Community Calendar

It’s tangential, it’s raw, it’s uncensored and unedited. It’s a back to school, post Labour Day Space Heater Chat

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James returns to the table for the first time in almost a month for a chat. So we talk video game stores, COVID, Olympics and Paralympics and scandals, Sony ruling the world, EVA ruling the world, an industry thought with Comic Con and Sentai, before finally talking about what’s presently in our queues with a thought on NHK World at the end

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We quiz Geoff on last week’s Space Heater chat, which he didn’t listen to, and still passed. Then we talked about the Crunchyroll/Sony deal which had been examined by the US Department of Justice, and still passed. Moh experiments with a new gameshow idea, and Mike failed it miserably. And we acknowledge the passing of pioneer Fred Ladd

Mike Nicolas, Kevin Ng, Mohamed Sharmarke, Geoff Greig

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Anime Roundtable v2.0 Space Heater Chat - August 7 2021: We’re Talking Manga

Mike, Moh, and Kevin decided to sit around the space heater and give their takes on what the manga industry said at their Comic Con Panel a few weeks ago. Really they tried to tie in what was said at the panel with many of the other stories and themes that have already been talked about on the Roundtable during the Pandemic Series

See how many you can spot

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We talk Olympics one week in and look for more pop culture references within it. Then we talk the French in relation to Japanese Pop Culutre. In brief we talk about the head of Kadokawa and stuff he said, and GameStop and what they said about their Canadian presence. Then we encourage you on some panels to watch, convention to attend, and eBooks to buy. All that with one of us asleep through half of it. Although we all kinda sleep our way through this podcast in general

Mike Nicolas, James Austin, Kevin Ng, Geoff Greig

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Mike and Moh shoot the breeze and talk Olympics and some of the Japanese and Pop Cultural reference noticed as its first weekend winds down in this very tangental, unvarnished, and unedited chat

Corrections: Mike gave the wrong name of CBC’s Japanese Cultural contributor, author and lawyer Mark Sakamoto. He apologizes for the error, and encouages listeners to check out his Sugoi Tokyo features he’s been doing for CBC

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We begin by looking back on Anime Lockdown and the parts of it which caught our attention. Then we look back on what happened during the Anime Tube Kickstarter controversy and compare it with other companies that tried to come into the Japanese Pop Culture space. Among the items we talk about in brief, weapon plushies, Judgement, and Demon Slayer and Miyazaki (although this time separately)

It’s a laggy episode, if you know what I mean…

Mike Nicolas, James Austin, Kevin Ng, Mohamed Sharmarke, Geoff Greig

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