Chainsaw Buffet Podcast

Tristan MacAvery (Evangelion, Dirty Pair) makes an appearance on the podcast to discuss the lasting impact Japan has had on his life, despite not having visited the country or being currently involved in the anime industry.

Liam O'Brien (Naruto, Code Geass) makes his Chainsaw Buffet debut as part of the ongoing "Voices For Japan" interview series.

In the pre-interview episode, Chad, Charlie, Dylan, and John are joined by Doctor from the Ass Backwards Anime Podcast to talk about Wii 2 rumors and an NPR article about the fantasy gamer subculture. Then, John interviews Crispin Freeman (Itachi in Naruto, Alucard in Hellsing, Kyon in The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Tsume in Wolf's Rain) about acting, studying mythology, and smuggling art in Europe.

Tara Platt makes a return appearance to talk about some of the charity work both she and Yuri Lowenthal have done to help support Japan.

Yuri Lowenthal returns to the podcast to give his thoughts on the ongoing crisis in Japan.

In the first installment of "Voices For Japan", John talks with Kyle Hebert to get his thoughts on the recent events in Japan.

Charlie, Dylan, and John discuss Voices for Japan, a series of interviews with English anime voice actors to help raise awareness and funds for the earthquake and tsunami relief efforts in Japan. Then, we talk about changes with Funimation streaming and what we'll be doing at Middle Tennessee Anime Convention.

John joins Doctor from the Ass Backwards Anime Podcast, Gothic Gaara from Konoha Corner, and Zach from the Unofficial One Piece Podcast to discuss Anime Fans Give Back to America, a 24 hour marathon podcast to raise money for the victims of the recent earthquake for Japan.

In the pre-interview mini-episode, Charlie, Dylan, and John discuss the wrap up of our voice actor interview series. Then, we interview Tara Platt (Temari from Naruto, Tokiko from Buso Renkin, Tron Bonne from Marvel vs Capcom 3) and Yuri Lowenthal (Sasuke from Naruto, Suzaku from Code Geass, Ben Tennyson from Ben 10) about their work in games and animation, their book about voice acting, Feng Shui, living abroad, and their interest in being guests at MTAC.

We interview Kyle Hebert, the voice of Ryu in Street Fighter IV and MvC3, Gohan in DragonBall Z, Kiba in Naruto, and Kamina in Gurren Lagann. In the pre-interview mini-episode, Charlie, Dylan, Geoffrey, and John talk about the recently-released Marvel vs. Capcom 3.