John Cena’s last match, wrestling news, and the biggest debates, with special guest Marcus.

This episode was recorded at Hobart’s Edge Radio 99.3FM studios, and first aired on 18 Dec 2025.
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Trent Breward, recently returned from his  trip to Japan, shares his on-the-ground experiences with Japan’s vibrant wrestling scene, offering insights into live events, fan culture, and how Japanese wrestling (puroresu) differs from what Western audiences may expect.
We then return to last episode’s discussion of the Americanisation of anime, and early dubbing pioneer Fred Ladd. Drawing from Ladd’s DVD commentary on the U.S. localisation of Gigantor, Craig analyses how editing choices, cultural reframing, and narrative adjustments shaped early American perceptions of Japanese animation.

This episode was recorded at Hobart’s Edge Radio 99.3FM studios, and first aired on 4 Dec 2025.

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I’m joined by UTAS PhD student Ashley Remminga to unpack Fred Ladd’s commentary from the 1960s cartoon Gigantor, the US localised version of Tetsujin 28-go. We reflect on the wild rewrites of early anime dubs, and the cultural impact Gigantor had in Australia. This episode was recorded at Hobart’s Edge Radio 99.3FM studios, and first aired on 27 Nov 2025.

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We break down the latest media news and then take a deep dive into the early Americanisation of anime. Drawing on Fred Ladd’s commentary for the Gigantor (1964) cartoon, we explore how Ladd and his team reshaped Japanese storytelling, aesthetics, and themes to fit the expectations of American television.

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We interview Zackary Roeth, a volunteer at Print Radio and student filmmaker, to explore his work editing audiobooks for local radio and his creative work in student film.
Our movie review is the 90th anniversary of Bride of Frankenstein (1935), we unpack the film’s enduring legacy, stylistic nuances, and cultural impact. Drawing on insights from film historian Scott MacQueen’s audio commentary on the Blu-ray release, we delve into what makes this classic continue to resonate nearly a century later. 

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• Aspiring filmmakers make short film with industry experts | ABC NEWS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZIhL3oQLFM
• Hobart Showcase 2025 https://events.humanitix.com/hobartshowcase
• Print Radio Tasmania https://www.printradiotas.org.au/

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This week we explore everything from Australia’s proposed streaming content rules to The Simpsons crossover in Fortnite. We discuss Rockstar’s abandoned spy game, why GTA never returned to London, a South Park subreddit mystery, Stellar Blade’s latest controversy, backlash over The Witcher on Netflix, and a surprising detail from Evangelion’s animation history.

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Latest pop culture oddities, including video game mishaps, virtual weddings, and retro game finds. We end the show with a discussion of what makes a good bit of “Breaking News”, “Emergency Broadcast” diegetic media in zombie fans, and play some classic examples from “Night of the Living Dead” (1968) and “Shaun of the Dead”. 'Night of the Living Dead' is a classic zombie film that set the rules and tropes for the genre, while 'Shaun of the Dead' is a comedic take on the zombie apocalypse. We see how these “breaking news” clips from these films set up the rules and tropes of zombie films.

• The Best (Worst?) Injuries And Illnesses Caused By Video Games https://www.gamespot.com/gallery/the-best-worst-injuries-and-illnesses-caused-by-video-games/2900-4068/
• Like a Dragon event offers fans wedding ceremony with their favorite character for $980. Complete with faux marriage and divorce papers https://automaton-media.com/en/news/like-a-dragon-event-offers-fans-wedding-ceremony-with-their-favorite-character-for-980-complete-with-faux-marriage-and-divorce-papers/
• This PS2 Game Is Still Sitting On A Delaware Walmart Shelf 16 Years Later https://kotaku.com/unsold-ps2-game-walmart-reddit-pbr-bull-riding-weird-reddit-2000637727

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We discuss PAX Aus 2025, Australia's biggest convention for video games and pop culture, highlighting some of the experiences Craig had there. We also chat about some of the strange and unusual news in media culture (links provided below).

• Title Red Dead Redemption 2 Mod Shows NPC Memories When You Kill Them (Kotaku) https://www.polygon.com/red-dead-redemption-2-mod-blurbs-npc-memories-interview/
• I modded RDR2 to give NPCs “real memories you are forced to watch when they die” (Reddit) https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/1nve032/i_modded_rdr2_to_give_npcs_real_memories_you_are/
• Japanese Government Makes Formal Request For OpenAI To Stop Copyright Infringement (GameSpot) https://www.gamespot.com/articles/japanese-government-makes-formal-request-for-openai-to-stop-copyright-infringement/1100-6535425/
• Ubisoft Canceled Civil War-Based Assassin’s Creed Over Controversy Concerns – Report (GameSpot) https://www.gamespot.com/articles/ubisoft-canceled-civil-war-based-assassins-creed-over-controversy-concerns-report/1100-6535320/
• [removed by moderator] https://www.reddit.com/r/CrusaderKings/comments/1o14t7q/removed_by_moderator/
• The CK3 production team may not know that they have the largest female fan-base of strategy games in China: https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/threads/the-ck3-production-team-may-not-know-that-they-have-the-largest-female-fan-base-of-strategy-games-in-china.1730881/
• Sora 2 Updated With New Guardrails After Sam Altman Eats A Pokémon (Kotaku) https://kotaku.com/sora-2-update-pokemon-nintendo-openai-sam-altman-ai-2000632089
• Forgotten Ghost Rider Movie Now Coming to Netflix (Superhero Hype) https://www.cbr.com/ghost-rider-spirit-of-vengeance-streaming-on-netflix/
• No Time to Die https://www.cbr.com/james-bond-no-time-to-die-daniel-craig-streaming-hit-october-2025/
• Dave Franco horror film pulled from China over AI censorship https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-04/dave-franco-horror-film-pulled-from-china-over-ai-censorship/105844328
• TRON Ares cast & video games) https://www.polygon.com/tron-ares-cast-video-games-picks-survival/
• 10 Anime Everyone Loves in Japan, But American Fans Hate (cbr.com)  https://www.cbr.com/best-anime-only-popular-european-fans/

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Special guest Marcus joins us to explain key professional wrestling terms to understand the highlights, critiques and hype surrounding Wrestlepalooza 2025.

WWE Basic Terminology https://jesuitroundup.org/2024/08/wwe-basic-terminology/

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We cover some recent pop culture news and then dive into today's topic, using Nick Couldry’s work on media places to talk about the cracked.com article "14 Abandoned Movie Sets That You Can Go Screw Around in If You’ve Got the Time".

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