Otafest Podcast

Recorded in front of an audience at Otafest Pocket. Jei, Alfred, Deo, and G talk the iPhone 7, anime movies and live action adaptations, and review some delicious (and not-so-delicious) sweets.

Timestamps

iPhone 7 and other tech talk: 4:00

Upcoming anime movies: 13:43

More Suicide Squad hating: 29:22

New Phoenix Wright game: 31:39

Reviewing Oguraya Bakery's food: 35:40

Jei explains the culture of mochi while Alfred and Deo chow down and not give a crap: 40:53

Jei throws prizes at audience members and nearly kills a few: 44:50

Beanboozled!: 48:35

Jei somehow fails to give away prizes: 57:35

Thanks to our sponsors for both the podcast and Otafest Pocket:

Chinook Crafts has been a longtime sponsor, providing the Pokemon League with custom badge designs and has partnered with us here to create a unique Gold O-Wing pin for cosplayers at Otafest Pocket! You can visit their online store at etsy.com/chinookcrafts

Foster’s Oguraya Bakery is a local bakery specializing in authentic Japanese-style baked goods. Family owned and operated since 1981, Oguraya Bakery’s confectionaries can be purchased at their storefront in SW Calgary, as well cross-Canada in many supermarkets. Visit fostersbakery.ca for more information on where to find their delicious baked goods!

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Jei: @jeilosophy

Deo: @nyantron

Video and Audio Production by Parabellum Productions (@parabellumpro)

A very varied episode. Jei, Alfred, and Deo take a quick look (make fun of) upcoming anime, talk about favorite cartoons, and have a discussion about the etiquette of commissions.

Timestamps

Labour Day con weekend: 04:34

Fall Anime Preview: 10:27

zOMG! FLCL revival!: 29:40

Western Cartoons: 36:32

Kubo and the Two Strings: 43:17

Upcoming Cosplay Plans: 47:43

Ethics of Commissioning Artists: 51:45

Our sponsor for this episode is Voicedubz Studios, a trilingual voiceover studio that provides professional voiceover services to partner companies worldwide. Please visit their website at voicedubz.com

Thanks for listening to the Official Otafest Podcast! We'll have more episodes out soon with new guests, announcements, and more. Stay tuned to this YouTube channel for any updates.

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Jei: @jeilosophy

Deo: @nyantron

Video and Audio Production by Parabellum Productions (@parabellumpro)

As summer winds down, Jei, Alfred, Deo, and Linda discuss fun summer activities, bad anime, and getting emotional about movies (for the record, Linda did cry at The Last Bastion)

Timestamps

Alfred's trip to Vancouver/Anime Evolution 2016: 04:20

Vancouver vs. Calgary food: 12:40

Jei, Deo, and Linda's rafting trip of doom: 16:31

Calgary festivals and summer events: 25:31

Overwatch (again) and "The Last Bastion": 31:40

Summer anime: 40:21

Aside about getting emotional about movies: 46:04

Back to summer anime: 51:22

No Man's Sky: 56:01

Our sponsor for this episode:

Thank you to Voicedubz Studios, a trilingual voiceover studio that provides professional voiceover services to partner companies worldwide. Please visit their website at voicedubz.com

Thanks for listening to the Official Otafest Podcast! We'll have more episodes out soon with new guests, announcements, and more. Stay tuned to this YouTube channel for any updates.

Find our hosts on social media!

Jei: @jeilosophy

Deo: @nyantron

Video and Audio Production by Parabellum Productions (@parabellumpro)

The episode where stuff happens. Jei, Alfred, and Andrew (...and other people) recorded this off the cuff at Animethon and things got awesome.

Timestamp

Animethon 23: 08:37

Suicide Squad: 14:32

Athon Traditions: 19:40

Behfar Interrupts with a Story: 20:59

Ladybeard: 26:31

Vegemite: 29:00

Live Vegemite Sampling!: 30:31

Staying at the Athon Dorms: 37:16

Otaku High: 40:03

Athon Continued: 48:12

We had two sponsors for this episode!

The first is Voicedubz Studios, a trilingual voiceover studio that provides professional voiceover services to partner companies worldwide. Please visit their website at voicedubz.com

The second is Otaku High, a web series centred around Tim, a confused, slacker high school student who attends a school full of anime trope characters. Check out the pilot episode at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOSOmwLPtOs

Thanks for listening to the Official Otafest Podcast! We'll have more episodes out soon with new guests, announcements, and more. Stay tuned to this YouTube channel for any updates.

Find our hosts on social media!

Jei: @jeilosophy

Video and Audio Production by Parabellum Productions (@parabellumpro)

We're well rested and back to our normal podcasting routine! Jei, Alfred, G, and Nancy recap the phenomenal event that was Otafest 2016 and talk Pokemon Go!

Timestamps

New Vendor Room: 08:49

Maid Matsuri: 11:25

Guests and Guests Handling: 17:50

Feedback From You!: 25:50

Staff Perspective and Community: 27:33

Pokemon Go: 37:46

This episode is sponsored by Voicedubz Studios, a trilingual voiceover studio that provides professional voiceover services to partner companies worldwide. Please visit their website at voicedubz.com

Thanks for listening to the Official Otafest Podcast! We'll have more episodes out soon with new guests, announcements, and more. Stay tuned to this YouTube channel for any updates.

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Jei: @jeilosophy

Video and Audio Production by Parabellum Productions (@parabellumpro)

In our first ever live recording (and video podcast!), we talk to Otafest 2016 special guests Alli and Justin Speed of Drunk Gaming!

PS: Please forgive any technical issues that crop up, this is our first ever attempt at doing a podcast live!

Timestamps

What do Alli and Justin do?: 4:38

Breaking into Twitch: 7:27

Talking about booze: 11:24

Favourite games: 17:48

Happy Canada Day and Canada vs. US Stereotypes: 30:10

Travel and other cons: 38:12

Vidcon/Other YouTubers: 43:00

Bucket list travel locations and worst travel stories: 51:21

This episode is sponsored by Voicedubz Studios, a trilingual voiceover studio that provides professional voiceover services to partner companies worldwide. Please visit their website at voicedubz.com

Thanks for listening to the Official Otafest Podcast! We'll have more episodes out soon with new guests, announcements, and more. Stay tuned to this YouTube channel for any updates.

Find our hosts on social media!

Jei: @jeilosophy

Alli: @allispeed

Justin: @justinspeed, twitch.tv/gradlifegaming

Video and Audio Production by Parabellum Productions (@parabellumpro)

This is it. The final episode before Otafest 2016. Our hosts Jei, Alfred, and Jessica (the Otafest vendor hall coordinator!) give us a bit of a preview regarding upcoming events.

Congratulations to Damen Mino who has won our weekend pass draw!

Timestamps

Winner of our draw: 2:30

Readiness?: 5:04

The Move and Vendor Hall: 9:12

Special Events: 18:31

Maid Omatsuri: 22:29

Auction: 24:18

Boy and the Beast Screening: 29:27

Gaming: 34:39

Cosplay Contests: 38:55

Panels: 42:53

Merch and Pin Trading: 50:51

Downtown: 53:25

This episode is sponsored by Voicedubz Studios, a trilingual voiceover studio that provides professional voiceover services to partner companies worldwide. Please visit their website at voicedubz.com

Thanks for listening to the Official Otafest Podcast! We'll have more episodes out soon with new guests, announcements, and more. Stay tuned to this YouTube channel for any updates.

Find our hosts on social media!

Jei: @jeilosophy

Video and Audio Production by Parabellum Productions (@parabellumpro)

Music used: Rushbubble by Aaron Spencer https://machinimasound.com/music/rushbubble/

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(Note that this episode was recorded prior to the E3 conferences)

Jei, Alfred, Deo, and G are HYPE for E3! Also, there's some Lord of the Rings ripoff movie, some other movie with Michael Fassbender in a hood, and a game about watching stuff from above.

We are giving away one free pass to Otafest 2016! Like AND Share the podcast link on Facebook!

Timestamps

E3 discussion begins: 04:00

Most anticipated games: 05:35

Favorite rumour: 10:30

Craziest thing you think might happen but probably won't: 17:49

E3 mishmash: 23:57

Assassin's Creed and other video game movies: 42:07

Overwatch: 52:37

This episode is sponsored by Voicedubz Studios, a trilingual voiceover studio that provides professional voiceover services to partner companies worldwide. Please visit their website at voicedubz.com

Thanks for listening to the Official Otafest Podcast! We'll have more episodes out soon with new guests, announcements, and more. Stay tuned to this YouTube channel for any updates.

Find our hosts on social media!

Jei: @jeilosophy

Deo: @Nyantron

Video and Audio Production by Parabellum Productions (@parabellumpro)

Music used: Rushbubble by Aaron Spencer https://machinimasound.com/music/rushbubble/

Licensed under Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)

Background image: Stephen Ave Calgary Night.jpg (c) by Nick Heer

Stephen Ave Calgary Night.jpg is licensed under a

Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

Jei and Alfred are joined by Nathan and Nancy, local voice actors as they discuss the FMA Live Action movie, gaming news prior to E3, and the local voice acting scene

Episode 08: 2016 Summer Anime Preview and New Game Releases

Jei, Alfred, and Deo recap the Spring anime season, discuss upcoming shows in the summer, and talk the Overwatch beta and new releases.

Timestamps

Spring anime recap: 06:14

Summer anime preview: 13:21

Uncharted 4: 37:54

Overwatch Beta: 42:42

Doom Reboot: 52:30

This episode is sponsored by Mythril Wigs, a fashion and costume wig brand based in Burnaby B.C., Canada. Visit their website at www.mythrilwigs.com and see them at their booth during Otafest 2016!

Thanks for listening to the Official Otafest Podcast! We'll have more episodes out soon with new guests, announcements, and more. Stay tuned to this YouTube channel for any updates.

Find our hosts on social media!

Jei: @jeilosophy

Deo: @Nyantron

Video and Audio Production by Parabellum Productions (@parabellumpro)

Music used: Rushbubble by Aaron Spencer https://machinimasound.com/music/rushbubble/

Licensed under Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)

Background image: Stephen Ave Calgary Night.jpg (c) by Nick Heer

Stephen Ave Calgary Night.jpg is licensed under a

Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.