Otaku Cram School

In this lesson, your sensei school you on the (abbreviated) history of the Cherry Blossom Festival in DC and talk about some of their favorite Sakura characters in anime, manga and gaming.

Happy White Day, gakusei! 

On today's lesson of Otaku Cram School, we discuss the history and significance of White Day in East Asian cultures - as well as discussing our favorite love & romance / rom-coms / and dating sim IPs in all of otakudom! There are certainly some picks we talked about to consume with your koibito today! 

Enjoy! Matta ne! 

Welcome gakusei to another lesson of Otaku Cram School! 

To celebrate the recent conclusion of the 2018 Winter Olympics, Ebonne and Chris-sensei put together a crash course lesson into the history of sports anime and manga. Although this is a highly abridged history spanning across 50+ years, we cover the most important historical events and publications that helped to define sports anime and manga today! 

Enjoy the lesson! Matta ne! 

Some Important Links: 

Keijo - now a REAL sport! 

Cowboy Bebop on ICE

Sailor Moon on ICE 

Yuri on ICE... on ICE 

2017 has past and we are well into our way into 2018! 

To celebrate a year of classes, our first ever and esteemed guest sensei, Breeze Grigas, returns to give updates on his amazing mecha tabletop game - AEGIS: Combining Robots by Zephyr Workshop!

Breeze-sensei sits down to chat with Chris-sensei and Mike-sensei to talk about otaku culture in 2017 - including our top picks of the entire year! We also discussed what we're looking forward to in 2018!

To find out more about Zephyr Workshop and AEGIS: Combining Robots, please follow them on social media: 

Website
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Twitter
Twitch 

We reference a few of our past episodes during our graduation ceremony. Feel free to check them out! 

Lesson 3 - Descending Stories: Show Genroku Rakugo Shinju

Lesson 5 - Supaidaman (The Spider-Men of Japan)

Lesson 10 - Webtoons

Enjoy! Matta ne! 

Merry Kurimasu and Happy New Years to everyone!!! 

To cap off an excellent year of lessons, Mike, Ebonne, and Chris-sensei bring aboard special guest host, Hayley-sensei, to talk about our favorite winter and holiday themed otaku IPs! Hayley-sensei also schools us about all the amazing things she did on her recent trip to Japan! Take notes gakusei - there are some amazing attractions and places to definitely keep an eye on! 

Thank you to all you gakusei for making this such a wonderful year of lessons! Happy Holidays, Happy New Years, and we will see you in 2018 for a brand new year and semester!!! 

Welcome gakusei to another exciting lesson of Otaku Cram School! 

This month, Ebonne-sensei leads an exciting history lesson and discussion about one of the most recent and revolutionary forms of comics that is literally taking the world by storm - webtoons (a.k.a. manhwa, or South Korean comics). Join us as we discuss the medium, its most popular platforms and apps (Line Webtoons, Lezhin Comics), and our favorite webtoons we are consuming at the moment! 

Enjoy! Matta ne! 

Happy Halloween, gakusei! 

Welcome to Kowai Cram School! What does kowai mean?? IT MEANS SCARY AND SPOOOOKYYY! And for our 10th lesson, the inaugural Haunted Halloween Classroom Special, Mike, Ebonne, and Chris-sensei each bring a terrifying blind pick of a horror IP for you to consume this Halloween! LISTEN AT YOUR OWN RISK! BAHAHAHAHA! 

Enjoy, and matta ne! 

Welcome students to another lesson of Otaku Cram School!!! 

Today Mike-sensei and Chris-sensei are bringing you a very special episode. In lieu of the recent release of Muv Luv Alternative on Steam / PC, Mike-sensei has prepared a lesson on one of THE greatest visual novel franchises of all time - Muv Luv! 

Do you love romantic comedies and slice of life stories? Excellently designed and fleshed out characters and relationships? What about real robot mecha? GAMES OF THRONES STYLE POLITICAL INTRIGUE AND BACKSTABBING!?!? SURE, WHY NOT? Muv Luv has all this and more!

In particular, we cover the main games: Muv Luv Extra, Muv Luv Unlimited, and Muv Luv Alternative. We also cover the excellent anime adaptations Muv Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse and Schwarzes Marken - both of which are available to stream on Crunchyroll! 

Don't forget to like, rate, share, and subscribe! Stay tuned for our super spoopy Otaku Cram School Haunted Halloween Classroom Special! 

Enjoy, and matta ne! 

Welcome students! You are the Ultimate Listeners and are now enrolled in a new semester at Otaku Cram School with Mike-sensei, Ebonne-sensei, and Chris-sensei!! You are now trapped and can only graduate if you listen to this episode - LESSON 8, DANGANRONPA 101!!!! 

In honor of the impending release of Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony in North America this week, Mike-sensei has prepared for us a crash course history lesson on the critically acclaimed and dangerously addicting game franchise of Danganronpa and all of its adaptations! 

Don't forget to tweet, like, or post on our Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram accounts with the hashtag #OCSDanganronpaV3 for a chance to win a copy of the launch edition for Danganronpa V3! WHO WILL BE OTAKU CRAM SCHOOL'S ULTIMATE LUCKY STUDENT!?!?! 

Don't forget to like, rate, share, and subscribe to this podcast! Also, please leave us a review on iTunes!

Matta ne!

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