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Despite numerous scheduling difficulties, extreme heat and (still) flaky equipment, we've finally managed to get together and record our thoughts and wrap-up of Anime Expo 2015.

Of course, we also bring you our latest and greatest anime (and this time also mobile app) picks.

Still working on posting pictures and video (the flaky computer kind of makes this hard) so please stay tuned to our Twitter and Facebook for an update when those get posted.

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When going to an anime con, one thing you're gonna need is money -- lots of money. Hotels, travel, food, registration, main event tickets -- they don't come cheap. Plus, you'll want to have some money left over to spend in the dealer's room, right? Well, budgeting may not be a particularly exciting topic, and it may either bore you or make you run screaming for the hills, but it's an absolutely necessary one, if you want to maximize your con-going enjoyment. And it's not that hard to do either. In today's episode, we show you how. Along the way, we dish out a few convention survival tips as well -- Be sure and listen to our full episode on con survival tips too! We also take a look at the upcoming Anime Expo - our favorite con is right around the corner, and we're seriously getting pumped about it.

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Today's Theme: "Blue Field (ブルー・フィールド)" by Trident, ED to the anime Arpeggio of Blue Steek (aka Aoki Hagane no Arpeggio, aka Ars Nova.) Watch it on Crunchyroll. (and if you don't already have one, be sure and get a Crunchyroll Premium Membership!)

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Anime Expo - Thursday through Sunday, July 2-5, 2015, at the Los Angeles Convention Center

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AX Hotel Blocks

Wagakkiband's Senbonzakura video (these guys seriously rock)

Episode #0043 – Convention Survival Guide, 2014 Edition

My anime convention budget spreadsheet

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Amazon has recently entered the hotly-contested set-top-box market, with its Fire TV and Fire TV Stick. What's unique about these devices are that, being Amazon products, they plug you directly into the Amazon Prime video ecosystem, and are the best way of watching the tons of free-to-stream video content that comes with your Amazon Prime membership. But these devices are also unique in that they are full-on Android devices, and can (with a little bit of effort) be configured to install any Android app. In this video I show you how you can install the Crunchyroll Android app on your Fire TV or Fire TV Stick, making it a powerful and cost-effective way of getting Crunchyroll on the big screen!

For full show notes, visit otakunopodcast.com.

In today's episode, we bring you our 2nd (and final) interview from Anime Expo 2014. This time we speak with none other than Danny Choo, about his various projects, including the new Mirai Suenaga Smart Doll.

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Today's Theme: "Innocence" by Eir Aoi, 2nd OP to the anime "Sword Art Online." Watch it on Crunchyroll. Get a Crunchyroll Premium Membership!

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It's been over a month since Anime Expo 2014, and thanks to an extremely busy schedule that just didn't mesh up with the busy schedules of my fellow cohosts, I haven't been able to finish editing our mega recap episode of doom. I hope to do so this weekend. In the meantime, here is one of two interviews we managed to grab at Anime Expo 2014, with Peter Payne of J-List. We talk about the latest goings-on at J-List, as well as visual novels/dating sims, including the recently released (and altogether awesome) Steins;gate.

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Summer con season is upon us, and so we thought that it was high time that we brought back our famous Convention Survival Guide. These are the tips, tricks and techniques we've found to be extremely helpful in maximizing our con-going enjoyment while minimizing those two undesirable elements, Con Drama and Con Plague. We also take a look at some 11th hour Anime Expo guest announcements.

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Today's Theme: "Shin Sekai Kōkyōgaku" (新世界交響楽, "New World Symphony") by Sayonara Ponytail, 2nd ED to the anime "KILL la KILL." Watch it on Crunchyroll. Get a Crunchyroll Premium Membership!

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After a long absence due to some "interesting" (in the Chinese proverb sense of the word) medical issues, we are back! Sorry for the downtime.

Today we're taking a look at the Anime Expo 2014 guest list. Anime Expo is our favorite anime con (and we're not just saying that because it's located practically in our backyard.)

We also take a look at a really cool app that I found that any anime lover should have on their smartphone or tablet.

Finally, we resurrect an interview that I thought I had lost, with Peter Payne of J-List, from last year's Anime Expo.

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Today's Theme: "Gomen ne, Iiko ja Irarenai." (ごめんね、いいコじゃいられない, "Sorry, I'm Done Being a Good Kid.") by Miku Sawai, 1st ED to the anime "KILL la KILL." Watch it on Crunchyroll. Get a Crunchyroll Premium Membership!

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At long last, we bring you our coverage of Anime Expo 2013. (Part 2 of 2)

In this week’s episode we conclude our coverage of Anime Expo 2013. And, naturally, we go into some of our favorite anime picks as well.

I still intend to finish processing our video and photos from AX, so those will be coming out piecemeal over the next few weeks. So keep your eyes on our YouTube and our Photo Gallery.

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Today’s Theme: Opening theme from Space Battleship Yamato 2199 (aka Uchuu Senkan Yamto 2199, aka Star Blazers 2199)

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Minecraft 1.6 was recently released, and it requires a new procedure to install mods. Also new versions of the littleMaidMob and PlayerFormLittleMaid mods that support Minecraft 1.6 are now out. In this video I show you how to install Forge, littleMaidMob and PlayerFormLittleMaid in Minecraft 1.6.

Be sure and watch our previous video for links to the files that you will need to download:

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