Over 20 years, John Rooney has worked at YTV, Teletoon and DHX Media. Acting as Director of Programming during the Bionix era and helping oversee the launch of Adult Swim Canada, John has overseen many key moments in anime and animation in Canadian media. I ask him to help dispel myths about acquisition, production, and talk also about a bunch of other stuff that will keep you 90s kids satisfied.

Episode breakdown:

39:00 - Inspector Bronco and how Adult Swim Canada was before Corus take-over

45:40 - Why doesn’t Teletoon want to air anime?

50:55 - John takes no responsibility for the Gundam Wing airing order, but has quite a bit to say about Bionix

1:00:00 - How to improve the way we fund our productions

LINK TO IMPORTANT CANCON SURVEY: http://pch.sondages-surveys.ca/s/dwc/?l=en

The Iron Man anime is hitting... Family CHRGD? What's Viz up to this time? Is there any hope for Canadian content with a new survey from the Ministry of Heritage, or should we just stick with anime forever? Karl returns to share his perspective.

Episode breakdown:

4:30 - The Iron Man anime is hitting Family CHRGD

13:40 - Does Viz have something new in store for Canada? Don't get too excited...

19:10 - The Ministry of Heritage has launched a survey on CanCon. We talk about the state of things and why you should fill this out!

A few theatrical updates, and a rundown of the new shows for the spring 2016 season with Corey and Ian.

Episode breakdown:

5:00 - Theatrical updates

9:20 - Everything you need to know about Super Lovers

14:20 - Ian mercifully changes the subject to The Lost Village

18:25 - Streaming issues, Kabenari of the Iron Fortress

29:30 - My Hero Academia, Joker Game, Ace Attorney, Flying Witch, and more!

41:00 - A little bit of streaming and home video talk

In a surprise turn, Mongrel Media will be releasing Mamoru Hosoda's "The Boy and the Beast" in Canada rather than FUNimation - both theatrically AND on home video. Yet we've gotten almost no news about this. Randy Forbister helps speculate on just what on earth is going on with this movie. Also, other theatrical issues, as well as streaming.

Episode breakdown:

0:30 - Quick catch up with Randy

10:35 - The current status of The Boy and the Beast

25:35 - Randy’s Love Live experience and other theatrical stuff

32:15 - Streaming news: Amazon Prime, JoJos and the new Adult Swim app

44:00 - Addendum

Inuyasha made a significant splash when it first debuted on YTV in 2003... far greater than many of us seem to remember, in fact. What were the exact cultural circumstances that caused Inuyasha to dominate Canadian Google searches for years? Ian and Noah help me get to the bottom of this.

Episode Breakdown:

5:45- Our personal experiences with Inuyasha

25:00 - The Japanese context of the show

29:50 - Overview of story and characters

43:55 - The nuances of Inuyasha’s Canadian context

Hazel and Bell from the popular webcomic "Always Raining Here" join me to discuss new anime for the winter 2016 season. But first, Karl and I talk about the new policy changes for Canadians on Crunchyroll a few other unfortunate developments

Episode breakdown:

0:15 - Crunchyroll is restricting access for non-premium users! Netflix is blocking VPNs! The Anime Network free lunch is over!

33:00 - Hazel and Bell talk about Erased, Osomatsu-san, Sekko Boys and some BL stuff

Former Zone host Sugar Lyn Beard talks about her time as a host and producer at YTV, an unlikely start in radio and her fond memories working on Sailor Moon S and SuperS. She also shares details on some surprising projects we can expect from her in the future!

Get in the holiday spirit as Jesse, Karl, Eryn and Rin-senpai recount their personal highlights of 2015.

Episode breakdown:

01:00 - News rundown

15:00 - We each share our media highlights of the year

A little bit of everything: Adult Swim Canada, geoblocking issues, and a rundown of some of the best and worst new anime now streaming from Japan.

Episode breakdown:

7:00 - Adult Swim schedule updates for November and some thoughts on Two Nuts and a Richard

20:00 - Some news on Canadian dubbing, or lack thereof

28:00 - Streaming gaps, and are shomi and crave viable options for anime?

43:00 - What's been geoblocked?

53:00 - We talk about what shows are streaming now, specifically One Punch Man, Osomatsu-san, Comet Lucifer, and more

1:24:00 - Addendum

Bummed out that Love Live: The School Idol Movie didn't open in any Canadian theatres at all? You're not alone! Randy, Eryn, and Rin-senpai chime in on what they think went wrong with this supposedly "international" theatrical release.