A podcast exploring the anime industry as it connects with Canadian media and fandom. If you're in Canada, you get news and analysis directly relevant to you. If you're outside of Canada, you get a bit of a different perspective than usual. Discussion of streaming, broadcast and cultural impact are all on the table.
Friday 22 May 2015
Episode 4: Workaround Dystopia
This episode I'm joined by Lance Heiskell (former Director of Corporate Strategy for FUNimation Entertainment) and Karl Olson (nerdcore rapper Ultraklystron) to talk about anime streaming and simulcasts in Canada. Geoblocking and the inability for American companies to understand the problems with it, the ethics of VPN use, and weighing streaming and broadcast as forms of discovery are all on the agenda.
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Episode breakdown:
1:08 – Introducing Lance and Karl
7:50 - The problems with the US-centrism baked into the net and the frustration with embedding
9:00 – Running down the streaming situations of FUNimation, Netflix, Sentai, and Crunchyroll. We also touch on Quebec rights and just can’t resist talking a bit about broadcast and MuchMusic.
37:00 – Why some companies only use Hulu for streaming, and will they ever change?
1:05:00 – If we can’t get this figured out in North America, what hope is there for global streaming?
1:16:20 – Reminicising, simuldubs and some gushing over Shirobako.
Contact:
Jesse: Twitter
Lance: Twitter | Anime Nostalgia Bomb
Karl: Twitter | Ultraklystron.com
Theme song by Karl Olson. Check out his music at Ultraklystron.com.
Labels:
anime,
anime podcast,
Bionix,
Canadian media,
Crunchyroll,
Funimation,
Hulu,
podcast,
Toonami,
Viz
Monday 4 May 2015
Episode 3: LA-LI-LU-LELOLA
An interview with the ever insightful Pan, former webmaster of the incredibly popular Canadian anime site LELOLA.net, cosplayer extraordinaire, and Power Rangers aficionado.
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Episode breakdown:
01:05 - Introducing Pan
14:00 – The
lost art of the personalized fan site
20:53 – Exposure
and reaction to social justice issues online
27:00 – The
Lelola community and the enormous response it received, including Pan
fanfiction
37:34 – Power
Rangers talk, specifically why Power Rangers Megaforce: Robo Knight Before
Christmas is the ultimate cringewatch
43:37 – Pan
answers the roundtable questions from previous episodes
51:40 – I
address a user submitted question with an answer that I guess is acceptable
53:00 – Call out for thoughts on the state of streaming in Canada
Contact:
Jesse: Twitter
Theme song by Karl Olson. Check out his music at Ultraklystron.com.
Labels:
anime,
anime podcast,
Bionix,
Canadian media,
Lelola,
podcast,
Power Rangers,
YTV
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