Thursday 22 December 2016

Episode 27 - Zannen Christmas Blast


Try to find some kind of complacency in this tumultuous 2016 holiday season as Jesse, Eryn, Ian and Randy recount our favourite movies, TV shows, comics and video games from the past year. If you weren’t paying attention to DC’s new Hannah-Barbera comics already, you might want to reconsider now.

Episode Breakdown

2:00 - A look back at anime in Canada over the past year, whether streaming, broadcast or theatrical 
26:30 - We share our favourite media from the past year
1:50:00 - What we’re looking forward to in 2017

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Theme song by Karl Olson. Check out Packet Flood, the album all of this show's music is taken from, on his Bandcamp.

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Monday 5 December 2016

Episode 26 - Don't Tell Us Print Is Dead


Lissa Pattillo from Seven Seas Entertainment talks about how the manga market has changed over the years, how important it is for the industry to have stuff on TV and the perils of bringing manga (smutty or otherwise) over the US border.

Episode breakdown:

2:15 - Looking back on Kuriousity and changes in the manga market since then
14:00 - Comparing our market to Europe
21:00 - Overcoming the digital serialization gap
35:46 - Problems with Customs and importing manga in Canada

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Theme song by Karl Olson. Check out Packet Flood, the album all of this show's music is taken from, on his Bandcamp.

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Sunday 4 December 2016

Episode 25 - Haikyuu Gerrymandering


Crunchyroll recently released electoral-style maps breaking down the most popular new anime in each Canadian province and US state, and man were there some notable differences.

Canadian map: www.crunchyroll.com%2Fanime-feature%2F2016%2F10%2F30-1%2Ffeature-crunchyrolls-most-popular-fall-anime-by-provinceterritory

US map: www.crunchyroll.com%2Fanime-news%2F2016%2F10%2F27%2Ffeature-crunchyrolls-most-popular-fall-anime-by-state

Also, in the off chance that you don't know what a fujoshi is, you might want to do some reading, because this term describes Canadian fandom pretty well: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaoi_fandom#Fujoshi 

Episode breakdown:

0:30 - Corey talks a bit about his work on Lucas Bros. Moving Company and Major Lazer
7:30 - We compare the Canadian, US and Australian maps and discuss new shows this season including Kiss Him, Not Me, Yuri!!! On Ice, Drifters and Keijo!!!!!!!!

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Theme song by Karl Olson. Check out Packet Flood, the album all of this show's music is taken from, on his Bandcamp.

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