Episode 84 - Pornography and Inuyasha: The Most Pressing Matters of Our Time

In what will hopefully be my last news roundup episode ever, Geoff and Yazy return to discuss all of the explosive anime industry news of the last few months, although we spend most of the time talking about how Sony buying out RightStuf will make it a lot harder to import hentai into Canada. We also talk about Uzumaki's constantly delayed Adult Swim Canada airing, and how somebody really, really needs to stream the rest of Inuyasha in this country. I mean, come on, what are they waiting for?

Zannen, Canada · Ep.84 - Pornography and Inuyasha: The Most Pressing Matters of Our Time

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Episode 74 - Zannen, Canada's Worst Christmas Ever

The boys at The Anime Roundtable podcast finally put aside their differences and join me to wrap up this terrible, terrible year. After recognizing the recent (and shocking) passing of Kirby Morrow as well as the unsurprising news of Funimation's purchase of Crunchyroll, we all kind of struggle to pin down media that brought us some degree of joy in 2020, but ultimately come up with some unique choices including Terrace House, Great Pretender, Arte, Act-Age, Close Enough and Extra Olympia Kyklos.

Zannen, Canada · Ep. 74 - Zannen, Canada's Worst Christmas Ever

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Kirby Morrow Memorial Scholarship Fund: GoFundMe Link

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Episode 72 - Only Nerds Watch Tubi

For years it's felt like we've been asking the rest of the world to take our word for it that Sailor Moon was a Canadian cultural phenomenon, but at long last we have seen a distinct example of that in practice with Sailor Moon's launch on Crave last month. Karl and Kyle join me to talk about why this launch led to an explosion on social media, despite the fact that the show has been available on Tubi for years! We also discuss some other recent news stories such as Viz's new partnership with Funimation and AT&T's apparent desire to sell off Crunchyroll. We also take a look at the outrageous prices of Sentai Filmworks titles on Amazon.ca to underline what a terrible decision Crunchyroll made by choosing them to handle their home video distribution. 

What was your reaction to Sailor Moon appearing on Crave? If they get more anime, is there anything specific you think they should grab next? If so, I'd love to hear from you! Share your thoughts at zannencanada@gmail.com or in the comments below.

Zannen, Canada · Ep.72 - Only Nerds Watch Tubi

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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.

Episode 34 - You Can't Escape Bundling

Jose Argumedo from the One Piece Podcast joins me to share his thoughts on the streaming economy and why we can't quite escape from the bundling tactics that have stigmatized cable for many. We also chat a bit about Discotek releases and Adult Swim.

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Episode 30 - Don't Forget the "i" in Daingerfield

Crunchyroll recently released a new dub for the third season of Gintama, one of the few recently produced in Vancouver, BC. Michael Daingerfield, the voice of Gintoki, stops by to talk about his work. Patrick also joins me to dig into the new dub.

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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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Episode 23 - The Funicrunchimationroll Breakdown

Jesse and Karl share their thoughts on Crunchyroll and Funimation's recent partnership announcement - hands down the second-most important anime news of the week.

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Episode 22 - Gaping Cultural Flesh Wounds

Cameron Archer from Gloryosky (sweetposer.com) joins me to talk about industry presence at Canadian anime cons, the new fall TV line-up and... could anime work on the CBC?

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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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Episode 21 - The Legacy of McPizza

When McPizza was test marketed, it never made it outside of our borders. When Pepsi Max was, it spread to countless markets. Karl helps me figure out which junk food analogy best fits Crunchyroll's current strategy. We also talk about Viz streaming on Tubi TV, upcoming Ocean dubs and some thoughts on the Iron Man anime which finished its run on Family CHRGD.

Episode Breakdown:
2:25 - Talk about some new shows this season including Amanchu, 91 Days and Mob Psycho 100
14:45 - A quick review of Iron Man on Family CHRGD
25:00 - Hands on with Tubi TV
33:30 - Picking apart Crunchyroll's current Canadian strategy
44;00 - Some Adult Swim Canada talk

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Episode 14: Rick Santorum's Homoerotic Swimming Cartoon Scandal

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

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Episode 4: Workaround Dystopia

Zannen, Canada · Ep.04 - 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.

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.