Ani-gamers Podcast

In this episode, Evan is joined by indie comics writer Rachel Pandich (http://rachelpandich.com/) and anime blogger/podcaster Kate (a.k.a. Narutaki) from http://reversethieves.com to discuss Western (i.e. non-manga) comics that appeal to anime and manga fans. They also talk about New York Comic Con and Masaaki Yuasa's Kick-Heart Kickstarter, which is about to hit its deadline TONIGHT (10/30) after reaching its goal a few days early. Send us feedback at podcast@anigamers.com! Show notes, links, comments, and more can be found at podcast.anigamers.com.

David and Evan make their long-awaited return to talk about Magic Knight Rayearth, Fruits Basket, Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt, Darker Than Black, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Summer 2012 anime, the Neo Geo Pocket Color, and ... Animorphs? This show was recorded LIVE in Evan's apartment, which means it has approximately 50% better jokes and 70% fewer awkward pauses than a typical episode of the Ani-Gamers Podcast (based on real science). We tried a slightly different, slightly looser format than usual for this episode. Drop us a line at our email address (linked below) if you like it! Send us feedback at podcast@anigamers.com! Show notes, links, comments, and more can be found at podcast.anigamers.com.

For years we have languished under the oppression of our ANNCast overlords (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/anncast/), who refuse to even record a podcast at the East Coast's largest anime convention, Otakon. So, with the help of our fearless captain Ed Sizemore (http://mangaoutloud.com/), an intrepid team of Otakon pirate podcasters — including our very own Evan Minto — have hijacked the Anime News Network's famous podcast to talk about Otakon 2012. Unfortunately the audio recording is one iteration away from Alvin Lucier's "I Am Sitting in a Room" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_Sitting_in_a_Room), but I guess it's in keeping with the pirate theme. Send us feedback at podcast@anigamers.com! Show notes, links, comments, and more can be found at podcast.anigamers.com.

Just in time for Otakon 2012, we've got a quick little podcast check-in from Evan Minto and David Estrella. We talk about our Otakon plans as well as what we've been watching/reading/playing. This includes the Muv-Luv visual novels, Black Jack (manga), Mars (manga), Bodacious Space Pirates, Spelunky, and The Dark Knight Rises (yeah it's not anime, manga, or games, but we keep the discussion of it to a minimum). No show notes this time, since I need to pack for Otakon. (Also I apologize in advance for any audio problems I might have missed in my lightning editing session.) Hopefully we'll see some of our listeners this weekend! Send us feedback at podcast@anigamers.com! Show notes, links, comments, and more can be found at podcast.anigamers.com.

What? Huh? What's a podcast? We're not even sure anymore. But luckily David Estrella is here to help re-discover the true meaning of podcasting in the latest episode of the Ani-Gamers Podcast. Unfortunately, he doesn't help our host Evan Minto remember to introduce himself. Whoops! In this episode, we talk about crying anime girls, genre deconstructions, and spurious voice acting performances as we tackle the hugely popular magical girl anime Puella Magi Madoka Magica. Don't worry if you haven't seen the show — we've separated our spoiler talk into a separate section of the podcast after the outro song. Everything in the main section is free of Madoka spoilers (though we might slip in some spoilers for older series on occasion). Send us feedback at podcast@anigamers.com! Show notes, links, comments, and more can be found at podcast.anigamers.com.

We've been having a decent amount of guests on lately, huh? This time we are joined by Evan Minto from the Anigamers podcast and Genericon staff to talk about--PER HIS REQUEST--the notoriously disliked Sword for Truth by Osamu Dezaki and Akio Sugino. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.

What's that? SIX MONTHS? Well, if you listen to the Ani-Gamers Podcast, I guess you're probably used to super-long waits by now. Anyway, we're back, and we're starting off the year 2012 with something very timely and totally not recorded in the spring of last year: a review of the 2008 Spice & Wolf anime with Evan, Ink, and THEM Anime Reviews' very own Bradley C. Meek (themanime.org). Prepare for economics, wolf girls, and infuriating moé shepherds. That, plus a few mild spoilers, but there honestly isn't much worth spoiling in this show. (Check the show notes for timecodes if you're really spoiler-phobic.) We're also trying out some new intro and outro music, so we would appreciate some feedback on those from our listeners. Send us feedback at podcast@anigamers.com! Show notes, links, comments, and more can be found at podcast.anigamers.com.

Featuring: Alex Leavitt (Dept. of Alchemy), Chris Beveridge (Mania.com), Ed Chavez (Vertical, Inc.), Jennifer Fu (Comparative Media Studies at MIT), Clarissa Graffeo (Anime World Order), and Ada Palmer (Tezuka in English) Yes, yes, I promised a review of Spice & Wolf for this episode, but Alex Leavitt has forced my hand by politely requesting this long-overdue recording. That's right, get ready for ANGRY ARGUMENTS, because this is Experts of Fan Controversy (Anime Boston 2011), in which anime fandom "experts" face off on major issues of the day, including piracy and translation accuracy! OK, let's be honest here: there isn't actually much controversy or anger in this panel, but it certainly has lots of very useful insights into the workings of the anime industry and fandom. Plus it's got points. And who doesn't love points? Show notes and links are coming soon, and cross your fingers for that Spice & Wolf episode next time! Send us feedback at podcast@anigamers.com! Show notes, links, comments, and

Hosts: Evan "Vampt Vo" Minto, Bradley C. Meek (themanime.org), InkTopics: Reading E-mails, What'cha Been Doing? Been fighting back withdrawal symptoms due to the lack of Ani-Gamers Podcasts of late? Well we're back to help you out, now that my crazy semester is finally over. Will we continue to put out episodes in any timely fashion? We sure hope so! Anyway, this episode features Ink as a co-host once again, but it also features Bradley C. Meek, who's been trying to get on this podcast for months. (We were happy to have him, but I had to find time to record!) Next episode, Bradley, Ink, and I will be discussing the Spice & Wolf anime. That should be up within the next week or two. Send us feedback at podcast@anigamers.com! Show notes, links, comments, and more can be found at podcast.anigamers.com.

Hosts: Evan "Vampt Vo" Minto, Elliot Page, InkTopic: "What'cha Been Doing?" After a ridiculously long break between episodes, we're back with a 100% Ani-Gamers staff episode (i.e. both co-hosts are Ani-Gamers contributors). We discuss the anime, manga, and video games we've been checking out in these last few weeks, including Ink's Anime Secret Santa pick, Fate/Stay Night. Plus, in the last fifteen minutes or so, Evan and Elliot have an in-depth discussion of the wildly popular indie game Minecraft. Send us feedback at podcast@anigamers.com! Show notes, links, comments, and more can be found at podcast.anigamers.com.

Hosts: Evan "Vampt Vo" Minto, Mitchell Dyer, Daryl Surat (Anime World Order)Topic: Mass Effect 2 (2010) and expectations for Mass Effect 3 We're back with more Mass Effect talk, this time with a discussion of Mass Effect 2 and 3 (which isn't out yet, though that doesn't stop us from spending a good portion of the episode on it). By the way, SPOILERS. Seriously, don't say I didn't warn you. If you've got something to say about Mass Effect or our opinions thereof, do let us know through the comments or e-mail. Send us feedback at podcast@anigamers.com! Show notes, links, comments, and more can be found at podcast.anigamers.com.

Hosts: Evan "Vampt Vo" Minto, Mitchell Dyer, Daryl Surat (Anime World Order)Topic: Mass Effect 1 (Mass Effect 2 and our expectations for 3 are in part 2) We've got Anime World Order's Daryl Surat with us this episode to talk about the science-fiction action-RPG series Mass Effect. In part a, we talk about the first Mass Effect game ("Mass Effect 1" for clarity), touching on the parts we both liked and didn't like in both the storytelling and the gameplay. While I mentioned that the episode would have a lot of spoilers, this first part is relatively spoiler-free in terms of plot twists. However, we do discuss the meta-game a bit, so if you'd rather not know that, listen at your own risk. Send us feedback at podcast@anigamers.com! Show notes, links, comments, and more can be found at podcast.anigamers.com.

Hosts: Evan "Vampt Vo" Minto, Karl "Uncle Yo" Custer, InkRecording: A panel called "Fandom & Criticism: The Art of Active Viewing" at AnimeNEXT 2010 This episode isn't quite a typical Ani-Gamers Podcast episode, in that it's not a couple of geeks chatting on Skype about silly Japanese cartoons or video games. Instead, this is a recording of a panel that I ran with Uncle Yo and Ink at AnimeNEXT. The audio quality isn't great, so I apologize upfront for that. (And yes, Uncle Yo had to leave before the end without saying a word, which I forgot to mention in the podcast's foreword.) If you have any feedback regarding the episode, though, feel free to let us know in the comments or at our e-mail address we'd love to hear you chime in on this interesting subject! Send us feedback at podcast@anigamers.com! Show notes, links, comments, and more can be found at podcast.anigamers.com.

Hosts: Evan "Vampt Vo" Minto, Mitchell "MitchyD" Dyer (downwritefierce.com), Evan "BakaTanuki" Krell (insert-disc.com)Topic: What'cha Been Doing? In this episode, Mitchy and I square off against Evan Krell (a.k.a. BakaTanuki) of Insert-Disc, who also happens to now be an Ani-Gamers blogger. We discuss what we've been doing, which includes playing Red Dead Redemption, playing Red Dead Redemption, and watching some animoos. Did we mention playing Red Dead Redemption? Send us feedback at podcast@anigamers.com! Show notes, links, comments, and more can be found at podcast.anigamers.com.

Hosts: Evan "Vampt Vo" Minto, Elliot Page, Chris "Kit Inaka" ColalellaTopic: Sony press conference @ E3 2010 For what is most likely our final E3 podcast, Evan and Elliot are joined by Ani-Gamers blogger Kit to discuss the outcome of Sony's press conference. We also throw in some thoughts on how each of the big three did against each other. Who's the winner? Well, you'll have to listen to find that out! As with the last two episodes, this one doesn't have much in the way of editing. Additionally, we don't usually do these bonus episodes, so we'd love to get your feedback on them. Would you like to see more stuff like this during conventions in the future? Just shoot us an e-mail or leave a comment! Send us feedback at podcast@anigamers.com! Show notes, links, comments, and more can be found at podcast.anigamers.com.

Hosts: Evan "Vampt Vo" Minto, Elliot Page Topic: Nintendo press conference @ E3 2010 Wow, Evan and Elliot were pretty blown away by Nintendo's E3 press conference, so listen on to discover why. We discuss The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (Wii), Kirby's Epic Yarn (Wii), the 3-D capable DS successor, the 3DS, and Kid Icarus: Uprising, a new game on the 3DS. This episode has minimal editing, so please do let us know if it sounds bad! Send us feedback at podcast@anigamers.com! Show notes, links, comments, and more can be found at podcast.anigamers.com.

Hosts: Evan "Vampt Vo" Minto, Elliot Page Topic: Microsoft press conference @ E3 2010 We've got a quick bonus episode for you, featuring Evan and Elliot talking about the news that just came out of Microsoft's E3 2010 press conference. Highlights: "CUT WHAT YOU WILL" and "Xbox, Destroy." Expect more quick little E3 episodes for the other major press conferences as the week wears on. Send us feedback at podcast@anigamers.com! Show notes, links, comments, and more can be found at podcast.anigamers.com.