Episode 105: Katsucon 2012

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This week please excuse the excessive excitement that I have over my new car, I picked it up only an hour before we began the show. Michael gives his initial reaction to his new PS Vita. Joining us this week is The “Anime Anthropologist” Charles Dunbar from Study of Anime and our good friend Greg “The Digital Bug” from Reisen Goes to School by Bus to review last weekend’s Katsucon 2012 including line problems, licensing news, and the horrible miscommunication between panelists and convention staff. In news The Bleach anime is about to end as Warner picks up the film rights, Sentai Filmworks licenses Kurenai and K-On!!, and Fox news calls out Arietty for it’s anti-one percent agenda.

Episode 105: Katsucon 2012

Episode 40: Someday in the Gobble-Con

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This week our guest is Don Richards the Convention Chairman of Gobble-con who talks about what it takes to run an anime convention, what his goals for starting his convention are, and his vision of what a small fan run convention should be. Jon updates everyone on his opinion of Oreimo while I wax poetic about the Haruhi Suzumiya episode “Someday in the Rain.” In news Production resumes on Satoshi Kon’s last film, Sentai Filmworks adds Clannad Movie license and Clannad After Story dub, Summer Wars US theatrical dates listed, 37 Japanese Publishers to Launch North American Manga Portal, and K-On! character goods stolen from real life counterpart.

Episode 35: New York Anime Festival 2010

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This week Greg (http://www.twitter.com/thedigitalbug) joins Jon and Scott to talk about New York Anime Festival 2010. This episode features a review of The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya, a review of the convention, and all the industry news announced convention. Also listen for interviews recorded on the show floor with Dark Horse, Nintendo, Manga Entertainment, Hudson Software, and Tinier Me. The panel finishes by talking about the AK48 scandal and ANN’s problems with the Oreimo Simulcast.

Episode 26: Otakon 2010

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Jon returns from Otakon 2010 and brings his friend and owner of Out of Time Productions Ernie Layug onto the show to talk about the largest Anime convention on the east coast as well as other projects that Out of Time Productions is involved in.  Scott is enjoying his vacation by watching all the anime moves that he has neglected over the last few months.

News

• Otaku fans turn against Hirano Aya
• Navarre to decide future of Funimation by the end of the yaer
• Kinokuniya stops selling five Bishojo Magazines
• Video Game Steins;Gate gets anime
• Crunchyroll Simulcasts Mitsudomoe
• Yen Press acquires High School of the Dead

Otakon News

• Bandai Licenses and K-On! dub announced
• Funimation acquires Evangelion 2.0 and Summer Wars
• Funimation acquires Strike Witches 2
• Other Funimation Announcements
• 30,000 anime convention attendees flood into Baltimore after fire alarm

Anime

• Urusei Yatsura Movie 2 Beautiful Dreamer
• The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Season 2

Episode 23: Your child may require therapy

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Will Robertson from Animeloveu.com comes on the show to talk about ConnectiCon 2010. How was the Cosplay? Why can’t ConnectiCon stick to a schedule? What were the best panels? Why can’t we all be as cool as Geeknights? Jon and Scott give an overview of the Summer 2010 season so far and the panel discusses the origin of Cat Girls. Please excuse the Megatoyko reference.

Anime

• Amagami SS
• High School of the Dead
• Occult Academy
• Mitsudome
• Shiki

News

• Cruncyroll teams up with the Zune Marketplace
• Hayao Miyazaki compares iPad to masturbation
• New York Anime Fest to Host Minori Chihara
• Crunchyroll to Simulcast Asobi Ni Ikuyo
• Dragon Quest opening to be shown in 3D theaters
• Steaming shows leaked before airing
• Florida Mother protests manga in public library

Update: 7/18/10

Scott Rubin from Geeknights has contacted me with the following corrects to some of the information provided about ConnecticCon:

• Swap meets did happen early each day in the second panel room. While they were a test run this year Scott promised in 2011 that they'd be "better than the swap meets at any other con."
• Scott and Brandon DeCoster were head of panels, not heads of programing. They had no control over main events just the five panel rooms, the daytime ballroom schedule, and the two workshops.