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Podcast Episode 10: Now With Less Finals

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At this point, all four panellists were all students. And, since we went to different schools, schedules got confused and Richard was accidentally left out of this one as Drew thought he was studying for an upcoming exam.

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Hosts: Drew Sutton, Jason Brown and Marc Smazik.

Notes:

Again leaving out the roundtable to return at a later date, we review two late 1980s science fiction classics, first is GAINAX’s Wings of Honneamise (1987), which conveniently gets changed to Wings of Hummas and Mayonaise because that’s easier to pronounce. Then we review 1989’s Venus Wars.

Podcast Episode 9: There is No Win Without Fail

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Episode 9 features a review for a series which has a special place in most older anime fans hearts and probably one of the first series to make them cringe and scream in physical pain after watching it.

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Hosts: Drew Sutton, Marc Smazik, Jason Brown and Richard Hoelsher.

Notes:

So yes, Akihabara Renditions steps up to the plate and offers another take on the 1987 (pseudo-)cyberpunk OAV series, Bubblegum Crisis. Deciding to skip the discussion section, because this episode featured one of our first planned travesties, we move right along into the 1991 sequel Bubblegum Crash.

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Podcast Episode 8: Tetsuo Kaneda Podcast

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Episode 8 is up and ready to be downloaded for the first time, for the last time!

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Hosts: Drew Sutton, Richard Hoelsher, Marc Smazik and Jason Brown.

Notes:

Speaking of staples of 1990s-anime-from-Blockuster-Video, we’d realized that we were skipping over probably the most famous of all – AKIRA (1988). Our roundtable discussion is more of story-time as Drew attempts to start a profile-in-fandom piece and talks about the man that fans love to hate, Carl Macek. Finally, we review another little OAV, Dragon Half (1993)  that had captured a generation of fans, particularly AMV creators, with the phrase “What the fuck?!”. No, seriously. What the fuck were we thinking of reviewing this?

Podcast Episode 7: Koko wa Podcast Tank Police

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Episode 7 is now out again!

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Hosts: Drew Sutton, Marc Smazik, Jason Brown and Richard Hoelsher.

Notes:

After the failure that was Please Save My Earth, we hesitantly pick up another shoujo title. Marc is pleased because he likes shoujo stuff and despite the trap in the series, 1993-96’s Koko wa Greenwood OAV goes over fairly well. Our roundtable this episode attempts to discuss the significance of that beast we all love to hate: moe~. Finally, we review a staple of 1990s anime-from-Blockbuster-Video, which all stores were required by law to have – Dominion Tank Police (1988).

Podcast Episode 6: 404 Title Not Found

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Episode 6 of the Akihabara Renditions podcast is now re-released!

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Hosts: Drew Sutton, Richard Hoelsher, Marc Smazik and Jason Brown.

Notes:

We come back to Miyazaki Hayao’s work in this episode and pick of the first Studio Ghibli film, 1984’s Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind. Jason admits his sacrilidge for not necessarily being a fan of Miyazaki’s films. We then discuss piracy in anime fandom and debate the topic as to whether or not fandom can exist without it now. We then wrap it up with a review of a little OAV called Juumu GUNM but is probably better known as Battle Angel/Battle Angel Alita.

Podcast Episode 5: Jason Wants to Hit Me With Cookies

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Episode 5 is re-released here! This is another episode that Drew is proud of, probably for the exact opposite reasons he’s proud of the previous episode.

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Hosts: Drew Sutton, Richard Hoelsher, Jason Brown and Marc Smazik.

Notes:

Following the mixture of hot shit and hot, steaming pile of crap that was our previous episode, Drew feels he has a sure-fire win with 1983’s Crusher Joe. It backfires as he is the only member of the cast who truly enjoys the film. We also discuss a current state of broadcast anime and how it’s changed since we became fans and whether it’s better or not. Finally, with three of us being mecha fans, it was hard for us to avoid something that was Mobile Suit Gundam related, so we decided to pop in Mobile Suit Gundam F-91.

Podcast Episode 4: Hard Work, Guts, and Sunglasses

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Episode 4 is finally re-released! This is an episode that Drew is particularly proud of because we deal with two very distinct reactions to what we review.

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Hosts: Drew Sutton, Marc Smazik, Jason Brown and Richard Hoelsher

Notes:

We sit down for two more reviews in this episode after returning from our drunken NERD RAGE over Anime Weekend Atlanta in the previous episode. What we think will end up with two more pleasant reviews to calm us down, Marc ends up requesting us to review something he remembered fondly from high school, Boku no Chikyuu ‘o mamotte, also known as Please Save My Earth (1993-’94). Marc’s memory of this series is better than the actual series but Jason, Richard and Drew end up tearing into it. We then switch to our roundtable section where we discuss the impact of sub-only DVD releases and their potential impact on the North American Anime Industry. Finally, needing something to lighten the mood we review GAINAX’s 1988 OAV Top ‘o nerae GunBuster.

Podcast Episode 3: AWA Re-Cap

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Episode 3 is now re-released!

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Hosts: Drew Sutton, Marc Smazik, Jason Brown and Richard Hoelsher.

Notes:

After another year at Anime Weekend Atlanta (Editor’s Note: This was AWA XIII from 22 – 24 September 2007), we sit down and review the convention as seen through the eyes of fans and attendees. We of course harp on the biggest change that a lot of other folks jumped on about the weekend, which was the hotel enforcing a more restrictive alcohol policy, due mostly to events which transpired the previous year. This all ends up going back to how fandom used to be and how it’s changed as anime has become much more mainstream. WARNING: Segments of this podcast can easily be followed up with “Get off my lawn!”

Links of interest:

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Podcast Episode 2: Electric Boogaloo

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We’re back for another exciting episode! Also joining us as another full time panelist is our good friend Richard Hoelsher!

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Hosts: Drew Sutton, Marc Smazik, Jason Brown and Richard Hoelsher.

Notes:

We introduce Richard and briefly discuss his adventure through anime fandom and his years staffing Anime Weekend Atlanta. We then get to the meat of the program as we review the oft-overlooked Miyazaki Hayao classic, 1979’s Castle of Cagliostro, a Lupin III film and the easiest entry into the space opera metaseries Space Pirate Captain Harlock by taking a look at 1982’s  My Youth In Arcadia. We also sit down to discuss the dying fate of anime clubs which were at one time about the only way people could get their anime.

Podcast Episode 1: The Perils of Podcasting

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Here is the re-release of episode 1 of the Akihabara Renditions podcast!

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Hosts: Drew Sutton, Marc Smazik and Jason Brown.

Notes:

Jason, Marc and myself introduce ourselves and what the Akihabara Renditions podcast is about and pony up with our fandom CVs to give some air of legitimacy as to why we should be doing a podcast, aside from “we just downloaded Audacity and decided we could do one, too!” We also lay out our first two reviews, 1992’s Otaku no Video and 1989’s Riding Bean. In between, we have our first roundtable discussion about modern fansubbing and how it’s changed over time.