Episodes

  • 8. The Streaming Wars

    8. The Streaming Wars
    8 Sep 2020
    They say love can’t bloom on the battlefield but does that apply to anime? In the finale of Anime in America we catch up on where anime is now, streaming’s impact on the anime industry, and answers life's biggest questions: What IS anime? Guests: Kun Gao, Grace Opigo
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    42 min
  • 7. Raised by TV

    7. Raised by TV
    1 Sep 2020
    Remember how many failed attempts there were to get Dragon Ball onto TV? Yeah, neither did I but here we are. We also take a dive into what most millennials credit as their first taste of anime with Toonami. Guests: Jason Demarco, Roland Kelts
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    53 min
  • 6. At The Movies... Eventually

    6. At The Movies... Eventually
    25 Aug 2020
    Who would have guessed it was tough getting any store to pick up AKIRA or the arduous road to get a single Ghibli film to the states for it to be the only anime film to eventually win an Oscar. Guests: Jerry Beck
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    34 min
  • 5. Manga in America

    5. Manga in America
    18 Aug 2020
    If you’re tired of every movie being based on a comic book in the states….boy do I have bad news for you. Manga (Japanese comics) is a major part of the anime industry in Japan...but they’ve had and continue to have a hard time in America. Guests: Rachel Thorne, and Nick Rowe
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    42 min
  • 4. Yes I Do, Hentai Too

    4. Yes I Do, Hentai Too
    11 Aug 2020
    Your average American has a very specific view of Anime and most of the time they think it’s tentacles and anime babes but we’re here to set the record straight. Also, It’s called Hentai and it’s ART.
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    29 min
  • 3.33 You Can (Not) Attend

    3.33 You Can (Not) Attend
    7 Aug 2020
    Things have changed since the recording of our convention episode so we’re bringing you a special bonus episode to talk about the new convention landscape in a Covid world.
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    26 min
  • 3. The Long Con(vention)

    3. The Long Con(vention)
    4 Aug 2020
    From humble beginnings, conventions were 5 people in a room huddled around a VCR and a tube television. Now they’re attended by hundreds of thousands of people and take an army to put on. Also, the world of being a professional cosplayer. What a world!
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    1 hr and 2 min
  • 1. In the Beginning There Was Fansubs

    1. In the Beginning There Was Fansubs
    28 Jul 2020
    Before you could go online to watch literally any and every anime you had to send a letter, a check, and wait a few months for a VHS of maybe 4 episodes. Also, doing that was a crime.
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    31 min