Anime Roundtable

Mike started off talking about venturing into someone else’s fandom (being a casual eSports watcher), and that leads to a conversation about a trio of articles that highlight the industry’s current crossroads as its fandom increases. And that leads to talk again about upcoming live actions and Hollywood Adaptations. And that leads to Kevin finally making it... Mike Nicolas, James Austin, Mohamed S...

We begin the 50th episode of 2.0 by sharing our memories on the 20th anniversary of 9/11. Then with summer ending, we look back on it by revisiting some of the stories coming from there in a pretty much all bullets rewind Mike Nicolas, James Austin, Kevin Ng, Geoff Greig Visit our website for more information and links: https://animeroundtable.wordpress.com/2021/09/13/anime-roundtable-v2-0-50-sept...

So how do we spend the 50th recording of the Pandemic Series…well it isn’t a proper Roundtable SPOILER WARNING!! We do talk a fair amount about the plot of the movie. So if you haven’t seen it yet and don't want to be surprised… Yup we saw Shang Chi. Yup we have thoughts on it. We’ll talk about it in terms of certain plot specifics, the dynamics of the two lead characters, how this will fit in the...

James returns to the table for the first time in almost a month for a chat. So we talk video game stores, COVID, Olympics and Paralympics and scandals, Sony ruling the world, EVA ruling the world, an industry thought with Comic Con and Sentai, before finally talking about what’s presently in our queues with a thought on NHK World at the end Visit our website for more information and links: https:/...

We quiz Geoff on last week’s Space Heater chat, which he didn’t listen to, and still passed. Then we talked about the Crunchyroll/Sony deal which had been examined by the US Department of Justice, and still passed. Moh experiments with a new gameshow idea, and Mike failed it miserably. And we acknowledge the passing of pioneer Fred Ladd Mike Nicolas, Kevin Ng, Mohamed Sharmarke, Geoff Greig Visit...

Anime Roundtable v2.0 Space Heater Chat - August 7 2021: We’re Talking Manga Mike, Moh, and Kevin decided to sit around the space heater and give their takes on what the manga industry said at their Comic Con Panel a few weeks ago. Really they tried to tie in what was said at the panel with many of the other stories and themes that have already been talked about on the Roundtable during the Pandem...

We talk Olympics one week in and look for more pop culture references within it. Then we talk the French in relation to Japanese Pop Culutre. In brief we talk about the head of Kadokawa and stuff he said, and GameStop and what they said about their Canadian presence. Then we encourage you on some panels to watch, convention to attend, and eBooks to buy. All that with one of us asleep through half...

Mike and Moh shoot the breeze and talk Olympics and some of the Japanese and Pop Cultural reference noticed as its first weekend winds down in this very tangental, unvarnished, and unedited chat Corrections: Mike gave the wrong name of CBC’s Japanese Cultural contributor, author and lawyer Mark Sakamoto. He apologizes for the error, and encouages listeners to check out his Sugoi Tokyo features he’...

We begin by looking back on Anime Lockdown and the parts of it which caught our attention. Then we look back on what happened during the Anime Tube Kickstarter controversy and compare it with other companies that tried to come into the Japanese Pop Culture space. Among the items we talk about in brief, weapon plushies, Judgement, and Demon Slayer and Miyazaki (although this time separately) It’s a...

This week we start to look at how the second summer convention season in pandemic times is shaping up. Then we take a brief look at Olympic promotions; the latest on Gundam, Robotech, and Evangelion on various streaming services; Rumiko Takahashi’s work habits as an anniversary comes for one of her earlier titles, Hikaru Utada, and some manga items in brief Mike Nicolas, James Austin, Kevin Ng, Mo...

We wanted to do just an episode full of Bullet headlines, but it got cannonballed by a thread of Demon Slayer headlines, anchored by an article by Friend of the Show Matt Alt on the phenomenon and how it can shake things up in the future. When we finally got off the Demon Slayer train, we talked about another manga digital service, and the sex drives of both fictional comic book/animation characte...

We stick with a music theme in our Anime North hangover episode. We talk about what was on Mike’s mind a few days back with his story about Kozo Murashita and his 1983 pop classic Hatsukoi. Then try to help Mike understand Hatsune Miku. Then we quickly talk Yoko Kanno, the Kenshin movies on Netflix, and Discotek’s presentation on Twitch. Before ending off recaping the community calendar Like I sai...

Mike makes a guarantee that by the end of this, he’ll make you sick of one specific song. This time he tells the story of that song, its appearance in multiple anime titles (and how it got him to watch one of them), its original artist from almost 40 years ago, and how another song he performed was in one of the most beloved anime love stories from back then In many ways its the story of how one s...

The Knights of the Anime Roundtable made its live stream debut as part of the recent Anime North Stay at Home Edition. So in the 70 or so minutes we were given, we looked back on the legacy of the late Kentaro Miura and wonder what’s to become of his beloved title Berzerk. Then we play a full edition of Yes or No, with thoughts on Yasuke, Miyazaki, Demon Slayer, and Macross. Before winding it down...

In the final episode before the live edition at the Anime North Stay at Home Edition, we look back on last week’s Space Heater Chat by recaping TCAF and trying to explain Canadian Parliament Bill C-10 in fifteen minutes or less (big fail), then we do some bullet headlines on what Japanese want in terms of live actions, what Yen Press wants in terms of audio books, what Studio Kiara and Hideki Anno...

Mike and James return in another unvarnished and unedited talk. We tried to rush this in mainly because Mike wanted to get back to watching the final of the first Overwatch League tournament of the season. But you know that’s wishful thinking We come back to the Sony and their backtrack on their decision to close their legacy Playstation Stores with further thoughts on archiving and remastering an...

This week, after looking back on some lingering thoughts between fan and industry convention post pandemic, we look at the latest Asian battle lines in the evolving competition between video streaming services at length. Then in brief we talk the North American Box Office, WWE getting into the anime game, J-Novel Club having a new majority owner, the chase to make a live action version of one of G...

JP from Anime Lockdown pays the Roundtable a visit to talk at length about the future of the online convention one year later and how things have changed in that time. Then he sits in on the bullets, where we talk about company moves on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, and manga print runs in Japan during the pandemic That’s the quick summary, of course it’s more detailed than that. We encourage...

We start this week by talking Anime North with Social Media Coordinator Chris Nebelsky as he helps peel back the curtain a little bit behind the scenes. We talk about the move away from in person conventions during the pandemic, to the online versions that took place last year and the upcoming one in May Then the rest of the Roundtable gathers with reactions to Nebelsky’s appearance and last week’...

Mike and James go unvarnished and unedited again, with the thinking that this will now be a regular feature We start by talking the latest in the local COVID fight (spoiler: on the ropes, with a possible TKO coming), which leads into Canadian movie theatre plans for things like the upcoming Violet Evergarden and Demon Slayer movie runs. With a thought on Violet Evergarden being a tribute to those...

After acknowledging both Atlanta and COVID, we talk about Canadian movie theatres preparing to sell tickets for the Violet Evergarden and Demon Slayer movies this week. Then we talk about the US DOJ wanting to take an extended anti trust investigation into the Sony/Crunchyroll deal. Then we talk at length about the Japan America Society of Dallas/Fort Worth’s online discussion on Japanese Pop Cult...

We seriously begin by looking back on both the tenth anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake and the verdict in the deadly Yonge Street Van Attack before asking the others to look back on the podcast’s 15th anniversary When we finally start talking anime, we end up talking Discotek, take aways from Icv2’s manga week interviews, Playstation Network ending download to own movies, some items i...

There have been many people who have been in and out sitting around the Anime Roundtable throught the years, but two guys have remained a constant Mike Nicolas and James Austin sit down and reminisce on the Roundtable’s fifteen year journey. From its beginnings at a university anime club, to the highs of Official Status at Anime North, to the lows of the eight year hiatus. Returning to a very diff...

We didn’t realize that this would be the 15th anniversary episode until we were almost done taping it. But we do celebrate like we always have. First we reserve some kind words for My Hero Academia translator Caleb Cook, who’s been receiving some backlash for reaching a breaking point with certain segments of its English fandom. Then we talk Anime North being postponed again this year in favour of...

In our Valentine’s/Lunar New Year special, we look back on the Japan Foundation’s Japan Film Festival Plus on the final weekend of its Canadian leg, the World Premier of the Memories english dub the weekend before, and headlines in brief about copyright, censorship, animation schools, and collections Nothing says I love you or Gong Hai Fat Choy than another lockdown pandemic edition of the Anime R...