I have started what I hope to be a robust body of 101 video interviews. My first one was with Brent Newhall of Otaku, No Video: Anime 101. The basics you want to know but are afraid to admit you …

Studio Ghibli’s newest movie, “From Up on Poppy Hill”, is set to be released in the U.S. in about six weeks. It’s a touching coming-of-age story set in 1960′s Japan. Usually I can’t stand touching coming-of-age stories but for Ghibli …

Isao Takahata’s legendary WWII tearjerker, based on Akiyuki Nosaka’s loosely autobiographical novel of the same name, has been optioned for a live-action adaptation in the UK by Dresden Pictures. Production is scheduled to begin in 2014.

Grave of the Fireflies …

This week we interview game publisher and Story Games proprietor Andy Kitkowski. Andy drops the 411 on the Japanese gaming scene.

Show Notes:

• JGC (Japan Game Convention)
• トーキョーN◎VA (Tokyo Nova), A slow breakdown
• Sword World (Wikipedia)
• Sword World Wiki
• Sword

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Patricia’s back! Although I see fit to demote her to ‘guest host’ status right out of the gate. But never mind, she’ll earn her way back in in short order. This week Patrica, Ed, Clyde, and Alex bitch about cut-scenes …

In this podcast, I talk about playing G X B, an anime/manga styled dating game, in the school gaming club.

Clickies:

• G X B by Atarashi Games
• New Style Podcast

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Music breaks are royalty-free pieces by Kevin Macleod @ Incompetech.com.  

We’ve been blasting our way through Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam like the DVDs are going to disappear at the end of the week. This is pretty unheard of, because Shapiro Keats and I are about the slowest anime-watchers in the …

Another long, rambly talk this week – but it’s a good kind of ramble where you end up in fun, unexpected places. Clyde brings us a news item regarding Hayao Miyazaki’s hiring practices, Ed wants to talk about legal problems …

Naoki Urasawa’s Monster is on the Netflix Instant Stream so get your lazy asses out there and watch all 74 episodes right the hell NOW.

That’s it.

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So the series of Berserk movies is definitely coming out starting in 2012. And here is a teaser trailer that shows you…approximately half of nothing. But all the Berserk fans can squeal over Griffiths’ perfectly perfect hair.

Official Website

I …

On this week’s installment of the Yellow Menace Gamecast we interview Jack Richmond of Atarashi games, designer of anime-themed indie RPG’s Panty Explosion Perfect and GxB!

Show Notes

• Panty Explosion Perfect – old vs. new versions
• GxB
• Classroom Deathmatch

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We’ve already been through the anger and grief associated with seeing Keanu “Whoa!” Reeves mentioned in connection with The 47 Ronin and a live-action Cowboy Bebop, both of which are as yet mercifully nonexistent.

But now he’s connected to the …