Review up on OtakuNews: http://www.otakunews.com/dvdreview.php?DVD=146 Guest podcast appearance on anime3000. I’ll post the link later today. It was good hanging out with Michael from Anime Diet and Gia from Anime Vice with Sean Russell from Anime3000 moderating the madness. Check out the links in the sidebar for the addresses.
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The National Gallery in London is hosting a contemporary Japanese film festival in support of Japan Care for the Elderly. The charity seeks to help Japanese expatriates in England. The festival runs from 15-17th April and includes Barefoot Gen. Gen will be introduced by the always knowledgeable Helen McCarthy. Info and ticket prices are [...]
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Today Phillip interviews author and Japanese Culture Detective Helen McCarthy in conjunction with the Japanese Anime Weekend at the Irish Film Institute . Helen is an absolute goldmine of information and anyone with an interest in Japanese pop culture or anime should really attend. The weekend runs from Sat March 28th-Sun March 29th. Direct Download This audio pertains [...]
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Tonight from Eeeper's Choice: a capsule review of The Quest for the Missing Girl by Jiro Taniguchi from Fanfare / Pontent Mon.
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Just wanted to repost this article I wrote for otakunews.com. It's an interview with Andrew Driver, the translator for Alma Book's English language release of........
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Hey all. No this is not an update for the show. God knows I’ve promised the sun, moon and stars before only to embarrass myself a week later. This is just to say that if you’re leaving comments on the site from now on, you’ll notice the comments pages are powered by IntenseDebate. If you [...]
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Yeah, I know I’m months late with this and I apologize. I said back in November at Eirtakon that I’d post up these links but I never got round to them for one reason or another. Links: Fan Subbing Early fansubbing techniques Modern fansubbing techniques Also check out Dave Merrill’s oldschool blog Most of my info on old school [...]
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This time round we are looking at the classic manga Apollo’s Song by Osamu Tezuka. and the Super Sentai anime Assemble Insert Reviews Apollo’s Song What’s an Apollo’s song? In a shell an Osamu Tezuka story full of deep inner meaning, self denial and oddly placed humour. Shogo (Apollo) is cursed by the goddess of love, Aphrodite, as [...]
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It’s about time we had a riot. Well probably not a riot, but time we returned to podcasting. After being away for a shameless amount of time we have gotten out act together and started recording! Yay ! Listen to more from this site soon! Actually that’s kind of redundant….
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Eeeper’s Choice will be at EirtaKon in Dublin City University November 14-16. Come along and see us. I’ll be running (I think) the fan culture panel so come and see me make an ass of myself. Tickets are €12 for one day and €18 for the weekend. More details can be found here. The show’s in [...]
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