The Anime Nostalgia Podcast - Ep 58

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2017 is almost over! So you know what that means–that’s right, it’s the Year in Review! Nitro is here with me to discuss the results of my annual year-end survey, as filled out by you, the listeners! What older anime titles were you excited to buy (again) this year, and what titles are you looking forward to coming out in 2018? We also talk about memorable news stories from throughout the year, and titles you wish were back in print. Hear all of this PLUS the winners of the survey giveaway and how grateful we are that this mess of a year is finally over with in this extra long episode. Happy Holidays!


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☆ Buy the top 3 (as voted by my listeners) older anime releases from 2017!☆
#1. Revolutionary Girl Utena (Standard edition or Special Edition)
#2.  Magic Knight Rayearth Complete Collection
#3.  Tie! Arcadia of My Youth & Outlaw Star


Listen to the full episode for the complete list!

Find guest Nitro around the internet:
-Follow Nitro on Twitter!
-Visit his blog!
-Check out his Youtube Channel!

HUGE thanks to Viz Media, Seven Seas Entertainment, Nozomi & The Rightstuf for donating all the awesome prizes for this year’s giveaway!! And congrats to the winners!

Support the work I do on this podcast by leaving me a tip on Ko-fi! Want to have your name read in the special thanks segment on the next episode? All you need to do is buy me 2 or more “coffees” on Ko-fi!

You might have noticed this episode had a sponsor as well! Check out Avane Shop for vintage toys, anime goods, games & collectibles! Support the podcast as well as a small business by checking out their selection of vintage anime goodies!

As always, feel free to leave me your thoughts on this episode or ideas for future episodes here—or email me directly at AnimeNostalgiaPodcast@gmail.com.

Thanks for listening and have a happy new year!

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas, everyone! Also a Happy Hanukkah, Yule, Kwanzaa, or whatever winter celebration you observe! ^_^ I hope it’s a good one! Please enjoy a day of Christmas-themed posts I’ve queued up over on the podcast's tumblr for throughout the day, and look forward to my Year In Review episode soon!

ANNcast guest spot!

While you wait for my Year In Review episode, why not listen to what NEWER anime I loved this year on the new episode of ANNcast? You can check it out here!

It's that time again!

It’s become tradition that in December, I do a year in review podcast episode. And once again, I need your help! So please, dear listeners, take a moment to let me know your opinions on older anime titles that were re-released this year (among other things) on the survey HERE! In the spirit of the season, several lucky listeners who fill out the survey will be chosen at random to win special prizes, which I'll post more info about really soon! You have until December 18th to fill out the survey, so hop to it!!

 I’ll announce the winner on the new episode of the podcast when me & my special guest will discuss the results!

Want to get a special holiday shout out in the last episode of 2017? All you have to do is tip me 2 or more coffees at my Ko-Fi account here! Thanks, and look forward to an awesome Year In Review episode this year!!

EDIT: The survey is now closed! A big thank you to everyone who filled it out!! :D

The Anime Nostalgia Podcast - Ep 57

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Before Social Media, before AOL Chatrooms, and even before Geocities Fansites, hundreds of anime fans socialized the old fashioned way: through snail mail! The hayday of anime penpalling is long forgotten, but my long-time friend Mayra is here to recollect how we first met over 20 years ago via penpalling & how it used to be a huge part of how we connected with fans. How’d it all happen? What kind of things did we talk about? Take a break from your Thanksgiving festivities and take a listen as we reminisce on this nearly forgotten pocket of fandom history!


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Bonus photos!
Just a few of the anime stampers I own that we talked about in this episode:

An actual Friendship book I still have from the late 90s! (Obviously, personal info has been blocked out.) Click here for more info on Friendship Books.

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You might have noticed this episode had a sponsor as well! Check out Avane Shop for vintage toys, anime goods, games & collectibles! Support Shop Small this holiday season by buying from small businesses like them!

As always, feel free to leave me your thoughts on this episode or ideas for future episodes here—or email me directly at AnimeNostalgiaPodcast@gmail.com.

Thanks for listening!

The Anime Nostalgia Podcast - Ep 56

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October is not only Halloween month this year--it also marks the 25th Anniversary of the Yu Yu Hakusho anime’s debut in Japan! And so Tricia has returned to gush with me over this beloved series in this special extra-long celebration of all things YYH related! Listen as we discuss what makes the series so special, how it’s surprisingly layered, and what makes it still beloved by fans. Also in this episode: fansub memories, crossover fanfic ideas, and awkward singing!!


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Relevant links:

• Watch Yu Yu Hakusho FREE, LEGALLY in the US on Yahoo View (subtitled) or VRV (dubbed)!
• Read a FREE PREVIEW of the manga on Viz.com!
• Buy Yu Yu Hakusho on bluray! 
• Buy the OVA & Movie collection and The Poltergeist Report movie on DVD!
• Buy the original manga physically or digitally!
• “Yu Yu Hakusho’s Exceptional Production, 25 Years Later” - on Sakuga Blog
• The incredibly cheesy 2003 YYH Trading Card Game Demo video

Support the work I do on this podcast by leaving me a tip on Ko-fi! Want to have your name read in the special thanks segment on the next episode? All you need to do is buy me 2 or more “coffees” on Ko-fi!

You might have noticed this episode had a sponsor as well! Check out Avane Shop for vintage toys, anime, games & collectibles! Get 15% off any order made before November 20th with coupon code ANIMENOSTALGIA at checkout!

As always, feel free to leave me your thoughts on this episode or ideas for future episodes here—or email me directly at AnimeNostalgiaPodcast@gmail.com.

Thanks for listening!

The Anime Nostalgia Podcast - Ep 55

 

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This month’s episode is another ReView! What is a “ReView” episode, you might ask? Well, it’s my highly-clever (ok not really) title for episodes where I go back and watch an older title I haven’t seen in a long time, and see if what I remember (and what my opinions on it) are still the same now that some time’s gone by.It’s back to school time for many of you, so what better time to watch a silly OVA about the worst school ever?! This month’s rewatch is 1988′s The Ultimate Teacher.

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Other titles mentioned in this ep:

• Fist of the North Star
• Vampire Hunter D
• The Dr Slump Films
• Project A-ko
• Elf Princess Rane
• Dragon Half
• Ultimate Teacher on ANN
• Buried Treasure - The Ultimate Teacher

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You might have noticed this episode had a sponsor as well! Check out Avane Shop for vintage toys, anime, games & collectables! Get 15% off ANY order til October 25 with coupon code ANIMENOSTALGIA at checkout!

As always, feel free to leave me your thoughts on this episode or ideas for future episodes here—or email me directly at AnimeNostalgiaPodcast@gmail.com.

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Happy 30th, Ranma!

September marks the 30th Anniversary of Ranma 1/2, which first debuted as a manga in 1987 in Japan! But did you know the anime has been released in multiple formats over the years? Here’s a (very) quick look & comparison at the history of Viz’s different releases in the US!

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For years, Ranma 1/2 was Viz’s flagship title, and was a popular staple in most anime & manga fan’s collections at the time. For a while, they even produced Ranma 1/2 merchandise, including mugs, t-shirts, posters, clocks, and even a personal organizer. It wasn’t until the late 90s & early 00s that Ranma was knocked out of the top spot for fan favorite, replaced by a different Rumiko Takahashi title: Inuyasha.

It took many years to dub all of Ranma 1/2. The first VHS release was in 1993, and was dubbed in the old-school, analog way. Initial releases were slow, because it took a lot of time to produce & release them. Over the years, dub actors had to be recast for several characters, but they finally finished dubbing the entire series sometime around 2003 with the release of the final DVD box set.

Unlike Viz’s original VHS release, their initial DVD sets were a co-production with Pioneer for a brief period until they started handling their own DVD & blu-ray releases in-house. Viz also released several Laserdiscs for Ranma 1/2 with Pioneer, but not the TV Series--only the Movies & OVAs.

Speaking of the OVAs & Movies, the final Ranma 1/2 bluray set with the remastered movies & OVAs was released last week! That means all of Ranma 1/2 is now finally available in the US in high definition, as well as all of the manga! Fitting that it’s during it’s anniversary month.

Happy 30th, Ranma! Still looking good, even after all these years.

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The Anime Nostalgia Podcast - Ep 54

 

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This month’s podcast episode is a double feature! First, returning guest Nitro & I discuss the Atsuko Tanaka panel from this year’s AnimeFest convention, as she’s a very prolific animator who’s worked on many notable things--including working with Hayao Miyazaki on his various Lupin III works! And speaking of Lupin, this month was Lupin’s 50th Anniversary! So part 2 of the podcast is me, Nitro, and returning guest Tricia (aka boobly) to chit-chat & ramble about Lupin as a franchise & what we love (and maybe don’t love so much) about it.


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Some of the Lupin titles we mentioned in this ep:

• Lupin III: The Mystery of Mamo
• Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro
• Lupin III: TV Series Series 1 & Series 2 Part 1
• The Woman Called Fujiko Mine
• Jigen’s Gravestone
  

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As always, feel free to leave me your thoughts on this episode or ideas for future episodes here—or email me directly at AnimeNostalgiaPodcast@gmail.com.

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The Anime Nostalgia Podcast - Ep 53

 

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This month’s episode, I’m joined by Khoda (aka 80sanime on Tumblr) to talk about one of our favorite lesser-known anime films: Goshogun: The Time Etranger (also released here previously as Time Stranger). Listen as Khoda shares her anime origin story with me, we muse over 80s power ballads, and we both try to convince you all to watch this under-appreciated gem.



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• Buy Time Etranger on Bluray & DVD
• Follow Khoda on Twitter & Tumblr
• Check out Khoda’s blog
• Justin Sevakis’ Buried Treasure article on Time Etranger from ‘07

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You might have noticed this episode had a sponsor as well! Check out Avane Shop for vintage toys, anime, games & collectables!

As always, feel free to leave me your thoughts on this episode or ideas for future episodes here—or email me directly at AnimeNostalgiaPodcast@gmail.com.

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ANNcast #300 Guest Spot!

Hey everyone! If this month’s short ReView ep wasn’t enough for ya, you can hear me on the new ep of ANNCast (ep 300! wow!) talking all about Rumiko Takahashi! It was a lot of fun, many thanks to Zac for having me!

The Anime Nostalgia Podcast - Ep 52

 

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This month’s episode is another ReView! What is a “ReView” episode, you might ask? Well, it’s my highly-clever (ok not really) title for episodes where I go back and watch an older title I haven’t seen in a long time, and see if what I remember (and what my opinions on it) are still the same now that some time’s gone by. Funimation recently announced they’d picked up the original Record of Lodoss War anime, but did you know that there are other series out there tied to Lodoss? This month I revisit one of those with The Legend of Crystania: The Motion Picture!


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• Buy The Legend of Crystania: The Motion Picture
• Buy Funimations’s new Record of Lodoss War collection
  

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The Anime Nostalgia Podcast - Ep 51

 

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The Saturday Anime series is back, and this time Nitro of the MDisk Playlist Podcast joins me to talk all about Fatal Fury: The Motion Picture! Listen as we discuss playing arcade games in the 90s, how Mai is basically the best, and why the dub of this movie actually improves it.

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Relevant Links:

• Buy Fatal Fury: The Movie at Amazon or Rightstuf!
• Watch more Fatal Fury anime with the complete OVA collection!
• Read more about the voice actors in the movie at Behind The Voice Actors
• Masami Obari’s SNK wiki page
• Masami Obari on Sakugabooru
• Follow Nitro on Twitter!

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The Anime Nostalgia Podcast - Ep 50

 

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It’s episode 50! And to celebrate, I’m finally tackling a MUCH requested topic--that’s right, it’s Dragon Ball! Join me & my buddy Mark from Tapes From The Crypt as we discuss the unique world Akira Toriyama created, from the classic to Super, how Dragon Ball’s release in North America was oddly similar to Sailor Moon’s, and how fan’s immense love of the series is still a force to be reckoned with.

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Relevant links:

• Buy Dragon Ball DVDs/BDs on Amazon & Rightstuf
• Buy the original Dragon Ball manga (also in ebook form!)
  
• More info on The Speedy Dub that Mark brought up, for those unfamiliar with it
• A record of just SOME of the edits made to Dragon Ball’s various TV airings & releases.
• More in depth look at various DBZ edits on DBZ Uncensored’s archive.
• Check out Kanzenshuu for TONS of info, translations & more Dragon Ball related stuff!
• Check out Mark’s website, Tapes From The Crypt!
• Follow Mark on Twitter!

As always, feel free to leave me your thoughts on this episode or ideas for future episodes here—or email me directly at AnimeNostalgiaPodcast@gmail.com.

Thanks for listening!

The Anime Nostalgia Podcast - Ep 49

 

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This month’s episode is another ReView! What is a “ReView” episode, you might ask? Well, it’s my highly-clever (ok not really) title for episodes where I go back and watch an older title I haven’t seen in a long time, and see if what I remember (and what my opinions on it) are still the same now that some time’s gone by. While some of you are enjoying your shiny new Magic Knight Rayearth blurays, what better time to revisit the other Rayearth? That’s right, it’s the 1997 Rayearth OAV!

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Relevant Links:

• Buy Rayearth the OAV
• Buy Magic Knight Rayearth the original TV series
• Buy the original Magic Knight Rayearth manga
• Read my article on Kimagure Orange Road on ANN!

As always, feel free to leave me your thoughts and ideas for future episodes here, in a DM or reblog, or email directly at AnimeNostalgiaPodcast@gmail.com.

Thanks for listening!

The Anime Nostalgia Podcast - Ep 48

 

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February 25, 2017 marks the 30th anniversary of Bubblegum Crisis’ original release in Japan! So to celebrate, I’ve invited Sean of Zimmerit.moe to talk all about it: the many western influences that inspired it, why it’s label of “cyberpunk” is a bit of a misnomer, and how some aspects of it were surprisingly progressive for an 80s OAV.


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Relevant links:

• Buy AnimEigo’s official Bubblegum Crisis BD & DVD releases
• AnimEigo’s Bubblegum Crisis liner notes
• Buy the “sequels”: Bubblegum Crash, AD Police, & Tokyo 2040
• Raven’s Garage - The oldest BGC fansite & fansite archive still active
• Bubblegum Crisis content at Sean’s site, Zimmerit.moe
• My article “Alternate FutureScape: The Bubblegum Crisis We Never Got”, about an unused version of the series
• Follow Sean on Twitter!

As always, feel free to leave me your thoughts on this episode or ideas for future episodes here—or email me directly at AnimeNostalgiaPodcast@gmail.com.

Thanks for listening!

The Anime Nostalgia Podcast - Ep 47

 

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Happy New Year! (Hey, it’s still January!) The first ep of 2017 is here! I’m joined by my friend Tricia (aka boobly) to watch Sailor Moon R: The Movie as it was shown in US theaters, then wax nostalgic about it & the brand new Viz dub. Listen as we discuss what we did (and didn’t) like about this new English version, go on tangents about voice actors, and how a movie made by Ikuhara 24 years ago is still one of our top favorite Sailor Moon things to date.

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Relevant links:

• Viz’s official Sailor Moon R The Movie trailer
• Pre-order Sailor Moon R The Movie on Rightstuf
• Check out a few photos I took from my local theater showing!
• Viz’s (short) intro of Ben Diskin as the voice of Fiore
• A little something I wrote about Ikuhara's use of referencing body horror in the film
• Follow Tricia on Twitter!

As always, feel free to leave me your thoughts on this episode or ideas for future episodes here—or email me directly at AnimeNostalgiaPodcast@gmail.com.

Thanks for listening!

Guest Spot: Did You Know? Anime

So happy to get to finally share this! I was asked not too long ago to narrate this video all about Revolutionary Girl Utena, a favorite of mine. Hope you all enjoy it and thanks Did You Know? Anime for including me in your awesome library of informative videos! It’s an honor. ^_^

Happy New Year 2017!

Happy 2017 everyone! I hope this will be a great year for us all! ^__^