I love the hosts of the Anime World Order podcast. They're some of my favorite people on the planet. Gerald, Daryl, and Clarissa - all fine, upstanding examples of humanity, and beacons of shining light illuminating THE TRUTH beneath the haze of the vile spectre of moe. Their show's been running for a good while now, and they frequently provide some sweet bonus content, as well. The most recent podcast is especially interesting - it's an exclusive interview with director Noboru Ishiguro, one of anime's most influential directors. He's responsible for classics such as Space Battleship Yamato (aka Star Blazers), Megazone 23 Part One, and the fantastic spectacle of sci-fi animation that is Macross: Do You Remember Love. It's a fascinating listen for anyone interested in learning about what went into some of the best 80s-era anime ever produced.

But that's not the only reason I'm bringing up AWO's awesomeness here on Jtor. The next official podcast, AWO show #69 (hur hur), has a very special guest commentator on board - none other than yours truly! I'm mostly there to talk about doujinshi (a subject very near and dear to my heart), but I also managed to chime in on the hot news (at the time of recording, at least), listener emails, and two other awesome-tastic review segments. The episode I'm in won't be up for a little while yet (and it's probably going to be split into two parts, since everything about it ran incredibly long), but why not use the time up until then to catch up on the 68+ shows AWO's recorded since their inception?

If our cunning plans succeed, we should be able to get some of the AWO folks on Podtoid-san eventually, as well. I'm sure when that happens, God Len and Daryl will spend the entire show squeeing over Duke Togo. That's moe I can fully support.