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Japanator AM Episode 1: Because You Demanded It! photo

Well, in truth Japanator AM now exists half because you demanded it, and half because we're a bunch of attention junkies who just love hearing ourselves talk, but hey, does it even matter? We have a new podcast now!

Feel free to listen in (in no particular order) on Colette Bennet, Ben Huber, Jon Snyder, Tim Sheehy, Jake Thomas, and myself as we talk all about anime, and other topics of interest to the cultured otaku. I'm ostensibly the host, but perhaps in the same way that The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi ostensibly has a second season...well, you'll see what I mean. You can download it off of Rapidshare (fixed), Megaupload or grab the torrent. RSS, Itunes, the Podcast Olympics, or whatever other nuts-and-bolts things you can think of will be available shortly.

Hit the jump for show notes, and exactly when to turn this puppy off if you don't want to be spoiled- although why you would care about being spoiled on the first episode of Ladies vs. Butlers, God only knows. Hey, we're Japanator: we don't judge.

Show Notes:

0:00-16:00: News: Crunchyroll, the ideology of fansubbing, and other stuff I won't mention because it embarrasses me.

16:00- 24:20: Topic of the Week: How have your tastes in anime changed, and why? It would appear that many people at one time liked things that they do not like anymore; we attempt to get to the bottom of this. Sort of.

****SPOILER ZONE WOOOO SCARY PANTS!!!!*************************************************

24:20-55:00: What We've Been Watching:We discuss the winter anime line-up; disagreements ensue. It is within the realm of possibility that Jon is wrong; I'm just putting that out there.

55:00-59:05: Omake: we pat ourselves on the back for not completely failing at this podcast thing, and discuss how not to be an asshole- assuming that you can think of a reason not to be one.

Some of the anime mentioned and/or discussed: Karenishi Kano no Jiho, Vampire Hunter D, FLCL, Evangelion (no, really?), Tengen Toppa Gurren Laggan, Kimi ni Todoke, Kampfer, Ladies vs. Butlers, Omamori Himari, Harukanaru Toki no Naka de 3, Baka to Testo to Shokanju, Dance in the Vampire Bund, Chu-Bra!, Hanamaru Kindergarten, Sora no woto, Nodame Cantabile Finale, A Certain Scientific Railgun, Gundam SEED, Gundam 00, Pokemon, Bakugan, Durarara, Katanagatari, Bartender, Super Dimensional Fortress Macross.

I will start keeping track of what JDramas are discussed when Colette becomes my JDrama sensei and I know what the hell I'm talking about.

Let us know how you think Japanator AM is shaping up; we're open to suggestions- at least for that brief window of time before we become infatuated with our new podcast stardom and stop listening to you guys...well, okay, that's really not terribly likely, but I've got to get a sense of urgency in there somehow. Tell us things!

 



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@ Karen you're welcome... We are hosting this cast whilst you have it out with your present provider.
Not to be an asshole, but this podcast is pretty awesome.
JAPANATOR PODCAST IS GO MOTHERFUCKERS!!!!!!!!!!!!11111one

Colette, Jon, Karen, and Ben!?!?!?! OMG I'M IN HEAVEN!!!!!

Seriously, I'm excited as shit for this. It's already 11:30 PM here so I'll listen to this ASAP after I get home from the dentists tomorrow morning.

Really I love you guys, every single one of you. FUCK YEAH!!!!
Hahahahaha, "everyone loves oral sex".

BTW you got a anime on my list.
I wish I could get in on this.
The group dynamic on this show was really good. It can be tricky to wrangle even three or four people together and keep from talking over each other, but the six of you worked well together. Maybe that's the result of a lot of editing, but I prefer to give you the benefit of the doubt. :p

I'll definitely be subscribing to this podcast.
Colette! Woo!

No new RetroForceGO! at the moment, so I guess this'll do in the meantime. :)
Wow ... Japanator has a podcast again. Been a long long time.
Anime + Podcasting? Win
YES I will be listening to this!
Well, in truth Japanator AM now exists half because you demanded it

I feel personally responsible. Muhahahaha!
Watches bandwidth numbers increase. There is a limit to what I can provide but when you guys get close I'll let you know..
The return of something resembling Podtoid-san, right?
Wow ... Japanator has a podcast again. Been a long long time.
clicked back threw history. oops. :P
Just finished listening to it. Great podcast! Good job at keeping things interesting and relevant for a full hour. I look forward to the second one.
Nodame Cantabile: Finale is on my definite to-watch list after I blitzed through the first two seasons last week, it might be the only one I'm going to add. I'm hoping for more discussion on it next week when its first episode is out :p

I really enjoyed this, I'd tried to get into a bunch of podcasts like those on Destructoid but this is the only one I've really found interesting through the whole thing. It was a bit jarring hearing all the japanator pronunciations, I always have thought of it like terminator with jap on the front, so it felt like I was doing it wrong.
I've always pronounced it Japan-ah-Nater.
1) otaku wedding cake figures

2) fanservice ecchi anime (the stuff you are discussing anyway) is geared toward men. Most men like to dominate their women in sexual situations. Dumb big breasted moe girls fill this visual almost completely.

3)Didn't care for Lagann either. I had two reasons for watching it and one was killed off.
Yes!Finally a podtoid-san replacement!This is going to be good..............
So Evangelion ends well? Thank you for that. I watched the series and it did it's thing as in it pissed me off. Now I might consider watching the movie so it get that out of my system.

True about Gundam 00, I started watching Gundam because of it. I watched seed and seed destiny but I only made it to the end thanks to the piercing gaze of my bf in the back of my head.
After the first season of 00 I was looking forward to the second one. After seed I was too fed up with the angst-yness to watch seed destiny.

Bloody Monday *adds to "to watch" list"*

Anime Stockholm Syndrome :)) thanks for that and for the podcast. Totally made my morning.
There are very few people I enjoy listening to.

You are all part of those people
Sorry guys... The Links have changed.
In the time it's been posted the Podcast has managed to consume over 6000 MB of my bandwidth.(@ 90 Downloads)

Looks like the Podcast will be popular.. Good Luck..
Awesome, Japanator anime radio! Now mah anime podcast trifactah is complete!
I don't usually listen to podcasts, but I think I'm going to boot up WipEout HD and put this file in the custom playlist.
Awww, I was hoping to hear some of those entries for the dub contest. I still can't wait to hear this! Japanator's casting pods has returned!
I've been promising myself to get more sleep, so I won't get to hear it (or at least all of it) tonight, but I'll look forward to listening to it sometime in the next day or two.
Sounds like fun. None of my friends really watch anime, so it will be nice to listen to someone on the subject who isn't myself. I'll be listening to it while I walk around today.

I know I'm probably the only person who uses Zune, but if you could make it available on their network eventually, that would be great.

I'm so proud of you all... *sniff*

Except for Tim. You need to shut your mouth about Gurren Lagann.
GURREN LAGANN HATERS UNITE!

Actually, I've only seen two episodes of it, so I guess I can't call myself a hater... yet.
Cant find it on itunes i would like to listen at work people! get on it!
Lies and Slander, eh?

That'd actually be a good subtitle for the show. Japanator AM: an hour of lies and slander. ;p
@DorjiFAU: Dammit, man! We're podcasters, not miracle workers!
@DorjiFAU We need at least 5 episodes before we can submit it to iTunes. In the meantime, though, you can just add this RSS feed to iTunes, and it'll subscribe for you:

http://www.japanator.com/elephant/index.phtml?t\x3dJapanator%20AM\x26mode\x3datom
@Brad Rice itunes says that's an invalid url. Oh well...
haha downloading torrent cause rapidshare sucks, you guys should use megaupload or mediafire :S
Just finished listening to the podcast. I thought it was excellent. Karen you're doing a good job as the host, keep it up. I'd also like to hear more about J-Dramas, I've never seen one myself but they do sound interesting. I'd also love to hear some thoughts on older anime or have everyone recommend a show they're pretty sure no one's seen. Overall an awesome podcast and can't wait for episode two!

Now for a minor complaint. Some people didn't sound clear as others, everyone was understandable it's just that sometimes they were harder to hear.

Again awesome podcast, keep it up! Here's to hoping we get episode 2 next week.
Wow,rapidshare holds you to 10 downloads on of a file on a non-premium account? Torrent it is then.
Well, its about time. I remember you said you recorded one months ago and never released it. Oh well.
Love the new show, great job!
I was also pretty surprised no one mentioned Qwaser or Stigmata or did I miss something.
I apologize for coming out a bit muffled on the podcast. I'll have that fixed next time.
Download limit is reached on rapidshare, any chance we can get a megaupload link?
Thank you sir(s)\ma'am(s). Much obliged on the quick turn around on that request.
@Zepwich
We hadn't seen Qwaser of Stigmata yet when we recorded. I'm sure it'll come up next time.
What was that about:
"there needs to be a giant robot, maybe some boobs-"
"maybe thats what Hanamaru Kindergarten will turn out to be?"

xD

Awesome show. So far only watched 3 J dramas: 'Otousan', 'Nobuta wo produce' and 'Liar Game' - All of which I recommend.
I really enjoyed the podcast and look forward to hearing more.
Podtoid-san 2, the podtoid-sanining?

...that sounded better in my head. Let's just stick with Electric Boogaloo
Just listened to it.Kinda good and nice.But once the hate towards Bartender and G Gundam came up,I felt slightly pissed.But yes,very nice.Very nice pod you casted,people.
The rapidshare link is now fixed for unlimited downloads.


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