Akihabara Renditions
Japanese Animation of the Bubble Economy. We talk about anime, manga and fan culture, focusing on anime and manga from the 1970s through the 1990s. Check us out at akibaren.net or email us at akibaren@gmail.com, follow us on Twitter @AkibaRenditions or on facebook/AkibaRenditions!

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It's that time of the year again, our annual tradition! The grand-daddy of them all - it's time for Christmas Craptacular! On this, the sixth edition of the Craptacular, we change nothing! We watch some shitty cartoons and report back to you dear listeners! Happy Holidays and Happy New Year!

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Direct download: Akihabara_Renditions_S2E15_Christmas_Craptacular_VI.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 4:33pm EDT

In this episode of Akihabara Renditions, Drew and Richard sit down and talk about a film that was seemingly everywhere in an earlier time of fandom but has conspicuously disappeared - 1987's Twilight of the Cockroaches! Take a trip down memory lane as we revisit a film  we're seeing for the first time in two decades!

As we mentioned in the show, the movie was aired as a one-off movie night on Cartoon Network on Night of the Vampire Robots, and someone uploaded the whole broadcast to YouTube.

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Direct download: Akihabara_Renditions_S2E14_Twilight_of_the_Podcasters.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 4:27pm EDT

Hey everyone - if you're reading this then it means Drew is up late putting together a podcast because him and Richard are  putting together panels for an anime convention! Which, just so happens to be the topic of our show! 

We'll be at Anime Weekend Atlanta presenting the following panels, so if you're also there, we'd love to meet the listeners!

Ten Years Ten Anime: 2000s Head-to-Head - FRI 9:45 PM CGC 108
Nue Kids On The Block: A Profile of Studio Nue - SAT 2:15 PM CGC 108
Suit (of Armor) Up! 30 Years of Ronin Warriors - SAT 7:15 PM CGC 108
Don't Talk About The War: Militarism and Pacifism in Japanese Animation - SUN 11:30 AM CGC 107
 
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Direct download: Akihabara_Renditions_S2E13_Crafting_Panels_for_Anime_Conventions.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 1:38am EDT

Drew and Richard are back for another exciting episode of Akihabara Renditions! We get back to our roots and have a good, old-fashioned review episode about old Japanese cartoons. We're headed back to the heyday of the Bubble Economy era by reviewing two OAVs - Robot Carnival (1987) and Record of Lodoss War (1991).

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Direct download: Akihabara_Renditions_S2E12_Rizzobot_Cizzarnies.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 9:56pm EDT

In this exciting episode of Akihabara Renditions, Drew takes to stealing content from Twitter to get some discussion going for the podcast topic. First, Drew and Richard discuss the hashtag #FilmstruckFour and each select 4 anime that have shaped their overall taste in anime fandom. Then we turn the tables around and discuss something we hate about a show we love and something we love about a show we hate.

Nice quick episode here, so hope you enjoy! Again, leave us feedback on iTunes, Stitcher and wherever you get your podcasts and hit us up on Twitter, Facebook and email!

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Direct download: Akihabara_Renditions_S2E11_Twitter_Thievery.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 9:07am EDT

On this episode, Richard and Drew sit down with Basil and Kevin from the OSMCast about SeishunCon - Atlanta's Winter Anime Convention! We chat a little bit about programming and history of the convention, in the hopes of a longer recording about the show more in general - and guess what? When you're busy as a panelist and totally free-form your show, you don't demand that people sit down with you to talk about cartoon conventions.

For full disclosure, this is a convention that is near to Richard and Drew, as they are founders of the show, though they are not active in its organization or operation now. They return as panelists and hit the social circuit (and they way we like it). SeishunCon is a growing and fun show with a little something for everyone.

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Direct download: Akihabara_Renditions_S2E10_The_Long_Con.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 7:37pm EDT

This episode has been in the can for a couple of months now. Back at the end of September at Anime Weekend Atlanta, Drew sat down with Basil of our Podcast Superfriends, the OSMcast, and discussed various anime streaming services and their state from a consumer perspective. Basil has some great analysis and theorizes that with the number of services available, we might be on the verge of a bubble not much unlike what we saw in the mid-2000s. Have a listen and see if you agree or disagree!

Funny enough: Just last week, Amazon announced that they were cancelling their separate Anime Strike service and made all of their anime available with a standard Prime membership.

Hosts: Drew & Basil (of the OSMcast!)

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Direct download: Akihabara_Renditions_S2E9_-_The_Anime_Streaming_Bubble.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 9:07pm EDT