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Akihabara Renditions
by Akihabara Renditions: anime, manga, fandom, fan culture
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 [email protected], follow us on Twitter @AkibaRenditions or on facebook/AkibaRenditions!
Episodes
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Series 2 Episode 26: You're Under Arrest
No clever titles, as Richard and Drew lay down the law and discuss the 1994 OAV, Taihoushichauzo!, AKA, You're Under Arrest. This episode was recorded back shortly after New Year's and before the world went to hell, so we open with some chit-chat about what we were up to closing 2019. We discuss...
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Series 2 Episode 25: Christmas Craptacular VII Stars and Crap Forever
We're back and happy 2020! Apologies for the delay for our annual tradition; travelling and sickness will do that. Hope everyone had good holidays and a happy new year - because we're here to ruin it. Download it you geek!
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Series 2 Episode 24: In Defense Of Zeta Gundam
Richard and Drew sit down to chat about one of their favorite series in the Gundam franchise, nay, a favorite TV series of all time - 1985's Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam. Zeta has been held highly in the pantheon of Gundam series but went through a long period of harsh criticism. Unlike a typical…
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Series 2 Episode 23: Creator Profiles - Kawamori Shouji Part 2 - Kawamori's REVENGE!
Part 2 of our Creator's Profile series for Kawamori Shouji! We pick up in 1994 when he decides what the real sequels to Superdimension Fortress Macross should be and head on up to his more recent works. Download it, you geek!
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Series 2 Episode 22: Creator Profiles - Kawamori Shouji Part 1
Drew and Richard are back with another edition of Akihabara Renditions' Creator Profile series! In this episode, we're going to discuss another titan of mecha anime fandom, the professional life of Kawamori Shouji. From his early career, through the success of Superdimension Fortress Macross, and...
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Series 2 Episode 21: Yoroiden Samurai Troopers 30th Anniversary
In this episode, Drew and Richard talk about a panel they were planned to present at Anime Weekend Atlanta in 2018, the Yoroiden Samurai Troopers 30th Anniversary! We talk about the original TV series and the OAVs that came after. YST is a series that was near and dear to our hearts in our…
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Series 2 Episode 20: New Toons for Old Dudes
This episode, Drew and Richard sit down to discuss Japanese animation from the modern era that they are watching and talk about why not all new anime is crap. Download this episode, you geek!
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Series 2 Episode 19: D Rated Vampire Hunting
In this episode of Akihabara Renditions, Drew and Richard take a walk on the ~spooky~ side as we review the 1985 OAV Vampire Hunter D and its 2000 sequel, Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust. Thus concludes our inadvertent coverage of the Night of the Vampire Robots! Download it, you geek!
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Series 2 Episode 18: Gundam Thunderbolt II Bandit Flower
Happy Reiwa, folks! Continuing on with the festivities for the 40th Anniversary of Mobile Suit Gundam, we review the second Thunderbolt movie, Gundam Thunderbolt: Bandit Flower. Download it, you geek!
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Series 2 Episode 17 - Anime of Heisei-gannen
Japan is preparing for the abdication of its current Emperor, which means the coming of a new era! Actually, this doesn't mean anything except or history and political junkies... doesn't it? Well, not so fast! Drew will explain the significance and brief history of the Imperial Calendar system…
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Series 2 Episode 16 - Gundam 40th Anniversary
Upon us soon is the 40th Anniversary of the airing of the original Mobile Suit Gundam. A TV series whose original run went from being shortened due to poor ratings to one of the most visible anime franchises. It's success having gone from Japanese Star Trek to Japanese Star Wars. Drew and Richard...
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Series 2 Episode 15 - Christmas Craptacular VI: I Did It Because I Didn't Want to Die
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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Series 2 Episode 14 - Twilight of the Podcasters
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...
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Series 2 Episode 13 Crafting Panels for Anime Conventions
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...
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Series 2 Episode 12 - Rizzobot Cizzarnies
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...
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Series 2 Episode 11 - Twiter Thievery
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...
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Series 2 Episode 10 - The Long Con
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...
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Series 2 Episode 9 - The Anime Streaming Bubble
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...
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Series 2 Episode 8: Christmas Craptacular V - Son of Craptacular
Returning to our roots for a true, Akihabara Renditions tradition! Join Richard and Drew as we first subject ourselves to the pain of terrible Japanese cartoons then review and discuss them all for your listening, uh, pleasure? We've alerted the authorities and have sent the Kraumpus to Japan for...
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Series 2 Episode 7 - Review: Gundam Thunderbolt
Richard and Drew sit down and have a very brief discussion about Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt: December Sky. A little bit of podcast rust and remnant tryptophan from the holidays, we'd mistaken Side 5 (Texas Colony) for Side 4 (Moore's Colony) when discussing this piece. Just the quality you'd...
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Akihabara Renditions S2E6 Subfandom PlaMo
We're back for another episode of Akihabara Renditions! In this episode, we're going to talk briefly about a subset of anime fandom that is near and dear to our hearts - Plastic Modeling (PlaMo), particularly of the Gundam variety. It's a quick episode where we talk about some of the history…
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Series 2 Episode 4: Creator Profile - Tomino Yoshiyuki Part 2
In this episode of Akihabara Renditions, we continue the life and work of Tomino Yoshiyuki. We're picking up in 1985 and working our way up to 2017. Please let us know in the comments, via email, Facebook and Twitter how you liked this pair of episodes! Thanks for listening! Hosts: Drew & Richard...
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Akihabara Renditions Series 2 Episode 4: Creator Profile - Tomino Yoshiyuki Part 1
In this episode of Akihabara Renditions, we explore the life and work of a creator, in this case, director, whose work is near and dear to us: Tomino Yoshiyuki. We're test driving a new format that we hope to expand into other episodes. Once we sat down and did our notes for this, we figured that...
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Akihabara Renditions Series 2 Episode 3: A Deep Dive Into Grizzled Anime Fandom
In this episode of Akihabara Renditions, Drew and Richard sit down to talk about some of those first series of anime they saw that really drove them over the edge - those shows that went beyond just being cool cartoons but really encouraged us to dive really deep into the backgrounds of those...
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S2E2 Are We In A Golden Age Of Anime Fandom
On this episode of Akihabara Renditions,Drew and Richard discuss current anime distribution and compare pros and cons to "The Old Daze" of anime fandom and whether we are now in a golden age of fandom as far as availability and price.
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Series 2 Episode 1: Back from the Grave in Space
Richard and Drew come back for the first episode of Series 2 of Akihabara Renditions! This episode will introduce a little bit of a new format as Richard and Drew dust off some of the podcast rust and discuss what's been going on the last few years and the show topic. Hosts: Drew Sutton, Richard...
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Episode 35 - Christmas Craptacular 4
Episode 35 - Christmas Craptacular 4
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Episode 31
Loading episode 31 - check out a full write up at Akihabara Renditons!
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Omake 2 - Memories of Macek
We discuss the legacy of the late Carl Macek.
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Episode 30 - This End Up
Episode 30, we review Techni Muyo! Ryo-oh-ki OAV 1.
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Episode 29
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Episode 28
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Episode 27 - Podcast Robo: The Night the Internet Stood Still
We're back with another fantastic episode. This episode, we discuss the epic 1990s OAV Giant Robo The Animation: The Night the Earth Stood Still. Just listen to the podcast and then watch this show. Hosts: "Suharashiki" no Drew Sutton, "Shougeki" no Richard Hoelsher, "Shikou" no Marc Smaik and...
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Episode 26 - The Pilgrimage
After Drew went to Japan (and returned), the crew went to Anime Weekend Atlanta (and returned), Marc and Drew began promoting Seishun Con while Richard went to Japan (and later returned), we've still managed to get some podcasts together. Please accept our apologies for the delays. With that…
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Episode 25 - A Whimsical Orange Road
Just before Anime Weekend Atlanta, we celebrate our twenty-fifth episode (and it only took 30 months to do!) by changing things up a little bit. Here at Akihabara Renditions, we do our reviews a little differently - we all are subjected to the material to be reviewed and each give our opinions on...
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Episode 24 - Japanese Cartoons, Spirng 2009
Basil from the OSMcast, our podcast superfriends, sticks around with us for another part where crotchety old men talk about the new-fangled cartoons from Spirng 2009 this year. This episode would have been much, much better had it been released near-after it was recorded as we only look at the...
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Episode 23 - Fear and Loathing in Nashville
Welcome back, friends. In this episode, our good friend Basil from the OSMcast! winds up in Atlanta and helps us along with our MTAC review - right on schedule as the convention was three months ago and the additional four to six weeks of S/H between review and posting. Releasing on schedule just...
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Episode 22 - Half-tastic MomoCon Review
A magnificent podcast as Marc and Drew sit down and discuss MomoCon for what they thought would be a brief discussion. Marc sets a dangerous precedent by offering a party for listeners once a single episode's downloads surpass the number of fingers on a normal individual's fingers on two hands!…
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Episode 21 - A Podcast Abortion
Episode 21 is finally ready (or not) to go! In this episode, we find out how much Drew loves the 1980s as we review Megazone 23 PART 1 and Project A-ko. I don't think his co-hosts will ever forgive him. Drew picked a fine time to get concerned over quality. At least, what he has control over and...
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Omake 1: OSMcast_Renditions Tokusatsu Three-Way
This is not a normal episode by any length because we talk about a con AT A CON and are GUESTS on OUR OWN show. Plus - to get even more trippy, this is actually the SECOND piece of bonus material recorded at the convention for Akihabara Renditions. We introduce (not really) a guest and friend of...
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Akiba Ren Promo
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Episode 19 - We Need Space (PART 2)
Baby, sometimes we just need some time away. So, we took a month off after the Christmas Craptacular. Then about another six weeks after this episode was recorded, we took some more time, because we're all nerds and therefore, lazy. However, to make up for the time apart, we're back with a big…
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Episode 19 - We Need Space (PART 1)
Baby, sometimes we just need some time away. So, we took a month off after the Christmas Craptacular. Then about another six weeks after this episode was recorded, we took some more time, because we're all nerds and therefore, lazy. However, to make up for the time apart, we're back with a big…
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Episode 18 - Christmas Craptacular II
Episode 18 features three reviews of series that you'll have to download the episode to find out what! Our gift to you at the Christmas holiday season and for ringing in the new year is the second installment of our Christmas Craptacular series! Hosts: Drew Sutton, Richard Hoelsher and Marc…
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Episode 17 - Anime Weekend Atlanta XIV Megacast
Finally, three months after the convention, this episode is edited down and is ready for your consumption. Consume! Podcast Notes: This episode has two components, the first recorded on Friday, 19 September 2008 when we sat down with a good friend of mine, Keith Daniell. Keith has been staffing...
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Episode 16 - A Mid-summer's News Roundup
With Anime Expo 2008 a few weeks away and our last episode several weeks before and the lack of news content in the past several shows, we decided to jump back in the game with some news-oriented discussion. Hosts: Drew Sutton, Jason Brown, Marc Smazik and Richard Hoelsher. I'm sure most of the...
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Episode 15 - Ichinen Sensou Senshuu
After a brief hiatus and considering a switch to a second "season" (and, deservedly being made fun of for it), Akihabara Renditions is back to touch upon another massively popular and important franchise to Japanese animation fandom. Hosts: Drew Sutton, Richard Hoelsher, Jason Brown and Marc...
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Episode 14 - Not a Zaku Boy
After a brief hiatus and considering a switch to a second "season" (and, deservedly being made fun of for it), Akihabara Renditions is back to touch upon another massively popular and important franchise to Japanese animation fandom. Hosts: Drew Sutton, Richard Hoelsher, Jason Brown and Marc...
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Episode 13 - Pen Testing
After a brief hiatus and considering a switch to a second "season" (and, deservedly being made fun of for it), Akihabara Renditions is back to touch upon another massively popular and important franchise to Japanese animation fandom. Hosts: Drew Sutton, Richard Hoelsher, Jason Brown and Marc...
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Episode 12 - Do You Remember Love?
This is the last episode from 2007! Episode 12 tackles yet another fan classic and we hope we can do it any sort of justice. Hosts: Drew Sutton, Richard Hoelsher, Jason Brown and Marc Smazik. We review Superdimension Fortress Macross: Do You Remmeber Love? (1984). Now, for most people, they'll…
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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 [email protected], follow us on Twitter @AkibaRenditions or on facebook/AkibaRenditions!
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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 [email protected], follow us on Twitter @AkibaRenditions or on facebook/AkibaRenditions!
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