We discuss San Diego Comic Con International 2019

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What’s this business? Is something no one in their right mind would ever say unless they’d recently suffered a head injury after entering a Big Lots(the business is keeping people from noticing they’re in a Big Lots). This wouldn’t be something you would ask of Sailor Business. Not to be confused with Business Sailor, a meme that failed to gain traction after the popularity of Business Hotdog and Cheez Face McGee. Our very own Vanessa did a guest spot over at Sailor Business. They are a podcast dedicated to episode by episode discussion of the original run of Sailor Moon. In preparation of this, Vanessa watched a couple episodes with … Continue reading "Sailor Business Guest Spot"

Here are the photos from Animeland Wasabi 2015. I’ll be adding some of E’s to it later. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.902575569802049.1073741828.883192405073699&type=1&l=db1bb94787

Weltall and E report on Animeland Wasabi 2015. We had a good time but… Listen to find out. All our pictures from the con can be found at our facebook page…(Pictures still uploading) Links: Coming soon Check back to this page for links in the next days

Animeland Wasabi is coming this weekend February 27 through March 1, and is Hosted by SUKOSHI CON. We will be there, will you? We are expecting a great time with lots of great events and guests. Check out their Facebook page here. Check out some of the video from last years wasabi:

Hello everyone, Red here. As you may or may not know the 2015 Podcast Awards are now beginning, and as they always do it starts out with nominations. We were able to make it into the nominations and into the main voting round last year, but we fell short in the final voting round behind The Moth. Personally I think NPR related shows hog way too much of the podcast awards, but as they are a publicly sponsored production I can’t rail on them for being corporate slaves. So as with last year I would like to take a moment and ask that you guys, our listeners, our fans, our … Continue reading "Podcast Awards 2015 – Nominations Round"

xoMango and I talk about Youmacon 2013, what we did there and what we thought of it. This audio is incredibly late but maybe it will motivate those of you in the Detroit area to go check out Youmacon which is happening this weekend and should be a very fun time!

NDK 2014 our thought and views.

In January, The Otaku In The Corner got to meet with renowned voice actor Greg Ayres. This was the first time Otaku took it alone and got to get a good look into the life of this voice actor.

Here is a not so short episode were Tim the Enchanter sits down with Vanessa and they discuss how the convention went for them.

We are back and discuss the last day and wrap up 2014 San Diego Comic-Con International. All the pictures are up on our facebook page here.

We were sober this time…

Go back and check out the new pictures added to our album on facebook.

Hopefully we won’t have to re record this…

Here we are at day one.

Here is a short episode were Weltall sits down with E and they discuss how the convention went for them.

We Discuss Denver Comic Con 2014. This is the first of a few shows about the convention. To enter into the Dice Ring giveaway from CritSuccess comment on this episode and we will pick one comment to win. Pictures from the Convention

Originally, we were only scheduled to have an interview with Laura Post. Lucky for us, she brought along some friends of hers, who just happened to also be guests! So we sat down for a nice little chat with Laura (Ahri in League of Legends, Rosalia in Sword Art Online), Lisle Wilkerson (Tekken, Street Fighter), and Julie Rei Goldstein (Risai in Paradise Kiss and Precia Testarossa in Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha). These three ladies were a blast to talk with! They talked to us, not as guests, but as peers. They were all fans of animation, just like you or I, before they ended up working in the industry. The … Continue reading "Laura Post, Lisle Wilkerson & Julie Rei Goldstein @animeland Wasabi 2014"

E here! No lie– this was one of my favorite parts of Animeland Wasabi. Walking through the dining area, I heard the faint serenade of the Tetris theme. I grabbed Weltall and drug him through the crowd to the piano to get a closer look. The guy at the piano looked familiar to me, but I couldn’t place his face. Then I saw the yellow feather tucked behind his ear, and I realized!! “Oh! It’s that Chocobo guy!” We pulled out our cameras and started recording this fella hammering on the piano. People gathered around to listen. Attendees walked by with a smile on their face as Warky dished out … Continue reading "Warky's Impromptu Performance @ Animeland Wasabi 2014"

Matthew G Gray is a very interesting man. He does special effects make up and cakes. Both are really cool. Matthew has been doing special effects makeup over two decades per the Animeland Wasabi site has ties to Face Off, WETA Workshop, and the make-up contacts at Doctor Who. He is well known for his Star Trek makeup especially his original Klingon; though we also saw him walking around Sunday in something quite awesome and quite detailed. As for his cakes, well he talks some about them in the interview including a kraken destroying a ship but he has done other cakes with moving parts. You will find his official … Continue reading "Matthew G. Gray @ Animeland Wasabi 2014"

Weltall and I dropped by Animeland Wasabi for an easygoing weekend of nerdy fun! We interviewed some fantastic guests, photographed some crazy-awesome costumes, dined in a maid cafe, and spent altogether too much money in the dealer’s room. (Oh wait, that was just me…) Here’s a few of the videos that should be coming out over the next week or so on our coverage of Animeland Wasabi: Interviews -David Vincent -Matthew G. Gray -Erica Schroeder (audio only- will be available for download at www.anime-pulse.com or in the iTunes store) -Eric Wile -Press conference with Angel Anatomy, Warky T. Chocobo, Erica Schroeder, Danielle McRae, and Uncle Yo -Group interview with Laura … Continue reading "Animeland Wasabi 2014 Sneak Peek"

Thursday 2/27/2014 at 7pm mountain time, 9pm Eastern. Weltall and E will be hosting a live chat to discuss Animeland Wasabi. All are invited to chat with us. We will be discussing the convention, what we plan to do and what you guys want to see from us. To join you will need the Ventrilo client; available from http://www.ventrilo.com/download.php. If you are new to Ventilo or need to see how we use it Tiny put together a nice rundown on that here. Here are the details to connect to the Ventrilo server for Anime Pulse Host name: pvc.pure-voice.net Port: 3238 Password: Wasabi You will not be able to connect until … Continue reading "Pre Con Live Talk"

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Here is our official wrap up of con coverage. Don’t worry we will be talking about it on shows to come and of course the video will be coming out over the next few days to weeks. We will be giving away swag and such on the next few regular episodes.

This is a short clip of one of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund's panels from San Diego Comic Con 2013. Please support the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund they are constantly fighting for our rights. http://cbldf.org/

It's day three and I feel like a guard who can't adventure anymore. Seriously it's pretty pathetic I was using the camera tripod as a walking staff. Getting old sucks, but Comic Con is awesome. Listen in to find out why.

The alcohol is making it hard to write anything witty or important here. So listen in and enjoy.

It's day one of SDCC and things are hot. Listen in to hear how it's going and what we thought of it so far.

This is the interview with Taliesin Jaffe. He is known for his voice work in Paranoia Agent, Black Cat, and Monster. He has also worked as a ADR director and script adapter for Hellsing, ROD the TV, BECK, The End of Evangelion. Listen in and enjoy!

This is the interview with voice actress Yuu Asakawa. She is known for being the model for the Luka Vocaloid. She also voiced characters in Azumanga Dai-Oh, Fate/stay Night, and Love Hina. Listen in and enjoy. Thank you to the Chicago Shimpo for letting us use their audio for this snippet of con coverage after our recorder died.

In this installment, I (The Otaku In the Corner) talk about the amazingnes of Anime- Zap 2013. I talk about all of the funny/zany/awe inspring highlights and greatest parts of the convention. I also start up a new contest for our listeners to have the chance to win a T-shirt that will be signed by myself. Have fun listening. Opening- Wax / Outta My Mind Closing- Wax / Tomorrow

xoMango and I talk about the excitingness that was Youmacon 2012. We discuss what we liked, what we didn't like, and what we got up to during our time at the convention. Listen in and enjoy!

This year was great as always. I'll update this with relevant info as I find it, such as the artist in the dealers room that we always talk about. Listen in to hear about this year's NDK and hear some great con advise.

The title says it all, here be pictures from Fan Pulse’s time at Otakon in Baltimore, Maryland. Enjoy the amazing costumes. The audio coverage and interviews will be out soon. https://picasaweb.google.com/107809797163363817725/Otakon12

This is our talk about our last day at Comic Con and we overview the whole convention. We also give our tips for cons and traveling.

It's the Second official day of Comic Con and things are heating up. Well for us anyways, the Enchanter is on fire, I think I should take care of that. If you aren't already following the con from my twitter feed you might want to start. @AP_Weltall

Day 1 is here, and SDCC is officially started. If you are following me on twitter, @AP_Weltall you already know some of todays events. Listen in to get the juicy details of this years con.

Here is our first report from SDCC 2012.

On this very short bit of con coverage I talk about what I got up to at Tora-Con. Sadly tiredness got the better of me, thus the shortness. Listen in to find out what other exciting things I'll be releasing in the near future!!

The New York Anime Festival and New York Comic Con 2011 was October 14-16 this year at the Javits Center. The attendance was up significantly compared to previous years. This year might have had the largest attendance in the past 4 years.

Here is the Enchanter and Weltall interviewing Patrick Seitz at NDK 2011.

Here is the Enchanter, Weltall and someone from another news outlet interviewing Ryusei Nakao at NDK 2011.

We, well Weltall and other people from the press, Interview Vic Mignogna at NDK 2011.

We headed on over to Nan Desu Kan and brought you this amazing special. Also coming soon, interviews with peoples. Who are they? well I guess in the next few days you'll find out; of if you listen to the con coverage... Pictures of the event can be found at: https://picasaweb.google.com/Weltall42/NDK2011 NDK official Page: http://ndkdenver.org/

Guess what day it is now…

It’s day one, and we are tired. But we do a short recap of the day for you guys.

We have some very exciting news! Mnet US is going to have an exclusive invitation only sneak preview of the 2NE1tv LIVE : WORLDWIDE season premiere this Friday, July 15th at 7:45pm at CGV Cinemas in Koreatown in Los Angeles, CA. This is your chance to see the show before the entire world does! All you have to do to win a pair of free tickets is to register for the 2NE1 digital street team at http://fanmanager.net/2NE1tv by no later than 10am Pacific Time on Thursday, July 14th and your name will be left at will call. We would also love you to tweet about the screening while you are there and blog about it later if you are blogger. Feel free to post pictures from the screening onto the internet as well. Tickets are first come first serve. Act now!

Hit reality series 2NE1tv LIVE: WORLDWIDE - starring the phenomenal K-pop girl band 2NE1 (pronounced "twenty-one") - is coming to the U.S. with the new season's world premiere on Mnet. The leading 24/7 English-language network in the U.S. devoted to Asian pop culture will air the series, which follows the four members of the group as they live together while recording a new record, each Sunday night in primetime, beginning with the world premiere on July 17 at 8pm ET/PT, with an encore presentation the following Saturday (July 23) at 8pm ET/PT. The series will air for a total of ten weeks with over twenty half hour episodes.

Activision announced on Tuesday that they will be dissolving the Guitar Hero business unit. This means that the Guitar Hero 2011 game and the DJ Hero 2011 game are no longer in production. They went on and further said that they will continue to support all “Hero” games that have all ready been released. Activision stated that the reason for this unfortunate decision was the declining sale in the music genre over the last two years. Activision said this on the Guitar Hero.com blog Fans, players and owners of “Hero,” as you may have read today, due to continued declines in the music genre, we have decided to disband our … Continue reading "Activision Ends Guitar Hero franchice"

Digital Manga Publishing is trying something crazy. They will be starting Digital Manga Guild, it's a community that will allow anyone with the skills needed to help translate, edit and letter thousands of previously untranslated manga. You will even get paid for your work, as they will be selling them digitally, that's right Digitally. Go check it out and listen to their CEO say the words himself.

New York, NY – Oct 22, 2010 — Pictures from the New York Anime Festival / Comic Con 2010 have been uploaded to the Anime-Pulse photo gallery: http://picasaweb.google.com/animepulse/NYAFComicCon2010# This year the New York Anime Festival and the New York Comic Con conventions were combined into one weekend resulting in an enormous turn out. The two conventions filled the entire Javits Center with comic book vendors, anime vendors, screening rooms, panels, and probably the largest artists alley either show had seen in the past. There were several guests from Japan including the Boom Boom Satellites, who had an autograph session at the Kinokuniya booth. They are probably best known with anime … Continue reading "Pictures from the New York Anime Festival / Comic Con 2010 Uploaded"

It has been announced that Spike Spencer will be voicing the character Takuma Ichijo from the popular Anime series Vampire Knight For those unfamiliar with the storyline of the popular graphic novel, Vampire Knight takes place at Cross Academy, which is attended by two groups of students: the Day Class and the Night Class. At twilight, when the students of the Day Class return to their dorm, they cross paths with the Night Class on their way to school. Yuki Cross and Zero Kiryu are the Guardians of the school, protecting the Day Class from the Academy's dark secret: the Night Class is full of vampires!

LOS ANGELES, CA – July 20 – It has been announcedthat Spike Spencer will be attending Metrocon in Tampa, FL July 23rd to 25th. METROCON is a weekend-long celebration of Japanese popular entertainment – from anime (Japanese animation), manga (Japanese comics), J-pop and J-Rock (Japanese pop and rock music, performed by “idols”) to cosplay (costume design and performance) and video games. The Metrocon’s guest lineup includes Spike Spencer, Scott McNeil, Richard Ian Cox, Kirby Morrow, and Robert Axelrod plus many more. Event are as follows: Anime Human Chess Match Anime Fire Show Metro Star Party The Fantasy Masquerade Gear Grappling Xtreme Bay Area Robot Fights Anime Screening(s) AMV Contest Cosplay … Continue reading "Spike Spencer To Appear At Metrocon In Tampa, FL July 23rd-25th"

It has been announced that actor Spike Spencer is to voice two characters in the Classic RPG Vandal Hearts: Flames of Judgment, recently developed and published by Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. Spike will provide the voices for Connor Ganson, (a career criminal since age sixteen; an unrepentant street thief and con artist) and Menicks Rence. "I really enjoyed playing a career criminal, a character so totally unlike me. Wink, wink, nod, nod, say no more..." joked Spike in a recent interview. "It was also nice to play another character, in Manicks, with a deeper voice which a lot of people don't realize I can do. It was a nice departure from all those effeminate little girly boys who save the world in a biomechanical frickin robot." Spike jokingly added.

It has been announced that actor Spike Spencer is to voice two characters in the Classic RPG Lunar: Silver Star Harmony, developed by Game Arts and XSEED Games, that will be released exclusively on the PSP system in Q1, 2010.

Denver’s premiere anime convention celebrates 13th anniversary DENVER, COLORADO – AUGUST 22, 2009 — Nan Desu Kan (NDK), Denver’s premier anime convention, will return Sept. 11-13 at the Marriott Denver Tech Center. For thirteen years NDK has celebrated Japanese animation, music and culture. This year, NDK continues its tradition of bringing acclaimed guests directly to the fans, welcoming voice actors Aaron Dismuke (Fullmetal Alchemist, Trinity Blood), Todd Haberkorn (Claymore, Suzuka), Michael McConnohie (Disgaea, Transformers, World of Warcraft), Melodee Spevack (Digimon, Ergo Proxy, Star Trek: Enterprise), and Cristina Vee (Izo, Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha, Rozen Maiden). Returning guests include industry veterans Robert and Emily DeJeasus (Studio Capsule), as well as Jason … Continue reading "Nan Desu Kan Announces 2009 Guests"

LOS ANGELES, CA (PRWEB)- May 29TH - It has been announced that Spike Spencer is to revise his role as the voice of the character Shinji in the English dubbed version of Evangelion 1.0.

Spike Spencer has announced that he is the voice of the character "Arakune" in the English dubbed version of BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger. Aksys games recently completed the dubbing in studio and is in the process of a general release of the finished product. This is a video game designed for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. And yes, it'll have online support, so everyone can fight to their heart's content! Spike hopes that everyone will enjoy the work and have fun playing the game.

This just in: Broccoli International USA, Inc. will be having a final warehouse sale to liquidate inventory. Date: December 12, 2008 (Friday) Time: 3:00pm – 7:00pm PST Location: 1728 S. La Cienega Blvd. Los Angeles CA 90035 TEL: 310-815-0604 Information about the warehouse sale is available on the Broccoli Books production blog. http://www.bro-usa.com/bb_blog/2008/12/08/final-warehouse-sale-121208/ http://www.bro-usa.com/bb_blog/2008/12/08/final-warehouse-sale-list-of-products/

Spike TV has announced that it will be airing the Movie Sequel to Afro Samurai, “Afro Samurai: Resurrection” In January 2009. They have also said that Lucy Liu (Charlie’s Angels) and Mark Hamil (Star Wars) will add their voices into the mix. Spike had originally aired Afro Samurai in the U.S. back in January 2007. Funimation and Gonzo will be working together on the release. Also Samuel L. Jackson will be returning as Executive Producer and title character. Lucy will take the role of Sio, Afro’s nemesis. While Hamil will play Bin, the manservant and protector of Sio. Yuri Lowenthal (Naruto) will reprise his role as Kuma. New Trailers for … Continue reading "Afro Samurai: Resurrection"

Yes it is true, a Live-Action adaptation of the Anime cult classic Cowboy Bebop is currently in “early” development. In the producers chair is Erwin Stoff of the Matrix and A Scanner Darkly. Stoff plans on making the film with a “real degree of faithfulness” to its Anime origins. With no more information as of yet, it’s all still up for grabs. Only time will tell what will become of this. Source: Anime News Network

A recently releasedNovel adaptation of Rei Hiroe’s Black Lagoon done by Gen Urobuchi has confirmed the production of a third season of Black Lagoon. Black Lagoon fans can anticipate more clueless Rock, an angry gun toting Revy, Benny the electronic expert, and Dutch the man that holds this ragged team together. Where their adventures will lead them this time no one is certain. but it’s bound to be a torpedo launching off a boat in mid-air good time. Geneon carried the License for Black Lagoon until it closed its doors. Now Funimation has picked it up and will re-release Black Lagoon and its second season Black Lagoon: the Second Barrage. … Continue reading "Black Lagoon Sails Again"

Yesterday Viz Media announced That the Anime series Naruto, Bleach, and Death Note would now be available for purchase from the iTunes store. Currently available are the first forty-seven episodes of Bleach, the first twenty-five episodes of Naruto “Uncut”, and all thirty-seven episodes of Death Note. You can buy these titles for $27.99, $22.99, and $31.99 respectively. If you do not have iTunes, these titles and more can be found at Direct2Drive and Totlavid services. While they are only available dubbed this is a step in the right direction. With more Anime becoming available by multiple direct download providers, it is only a matter of time before subtitled Anime is … Continue reading "Dubbed Anime on iTunes"

Tonight Tuesday July 15th, PlayStation launches its online video download service for the PS3 and the PSP. At the E3 2008 press conference Sony Computer Entertainment announced that Funimation would be providing Anime titles to air for this service. One of these titles is called Xam’d: Lost Memories, it is a new Bones Anime that has yet to air in Japan. Its debut will be tonight on the PlayStation Network. Videos can be downloaded from the PlayStation Network directly onto a PS3 and watched, or transferred to a PSP. Videos will be available in High Definition and Standard definition Formatting. Episodes will cost around $1.99 while movies will cost between … Continue reading "New Bones Anime to Premiere on Playstation 3"

Mythwear was a licensed Anime apparel retailer most known for it’s Anime shoulder bags. The company launched back in 2001 and quickly accrued a mass of licenses to manufacture Anime apparel like bags and wallets. Some series they had rights to were Full Metal Alchemist, Hellsing, and Gravitation. Back in 2007 the Mythwear site suddenly and mysteriously went down with no way to contact the company. As a result Distributor Right Stuf ceased carrying Mythwear’s products and Nozomi Entertainment (the licensing division of Right Stuf) pulled their merchandising rights of their shows from Mythwear. Just recently an update to the Mythwear site has been put up by company founder Jean-Binh … Continue reading "Mythwear Officially out of Bussiness"

Last season Gundam fans all over rejoiced over the first season of Gundam 00. While still primarily a giant robot show, this series focus a lot more on the pilots and their reasons for being Gundam pilots. Although there is still that evil organization lurking in the corner that drives them. The Japanese site for 00 has been updated for season two giving the premise for the next season and updated character info in aftermath of the first season’s finale. Bandai Entertainment Inc. has announced that it has licensed and will be airing Gundam 00 on the Sci-Fi channels Ani-Monday block this November. It has also launched an English official … Continue reading "Gundam 00 prepares for Season 2 and American release"

When the news came that Newtype USA would be ceasing publication many fans were shocked. For a lot of fans Newtype USA was a one stop Mag for Anime, Manga and more. you couldn’t wait to see who would be on this months cover or what poster was inside. But what all the anime fans wanted was the DVD inside with three free episodes of new shows to watch. So to say we were sad to see Newtype USA go would be an understatement. After the fall of Newtype USA a new magazine rose to take its place, that magazine was PIQ. Though it was a good magazine it couldn’t … Continue reading "A new magazine in town?"

Here are my notes from the ADV panel. ADV is not going anywhere. They separated from their business partner Sojitz, and Sojitz took a lot of titles with them. But ADV has procured a new partner, whose funding has allowed them to start negotiating for a new group of Anime acquisitions.

The 2nd industry panel was a moderated panel. Technology, Entertainment and Licensing Ken Iyadomi - President & CEO, Bandai Entertainment Vu Nyugen - VP Business Development & Strategy, Crunchyroll Trulee Karahashi - Society for the Promotion of Japanese Anime Asako Suzuki - Director of Manga, CMX Moderated by Justin Sevakis, Director of New Media, Anime New Network Licensing is becoming more, not less, complicated. Multiple parties want approval and control rights about how things are released. The Japanese distributors have no real internet strategy because they fear the impact on DVD sales as well as piracy.

We're here at AX, and so far the con is... lackluster. But there were a couple industry panels today, the 4th, that were interesting. Here is my recap of the first. Keynote speech by Gen Fukunaga, the President of Funimation. The Japanese market is the most competitive Anime market in the world, because Manga drives the Anime. This is because Manga is exposed to millions of people first to determine what might be good things to animate.