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Join Kate and Alain as they discuss everything from what they just watched to what is going on in fandom.

The Speakeasy: The main podcast where we discuss what we’ve been watching, reading, and playing, plus occasional other topics.

Mar 20, 2013

Episode 1 of Otona Joshi no Anime Time from NHK and The Answer Studio.

The premise of these reviews is simple: watch the first episode of a series and then immediately sit down to record a review mini-podcast. The reviews are five- to ten-minutes long and entirely off the cuff. As always we only review new shows (so...


Mar 20, 2013

Episode 1 of RDG Red Data Girl from P.A. Works with the opening "Small WorlDrop" by Annabel. It is streaming on Funimation and Hulu.

The premise of these reviews is simple: watch the first episode of a series and then immediately sit down to record a review mini-podcast. The reviews are five- to ten-minutes long...


Mar 19, 2013

Al/Hisui is a guest on All Geeks Considered

The more anime bloggers you get to attend any given convention the probability that a podcast will occur increases exponentially for each writer that you add. So with that in mind it was almost inevitable that a podcast would come out of Genericon this year. I joined


Mar 18, 2013

What just got licensed? What's hot in Japan? What is being brought out day and date? It is rather easy to get obsessed with the latest and greatest manga series but there are plenty of series in the illustrious history of manga worth examining. Each era has its own zeitgeist which produces artists and stories that can...