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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.

Dec 19, 2013

Another year filled with anime and manga has come and gone and as always it has been kind of a whirlwind! In our farewell to 2013, we discuss manga jumping on the digital bandwagon, a year of crowdfunding, and some of the big news and titles that dominated attention. In the second half, we discuss our favorite licenses...


Dec 5, 2013

Sometimes our first impressions in S.W.A.T. Reviews aren't right. This may result in us continuing a show that goes to hell and we later end up dropping it. We figured our listeners might be curious to hear why we just couldn't stand to continue on with a series. Just like the S.W.A.T. Reviews, these will be five- to...


OSMcast!: Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney – Dual Destinies

Nov 26, 2013

Al/Hisui was just on the OSMcast! to talk about Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Dual Destinies, the 5th game in the main Ace Attorney series. As always the first part of the OSMcast! discusses what everyone is doing, the middle part is the spoiler free discussion, and the end is for people who have played the...


Nov 24, 2013

It was a red-letter day when Kodansha USA announced its partnership with Crunchyroll to launch a manga streaming section along side CR's popular anime site through a subscription model. With a dozen titles available upon launch and a totally of 50 promised by mid-2014, everyone was ready to dive in to the new project...


Oct 31, 2013

New York Comic Con is a celebration, and celebrate it we did! The Speakeasy this month is actually a triple-combo made up of Friday, Saturday, and Sunday podcasts that we only posted on YouTube. So do forgive a bit of repetition. Joining us each night is Patz from The Cockpit and Alain's elusive roommate.

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