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Akihabara Renditions

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 akibaren@gmail.com, follow us on Twitter @AkibaRenditions or on facebook/AkibaRenditions!

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All Episodes

0:58

Akiba Ren Promo

Akihabara Renditions ·

2009/03/28

Have a Podcast of your own and need another promo to play? Play ours!

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23:09

Episode 19 - We Need Space (PART 2)

Akihabara Renditions ·

2009/03/28

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 two part episode! In part 1 (or, according to MLS - Megazone Language Style, PART 1) we review Voltron: Defender of the Universe and crap on our childhoods and then kick it up a notch with a review of the

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41:19

Episode 19 - We Need Space (PART 1)

Akihabara Renditions ·

2009/03/28

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 two part episode! In part 1 (or, according to MLS - Megazone Language Style, PART 1) we review Voltron: Defender of the Universe and crap on our childhoods and then kick it up a notch with a review of the

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45:37

Episode 18 - Christmas Craptacular II

Akihabara Renditions ·

2008/12/31

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 Smazik. In this episode we review - I'm still not telling you, download the episode!. Like our first installment of Christmas Craptacular, there are dissenting opinions over exactly how crappy these shows are,

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01:23:53

Episode 17 - Anime Weekend Atlanta XIV Megacast

Akihabara Renditions ·

2008/12/31

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 with Anime Weekend Atlanta for the past 14 years, save for one year. Jason Brown, Marc Smazik and myself discuss with Keith the origins of Anime Weekend Atlanta from his perspective of working as a

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54:17

Episode 16 - A Mid-summer's News Roundup

Akihabara Renditions ·

2008/12/31

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 news articles came from this fine site here but if you can't find something we talked about, then you can always check here.

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01:37:23

Episode 15 - Ichinen Sensou Senshuu

Akihabara Renditions ·

2008/12/31

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 Smazik. After our review of Mobile Suit Gundam F-91 back in episode 5 and Marc being confused by it, we go head first into "non-Mecha-Fan-Alienation" and pick up the Mobile Suit Gundam movie trilogy

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55:30

Episode 14 - Not a Zaku Boy

Akihabara Renditions ·

2008/12/31

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 Smazik. After our review of Mobile Suit Gundam F-91 back in episode 5 and Marc being confused by it, we go head first into "non-Mecha-Fan-Alienation" and pick up the Mobile Suit Gundam movie trilogy

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01:22:42

Episode 13 - Pen Testing

Akihabara Renditions ·

2008/12/31

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 Smazik. After our review of Mobile Suit Gundam F-91 back in episode 5 and Marc being confused by it, we go head first into "non-Mecha-Fan-Alienation" and pick up the Mobile Suit Gundam movie trilogy

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01:02:23

Episode 12 - Do You Remember Love?

Akihabara Renditions ·

2008/12/31

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 stop there and listen because they know what's up. For those that may not know what it up, beware because THERE IS NO ANIME THAT IS AS GOOD AS THIS FILM. It is a film that speaks on more than a thematic

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41:21

Episode 11 - Christmas Craptacular

Akihabara Renditions ·

2008/12/31

All that's glitter isn't gold as the saying goes. And classic Japanese cartoons are no exception. Our gift to you is this delightful episode. Hosts: Drew Sutton, Marc Smazik, Jason Brown and Richard Hoelsher. The Akihabara Renditions crew dig through old boxes and closets to find some of the crappiest anime that they can for this special. I guess a testament to our collections is that Jason's submission ended up being crappy in certain areas and Drew didn't even have to touch his Robotech tapes

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01:51:36

Episode 10 - Now With Less Finals

Akihabara Renditions ·

2008/12/31

At this point, all four panellists were all students. And, since we went to different schools, schedules got confused and Richard was accidentally left out of this one as Drew thought he was studying for an upcoming exam. Hosts: Drew Sutton, Jason Brown and Marc Smazik. Again leaving out the roundtable to return at a later date, we review two late 1980s science fiction classics, first is GAINAX's Wings of Honneamise (1987), which conveniently gets changed to Wings of Hummas and Mayonaise because

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51:23

Episode 9 - There's No Win Without Fail

Akihabara Renditions ·

2008/12/31

Episode 9 features a review for a series which has a special place in most older anime fans hearts and probably one of the first series to make them cringe and scream in physical pain after watching it. Hosts: Drew Sutton, Marc Smazik, Jason Brown and Richard Hoelsher. So yes, Akihabara Renditions steps up to the plate and offers another take on the 1987 (pseudo-)cyberpunk OAV series, Bubblegum Crisis. Deciding to skip the discussion section, because this episode featured one of our first planned

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01:02:33

Episode 8 - Tetsuo Kaneda Podcast

Akihabara Renditions ·

2008/12/31

Episode 8 is up and ready to be downloaded for the first time, for the last time! Hosts: Drew Sutton, Richard Hoelsher, Marc Smazik and Jason Brown. Speaking of staples of 1990s-anime-from-Blockuster-Video, we'd realized that we were skipping over probably the most famous of all - AKIRA (1988). Our roundtable discussion is more of story-time as Drew attempts to start a profile-in-fandom piece and talks about the man that fans love to hate, Carl Macek. Finally, we review another little OAV, Dragon

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01:30:09

Episode 7 - Koko wa Podcast Tank Police

Akihabara Renditions ·

2008/12/31

Episode 7 is now out again! Hosts: Drew Sutton, Marc Smazik, Jason Brown and Richard Hoelsher. After the failure that was Please Save My Earth, we hesitantly pick up another shoujo title. Marc is pleased because he likes shoujo stuff and despite the trap in the series, 1993-96's Koko wa Greenwood OAV goes over fairly well. Our roundtable this episode attempts to discuss the significance of that beast we all love to hate: moe~. Finally, we review a staple of 1990s anime-from-Blockbuster-Video,

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01:08:52

Episode 6 - 404 Title Not Found

Akihabara Renditions ·

2008/12/31

Episode 6 of the Akihabara Renditions podcast is now re-released! Hosts: Drew Sutton, Richard Hoelsher, Marc Smazik and Jason Brown. We come back to Miyazaki Hayao's work in this episode and pick of the first Studio Ghibli film, 1984's Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind. Jason admits his sacrilidge for not necessarily being a fan of Miyazaki's films. We then discuss piracy in anime fandom and debate the topic as to whether or not fandom can exist without it now. We then wrap it up with a review

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01:22:59

Episode 5 - Jason Wants To Hit Me With Cookies

Akihabara Renditions ·

2008/12/31

Episode 5 is re-released here! This is another episode that Drew is proud of, probably for the exact opposite reasons he's proud of the previous episode. Hosts: Drew Sutton, Richard Hoelsher, Jason Brown and Marc Smazik. Following the mixture of hot shit and hot, steaming pile of crap that was our previous episode, Drew feels he has a sure-fire win with 1983's Crusher Joe. It backfires as he is the only member of the cast who truly enjoys the film. We also discuss a current state of broadcast

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01:35:31

Episode 4 - Hard Work, Guts and Sunglasses

Akihabara Renditions ·

2008/12/31

Episode 4 is finally re-released! This is an episode that Drew is particularly proud of because we deal with two very distinct reactions to what we review. Hosts: Drew Sutton, Marc Smazik, Jason Brown and Richard Hoelsher. We sit down for two more reviews in this episode after returning from our drunken NERD RAGE over Anime Weekend Atlanta in the previous episode. What we think will end up with two more pleasant reviews to calm us down, Marc ends up requesting us to review something

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01:29:49

Episode 3 - AWA Re-Cap

Akihabara Renditions ·

2008/12/31

Episode 3 is now re-released! Hosts: Drew Sutton, Marc Smazik, Jason Brown and Richard Hoelsher. After another year at Anime Weekend Atlanta (Editor's Note: This was AWA XIII from 22 - 24 September 2007), we sit down and review the convention as seen through the eyes of fans and attendees. We of course harp on the biggest change that a lot of other folks jumped on about the weekend, which was the hotel enforcing a more restrictive alcohol policy, due mostly to events which transpired the

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01:19:19

Episode 2 - Electric Boogaloo

Akihabara Renditions ·

2008/12/31

We're back for another exciting episode! Also joining us as another full time panellist is our good friend Richard Hoelsher! Hosts: Drew Sutton, Marc Smazik, Jason Brown and Richard Hoelsher We introduce Richard and briefly discuss his adventure through anime fandom and his years staffing Anime Weekend Atlanta. We then get to the meat of the program as we review the oft-overlooked Miyazaki Hayao classic, 1979's Castle of Cagliostro, a Lupin III film and the easiest entry into the space opera

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