Editor’s Note: This episode was taped before other developments in the stories mentioned happened As we settle in, Amy gets caught up on last week’s episode before we talk about this week’s stuff 38:58 - We fill in our duty as an Official Podcast of Anime North for the first time in 2023, by talking about the opening of hotels and registrations…and the headaches involved. So we walk through the timeline of events this week 01:16:04 - Kodansha USA pulling digital simulpubs from other services....

We begin the first episode of 2023 by looking back on the last episode of 2022, with the talk about the Pokemon anime 14:55 - Mike remembers Pele’s contribution to North American pop culture Then we start on the things that have caught our attention as 2023 begins 23:50 - James brings up Media Blasters founder John Sirabella’s YouTube Channel 33:17 - Then James brings up Shinchosha’s experiment into an AI drawn manga 38:05 - Moh and Kevin talk Bleach and Chainsaw Man with a conversation about...

Really we only talk about two (and a half) things this time around You knew we were going to talk Blue Lock with the FIFA World Cup ending a few hours before. So Mike gives Amy and Kevin a quick synopsis of Blue Lock, and how sometimes anime and manga can both imitate real life, and question it 32:50 - Mike gives an update on the Hana Kimura story 34:50 - We digest on the news of the ending of the Ash and Pikachu story in the Pokemon anime, and the end of an era in our fandom. With Amy giving...

Please note that we talked a little World Cup before the Sunday games happened. We’re pretty sure after those games, some brackets were broken. So you knew that Mike and Moh had to give some first impressions of Blue Lock 23:55 - What stuck out from Anime NYC…and how we got it confused with New York Comic Con and Big Apple Anime Fest, the different ways titles get licensed, and the tweaks coming to J-Novel Club 50:10 - In talking J-Novel Club, Mike talks about one of the recent anime...

The Kadokawa acquisition of Anime News Network is no doubt the big news of the week. So we take a long look at it, and the potential that sits there. Along with a few asides like Canadians getting their notice on Crunchyroll’s price increase, and James’ take on the Discotek presentation a few weeks back Mike Nicolas, James Austin, Kevin Ng, Amy Lynn Greig Visit our website for more information and links: Website: animeroundtable.com Twitter, IG, and TikTok: @animeroundtable Email:...

We settle in as championship week in three major e-sports begins (DOTA2, LOL, and Overwatch) 7:40 - Kevin went to the Anime North Halloween Event at the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre and does a quick recap, with a version of the Nominoichi (obviously his specialty) 30:10 - Looking back at the Discotek presentation and what caught our attention there Then Moh finally gets into the conversation 34:11 - Netflix changes their anime focus, and how that clashes with the culture of fandom...

James returns to the table and chats with Mike as they update the Bayonetta voice controversy. Plus James gives a few thoughts on Bleach and Disney+ from a business standpoint Mike Nicolas and James Austin Visit our website for more information and links: Website: animeroundtable.com Twitter and IG: @animeroundtable Email: [email protected]  Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/animeroundtable YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5U1yZNlQ1VYFH_fV26bYwA Discord:...

Amy returns and sparks a discussion about her grade nine students being fans of a show that came out before any of them were born, and similar benchmarks in recent fandom history, and the key things that facilitated those benchmarks 16:58 - Disney gets the streaming rights for Bleach for Disney+ and Hulu, and Urusei Yatsura on HiDive 26:25 - What have we been watching lately 39:29 - We revist the Kyle McCarley story and get Amy’s take on it with some follow up details 1:23:33 - The...

Moh returns to the table and we start with his thoughts from last episode. Especially on upselling out of print, hard to find manga, Japanese guests at FanExpo, Moh’s movie watching, and Kevin, James, and Shin Megami Tensei 39:52 - We talk at length about the Kyle McCarley situation concerning losing his role in Mob Psycho 100 and try to read between the lines with Crunchyroll’s movements in it In the bullets segment 1:11:55 - What caught our attention from Aniplex Fest. Mainly Urusei...

We begin the 70th episode of version two off topic with thoughts on the 21st anniversary of 9/11 and the death of Queen Elizabeth 10:10 - We look back on last week’s Space Heater Chat. With a long thought on anime programming in FanExpo and further IFF and AN comparisons,“culture”, live Overwatch League in Toronto, and the Nintendo Switch in mid-life 39:25 - We weigh in on the current Shojo Beat reprinting discussions and a general discussion about reprinting out of print translated manga...

Kevin helps Mike fill the first part of his September quota since he missed out on filling out the August one. We look back on Kevin’s mature game last episode. Then look back on the actual festivals around the Toronto area missed in August (Japan Festival Toronto, CNE, FanExpo). A look ahead to things going on in Toronto in September (Overwatch League Summer Showdown). What’s on our queues, how you get hooked into buying mulitple editions of the same thing (manga edition), and a few...

Our first in person episode at the Six Points Studio in more than two years!! We begin by getting everyone elses thoughts on the recent past conventions and the announcements that came out of them. With Mike reposing his Yes/No question from last week’s Space Heater, Kevin’s true thoughts on Manga Up, and the issues of putting EVERYTHING into English 47:40 - We have to take on the Crunchyroll purchase of Right Stuf from different angles. Most notably the adult one (Kevin en fuego...

James visits the studio for the first time in over two years to help Mike test out the new mics. In it he gives his view on Anime North despite not being able to attend it, then we talk about the three anime conventions happening this weekend (neither of us are attending those either). But then we talk about the further frustrations of being a Canadian consumer, some manga industry news, and a discussion on actual things... Visit our website for more information and links: Website:...

We begin by following up on the big headline this weekend, the lineups 9:00 - We follow up on Thursday’s On My Mind and fully introduce Amy  Then we look at our own Anime Norths so far 15:15 - The Nominoichi 21:10 - Amy talks seeing Katsura Sunshine talking the Decending Stories anime 26:00 - Then Amy talks the YTV panel hosted by Martin Hsu 39:29 - Mike talks a little bit about his morning panel 41:26 - We talk about the aftermath of the drowning death of Yu-Gi-Oh creator Kazuki...

Mike goes flying without his usual wingmen. But in the process hears again from regular con-goer Lawrence and AN’s social media head Chris. We look back on the ups and downs of day one with Lawrence’s shopping spree and others just hoping for that chance. Then Mike looks ahead to day two, and looks forward to telling his story in the morning to help celebrate the 25th anniversary. And then Mike ends it off by looking back on Amy’s On My Mind from the day before

On the eve of Anime North (and the afterglow of PRIDE), one of the regulars has a very important message for the Roundtable listeners and hopefully Anime North attendees too

Kevin visits Mike to dust off the old microphones and to check their Anime North worthiness. In the process they talk about going into Mike’s vault to find things that might be Nominoichi worthy, and immediate thoughts as Anime Expo begins to wrap up This might have been taped last week, but for sure there’s more to come this week

We start by getting Canadian political as we do every so often from Bill C-11 and Canadian Content to the Ontario General Election (which does have an Anime North link) 9:35 - We talk about the Toronto Comic Arts Festival and the controversy surrounding the invite given to, and then taken away from Pink Cat creator Saba Moeel 46:31 - A year after Kentaro Miura’s death, Beserk’s fate has been determined, and will continue with the help of Miura’s assistants and close friend Kouji Mori in...

We settle back into our first recording of any sort in about a month 7:08 - James and Geoff give their take on the Netflix issues and the current streaming landscape. With a longer discussion about the past and present way of consuming content (both anime and mainstream). Netflix hasn’t been all bad has it? Well… 36:22 - Worker in the North American dub industry is looking to do what a lot of other industries these days, put a union label on it. Netflix hasn’t been all bad has it? Then...

We’re back with the first regular episode in more than a month (and a few weeks since the last time we chatted). And we talk just a little more about Kevin’s LA trip, ice cream there, vacations in general, and a COVID update 26:40 - Yes we had to talk Netflix and their recent downturn. But of course we tried to put some sort of Anime view on it 1:05:17 - So what have you been watching or reading lately? (PS: the phrase Mike was looking for was “Grasping at Straws”) 1:15:24 - The Bullets....

Mike talks with Kevin a few days removed from his Los Angeles vacation. With some thoughts on KPOP and spots that would be of interest to Asian pop culture junkies, and of course relate it to Toronto and the pandemic Mike Nicolas and Kevin Ng Editor’s Note: This isn’t Kevin’s first one on one space heater chat. He did one on Halloween night too

Mike and James again go off topic talking about early Spring in Toronto (which is very much like winter), and some sports. Then we talk Discotek’s twitch stream of announcements, Sentai titles leaving the Crunchyroll streaming service (and staying on their own HiDive service), how Sony actually looks at their Crunchyroll brand and ad supporting. Then we end coming home with some Anime North observations and some house cleaning here

Mohamed and Geoff return to the table this week after successful Batmen pursuits. So we’ll get their takes and follow up on the CR and AN stories before getting everyone elses takes on Disney+ expanding into more Japanese programming, Megumi Ogata and gender in the seiyuu industry, and Makoto Shinkai’s earlier works finding a new home. We’ll end by looking back on a bunch of things as well Mike Nicolas, James Austin, Kevin Ng, Mohamed Sharmarke, Geoff Greig Visit our website for more...

Mike, James and Kevin continue the conversation started a few days back. This time we talk Anime North (we are official podcast after all), and a bullets segment full of Anime YouTube adn Manga thoughts Mike Nicolas, James Austin, Kevin Ng Visit our website for more information and links: Website: animeroundtable.com Twitter and IG: @animeroundtable Email: [email protected] Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/animeroundtable YouTube:...

Mike, James and Kevin on impulse decided to sit down and hit the record button, and ended up giving their thoughts on Sony’s formal announcement merging the Funimation and Crunchyroll streaming services into a single one under the CR name Visit our website for more information and links: Website: animeroundtable.com Twitter and IG: @animeroundtable Email: [email protected] Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/animeroundtable YouTube:...