Nigorimasen Podcast Ep. 7: Because Otaku Have No Need For Love

I mentioned these relatively late in the podcast.

The podcast is back for 2010! The first new episode in ten months is a interview-focused conversation with Evan Minto (@VamptVo), editor-in-chief/webmaster of Ani-Gamers. It started off as an interview (and stayed that way in many parts) but it lost structure toward the end, though that looseness was fun as well.

I intended to post this over the weekend – I had said Thursday/Friday during the recording – but then my main computer began to have trouble booting up. Thankfully, I had finished the core editing and was able to upload it using my backup computer. It’s not as completely polished as I would like but it should be good enough to listen to.

SHOW NOTES:

[00:13] Music: “Harlem Clip” by Gustav Ruppke

[00:47] Introducing Evan. I stumble while trying to explain why I asked him on.

[02:46] I ask about Genericon (Feb. 12th-14th) and Evan’s studies at RPI. He’s double majoring in Computer Science and in Electronic Media, Arts, and Communication (EMAC).

[08:59] We then talked about the equipment used for recording the Ani-Gamers podcast…

- Samson COU1 microphone [Amazon]
- Zoom H2 [Amazon]

[13:20] … the editing process…

[17:34] … accepting promos…

[20:45] … breaking into the anime/manga/otaku podcast community…

[23:07] … and show notes.

- Ani-Gamers #24 about Sword and the Stranger
- Debut episode of The Speakeasy, the Reverse Thieves’ new monthly podcast

[28:00] The final focused topic was the Ani-Gamers website and its contributors.

[29:41] I find out how long the posting queue is.

[32:00] I move onto the contributors, who choose their own subjects to write about on the website.

- Elliot’s review of Excel Saga manga vol. 1-20
- Collection of Ani-Gamers’ 2009 Staff Picks

[35:05] Our discussion slides into the subject of review copies: I betray my meekness in asking for them, Evan states his policy of recommending his reviewers give away their review copies and buy their own afterward.

- That Cartoon Network show I couldn’t remember was Storm Hawks.
- I did remember about Lux-Pain, which I need to return to and finish.
- These two reviews of King of RPGs vol. 1 came from the same physical copy.

[52:05] False ending (or “bonus” content?), where we briefly talk again about promos and then other podcasts.

- The Geekbox (it’s about geek stuff including games, film, TV & comics)
- Fast Karate (listened to this episode – it was pretty good)

[59:05] Music: “Kyoto Melody” by Orquestra Popular De Paio Pires

Omake: dub sample from Wild Cardz

(The music in this podcast was used under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA license.)