The Canadian Thanksgiving episode was a cornucopia of little appetizers of headlines that came together for a big meal. James and Kevin talked about NYCC and the fall season. Some streaming news concerning Demon Slayer and Lupin III, a few notable (rightful or wrongful) figures passing, the new Japanese PM and his take on the country’s soft power industries, NPR talks anime, Right Stuf kickstarts a Dirty Pair project, and Squid Game I’m stuffed… Mike Nicolas, James Austin, Kevin Ng, Mohamed Sharmarke, Geoff Greig Visit our website for more information and links: Website: animeroundtable.com Twitter and IG: @animeroundtable Email: animeroundtable@gmail.com

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Episode 2-52: October 9 2021 - Thanksgiving Day Edition, Eh

Mike started off talking about venturing into someone else’s fandom (being a casual eSports watcher), and that leads to a conversation about a trio of articles that highlight the industry’s current crossroads as its fandom increases. And that leads to talk again about upcoming live actions and Hollywood Adaptations. And that leads to Kevin finally making it... Mike Nicolas, James Austin, Mohamed Sharmarke, Geoff Greig, and Kevin Ng (eventually) Visit our website for more information and links: Website: animeroundtable.com Twitter and IG: @animeroundtable Email: animeroundtable@gmail.com

Episode 2-51: September 25 2021 - Mo Money Mo Problems

We begin the 50th episode of 2.0 by sharing our memories on the 20th anniversary of 9/11. Then with summer ending, we look back on it by revisiting some of the stories coming from there in a pretty much all bullets rewind Mike Nicolas, James Austin, Kevin Ng, Geoff Greig Visit our website for more information and links: https://animeroundtable.wordpress.com/2021/09/13/anime-roundtable-v2-0-50-september-11-2021-lest-we-forget-20-years-later/ Website: animeroundtable.com Twitter and IG: @animeroundtable Email: animeroundtable@gmail.com

Episode 2-50: September 11 2021 - Lest We Forget 20 Years Later

So how do we spend the 50th recording of the Pandemic Series…well it isn’t a proper Roundtable SPOILER WARNING!! We do talk a fair amount about the plot of the movie. So if you haven’t seen it yet and don't want to be surprised… Yup we saw Shang Chi. Yup we have thoughts on it. We’ll talk about it in terms of certain plot specifics, the dynamics of the two lead characters, how this will fit in the context of stage four of the Marvel Cinematic Universe both in plot and marketing, thoughts on Asian representation in Hollywood with Mike giving a quick history lesson, and the music Then we actually go a little anime side by coming back to John Cho’s thoughts on the live action Cowboy Bebop and how fans might be too hung up on how certain characters look…to a possible One Piece live action? Before ending with the Anime Community Calendar It’s tangential, it’s raw, it’s uncensored and unedited. It’s a back to school, post Labour Day Space Heater Chat Visit our website for more information and links: https://animeroundtable.wordpress.com/2021/09/07/anime-roundtable-v2-0-space-heater-chat-september-4-2021-shang-chi-and-the-internet-being-the-internet/ Website: animeroundtable.com Twitter and IG: @animeroundtable Email: animeroundtable@gmail.com

Space Heater Chat: September 4 2021 - Shang Chi and the Internet Being the Internet

James returns to the table for the first time in almost a month for a chat. So we talk video game stores, COVID, Olympics and Paralympics and scandals, Sony ruling the world, EVA ruling the world, an industry thought with Comic Con and Sentai, before finally talking about what’s presently in our queues with a thought on NHK World at the end Visit our website for more information and links: https://animeroundtable.wordpress.com/2021/08/29/anime-roundtable-v2-0-space-heater-chat-august-27-2021-the-return-of-the-industry-observer/ Website: animeroundtable.com Twitter and IG: @animeroundtable Email: animeroundtable@gmail.com

Space Heater Chat: August 27 2021 - The Return of the Industry Observer

We quiz Geoff on last week’s Space Heater chat, which he didn’t listen to, and still passed. Then we talked about the Crunchyroll/Sony deal which had been examined by the US Department of Justice, and still passed. Moh experiments with a new gameshow idea, and Mike failed it miserably. And we acknowledge the passing of pioneer Fred Ladd Mike Nicolas, Kevin Ng, Mohamed Sharmarke, Geoff Greig Visit our website for more information and links: https://animeroundtable.wordpress.com/2021/08/18/anime-roundtable-v2-0-49-august-15-2021-crunchyroll-closesall-is-right-with-the-world/ Website: animeroundtable.com Twitter and IG: @animeroundtable Email: animeroundtable@gmail.com

Episode 2-49: August 15 2021 - Crunchyroll Closes...All is Right with the World

Anime Roundtable v2.0 Space Heater Chat - August 7 2021: We’re Talking Manga Mike, Moh, and Kevin decided to sit around the space heater and give their takes on what the manga industry said at their Comic Con Panel a few weeks ago. Really they tried to tie in what was said at the panel with many of the other stories and themes that have already been talked about on the Roundtable during the Pandemic Series See how many you can spot Visit our website for more information and links: https://animeroundtable.wordpress.com/2021/08/09/anime-roundtable-v2-0-space-heater-chat-august-7-2021-were-talking-manga/ Website: animeroundtable.com Twitter and IG: @animeroundtable Email: animeroundtable@gmail.com

Space Heater Chat: August 7 2021 - We're Talking Manga

We talk Olympics one week in and look for more pop culture references within it. Then we talk the French in relation to Japanese Pop Culutre. In brief we talk about the head of Kadokawa and stuff he said, and GameStop and what they said about their Canadian presence. Then we encourage you on some panels to watch, convention to attend, and eBooks to buy. All that with one of us asleep through half of it. Although we all kinda sleep our way through this podcast in general Mike Nicolas, James Austin, Kevin Ng, Geoff Greig Visit our website for more information and links: Website: animeroundtable.com Twitter and IG: @animeroundtable Email: animeroundtable@gmail.com

Episode 2-48: July 31 2021 - Let the Games Continue

Mike and Moh shoot the breeze and talk Olympics and some of the Japanese and Pop Cultural reference noticed as its first weekend winds down in this very tangental, unvarnished, and unedited chat Corrections: Mike gave the wrong name of CBC’s Japanese Cultural contributor, author and lawyer Mark Sakamoto. He apologizes for the error, and encouages listeners to check out his Sugoi Tokyo features he’s been doing for CBC Visit our website for more information and links: Website: animeroundtable.com Twitter and IG: @animeroundtable Email: animeroundtable@gmail.com

Space Heater Chat: July 26 2021 - Let the Games Begin

We begin by looking back on Anime Lockdown and the parts of it which caught our attention. Then we look back on what happened during the Anime Tube Kickstarter controversy and compare it with other companies that tried to come into the Japanese Pop Culture space. Among the items we talk about in brief, weapon plushies, Judgement, and Demon Slayer and Miyazaki (although this time separately) It’s a laggy episode, if you know what I mean… Mike Nicolas, James Austin, Kevin Ng, Mohamed Sharmarke, Geoff Greig Visit our website for more information and links: Website: animeroundtable.com Twitter and IG: @animeroundtable Email: animeroundtable@gmail.com

Episode 2-47: July 16 2021 - Trust Before Betrayal

This week we start to look at how the second summer convention season in pandemic times is shaping up. Then we take a brief look at Olympic promotions; the latest on Gundam, Robotech, and Evangelion on various streaming services; Rumiko Takahashi’s work habits as an anniversary comes for one of her earlier titles, Hikaru Utada, and some manga items in brief Mike Nicolas, James Austin, Kevin Ng, Mohamed Sharmarke, Geoff Greig Visit our website for more information and links: https://animeroundtable.wordpress.com/2021/07/07/anime-roundtable-v2-0-july-4-2021-the-second-annual-covid-convention-season-cometh/ Website: animeroundtable.com Twitter and IG: @animeroundtable Email: animeroundtable@gmail.com

Episode 2-46: July 4 2021 - The Second Annual COVID Convention Season Cometh

We wanted to do just an episode full of Bullet headlines, but it got cannonballed by a thread of Demon Slayer headlines, anchored by an article by Friend of the Show Matt Alt on the phenomenon and how it can shake things up in the future. When we finally got off the Demon Slayer train, we talked about another manga digital service, and the sex drives of both fictional comic book/animation characters, and the people who voice them Mike Nicolas, James Austin, Kevin Ng, Mohamed Sharmarke, Geoff Greig Visit our website for more information and links: https://animeroundtable.wordpress.com/2021/06/22/anime-roundtable-v2-0-45-june-20-2021/ Website: animeroundtable.com Twitter and IG: @animeroundtable Email: animeroundtable@gmail.com

Episode 2-45: June 20 2021 - It's a Demon Slayer Partaaay!!

We stick with a music theme in our Anime North hangover episode. We talk about what was on Mike’s mind a few days back with his story about Kozo Murashita and his 1983 pop classic Hatsukoi. Then try to help Mike understand Hatsune Miku. Then we quickly talk Yoko Kanno, the Kenshin movies on Netflix, and Discotek’s presentation on Twitch. Before ending off recaping the community calendar Like I said, a music theme with six degrees of separation from it Mike Nicolas, James Austin, Kevin Ng, Mohamed Sharmarke, Geoff Greig Visit our website for more information and links: https://animeroundtable.wordpress.com/2021/06/14/anime-roundtable-v2-0-44-june-12-2021/ Website: animeroundtable.com Twitter and IG: @animeroundtable Email: animeroundtable@gmail.com

Episode 2-44: June 12 2021 - The Anime North Hangover

Mike makes a guarantee that by the end of this, he’ll make you sick of one specific song. This time he tells the story of that song, its appearance in multiple anime titles (and how it got him to watch one of them), its original artist from almost 40 years ago, and how another song he performed was in one of the most beloved anime love stories from back then In many ways its the story of how one song can adapt and ultimately stand the test of time, a holy grail for any pop song and perhaps the only one to accomplish it in anisong form Visit our website for more information and links: https://animeroundtable.wordpress.com/2021/06/10/on-mikes-mind-june-9-2021/ Website: animeroundtable.com Twitter and IG: @animeroundtable Email: animeroundtable@gmail.com

On Mike's Mind: June 10 2021 - The Odd Anisong Legacy of Kozo Murashita

The Knights of the Anime Roundtable made its live stream debut as part of the recent Anime North Stay at Home Edition. So in the 70 or so minutes we were given, we looked back on the legacy of the late Kentaro Miura and wonder what’s to become of his beloved title Berzerk. Then we play a full edition of Yes or No, with thoughts on Yasuke, Miyazaki, Demon Slayer, and Macross. Before winding it down with a little streaming news and a final story about a common tie between Anime Roundtable and Anime North’s past Mike Nicolas, James Austin, Kevin Ng, Mohamed Sharmarke, Geoff Greig with introduction by Andrew Kaidaj Visit our website for more information and links: https://animeroundtable.wordpress.com/2021/06/08/anime-roundtable-v2-0-43-may-29-2021-the-anime-north-stay-at-home-edition/ Website: animeroundtable.com Twitter and IG: @animeroundtable Email: animeroundtable@gmail.com

Episode 2-43: May 29 2021 - Anime North Edition

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