Anime 3000

What makes DMC such a comedic gem about pretend metal head and his indie folk dreams? Jd, Colton, and special guest, Jay, rock on with DMC’s best points.

Does the new Parasyte anime hold up to the 1980’s manga? Jd, Colton, and special guest, Dawn, dive into the manga while remembering fallen manga distributors.

Jd and Colton take on Miki Yoshikawa’s Yamada and the Seven Witches, a high school version of Freaky Friday with a noodle-loving delinquent student as It (sorry, Naruto) and kissing without boundaries.

Ever have a delicious piece of food taste as good as an orgasm? In Food Wars!, all the food has an orgasmic or faltering taste, and it’s up to Food Wars! main characters to make it just right! Jd, Colton, and Bento Bako Weekly foodie, Drew McCabe, dish out the reading flavors of the manga while separating real Japanese food from foreign plates..

Norihiro Yagi’s Claymore follows silver-eyed women fused with demon blood. Outside of being a horror action manga, Jd and Colton also look at its Madhouse-made anime and uncovers the real meaning of the Claymore.

Jd and Colton bring on comic book and manga Bostonian, Sam Kusek, to talk the good and the really good of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure. And just to show how great of fans we are of the JoJo franchise, Jd, Colton, and Sam share original ideas for their own Stands.

Ever have that weird teacher who inspires their students to kill them? Jd and Colton review Viz’s new license, Assassination Classroom (Ansatsu Kyoushitsu), while uncovering Koro-sensei’s true colors.

Attack on Titan may be all about Titans, survival, and Mikasa’s emoticon expressions, but if you’re a gaijin, or foreigner, living in Japan (like Jd), Titans are a guise to hate on foreigners. Jd and Colton steers Attack on Titan towards Japan’s isolated history and gives listeners something real to fear as a foreigner in Japan.

Jd, Colton, and Manga & Mascara guest artist, Arcadia Page, talk their favorite inventions from Gundam, Dr. Slump, and Doraemon, and whether inventions from anime and manga are more than just science fiction.

Sean Russell speaks with professionals in the manga industry to touch on various topics ranging from distribution, diversity and more. Listen to past episodes hosted by Jd Banks and Colton Solem as they review different manga titles both mainstream and underground.

Mr. Russell, Jd Banks, Cody Baier and Colton Solem look at epic fights and meanest characters, Legend of the Galactic Heroes, Keyman the Hand of Judgement, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Detective Conan and so much more.

The crew from Anime Addicts Anonymous joins us to discuss the many works of Hayao Miyazaki. They also go into greater detail about his 2013 release, “The Wind Rises”.

Mr. Russell, Cody Baier, Colton Baier and Jd Banks look at some of the most popular anime of 2014. These series include: Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders, Space Dandy, Terror in Resonance and many more.

Mr. Russell, Jd Banks, Cody Baier and Colton Solem explore anime fetishes and Otakon 2014. They also discuss, Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure, Attack on Titan, Naruto Shippuden, Guardians of the Galaxy, High School Debut! and dozens of other series and topics.

When it comes to Father’s Day, there are only two kinds of dads: the quick dad (he’s on his game!) and the deadbeat dad (might as well jumped off a cliff). Which anime and manga dads will get the “Greatest Dad in the World” cup?

Mr. Russell, Jd Banks, Cody Baiera and AWBrawler take a look at some of the bright spots of the Summer 2014 season, Cody and AWBrawler gush about Nintendo’s showing at E3, Jd calls Stan Lee a Con Man and Sean Russell makes a shocking confession about Sailor Moon.

In this conversation, Sean Russell and Max Vader go head to head debating the good and bad merits of Hunter x Hunter.

Mr. Russell, Jd Banks, Jahmere Durham and Cody Baier vent about horrible anime cliches, Jimmi from Tulsa returns with a few questions for our panel, and Cody records one of his most successful podcasts ever. All this and more on this laugh out loud episode of the A3K Podcast.

On this episode, Mr. Russell, Cody Baier and Jahmere Durham get geeky about sports, explores some amazing anime directors and find multiple opportunities to sell our souls for questionable reasons. All this and more on the A3K Podcast.

Harem manga has a bad reputation, but there are good points peering around the corner. Jd, with a little bit of the giggle fits, tries her best to say why reverse harem is so great while Colton’s smoldering fury over harems’ misunderstandings and fan service put him in a peculiar position. The only thing these hosts can agree on is Crimson Empire.