Propeller Anime Radio

On this hot garbage episode of Propeller Anime Radio, The MFK, Shamus Oddish, and Sci-Fi Juan rant about a bunch of anime stuff including: - Moving Anime Nite Orlando to a slightly earlier time- We're hosting events at Anime Festival Orlando- Looking back on Orlando Overdrive- Thoughts on Makoto Shinkai's Your Name and it's success- Hollywood's take Ghost in the Shell (WARNING: Shamus Oddish rants)- Fathom Events and GKIDS upcoming Studio Ghibli Fest- What Spring Anime are we watching? You can check out our past episodes in our archive and subscribe to our RSS feed! You can also listen to our podcast on iTunes and Sticher Radio! If you have any questions for the mailbag, e-mail them to propelleranime@gmail.com.  You can check out our past episodes in our archive and subscribe to our RSS feed! You can also listen to our podcast on iTunes and Sticher Radio! If you have any questions for the mailbag, e-mail them to propelleranime@gmail.com. If you like what we do, please hit the donate button the side of our

On this riveting episode of Propeller Anime Radio, The MFK, Shamus Oddish, and Sci-Fi Juan rant about a bunch of anime stuff including: - How good Psycho Pass is. (And did Ko do the right thing?) - Juan justifies liking Sword Art Online and talks about the new movie - First reactions to Under the Dog and anime crowdfunds - How Hollywood Ghost in the Shell is looking so far - The Crunchyroll video quality controversy and CR's response You can check out our past episodes in our archive and subscribe to our RSS feed! You can also listen to our podcast on iTunes and Sticher Radio! If you have any questions for the mailbag, e-mail them to propelleranime@gmail.com.  You can check out our past episodes in our archive and subscribe to our RSS feed! You can also listen to our podcast on iTunes and Sticher Radio! If you have any questions for the mailbag, e-mail them to propelleranime@gmail.com. If you like what we do, please hit the donate button the side of our webpage and send us what you can! Running this pod

Two podcasts in January?! How crazy is that? We did it, though as we are on the march to get to episode 50 before the year ends. Will it happen? We shall see! Shamus is back with Kent and they out the bow on 2016 and talk about some pretty topics: -A rundown and reaction to the Crunchyroll Anime Awards -Who should of won? Who should have been nominated? -Was there funny business going on with the selection process? -How bad is the English dub of Jojo's Bizarre Adventure? -Anime in US theaters featuring One Piece, Sailor Moon R, Ghost in the Shell, and Sword Art Online -Where does Joe Biden stand on anime in 2016? -What panel(s) should we revive for Anime Festival Orlando? You can check out our past episodes in our archive and subscribe to our RSS feed! You can also listen to our podcast on iTunes and Sticher Radio! If you have any questions for the mailbag, e-mail them to propelleranime@gmail.com. If you like what we do, please hit the donate button the side of our webpage and send us what you can! Running t

Happy New Year! We're starting off 2017 with an exciting podcast to look back at the year that was 2016. This show features Gerald Rathkolb from the Anime World Order podcast (the longest-running anime podcast still going) and the return of Sci-Fi Juan! We cover all the notable of anime that came out in 2016. (Except for Makoto Shinkai's Your Name, because we haven't seen it.) This means Mob Psycho 100, Yuri on Ice, Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable, Drifters, Ace Attorney, My Hero Academia, Kiznaiver. Haven't You Heard? I'm Sakamoto, Berserk, Macross Delta, Orange, Erased, Kabeneri of the Iron Fortress, Tiger Mask W, and much, much more. What was good? What was disappointing? What will Gerald bury so hard that the man with three H's will appreciate it? And was there a mega-hit in 2016? Find out all this and more on this fun show!  Also, we have our Best of 2016 Showcase for our January 19th edition of Anime Nite Orlando. Make sure you vote now! (Note: There is some pop on the first 15 minutes

Happy Holidays, gang! We have a new episode of the podcast. As we close out 2016, things continue to get crazy, but we have great anime to help us get through it. Kent and Shamus have much to talk about including: Studio Ghibli in movie theaters Spirited Away making it in the U.S. box office Other anime films we'd love to see in theaters Thoughts on the ScarJo Ghost in the Shell trailer Dragon Ball Super on Toonami Kira Yoshikage: anime villain of 2016? Mob Psycho 100 thoughts Is anime taking homosexuality seriously with Yuri on Ice Getting ready for Holiday Matsuri Doing good for others to close out the year You can check out our past episodes in our archive and subscribe to our RSS feed! You can also listen to our podcast on iTunes and Sticher Radio! If you have any questions for the mailbag, e-mail them to propelleranime@gmail.com. If you like what we do, please hit the donate button the side of our webpage and send us what you can! Running this podcast(and Propeller Anime in general) every month costs

Need something to distract you from the insanity of the election? We have you covered with a new podcast! Kent and Shamus talk the fall anime season, which has a few notable hits. And yes, they are going to talk about THAT show about booby and butt fighting. Plus all these topics: - 10 Years of Propeller Anime! What's next? When does it end? - Anime in the Oscars?  - Makoto Shinkai's Your Name continues to do big business - Funimation licenses Dragon Ball Super - Should Tomonobu Itagaki be put on trial for his sins? - Pioneer's Lupin cast vs Funimation's Lupin cast - Are Naruto fans to blame for this election? - An evaluation of the fall anime season thus far. LOTS OF SPORTS - Is Keijo real? You can check out our past episodes in our archive and subscribe to our RSS feed! You can also listen to our podcast on iTunes and Sticher Radio! If you have any questions for the mailbag, e-mail them to propelleranime@gmail.com. If you like what we do, please hit the donate button the side of our webpage and send us wha

We're back from Anime Weekend Atlanta 2016, which was an epic weekend with over 28,000 anime fans and whatnot running wild. In this post-con podcast, Kent is joined by his AWA roommates Jacob, Nick, Travis, and It's MANIME co-host Shawn Wilson to cover quite a bit! - Full Report of our Anime Weekend Atlanta experience - AWA vs Florida conventions - Thoughts on Haruhi Suzumiya director's comments "Anime is Dead" - Jojo's Bizarre Adventure hitting mainstream on Toonami - Diamond is Unbreakable goes live-action - Baki the Grappler anime returns! - Fist of the North Star's Buronson teams up with Ryoichi Ikegami - Oh, and this Japanese Donald Trump commercial You can check out our past episodes in our archive and subscribe to our RSS feed! You can also listen to our podcast on iTunes and Sticher Radio! If you have any questions for the mailbag, e-mail them to propelleranime@gmail.com. If you like what we do, please hit the donate button the side of our webpage and send us what you can! Running this podcast(and P

After a long hiatus, we're back with a NEW episode of the Propeller Anime Radio Podcast. It's been too long but we're back in the thick of things with exciting topics such as: - The Return of Berserk - The Jojos in Morioh w/ Anime David Bowie - Crunchyroll and Funimation's HUGE teamup - Makoto Shinkai's latest film setting records in Japan - Anime Festival Orlando's move to June - Hideaki Anno returns to Evangelion - Propeller Anime turns 10 next month! You can check out our past episodes in our archive and subscribe to our RSS feed! You can also listen to our podcast on iTunes and Sticher Radio! If you have any questions for the mailbag, e-mail them to propelleranime@gmail.com. If you like what we do, please hit the donate button the side of our webpage and send us what you can! Running this podcast(and Propeller Anime in general) every month costs money and any amount is appreciated! Propeller Anime is Orlando's mightiest anime club! You can like Propeller Anime on Facebook, follow us on Twitter and Instag

The excitement for Hayao Miyazaki is at a fever pitch in Orlando! In May, The Enzian Theater is hosting THREE showings of Princess Mononoke, and we're planning a special two-time showing of Anime Nite Orlando as well, featuring Porco Rosso and Spirited Away! So why not have a podcast dedicated to anime's greatest visionary and the face of Studio Ghibli, Hayao Miyazaki! We talk about the significance of Princess Mononoke at The Enzian and the need for them to show more anime, and then we talk about our favorite Hayao Miyazaki movies, amazing fan theories, his redefining of Lupin the 3rd, and his massive impact on animation and film! You do not want to miss this! Useful links: John Lasseter honors Hayao Miyazaki at the 2014 Governor Awards Hayao Miyazaki Fan Theories The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness documentary trailer Starting Point, 1979 to 1996 by Hayao Miyazaki Turning Point, 1997 to 2008 by Hayao Miyazaki And the quintessential Nausicaa,net  You can check out our past episodes in our archive and subs

  It's March Madness with a loaded podcast! Kent and Shamus talk about Mamou Hosoda's latest film, The Boy and The Beast, which they just saw in theaters. Not only that, they discuss the effect of illegal streaming sites on the anime industry and fans stepping up to make a couple recent kickstarters for classic anime very successful.  Also discussed are a wishlist of hopeful future anime crowdfund campaigns, the hot new anime Erased, One Piece's Punk Hazard Arc, and Lupin the 3rd: Part 4. It's a packed podcast for sure! Useful links:The article we referenced on the impact illegal streaming sitesFunimation's Vision of Escaflowne kickstarter Right Stuf's Riding Bean kickstarterYou can check out our past episodes in our archive and subscribe to our RSS feed! You can also listen to our podcast on iTunes and Sticher Radio! If you have any questions for the mailbag, e-mail them to propelleranime@gmail.com. If you like what we do, please hit the donate button the side of our webpage and send us what you can! Runni

Happy New Year! We have a whopper of a podcast this time. Our biggest ever! We look back at the year that was 2015! We talk about our favorite anime of the year, the top anime conventions(and why Florida doesn't have any), and some of the news and trends of the year! We even talk a little about the new Star Wars film and the chances of anime in the upcoming Academy Awards. Kent and Shamus are joined by our friends Dan and Lucca of Solid State Society, a group in Orlando that hosts anime showings and events at conventions!    We're going to discuss the most popular anime of the year, One Punch Man, and go round table style to discuss all our other favorite anime of the year. Lots of great variety! We also discuss some of our plans for 2016 and what anime we're most excited about this year. You can check out our past episodes in our archive and subscribe to our RSS feed! You can also listen to our podcast on iTunes and Sticher Radio! If you have any questions for the mailbag, e-mail them to propelleranime@gmai

  This episode is going to be special! Fresh off our successful holiday charity party is a 1-on-1 interview that Kent has conducted with our headliner for that party: The Otaku King, Richie Branson! Richie is an accomplished music producer and nerdcore hiphop artist who saved Toonami and has rapped about your favorite anime including Cowboy Bebop, Attack on Titan, Gundam, Kill La Kill, Yu Yu Hakusho, and Fist of the North Star. In this interview, we talk about Richie Branson's rise as a nerdcore hiphop artist, how he got into anime, his love for all things Gundam, THAT infamous show with mc chris, and the good and bad of playing at anime conventions. We also dive into Richie's latest projects, including his Star Wars x Notoriuos B.I.G. mashup, Life After Death Star, which is making major waves on Billboard, MTV, io9,  and Yahoo Music. Oh, and we talk about upcoming Star Wars film, The Force Awakens. You can check out all Richie Branson's music on his webpage and bandcamp and you can follow him on facebook an

We're well into the fall and we are blessed with tons of great anime and different ways to watch it all. Kent and Shamus saw the NEW Ghost in the Shell movie in theaters and we discuss that and the Arise series it followed up. We also talk Seven Deadly Sins, Netflix's anime initiative, Space Adventure Cobra on Crunchyroll, the Jojo's Bizarre Adventure community, and the downfall of Bleach.And we talk about nonsense at conventions! NekoCon in Virginia had a nerdcore concert that they CANCELED after ONE SONG due to "unforseen circumstances" but we have the scoop on that and how people in the community are looking to fix things with the NPC Music Festival.  Plus we talk with how poorly fan panels are handled are our local cons. All this and more on this action-packed episode of Propeller Anime Radio! You can check out our past episodes in our archive and subscribe to our RSS feed! You can also listen to our podcast on iTunes and Sticher Radio! If you have any questions for the mailbag, e-mail them to propelleran

Today marks the the NINTH ANNIVERSARY of the very first Propeller Anime event! We started at Full Sail University, now we here! Thank you all for being a part of all the good times. Kent reflects and then we talk about the upcoming party that we're having to celebrate. Then we give our thoughts on the anime we've been watching this fall! We talk about One Punch Man, Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron Blooded Orphans, Young Black Jack, DD Fist of the North Star II(now with Strawberry Flavor...), Peeping Life, and more! We also discuss the first live-action Attack on Titan movie and rant about people who yell shit at movie theaters. You can check out our past episodes in our archive and subscribe to our RSS feed! You can also listen to our podcast on iTunes and Sticher Radio! If you have any questions for the mailbag, e-mail them to propelleranime@gmail.com. If you like what we do, please hit the donate button the side of our webpage and send us what you can! Running this podcast(and Propeller Anime in general) every mon

  We are back from a long hiatus! The summer ended up being extremely busy for us but we are back with a fantastic new episode of Propeller Anime Radio!    This time, Kent and Shamus talk about one of Japan's most critically acclaimed directors, one Mamoru Hosoda! He's famous for directing Summer Wars, Wolf Children, and The Girl Who Leapt Through Time.   We'll be discussing the amazing career of Mamoru Hosoda, including his start at Toei with Digimon Adventure and One Piece, all his movies to date, and look toward his soon-to-be-in-America film, The Boy and The Beast.   Of course, since he is the heir apparent to Hayao Miyazaki's throne, we compare and contrast their styles and even see how Hosoda fares against other modern anime directors like Takeshi Koike and Makoto Shinkai. This is a fun podcast that you don't want to miss!   Check out our past episodes in our archive and subscribe to our RSS feed! You can also listen to our podcast on iTunes and Sticher Radio! If you have any questions for the mailba

We're well into the hot as hell Florida summer! For this special occasion, our Bostonian friends Jonathan and Andrew from the Wicked Anime podcast come down to our lair for a visit!    We talk about the highlights of E3, the lack of an anime equivalent, hardcore anime, bonehead business decisions from Japan, Dragon Ball Super, and blue jacket Lupin the 3rd. Plus, we rant about Final Fantasy and people who talk during anime showings!   Now, we were supposed to put this podcast out in June, but between AFO planning, CEO, and Ongaku Overdrive; finding time to edit the podcast and get it up. It's still great conversation though! We'll be playing catchup and our next episode will cover the fallout of Anime Expo! There was some sweet news out there and we'll be covering the highlights from that and much more.   Check out our past episodes in our archive and subscribe to our RSS feed! You can also listen to our podcast on iTunes and Sticher Radio! If you have any questions for the mailbag, e-mail them to propelleran

In this episode of Propeller Anime Radio, we bring in the guy who broke Kent into the anime community here in Orlando nearly a decade ago, Vinz Clortho! Now you know who to thank! (Or blame, if you are the scourge of anime community villainy!) Formerly of Orange Anime and now of Solid State Society, Vinz has spent over five years traveling all of Asia, including Japan!   We discuss Vinz’s travels, including what anime culture was like in Tokyo during his time there. Plus, we talk about the old days of Orange Anime and what it is like now, running anime groups, breaking into hosting events at conventions, the state of anime at MegaCon, and tales of the legendary Spooky Electric!   We even make time to talk about anime!       Solid State Society is a new group in the Orlando area hosting social events for anime fans, just like us! They have their first event at The Geek Easy on Saturday, May 16th! They’ll be hosting a Berserk marathon with a drinking game, prizes, and trivia! We also talk about that and other

  It's a very special episode of the podcast! A podcast that's hosted by MEN for MEN! It's MANIME! The Manly Anime Podcast! Kent teams up with his esteemed colleague and true co-host, Shawn Wilson, for this one. No Shamus Oddish to be found here.   MEN among MEN We break down what MANIME is and what makes an anime or manga manly! We also cover the big three of MANIME and a couple other favorites of ours. This is all stuff you need to watch!   Not only that, we present to you the Twelves Laws of True Man! We even record a manly headbutt on the show. The heavens shook that day! And for the ladies, we bring to you the Guide to Dating a Real Man. You're Welcome!   Check out our past episodes in our archive and subscribe to our RSS feed! You can also listen to our podcast on iTunes and Sticher Radio! If you have any questions for the mailbag, e-mail them to propelleranime@gmail.com.   If you like what we do, please hit the donate button the side of our webpage and send us what you can! Running this podcas

  Finally! Kent has finished reading Naoki Urusawa's manga epic, Pluto and will be talking about that! Shamus also joins in and they review the latest Studio Ghibli movie, The Tale of Princess Kaguya. Directed by Isao Takahata! (Grave of the Fireflies, Pom Poko)   Find out what we think of Pluto and Princess Kaguya and where the latter ranks among Isao Takahata's films! We also talk about live action movies based on anime including Attack on Titan and a crowdfund project to send the Lance of Longinous to THE MOON! Shamus also tells a very boring MC Chris story and reveals his plans to rule Orlandia. (He won't)   Plus, the latest in One Piece and convention talk from MegaCon to AFO and Shamus' recent trip to SwampCon! And our plans to invade OASIS 27 and WHIRLYDOME!!!   Check out our past podcasts in our archive and subscribe to our RSS feed! You can also listen to our podcast on Sticher Radio! If you have any questions for the mailbag, e-mail propelleranime@gmail.com.   If you like what we do, plea

  oh YEAAAAAHHH! We have a hot new podcast! Kent has a 1 on 1 with Aaron Haaland at The Geek Easy in Winter Park! Lots of awesome stuff coming up there! Plus we talk about SwampCon, Colorful, Letter to Momo, Toonami Cuts, and the correct and incorrect ways of inviting Propeller Anime to work with you!   We even rant about bringing Jojo's Bizarre Adventure to America and music rights! And Kent gives the run down for Golden Boy at Anime Nite Orlando, with a most excellent drinking game! All this and more on today's episode of Propeller Anime Radio! DIG IT!     Check out our past podcasts in our archive and subscribe to our RSS feed! You can also listen to our podcast on Sticher Radio! If you have any questions for the mailbag, e-mail propelleranime@gmail.com.   If you like what we do, please hit the donate button the side of our webpage and send us what you can! Running this podcast(and Propeller Anime in general) every month costs money and any amount is appreciated!   Music used: "Inner Universe" by Orig