ANNCast Talks About DAISUKI

On this week’s ANNCast, hosts Zac Bertschy and Justin Sevakis interview Eri Maruyama, from the International Business Development for the new DAISUKI anime streaming website. However, since the interview ran a little short, the beginning of the podcast has Zac and Justin talk about anime and summer movies.

You can listen to the podcast here:

ANNCast 155 – Suki Party Weekend

ANNCast Covers 50 Years of Anime

This week, ANNCast host Zac Bertschy talks with Geoff Tebbetts, the curator/editor of the Golden Ani-Versary Project. The Golden Ani-Versary Project has writers covering each year of a 50-year span of anime history.

You can listen to the podcast here:

ANNCast 154 – 50 Years of Anime

Sam Pinansky Interviewed on ANNCast

On this week’s ANNCast, hosts Zac Bertschy and Justin Sevakis talk about Evangelion 3.33, as well as what they’ve been watching from the Spring 2013 season for about the first forty minutes of the podcast.

Most of the podcast, however, is devoted to host Zac Bertschy interviewing Sam Pinansky about the forthcoming anime crowdfunding site, Anime Sols.

You can check out the podcast at:

ANNCast 153 – Dark Sols: Prepare to Crowdfund Edition

ANNCast Focuses on Anime Insider

This week, ANNCast host Zac Bertschy talks with Rob Bricken and Summer Mullins about the history of Anime Insider, the anime magazine that all three of them had worked at before the publication shut its doors.

ANNCast 151 – The Rise and Fall of Anime Insider

ANNCast Interviews Robert Napton

This week, ANNCast hosts Zac Bertschy and Justin Sevakis interview Robert Napton, the former Director of Marketing of Bandai Entertainment USA. Over the course of the episode, Robert talks about his journey through early anime fandom, the time he spent at Image Comics in the 1990s, his time in Bandai’s fledgling manga division, and his rise to Director of Marketing of Bandai USA, as well as the company’s shutdown in 2011.

Listen to ANNCast 148 – The Last Days of Bandai Entertainment USA

ANNCast Focuses on Otakon

This week, ANNCast hosts Zac Bertschy and Justin Sevakis interview three people involved with the Otakon convention: Director of Guest and Industry Relations Jim Vowles, Otakorp Inc. president Andrew Earnhardt, and 2013 Otakon Chairman Terry Chu.

Listen to ANNCast 147 – Brotakon

ANNCast Interviews David Keith Riddick From U.S. Renditions

This week, ANNCast hosts Zac Bertschy and Justin Sevakis interview David Keith Riddick, one of the founders of U.S. Renditions, the first subtitled anime distributor in the United States.

This ANNCast episode is available at:

ANNCast 146 – Riddickulous

ANNCast Interviews Editors of Weekly Shonen Jump

This week, ANNCast host Zac Bertschy interviews Weekly Shonen Jump editor-in-chief Andy Nakatani, as well as Team Jump editors Urian Brown and Misaki Kido. Over the course of the interview, they cover the production of the digital publication, the threat of piracy, and more.

You can listen to the podcast here:

ANNCast 144 – Jump Around