Archive for March, 2006

Dai-Cast 012 – Where Is Everybody?!

Dai-Cast

Dai-Cast is a weekly podcast highlighting recent developments in Japan and Japanese pop culture from a western perspective.

This week’s Dai-Cast is sponsored by Nishikaze II in Lethbridge Alberta, April 1st, 2006. See Nishikaze.org for details.

Nishikaze II get’s 4/5 O’Blaarggags as rated by Dai-Cast!

Hosts: Ian Horner, Brendan “Beej” Dery, Todd Horner, and Jason Hill

Topics Covered this Week:

  • Eco-Kink – Japan’s New Green Sex Clubs – link
  • RFID Tags Keep Sake Fresh – link
  • Update on 2nd Hand Electronics Ban – link
  • Unicode in Japan (Warning, Geek Content) – link
  • Beej’s Webcomic of the Week – Overcompensating
  • Beej’s Anime of the Inderterminate Time Period – Karin
  • Beej’s Shoutout – GROW
  • Todd’s Shoutout – Pya

Running Time: 00:54:18

Quote – “This clip is so good I almost threw up watching it”

Quote – “This clip is so good I almost threw up watching it”
’70’s Live Action Spiderman, From Japan. Not much more I can say beyond what the author has already said…
“Honestly, just click play. This is a fucking gem. Japanese Spiderman circa 1978, Flying crappy robots, machine gun mariachi madness. Jesus on the bloody cross I’m in retro heaven… – link

Dai-Cast 011 – Return of the Dan

Dai-Cast

Dai-Cast is a weekly podcast highlighting recent developments in Japan and Japanese pop culture from a western perspective.

This week’s Dai-Cast is sponsored by Nishikaze II in Lethbridge Alberta, April 1st, 2006. See Nishikaze.org for details.

Hosts: Ian Horner, Brendan “Beej” Dery, and Jason Hill

Topics Covered this Week:

  • Vonage Files Regulatory Complaint, or Shaw are Asshats – link
  • Jason Covers Graduation in Japan – link
  • Debunking Myths about Japan – link
  • Pedophilic promo has manga maniacs panting for pre-schooler panties – link
  • Otaku Barbie – link
  • Miyamoto to be (French) Knighted – link
  • Nintendo Pulls DS Ads from Japan TV – link
  • How to Visit Nintendo – link
  • 10000 Including Foreign Academics Rally against monarch reform – link
  • Beej’s Webcomic of the Week (As Done by Ian) – Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou
  • Beej’s Shoutout – PositioN

Running Time: 01:14:19

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