Dai-Cast is a weekly podcast highlighting recent developments in Japan and Japanese pop culture from a western perspective.
Hosts: Ian Horner, Jason Hill, Brendan “Beej” Dery, with Special Guests Eryn “Tenchi-Kaze”, and the “Mysterious Frenchman” Eric Lord!
Topics Covered this Week:
- Koizumi is in the top 100 Influential People? – link
- What does ‘manga’ even mean any more – link
- Part II – link
- Japanese Patriotism in Schools Bill – link
- Apple Partners with Softbank to release iPhone – link
- Otaku from USA in Japan – link
- Special task police cars boringly run at parade – link
- Beej’s Webcomic of The Week – Here Comes Dr. Tran!
- Jason’s Shoutout – Your Mother, All of Them
- Eric’s Shoutout – Fictional Character, Spike Speigel
- Eryn’s Shoutout – Kee See Yun Martial Arts Academy
- Eryn’s Other Shoutout – D.C. Simpson
- Ian’s Shoutout – Skeletor, Overloard of Evil
- Beej’s Shoutout – Whitney Music Box
Running Time: 01:26:58
Just a correction to my shoutout: it is in fact to K.C. Yoon Martial Arts Academy in Calgary, and not Kee See Yun.
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#2 Vice President
#3 Speaker of the House
#4 President pro tempore of the Senate
#5 Gorgonzola Rice
What is interesting about the nationalism matter in Japan is two US Supreme court cases. The dates I reference may not be exact but they are close.
In 1941 one US:SC case affirmed the need for students to make their ‘obedience’ as it were through the pledge and so forth. However in 43 or 44′ they reversed their decision and decided it was acceptable to no do the pledge and so forth. And this was done during WWII in light of what they viewed as the compulsory nationalism of the Axis powers.
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Iron Man kicks ass, at least the song as done by Black Sabbath.
The MP3 link in the rss feed is stuffed, it is saying ep 18 – Cooks, when it should be ep 19 – cooks
correct link below.
http://www.tiltyhouse.com/dai-cast/Dai-Cast_019_-_Cooks.mp3
zc
zc, thanks for the heads up! All has been fixed, and good to hear that you’re still listening!
Shoutouts to Dr. Tran and The Skeletor Show, and lotsa funny German accents! Wowee, this is one of the best Dai-Casts ever!
Since many of your shoutouts were YouTube-tastic, the “Un-pimp My Ride” VW commercials should get some love too. In fact, Ian, I would pay good money to have you dress up as the German engineer and talk like him. The resemblance would be uncanny.
Deutschland represent!