Broadcasting to you, not-quite-live from the crystal gondola in the palatial main Tiltyhouse studios in beautiful downtown Noda City Japan, for the education, elucidation, emancipation, enlightenment and mental emolument of the Nipponistic hoi-polloi.

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

Hosts: Ian Horner, Dan & Mannie Ross, Eryn Dearden, Jason Hill, and Chris “The Fixed Kitty” Fisher, with Brendan Dery as “Beej”.

Topics Covered this Week:

• Transformers and Pirate Talk
• The “Real” Tuna Economy – Amazon.com
• Top 50 Anime According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs – japanprobe.com
• Will Has Computer Problems
• Merlin Mann Won’t Join our Podcast
• Today’s Special – link
• 10th Pokemon Movie Theme Originally Done by Scandinavians – link
• Spoilders Abound
• Pokemon Breeding Tips
• Beej Does His Christopher Walken Impression
• Real Topics Resume
• Iwo Jima is now Iwo To – japanprobe.com
• Hard Gay Manga? Fuuuuuuu! – japanprobe.com
• Chiba Recycling Teeth! – japundit.com
• Japanese Weird Beverages – inventorspot.com
• ”Bubbles Galore” (1996) – link
• Beej’s Web Comic of The Week – Sconeborough
• Mannie’s Shoutout – Create Your Own Erotic Fantasy
• Dan’s Shoutout – That Fucking Rock!
• Eryn’s Shoutout – The Biology of Claymores
• Chris’ Shoutout – Her Dentist’s Inability to Tell Her From an 18 Year Old Asian Woman
• Jason’s Shoutout – Mitsubishi PAP 104 Mark 5
• Ian’s Shoutout – Ass Pirates of the Caribean
• Beej’s Shoutout – Cryptic Seduction

Broadcasting to you, not-quite-live from the crystal gondola in the palatial main Tiltyhouse studios in beautiful downtown Noda City Japan, for the education, elucidation, emancipation, enlightenment and mental emolument of the Nipponistic hoi-polloi.

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

Hosts: Ian Horner, Chris (The Fixed Kitty) Fisher, Eryn Dearden, and Jason Hill.

Topics Covered this Week:

• DS Virtual Beauty Advisor – Tokyo Mango
• Underage Photography In Japan – Mainichi Daily News
• Japan Fears it’s Children Lack Beautiful Minds – Brisbane Times
• Koichi Toyama Arrested – Japan Probe
• Death Note Confiscated by China – link
• Pepsi Ice Cucumber – Japan Probe
• Blessing Cars in Japan – Launching over Japan
• McDonalds to Adopt Regional Pricing in Japan – link
• Beej’s Web Comic of The Week – Punch an Pie

Broadcasting to you, not-quite-live from the crystal gondola in the palatial main Tiltyhouse studios in beautiful downtown Noda City Japan, for the education, elucidation, emancipation, enlightenment and mental emolument of the Nipponistic hoi-polloi.

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

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

Topics Covered this Week:

• Japanese Policeman Stabs Self To Avoid Work – The Guardian
• Strange Japanes Bar Names – Gaijin Tonic
• New Otaku Magazine Comes to America – Kotaku
• Emoticons Carry Cultural Baggage – Ars Technica
• Beej’s Web Comic of The Week – Octopus Pie