This week, we’re back with the bare minimum needed for the cast, trading Jason for the double X that is Eryn Derden. We’ve roped her in to talk about learning English from Cosplayers with Cosplish, then it’s on with the Rape Whistles! Plus, cosplayers invade Osaka’s airports, and you too can now racially (?) profile otaku! All this plus Beej’s final “Webcomic of the Week” on Dai-Cast.

Hosts: Ian Horner, and Eryn Dearden, with Brendan Dery as “Beej”.

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Topics Covered This Week:

• Japan learns English from Cosplayers – kotaku.com
• Korea learns English from Starcraft – kotaku.com
• Rape Whistles! – tokyomango.com
• How to Spot an Otaku – whatjapanthinks.com
• Welcome to Japan, With Cosplayers! – dannychoo.com

Beej’s Webcomic of the Week – Megatokyo

And after a long holiday break, we’re back, with our usual disjointed mix of topics on Japanese popular culture from a western perspective.  This week, we take on the top 10 Ways Foreigners Perceive the Japanese, and the new trend of Otaku Hunting by the Police (ed. not including Sting).  Then, we examine the non-news of the end of Newtype Japan, and we discover MAD videos for the first time (ed. not featuring Alfred E. Newman).  All this, plus Beej’s patented Webcomic of the Week on this week’s Dai-Cast!

Hosts: Ian Horner, Eryn Dearden, and Jason Hill, with Brendan Dery as “Beej”.

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Topics Covered This Week:

• Top 10 Ways Foreigners Perceive the Japanese – The Daily Top 10
• Taco and “Fie-ay-sta” References Throughout Show - Higurashi Parody, “Casey and Friends”
• Police Now Hunting Otaku – dannychoo.com
• Newtype USA to Cease Publication – dannychoo.com
• MAD Movies – wikipedia.org
  • 1000% Puting (Negima!? vs. the Russian Federation) – youtube.com
  • Lucky Star Bebop (Lucky Star vs. Cowboy Bebop) – youtube.com
  • Goodbye Mr. Turnabout (Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei vs. Phoenix Wright) – youtube.com
  • Kirby + Zetsubou Sensei (Self Explanatory) – youtube.com

Beej’s Webcomic of the Week – The Rack