Plastic Love and City Pop
Apparently an early 80’s Japanese music genre called City Pop is exploding on the internet right now. As a watcher of 80’s anime, I’m used to it,...
DNA Podcast 47 – The History of Manga Part 1
Page from Tagosaku and Mokube’s Big Toyko Adventure In this episode, Rob and Don journey back into the past of Japanese comic books to explore it from...
The Fall of BLEACH and the fate of the Big Three Millennial Manga
YouTube user Super Eyepatch Wolf posted a fascinating video last year about how the manga/anime BLEACH went from being one of the big three to cancellation. It’s...
June 27, 2017
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DNA Podcast 028 – The Nature of Nerdliness
In this episode, Rob and Don sit down with guest Jack Ward to discuss what it means to be a nerd. The trio discuss exactly what nerds...
DNA Podcast 017 – All About Ultraman
In this episode, Rob and Don do an overview of the Japanese media titan Ultraman, delving into the concepts behind the series, doing an overview of Ultraman’s...
DNA PODCAST 014: TALKING 80’S INDEPENDENT COMICS WITH JEFF WOOD
In this episode, Rob and Don sit down with former Comics F/X magazine founder and editor Jeff Wood to talk about the West Coast independent comics scene...
Romance of the Three Kingdoms Podcast
Romance of the Three Kingdoms has captivated me ever since I tore through my copies of the Moss Roberts translation (so long, they split it into two...
January 27, 2016
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Extra Credits- Sengoku Jidai
Tonight I stumbled across the amazing collection of videos that is Extra Credits, specifically their excellent short video series summarizing the events of the unification of Japan...
Benshi and Macross 7
Silent films were an international language. Taking advantage of the fact they had no natural soundtrack, they were designed and produced to be understood through purely visual...
Cozilla: The “Lost” Italian Godzilla Release
Grab Mary Jane and prepare to ride the Galaxy Express! We’re going back to the 70’s!