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MC Anime Podcast

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Welcome to our fandom-centric podcast, where we explore anime, geek culture, and dive deep into Japanese aesthetics and Asian Studies. Our family-friendly program features open forum discussions with a conversational, casual tone, offering unique perspectives on the topics that matter most.

Episodes typically run for about 60 minutes, with new content available on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and occasionally Saturdays. Please note that it may take up to 24 hours for episodes to appear on third-party podcast platforms, but our RSS feed will always have the latest episodes.

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Episodes

Morality and Ethics of Anime

Morality plays a role in values of the person who holds them dear and personal to who they are. Ethics are the practice of justifications of right and wrong in the conduct of the character. In this discussion, we are speaking about morality of characters and ethics of situations in anime. We are examining shows of Ghost in the Shell, Kinos Journey, Monster, Legend of the Galatic Heroes, and more. Leslie Madewell is a guest once again and see how philosophy makes him think. Please support Leslie ...

Jul 26, 20221 hr 6 minSeason 2Ep. 94

Expectations for Black Adam Movie

Black Adam movie is coming soon in October 2022. It follows Teth-Adam in Egyptian roots and bestowed powers by Shazam wizard. Black Adam was the Mighy Human before Captain Marvel, Shazam was introduced. The movie has Adam trapped in a magical prison for 5,000 years to only return for Kahndaq to be King. Join as I share my expectations for Black Adam Movie. I will be discussing in detail about "The Rock" role as Black Adam, Justice Society of America, Shazam implications, and others.

Jul 22, 202259 minSeason 2Ep. 93

Percy Jackson Olympians Questionnaire

Percy Jackson Olympians traces influences in Percy Greek mythology roots. The stories takes the foothold of the demigod Percy whose father is Poesidon. He brings the story together in the several books: The Lightning Thief, Sea of Monsters, The Titans Curse, The Battle of the Labyrinth, and The Last Olympicans. Throughout, this discussion Saber and myself will examine Percy Jackson Olympians series. If you liked the commentary of Saber then feel free to direct message him on discord Saber#4321....

Jul 20, 20221 hr 7 minSeason 2Ep. 92

Artificial Intelligence Plots in Anime

Artificial Intelligence is the process where computer automation are performing without human intervention. Yes, humanity program these A.I. but usually after they only need maintenance thereafter. Anime plays an interesting role in AI development in the internet, sentient hybrids, human intellect all together, androids, and other forms. Some of the anime plot lines were Ergo Proxy, Serial Lain Experiments, Pyscho-Pass, Chobits and others. These plotlines often vary like AI bringing disaster, no...

Jul 19, 20220Season 2Ep. 91

Understanding Fans & Fandoms

Fans are the group that drive the Fandom culture and things associated with the entertainment sector. Fandoms are the result of fans giving a property or franchise a follower base enjoying the content. These fandoms drive consumerism, transformative fan made projects, groups of people, subcultures and many more. Learn how fans truly make the impact required in these fields and how they change the status quo in entertainment. Furthermore, let this be the understanding necessary to know fans and f...

Jul 17, 202258 minSeason 2Ep. 90

POV For Filming

Point-of-view (POV) is a storytelling technique to convey perspective in the story. The common examples are first-person, second-person, third-person limited, & third-person omniscient. These POV often switch and used interchangeable in who is telling the story and how they tell it. It is very important to use a point of view to establish who is talking, setting the plot, and provide interesting dialogue of the characters. It creates the "I", "you", "he/she", "they" of the stories and pronou...

Jul 12, 20221 hr 8 minSeason 2Ep. 89

Asian Studies: Gunpowder & Fireworks

The history of China and gunpowder plus fireworks being the pivot for the success of "fire drug". The fire drug in China was the source of gunpowder and early firecrackers. The uses of such invention were fireworks, firecrackers/rockets, guns, and bombs. Gunpowder is not of China's 4 Great Intventions without reason. Fireworks being a display for entertainment and brings fire to awe and intrigue. It is beautiful but dangerous as well. Fire is vital in life and hazard at the same time. Gunpowder ...

Jul 10, 20221 hr 2 minSeason 2Ep. 88

American Animation Discussion

Animation is an universal method to bring moving images to characters and stories to tell. United States is no different in this regard. Western Animation takes influence such entertainment like anime and other sources to make orginial content. Often the trope, in America the animation are usually cartoons but served to very popular and media as a whole. Join as I state really notable examples of the craft and how these shows made their way into modern entertainment in America. Some of the shows...

Jul 05, 202253 minSeason 2Ep. 87

Minecraft Gaming & Components to Play

Minecraft is a sandbox game where do you what you want to do with it. The game itself is very diverse and provides so many features to use how you see fit. The game is simple but gives the players so much accessibility and versatility in the game. Join this conversation as I speak with Nick, who is an avid Minecraft player, Yugioh Duelist, and fresh graduate, about Minecraft. We are discussing the modes, the servers, the components to play, the players, the mini games and so much more. Be hold t...

Jul 02, 20221 hr 6 minSeason 2Ep. 86

Suspense Anime As We Know It

Suspense is the feeling of the unexpected, excitement, fear and anxiousness. This captures the genre to be very diverse and crossovering to other genres. Anime in Suspense often uses elements of psychological, horror, thriller, and other features to tell the story. Join us we discuss bad Suspense and good Suspense in the category. Some of the shows we are using as examples for Suspense are Death Parade, Future Diary, Pupa, The Island of Giant Insects, and Steins;Gate.

Jun 29, 20221 hr 4 minSeason 2Ep. 85

Asian Studies: Philippines & Anime Trends

Philippines is a country by islands and is unique in the the Asian contingent. The country trace tribal origins and also has Spanish colonization. The Spanish influence is a big part for what the Philippines has to offer to its culture and status in Asia. The Phillipines follows Roman Catholicism as the major religion and drives Westernization as a model for the culture aesthetics. Anime in the Philippines is interesting for networks Hero TV, Pop TV, Netflix, Animax, and others make up the progr...

Jun 27, 20220Season 2Ep. 84

YGO Simulators & Timelines

Stimulators capture the essence of the models and programming for the concept at hand. YU-GI-OH stimulators create a virtual and digital experience of the game instead of the tabletop version traditionally played. Throughout the years, Yugioh has underdone several renditions of the game and stimulators recreating the essethics of playing. The timeline for these stimulators stretches back to the earliest video games to consoles to mobile and PC devices. Join as I speak with Antimetaman (AM) about...

Jun 24, 20221 hr 22 minSeason 2Ep. 83

Azur Lane & Game Applications

Azur Lane is a mobile with history elements and ships with female pilots. The premise takes historical perspective of Allies vs Red Axis factions with the twist of the sirens. It draws influence from anime in the design for the female pilots and battleships based on WW2 origin. The battleships vary from submarine, surface ships, and airships. Join as I speak with Infected who is an avid player of Azur Lane and the game applications as well.

Jun 23, 202240 minSeason 2Ep. 82

Asian Studies: Hinduism & Beliefs

Hinduism is a major religion of the world and is one of the oldest. It is has many deities and traditions like the caste system, cows as sacred animals, and others. The modern day religion is predominantly India and highly Indian culture as well. It is intertwined with the history and beliefs of the citizens in India to the point it is national religion. I hope you guys appreciate my brief insight of Hinduism and look at the origins, holy books, major gods, Hindu sects, and much more.

Jun 19, 202257 minSeason 2Ep. 81

Ending The Big 3 & Legacy

Disclaimer: This episode will contain major spoilers for Naruto, Bleach, & One Piece. The Big 3 have been widely popular and synonymous with the anime community as Shonen Jump notable publications. Yes, they have not been always at the top all the time but they were long running that is where it starts. As One Piece ends, the Big 3 will be ending as well. Join me as I speak about Naruto, Bleach, and One Piece for their powers and the legacy from each one.

Jun 17, 20221 hr 14 minSeason 2Ep. 80

AMV Scoring & Productions

AMV or Anime Music Video is a fan made medium of works, clips, and music all together. It creates captivating visuals and music matching the b-roll footage used. With of all this, you have AMV born and flourish in the online space and private sector. Join as we discuss the framing, video elements, music composition, storytelling, song matching, and sequencing. Who knows maybe one day there will be an AMV election video and one leader for Anime Community.

Jun 14, 20221 hr 2 minSeason 2Ep. 79

Japan and Its Work Customs

Japanese work culture is interesting and consists of varying aspects. The work space and economy of Japan are corporations and democratic. The pride of the company and the devotion for it alludes to role of the worker. The worker follows the lifetime employment model and attitude, work ethic, and performance all yielding more results. Join as I speak about employment security, employment benefits, overworking conditions, exchange of business cards, morale at work, and many more.

Jun 12, 20221 hrSeason 2Ep. 78

Anime Iceberg Theory

Iceberg theory is the process in a diagram to make different categories and present more obscure information. The concept is based on 10% what you see (tip of the iceberg) and 90% of the iceberg below the water. Join as we a deep dive of anime from well known to the most niche audience possible. A sneak peak of what is shown are Attack on Titan, Jojo's Bizarre Adventures, Neon Genesis Evangelion, The Skycrawlers, and Cat Soup from level 1 to level 5.

Jun 11, 202237 minSeason 2Ep. 77

MC Anime's Ranking 100 Anime (Top 2)

MC Anime's Ranking 100 Anime list was an attempt to bring interesting and opinions for shows. Let's this serve for those wanting to hear refreshing and new insight in more anime to watch and enjoy. These episodes were a blast to record and I surely hope listeners take at least one anime to smile about. The Ranking was factors of popularity, aging effect, plots, visuals of animation, entertainment value and other noteworthy factors. As we take this official Ranking to a close, please look forward...

Jun 06, 20221 hr 40 minSeason 2Ep. 76

MC Anime's Ranking 100 Anime (Part 1)

Welcome to MC Anime's Ranking 100 Anime segment. This special episode will be 2 parts and is in lieu of the 75th episode celebration. Join as MC and Leia counter the Ranking of 100 anime on our list. Expect the number, our feedback, and opinions on the reasoning in the order they are ranked. Part one will include anime like Trigun, Mobile Suit Gundam, Clannad, Yu Yu Hakusho: Ghost Files and many more

Jun 04, 20221 hr 14 minSeason 2Ep. 75

Dr. Stone Science & Theories Declassified

Dr. Stone is about the stone age and devasted earth motif theme. In the devasted Earth, a large scale petrification event occurs and humanity is reverted back to caveman days and nature runs wild. Senku, the main character, takes the series by scientific process and knowledge of chemistry to make breakthroughs in technological methods. He leads Kingdom Science into the fight against Empire of Might and continues to entertain viewers in discoveries. Come to Dr. Stone Science and Theories Declassi...

Jun 02, 202231 minSeason 2Ep. 74

Punk Rock & Poetry Combo

Punk Rock is a movement from 70s and 80s that made loud, quick paced, and aggressive style of rock. It spun their own version and went against the mainstream pop music. Poetry vitializes the lyrics and words for the songs by the singer. These together creates “a chat with legendary thunder poet Jaymes Buckman, frontman of thesparkly rock-and-roll band Hot Apollo”? (~Jaymes Buckman). Tune-in as I speak with Jaymes who describes Hot Apollo, stage performance, poetry influence, and so much more. Pl...

May 30, 20221 hr 4 minSeason 2Ep. 73

Anthology Submitting & Process

Anthology is a collective of stories usually involving several authors. Their purpose is to create a variety of writings and be in a book form. They can range to themes to random collection but remains different writers mostly. You submit these stories to the publisher and editors for the anthology series at question. Join as I discuss Anthology Submitting & Process with Danielle Ackley-McPhail. Notable anthology books mentioned in episode are Gaslight and Grimm, The Best Of Bad-Ass Faeries,...

May 29, 20221 hr 11 minSeason 2Ep. 72

Lightsaber Dueling at Portside Rouges

Lightsabers originate from the Science Fiction genre and spawns from the Star Wars franchise. The dueling aspect with the lightsabers takes the fascination to the next level. It brings the roleplay entertainment of the live action fighting and learning the seven Jedi movements and stances. Join as talk with Austin Wells from Portside Rogues Academy. We discuss what Portside Rogues does, their involvement in mentoring, fighting styles and mixed martial arts, and most importantly instruction on li...

May 25, 20221 hr 5 minSeason 2Ep. 71

Photography and Convention Culture

Photography captures the essence what a picture is worth at 1000 words. It creates memories, moments worth sharing, stories to tell, embodies the evebts at hand, and other interesting features shown in the photos. Convention Culture plays a vital role in photography and more specifically cosplay. You can dress as the characters you love and be the characters themselves. Join as I speak with Leslie Madewell who is a photographer and an anime enthusiast at heart. We will be discussing Madewell Art...

May 16, 202251 minSeason 2Ep. 70

Songwriting & Making it Meaningful

Songwriting is a form of artistic expression through words, sounds, and rhythmic pronunciations. Now, making it meaningful is truly where it should be and leading to songs you enjoy. Songs are written for people's entertainment, promotional, prove a point and other purposes. Meaningful music really connects you with the song more and gives structure to it as well. Join as I speak with Winston who is am avid songwriter, sound designer, meme poster, and today's special guest. We will be discussing...

May 10, 20221 hr 9 minSeason 2Ep. 69

Creative Animating & Pre-Production

Animation has many moving parts and one such area is behind the scenes. Behind the scenes there is much going on and Pre-production is definitely the first. In this phase it is where the ideas occur and the endless meetings and creative team discussions. Join as I speak with Marlene Sharp who is a writer, producer, and creative executive. We will be discussing Sonic, experiences of producing, and overall Pink Poodle Productions. Please support and follow Marlene at http://www.pinkpoodleproductio...

May 08, 202242 minSeason 2Ep. 68

Anime Reboots

Anime Reboots often take a previous project and have a new version years later. This process tries to fix the older version, make it more current to original source material, new approaches, or even relaunch it entirely to new audiences. They are often the cause of debates which ones are better and half the time the debate is pointless. It is truly up to the fans to decide which version they like better and consume. We discuss notable reboots such as Fruits Basket, Fullmetal Brotherhood, Shaman ...

May 04, 20221 hrSeason 2Ep. 67

Japanese Animation & World's Perspective

What determines an anime and how does it translate to Japan? Japanese animation is uniquely characterized as anime; however, the world sees anime as slightly different. Foreign countries and animation enthusiasts often argue what is anime and wjat is not anime? Anime inspired shows will be the case study of Japanese Animation and World's Perspective episode.

May 03, 20221 hr 4 minSeason 2Ep. 66

Programming & Discord Bots

Programming and bot maintenance really makes discord servers an enjoyable community. Join as I speak with MAC who is a yugioh enthusiast, fellow gamer, and discord programmer. We are discussing the ins and outs of discord bots and its programming. Discover what discord has in the variety of bots you can use, how programming and customizing help the server activity and more importantly the interesting aspects of features available through discord bots. If you want to talk with MAC use discord use...

Apr 28, 20221 hr 10 minSeason 2Ep. 65
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