Episode 10 - Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Tom Zoth in a Dungeon?

Welcome to the tenth episode of the official Crunchyroll Podcast, CrunchyCast! Each week, we'll be bringing you the hottest news and perspectives on the world of anime. Join hosts Evan and Victoria as they delve into the best programming the web has to offer, explore pressing questions, and interview the anime community and industry's most compelling personalities.
 
This week, our hosts are joined by Thomas Zoth, also known as ABCBTom online. His work can be found on his blog, Hungry Bug Diner, The Fandom Post, Infinite Rainy Day, O-Talk Podcast, and The Anime Now Podcast. You can reach him via his Twitter account.
 
Show Notes:

News

Evan chats about anime birthdays

Tom is thrilled about the stateside release of Franken Fran, as well as  Monster Musume’s unfairly talented staff

Victoria’s impressed with Agumon’s gains in Digimon tri.

Anime

Tom talks Punchline and explores some interesting multi-media assets in the show, as well as Yamada-kun, which challenges the Shirobako writing staff to adapt a long series into a 12-episode anime - and succeeds!

Victoria: Is it Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? The answer may surprise you!

Evan: Ninja Slayer from Animation is the absolutely true story by authors Bradley Bond and Philip Ninj@ Morzez warning about the ninja menace.

Questions from #CrunchyCast

Why did you choose to name Case Closed instead of Detective Conan? (Nicholas “Picky33”)

Emperor J ‏@emperorj  How far can each of you punt a football?

If you had to choose, would you want a few really well animated shows, but to minimize risks, the companies only produced idol, harem and loli-shows; or would you want a lot of different shows, but with lower animation quality and a lot of copy/paste looking (and acting) characters? - From Anton in Sweden

all talk of anime by film buffs is limited to Mamoru oshi, Otomo, Miyazaki, Takahata, Shinchiro Watanabe and Satoshi Kon, What other anime directors deserve to be  know outside the anime circle?

Discussed here is I Can Friday by Day from Animator’s Expo

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CrunchyCast is hosted by Victoria Holden and Evan Minto and produced by Miles Thomas and the Crunchyroll Brand team. If you have any questions for our hosts, you can reach us at [email protected], or on Twitter at @SailorBee and @VamptVo respectively.
 
The opening and ending music in CrunchyCast are produced by Noah Hafford, who can be found at his SoundCloud. The insert song is "Hungaria" by Latche Swing, used under Creative Commons.