June 13 2020

17/06/2020 2h 9min Temporada 2 Episodio 19
June 13 2020

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Mike opens up with some thoughts on the current anti-racist protests (1:45). Then we actually start on the regular talk going back to the digest three weeks back (12:15), with the memorial service for Zac Bertschy (13:28), and the Japanese fallout from death of Hana Kimura and the price of fame in the reality television and social media age (19:56). Kevin then returns to give his thoughts on the first segment (42:20), and then the bullets (49:22)- Cloud Matsuri, the UK’s noteworthy shot at the virtual con. And the announcements coming from it (49:44)- Tokyo Keizai article about Anime Industry’s reservations about Netflix (1:05:00)- Studio Ghibli streaming, HBO Max and Canada (1:11:16)- Julian Lai Hung hired by Crunchyroll after working for Netflix (1:25:25)- Shaman King anime reboot (1:28:37)- The unveiling of the PS5. And the change of strategy in the initial hardware release (1:34:33)- Kota Fukihara passes away (1:41:26)- Shintaro Tsuji steps down as head of Sanrio at age 92 (1:44:35)*laid out in actual bulletsAnd we’ll end off with what’s on our queue’s as the pandemic finally sees some light at the end of the tunnel (1:48:39). Count how many mic cut offs happen throughout the episode…and who got cut offMike Nicolas, James Austin, Mohamed Sharmarke, Kevin NgCheck our website for further show notes and links:https://animeroundtable.wordpress.com/2020/06/13/6ixtalk-anime-roundtable-v2-0-19-june-13-2020/Website: animeroundtable.comTwitter and IG: @animeroundtableEmail: [email protected]