Zannen, Canada

YTV's infamous Anime Master is at last ambushed and unmasked for all to see! But first, Karl and I talk a bit about streaming on MAL, why you shouldn't use Hola after all, and why you should care about not being able to watch NieA_7.

Randy and I sit down with Phil Guerrero, former host of YTV's "The Zone" block, who tells us about the loneliness of bingewatching, living the fast life in LA, and what it's like to be haunted by a single, over-used photograph. Episode breakdown: 02:03 - Phil talks about his time on The Zone. 33:30 - How the internet screwed everything up and why TV personalities just aren’t the same anymore. 50:00 - Snit 52:15 - Exodus to Los Angeles 1:10:30 - Phil talks about his current online streaming project, Mainstream Media Unplugged Contact: Jesse: @zannencanada | zannen.ca Phil Guerrero: @pjfreshphil | Mainstream Media Unplugged: http://www.msmu.me Randy Forbister: @whoisfriend Music by Karl Olson. Check out his music at http://www.ultraklystron.com. Subscribe on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/zannen-canada/id1013994040?mt=2#

This episode I'm joined by Lance Heiskell (former Director of Corporate Strategy for FUNimation Entertainment) and Karl Olson (nerdcore rapper Ultraklystron) to talk about anime streaming and simulcasts in Canada. Geoblocking and the inability for American companies to understand the problems with it, the ethics of VPN use, and weighing streaming and broadcast as forms of discovery are all on the agenda.

An interview with the ever insightful Pan, former webmaster of the incredibly popular Canadian anime site LELOLA.net, cosplayer extraordinaire, and Power Rangers aficionado.

The panel is dominated by Winnipeggers and near-Winnipeggers in our second roundtable discussion of the past and possible future of anime on Canadian TV.

The premiere episode! This is the first of two roundtable discussions looking back at anime on Canadian TV, musing about some missed opportunities, and speculating about what the future may hold.