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UK Anime Network podcast - August 2015

UK Anime Network podcast - August 2015

Written by A. H. on 08 Sep 2015



Japan - it's so far away and so culturally different to the UK it could almost be a different country. But how best to arrange visiting it? Elliot is joined by a pair of dandy Dans to talk about their experiences and advice on planning and executing upon a trip to Japan.

You can listen to the podcast right here and now via the embedded player above (please note that you may need to turn off ad blockers in your browser to view the embedded player), or if you'd rather download the MP3 version to listen to at your leisure wherever and whenever you want, here's the 65MB direct download link. You can also download the podcast and subscribe on iTunes as well.

0:00:00 - The podcast begins
0:02:00 - What have the crew been watching recently?
0:03:00 - School-Live!
0:05:15 - Wakakozake
0:08:00 - Love Live Season 1
0:15:00 - And now the news. First up: Scotland Loves Anime
0:23:00 - Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection F screenings
0:25:00 - More news
0:30:45 - Viewster crop up again
0:35:30 - Main feature: Flying to Japan! No, for real, not the in-joke. We point out resources on the site and discuss our prior experiences
0:42:15 - Pre-planning, or the lack thereof
0:49:00 - Accommodation
0:56:45 - Transport within Japan
1:05:15 - Money money money
1:06:45 - Anime/Nerd things to do! Anime stuff; Tokyo; Osaka; Kyoto; Kanazawa; the Ghibli Museum; Kobe
1:45:45 - General non-nerd sights and stuff to do! The Tokyo Skytree; Imperial Gardens (or not); Hiroshima; Hakane
1:59:15 - General Travel Trips for Japan. Real advice for real people
2:23:00 - We close things down

As always, we more than welcome any feedback on this podcast, be it positive or negative.  Have something to say?  Let us know your thoughts in our forum at the link below, and we'll be sure to take it on our board.

Similarly if you have a topic you'd like to see us discuss on future podcasts, or simply have a question about what we love and loathe in the world of anime, just drop us a line!

Don't forget, you can also catch our live podcast show on the 1st and 3rd Sunday of every month at 8PM via our Mixlr channel.

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