Crunchycast Ep. 36 - Kiznaiver, Kadokawa and Joker Game

This week on the Crunchycast, host Evan Minto is joined on the big orange couch by Crunchyroll's Tiffany Chen and Nate Ming. After a brief intro to Tiffany's and Nate's roles at Crunchyroll, the gang talks about Twitter's crush on Ellen Baker, the super-kawaii Japanese text book english teacher. Also, Crunchyroll and KADOKAWA announce a strategic alliance that will bring even more must-watch anime to Crunchyroll subscribers. Then, Nate tells us about his visit to Bandai Namco's HQ. All that, plus KIZNAIVER, JOKER GAME and answers to your burning anime questions.

In the news:

• Twitter Falls In Love With Japanese Text Book's Super-Kawaii English Teacher
• Crunchyroll and KADOKAWA Announce Strategic Alliance!

The Crunchycast crew also tackles your questions including:

• Which anime was it that got us into the anime world?
• Does Crunchyroll get to screen an anime before purchasing the license?
• Ghost in Shell TV vs Ghost in the Shell Oshii movies! FIGHT!
• What is the most disgusting thing we have ever eaten?

Evan is writing for Ani-Gamers and Otaku USA.

Victoria is posting videos on her YouTube channel.

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The Crunchycast is hosted by Victoria Holden and Evan Minto and edited by Bill Zoeker. 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.