Season 1, Episode 1
Jesse McDonald and Keith Goode
Get to know the hosts of the show in this pilot episode of the Austin Otaku Podcast. Jesse McDonald and Keith Goode discuss the biggest overlap in their friendship Venn Diagram: Japanese culture, from anime to Kurosawa movies, from music to video games. Who are some of their favorite artists and performers? How do they really feel about Naruto?
Hosts & Guests
Jesse McDonald
Keith Goode
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About This Episode
Timeline:
0:23 – Why are we here?
2:00 – Goals of the podcast
2:45 – Common interest: Japanese culture
3:58 – The beginning of the fascination for Keith
5:21 – The beginning of the fascination for Jesse
9:45 – Psychological roots of the obsession
13:00 – Sponsorship opportunity
13:15 – New season on Crunchyroll – description of animes and anime types
17:43 – Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba discussion
20:45 – Favorite animes
25:30 – Studio Ghibli (Is it “gibly” or “jibly?”) and strong female characters
34:25 – Jesse and his manga
39:05 – A message to Japanese production companies, “Don’t be like us.”
43:40 – Japanese music, OPs and EDs
52:40 – The wrap-up
Specific shout-outs:
- James Clavell’s Shogun
- Death Note
- Naruto
- Bleach
- Studio Ghibli – My Neighbor Totoro, Princess Mononoke
- Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba
- Maximum the Hormone
- Clannad and Clannad: After Story
- LiSA
- One Ok Rock
- Dir En Grey
- The Ghost of Tsushima
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