Broadcasting to you, not-quite-live from the crystal gondola in the palatial main Tiltyhouse studios in beautiful downtown Noda City Japan, for the education, elucidation, emancipation, enlightenment and mental emolument of the Nipponistic hoi-polloi.

Or in plain English, Dai-Cast is a weekly podcast highlighting recent developments in Japan and Japanese pop culture from a western perspective.

Hosts:

• Ian Horner
• Dan & Mannie Ross
• Eryn Dearden
• Jason Hill
• and Chris “The Fixed Kitty” Fisher
• with Brendan Dery as “Beej”

Topics Covered this Week:

• Transformers and Pirate Talk
• The “Real” Tuna Economy - Amazon.com
• Top 50 Anime According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs - japanprobe.com
• Will Has Computer Problems
• Merlin Mann Won’t Join our Podcast
• Today’s Special - link
• 10th Pokemon Movie Theme Originally Done by Scandinavians - link
• Spoilders Abound
• Pokemon Breeding Tips
• Beej Does His Christopher Walken Impression
• Real Topics Resume
• Iwo Jima is now Iwo To - japanprobe.com
• Hard Gay Manga? Fuuuuuuu! - japanprobe.com
• Chiba Recycling Teeth! - japundit.com
• Japanese Weird Beverages - inventorspot.com
• ”Bubbles Galore” (1996) - link
• Beej’s Web Comic of The Week - Sconeborough
• Mannie’s Shoutout - Create Your Own Erotic Fantasy
• Dan’s Shoutout - That Fucking Rock!
• Eryn’s Shoutout - The Biology of Claymores
• Chris’ Shoutout - Her Dentist’s Inability to Tell Her From an 18 Year Old Asian Woman
• Jason’s Shoutout - Mitsubishi PAP 104 Mark 5
• Ian’s Shoutout - Ass Pirates of the Caribean
• Beej’s Shoutout - Cryptic Seduction