This week on Dai-Cast we have a guest host, in the form of a mysterious stranger! In reality, we just had issues with microphones, and decided to tweak the audio, as we didn’t want to leave you without a Dai-Cast this week. It’s barely listenable, but if you feel brave, soldier on! If you’re still here, you can hear us rant about robot suits for farming, real life Gundam Costs, Bags of Rice, Japanese Dialects, and Osakan Amphibious Taxis. Plus, the Japanese Government tells us that UFOs are real, and need to be shot down. And finally, a tribute to our favourite (not) childhood toy M.U.S.C.L.E. Men.

Hosts:

• The Mysterious Stranger
• and Jason Hill
• with Brendan Dery as “Beej”

Topics Covered This Week:

• Robot Suit Aids Japanese Farmers (Not for Combat, Really…) - japanprobe.com
• The Cost of a Real Live Gundam - pinktenticle.com
• Baby Bags of Rice - boingboing.net
• Osaka Amphibious Taxis - japundit.com
• Japanese Government to World: “UFOs are Real, and we need to shoot them” - japanprobe.com
• M.U.S.C.L.E. Men 29th Anniversary - japanprobe.com
• Beej’s Webcomic of the Week - MALIKI