This weeks episode is going to be rather straight forward and news filled. I know how much people hate when we do an all news show filled with talk of revenue streams and the like but I expect it to be rather insightful and fun at the same time. However, we’d love your input!

If you have any thing to say or a take on anything that happened at Anime Expo, have a con report from Anime Expo or have something to say on the whole Funimation situation send a voice mail or an email in and we’d be happy to bring it up on the show. Sadly, any other voicemail or email is going to be brushed to next weeks episode.

Also, anyone looking for a review this week will be sad to know that we won’t be doing a review in this weeks episode. However, in the feed this week will be a Full Series Review SHAFT for The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya. Next weeks episode will feature a double review of Batman: Gotham Knight and Gurren Laggen.

As always, if you want to catch the action LIVE check this blog at around 7pm Eastern(or earlier) and we will have our UStream feed ready to go.

Ever wonder how Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie sound dubbed in Japanese?

Well check out this video of The Simpson Movie trailer and find out:

In a bold move, Funimation has gone the route of heading to YouTube to place trailers, promo material and eventually full episodes. Of the titles Funi is planning on putting up we have… Blue Gender, Slayers, Peach Girl, Mushi-Shi, and Kiddy Grade announced thus far.

While Funimation is citing they’re the first company attemping the YouTube waters… I believe ADV has been at this for a while.

I look forward as to how this will work for Funimation but it seems they learned something from their Japanese counterparts… after complaining about video streaming sites.

However, it looks nice thus far. I’ve never been a fan of Funimation’s trailers but this seems like a nice way to get out their other media.

If you’re interested, check it out.

Just got some info in this afternoon (too late for the podcast) and letting you peeps know that if any of you are heading on over the Anime Expo this weekend head on over to artist alley where Ryan (not Kyle) will be there to show his art.

You can check him out at section D43.

*UPDATE*
If any of you are heading on over to AX  and decide to go see Ryan, mention “Anime SHAFT” and he might just draw something for you!

Just some site changes you might have noticed. Updated menu and pages describing what we are… which is an anime podcast/blog.

As highly requested as it is, we are doing our big Manga episode this week. However, I thought I’d reach out to the awesome SHAFT community and see if anyone wanted to chime in on the big Manga topic this week.

Send in an email or call in. We’d love to hear from you!!!