Happy Birthday, A-to-J! | Ultra Podcast Z 246 (10th Anniversary Special w/ Snakz, Tiffany, & Molly)7/30/2024 Live Broadcast:
July 23, 2024 6:00 PM PDT Hosts: Manuel Tiffany Snakz Molly J.D. Description: A-to-J turns ten years old so we got a bunch of members together to talk about A-to-J, what they've been up to in that decade and what we're doing in the years to come. Ultra Podcast Z 211 (Nice Boat w/ Snakz) | Anime Expo 2023 Recap & Discussion, School Days, More!7/25/2023 Live Broadcast:
July 18, 2023 6:00 PM PDT Hosts: Manuel Snakz Description: Ultra Podcast Z returned from AX finally! This was going to originally be an episode where we went over AX, our experiences, and then talk a LOT about the anime School Days which Manuel only now found out about. We ended up having a lot more about AX to say though so that's the lion's share of the show. Lots of stuff that no one really talks about regarding the con and how weird it is that Crunchyroll owns just about the entire anime industry in the West now. (Yes, those are two different topics.) Anyway, we did cover School Days towards the end there, but we'll probably table that for another day. Also, our ninth anniversary (A-to-J's that is) is on the horizon! As always, take care of yourselves and each other in these trying times and stay healthy and safe! If you want to watch Ultra Podcast Z live then check out our twitch channel: twitch.tv/atojplays We are live every Tuesday at 6 PM PST! Ultra Podcast Z 189 (Anniversary Nonsense w/ Snakz) Storytime, Convention & Event Memories, More!12/3/2022 Live Broadcast:
November 29, 2022 6:00 PM PDT Hosts: Manuel Snakz Description: Ultra Podcast Z took a bit of a break for Thanksgiving but did you all know that that marks A-to-J's official anniversary? We sort of have two as A-to-J officially formed in July 2014 but the site itself didn't go live until Thanksgiving 2014 so we consider that the anniversary, doubly so since it's somewhat of a floating one which goes well with the shakiness of when things "began". For this trip down memory lane we brought on Snakz who discussed a lot of the early days and gave a bit of insight on the various stages of A-to-J and how things have changed over the years. It's insane to think that we've all been at this for nearly a decade and that just about all the people who were around at Day One are still here now. People have come and gone since then, but the core team has shockingly remained mostly unchanged. Snakz was an early member, to the point that his "First Generation" status became something of a meme withing A-to-J itself as he kind of just did random things, or orbited around us, for many years. That's not really the case the past few years though as he takes part in a lot of streams now and also is panelist on one of our newer panels. Anyhow, there's a lot we could've talked about but we had a lot of fun talking about past stuff here and many of the stories we told were ones that we either have never talked about publicly, or are ones that we rarely cover. Check it out and let's hope that we go all the way to 21 years so A-to-J can legally drink! As always, take care of yourselves and each other in these trying times and stay healthy and safe! If you want to watch Ultra Podcast Z live then check out our twitch channel: twitch.tv/atojplays We are live every Tuesday at 6 PM PST! Ultra Podcast Z 179 (SDCC News w/ Badman) The Rings of Power, MCU Phase 6, Eighth Anniversary, More!7/29/2022 Live Broadcast:
July 26, 2022 6:00 PM PDT Hosts: Manuel Badman Description: Ultra Podcast Z returns from its recent one week break (where we actually had NO streams) and we were joined by Badman again as Nyaru sat this one out for reasons we teased live but we definitely aren't going to get into in-depth. We were supposed to talk all sorts of news and stuff that came out at SDCC and this basically became a "Rings of Power" and MCU discussion as that is what we spent most of the show talking about. We talked about recent stuff we've watched on streaming, and briefly covered A-to-J's eighth anniversary towards the end, but that was the big (accidental) focus of the show. It was fun stopping everything to check how long it took Frodo to get to Mount Doom and to rant almost non-stop about how MCU is missing opportunities left and right to bring Warlock into things, but maybe we're in a minority there. This was a bit of a hastily put together show as it was originally going to be ALL anniversary talk with Nyaru and guest, so maybe we'll just have to save that episode for November when we have our REAL anniversary. Yeah, we have two anniversaries because nothing at A-to-J can ever be simple. As always, take care of yourselves and each other in these trying times and stay healthy and safe! If you want to watch Ultra Podcast Z live then check out our twitch channel: twitch.tv/atojplays We are live every Tuesday at 6 PM PST! Ultra Podcast Z 141 (Anniversary Nonsense) Looking Back On Other Outlets, Random News, More!7/23/2021 Live Broadcast:
July 20, 2021 6:00 PM PDT Hosts: Manuel Nyaru Description: Ultra Podcast Z has some interesting issues on this one when it came to recording. It's come to our attention that the recorded version suffers from a REALLY bad framerate and we plan to fix that immediately for the next episode. Elsewhere, we forgot to hit record on this one so we went with the backup source for it, but it was a rather fun episode where we were all on point, something that has been happening more and more lately tbh! A-to-J has a complicated set of "anniversaries" but for the sake of brevity all you need to know is that the "first" one is on July 22 and this episode was a sort of look back at those seven years. We've done this sort of thing many times before but this time it was with a focus on other outlets that were around at our start, have collaborated with us in the past, and where they are now. It's sad that the vast majority of them are no longer around as we had a lot of friends drop out of the scene because of it. We also talked about other sites we used to like that are now gone and basically how the internet is a very different place than it was seven years ago. Elsewhere we talked about the Steam Deck, Beastars, anime musicals, and the whole Oyamada Keigo/Cornelius Olympics scandal that's been going on. So please bear with the shaky video on this one (and on recent ones in general) and we promise to get that fixed in the future! As always, take care of yourselves and each other in these trying times and stay healthy and safe! If you want to watch Ultra Podcast Z live then check out our twitch channel: twitch.tv/atojplays We are live every Tuesday at 6 PM PST! Ultra Podcast Z 117 (A-to-J Anniversary w/ Tiffany) | 2020 In Retrospect, A-to-J Memories, More!11/27/2020 Live Broadcast:
November 24, 2020 6:00 PM PST Hosts: Manuel Nyaru Tiffany Description: Ultra Podcast Z number 117 is all about celebrating A-to-J Connections Sixth Anniversary! A-to-J traditionally celebrates its anniversary on Thanksgiving, and seeing as this episode was closest to it, we decided to tackle it here. Tiffany joined as guest this week and in typical 2020 fashion we took a very chill approach to celebrating past and recent accomplishments. It was a chill time and while we did hit all the usual anniversary stuff (memories, the year in review, etc) it was done in a way where we realized that this is a year where our biggest accomplishment is that we made it to the other end of it. With that said, what a crazy year it's been as there have been a lot of changes from the start of 2020 to the end, both with us and within the scene we work in. Anyhow, you can watch for more on that particular topic and we at A-to-J and UPZ will keep plodding along our path as we always have! Be sure to check this one out and catch all upcoming episodes where we start wrapping up one of the strangest years ever. As always, take care of yourselves and each other in these trying times and stay healthy and safe! If you want to watch Ultra Podcast Z live then check out our twitch channel: twitch.tv/atojplays We are live every Tuesday at 6 PM PST! Ultra Podcast Z 80 (A-to-J Anniversary Special w/ Molly) | Early A-to-J, Convention Memories, More!11/28/2019 Live Broadcast:
November 26, 2019 7:00 PM PDT Hosts: Manuel Konaru Molly Description: Ultra Podcast Z was going to take this week off but following the absence of Molly on last week's retrospective episode, we decided to give it a go with the end of year retrospective shows! We were all a little tired here (this was right before Thanksgiving after all) but we had a lot of fun telling stories that haven't really been heard in a live setting. It's also fun knowing that Molly is the current longest-running member in A-to-J! There was a lot of randomness, a lot of storytelling, and we even telegraphed the rest of the year's podcasts on it so be sure to check it out! We ALSO references Max's "Toad Sings" covers and we most definitely got copyright claimed for it! We're going to have a couple more retrospective type episodes to close out the year (on different topics though) but please keep supporting us so we can continue on for another five years! If you want to watch Ultra Podcast Z live then check out our twitch channel: twitch.tv/atojplays We are live every Tuesday at 7 PM PST! |
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