Ultra Podcast Z 167 (Random Topics) The Oscars, Virtual Events & Guests In 2022, Crunchyroll, More!4/5/2022 Live Broadcast:
March 29, 2022 6:00 PM PDT Hosts: Manuel Nyaru Description: Ultra Podcast Z is back after the smallest of breaks with the slowest of YouTube uploads! We had a news day type episode even though the middle part regarding Virtual Conventions & Guests being the initial drive for this episode. We went off-topic fairly early on talking about the pronunciation of "epitome" and Olive Garden before starting for real. We also talked about how animation is viewed in the west and some perceived snubs animation received at the recent Oscars. We DIDN'T cover the "obvious story" regarding The Oscars so don't expect any hot takes about that from us. The main topic was pretty good as we had new things to say even though we seem to be covering this every few months. It's a little different now though as the pandemic seems to be on its last legs as far as keeping people away from going to things in large numbers goes at the very least. There was some interesting things discussed and maybe these kind of events/guests are here to stay for a while, though it doesn't seem like something as feasible as in-person events and restrictions lift. I doubt we'll cover this again in a large way but maybe we'll look back on this March 2023 is UPZ is still around by then. Elsewhere we talked Crunchyroll stuff and some more idol topics before we wrapped this one up and next week we will be talking all sorts of video game nonsense so keep an eye out for that! 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 166 (March Stuff 2.0) Ides of March, Pi Day, Turning Red, St. Patrick's Day, More!3/22/2022 Live Broadcast:
March 15, 2022 6:00 PM PST Hosts: Manuel Nyaru Description: Ultra Podcast Z saw Nyaru return after a one-week absence and we had another "Random March Nonsense" type episode. We're not sure if we've ever noticed how many "holidays" are packed within a small time with Pi Day, The Ides of March, and St. Patrick's Day all in one week, but we tried to discuss them all. It was also White Day (though we barely covered that) and we decided to tackle a Turning Red review of sorts in this one as well! That wasn't the only movie we talked about though as we covered some movies that are typically associated with St. Patrick's Day like Luck of The Irish and the Leprechaun series. (Btw, Leprechaun 4: In Space is the best of these!) We also talked about how weird it will be in 2023 when the US stays on Daylight Saving Time permanently and what that'll probably mean for everyone. There's lots of other randomness packed into what was actually a slightly shorter episode than usual so just check it out and let us know what you think in the comments below. We'll be off for this week so we'll see you all in April! 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 165 (March Stuff w/ Photaku) Mario Day, Women's Day, Sailor Moon Anniversary, More!3/13/2022 Live Broadcast:
March 8, 2022 6:00 PM PST Hosts: Manuel Photaku Description: Ultra Podcast Z saw Nyaru cancel at the last minute, guess it WAS International Women's Day so we can say that she took the day off for that. Photaku joined and once again was a replacement for Nyaru rather than an addition but it was a lot of fun talking about his new Homer Simpson-esque job and more. That "more" was a LOT about the Leprechaun movies and how if we ever see a "Leprechaun vs. Chucky" it BETTER be Warwick Davis and Brad Dourif respectively since they've been sort of been replaced recently (though Brad Dourif is still Chucky in everything but the remake). When we finally got it together it was mostly time to talk about all the recent... holidays? We talked about Mario Day and some of our favorite Mario games as well as International Women's Day itself, and lastly the anniversary of the Japanese debut of the Sailor Moon anime. In between was the usual level of randomness and side bits, as well as an update of sorts on the who yaoi paddle situation. Next week we're going to talk MORE about Leprechaun stuff since it'll be a St. Patrick's Day episode so look forward to that! 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 164 (Pokemon News) Sonic Movies, Scarlet & Violet, Yaoi Paddles, Crunchyroll, More!3/6/2022 Live Broadcast:
March 1, 2022 6:00 PM PST Hosts: Manuel Nyaru Description: Ultra Podcast Z saw Nyaru return this week, after a short accidental hiatus, and we had a lot of Pokemon stuff to talk about! What was going to be a discussion about the new games, starters, and our favorite Pokemon games/memories/etc. got derailed pretty fast with a discussion about Rule 34 pokemon art and other furry nonsense that made it hard for us to continue on that particular topic. Thankfully we had other smaller topics to cover and we talked about the return of the Yaoi Paddle (well, the POTENTIAL return), the Crunchyroll x Funimation merger, Hitomi Tanaka retiring from JAV, and more. A somewhat random episode that took us a bit to really get into it, we did have a lot of fun with this one and covered a lot of topics that we would love to hear your opinions on! Maybe we'll save the main pokemon topic for when the games come out as we didn't really make it to it. Let's hope that any Nyaru absences are fewer and far between and that she's there when we cover this topic again! 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 163 (Fantasy February w/ Badman) RPGs, Game of Thrones, Rings of Power, Books, More!2/27/2022 Live Broadcast:
February 22, 2022 6:00 PM PST Hosts: Manuel Badman Description: Ultra Podcast Z is closing out February with a topic that we'd been tossing around for a few months now: Fantasy Media. This turned out to be a much bigger topic than we anticipated and Badman stepped in last minute to fill in for an AWOL Nyaru. Our "What Are We (Blank)ing" was supposed to be a stand-apart topic but we ended up talking TTRPGs and we just ran with it from there! We talked a lot about TV shows, namely Amazon's recent "Wheel of Time" adaptation and their upcoming "Rings of Power" show, the latter of which we discussed last week too but we made sure to update a bunch of things we were a little unsure of last time. We of course had to talk "Game of Thrones" too as it had one of the most controversial endings ever and boy did we have thoughts on this one! We wrapped this one up with a talk about Fantasy novels and it was here that both JD really took over and where we learned that Badman pretty much never reads! Type "S" in the comments for Badman to read one book! Anyway there was a lot of recommendations on this one so be sure to let us know if you end up checking any of them out and what some of your recommendations are. We didn't even talk video games here! We'll definitely be tackling this topic again... 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 162 (The Big Game w/ Dr. Wes) NFTs & The Metaverse, Rings of Power, Gaming, More!2/18/2022 Live Broadcast:
February 15, 2022 6:00 PM PST Hosts: Manuel Dr. Wes Description: Ultra Podcast Z is back after the "Big Game" with a big episode! Well, it would've been bigger but Nyaru decided this was a good week to kill her voice on Valentine's Day but we continued on with a last minute fill-in with Weston. This was probably for the best as he was really keen on the topics that we were going to cover even if he didn't use video per usual. Speaking of Weston, we had a misspelling on his name during the stream as "WestlySaxon" forgetting the "e" in the first part. Oops. There's also some minor audio issues but we fixed them where we could but this was a fun episode otherwise as we used the idea of the "Big Game" (damn that trademark lol) to talk about some tangentially related topics like NFTs, Facebook's Metaverse, and the upcoming Lord of The Rings show "Rings of Power". We also covered a lot about the Nintendo Direct that took place right after last week's episode and talked a bit about Valentine's Day and the game itself. Good times considering all the last minute issues we had with this episode. Let us know your thoughts on some of the topics we covered here and keep an eye out for some of our upcoming episodes since we have a lot of fun stuff planned in the future. Also, let's keep an eye out and hope that Nyaru doesn't cancel anymore and that we return to a more regular two-host schedule as the year is now in full swing for all of us. Maybe we'll advertise on next year's "Big Game"... Oh, and at one point we mentioned an older Valentine's Day episode of UPZ and it unfortunately turns out that that episode is one of the many "lost" episodes from our early days. RIP. 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 161 (Valentine's Nonsense) Bad Advice, Pokemon: Legends Arceus, Offkai Expo, More!2/11/2022 Live Broadcast:
February 8, 2022 6:00 PM PST Hosts: Manuel Nyaru Description: Ultra Podcast Z took a week off for JD to take care of some things (it was also Lunar New Year so we decided it was a good time for an early break!) and we are back to talk a bit about Valentine's Day and more! We covered a lot of our plans, including Nyaru's upcoming "Valentine's Kiss" cover) and more while giving out (mostly bad) relationship advice throughout. So keep that last part in mind whenever we decide to take something from chat to answer. Elsewhere we talked about Disney's Descendants (which we've since learned is a musical in the movie version and the musical is based on the first movie though features changes and a LOT more songs), Pokemon Legends Arceus, Offkai Expo, McDonald's Menu Hacks, and a lot more. This was a really fun episode that saw a lively chat and we even felt very, very old when we realized that Morning Musume was celebrating its 25th anniversary this year and we've been fans for most of that time. Be sure to head over to Offkai Expo and FanimeCon though if you want to meet us! You all want to do that.... right???? Anyway, what are YOUR plans for Valentine's Day and feel free to ask us for some relationship advice also! 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 160 (2022 Resolutions w/ Photaku) Travel, Cons, Video Games, Lunar New Year, More!1/28/2022 Live Broadcast:
January 25, 2022 6:00 PM PST Hosts: Manuel Photaku Description: Ultra Podcast Z had a really fun and random episode that started with yet another last minute Nyaru cancellation! We had talked to Photaku about being on this New Year's Resolution episode though so for the third time he became the Nyaru replacement rather than a guest third host. It was also his birthday, a fact we didn't know when he was asked to be on and something we probably should've referred to more within the show itself. Anyway, even though we had a central topic to focus on this week we kinda lost the goat about twenty minutes in (complete with the usual technical difficulties) and talked a LOT about video games, video game collecting, and the process of selling retro game collections (as well as figures and stuff) in this somewhat inflated collectibles market. It was a somewhat random topic but the chat was really into it and JD didn't rein in the content as much as he usually does. Perhaps this is a taste of an eventual return to an A-to-J gaming podcast? Anyhow, we eventually did go back to the original idea and talk a bit more about new year's resolutions and Lunar New Year stuff before wrapping up. A random show all throughout that was fun nonetheless, if only Nyaru had shown up! Anyway, wish Photaku a "Happy Birthday" in the comments below even though we'll be a few days removed at best by the time you read this! 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 159 (Favorites of 2021) Fav Anime & Music, Spider-Man: No Way Home, Pokemon, More!1/21/2022 Live Broadcast:
January 18, 2022 6:00 PM PST Hosts: Manuel Nyaru Description: Ultra Podcast Z had a shaky end to 2021 as we saw our entire last week of streams get cancelled and our return to streaming has been more and more delayed as the struggle of recovering from the holidays and ALA has dragged things out a bit. Well, all that is over now and UPZ is back! We returned with a rather chill episode where we did a lowkey "Favorite Media of 2021" show and gave out our "Golden Reggie" Awards! There is no co-host this time around as we wanted to keep it as a simple show since it's been a solid month that we've been absent and wanted a return to basics. There was more than enough to fill the show though as we had a series of updates before diving into our faovite anime, movie, TV shows, music, and video games! JD even joined in a bit as a vocal co-host giving his suggestions on favorite media, and we all kind of cheated by giving our favorite pick that wasn't new in 2021 and one that was. There's a lot of randomness here, and some choices that will probably surprise you, but what is most surprising is that we somehow didn't mention "Arcane" or "Squid Game" once in the line-up of favorites! Anyhow, let us know what some of your faovites of 2021 were and what you thought about our (admittedly limited) choices. We'll be returning to a semi-normal schedule from here on out so let's hope that we all have a strong 2022! Next week we talk about our New Year Resolutions, we're a bit later than we would've liked, but Lunar New Year IS around the corner! 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 158 (2021 In Review w/ Hinacchi) NFTs & Crypto, Squid Game, Job Market, Cons, More!12/12/2021 Live Broadcast:
December 7, 2021 6:00 PM PST Hosts: Manuel Nyaru Hinacchi Description: Ultra Podcast Z saw Nyaru come back after nearly a month away, mostly due to illness, and we also saw the return of Hinacchi who hasn't been on since earlier in the year! This is the penultimate final UPZ of 2021 and we decided to do our usual "Looking Back at The Year" kinda show with a little more randomness thrown in for fun. We actually had a pretty full outline but ignored it for the most part and only touched on some of it in the rapid fire section. This doesn't mean we didn't cover a lot of cool topics though. We talked Squid Game, Conventions this year and beyond, the current job market and the whole "worker shortage" thing going on right now, and there was a lot of crypto and NFT nonsense pretty much throughout this entire show for good measure! It should be mentioned that we had a lot of technical difficulties on this one, which was unfortunate because we had a lot of new viewers this time around, but it is what it is and we hope everyone just looks past the audio/video hiccups and the entire middle part where the show literally stopped lol. That was going to be edited out with a smooth jump cut to hide it (this has happened in the past) but it was missed so yeah... YouTube gets the full experience! Anyway, there were some good topics here so check it out, keep an eye for more Hinacchi appearances now that she is more settled these days, and tune in next week for the final UPZ of 2021 where we will be giving out "Golden Reggies" to our favorite things of 2021! Whatever you celebrate, Happy Holidays! 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! |
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