Ultra Podcast Z 208 (Summer Cons & More w/ Janette) | FanimeCon, A-Kon, Buc-ee's, Anime Expo, More!6/19/2023 Live Broadcast:
June 13, 2023 6:00 PM PDT Hosts: Manuel Janette Description: Ultra Podcast Z had something of a break. That's one of the most cliched things to say here, we know, but we did. There was a (somewhat) lost episode "Um... Anime" gameshow following FanimeCon weekend, and then we skipped the following week because of Manuel's ongoing internet issues (RIP to that week's Drink Talk Roll too). We came back this week to talk Summer Cons that we went to, will be going to, and maybe some recent video game stuff. We actually did have a lot of topics lined up but had some issues with host cancellations. Janette showed up though and we were able to talk FanimeCon (which Manuel went to at the end of May) and A-Kon (which Janette went to the weekend right before the show), so it was nicely on point for a change. We couldn't just go for it there though, we had to talk panels, Buc-ee's, and all sorts of older con memories. It was a fun episode even if it felt a little unfocused compared to the recent Ani-May shows, but that's just how it rolls sometimes. Will we be rebranding UPZ soon? Well, we hinted it here and there may be some news on the horizon! Stay tuned to find out! 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 207 (w/ Fangy & Mr. Fangy and Adam & Jessie) | Two Couples Enter, One Couple Leaves6/6/2023 Live Broadcast:
May 30, 2023 6:00 PM PDT Hosts: J.D. Fangy Mr. Fangy Adam Jessie When the Manuel is away, the J.D. will play. This time he challenged two married couples to compete in a trivia competition to prove which of them is nerdier. Will Adam and Jessie declaw the crytpid couple or will Fangy and Mr Fangy devour the competition? A battle so epic, not even technical difficulties could stop it. This episode was very nearly a "lost" episode and has been rebuilt as best as could be done so enjoy it and remember the most important lesson of all: ANIME WAS A MISTAKE! 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 206 (Ani-May #3: At The Anime Movies) | Perfect Blue, Warriors of The Wind, More!5/31/2023 Live Broadcast:
May 23, 2023 6:00 PM PDT Hosts: Manuel J.D. Description: Ultra Podcast Z took an entire month to learn that the memes are right, Anime Was A Mistake. Ani-May soldiers on with J.D. taking the hot seat he technically is ALWAYS in, but is on-screen this time. Internet issues made us skip a week, and the proximity to Fanime made it so that we didn't have a host lined up for this one, so the final Ani-May episode with Manuel was going to be the one discussing Anime Movies! It actually was a pretty well-done episode all things considered since the picks were there, the usual amount of Manuel saying hot takes was there, and JD even forgot the usual amount of important names while we were live. Let us know what some of your favorite anime movies are, and if you've had any experiences with those weird "Westernized" versions of anime that used to fly in the dark early days of the fandom. Also, since we almost definitely won't cover it live in the show, let us know if you had a good time at FanimeCon since the last minute nature of this episode, and its late upload, are both due to that lovely yearly convention. 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! Live Broadcast:
May 9, 2022 6:00 PM PDT Hosts: Manuel J.D. Description: Ultra Podcast Z continues with Ani-May, this time J.D. becomes a NOT disembodied voice and took the stage for a rare physical appearance. We talked shorter anime recommendations again this time (we did a similar episode last May) and we had completely new choices this time around. This episode moved really fast considering that there was no co-host this time around, an idea we had settled on early on actually, so this is something of a different UPZ. As for the anime, Manuel mentions a lot of Go Nagai shows, and J.D. mentions a lot of stuff that Manuel has never heard of, so it was a maybe it was a standard show after all! Anyhow, let us know what you think about our choices, what some of your shorter anime recs would be, and whatever you want, in the comments below! Ani-May continues all month, and next week we're talking anime movies! 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! Live Broadcast:
May 2, 2023 6:00 PM PDT Hosts: Manuel Merliwuv Description: Ultra Podcast Z is celebrating Ani-May again and this week we were joined by Merliwuv to discuss the nine anime to get to know us! It's questionable how well we got this across, but we did talk a lot of anime and that isn't all that common over on UPZ. We did it by way of a 3x3 so both Merliwuv and Manuel had their own set to talk about in each half of the show. JD didn't have time to discuss his, but you can see it on-screen at the end. Ani-May is just kicking off and we have another four weeks to go so keep an eye out for more anime nonsense on UPZ very soon! 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 203 (w/ Tiffany) | A Trip Down Memory Lane... or Maybe Just Episode 2 of UPZ4/25/2023 Live Broadcast:
April 18, 2023 5:30 PM PDT Hosts: Manuel Tiffany Description: Ultra Podcast Z originally planned to celebrate Episode 200 by looking back at Episode 2, but weren't able to due to scheduling. A few weeks later we were able to get Tiffany to come back (though not Angie) to re-watch the episode and basically cringe and reminisce about the early days of A-to-J. It was a lot of fun even though there were a lot of technical and audio issues getting this one off the ground, but we did our best. It's also worth mentioning that due to a series of false copyright strikes by the Alt Idol label Codomomental, we deleted all the early podcast episodes that had less than 200 views (since we were unsure which ones would be hit next). Unfortunately this means that not only are they no longer on YouTube, but that at least two UPZ episodes (and nearly all of A-to-J Talks) are now lost media. We're not sure if it's worth ever re-uploading the episodes we do have, but this will have to do for now. Check it out, and maybe tell us your thoughts regarding J-Pop Summit, if you were ever able to go, and what your experiences are. Also, keep an eye out for changes to UPZ as it's something we've been talking about for quite a while now... 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 202 (Card Games & More w/ Pleiades) Children's Card Games Are Serious Business!4/17/2023 Live Broadcast:
April 11, 2023 6:30 PM PDT Hosts: Manuel Pleiades Description: Ultra Podcast Z started a little late this week and we lost some of our live viewers unfortunately. BUT for those that stuck around we had a pretty fun episode once again featuring Pleiades. We last had him on for Valentine's Day, but this time we had a lot of different topics to cover. We kinda just jumped right into things as we were already running behind start time so keep up with all the talk about One Piece, dubbed anime songs, and other related nonsense. We then talked a bit about the new BABYMETAL x DETHKLOK Tour as we moved into discussing Ticketmaster and how hard going to concerts today is. We're still a little confused as to how ticket scalpers can exist when 90s sitcoms taught us that this is a crime, but who knows. We closed the second half talking about TCGs, mainly Yu-Gi-Oh as Pleiades had just taken part in the Master Circuit series. We talked a lot about the thens and nows about some games, and even some upcoming ones like Disney's Lorcana. This will probably be a topic that we revisit at some point. Keep an eye out for that one! 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! Live Broadcast:
March 4, 2023 6:00 PM PDT Hosts: Manuel Photaku Description: Ultra Podcast Z crosses the 200 episode threshold and Photaku joined us for a special episode where we were going to discuss the recently announced Scott Pilgrim anime and exactly what makes a show "anime". We did eventually do that, though we didn't quite come to a consensus on that topic, but we spent a surprisingly long segment at the beginning to discuss the recent Scream 6 and the Scream franchise in general. This was a really fun discussion that covers things we usually don't talk about on UPZ and even the asides in the discussion were pretty on point. We did talk Scott Pilgrim and a lot of Science Saru stuff. Science Saru is the animation studio, who also worked on the Devilman Crybaby series, and are pretty much the only real "anime" link to this show. We discussed Teen Titan, Miraculous Ladybug, RWBY, and more in trying to define what is "anime", and while we did sort of agree on a definition, we didn't really agree on what shows MEET that definition. We closed with a brief bit about the recent nonsense regarding Ada Wong's voice actress from the Resident Evil 4 Remake and all we really have to say about that is to never be an ass to anyone for any reason, even if you're not a fan of their work on your favorite video game or whatever. Just don't be horrible. Let's hope that next week we're able to actually have that special episode 200 thing we planned a few weeks ago... 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! Live Broadcast:
March 28, 2023 6:00 PM PDT Hosts: Manuel Dr. Wes JD Description: Ultra Podcast Z has a lowkey 200th episode! We had a lot of plans for this one as we hoped to do a watch stream of Episode 2 with the original cast, but scheduling means that we had to table that for a few weeks, so look forward to that eventually. Then we had the idea of a gaming talk centered around some news and Zelda (since Tears of The Kingdom got a new gameplay video earlier that day) with Janette and we were forced to do a quick reschedule as Janette dropped out and Weston popped in. We still talked Zelda, the eShop closures, and more, but we ditched some of the topics that we planned to cover with Janette so maybe we'll table those for a future episode as well. This wasn't all a wash though as this freed us up to talk more about Zelda than we were initially going to and this lead to a lot of arguments regarding which were our favorites and which we thought weren't very good. We closed out with some D&D news from their upcoming stream, though we didn't mention Manuel's favorite part: the announcement of a Dragonlance TV show. Thanks to Weston for taking the hosting duties at the absolute last minute, maybe we can PLAN an episode around topics for him at another time. What a way to welcome in another hundred episodes! 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! Live Broadcast:
March 14, 2023 6:00 PM PDT Hosts: Manuel Photaku Dr. Wes Description: Ultra Podcast Z continues on its streak with episode 199 and has another trio host episode. Photaku returns, along with Dr. Wes, as we discussed a lot of recent "days". The White Day discussion came and went, with a somewhat wonky explanation by Manuel which is funny since there was an entire episode on the topic (unfortunately one of the lost "First Forty") so take that all just as fun randomness, and not an accurate explanation. Elsewhere there was the talk of "Pi Day" and what everyone's favorite pies were. This naturally circled around to the pineapple on pizza debate, which remains as unresolved as ever. The show moved into the main topic of the night after this as "Mario Day" (March 10) recently happened and we wanted to talk about the upcoming Mario movie from Illumination and more, and did just that. There was a lot about the 1993 Mario movie, and if we liked it or not, as well as some concerns regarding the upcoming movie, especially the tone and cast. Favorite Mario games were also up for debate, with some surprises here and there (Hotel Mario anyone?) so let us know your favorite ones just to even that part out a bit. Beyond that there was a bit about the video game movies in general, comparing all current video game movies to the Sonic The Hedgehog movies, and even randomly talking about the current state of the MCU for some reason. A fun episode that also serves as a brief respite for whatever we end up doing for Episode 200... 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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