Show #79 - Return of The Angry Otaku

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Show #079 - Direct Download:


OP: Theme from Neo Ranga
ED: Black Daisy "The Dragon"

Our previous shows with James "The Angry Otaku":
Show #44 - James Interview Part 1: Otakon 1994
Show #45 - James Interview Part 2: Japanese Prison

I'm not going to kid myself and promise to add links later. I ought to run this like a wiki.   Thanks hisuirt !!
If you want to add a link or correct the spelling below, say so in the comments. Anonymous commenting is fine:

• Thanks, Levelator


• Hitotsubashi University


• The Plaza Accords


• Japan's Lost Decade


• Japan, Inc.


• Rising Sun (the movie)


• El Hazard


• Akira


• Ninja Scroll


• Shinsei Bank


• Mitsui


• MUFG


• Speed Grapher


• Niea Under 7


• Yokohama Shopping Log


• FLCL


• Sunshine Sketch


• Azumanga Daioh


• Sazae-san


• Doreanmon


• FDIC (if you're not an American have you heard of FDIC?)


• 4X accounts (or in Japan "FX" or "efecks")


• 120% debt to GDP index??


• FDI - Foreign Direct Investment


• Ghost in the Shell the 2nd Gig


• Red Dawn (the movie)


• Hetalia fans - Is there a North Korean character?


• Pachinko is 51% of the Japanese economy?


• Nerima Daicon Brothers


• Battle Royal


• "I'm not here to make friends."


• Ganbatte - the most destructive word in the Japanese language.


• "Dig up, stupid!"


• Orthopraxy vs. Orthodoxy- Here's a great article about that thinking in Japan.


• Felipe Smith thinks that Naruto is Dragon Ball all over again.


• The Freakanomics thing about some guy putting the KKK into a Superman radio show (as described on This American Life)


• The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire


• Noah was an International Baccalaureate Student


• Vinland Saga


• Historie