Ok so the new ukotaku website is up and ready to be invaded by you fellows out here in internet land. We will soon be shutting down this fairly inactive blog and moving our wafflings over to personal blogs for each of the otacrew on ukotaku.net[copypaste from http://ukotaku.podbean.com]
Show 6 sees the triumphant return of Matt after his mighty American conquest, he speaks a bit about his amazing journey into the heart of the new world. We also had Jade and Louise with us to discuss anime and other otaku related stuffs. Darlo was supposed to join us but was unfortunately cut short by noisy children and left us before we had a chance to speak with him. I chatted a little about my new website (http://ukotaku.net/rokaru) and we also launched our brand new karaoke competition!
UKotaku is currently running two, yes two, glorious competitions!
Comp 1: The UKotaku Pika Pika Drawing Comp
Send us your pictures of the UKotaku gang (Myself [John], Jade, Matt, Louise, Emily or even Darlo) and stand the chance to be awarded the extravagant prize of “some manga that Jade doesn’t want any more”!!! It doesn’t matter if you don’t know what we look like, in fact that is even better, draw us how you think we look. Or if you do know what we look like draw us as you think we should look.
Send your entries to: podcast@ukotaku.net with the subject “drawing comp” or something similar.
Comp 2: The UKotaku “OMG, WTF WAS THAT?” Karaoke Competition
Simply tell us what anime we are singing the opening or ending of at the end of each podcast, if you get these consistently correct for an as yet undefined number of shows (probably 10 or something) you will win a prize constructed entirely out of epicness* (we haven’t decided what the prize will be yet).
* Actual prize may not be made of epicness
Send your entries to podcast@ukotaku.net with the subject “karaoke” or something similar.
Music Credits
Tune 1: Riyu Konaka - Hiccups
Tune 2: EEE - Theme of EEE
Tune 3: Suiren - Manmos no Ashiato
Tune 4: Plastic Soul Band - Somehow
Sweeper, Stabs and BGM by JiLTED
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Emily: selph@ukotaku.net
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Another show for you! Matt is away in America right now so he was sadly absent from the show, however Jade, Louise and myself filled the void with our usual blend on nonsense and the occasional fact.
Jade gave us her extended report on the recent Miyavi concert in London and I talked a little bit about the upcoming game release Mirror’s Edge, amongst other things. Thanks to Louise being present this show also saw the welcome return of “Weeaboo Word of the Week”.
We also launched the first official UKotaku Competion: The UKotaku Pika Pika Competition.
Despite the title this has nothing to do with Pokemon but is in fact a drawing contest. The challenge is to draw you favourite member (or all members) of the podcast, if you don’t know what we look that’s even better! The best entries will win a prize of somekind, either a chance to be on the podcast, a manga Jade doen’t want anymore or maybe even a KitKat! With prizes like that why wouldn’t you enter?
Send your entries to: yukotaku@googlemail.com
Music Credits
Tune 1: Frogtrippers - Yaruki No Nai Kousaten
Tune 2: Fumitaka Anzai - Credo
Tune 3: JiLTED - Waiting for Her(mes)
Tune 4: K Juno - Lorelei
Sweepers, Stabs and BGM by JiLTED
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Leave us a voice mail: 0208 1337 502 (or 0044 208 1337 502 for callers outside of the UK)
Thanks for listening!
We finally managed to get show 4 online. And we think this ones a good ‘un! We talked a bit about undubbing and alot about Mika Nakashima. We also discussed some news about gaming, tech, UK anime releases, stabbings (thanks Matt) and a load of other interesting stuff too. Plus some awesome new Japanese tunes from the pod safe music network.
So join us on a journey through the United Otakudom and be sure to send us your comments and views.
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Music Credits
Tune 1: 346 Batting Centre - Violent Fellow on the Way
Tune 2: EEE - Jungle Beat
Tune 3: Frogtrippers - Robot De Baba
Tune 4: Shinichi - Tokyo Gyangstar
Sweepers, Stabs and BGM by JiLTED
This show has taken along time to produce as we (myself and Jade) have been moving in to our new house. Now we are settled and are ready to bring you more otaku flavoured goodness from the heart of the UKotaku.
This week we had a fairly short show. Due to no internets at the new UKotaku HQ (should be installed next week) we had not Skype-ins or Podsafe Music for your listening pleasure.
We did however cover the “It Came From Japan” UK tour and we even managed to grab some sound bites from the bands! We also chatted our usual mix of sometimes informative otaku related rubbish.
Rest assured, dear listener, that the next show will see us back on form and will be jam packed with music, action and much otafun. We should also be able to get Louise and Emily involved again once we have our internet up and running.
So a big thanks to the It Came From Japan guys: Kevin, Mami and Mayuki and the bands: Vola & the Oriental Machine and Bo Peep.
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Sweepers, Stabs and BGM by JiLTED
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Vola is made up of 4 talented Tokyo guys, The lead singer / guitarist / percussionist Ahito Inazawa (ex-drummer of Number Girl and Zazen Boys), second guitarist Yutaka Aoki, bassist Yoshinori Arie and drummer Daiki Nakahata.
The second band, Bo Peep, should comprise of 3 Japanese girls, Mika Yoshimura (guitar, vocals) Ryoko Nakano (drums, chorus) and Junko Himei (bass, chorus) but sadly Junko was mysteriously absent from the gig. Fortunately Vola's bassist, Yoshinori Arie, seamlessly filled her place on stage.
