Crunchycast Ep. 29 - with Special Guest Miranda Sanchez of IGN Anime Club

Guest Miranda Sanchez (@HavokRose) from the IGN Anime Club Podcast joins Evan Minto and Victoria Holden in the Crunchycast Studio. This week, the gang discusses the Winter 2016 anime season. Miranda’s watching ERASED & Phantom World, a show that made Victoria cry. Evan’s on a Sherlock Holmes kick and Miranda’s obsessed with Genos (and Undertale) fan art.

Also in this episode:

• Jellyfish (the band) and their connection to Puffy AmiYumi
• Bayonetta
• Lots of feels

In the news:

Kingdom Hearts megafan creates a custom made Oath Keeper engagement ring.

Fans start a Change.org petition to have Danny DeVito voice Pikachu in the recently announced Detective Pikachu game for the Nintendo 3DS. This Always Sunny/Pikachu mashup will make you a believer.

Evan, Victoria & Miranda also tackle your questions:

• Jeff Hotnog (FB): What are you guys' favorite examples of videogames based off anime or favorite anime based off videogames?
• @saintgabriel7: What are shows that you were into last season that you didn't keep up with? (Or want to marathon)
• Preston Williams (FB): Shirobako, Bakuman, Shokugeki no Soma, Hikaru no Go: what profession do you want sensationalized in anime next?
• @korradorra: Has there ever been a live action anime film you truly enjoyed and liked? Even if it wasn't "well made”.

Miranda hosts IGN Anime Club.

Evan is writing for Ani-Gamers and Otaku USA.

Victoria is posting videos on her YouTube channel.

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The Crunchycast is hosted by Victoria Holden and Evan Minto and edited by Bill Zoeker. If you have any questions for our hosts, you can reach us at [email protected], or on Twitter at @SailorBee and @VamptVo respectively.

The opening and ending music in Crunchycast are produced by Noah Hafford, who can be found at his SoundCloud.