This is the history part of our Redline episode and today I'm joined by an actual expert guest- author and longtime Japanese culture journalist Roland Kelts. Roland is the author of the very good book Japanamerica: How Japanese Pop Culture Has Invaded the U.S., as well as the upcoming (out in July!) The Art of Blade Runner: Black Lotus.  He's also an editor for the journal Monkey, which collects English translations of new Japanese writing, which is publishing a new volume this fall.

Japanamerica profiles a lot of the Anime industry in the mid-2000s, while Redline was in production, and does a great job of breaking down the successes and issues in the industry. We talk about some of those today, as well as how (if) they've changed since. We also get into streaming's effect on the industry and the massive success of the Demon Slayer movie. 

Also we learn that Pete Townsend is a very good friend with a very good assistant. I am happy to befriend any rock legend that is listening (Rick Nielsen, I know you've subscribed).

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It's the comedy part of our Redline episode with Natasha Li and Leah Ly.  We love improv. I can't stress that enough. We love it. And we like it when people make us do it. We also find out the hard way about space cocaine, pitch a much more emotional journey for racers in Redline 2, and find out a SHOCKING SECRET about Sweet J.P.

Then we cash in our bitcoins and look into the benefits of a reverse mortgage, cause being the #1 otaku don't come for free. We play the game Weeb or Plebe where we see who can correctly guess how much different anime-based products cost. And OF COURSE you can play along at home.

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A new film, and this time it's another 2009 classic- the Japanese sci-fi/Wacky Races fever dream anime film Redline. And by classic, I mean cult classic. I'm joined by Natasha Li and Leah Ly to break down our relationship with anime, pick out our favorite racers and die for JP. This movie rules.

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