{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2Fd3846b7f-dc6c-47a8-bb6c-cb1c800c8f71","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"","title":"August 14 2020","description":"We start the episode with Mike finally finishing Yakuza 0 (1:39), and Terrace House: Opening New Doors (3:00) and wonders how these foreshadow what\u2019s to come in both series. Kevin talks about Kaiju #8 being his current manga read (8:52). James then briefly mentions Millionaire Detectives (11:58)\n\nKevin has a \u201cSay it ain\u2019t so\u201d moment with the Tatsuya Matsuki incident (12:52). And where this event, which ended Act-Age, compares with similar incidents with people in the industry\n\nThen we talk Sony and their move to give their animation operatons more prominance in their overall entertainment portfolio (43:26). How Sony\u2019s overall business has changed over the last thirty years, away from electronics and more towards entertainment and video games (48:32). And their first look at possibly buying Crunchyroll and other possible suitors (1:03:07)\n\nAs we end, we give a quick shout out to the host of the Geek Eire Podcast (1:15:55), follow up thoughts to what was on Mike\u2019s mind the week before (1:17:59), and Kevin points out that a milestone for us that quietly passed (1:23:30)\n\nMike Nicolas, James Austin, Kevin Ng, Mohamed Sharmarke\n\nVisit our website for more information and links:\nhttps://animeroundtable.wordpress.com/2020/08/17/anime-roundtable-v2-0-22-august-14-2020/\n\nWebsite: animeroundtable.com\nTwitter and IG: @animeroundtable\nEmail: animeroundtable@gmail.com","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/50f59990-fcbc-4821-8306-1e6be39f95b7/avatars-5zprsad8s231me9f-afabfw-original.jpg"}