This week, Victoria and Evan talk about some of their favorite shows from the Spring 2016 anime season. Their favorites include SPACE PATROL LULUCO, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Sailor Moon Crystal, and the new Teekyu Spin-off. Also, Evan's been checking out an anime from the seventies called Captain Harlock, which is available to stream on Crunchyroll. All that, plus Victoria talks about her trip to Japan and answers to your questions!

In the news:

• Heartwarming Artwork of "Honobono Log" Becomes Anime on NHK
• Original Character Designer Draws "Joker Game" x "Kiznaiver" Crossover Illustration
• New "Cardcaptor Sakura" Manga Series Announcement Coming

You can watch the shows we talked about completely free on Crunchyroll!

Sailor Moon Crystal

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure

SPACE PATROL LULUCO

Captain Harlock

Your Questions:

• Do the shows we have been waiting for this season have lived up to our expectations?
• What kinds of things do we want to see from Japan that's not getting brought overseas? Radio shows?
• If we could make any anime into an amusement park here in the states which would we choose.
• What do we think about berserk being CGI?
• What anime would you like to see as a stage play next? Gundam maybe???
• What is the best way to network with people who work in anime at conventions?

Evan is writing for Ani-Gamers and Otaku USA.

Victoria is posting videos on her YouTube channel.

You can find more episode of Crunchycast on Crunchyroll, YouTube, iTunes, Stitcher Radio, and our Libsyn page.

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 crunchycast@crunchyroll.com, 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.

This week on the Crunchycast, host Evan Minto is joined on the big orange couch by Crunchyroll's Tiffany Chen and Nate Ming. After a brief intro to Tiffany's and Nate's roles at Crunchyroll, the gang talks about Twitter's crush on Ellen Baker, the super-kawaii Japanese text book english teacher. Also, Crunchyroll and KADOKAWA announce a strategic alliance that will bring even more must-watch anime to Crunchyroll subscribers. Then, Nate tells us about his visit to Bandai Namco's HQ. All that, plus KIZNAIVER, JOKER GAME and answers to your burning anime questions.

In the news:

• Twitter Falls In Love With Japanese Text Book's Super-Kawaii English Teacher
• Crunchyroll and KADOKAWA Announce Strategic Alliance!

The Crunchycast crew also tackles your questions including:

• Which anime was it that got us into the anime world?
• Does Crunchyroll get to screen an anime before purchasing the license?
• Ghost in Shell TV vs Ghost in the Shell Oshii movies! FIGHT!
• What is the most disgusting thing we have ever eaten?

Evan is writing for Ani-Gamers and Otaku USA.

Victoria is posting videos on her YouTube channel.

You can find more episode of Crunchycast on Crunchyroll, YouTube, iTunes, Stitcher Radio, and our Libsyn page.

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 crunchycast@crunchyroll.com, 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.

This week Evan Minto is joined by special guests from the Crunchyroll crew, Sam Wolfe and Danika Harrod. In this episode, we’re totally addicted to Miitomo, Nintendo’s first big entry in world of mobile apps and games. We also talk about the Spring anime season. The gang is watching SPACE PATROL LULUCO and loving it. We’re all looking forward to Joker Game. Evan has the new season of Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure on his watch list. All that, plus answers to your questions! For the full show notes, check out http://crunchyroll.libsyn.com!

In the news:

• WrestleMania 32 is relevant this week because anime was a big part of the event, with The New Day entering the ring in full Dragon Ball Z attire

The Crunchycast crew also tackles your questions including:

• Why is there a trend with terrible "boy enters magic school" anime lately?
• What is our dream cute girls doing things show?
• What are some of the best/worst Anime Fandoms?
• Do we think turning anime or manga into giant multimedia franchises dilutes the quality of the work?
• 3DS or PS Vita for gaming and more specifically for playing games related to anime or based off of anime?
• How do we muster up the courage to ask someone out?

Evan is writing for Ani-Gamers and Otaku USA.

Victoria is posting videos on her YouTube channel.

You can find more episode of Crunchycast on Crunchyroll, YouTube, iTunes, Stitcher Radio, and our Libsyn page.

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 crunchycast@crunchyroll.com, 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.