A3K Panel - S03E06 - A Tribute to Satoshi Kon
After two months of patiently waiting, the A3K Panel is back. Sadly it comes with the news of the passing of Satoshi Kon. Helen McCarthy, Zac Bertschy and Andrew Osmond join us to discuss Perfect Blue, Paprika, Tokyo Godfathers, Paranoia Agent and Millennium Actress. Warning, this podcast does contain minor spoilers.

CJ Hitchcock reviews the anime movie based on the video game character, Sonic The Hedgehog. If he's the fastest thing alive, hopefully this movie will be over quickly. For more videos from Christopher Hitchcock, please visit AMR (Anime Movie Review). You can also watch past episodes of AMR here.

Bonus Round - 8/26/10 – Fullmetal Daughters of Mnemosyne
In this episode of the Bonus Round, Bradley Meek hosts a conversation with Zack Lowe and Michael Fitz-Gibbon about everyone's favorite series about a two brothers looking for redemption in a world filled with deceit and chaos, Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood. There will be spoilers, so you've been forewarned. Additionally, John-Paul Natysin gives us a right-sized review of Rin - Daughters of Mnemosyne. We also have some exciting news about a future A3K Panel.

In our exciting new direction into the world of multimedia entertainment, Anime3000.com is proud to present our first 20 Questions segment. In this first installment, we had a conversation with Evan Minto, the editor-in-chief of anigamers.com. In addition to the twenty unrehearsed questions that give this segment its name, we also discuss why anigamers.com is such a happening place to visit. We decided to pick Evan because of his continued support of our website through his many A3K Panel appearances. If you are an Anime 3000 affiliate that would like to appear on a future segment of 20 Questions, send us an email. We are looking to produce new segments and launch new ideas. If you want to know what questions we asked, there is only one way to find out.

Drink #008: The Joker, Making Sense of Humor.
We are talking about comedy this month. We are not talking about the Shakespearean comedy, the Divine Comedy, or the Studio 4C short film but comedy as it relates to anime. So often anime comedy strikes viewers as quite different than the comedy they are used to but why is the question. What about the aesthetic makes it so different from the comedy we know? What makes it so different from the comedy you see on Japanese dramas as well? We will also examine the different styles of humor you see in anime. Plus the most important question: Why do people think K-ON! is funny?