And now your helpful bartenders at The Speakeasy present your drink:

Official OUFC (Oxford United Football Club) Drink 
1 part Aperol
1 part Pisang Ambon
1 part 7-up 
Shake ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice. Strain into Highball glass.

Opening song: The Sherlock Hound Opening: Sora Kara Koboreta Story (A Story that Fell from the Sky) by Da Capo.

[00:18] Intro: Just in case you wanted to know who we are and what we are about. We also give all the standard contact info as we introduce ourselves.

Including:

• Our Blog: Reverse Thieves
  
• Our Host Site: Anime 3000
  
• The Podcast's Website: The Speakeasy
  
• The Reverse Thieves e-mail: reversethieves@gmail.com
  
• Alain's Twitter - HisuiRT
  
• Kate's Twitter - NarutakiRT
  

[01:38] REVERSE THIEVES 3RD ANNIVERSARY GIVEAWAY CONTEST!

• Picture of the goodies!
  
• Listen to find out how to enter.
• Entries due by July 19th. Winner notified on July 21st.
• U.S. residents only.
  

[05:09] News: Anime Expo news that you can use!

• Section 23 are smart cookies.
  
• Nico Nico Douga news wasn't from Expo?!
  
  
• Buy the remastered Utena or no one will ever love you.
  
• Who knew people liked Toaru Majutsu no Index?
  

[23:36] The Happy Hour Promo Break

• The Otagal Podcast
  
• The Fightbait Anime Podcast
  

[25:06] The Cocktail: Sport anime and manga are staples in Japan, but get very little attention in the U.S.

• Why can sports anime and manga succeed elsewhere in the world but almost always fail spectacularly in America?

[27:12] The origins of sports manga.

• We are hardly sports manga experts. Feel free to write in and tell us anything we might have missed.
• Sports was one of the few genres Osamu Tezuka did not pioneer.
• The classics Attack No. 1 and Tomorrow's Joe were extremely influential.

[31:14] The sports genre formula.

• Similar to shonen fighting series.
• Techniques, working hard, and rivals.

[38:07] The diversification of the genre.

• Mitsuru Adachi and what he brings to the table.
• The explosion in the 80s.
• Adding other genre into the sports manga genre.

[43:43] No matter what the sport there is probably a manga about it.

• My Heavenly Hockey Club doesn't count.
• Amount of Japanese traditional sports vs. others.
• There is so much baseball anime and manga!

[50:25] Realistic vs. over the top approaches.

• The full spectrum of realism or not is available in the sports genre.
• Fist of the North Star baseball!
  

[57:24] Get a Second Drink Musical Break

• Food for thought: Which sports drew you in despite misgivings?
• "My Story ~Mada Minu Ashita e~" (Opening to Giant Killing) by THE CHERRY COKES
  

[58:55] How has sports genre anime and manga been received in America?

• We try to name any sports anime that has been successful.
• The first serious pushes of sports anime into the American market.
  

[01:03:02] Why has sports not caught on?

• Anime fans are not into sports anime because it's about sport and sport fans are not into sports anime because it's anime.
• What is different between watching real sports and sports anime?

[01:12:20] Are there new attempts to push sports anime?

• Will these attempts will be any different?
• Are the companies in Japan behind this push?
  

[01:21:20] How do you market a series to an audience that does not want to be marketed to?

• Does anyone listening to this not like sports series? Why?
• Our recommendations for sports series.
• Do you have sport series that we should watch?
  

[01:31:53] Ending

• We are going to be at Otakon! Come say hello!
  
• We did tons of AnimeNEXT coverage.
• We did an editorial on Giant Killing to tie into podcast!
• We also did an editorial on Mamoru Hosoda's One Piece movie.

Ending song: Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century