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We are also starting a mail bag segment so feel free to send in your question and comments  so we can discuss them on the next podcast!

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

Gin and Tonic

Pour the gin and the tonic water into a highball glass almost filled with ice cubes. Stir well. Garnish with the lime wedge.

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Opening song: Detective Conan Main Theme

[00:00:29] 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
  

[00:04:55] News

• Send us feedback and questions and we might answer your questions on the air during our mail bag section starting with Speakeasy 14.
• There are a bunch of shows stream in the Winter 2011 anime season. In fact they are:
  • Gosick
    
  • Beelzebub
    
  • Rio - Rainbow Gate!
    
  • Dragon Crisis!
    
  • Cardfight!! Vanguard
    
  • Kore wa Zombie desu ka?
    
  • Hourou Musuko - Wandering Son
    
  • Level E
    
  • Fractale
    
• Also Wandering Son is not a trap fetish show even if it is about cross-dressing.

[00:15:52] The Happy Hour Promo Break

• The A3K Network

[00:17:08] The Cocktail: The More Things Change the More They Stay the Same

• What is the American taste in anime?
  

[00:17:26] A Not-So-Brief History: America and Anime over the years

• The 1980s and the growth of fandom.
• The 1990s and the growth of a fandom that wants dark and mature anime.
• The 2000s is a wild time of boom and bust.

[00:32:10] The Standard American Taste

• The biggest hits are always shows that are perceived as dark and mature.
• As silly as it might seem shonen fighting is seen as darker and more mature.
• Is this taste reactionary to the perception of American cartoons?
• The realization that what Americans like is not the majority of Japanese output.

[00:41:54] Japan and Its Changing Taste

• Was the bubble burst the major change in Japanese taste?
• The changing Zeitgeist leads to a different style of entertainment.
• The birth of the moe fandom. Uguu~~
• What is the future for anime?

[00:50:19] Get a Second Drink Musical Break

• Has you personal taste changed since you started watching anime?
• Change the World by V6 from Inuyasha
  

[00:55:36] The Tastes of the Two Most Important People on the Planet

• Narutaki and Hisui discuss their changing tastes.

[01:00:41] The Non Sequitur Ranting of a Crazy Person

• No one if forcing you to watch anime you hate.
  
• There are TV shows, movies, manga, music, poetry, hobbies, and ALL of literature.
• If you have to watch new stuff be selective.

[01:14:22] Final Thoughts

• What is the future of American taste?

[01:23:34] Ending

• Winter 2011 First Impressions Part 1 and Part 2
• Episodic reviews of Gosick on Tuesdays
  
• Durarara!! Dub Review
  
• Dirty Pair Pt. 1 review
  

Ending song:

by 369 miroku from