Editor-in-chief of Otaku USA Patrick Macias joins us for a superfun chat about a whole bunch of stuff, including an update on how his magazine is doing, awesome old anime and more! Plus: listener emails and Project A-Ko! Fun times!!

This time on Hey, Answerman! Brian tries to break down the smoldering ashes of the "piracy debate" into a nice little list form, because everyone loves that; he talks about Shinichiro Watanabe's "troubles" finding work; and what's with all the damn on-screen notes in Kekkaishi? Plus the readers weigh in on their favorite Satoshi Kon films in a very special Hey, Answerfans!

Contributor to AX alternative manga anthology in Japan & U.S.

Acted in FMA, Bleach, Prince of Tennis, El Hazard, Kizuna, Gakuen Heaven, Junjou Romantica

East Brunswick, NJ, September 3, 2010 - MangaNEXT, the first Manga convention in the United States, returns for 2010. MangaNEXT returns to the New York...

Maximum Ride, Naruto, Rosario + Vampire, Black Bird, Bakuman, new Chi's Sweet Home, Negima, D. Gray-man, Vampire Knight, Black Butler, Twilight

Firm of Night on the Galactic Railroad/Touch's Gisaburô Sugii is 650 million yen in debt

Like the curriculum at its titular academy, which embraces every contradictory whackjob idea in the world, Occult Academy is a mess. It's also a lot of fun. Go figure.