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Bonus Round – The Amazing Rosetta & Chums Circus

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In our newest contribution for the Bonus Round on Anime3000, we look at Kaleido Star Season 1. In a miracle of miracles it seems that Studio Gonzo is able to hit one out of the park on occasion. The 2003 show is about a young girl’s struggle to become a circus star in the competitive and glamorous world of the Kaleido Stage. She is told by the mysterious spirit of the stage that she has the potential to perform the legendary maneuver but she will have to overcome some harsh shojo sports training before she is ready. As well as the review there is a little commercial before the main event for an amazing new Anime 3000 production. I hope you will enjoy it whenever it comes to your town. It is almost too good to be true.

Anime3000 – Bonus Round – Kaleido Star Season 1


The Speakeasy #017: Viking Funeral, The Life and Death of Tokyopop

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Anime 3000 presents The Speakeasy Podcast:
Drink #017: Viking Funeral,
The Life and Death of Tokyopop

By both listener request and our own desire we discuss the influential, good or bad, life of Tokyopop. From the beginning it seemed like they had new ideas and were setting out to do something different. They rode high for a while, but things started to slip in the mid-2000s at the heart of the manga boom. It is undeniable that they changed the U.S. industry so we reminisce and discuss all that came with it.

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

Viking Funeral

  • 1/3 oz. Rumple Minze
  • 1/3 oz. Jagermeister
  • 1/3 oz. Goldschlager

Mix in a shooter glass.

Gosick #017: MythBusters

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With Kazuya and Victorique finally reunited, stories are exchanged and snacks are eaten. While escaping the two jail breakers run into Simon Hunt, the clock maker who seems to be up to some clandestine activities at the monastery. To kill time before the departing train arrives, Victorique and Simon pick apart the magic acts in the Phantasmagoria revealing to Kazuya how they performed. But when Simon is called on stage and dismisses the performances he has just seen things quickly start to turn ugly and more than just the illusions on stage begin to fall away.

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