I finally got a new voice mail number for the podcast.  Leave your comments, criticisms, or whatever else you'd like at 206-350-2102.  Thanks for listening and I'm looking forward to hearing from you again.

Hey everyone. I've been getting quite a few e-mails this week asking if we'll be at Otakon next weekend. With the way gas prices are and the ridiculous cost for hotels in Baltimore, I'm afraid we won't be making it this year. However if your going to be at the Providence Anime Conference in October we'll be there. If you haven't heard of PAC it's the first ever 21 and over anime convention. This is pretty intriguing to us, so if your planning on going drop me an e-mail and maybe we can meet up for a beer or three.

I know it's been a full two months since I promised a return of podcast episodes, and I still haven't delivered. To be honest I've been pretty busy and just haven't felt motivated to produce any new episodes. I've been kicking some ideas around for a new run of shows though, so expect something before too terribly long.

In the meantime, would you like to win a 16GB iPod Touch? If you take this short audience survey by August 30th, you will be thrown into a drawing courtesy of my podcast host Wizzard Media. I don't normally like pushing these things on you, but I figured this is a pretty cool deal since these iPods are pretty sweet (and expensive). So CLICK HERE to take the survey. Thanks and good luck!

Thanks for hanging in there with my lameness, and thanks a lot for your continued support!

Hey all. Just wanted to post a quick update and let you know that I'm still alive. Been pretty busy these last couple months. Went on vacation, went to a con, and have just been generally busy with life stuff.

Look forward to a new episode soon though detailing our excellent time at Anime Punch this past April in Columbus, Ohio. Some of you long time listeners may remember that we attended this con back in 2006, but skipped 2007 since we were saving up for our trip to Japan. 2006 rocked, and 2008 was even better. This may very be the best anime convention around. Seriously. We'll tell you all about it real soon.

In the "welcome to 8 years ago" category, I started myself a blog. There will be some anime and Japanese content, but for the most part it will be an outlet of sorts. So if your going through withdrawal, surf on over to schnuth.com.

Thanks again for hanging in there, and I'll be talking to you all again real soon.

Aaron

Hello friends.  I'm a liar, really I am.... and I'm sorry for it.  According to the title of the podcast I'm supposed to get shows out WEEKLY.  I haven't been living up to that promise for awhile.  As you can see I haven't released a podcast in over a month.  

Just to let you all know everything is fine in my little corner of the world.  But thanks for all the e-mail inquiries, I do appreciate them as always.  It seems that I've hit a wall with podcasting.  I still like podcasting and of course I still love anime, but I'm afraid I'm starting to burn out a bit with getting the podcasts out each week.  Unlike other podcasts this is a one man affair, meaning that I do the whole thing myself.  While this has worked out fine in the past, lately it's just been too much.  So to let you know I'm putting the podcast on hiatus.

You can expect the final Japan Trip cast to show up before too long though.  We still want to talk about our adventures in Akihabara, and our day at the Studio Ghibli museum.  Both of which were absolutely amazing.  These episodes have been a bit experimental and haven't been ordinary WARP podcasts.  I wanted to try something different, and I think these were a nice change of pace.  The response has been really positive, so thanks for everyone who has stuck around during these out of format episodes.

Speaking of format that is something I want to change once WARP starts back up.  I do still want to change the name of the podcast eventually, and start concentrating on Japanese pop-culture as a whole instead of just anime.  You know other things I love about Japan like movies, TV dramas, video games, music, etc.  

Thanks for subscribing and sticking around for the past two years.  What started out as a way to get myself to watch my ever growing queue of DVDs (and to justify the college education I'm still paying off) has led to so much more.  Thanks to this podcast I've made many friends and have had experiences I wouldn't have had otherwise.  For those reasons alone I don't want to end the podcast.  So the show is going on hiatus, and one day soon it'll be back better then ever.  So why not stay subscribed since you'll never know what might come down the old RSS feed.

- Aaron

Since DeepDiscountDVD screwed me over good last year, I refuse to pimp their semi-annual DVD sale. Instead I want to call your attention to a great deal going on at RightStuf.com.

In response to DDD's sale RightStuf has brought back their nutso Geneon DVD sale. I got in on this late last year so I missed out on some stuff, which I picked up in this sale. From a special list all Geneon DVD are 10 for $50, and 25 for $100 (US funds). If your in the US you also get free shipping.

Lots of great titles are included in this sale such as: Serial Experiments Lain, Paranoia Agent, Captain Harlock, Master Keaton, New Getter Robo, Hajime No Ippo, Tetsujin 28, and lots more. At $4 a disc you can't go wrong.

The sale runs until June 27th so go check it out. I'm not getting anything from this plug, I just wanted to pass along what I thought was a killer deal. I know I could sign up for their affiliate program, but I'm just too lazy. ^_^

Since I haven't had the time to put out a podcast in the last couple weeks, I wanted to post real quick about who won the last contest. I'd like to congratulate Dave from New Jersey who not only won a brand new Fullmetal Alchemist The Movie DVD, but also got a t-shirt as well!

If you remember I played a short montage of 5 different anime songs in episode 50. To be included in the drawing you had to identify all 5 of the songs. If you weren't able to get all five, here they are:

• Melissa by Porno Graffiti. This was the first opening theme for Fullmetal Alchemist.
• Konya wa Hurricane by Kinuko Oomori. This was the opening song for the first episode of Bubblegum Crisis.
• Tank! by the Seatbelts and composed by Yoko Kanno. This was the opening theme of Cowboy Bebop.
• Tobe! Gundam, the opening theme from Mobile Suit Gundam (First Gundam).
• Cruel Angel's Thesis, opening theme for Neon Genesis Evangelion.

I really thought these wouldn't be too hard but most of you got stuck on the Gundam and Bubblegum Crisis tunes. I thought the Gundam one was the hardest, but not too hard since I reviewed Gundam in the same episode. Thanks for everyone who entered, and stay tuned to the podcast for future contests for more anime DVDs!

Speaking of the podcast you might have noticed that I haven't put anything out in the last couple weeks. With the holiday season upon us I've been really busy with work, life, and some personal stuff. This is the busiest time of year at my job since I work for a shipping company. So I might not put out anything new until next month.

In the meantime don't forget to stay subscribed via iTunes, add WARP to your favorites at Podcast Pickle, drop me an e-mail at weeklyanimereview@gmail.com, or better yet leave a voicemail at 206-339-9277 to get yourself on the podcast.

Thanks to everyone who has supported WARP this past year, and I look forward to bringing you more anime podcasts in 2007!

Much thanks to the Popcorn Samurai for this item:

It's that time of year again, time for Deep Discount DVD's semi-annual 20% off sale! This is a great opportunity to fill holes in your anime collection, as well as pick up lots of DVDs for cheap.

The sale runs through November 18th has been extended until November 23rd, and you need to use one of these coupon codes to get the 20% off:

DVDTALK
ESPN
NYTIMES
SUPERSALE
USATODAY
YAHOO

Each coupon can only be used once. It's also worth noting that posters and storage accessories are also included in this sale. Maybe it's time to pick up that giant DVD rack I so desprately need.

I suggest concentrating on box sets. With this sale you can get some excellent deals.

I'm not affiliated with this site in the least, I just wanted to bring this great sale to everyone's attention. Have fun guys!

Do you like samurai movies? Then you need to check out the new podcast Popcorn Samurai! In the first episode the Popcorn Samurai himself reviews the all time classic Seven Samurai. It's good stuff and I highly recommend you check it out. This is one genre of film I haven't seen enough of, and I can't wait to see what he reviews next. Buzz on over to his website, or subscribe via iTunes.