Spiraken Review Podcast

For over 600 episodes, the Wheel of Manga has been our chaotic overlord. One spin could bring the cozy fantasy of Restaurant to Another World or the body-horror of Tokyo Ghoul—we just hold the microphone. But that's not all! Get our unfiltered manga hot takes, on-the-ground convention reports, movie reviews, and dive deep with our Monthly Book Club. Whether it's the slick action of Lupin III or the profound soul-searching of Vagabond, if it's a story with pulse, we've covered it. Your weekly dose of glorious uncertainty starts here.
Episodes
Episodes



Saturday Feb 08, 2014
Spiraken Movie Review Ep 95: Brick (or The Dark Knight Detective Without Batman)
Saturday Feb 08, 2014
Saturday Feb 08, 2014
In this episode of Spiraken Movie Review, Baz returns from his hiatus to help Xan solve a mystery as they review the Film Noir inspired movie from 2005 , Brick directed by Rian Johnson and starring Joseph Gordan Levitt, Nora Zehetner, Emilie de Ravin, Noah Fleiss, Matt O' Leary, Lukas Haas, and Richard Roundtree
Surprisingly, there are not that many tangents in this episode, but there is discussion on Joseph Gordan Levitt's acting ability, the trademarks of film noir and the awesomeness of Richard Roundtree.
Please send us any comments concerns and ideas on how to make this podcast better. Let us know so we can do something about it. Rate us on iTunes, check out the facebook fan group Spiraken Movie Review, purchase some stuff from our amazon store in order to fund this podcast, check out Xan's Review of Brick with All Geeks Considered here and finally, listen to the primary podcast, The Spiraken Manga Review and check out Xan's sidekickery on the fightbait.com podcast. Hope you enjoy the episode. Music For Episode: Intro Music - Emily's Theme by Nathan Johnson ( Brick OST), Background Music -Silver Ray by The Velvet Underground( Brick OST), Background Music - Locker 269 by Nathan Johnson ( Brick OST), Background Music - Kara's Theme (The Drama Vamp by China Kent ( Brick OST), Background Music - Laura's Theme by Nathan Johnson ( Brick OST), Background Music - The Pin In The Night by Nathan Johnson, Chris Mears, & China Kent ( Brick OST), Background Music - Pie House Rats by Seth Kent ( Brick OST), Background Music - Emily's Theme 2 (The White Rabbit) by Nathan Johnson ( Brick OST), Background Music - A Show of Hands by Nathan Johnson( Brick OST), Background Music - Front Page News by Nathan Johnson ( Brick OST), Background Music - Knives In My Eyes by Nathan Johnson ( Brick OST), Background Music - The Pin's Lair by Nathan Johnson ( Brick OST), Background Music - Laura's Theme 5 (You Can Trust Me Now( by Nathan Johnson & China Kent ( Brick OST), Background Music - Ultimate-Tims by Nathan Johnson & China Kent ( Brick OST), Background Music - Showing Kara's Ace by Nathan Johnson ( Brick OST), Background Music - Four O' Clock by Nathan Johnson ( Brick OST), Background Music - I'm Sorry Brendan by Nathan Johnson ( Brick OST), Background Music - The Physical Proxy by Nathan Johnson ( Brick OST), Background Music - Pale Blue Arrow (Part 2) by Nathan Johnson ( Brick OST), Background Music - Building to War by Nathan Johnson ( Brick OST), Background Music - War by Nathan Johnson ( Brick OST), Background Music - Laura's Theme (Reprise) by Nathan Johnson & China Kent( Brick OST),Ending Music - Vanderlyle Crybaby Geeks by The National ( High Violet) Our Website http://www.spiraken.com Our Email Spirakenmovie@gmail.com My Email xan@spiraken.com Guest Host's Email baz@spiraken.com Our Twitter Spirakenmovie Our facebook fangroup Spiraken Movie Review Our Amazon Store www.amazon.com/shops/Spiraken Xboxlive Gamertag Xan Spiraken Random Question of the Week: What is your favorite Noir Film?



Thursday Feb 06, 2014
Spiraken Book Club January 2014: Part 2- Bloody Jack
Thursday Feb 06, 2014
Thursday Feb 06, 2014
Welcome to the another installment of THE SPIRAKEN BOOK CLUB.
In this episode of the new podcast, Lethal talks about a historical fiction book from 2002 by L.A. Meyer, "Bloody Jack"
She discusses what she enjoyed about the book and lets us know what is going to be reviewed next. check out what we are reading next at the spiraken book club page or email us Either way check out the website and leave a comment or email us at Spiraken@gmail.com
Music For Episode: Opening/Closing Music -What Was Said On Landing by The Book Club ( The Book Club ),
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Random Question of the Week: What did you think of Bloody Jack?



Tuesday Feb 04, 2014
Spiraken Manga Review Ep 181: Space Adventurer Cobra ( or Let’s Get Em, Lady)
Tuesday Feb 04, 2014
Tuesday Feb 04, 2014
In this episode of the Spiraken Manga Review, Xan gets to review a Sci Fi Opera series, which makes him feel manly, so sit back and relax as he reviews Cobra by Buichi Terasawa



Friday Jan 31, 2014
Spiraken Book Club January 2014: Part 1- The Time Machine
Friday Jan 31, 2014
Friday Jan 31, 2014
Welcome to the First Episode of THE SPIRAKEN BOOK CLUB.
In this pilot episode of the new podcast, Xan discusses the 1895 classic science fiction novel by H.G. Wells, "The Time Machine"
He discusses what he enjoyed about the book and reads a few comments. check out what we are reading next at the spiraken book club page or email us Either way check out the website and leave a comment or email us at Spiraken@gmail.com
Music For Episode: Opening/Closing Music -What Was Said On Landing by The Book Club ( The Book Club ),
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Random Question of the Week: What did you think of the Time Machine?



Thursday Jan 30, 2014
Spiraken Gam Review: Damn You Cat Mario
Thursday Jan 30, 2014
Thursday Jan 30, 2014
Hello ladies and gents, boys and girls, reds, blues and all you good folk of the Spiraken community! We’re back discussing your eventually go-to devices for all the entertainment you could want. In this episode, Raze,Lethal and Xan discuss their Hatred for that most evil of evil games, "Cat Mario"
There is also discussion about the upcoming "Alien: Isolation" game, our feelings about Rogue Legacy and Star Trek Legacy, as well as some basic info on the Survivalist Game Rust. Also if you want to play Simpsons Tapped Out with Xan, his friendiD is "Alexdvillan". add him
If you fast forward to after the ending music, you can hear our intrepid hosts reaction to playing Cat Mario. If you want to recommend what games we should review next, just shoot us a message or ten on twitter or at our email accounts! Game on!
Music For Episode: Intro Music -Super Mario Bros 2 Theme Song (This Name Is Fail Remix) by Rocker Dubstep ( Youtube ), Ending Music - Main Theme ( Rust OST )
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Random Question of the Week: How many lives did it take you to beat Cat Mario Level 1?



Saturday Jan 18, 2014
Supplimental Episode SBC: The Spiraken Book Club Officially Begins
Saturday Jan 18, 2014
Saturday Jan 18, 2014
It has finally happened, we here at www.spiraken.com have finally started a new addition to the podcast, THE SPIRAKEN BOOK CLUB.
In This supplimental, we explain the origin of this new segment in our podcast as well as the rules and the books we will be covering throughout 2014. if you want to leave comments, check out our OFFICIAL SPIRAKEN BOOK CLUB PAGE http://www.spiraken.com/spiraken-book-club/Now for January, the two books will be OR H. G. Well's The Time Machine L.A. Meyor's Bloody Jack
So pick one, read it by the 30th of January and leave comments on at the spiraken book club page or email us before the 31st so we can read your reactions on air. Either way check out the website and leave a comment or email us at Spiraken@gmail.com
Music For Episode: Opening Music -Rondeau by Jean-Joseph Mouret ( Masterpiece Theatre OST ), Ending Music - Rondeau by Jean-Joseph Mouret ( Masterpiece Theatre OST )
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Random Question of the Week: Which of the first two books will you read?



Tuesday Jan 14, 2014
Tuesday Jan 14, 2014
We have finally reached Ep 180! Huzzah. So in this episode of the Spiraken Manga Review, Lethal gets to review one of Clamp's greatest Manga, the quintessential magical girl shoujo series Card Captor Sakura while Xan gets his Shonen Jump fix as he review the recently released harem series Nisekoi-False Love by Naoshi Komi



Friday Jan 10, 2014
Friday Jan 10, 2014
In this episode of Spiraken Movie Review, Lethal and Xan get to review a reinterpreted classic fairy tale that Studio Ghibli either made better or worse then its other adaptations, so sit back and relax as they Review Gake no Ue no Ponyo/ Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea directed by Hayao Miyazaki and starring Tomoko Yamaguichi, Kazushige Nagashima, Yuki Amami, George Tokoro, Yuria Nara, Hiroki Doi, Rumi Hiiragi, Akiko Tano, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Tomoko Naraoka, Lily Tomlin, Betty White, Tina Fey, Matt Damon, Cate Blanchett, Noah Cyrus and Frankie Jonas
There is also talk about how 2014 is going, what was omitted from the original Little Mermaid story in this translation, how awesome Liam Neesan is, rants about Minecraft and how hungry our intrepid hosts are .
Please send us any comments concerns and ideas on how to make this podcast better. Let us know so we can do something about it. Rate us on iTunes, check out the facebook fan group Spiraken Movie Review, purchase some stuff from our amazon store in order to fund this podcast and finally, listen to the primary podcast, The Spiraken Manga Review and check out Xan's sidekickery on the fightbait.com podcast. Hope you enjoy the episode.
Music For Episode: Intro Music - Deep Sea Pastures by Joe Hisashi ( Gake no Ue no Ponyo OST), Background Music -Mother of the Sea by Joe Hisashi ( Gake no Ue no Ponyo OST), Background Music - Fish of the Waves by Joe Hisashi ( Gake no Ue no Ponyo OST), Background Music - Fujimoto's Theme by Joe Hisashi ( Gake no Ue no Ponyo OST), Background Music - Rondo on the Sunflower House by Joe Hisashi ( Gake no Ue no Ponyo OST), Background Music - Mother's Love by Joe Hisashi ( Gake no Ue no Ponyo OST), Background Music - Little Sisters by Joe Hisashi ( Gake no Ue no Ponyo OST), Background Music - Song of Praise For Mother and the Sea by Joe Hisashi ( Gake no Ue no Ponyo OST), Ending Music - Gake no Ue no Ponyo by Fujioka Fujimaki and Nozomi Ohashi ( Gake no Ue no Ponyo OST)
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Xboxlive Gamertag Xan Spiraken
Random Question of the Week: What did you think about this movie?

About Us
SPIRAKEN or Some Podcast Inventing Reviews About Kinetically Enhanced Narratives is a nerdy manga podcast that also talks about different geeky topics. Started in 2008 by Xan Villanueva and "May-San",this podcast is dedicated to inform our audience on what manga,anime,tv series, conventions or other nerdy thing is worth investing their time in.






