GR64 Wonderfest Running of the Otaku

First in a series of video clips for issue 64 Running of the Otaku

Giant Robot Issue 63 Podcast

Giant Robot 63 is a perfect stocking stuffer. What's in it? - Hong Kong film god John Woo - Cover artist Megan Whitmarsh - Katamari Damacy creator Keita Takahashi - Hong Kong art filmmaker Yonfan interviewed by Daniel Wu - An encyclopedic look back at 2000-2009 - Pro skateboarder for life Kenny Anderson - Hong Kong's best actor Nick Cheung - My Perfect Day in Singapore by Sooyoung Park of Seam - Musician Mia Doi Todd meets the Golden Half - Indie filmmaker from the Philippines Ana Agabin - Indie crime writer Leonard Chang - Taiwanese pop band Wonfu in America - New music, anime, videgames, comics, and more...

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Giant Robot Issue 62 Podcast

Here's what's in it:
Cover art and interview with artist Rob Sato
Thrift shopping with author/futurist William Gibson
Hong Kong's God of Vinyl Michael Lau
The photography of skate legend/ripping musician Ray Barbee
DMC champ/sound system master DJ Kentaro
Oakland A's catcher/MVP/Hawai'i local Kurt Suzuki
Daniel Wu eats 90-year-old beef brisket noodle broth
The post garage rock fury of The Dirtbombs
The Invisible Cities sighting
Social design by Project H
YOUNG-HAE CHANG HEAVY LIFTING INDUSTRIES lands in L.A.
Korean filmmaker Kim Ji-won ain't nothing but a gorehound
Actor Hiroshi Watanabe on rice
Masakatsu Sashie + T.Rex = ?
A Perfect Day in Santa Ana with Free The Robots
Anime, movies, videogames, comics, and way more...

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Giant Robot West Hollywood Book Fair Panel Podcast

Panel discussion featuring Eric Nakamura, Martin Wong, and moderator Joe Escalante. October 4, 2009.

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1997 Asian American New Wave Revisited

Justin Lin, Chris Chan Lee, Rea Tajiri, Michael Idemoto, Quentin Lee, Eric Nakamura, moderated by Martin Wong. Oct 3, 2009 at the Japanese American National Museum.

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Giant Robot Issue 61 Podcast

Giant Robot 61 is on the loose. Here's a sampling of what's in it:

Philip Lumbang - Meet the painter behind the "polite bear" vandalism around Los Angeles
Whaling Vigilantes - Photographer Adam Lau goes to battle with the Sea Shepherds against Japanese whalers
Gothic & Lolita U.S.A. - Dressing up with Baby, The Stars Shine Bright co-founder Fumiyo Isobe and chief designer Kumiko Uehara on the eve of opening their first boutique in North America
Wizards of Gore - Gore movie god Yoshihiro Nishimura spills his guts on Machine Girl, Tokyo Gore Police, and Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl
Bill Kong - Producer of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Fearless, House of Flying Daggers, Lust, Caution, and... Blood: The Last Vampire?
Ayako Fujitani - The actress takes toy cameras for a test drive
Alien Art - Daniel Wu investigates the Fortean art of ex-LMF and full-time UFO buff Prodip Leung
Do Ho Suh - Houses, cultures, and worlds collide at LACMA in mind-bending miniature detail
Pains of Being Pure at Heart - The band from Brooklyn is usually compared to My Bloody Valentine, but channels Velocity Girl, Teenage Fanclub, and Heavenly, too
Think Plink - Mixel Pixel's Kaia Wong goes to Africa to learn the Mbira
Wok Hmong Us - Sheng Yang co-wrote a cookbook for a culture with no written language
Indie Cinema from India - Supermen of Malegaon vs. The Prisoner
Sion Sono - Cinematic badass.
Saltwater Coffee - From Taiwan to Irvine
A Perfect Day in Cambridge with Damon & Naomi
DIY joysticks for fighting games
All-new videogame review section
Extra-long TV Party


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Giant Robot Issue 60 Podcast

Star Wars pilgrimage in Tunisia
Cover art by/interview with Deth P. Sun
Factory Records co-founder and graphic designer Peter Saville
Chocolate/Nike/Stüssy skater Richard Mulder
Quick Gun Murugan's Shashanka Ghosh
Paper Hearts writer and star Charlyne Yi
Goh Nakamura has guitar, will travel
Asian American Movement documentarian Tad Nakamura
Daniel Wu vs. MC Jin
Stranger-than-fiction essay by Tokyo!'s Ayako Fujitani
Epic Japanese rock band MONO
Instant Karma by Sarba Das
Death Sentence: PANDA!

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Giant Robot Issue 59 Podcast

- Cover art and interview by Masakatsu Sashie
- Actor Masahiro Motoki and director Yojiro Takita from the Academy Award-winning Departures
- Master of cute bento, Makiko Ogawa
- Ex-mafia badass relocated, Kenji Gallo
- Abe Vigoda--the band, not the actor
- Suki Ewers--from Opal, Mazzy Star, Anemone, and, um, Suki Ewers

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Giant Robot Issue 58 Podcast

Cover art by/extensive Q&A with Stella Lai, Asian jello extravaganza, Pet Architecture by Atelier Bow-Wow, King of Remakes Roy Lee, Visual turntablist Mike Relm, The hard-rocking Binges sisters, Truckin' with KoGI BBQ

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Giant Robot Issue 57 Podcast

Giant Robot Issue 57 Podcast

Here's what's in the issue and it's the second podcast using the Marantz 620 recorder.

Barack Obama, Maya Soetoro Ng, Kim Ji-Woon, Slumdog Millionaire, Frieda Pinto, Dev Patel, In4mation, Free the Robots, Ponytail, Aaron Yoo, David Choe art, Thao Nguyen, Zhao Xun, Daniel Wu, Shepard Fairey

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Giant Robot Issue 56 Podcast

Here's what's in the issue and it's the first podcast using the Marantz 620 recorder.

Cover story on Japanese god of street art Kami, King of urban paper art, Shin Tanaka, Lovefoxxx from CSS, Homeless in Tokyo, Designer Tadanori Yokoo, Barack Obama's brother-in-law Konrad Ng, Fuck Buttons from England, Grindcore/thrash master Jon Chang, the world of Bamboo, and much more.

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Giant Robot Issue 55 podcast

Giant Robot Issue 55 Podcast. But here's what in the issue:
Cover art and interview with GR favorite Saelee Oh
Filmmaker Monkmus talks about working with Badly Drawn Boy, Death Cab for Cutie, Kid Koala, and other nerd musicians
Angry Asian Man isn't really that pissed
KevJumba gets more hits that you
SD skater Jimmy Cao shreds Europe, Asia, and NorCal
SK scooter rider Wan Lee crosses the USA--twice
Choe documentary man Harry Kim
Bands HEALTH and King Khan & The Shrines
Scoop from Comic-Con and Anime Expo
Lardless donuts, mangosteen power, and more


Giant Robot Issue 55 Podcast

Giant Robot Issue 54 Podcast

Giant Robot Issue 54 Podcast

Giant Robot Issue 53 podcast

Giant Robot Issue 53 Podcast

Giant Robot Issue 52 Podcast

Giant Robot Issue 52 Podcast