Greetings everyone from us here at Spiraken.com, It's our 8 year anniversary To commemorate this occasion, May-san is back to wish us a very Happy 8th Anniversary and to chat with Xan about what has happened in the past, as well as brain storm over upcoming events in the Future. From all of us here at the podcast, thank you for sticking by us for the last 8 years and we hope you stay with us for another 8 years. hope you enjoy the episode Music For This Episode: Intro Music: Victory Theme -Yasunori Mitsuda (Chrono Trigger OST), Background Music: Happy Birthday -Chamber Orchestra Kremlin (Kremlin Orchestra), Closing Music: Congratulations -Sleeping With Sirens (Feel) Our Website:Spiraken.com Host's Email: Xan@spiraken.com Twitter: @spiraken Random Question of the Day: What was the first episode you listened to of the Spiraken Manga Review?
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