The back to school episode of the Spiraken Manga Review has a surprise in it. Moonstone from the Animentors guest hosts with Xan. They both review manga written by Tohru Fujisawa , Shonen Junai Gumi and Teacher Kamen ----more---- Since it is a back to school episode Moonstone and Xan cover a lot of topics in this episode including Yaoi, G.I. Joe, Transformers 2, College Talk, The impending Zombie Apocalypse, reasons why manta rays are dangerous to your personal areas and finally why you should listen to Moonstone's podcast, the ani-mentors at www.themented.com Remember about the Dragonball Giveaway, where a winner will receive 5 volumes of Dragonball the Manga. In order to win this contest you need to answer the following questions. 1) What is your name? 2) What is your favorite podcast? 3) What is your favorite Character and Why Send your answers to Spiraken@gmail.com or call 206-426-6665 and leave your answers there. The Contest will end September 30th. Remember if you want just a random manga, you will need to answer the first 2 questions and as your third answer send me a reason why you deserve manga. Hope you enjoy this episode and please send any comments concerns and ideas on how to make this podcast better. also check out Xan's articles and editorials on anime3000.com and thank you Music For Episode:Intro Music -Hitori no Yoru By Porno Graffiti(GTO OST),Background Music -Great Teacher Onizuka theme (GTO OST),Background Music -Cresta of Love (GTO OST),Background Music -Great Teacher Onizuka Theme Brass Version (GTO OST),Background Music -Combattler V theme By Ichiro Mizuki (Combattler V OST),Ending Music -Shizuku By Miwako Okuda (GTO OST) Our Website http://spiraken.podbean.com Our Forum http://spiraken.rapidboards.com Our Email Spiraken@gmail.com My Email xan.spiraken@gmail.com Our Twitter Spiraken Xboxlive Gamertag Xan Spiraken Our Voicemail 206-426-6665 (monk) Random Question of the Week: What is Kamen Rider 3's special finishing move?
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