Despite many hardships, this episode of the Spiraken Manga Review, Xan Reviews the Visual Novel Manga adaption of Clannad ----more---- Despite Xan's dislike of the series, the music is pretty good and it should be a definite addition to anyone's music collection. On to other news, the Yu Yu Hakusho contest has been extended to August 19th, so send an email to spiraken@gmail.com with the answer to the following questions 1) What is your name? 2) What is your favorite podcast? 3) What Manga was Xan suppose to Review in Episode 30? Send your answers to Spiraken@gmail.com or call 206-426-6665 and leave your answers there. The prize is 11 vols of Yu Yu Hakusho The Manga. Any emails that answer this will be read on air and you will be contacted for any mailing information after the fact. 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: Background Music -Hospital Dub By Keiichi Suzuki(Mother 2 Original Soundtrack),Intro Music -Megumeru By Eufonius (Clannad OST),Ending Music -Dango Daikazoku By Chata(Clannad 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 was the first visual novel's Title?
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