22 episodes and still going strong. In this episode we have a guest host, one of our favorite listeners Suzie review Soul Eater, and Xan reviews Crayon Shin Chan. Also there is conversations about Gravitation, Wii games, and yaoi. sort of . hope you enjoy ----more---- Music For Episode: Intro Music- Paper Moon by Tommy Februrary5 (Soul Eater OST Op 2 ), Ending Music -Dame Dame no Uta by Lady Q (Crayon Shin Chan op 7) our website http://spiraken.podbean.com our forum http://spiraken.rapidboards.com our email Http:// spiraken.podbean.com
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