(Linking to all Kanzenshuu content, regardless of Daizenshuu EX or Kanzentai origin, because we honestly collaborated on all of them with the knowledge that they'd be rolled into this larger site down the road.)
I'm not sure if you're talking about every aspect of the site, or just the podcast itself -- if the former (Hell, either or!), I'm happy to break it out into a larger discussion if you think it warrants it.
But as I'm reading your concerns, I'm still not sure there's actually an issue anywhere.
Take the Manga UK / DVD example. Like I noted, we covered every single last aspect of that story -- from
the initial extras ratings & Manga UK's response, to
the leaked MCM ad, to
Toei's website update (which was later pulled from their site), to
the formal announcement.
We explained its significance and how the series never had a home release over there. We explained how it was the orange bricks from FUNimation they were putting out and the significance of that release. We followed it all up with an interview that, by all accounts, addressed any other possible thoughts or questions you had about the situation.
So what wasn't to your liking about it? Again, I'm happy to address the issues you might have, but you don't seem to be able to concretely state them other than what sounds like, "I wanted more."
As for podcast coverage, you're going to hear the real, down-to-earth, no-bullshit opinions that we hold. We'll tell you the news, but we'll also editorialize it. We'll take you down the rabbit hole with in-depth topics, but we'll also tell you what we really think about it all. In this case, take
Kai for example -- more than any other site out there (dare I say professional or fansite), we dived into that monstrosity.
We broke the news in the first place.
We dived into the financials and why it even came to be. We analyzed how or why it might have failed. We provided
the most detailed listing of the musical scandal. We detailed
the remastering process (Kanzentai link since it hasn't been ported over yet). In the news posts and written content, we did it thoroughly and with as little editorializing as possible. In the podcast, we do all that PLUS editorialize it with our own honest opinions.
That's our style, and if we didn't do that, we wouldn't be us. It would be boring to listen to. No-one wants to listen to a robot parrot the news back at you. The podcast would no longer be a supplement or expansion; it would be a (pointless) replacement.
As for stuff other than aspects relating to the original Japanese version of the franchise... we're just not going to. It's not our interest. It's not what we cover. We can't cover something we're not interested in. If someone out there wants to set up shop and exclusively cover FUNimation's English dub, go for it. If someone wants to set up shop and exclusively cover the various iterations of the German translation of the manga, go for it. We can't do that stuff authoritatively, and so we're barely going to do it at all. If it ties into a larger story, sure, we'll note it. If it affects the original Japanese version of the franchise (such as Manga UK putting out the orange bricks, which contains the original Japanese version), you can be sure we'll cover it.
Again, I
want you to love everything we do. If you have legitimate concerns about what we do and how we do it,
I want to hear it. At the same time, if your concerns or suggestions go contrary to our actual mission, I don't know how much we can really do about it. I'm not going to drone on and on about how awesome
Kai is, because (a) it's been over for a while now, and (b) I don't actually think that.
I know that sometimes it helps to attempt to just get it out there, though, so more power to ya'. Keep it comin'.
(Though I'd love to hear more about the actual interview and news story from folks, too ^_~.)
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