Anime Pulse

Anime Pulse, LLC. is a company that runs four podcasts, Anime Pulse which covers all ranges of new and old anime as well as the latest news on the anime industry, and Manga Pulse which covers the Manga side of the industry, and VG Pulse which covers the video game side of the industry. They also create a weekly show for theOtaku.com. Anime Pulse was awarded the 2006 Podcast Award for "Best Cultural/Arts Podcast". It is also listed as the #16 hottest show among all those hosted at LibSyn.

Hosts
Anime Pulse is hosted by Ichigo and Batou (who's real names are concealed). They are both large Anime fans who have been part of fandom for years.

Ichigo lives in Nara Prefecture, Japan and Batou lives in Broomfield, CO, and produce the show independently.

They have performed live shows at Nan Desu Kan in both 2006 and 2007, and travel around to various cons providing audio and photographic coverage of the shows.

There were several other hosts in the show's history. They went by the names Chigo, Rukia, Kaitar, and Treize.

TheOtaku.com podcast
In early 2006 Anime Pulse started doing a weekly podcast for theOtaku.com covering the latest news and comments over the previous week on the site. The show is still ongoing.

Manga Pulse
Manga Pulse was started in 2007 as a complementary show that focuses on reviewing Manga. It is hosted by Weltall and Tim the Enchanter. Weltall is Batou's brother.

Awards
In 2006, Anime Pulse won the Podcast Award for "Best Cultural/Arts Podcast".

In 2007, Anime Pulse was nominated for the following awards:
 * Parsec Award for "Best Anime Podcast."
 * Podcast Award for "Best Cultural/Arts Podcast."
 * Podcast Award for "Peoples Choice Podcast."