Konbanwa, students!!!  Welcome to a very special NEW segment of Otaku Cram School - Extra Credit!! These are sub-episodes where we review and discuss broadly a particular genre or hobby in otaku culture. In our inaugural extra credit lesson, we are going to tackle MECHA ANIME & MANGA. We are honored and privileged to have Breeze Grigas - the director / lead designer at Zephyr Workshop as our guest sensei. Breeze Grigas and his fantastic team have been developing and Kickstarting an incredible tabletop board game called A.E.G.I.S.: Super Combining Robot Tactics - a game where you and your friends create teams of combining robots & battle each other!!!  In this episode, Breeze-sensei, Chris-sensei, and Ebonne-sensei will give you the crash course in the main typologies of mecha, the history of mecha, and our top favorite picks. Furthermore, we discuss with Breeze about the mechanics, design philosophy, development, and future of his fantastic mecha board game!  As of this posting, the Kickstarter campaign is still live and active until Friday, June 9th! Please check out the Kickstarter and support an amazing game & team here! For more information, you can also visit their website!  Feel free to follow any of the social media platforms below to get the latest news and updates about A.E.G.I.S.!  Twitter - @zephyr_workshop Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/ProjectAegis/ Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/zephyrworkshop If you're a fan of A.E.G.I.S., feel free to check out Giga-Robo by Alex Cheng - ANOTHER amazing anime mecha themed board game! Here is a link to their original Kickstarter!  For more information about the amazing artists mentioned in the show, Area-11, and Andrew KW (Gundam Rock), see below for links to their website!  Area-11: Website Area-11: "Heaven-Piercing Giga Drill"  Andrew W.K.: Gundam Rock Andrew W.K.: "Fly, Gundam" Check out our Top Picks!!! Please feel free to tweet at us at @OtakuCramSchool with your picks, and your thoughts! BREEZE-SENSEI'S PICKS:  Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann Gunbuster Diebuster Dai-Guard G Gundam Giant Robo: The Day The Earth Stood Still  Medabots EBONNE-SENSEI'S PICKS:  Voltron: Legendary Defender  Bubblegum Crisis Transformers (TV Series) Transformers: The Movie  CHRIS- SENSEI'S PICKS:  Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann  Neon Genesis Evangelion  Gundam Wing  G Gundam  Giant Robo: The Day The Earth Stood Still  The Big O  Zoids: New Century Metal Wolf Chaos Omega Boost  Be sure to like, rate, share, and subscribe to our show! You can find our show here and on iTunes. Here is our RSS feed if you desire to upload this to your podcast player of your choice! Feel free to tweet at us @otakucramschool!  Stay tuned later this month for our next lesson all about K-POP!!!!  +++ All songs and effects ("Area-11 - Heaven-Piercing Giga Drill", "Andrew W.K. - Fly, Gundam", "Martin Kucaj - Medabots Opening Theme (English)") belong to the original artists and their respective studios. Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, parody, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.