(Talon Marks Anime Talk Podcast is at Anime Impulse at the OC Anaheim Convention Center, a 2 day event with 4 events going on at the same time; Anime Impulse, KPlay Fest!, Collector’s Expo, and Sneaker Expo. The event is a multi cultural exposition bringing together Anime fans of all walks of life to take part in celebrating all things Anime, Manga, Collector’s Trading Cards, KPop, JPop, Anime fashion and Sneakers):
Moises Lopez: Here at Anime Impulse 2024 at the Anaheim Convention Center there are four events going on at once: Anime Impulse, KPop Play Fest, Collector’s Expo, and Sneaker Expo.
Moises Lopez: There’s tons of cosplay gear along with tons of cosplayers.
Moises Lopez: Tons of hooping it up at the full size Sneaker Expo court.
Moises Lopez: And tons and tons of Manga and Anime here at Anime Impulse.
Moises Lopez: Along with the four events is an Itasha mostly Import Auto Show and with me is Enrique Escalante who agreed to an interview.
Caption: Enrique Escalante is an owner of a 2005 Mazda RX8 and 1998 Honda Prelude at the Anime Impulse Itasha Import Auto Show.
Moises Lopez: Enrique Escalante is an owner of a 2005 Mazda RX8 and 1998 Honda Prelude. Bear with me as performer Lotus Juice didn’t receive our request to turn down his performance for our interview so the conversation between him and I is closed captioned.
[Closed Captioned Interview between Moises Lopez and guest Itasha Enthusiast guest Enrique Escalante]
Moises Lopez: Moises Lopez here with Anime Talk Podcast.
Moises Lopez: This is…uh do you want to introduce yourself?
Enrique Escalante: Enrique Escalante with Touhou Project.
Moises Lopez: I’m basically going to ask you the same question I asked yesterday. How long have been into anime?
Enrique Escalante: I’d say about 20 years, since I was really young.
Moises Lopez: How long have you been into suping up cars and designing wraps?
Enrique Escalante: About 14 years, and designing (wraps) for about 4 years.
Moises Lopez: What are the wraps of?
Enrique Escalante: So we have a project called Touhou Project.
Moises Lopez: For Touhou Project Racing right?
Enrique Escalante: No, just Touhou Project.
Moises Lopez: The game is based off the build in 98?
Enrique Escalante: 97.
Moises Lopez: 97, 97.
Enrique Escalante: Uh 97, The original came out around 97 for PC.
Moises Lopez: Got it.
Moises Lopez: What is the make and model of your vehicle?
Enrique Escalante: The red one is a 2005 Mazda RX8 and the black one is a 1998 Honda Prelude.
Moises lopez: What was the gateway Anime that introduced you to the genre?
Enrique Escalante: The gateway Anime that got me into anime was EVA. I got into the process of watching Anime really young.
Moises Lopez: There you have it, that was Enrique Escalante. It was great talking Anime with you. Have a great time at the convention.
Moises Lopez: Thank you very much.
Moises Lopez: Here is a better view of Enrique Escalante’s Mazda RX8 and 1998 Honda Prelude.
Moises Lopez: The 2 day event was then capped by a performance by multi platform JPop Phenom Lotus Juice.
