The most recent Geneon podcast features the return of actress, script adapter and director Stephanie Sheh, talking about her early days in the industry as a “starving artist” and how she got started as an voice actress.

Rightstuf and Geneon are currently offering regular anime podcasts on their sites, featuring news, details on new releases, and talks with producers, directors, and actors involved in creating the English language versions. Recent guests have included Jonathan Klein, Patrick Seitz, Stephanie Sheh, Carl Macek, Crispin Freeman, Liam O’Brien and Sam Regal. You can subscribe to the podcasts at Anime Today and Geneon Talk Radio respectively, or find them at the iTunes store.

Votes for the first annual American Anime Awards are now being accepted at the official website. Focusing on the American side of the business, the awards have several categories for dub actors as well as over all quality of the titles. Nominations were made by American anime companies, as well as various media representatives like AnimeOnDVD and Anime Insider.

The results will be presented at a ceremony on Saturday, February 24th, at New York Comic-Con, hosted by ADV actors Christine Auten, Jessica Boone, Shelley Calene-Black, Luci Christian, Alice Fulks, Hilary Haag, Taylor Hannah, and Serena Varghese.