Michael Arroyo

Michael Arroyo is the host of Anime For Dummies, a weekly web program which reviews and explains various facts about popular anime titles. He also goes by the name "The Navigator."

About the show
The show often begins with the following phrase:
 * "Hello, and welcome to Anime For Dummies. I am your navigator, and I'm here to talk anime: good anime, bad anime, little-known anime, and anime so popular, you just want to see it die!"

The show talks not only about specific anime titles (such as DragonBall Z and Fullmetal Alchemist ), but also specific aspects of an anime series (such as the banned episodes of Pokemon ) or entire anime genres (such as Harems and Moe anime ).

Anime For Dummies has recently partnered with The Geek Fighters, and Michael has guest starred on The Rising Sun Podcast.

Michael is in a relationship with YamiAngie, a member of The Rising Sun Podcast.

The Navigator has begun a rivalry with fellow anime review The Shades, host of Anime Takeover and Fandom Paradise.

It began in March of 2010, when both The Navigator and The Shades review the anime Lucky Star on the same day, with The Shades posting his review less than an hour before The Navigator. The Navigator responded by attacking The Shades during his review of a Lucky Star AMV.

The Shades countered back during The Navigator's review of Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei, challenging The Navigator to a dance-off, to see who can preform the Hare-Hare-Yukai best. The Navigator preformed the dance during his review of Hetalia: Axis Powers.

The Shades has yet to do the dance himself.

The Navigator Describes The Show...

 * On the Anime For Dummies blip.tv page, Michael Arroyo describes the series like so:


 * "Hello, I'm Michael, and I will be your navigator for what will probably be a... well, let's face it, a pretty mediocre series of anime discussions I like to call Anime for Dummies. So join us as my magical text box and I rant, rave, and swoon over our favorite animes. This is Anime for Dummies, and I am your navigator.


 * P.S. I know the videos are crap. Please, be merciful."

The Magical Text Box

 * The Magical Text Box is a recurring gag in series. It is a scroll of text that acts independently of Michael, and often criticizes the Navigator for acting strange or for being an Otaku. It usually manifests itself as black text on a yellow background, but also appears as red text when placed over a video clip.