You know what today is, right folks? It’s podcast day!
This week, we’ve deviated slightly from the norm to review the live action adaptation of the 20th Century Boys manga. I, for one, was surprised when I watched it and didn’t immediately vomit in disgust, as is my custom with live action anime adaptations (specifically, DragonBall and Sailor Moon). You might recognize today’s image from a previous post, but it’s appropriate here, so I’ve used it again! Ha HA! Anyway, please enjoy this week’s offering to the podcast gods. We’ve got a few written reviews coming down the pipe, so stay tuned!
Anime news may not be that exciting, but it’s exciting to us! Sadly, there’s not even a lot of interesting things to report this week.
Ponyo did NOT get nominated for the Oscars, and I have no link for that. I’m just sad.
As for the rest of the recent news:
For all you J-rock/Visual Kei people: X-Japan was invited to play on the main stage at Lollapalooza this year. That’s a big deal! It would be the first Japanese band to play main stage at that semi-famous show.
Appropriate to next week’s review: Viz pictures is planning to release the second 20th Century Boys movie on DVD. I guess that means the first was good? We’ll find out, won’t we!?
And since I know the Guy Nerd would be giddy about this, some jerk is making Bible Black (DO NOT LOOK THAT UP AT WORK) into a live action film. My eyes are already bleeding.
My final piece of news for you all is this: FINALLY someone is ready to rent anime to the masses. Blockbuster was sad and stupid about it, and dedicated anime rental places are few and far between. Most anime nerds own a computer, so this works out perfectly for everyone (who isn’t already watching stuff free on Hulu and Crunchyroll).
Anyway, come back next Tuesday for the next exciting podcast! Mwah!
Everybody’s favorite day has rolled around at last! That’s right… PODCAST DAY! I’ve toiled endlessly to prepare this delectable delight for you all, so please do enjoy our review of Bamboo Blade. Finally, something we didn’t COMPLETELY HATE.
I also promised a link for today’s Japanese lesson, which is all about Kendo! (You’ll have to forgive the horrible blue/yellow color scheme… I didn’t make the site!)
So, for your consumption, here is this week’s podcast!
Hello darlings! I apologize for being so late with this news post. I have been beyond swamped at work, and I presume my cohosts are just lazy jerks.
Site maintenance: Apparently, the last podcast (47) ends in dead silence for 3 minutes instead of my standard end theme and NOBODY TOLD ME UNTIL TODAY! ARGH! I’ve fixed it. HA! I can fix things! Also, please to be refreshing your RSS Feed links. Apparently there have been issues with that. LOVE AND KISSES (it’s after my bedtime)!
Here are a few recent developments in the anime world:
There’s going to be a Zhu Zhu pets anime. Sigh. I’m surprised there was never an Aibo anime. Please don’t tell me if there was.
Definition of a crazy person: waiting in line 25 days ahead of time to see their favorite seiyuu. This gets two sighs. (NOTE: There’s a lot of stuff on that link that is NSFW. The article itself is fine.)
Funimation brings you more streaming piles. I kid, I kid! There’s Baccano on that list, so it’s not all crap! Also, I’m incredibly judgemental. HIYOOO!
And I leave you with a kitten rescue! Can I get a big honkin “Awwwwwww?” (NOTE: Video loads automagically.)
Next week: another podcast! Yeesh, we just don’t stop! I’ve had a request to review something people might actually like, so stay tuned for that. I haven’t watched next week’s show yet, but I’ve not got high hopes.
UPDATE: One more piece of news for yeh: Adult Swim’s lineup starting Feb. 14th had me until “4 episodes of Bleach.” I’ll post more about it later.
Akemashite omedetou! This week we’ve reviewed a show called Special A, or S.A. for short. We’re a man down this week thanks to an untimely illness, but we’ve tried our best to give it a good goin through.
Heyo everyone! Today I’ve just got a few newsy links to consume.
First, an interesting commentary on the trend in children’s anime, and why it’s going that way. Not sure I agree with it, but it’s an interesting read for the psychology/sociology minded among you.
A TV station in southern California is starting to air subtitled (not dubbed!!!) episodes of Lupin III part II, and I find this to be newsworthy. Why? Because this is something I’d absolutely LOVE to see happen in north Texas (and everywhere else for that matter). Why don’t more small TV networks do this instead of airing reruns of crappy sitcoms?
Las Vegas radio station introduces and all anime music radio station. It’ll have soundtracks and other asian music, interviews, and live DJs. I wonder how well this will do? I didn’t know Vegas was an anime-rich community, but good luck to em!
And finally, there was a record turnout at a particular Japanese shrine for New Year’s. Why? It happened to be featured in Lucky Star. SIGH. I’ll bet those shrine priests were ecstatic until they realized why there were so many people…
Well, that’s it for today’s news, but I do so hope you all have an excellent week. We’ll bring you another podcast next Tuesday! Byee!
Hey there, internet friends and enemies! Another Christmas has come and gone and I hope you all got as much booty (in multiple senses of the word) as me! This week we go back through our Japanese lessons, talk about Christmas/New Year’s in Japan, and generally review the yays and nays of the year.
No proper review this week, but we’ll resume our regular format next show. Happy New Year!
Good morning, internet denizens! It’s a mere 3 days until Chritmas, and we here at the podcast are sitting pretty on a pile of wrapped presents just WAITING for Friday morning. Santa-nerd will bring us wonderful things this year, or we will punch him.
However, we also understand that not EVERYone is as prepared as we are, so here are a few of The Girl Nerd’s favorite last minute anime gifts you can find at local retailers since it’s probably too late for shipping. Some of these will even appeal to non-anime audiences!
You’ll notice I picked a couple of Miyazaki films, but that’s because I’ve never met anyone who didn’t remotely enjoy them. My local Borders has a ton of Manga and manga-related toys/etc, but I couldn’t find them online. I recommend checking it out, or checking out Barnes & Noble for such things. They have a lot of little gifty things they don’t list on their website.
I hope everyone has an excellent Christmahanukwanzaka, and at least gets a couple of days off for it.
We’ll be back for next week’s regularly scheduled podcast. Toodles!
Darlings! It’s so delicious to see you all again. You’ll have to forgive my voice this week; I caught a dreadful cold you see. Regardless, this week we’ve got a fun little show. We’ve quick-reviewed four shows that are brand new this fall, and are currently available for viewing on Crunchyroll!
We’ve also got a special Winter preview, even though some of the winter shows have probably already started. Enjoy the show!
That’s right, Moyashimon to be adapted as a live-action TV show, I’m really excited but at the same time wondering how they’re gonna pull off something that seems to be would always be best in the reality-bending anime platform. Deformed bacteria CG on a background of live actors? That’s all I can imagine right now. Prove me wrong, Kodansha or whoever. I also hope that the reception of it in the live action format will be higher. Perhaps then I’ll be able to impress people by saying “remember those things in moyashimon? Yea, I study those in labs” <– right now that only ADDS to geek value.
More on anime in the real world.. thinking of taking the Japanese language proficiency test anytime soon? Apparently even Evangelion character Asuka has made an appearance in a dialogue narrated in the listening comprehension test. Amazing. It’d be cool if the whole exam featured anime dialogues like this, would make passing a cinch.
Oh my god, people are noticing how the art of K-On! is used to generate money more than anything- just look at the difference in art style! It’s just clearly trying to replicate the K-On! effect. Disgusting.
This week, we’ve deviated slightly from the norm to review the live action adaptation of the 20th Century Boys manga. I, for one, was surprised when I watched it and didn’t immediately vomit in disgust, as is my custom with live action anime adaptations (specifically, DragonBall and Sailor Moon). You might recognize today’s image from a previous post, but it’s appropriate here, so I’ve used it again! Ha HA! Anyway, please enjoy this week’s offering to the podcast gods. We’ve got a few written reviews coming down the pipe, so stay tuned!
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