* Paul is gone for hawkey and Luke doesn’t know how to pronounce that sport’s name
* Chatroulette redux
* Starcraft Night of Carnage? We should plan one.
* Quest for Glory has a place in our hearts
* Luke will be at Fear the Con 3 runnnig Iron Tyrants!
* Small Press publishing – a case study in Spooky Outhouse Production’s journey with Iron Tyrants.
* Black Pidgeon Press and Hacktastic
* Print options: Studio 2
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* This episode is very explicit
David is joined by:
* Brant (TrapCast)
* Meg (Brilliant Gameologists)
* Tim (Return to Northmoor)
We do a live episode, joined by various peoples and shoot the bull for an hour.
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* Warning: We spoil the hell out of Cowboy Bebop. You have been warned
* After marathon-ing Cowboy Bebop for 8 hours, Paul, Eric, Matt and David review it
* What makes Cowboy Bebop transcend ‘good anime’ into ‘this is a great piece of art’?
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*Geoff the Lawyer is back!
*New Wave IP Litigation
*Commemorative Plates
*Barrage-O-Bama was a placeholder name never an actual consideration. Jerks.
*Matt has an official Mardi Gras policy
*Paul likes cooler indie underground non-sampled rap than you do.
*The old mailing a screenplay to yourself trick.
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* Adam (Luke) is on hiatus, and Eric joins us instead
* A Beginner’s Guide to Anime
Show Outline (what we worked from):
Episode 76: THAC0 – To Hit Anime Comprehension Zero
Pimp Way of the Game
Banter
What do you like/dislike about anime?
Misconceptions about anime
Sub vs. Dub
A nugget of genre discussion
Possibly? best to steer clear of shounen, shoujo, josei, seinen, etc.
-But still inform people that there is a LOT of anime out there of all different types
Possibly? better to stick with shit like sci-fi/mech, fantasy, comedy, dramedy, romance, blah blah blah
Good anime for the uninitiated
-> Trigun
Paul’s List of series
Fantasy: Full Metal Alchemist, Escaflowne, Last Exile, Mushishi (mystery), Kamichu! (slice of life)
Sci fi: Fantastic Children, Cowboy Bebop, GITS: Stand Alone Complex
Comedy: Azumanga Daioh? (I’ve shown this to newbies who have dug it, but I’m not sure if it’s a good general recommendation)
Drama/Romance: Haibane Renmei (fantasy), Honey & Clover (comedy), Nodame Cantabile (comedy), Beck (music, comedy, coming of age)
Other: Hidamari Sketch (cute girls going to art school), Windy Tales (slice of life), Michiko e Hatchin (blaxploitation), Samurai Champloo (historic/action)
Eric says, can’t forget Mecha if we’re talking about Anime 101. Probably best just to buck up and go with the original Mobile Suit Gundam, and then maybe Macross Plus.
Under no circumstances inflict Evangelion on a innocent mind.
Paul’s response: I’ve known more people to be driven away by mech, but it’s a distinct and popular area, so go for it.
Movies
Whisper of the Heart
Porco Rosso
My Neighbor Totoro
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
Popular anime that is not recommended for anime newbies
FLCL
Serial Experiments: Lain
Long shit like Naruto and Bleach
Inuyasha seems to turn a lot of people off of anime
Tentacle Porn – Why do bad things happen to Japanese schoolgirls?
Because they deserve it, oh, god, they’re gonna get what’s coming to them, uuunnnnnggghhh
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