AoY Podcast #30 – LEFTOVER PODCAST TAKE 2 (Dark Solder D n’ Pacific Rim Review)
Also known as: “It’s Always Sunny in Pacific Rim”
or: “Nah, I need you to do ANIME NOW!!!!”
Download Episode HERE! (Total Time: 1:14:11)
So we got some leftovers I have been saving for quite a while now, and it’s time I shared the stench with you guys. But sometimes, old things don’t smell so bad, or not all of it at least. We got two reviews way past their expiration date, Dark Solder D and Pacific Rim (or what I wanna call “PacRim”!!)
My Dark Solder D review was originally recorded back in December 2012 (I believe), and was submitted for the last part of Regan’s Anime 82 Mecha Madness podcast to see if he would take this live action mecha atrocity to heart. Well, he gave a brief “NO MAN, NOT GONNA HAPPEN!” on that episode, so the recording (and this post i’m writing on) just sat in the vault till it was needed. But now, that time has come.
If I told you that Dark Soldier D wasn’t offensive to the senses in some way, I would commit one of the worst crimes against humanity. With shooting giant chickens in the ass with an M60 machine gun, brains floating in jars that have speech devices, mad Russians, hooking up with a girl that steals your crap, limbs a flying and much more, you can bet your in for the 3 episode ride of your life.
We then move on to the greatest anime-to-live-action adaptation that wasn’t off an anime, which makes PacRim the best anime of 2013! Both Daft and I were on this recording back when the movie came out in theaters as we each give our own personal views on the movie (and before we got 1 star rating that I found out later that came from Daft on iTunes for some dumbass hipster reason.) Pacific Rim will release your inner child for an hour and a half, with a sense that you have a plastic robot in your hand as you watch the coolest fights break out on the big screen. With the movie out on DVD/BluRay, you should have already bought the thing by now, or you will for Christmas. Either way, get it!
This also gets us to talk about Comic book movie talk, me discussing the Wolverine movie (SPOILERS), toy talk, anime to live action talk, how PacRim is not Evangelion, “Bay”Formers talk, the marketing reasons behind 3D movies now, and much more.
Music Selection:
OP – My feelings to express Dark Solder D
EyeCatch – Best anime opening of 2013
ED – What played in my head when I saw Charlie Day on the big screen
This show has:
Well, this seems to appeal to other people tastes than mine…
I am sure fanfics of this have already started to appear on the internet by now…
Dude, I would totally be pimpin in dos things
AoY Podcast #29 – Angel’s Egg Review
Also known as: ” I have a bright yellow suit jacket, It blinds my eyes its amazing!”
Download Episode HERE! (Total Time: 1:05:47 )
This episode is another experiment of Jonn and I both going “hey, there’s anime on youtube, what do you feel like randomly reviewing?” This time I let Jonn be the judge of “pick-a-random-OVA-youtube-video-to-watch-and-let’s-see-what-this-is-about,” only to find that Jonn decided to settle on the most infamous OVA by Mamoru “Ghost-in-the-Shell-and-Patlabor-movies-are-the-better-known-things-I’ve-ever-directed” Oshii. And that most infamous title is none other than Angel’s Egg.
Angel’s Egg, to our interpretation, is one of those visual “artsy-fartsy” moving pictures that can be shown at a film festival and people would try for years to find something deep about it. I have understood this anime for a long time that this was Oshii interpretation of him denouncing his belief in Christianity. After seeing this film, I think he is the only person that can see that, because I sure as hell cannot. This film is full of long shots of landscapes, long shots of girls drinking water, long shots of people staring at nothing, shadow fish being harpooned and long shots of people sleeping… and doing really nothing else.
To our surprise, there have been some reviews about this, the good, the bad, and the deep thinking (I assure you these links go with the correct words). This also causes us to talk more about the directing career of Mamoru Oshii live action movies, as well as anime talk, stupid hipsters who don’t know what to buy, and much more.
I also wanna give a shout-out to the Anime World Order podcast for playing our promo on their most recent episode.
Music Selection
OP – This taps into my inner Oshii creative mind…
ED – You can probably find this anime at the local Japanese Goodwill…
This show has:
This is how I felt as I was watching this anime… (go to 1:20)
The finest anime about water in glass jugs you will ever see…
I did say “shadow fish” were in this…
Daft…. don’t be a jerk and buy them…
AoY Podcast #28 – BanzaiCon 2013 Talkback
Also known as: ” Man, whats dis? I can’t do nothin wit toys!”
In the state of South Carolina at this time of year, there are 3 main events that will take place: College Footbal season, hunting season, and Rednecks that are obsessed with both of those things at the same time. But, their is one element that got looked over, that deep in the heart of Gamecock territory, lies an event where people outside those main festivities come to make one of their own. That event is BanzaiCon, a once a year mass of nerds as they congregate and fill the halls of the Marriot hotel in downtown Colombia SC. I had to tread on such event…. because I had panels and nerd stuff to show.
BanzaiCon was a fun way to kill a Saturday other than doing university homework and slipping into that mayhem of my academic responsibility. Even though I was there for one day, it was worth my time to showcase the panels I did for this event, which were Gundam-ology 101: Gundam for Beginners and the dreaded 18+ panel (that was an almost packed panel room) “What the Heck? Moments in Anime”. But like any good con adventure, this was also filled with my failed attempts to hit on cosplayers, meeting up with people and chillin, people who got their stuff jacked in the parking deck, car issues, getting to talk to VA’s, cats that ruin podcast recordings, and a whole lot more stuffed into this episode.
Download Episode Here (Total Time: 1:16:57)
Music Selection:
OP – This is a true highlight of the anime convention these days…
ED – (insert racial remark) STOLE MY GUNPLA!!
Here is the list of titles shown at the “What the Heck? Moments in Anime” panel for those who want to have their weekends ruined:
Daicon IV
Unico: The Island of Magic
Dominion Tank Police
Fist of the North Star
Project A-ko
Wicked City
Golgo 13: The Professional
Baoh
Dog Snack
Sakigake! Otokojuku
The Ultimate Teacher
Victory Gundam
Space Runaway Ideon
Pop Chaser (If you guys know about the best Cream Lemon hentai EVER!!)
Star Trap (The second best hentai clip under the Cream Lemon name)
Battle Royale High School
Goku: Midnight Eye
Back to Back Ninja 3: The Domination clips (Daryl Surat had this listed at his “Anime Craziest Deaths” panel list on the AWO site. So I would imagine he picked the same clip I showed at my panel, which if i’m right, I am only one step closer to being the greatest otaku of all time!)
Angel Cop
Mad Bull 34
Thunder Cops movie trailer
another Dog Snack
Violence Jack
Devilman
Wicked City (yet again)
Wild 7
This show has:
I don’t trust her smile…
A letter from a gurl (probably) telling this guys car is the best cosplay ever!!!!
ANIMOO MIATA COSPLAYZ
Why I decided to throw the towel this time on Vic signing something for me… but ill get it next time…
SLEEPY VIC LINE COSPLAYERZ
SPACE MARINEZ COSPLAYZ
Real pro cosplayerz…
That Ducktails Lost Levels game is behind the Zelda/Legend of Dragoon game
BADGE CHECK COSPLAYZERZ
NINTENDROO COSPLAYZ
ANIMOO DVD COSPLAYZ
MANGO COSPLAYZ
SLEEPY COSPLAYZ
DRUNKEN COSPLAYZ
ALONE COSPLAYZ
ATTACK DAT TITAN MOAR COSPLAYZ
ATTACK ON TITAN SELFIES
HUNGARY COSPLAYZ
ATTACK ON TITAN COSPLAYZ
DOA COSPLAYZ
AoY Podcast #27 – Halloween Special (Devilman OVA and Stella Women’s Academy Review)
Also known as: “Akira, you gotta drink this whole bottle of Corona…”
Or also: “WHY GOD! WHY GOD! WHY GOOOOOOOOOD!”
Things get spooky for us here at the podcast, as we get to take the express elevator all the way to the Go Nagai level of hell, as we sit down to see the world of the Devilman OVA. This world is filled with punk teen friends who threaten your girlfriend with a knife, punk teen bullies that kill bunnies and kick the bucket, and more punk teens who have heavy metal raves in your dads secret basement for black masses.
After taking the last elevator ride to get out in one piece, I then tell my co-host of a world filled with anime teens playing airsoft in Stella Women’s Academy, High School Division Club C-3. This was this past summer anime season Gainax show, that starts out like any typical lame anime with tropes ranging from filling it with beach episodes, bath scenes and Gainax bounces to your harem/moe hearts content. But then the show cuts that crap out about half way and gets serious about airsoft, probably just as much as people who still play it. Of course, this show has a place in my heart since I was a player of the sport at one point, long ago.
We also get to talk about things like Go Nagai material in general, 4 year olds who watch Devilman, the bad shows on Toonami, how Gundam Boy Friends is going, anime in 2013, why Narnia sucks, and much more in this weeks segment.
Download Episode HERE! (Total Time: 1:25:49)
Music Selection:
OP – We gotta give a shout out to the Devil…
ED – The perfect guitar rift to play on a rubber band
This show has:
Oh man, thats pure slash right there!!!!
COME ON AKIRA, DON’T BE A PUSSY!!!!
My punk 17 year old self with an airsoft gun for the first time… long ago…
GIRLS JUST WANNA PLAY AIRSOFT!
Build Fighters seems to be doing good enough for fans to make Mr. Ral fanfiction.
AoY Podcast #26 – Kickstart-ing a Fall Anime Season 2013
Also known as: “Wait, how does… oh its Chuck Norris!”
This is another episode of nothing really to review, but a few things to talk about. Jonn and I are aware of the Fall 2013 anime season, and decided to talk about some of the shows that might interest us and others to stay away from. But, we first bring up big news on AnimEigo Kickstarter for Bubblegum Crisis on BluRay, and some of the backstory as to how it got out “too the public” per se. I also mention some differences between the Tokyo 2040 and OVA dubs.
We also mention Gundam stuff, movies that are coming out, stuff that we have bought recently, Walking Dead Season 3 on Netflix, me playing with our new family kitten (ie telling it to stop being a cat as I was recording), and me pigging out on Domino’s Pizza during the recording (which is why I sound like such a fatty). All this and more in this weeks podcast.
Download Episode HERE (Total Time: 57:05)
Music Selection:
OP –TELL ME WHAT DO I WANT ANIMEIGO, TELL ME HOW DO I FEEL!!!
ED – We try our best to be Regulators…
This show has:
It became the “pizzacast” on my end… totally worth it…
Best Pokemon anything EVER!!!!
This describes our new cat pretty well…
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