AoY Podcast #89 – South Carolina Comic Con / Anime Boston 2016 Review
Also known as: “MAKE ANIME BOSTON GREAT AGAIN!”
Download Episode HERE! (Total Time: 3:25:56)
Well, convention season has once again started up, and your hosts are taking their journeys to cons opposite of the Mason Dixon line. Dustin decided to avoid the usual NashiCon this year to go with its closer and hands down “most impressive anime con” during the same weekend in April as Nashi, and that was the South Carolina Comic Con. We also have our returning co-host Daft and Cloud to talk about their time at Anime Boston.
(0:00 – 1:04:32) Con Report A: South Carolina Comic Con – But wait, why is a comic con considered the best anime con? Well there’s a simple answer, its because Dustin has seen the light that comic cons happen to cater to his anime needs than a local anime con cannot do. After finding a Dancouga, Iczer 1 and some other figures at the local comic con, these seem to be the holy grail of items that appeal to the old anime fans at heart than seeing the same anime bullcrap merch at these so called “anime conventions” that Dustin keeps going to over and over every year. Also, NashiCon didn’t have a schedule to meet Tony Oliver, so no way our podcast con traveler was gonna risk driving further out of his way for no solid autograph return. This was no lone journey, as Dustin was accompanied by Dori on the way to the con, so that made it even more fun.
In terms of Closing Remarks, Jonn and Dustin talked about how they put the hammer down on whiny cosplayers on the Anime Boston forum, which lead to some serious Donald Trump-like troll hijinks to burn some bridges with a con that maybe one day the hosts might go to. The legacy of ZeekdaPhreek shall live on. We also mention how Dustin got his own Initial D Arcade Stage cabinet, the return of Chris Chan and TCR Ghost, and much more.
(1:04:32 – 1:06:47) Podcast Promo’s – AWO seems to be getting over their tormented Initial D review, with their latest one being about Knights of Sidonia. The Daily Anime Podcast might have been quiet for…. a good while, still check them out. Come’on Jeff, WHERE DID YA GO? On the upside, Dave and Joel come out of their per-month retirement to bring you more Jojo’s, cuz that’s what the kids wanna hear.
(1:06:47 – 3:25:56) Con Report B: Anime Boston – This is clearly the longer part of this podcast, which makes up for the first part in lacking content. Speaking of hijinks, Daft decides to go to the con as currently-now-front runner Donald Trump to make sure Anime Boston is made great again. This also goes into detail on how Cloud’s Precure panel went, Daft going to panels like Bad Anime Bad and playing Evangelion pachinko machines, where to find food and how to get drunk the Daft way, the issue with the long lines at the con, dissing on Geek Nights, Toonami and cartoons talk and much more.
Music Selection:
OP 1 – Comic con is kinda a magical place… sort of…
OP 2 – Daft and Cloud roll into the Boston the only way they know how…
ED – Daft and Cloud take on Anime Boston the only way they know how…
This show has:
It was a good moment to be an Akira fan…
The Art of Akira Exhibit further on down…
One of these Yuria’s is not like the other…
Busted up Playstation? No problem! You can play your Final Fantasy on your very own NES system…
Cosplayers don’t look so “cold” to me…
Cloud doing his 9 am Precure panel…
AoY Podcast #77 – Taking on Indiegogo Perks #3 (Twilight of the Dark Master Review)
Also known as: “I love fries, but they make me FAT!”
and also: “My TV was causing global warming, it had to be stopped!”
Download Episode HERE! (Total Time: 2:00:04)
This is going to be our (probably not) final Indiegogo related review, as this time we have our contribution coming from fellow listener Cory Shwadlenak, which takes us into the Neo-Shinjuku future of Twilight of the Dark Master.
(0:00 – 38:52) Indiegogo Perk Review – Twilight of the Dark Master – This time Dustin and Jonn sit down and take in the scenes of city wide psychic destruction, followed by hitting up the local Crystal Box strip joint with some fat induced fries this anime world has to offer. Twilight of the Dark Master seemed to try and be Blade Runner with psychics in it, but offered up a bland OVA in the end. As usual, Dustin and Jonn got off topic at times with talking about Urusei Yatsura, the Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure DVD controversy, general discussion about things, Parasite the Maximum on Toonami, which then leads into closing remarks…
(38:52 – 42:20) Podcast Promo’s – Hey, I know it’s been a while since we’ve done these things, so let’s give out credit where its due. Fast Karate just celebrated 10 years as a podcast (will we ever get there, who knows at this point), the Anime World Order podcast is now getting their reviewing content from the people off Twitch.tv, Alpha Counter still does it’s thing with anime and being politically (non)correct in their discussions, and Jeff be holding it down at the Daily Anime Podcast with episode recaps of Legend of the Galactic Heroes. Speaking of being PC…
(42:20 – 2:00:04) The Politically Socially Correctly Justice Warriors vs. Closing Remarks Segment – In the past month, lots of stuff happened, and Dustin and Jonn can’t help but to spend the other 2/3rd’s of this podcast talking about them. This gets their gears going about shows on Toonami like Sword Art Online II ending, stories of our times in high school, issues with the General Education, Star Wars Battlefront Beta/Magic Knight Rayearth video game talk, stupid internet people gossip (and Dustin playing around with the censor beeps in the recording), the colleges and their PC/Social Justice Warriors agendas, how not to introduce yourself to Chris Chan, our thoughts on how gun control should work, the mention of the Edward Hawkins Marketplace thanks to an ANNCast episode, and how to be lucky in Yahoo! Fantasy Football. All this and much more in this weeks episode…
Music Selection:
OP – Your not Blade Runner Dark Master, I hate to tell you that…
ED – SOCIAL JUSTICE 1,2,3…WHOO WHOO, I WANNA BE PC BRAH!
This show has:
Yep… that’s how this beta worked…
Yea, being a SJW is a tough hangover to get through…
Quite the club advertisement I must say…
I feel like if GWAR had to design a non-phallic door, this would be it…
I see you went with the Adam Jenson upgrade…
Dude, she ain’t worth it Tsunami…
QUICK EDIT: Almost forgot to post up what I got for Cory…
AoY Podcast #71 – SpringCon 2015 Part B (Animazement 2015 Review)
Also known as: “Too Kawaii to Live, Too Sugoi to DIE!!”
and also: “I’M NOT MICHEAL SANTA CLAUSE!!”
Download Episode HERE! (Total Time: 2:04:46)
This shall be our last part of our major spring convention reports, where this time Zeonic will talk about his yearly east coast trek to the North Carolina convention, Animazement, opposite the Dixie Line from Daft’s Anime Boston report.
(0:00 – 59:29) Spring Convention Report: Animazement 2015 Part A – This convention to Zeonic can be compared to the little kid who goes to Disneyland every year. Every visit there is always something new to discover and new people to encounter, and this con is no different. Zeonic tells his tales of meeting fellow ani-twitters at the con, people who sell terrible anime themed t-shirts, anime cels, the Shinichiro Wantanabe panel playing the wrong DVD, playing Initial D in the arcade room, Anime Hell, chilling with Micheal Sinterniklass and Robert Woodhead, Vic Mignogna vs. gay people and more…
(59:29 – 1:02:14) Podcast Promo’s – If no one out there believes that Alpha Counter holds any power in the anime industry, then you should know that their review of Mysterious Girlfriend X came out the same week as Vertical Inc announcement for the manga. Conspiracy?… you bet Sherlock. Daily Anime Podcast is still on the Legend of Galactic Heroes episode synopsis reviews, and it won’t be too long before you can own your copy of the entire series. Dave and Joel just recently put out an episode, except it’s not about Jojo’s this time, but vidjer gaemz.
(1:02:14 – 1:32:23) Spring Convention Report: Animazement 2015 Part B – This is where Zeonic gets into the “real” fun of Raleigh N.C. during the convention, where the ultimate destination is to get liquored up in secret bars across town, only to go hang out with your best podcast bud to record Indiegogo perks and show up to dating panels ran by immature high school kids. This also the part where Cloud starts to constantly sneeze for some reason, how dealers put in noise complaints over band practice next door, spending time helping friends out in the dealers room, the book in question I got signed, and where to get the best burger at a Wendy’s on the way home…
(1:32:23 – 2:04:46) Closing Remarks/The Nintendo 3DS Troubleshooting Podcast – Here we got into talking about us once again, doing an episode about our backstory, which mark my words will happen one day. Also, we find out that Chris(tine) Chan sprouts some bullcrap about how Sonichu’s are born and how he/she breast are now speakers at raves, meeting random drunk people on the streets of Raleigh to talk about anime with (and how Charlotte dun give a fuk!), and how we decide to waste time finding out our friend codes on a Nintendo 3DS, plus just talking about Pokemon for no reason. All this and much more in this weeks episode…
If you want to know our Nintendo 3DS friend codes as we so casually spoke upon in our closing remarks, here they are in this post for you to join us if you care to do so:
Zeonic: 2638 2954 5455
Jonn: 1435 4307 2269
Music Selection:
ED – And that is going to conclude our Nintendo Tech Support Podcast, tune in next time…
This show has:
What really went down in Hell that night…
Have some Wantanabe with your Cake!!!
It’s quite the thriller con #Animazementpic.twitter.com/qdhAlkcIzK
— A.O.Y Podcast (@AOYPodcast) May 21, 2015
Holy crap this wasn’t made up @strongest_human #Animazement pic.twitter.com/jeYChgz0Zv
— A.O.Y Podcast (@AOYPodcast) May 22, 2015
Seems like a legit figure #Animazement pic.twitter.com/vCefHScsx7
— A.O.Y Podcast (@AOYPodcast) May 23, 2015
Cool swag I’ve gotten so far at #Animazement pic.twitter.com/71TxdUBCuc
— A.O.Y Podcast (@AOYPodcast) May 23, 2015
Autograph by Noriko Hidaka #Animazement pic.twitter.com/OgHbB89vzX
— A.O.Y Podcast (@AOYPodcast) May 23, 2015
#Initiald is here at #Animazement all is well in the world pic.twitter.com/wsywi1tkj4
— A.O.Y Podcast (@AOYPodcast) May 23, 2015
I ain’t responsible for doing that #Animazement pic.twitter.com/4q3KIPjoNS
— A.O.Y Podcast (@AOYPodcast) May 23, 2015
Shinichiro Wantamote panel going on nao #Animazement2015 pic.twitter.com/fKwUskleHl
— A.O.Y Podcast (@AOYPodcast) May 23, 2015
Did a Go Team Venture with @MSinter at #Animazement2015 on Saturday. Photo taken by @AnimEigo pic.twitter.com/dYEKiNndIk
— A.O.Y Podcast (@AOYPodcast) May 25, 2015
The panel had an birthday cake prepared for Shinichiro Watanabe lol pic.twitter.com/QvQYZAbIY7
— Hazu @ Otakon HELL (@Hazukari) May 23, 2015
@dandynekoka pic.twitter.com/UdlKAT4oek
— Strongest Lew-man (@strongest_human) May 22, 2015
AoY Podcast #69 – Anime in Defense Mode! (SuperFight! Review)
Also known as: “…The weeaboo is so annoying that Alucard just has to kill himself and I win.”
Download Episode HERE! (Total Time: 58:45)
This podcast has been granted a special opportunity for product placement promotion. What I mean by that is the company Skybound was interested in sending us their latest card booster for SuperFight! which is now appearing at Anime Expo. So, this is a whole podcast dedicated to us talking about SuperFight! The Anime Deck. Oh yea, happy ‘murika day too, almost forgot about that…
(0:00 – 39:00) I put my Waifu in DEFENSE MODE!!! SuperFight! Review: This is a basically an episode of Zeonic and Jonn playing a card game over Skype, with the help of the most honorable Judge Dori to decide who is the victor in all 5 rounds of SuperFight! After a few coin tosses and elements of losing clothing at Anime Expo within the game, both contestants came out having a good time, all the while talking about other anime fans out there. This gets us in talking about certain real weeaboos on the internet, why can’t cats pilot Evangelions, and waifu’s affecting Shinigami.
(39:00 – 58:45) Closing Remarks: This is stating some news that broke at Anime Expo about Sentai getting more Gundam series, our podcast adversaries at the Artist of Yaoi Podcast, newest Chris Chan stuff and much more.
Music Selection:
OP – Fight, Fight, Gotta SuperFight!
ED – The final SuperFight! has already been won…
This show has:
This is what we tried to do with Google Hangout… and that failed. Know what, it was for the best…
ROUND 1
ROUND 2
ROUND 3
ROUND 4
FINAL ROUND
AoY Podcast #68 – E3 2015 Talkback
Also known as: “Yea Aisha Taylor, your the meme…. congrats!”
Download Episode HERE! (Total Time: 1:17:44)
Every year in California, the Electronic Entertainment Expo becomes that milestone that video game fans look forward too to indicate that summer finally begins. This year was the year that dreams did come true to many fans across the globe, even dreams that us podcast hosts have been waiting for many years.
We really don’t need a time code for this episode, since we stay true to staying on topic on what happened at E3 this year. June 16th, 2015 will mark a milestone date for both Jonn and Zeonic as the day Shenmue 3 was announced that launched a hugely successful Kickstarter that even crashed Kickstarter themselves. This also gets us into talking about dreams coming true for Kingdom Hearts 3, the Final Fantasy 7 Remake, The Last Guardian, and much more. If you can’t tell already, (but let’s break it down for you again), that this podcast totally called out the idea of Shenmue coming to Kickstarter when we were talking with Lisle Wilkerson last year, so we are total trend setters of the gaming industry without anyone really knowing it.
This also gets us into discussing what happened during the other conferences (and how the HoloLens is just Strange Days tech come to life), the breakdown of the Nintendo World Championship 2015, Conkers Bad Fur Day talk, latest with Chris Chan and much more. Also, Josh gives his big plug for his personal blog at Cartoon Historian, where he spends a lot of time researching and writing about early American television animation that is largely forgotten about, and why you should care. He is basically becoming the next generation of Fred Patton without even knowing it.
Music Selection:
OP – When Shenmue comes your way, you dream on!!!
ED – These Shenmue dreams go on as I close my eyes…
This show has:
That was how I felt in that moment too…
So for anyone wanting to know what this game is about, let these drunken Irish developers tell you all about it…
Big question, does this game still hold up almost 2 decades later?
You see, proof that HoloLens is made for Waifu Pronz
We found a better use for the #E32015 hologram tech. pic.twitter.com/CsbmOR1Q59
— LewdGamer (@LewdGamer) June 15, 2015
Mini-Wheat is the prime example of why “bring your child to work day” is a terrible idea…
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