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AoY Podcast #20 – Takahashi vs. Tomino Round 1 (Heavy Metal L-Gaim & Blue Gender Review)

Also known as: ” Hey Kayro, you hair makes the best beanbag!”
or also: “And there’s sum-sum-sum-ro-ro-robot God…”

We are finally doing another anime marathon of sorts, where for once a month, for the next couple of months (or longer maybe), we will talk about some series/shows from some of the two biggest anime directors out there, Yoshiyuki Tomino vs. Ryouske Takahashi.

We start off with our discussion of Heavy Metal L-Gaim by Tomino, where we compare and contrast between the OVA’s and TV series. We then go right into a Takahashi show from not that long ago called Blue Gender. Some of the discussions include how people can pilot a robot from a KORG machine, total 80’s fashion, subtitle issues, anime wraslin, annoying characters, how something can be almost like Starship Troopers, censorship in a TV series and much more. We also go off topic on things like recent anime start up companies, taking an early look at Funimation, DBZ side talk and other Takahashi shows we will cover down the road. All this and more in this weeks episode.

Side Note: I know I said the words “Takahashi vs. Tomino Month” in the intro, but this is gonna go on longer than that, and I ment to say segment. But, if you know our track record, you probably won’t hold that against us, which is cool. I should just edit it out, but OH WELL!

Download Episode HERE (Total Time: 1:34:03)

Music Selection:

OP – SHO ME THE WAY TO JUU!!!

EYECATCH – How to sing an english anime intro…

ED – … which proves this podcast isn’t totally weeaboo.

This show has:

You and Ron Paul both man…

MUY BUENO!!!

It was my grand desire all along…

Yea… because of size and all… you know…

And it seems to be SUPER EFFECTIVE!!!!

Japan knew their American music artist back then didn’t they…

The only warning sign that matters in the world of Blue Gender…

WELP THATS TOO SCARY FOR TV GUYS!!!!

Posted by zeonicfreak | 07/12/2013 | Categories: Anime, Other, Reviews | Tags: Blue Gender, Crimson Star Media, Dragonball Z, Funimation, Heavy Metal L Gaim, Ryouske Takahashi, Toonami, Yoshiyuki Tomino | 4 Comments

AoY Podcast #19 – E3 2013 Talkback

Also known as: “Just let it happen, it’ll be over soon…”
Which is also: “It became a Marathon walk through… with no visuals!”

Every year, nerds from all over the globe focus in on one particular spot in California, where the mightiest of game publishers and developers gather to showcase video games that we the consumer will purchase in the next coming months. This years E3 was of course a bit different, as we see Microsoft goofing up (and standing by it) while Sony was made to be the hero of the whole darn show.

We cover what we remember of the press conferences by Microsoft, Sony, EA, Ubisoft, and talk about the things Nintendo did to make the fans even happier. This is of course filled with other minor side discussions like how our certain guest like to be on the phone and podcast at the same time, Jeff and his love of Bungie’s Marathon games, the potential target audience for the next Pokemon games, our views on the Xbone vs PS4, our opinions on the whole DRM/used games debate, our thoughts on announced games and much much more.

Special Guest: Jeff and Andy from The Daily Anime Podcast, our “internet correspondent” DaftPunkFan, and Peter Fay from The Peter Network.

Download Episode HERE! (Total Time: 1:42:28 )

Music Selection:

OP – Wake me up when E3 is over… (its taken me 2 years to finally use this song.)

ED – WE DON’T NEED ANOTHER XBONE…

This show has:

NEWS FLASH: MICROSOFT DOES A XBOX ONE(EIGHTY)…

My reason for getting a PS4 at this point (well it was…)

I wish I was lying about this…

Greatest joke ever???

Yea… kinda sums up Microsoft at this point…

No, i’m sorry, I think this sums it up perfectly…

Peter Fay’s greatest fear in life…

Posted by zeonicfreak | 06/21/2013 | Categories: Guests, Other, Reviews, Video Games | Tags: Battlefield 4, Bungie, Call of Duty, Crimson Dragon, Destiny, E3, EA, JustinRPG, Mad Max, Mega Man, Microsoft, Nintendo, One, PS4, Sony, Super Smash Bros, Titanfall, Ubisoft, Xbone, Xbox | 4 Comments

AoY Podcast #18 – Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin Vol. 1 Review

Also known as: “I wrote this manga in ’94!”
Or also: “YOU CAN’T TERRAFORM A SPACE COLONY!”

The long awaited review from us is now finally out! I know we promised this like… a couple of months ago, but it’s finally out now. This week, we have our overly belated Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin review.

In this episode, we breakdown probably the best thing Yoshikazu Yasuhiko has done to date, as we go into depth on retelling of the beginnings of Mobile Suit Gundam. This also includes our general thoughts on Gundam, our thoughts on the publishing company Vertical Inc, audio issues, cool video game statues and much more.

Special Guest: Jeff from the Daily Anime Podcast

Disclaimer: I do wanna let you listeners know, Vol. 2, “Garma,” comes out on June 25th on Amazon.com and through other retailers. So if we didn’t spoil too much of this for you to check it out, and you got the dough to spend on books, then get them.

Download Episode HERE! (Total Time: 49:25 )

Music Selection:

OP – VERTICAL… DON’T GO GIVE UP NOW…

ED – IT WAS THE DOPEST MANGA I EVAH WROTE, IN ’94!

This show has:

Guys, take note, this is UN-TERRAFORMABLE!!!!

How to properly spend your money…

Posted by zeonicfreak | 06/14/2013 | Categories: Manga, Reviews, Video Games | Tags: Andrew WK, Gundam, Ryo Hazuki, Shenmue, The Origin, Tupac, Vertical Inc, Yoshikazu Yasuhiko | 2 Comments

AoY Podcast #17 – The Hangover Cast 2013 (Animazement & Phoenix Comic Con Talkback)

Also known as: “Hey, you guys need to take that to the bathroom!”
Or could be known as: “DUDE, WHERE’S MY CAR?!?!”

Memorial Day weekend is a time to remember the brave men and women in our military armed forces who fight for our country, so that we can enjoy this nation’s liberties to heart. That same liberty applies to anime fans and fellow nerds alike in America also, because Memorial Day is also a nation wide convention weekend. With so many cons happening at the same time, my co-host Jonn and I decided to take in the sights of near local conventions that were a drive away. Jonn went to the Phoenix Comic Con, and I took the journey to Animazement.

Animazement for me has, and always will be, an adventurous weekend in it of itself. The con every year let’s me experience and see things that I probably normally should and should not see on a daily basis. My adventures include meeting people, catching up with fellow podcasters, seeing the sights, bailing my ride out of the impound lot, getting into virtual fights, giving a little review on Urusei Yatsura: Only You and a hell of a lot more. You could say it’s like its own The Hangover movie… minus most of the crazy stuff that happens, to that extreme of a level. Jonn also tells his tale of running into bootleg anime vendors and a neglected VA guest. So, let me tell of the days of high adventure…

Here is the Animazement photo’s I took while at the con!!

Download Episode HERE (Total Time: 1:59:43 )

Music Selection:

OP: Freeza does all the nations of the world (by Ryuesi Nakao)

ED: I thought this fit pretty well…

This show has:

This was my instant reaction walking out of my friends place that Sunday morning…

Yea, this was pretty much the main highlight of the con…

This was how I imagined Jonn was killing ants in his house (go to 5:40)…

Where is my Bluray release of this movie???

This won over in the depths of hell… ANIME HELL…

AUTOGRAPHS!!!

ANIMUU SHWAAAAGGG!!!!

Jonn’s cool Phoenix Comic Con stuff…

“Someone…HELP ME PLEASE!!!”

This is how you mess up an autograph…

100 bucks for them to write crap on my rear windshield…

Dat is one killer ink my man…

My home away from home (before the otaku mob hit it an hour later on Saturday…)

Posted by zeonicfreak | 06/07/2013 | Categories: Anime, Convention Coverage, Guests, Other, Reviews | Tags: 2013, Agito Video Games, Alpha Counter, Animazement, Ants, Dog Snack, Dude, Gall Force, Godzilla, Haruhiko Mikimoto, Macross, moe, Only You, otaku, Phoenix Comic Con, Ryuesi Nakao, Sean Ryan, The Hangover, Thunder Cops, Toshifumi Yoshida, Toshio Furukawa, Trish Ledoux, Urusei Yatsura, Weeaboo, where's my car? | 4 Comments

AoY Podcast #16 – The Toonami Filler Podcast (with Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon)

Also known as: “Who the hell would make an emulator outta that?”
or could be: “Zee Eye Gee, Zee… Slash ON!”

Ok, so there is still no Gundam: The Origin podcast episode just yet, but its coming soon ( I guess???). But what me and my co-host Jonn decided to add in more podcast filler with… us discussing Toonami shows. We’ve been keeping up with Toonami since it started last year, which leads us to watch most of what comes on TV at night (mostly through DVR recordings/using the old VCR). The one show that we have been keeping up with from beginning to end was Tenchi Muyo GXP.

Tenchi Muyo GXP is not a great show by any means, but I will go out on a limb to say it was the one show that had both of our attention to watch from beginning to end. I wanted to watch it because I (secretly) wanted to watch Tenchi anything on TV again, because its been over a decade since I’ve had that enjoyment. This also leads to us talking about the Tenchi series in general.

After that, I talk about my first time playing Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon (i.e, Micheal Biehn: The Video Game). This was my first introduction to the Far Cry series, and I gotta say, I was impressed.

But that’s not all! This episode was to originally end with those two things as our main topics, but since One Piece came back on TV for the first time in 5 years, we wanted to give our feedback on that also (especially for me being a first time viewer for the show). We also mention in this episode general anime talk, general Toonami talk, the failed Funimation One Piece livestream marathon, some audio issues, some video game talk, and much more.

Download Episode HERE! (Total Time: 1:51:08 )

Music Selection:

OP – CAN YOU BRING ME SADNESS, MDNIGHT???

EYECATCH – The ultimate best friends 80’s song

ED – The One Piece song everyone can agree is good?!?!

This show has: