AoY Podcast #57: Christmas Special Review – The Wind Rises
Also known as: “Ooh hauzsa darz use to stealz our plaaanez!”
And also: “Yea I just googled ‘Don East Anime’.”
Download Episode HERE! (Total Time: 59:07)
On the eve of our 2 year anniversary (and the fact that it’s Christmas), Jonn and Zeonic decide to end the year by the wind rising beneath our wings. In this last episode of 2014, we get to soar one last time with Hayao Miyazaki last film, The Wind Rises.
(0:00 – 38:42) Review: The Wind Rises: There is no doubt about it that Hayao Miyazaki will go down as one of the most well known anime directors in the anime industry from the past 30 years. Because hey, without his contributions, we wouldn’t have any good anime to show our folks that doesn’t make all anime nerds look like degenerate social outcast. Despite the fact that Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli are done for, they still had one last hurrah in them, and that’s this film. To Zeonic, he can easily say this is number 2 on his own personal “Best Miyazaki Films” list (which is behind Castle of Cagliostro, as Zeonic cleared up in the recording instead of letting Mononoke be his favorite, because that would be a dishonest travesty if that stayed the record in the podcast). You can expect this film to have funny moustached Italians, sketchy German engineers, falling in love, and making weapons of war in your lifetime. If you want a really interesting review, check out this ANNCast episode where Carl Horn chimes in on his knowledge of the actual Jiro Hirokoshi. Also in this segment, Zeonic and Jonn mention other works by Miyazaki, the current political disputes of Asia and Europe, some World War 2 truths, the Anime Abominations of Don East, and much more
(38:42 – 59:07) UNSOLVED MYSTERIES: VIZ MEDIA Segment: Both Jonn and Zeonic get into a discussion over the hot button issue (as of November) regarding the release of Sailor Moon by Viz Media. Zeonic talks in detail about the ANNCast interview with Viz as to why Sailor Moon turned out the way it did, and the excuses behind it. This also gets Jonn and Zeonic to mention the new Dragonball Z film, as well as manga discussions (aka, really about Golgo 13 manga, because 35+ years of Duke Togo is hard to miss). All this and more in the last episode of 2014. Merry Christmas to all our listeners!!!!
Music Selection:
OP – Not a bad way to go out Miyazaki, not bad at all…
ED – The national anthem to all waifu loving cheating otaku out there…
This show has:
Only these videos can be created and archived during the height of anime marketing in the 1990’s. TOTAL MOON POWER!!!!
AoY Podcast #55 – BanzaiCon III (2014) Con Report
Also known as: “Isn’t that the best picture you ever seen of Charleton Heston?”
Download Episode Here!! (Total Time: 1:18:20)
So this episode might be the only thing released in November, but oh well, since thats how it goes when papers are due and test are being studied for. At least this time for Zeonic sake, a con report isn’t released 3 months after the con ended, but only by a month!! We totally know what were doing, as Zeonic gets to dive into his adventures about BanzaiCon 2014!
(0:00 – 1:06:41) Con Report: BanzaiCon III (2014): This is the first time Zeonic has stayed for a South Carolina con for more than a day, and he has some good ventures out of his experience. This is all entailed about getting locked out of your car, cats that break computer equipment, broken air conditioning systems, watching SEC college football, getting rid of junk, people who leave shoes in con rooms, meeting cool Trekkies, and outdoing other people’s panels (at least in Zeonic mind). Of course for no logical reason, Jonn and Zeonic spiral off topic throughout the podcast about RightStuf getting Gundam, the gradual death of American Cartoons, a GIGANTIC discussion about Science Fiction films/books/etc, Ultraman talk and much more.
(1:06:41 – 1:18:20) Bonus Content: Here is the part of the podcast where Zeonic recorded the conversations from the older con attendees at BanzaiCon, where they relish in telling tales about debating the writings by Richard Matheson, Science Fiction movies, and drinking all in good fun. About half way through that the audio will fade out and in to indicate the break of when the group went out to smoke and then came back at the table. So enjoy the bonus!!
Music Selection:
OP – What people missed out on in the Robot Anime Openings of the 1980’s Panel…
ED – What people missed out on in What the Heck? Moments in Anime: Three Times the (Mis)Charmed Panel…
GIANT PANEL CONTENT LIST OF DOOM!!!!
Robot Anime Openings of the 1980’s:
Invincible Robo Trider G7
Space Runaway Ideon
Golden Warrior Gold Lightan
King of Beast Go Lion / Voltron
Sengoku Majin GoShogun / Macron 1
Six God Combination God Mars
Galaxy Cyclone Braigar
Combat Mecha Xabungle
Galactic Gale Baxinger
Plawres Sanshiro
Galactic Whirlwind Sasuraiger
Armored Battalion Dorvack
Round Vernian Vifam
High Speed Galvion
Giant Gorg
Mighty Orbots
Star Musketeer Bismark/Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs
Jaspion
Dancouga
Blue Comet SPT Layzner
Machine Robo: Revenge of Chronos/Revenge of the GoBots
What the Heck? Moments in Anime: Three Times the (Mis) Charmed:
Daicon IV
Dominion Tank Police
Fist of the North Star
Project A-Ko
Hard Ticket to Hawaii
Wicked City
Golgo 13: The Professional
Sakegate!! Otokojuku
The Ultimate Teacher
Sexy Commando Gaijin
Nichijou
Bite Me Chameleon!
Final Fantasy: Legend of the Crystals
Dark Cat
Battle Royale High School
Toonmaker Sailor Moon
Mobile Suit Victory Gundam
Space Runaway Ideon
3-D Gundam
Daicon Film: Return of Ultraman
Cream Lemon: Pop Chaser / Star Trap
Space Adventure Cobra
Weather Report Girl
Slave Girls: From Beyond Infinity
Goku: Midnight Eye
The Enemy’s the Pirates
Angel Cop
Mad Bull 34
Violence Jack
Devilman OVA
Apocalypse Zero
Wild 7
This show has:
KAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHNNNNN!!!! (aka, these are some cool Trekkies I was hanging out with!!)
AoY Podcast #42 – Gundam Month The Fourth: Gundam Mixbag Special (00/SDGF/Age/Build Fighters/etc Review)
Also known as: “God forbid if we are ever compared to Colony Drop”
and also: “Oh, because he said the word ‘Armed Intervention'”
Download Episode HERE: (Total Time – 1:21:00)
Alright, so here’s the deal guys: We decided to cut our losses and say “screw it” for this episode, as we figured it was the best plan of action to combine all of the other AU Gundam shows we care the least about and put them all in one episode since we all are gonna be busy for the next few weeks that will take us away from recording. So we decided to put the past decade’s worth of Gundam shows into one episode with Gundam 00, SD Gundam Force, Gundam Age, Gundam Build Fighters and Gunpla Builders Beginning G.
0:00 – 58:35: We decided to review in this way because most of the shows listed is stuff we have seen before, but cannot remember most of it since we do not have the luxury of time to go back and re-watch all of them. So consider what we have to say about these shows as a “condensed review,” instead of our usual fare of going into grand detail and spoiling stuff (oh wait never mind, we do that in this episode as well.) We roughly spend a few minutes on each show, but spent most of the time I think on Gundam 00 talk and Gundam Build Fighters; because Build Fighters was recent and we want everyone to see it as it’s the next God Gundam show in this current decade.
58:35 – 1:21:00: Of course, we get side tracked a bit and go into discussion’s about the people against the Viz release of Sailor Moon, Sailor Moon in general, THE GREATEST VERSION OF SAILOR MOON IN HISTORY!, AUDIO ISSUES GALORE!!, discussing some of the “comments” we have received so far on our Gundam Seed review from last week, more Gundam talk thrown in and probably other weird and stupid things as well.
Music Selection:
OP – Bandai ploy to make their market of Gunpla into a pretty sweet TV series
ED – I want VIZ to obtain the rights to this version of Sailor Moon
Bonus – THAT’S IT, WERE DONE WITH THIS GUNDAM STUFF!!!!
This show has:
The ultimate version I demand every “fan” of Sailor Moon must have in their collection
Gundam Build Fighters before Gundam Build Fighters SOOOOOOONNN!
am enjoying the new Sailor Moon fandom crazyness. Takes me back to the 90s when a Sailor Moon cult reportedly existed in Conyers GA
— dave merrill (@terebifunhouse) May 20, 2014
@colonydrop the story was some wannabe cult leader was telling girls they were actually Sailor Scouts, or something.
— dave merrill (@terebifunhouse) May 20, 2014
right before AWA 3, the convention was mentioned by a radio DJ who also mentioned the “Sailor Moon cult”. Good advertising, I guess
— dave merrill (@terebifunhouse) May 20, 2014
AoY Podcast # 40 – Belated Easter Special (Ninja Resurrection Review)
Also known as: “History Channel Presents: Christianity In Feudal Japan: The Documentary.”
And also: “WHERE YOU DRINKING BEFORE YOU WENT THERE?”
Download Episode HERE! (Total Time: 56:34)
Man, when was the last time we had an episode under and hour? Well, Good Friday was well over a week ago, and so was the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ (for those who don’t celebrate that pagan bunny and chocolate egg corporate holiday.) We decided to give what we can back to the christian community on this glorious (and very late) day; by simply talking about how Christianity “really” wen’t down in feudal Japan in the most extremely (in)accurate documentary called Ninja Resurrection.
Ninja Resurrection tells the tale of how God’s chosen Japanese people rose against the Tokugawa Shogunate, by having dragons from the divine lord be summoned upon the unbelievers, having daddy issues, taking on anime Gary Busey, the crying blood Virgin Mary, and a lot of SATAN! Of course, we go off topic on subjects like convention talk, general talk on anime series that are coming out in Japan and American TV, how Christianity is portrayed in anime and around Japan, movies around the bible that are out now and a whole lot more.
Music Selection:
OP – Tenchi is the next messiah of Japan…
ED – After watching this, it’s hard for me to believe it…
This show has:
This is something you CAN show to your local church… if they got nothing against anime that is…
We need more of this guy from now on…
The greatest show ever made…
Yea… this anime has Satan/Ghost sex in it….
Say hi to God’s Dragon everyone…
HE UNLEASHED HIS JET PLANE CHAKRA
HE UNLEASHED HIS MISSLE LAUNCHER CHAKRA
Yes… she is crying tears of blood
Animoo Busey-san is Kawaii!!!!
AoY Podcast #34 – Anime Collecting Talk (w/ Anime Nostalgia Podcast)
This show has: “MAKE EM’ SAY VIC… MIGNOGAHNAAH!”
And also: “Yea, but getting a root canal is more fun than Sword Art…”
Download Episode HERE (Total Time: 2:20:28 )
If there is one part of being a human being we are all guilty of is the fact that we accumulate items in our lives that will one day be forgotten about, unless it somehow ends up in a museum. We also like to define accumulation with a less offensive term we like to call “collecting.” Here at the AoY podcast, we are completely guilty in that area, and heck, even wanna share our stories on how we got the things we have obtained over the years. And to join us in our audio journey is up and coming podcaster Dawn of The Anime Nostalgia Podcast, as we embark our journey through the cluttered shelves of anime nostalgia throughout our lives as anime fans.
And like the usual fare, we also go off topic on things like why cats are crazy, VIC MIGNOGANOAAAH, Xbone gets an orgasm and works, Sailor Moon talk, autograph stories, talk about our video games, AUDIO ISSUES (which my part of talking about Haruhiko Mikimoto was cut out, but that story was on last years Animazement review,) Tenchi Talk, Gundam talk and a ton more gurl-ish gossip to come.
Oh yea, on a darker note, we got us a tumblr account now. Man… this site is reeeeeeeally eff’d up, I mean really.
Music Selection –
OP- Were a cool podcast now because we can get gurls on here to talk to us!!
ED – This should be Vic’s intro into every panel he does at cons
This show has:
I don’t think i’ll ever get this guys name right…oh well…
The commercial that gave 8 year old me nightmares…
jonnjonzz01
zeonicfreak
The Anime of Yesteryear Podcast 