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It’s catch-up week for all of us. Daryl’s going back and reviewing the remainder of To Terra and Gerald’s reviewing the rest of Hakugei and Vol 1 of Xenosaga. Clarissa’s belated AWA report was split into a separate bonus file that we uploaded prior to this.
Show notes in a bit. Actually putting in the pictures and links that we said we would? That will probably take longer.
Introduction (0:00 – 38:08)
The audio for this segment is probably a bit lower than usual, but oh well. In the emails, we follow up on what’s going on with Singapore and the Odex situation (of course, since we’re so out of date, matters have further developed still). We also receive admonishment that there’s a fine line between self-deprecation and self-loathing, and hear about what anime fandom in Scotland is like. A question regarding our thoughts on Buddha and Hellsing Ultimate leads into a discussion on attention spans and how the storytelling pace of longer anime series versus shorter ones is affecting fan opinions. The catching up begins as we weigh in on the Anime Bento theatrical anime showings from several months ago, and we wrap things up with a poem courtesy of Patrick from the Podcast Ping podcast entitled “What’s with the Moe?” On the subject of catching up, episode 8 of Lather’s Blather is out after months of waiting. Do be sure to listen to Jeff’s Robot Carnival review, since Daryl totally forgot to say a single thing about the still images in the end credits that sort of explain where the Robot Carnival came from.
The record will show that if we were all about monetizing AWO and growing it into a media juggernaut, this intro segment would have been an entire podcast episode on its own.
Promo: Just Push Play (38:08 – 38:37)
The professionally-produced promo should clue you in: Just Push Play is a podcast made by people who are professional radio folks that know more about radio and podcasting stuff than we ever will. It’s about all the things Daryl wastes his life involved with: videogames, anime, movies, comicbooks, conventions, TV shows, and even pro wrestling and MMA! We marvel at their masterful usage of magical Internet technology, what with their forums and chat rooms and Myspace/Facebook/Livejournal communities. When AWO first started, these were among the first folks we asked to listen to us and give us pointers.
The record will show that we acted upon none of their advice, even though all of it was excellent.
Review: To Terra Volumes 2 and 3 (38:37 – 59:52)
When this was recorded, Daryl had been awake for about five minutes prior. Nevertheless, he soldiered on bluely to cover all the things he wasn’t able to say back in Show 51. Could there really be any worthwhile content presented here that wasn’t already done? IT IS AN ENIGMA.
DOO DOO DOO DOO!
Review: Hakugei Legend of Moby Dick (59:52 – 1:16:51)
Gerald finally manages to finish watching this series which he started watching nearly two years ago for his review back in Show # 4. Having watched it all and had this much time to think matters over, he gives his final thoughts on this sci-fi retelling of Herman Melville’s book that, while boring, is still not as brutal as Billy Budd. And Billy Budd was only like, 75 pages long.
Cavemantom actually sent us that voice mail forever ago, and most of it was to complain about the one time we ran a fan-submitted review, so we trimmed out that stuff and just left in the sycophantic bits that we crave so much.
Closing (1:16:51 – 1:21:27)
For our penultimate bit of catching up, we offer up Gerald’s initial impressions of Xenosaga: The Animation based on Volume 1. It’s not a full-on review, but we’ve got to do something to justify all this stuff people keep sending us that we aren’t reviewing! As for next week? You want to know what’s coming up next week (provided it gets edited in time)? We’re not Nicolas Cage in Next, but if we’re anything, we’re Mr T circa Rocky III. And our prediction? PAIN. After nearly two years of restraint and sporadic outbursts, the Anime That Sucks floodgates have been opened! Daryl’s hitting you right between the eyes with Dog Soldier: Shadows of the Past, YOU DON’T DESERVE TO HEAR Gerald’s review of Machine Robo: Revenge of Chronos, and Clarissa has something so deadly that–much like MD Geist–it can’t actually BE reviewed, merely summarized. Fine, so Dog Soldier is also like that, but she’s delivering God’s message by means of the Crystal Triangle. Normally, any one of these titles would make for a crown jewel centerpiece to cap off an episode, but with so much power amassed in one place, we’ve enlisted the help of a special guest, Totally Lame Anime’s keymaster and gatekeeper Neil Nadelman.
But don’t get TOO excited. We didn’t make a single joke about the posse. “Neil’s posse is so big they walk in twos; they’re gettin’ dirty looks from those other sucker crews” –Carl “Rollin’ with Nadelman” Horn.