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Friday, May 2008

Show #60 - '70's Shojo Manga Panel, Part 1

Show #060 Direct Download:

OP: "Candy Candy" by Mitsuko Horie Opening theme of Candy Candy
ED: "Ai no Hikari to Kage" by Hiroko Suzuki End theme of Rose of Versailles

Dr. Weeaboo's '70's Shojo Manga panel from Anime Boston 2008. We edited it a little to make her sound even smarter. Thanks Dr. Weeaboo! We think you are awesome!

This is the second video featured in the panel:


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Friday, May 2008

Show #59 - Ogiue Maniax

Show #059 Direct Download:

OP and ED: "20th Century Boy"" by T. Rex in reference to 20th Century Boys by Naoki Urasawa

An interview with Carl, the Ogiue Maniax blogger at New York Comic Con 2008.

More notes coming soon. We recorded more audio than this but the echo effect on the mixer was turned on and it sounds terrible. I also accidentally deleted a lot of what Noah and the Angry Otaku recorded. It doesn't matter, since one of the mics was off.

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Thursday, April 2008

Show #58 - Manga Zombie and a Manga Panel at MoCCA

Show #058 Direct Download:

If you haven't been reading Comipress on a regular basis, it's not too late to start now. We received permission from Comipress and author Udagawa Takeo to read the introduction to Manga Zombie, which is being translated and made available for free online.



We also received permission to record a December 3rd panel at the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art. It started off as "Manga 101," but the audience was mostly Metro Anime Club members and Publisher's Weekly people, so the discussion rapidly devolved into sweet, sweet manga industry insider gossip!! Stick around, as the good stuff is in the second hour. On the panel:

- Moderator: Brigid Alverson of Mangablog.net
- Dallas Middaugh, Del Rey Associate Pubilisher
- Mari Morimoto, translator and veterinarian
- John Fuller, Kinokuniya manager for the NYC branch
- Designer/letterer Brad Foltz,

Special thanks to Gina Gagliardo for arranging the panel! The Calvin asking questions at the end is Calvin Reid of Publisher's Weekly.

Thank you so much to Udagawa Takeo and ComiPress for allowing us to promote your wonderful work!

These are not the final show notes, please check back later for more notes on this recording!

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Friday, March 2008

Show #57 - Season Two! Crystal Triangle Review! 206-338-3790

Show #057 Explicit! Direct Download:

Our voicemail number expired!!! The number we say in the show is totally wrong! Call this instead: 206-338-3790

OP: "Nrrd Grrl" by MC Chris
ED: Bookins Theme Song by Jared Nissim

News:
Erin has a new job!
We moved into a new apartment!

It is now more true than ever that Erin might be a hipster. Can you be a hipster and an otaku at the same time? Patrick Macias
might be evidence of this.


We are getting married!


Promo: R5 Central Podcast with Ninjaconsultants guest hosting.

Erin absolutely refuses to go into David's Bridal because of the heart shaped apostrophe.
Noah won't set foot in a commercial jewlery store, because it turns out diamond engagement rings are a giant scam!

Here is a Wired Magazine article about the archaeological dig in Turkey that Noah mentions.

Noah later opted not to steal a ring from the dig, because he's seen Midnight Express

Engagement ring facts at Wikipedia

Article on the Byzantine Empire

Erin now works at 4Kids, home of the American dub release of Yu-Gi-Oh! and One Piece.

We'll be going to Anime Boston and New York Comic-Con

We have coverage from New York ANime Festival and Anime Weekend Atlanta

Review: Crystal Triangle -- it's not that crazy.

Conspiracy tropes from the 1980s:

Lovecraft Mythos (owing at least partially to the publication of the Illuminatus! Trilogy by Robert Anton Wilson, popularized by the game Illuminati
by Steve Jackson Games.

The
Nemesis star
(or comet) which proposed a wandering celestial body whose near contact with earth would destroy it (known to Erin from the Silver Nemesis episode of Dr. Who)

The Dark Moon (or counter-moon), supposedly the second, unseeable (and therefore arcanely powerful) moon of the Earth.

Erin on CBS news
Erin's stickk.com profile.

Action Items:
Request my books on Bookins
Buy my manga on amazon.com

Want some free things? We have free things you may want:
  • Random Maison Ikkoku leaflet comics Claimed!
  • Random promotional anime DVDs Claimed!
  • Hello Kitty ocarina Claimed!
  • 108 piece "One Piece" jigsaw puzzle  Claimed!


Noah talks about the Japan Society of New York film series: Dawn of Japanese Animation
He attended the Action and Adventure day. There was even a Benshi
There will be a DVD released of this stuff, but it isn't out yet, so no link.

FAQ: We know about Shawnimals Ninja Consultant
Noah opines that he cares more for Ninja Poo than the horrible Korean movie Doggie Poo.

One more Action Item:
Anime and Manga Podcast Omnibus!

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Friday, January 2008

Show #56 - Daryl Makes Our Show Explicit

Show #056 Explicit! Direct Download:

OP and ED: Aura Battler Dubine opening theme "Dunbine Tobu" by MIO

Special Guests: "Podcast Historian" Daryl Surat of Anime World Order, James "the Angry Otaku" of animepodcast.net, and Ed Chavez of the Mangacast, although his mic isn't really working.

Recorded during New York Anime Festival we discuss the ICv2 conference, "Uncle Carl" and this comment of Daryl's.

More show notes coming soon!

Poll #1115710 Is Erin an Otaku?
Open to: All, results viewable to: All

Is Erin an otaku?

View Answers

Yes
22 (73.3%)

No
2 (6.7%)

She's on the otome road, but needs to train harder.
6 (20.0%)

Is Erin a hipster?

View Answers

Yes
14 (46.7%)

No
11 (36.7%)

I don't know what a hipster is.
5 (16.7%)


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Monday, December 2007

Show #55 - Naruto Vs. Avatar Vs. Johnny Quest

Show #055 Direct Download:

OP: Naruto Shippuden's most recent OP ED: OP and ED of the original Johnny Quest cartoon

My mom is the guest of this not-very-christmassy christmas episode. We talk about Sailor Moon vs. She-Rah, Godzilla, Starman, and strong female characters.

Poll #1110821 Is Godzilla sci-fi?
Open to: All, results viewable to: All

Are Godzilla films science fiction?

View Answers

Yes
8 (72.7%)

No
3 (27.3%)


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Saturday, December 2007

NYAF: Otaku USA Panel!

Hey, if you're going to be at New York Anime Festival come to the Otaku USA panel tomorrow, Saturyday December 8th from 6-7 PM! Erin will totally be on it! So will Dave Riley of Fast Karate, Ed Chavez of the MangaCast, and Daryl from Anime World Order.

From Macias' blog:
OTAKU USA
Join Patrick Macias, the editor of chief of OTAKU USA, as he gabs about the inner workings of the new bi-monthly magazine devoted to anime, manga, gaming, J-Pop, and cosplay. Other contributors to the magazine and special guests will be joining him for jokes, giveaways, and Q&A from you, the readers. A splendid time is guaranteed for all!
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Manga Panel Room

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Monday, December 2007

Show #54 - AWA AWO Panel with Daryl Surat and Paul Chapman

Show #054 Direct Download:

OP: "Born" by Miwako Okuda, the opening theme from Le Chevalier D'Eon
ED: "Over Night" by Aya, the end theme from Le Chevalier D'Eon

Noah and I announce our plans for New York Anime Festival which is next weekend: December 7th, 8th, and 9th.

Recorded live at Anime Weekend Atlanta 2007, (Erin's con report here), this was originally scheduled as Anime World Order's podcasting panel, but we filled in along with Paul "Fear the Gooberzilla" Chapman from The Greatest Movie Ever Podcast. We mostly gossip about AWO, and briefly review Le Chevalier D'Eon. Noah makes fun of the state of academic writing. I hope he's prepared to defend himself in academic papers.

Our T-shirts are still for sale, by the way! Email ninjaconsultant @ gmail . com - $12 for U.S. orders, $14 international, and if you're attending NYAF, they're just $10. Buttons of the same design are just 25 cents each, plus 41 cents postage.


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Tuesday, November 2007

Show #53 - Interview with Jason Thompson

Show #053 Direct Download:

OP: "Conan the Librarian" from the Weird Al movie UHF
ED: Dungeons and Dragons cartoon opening


An interview with Jason Thompson, author of Manga; The Complete Guide

Terminology for this show: The Four Types of Manga; Shonen, Shojo, Josei, and Seinen

Jason Thompson's Top Five North American Manga Experts:
1. Frederik Schodt (author of Dreamland Japan and Manga Manga!)
2. Matt Thorn (Shojo expert and manga teacher in Kyoto's Seika University)
3. Carl Gustav Horn, living god (Thompson's words, not ours), chief manga editor at Dark Horse
4. Ed Chavez of the MangaCast
5. Casey Brienza of AnimeInsider


Honorable Mention:
- Trish Ledoux or Toshifumi Yoshida for older manga
- Tina Anderson for boys love
- Toren Smith (post-interview addition)



- Epic Interview on the Comics Journal we refer to
- Interview on the MangaCast from earlier this summer
- Who is Trish Ledoux?
- Jason's comic for Wired Magazine
Jason's Comics:
- Yak Fist (which sadly does not exist!!)
- The Stiff (currently on hiatus)
- King of RPGs
- The Deadliest PR Guy in the World (co-written with Patrick Macias)
Patrick Macias used to be Jason's roommate
- Macias's interview with Jason
Videogames played at Viz:
- Ultima Online
- Counter-Strike


Manga the Complete Guide ratings for titles mentioned in this show:
Title MtCG Stars
Stray Little Devil 2 stars
Saint Tail 2 stars
Bondage Fairies 4 stars
Akira 4 stars
Happy Mania 4 stars
Antique Bakery 4 stars
Tramps Like Us (Kimi Wa Pet/You're My Pet) 3 stars
Over the Rainbow (bad josei) 1.5 stars
Wedding Eve (Review in Otaku USA issue 3) 2.5-3
Dream Hotel 1.5 stars
Nurse Call (Referred to as Ender's Call in the show) 3
Erica Sakurazawa: Angel 2.5 stars
Erica Sakurazawa: Aromatic Bitters (second volume is not translated) 3.5 stars
Peach Girl 4 stars
Peach Girl: Sae's Story 2.5 stars
Division Chief Kosaku Shima (salaryman manga) 2.5 stars
High School Girls 2.5 stars


RPGs Mentioned:
- Shadowrun
- The Dying Earth
- Skull & Bones; Pirates Edition

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Tuesday, November 2007

Show #52 - MangaNext Panel: Manga the Complete Guide by Jason Thompson

Show #052 Direct Download:

OP: "Disarm Dreamer" by Aki Misato from Genshiken 2 - episode 4 will change your life.
ED: "Theme of R.O.D ~long version~" from the Read or Die OST, by 岩崎琢

Recorded live at MangaNext 2001, it's Jason Thompson, author of, Manga: the Complete Guide, pimping his book in a 1 and a half hour long panel!

Here's Erin's official review of Manga the Complete Guide

He also writes for Otaku USA magazine, editing the manga section.

[info]shaenon recently posted this bio of Jason Thompson:
Jason Thompson has over ten years' experience as a manga editor, producing the English editions of titles such as The Drifting Classroom, Naruto, Fullmetal Alchemist, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Dragon Ball Z, Hana-Kimi, One Piece, Shaman King, YuYu Hakusho and Uzumaki. As the first editor of VIZ Media's SHONEN JUMP magazine, he helped launch Japan's #1 bestselling manga magazine in America. His writings on manga appear regularly in Otaku USA magazine, and have also appeared in The Comics Journal, PULP and Animerica. His webcomic The Stiff is available at www.girlamatic.com.
Sorry about the huge file size of this episode. The audio quality is pretty low already so I didn't want to make it any worse. If you want a smaller version, email me and I'll make you one. ninjaconsultant (at) gmail.com

Entries from Manga the Complete Guide read out loud at the panel:
Title MtCG Stars
Kazan 4 stars
Pineapple Army 3 stars
Bow Wow Watta 2.5 stars
Guru Guru Pon-Chan 4 stars
Bastard!! Heavy Metal Dark Fantasy 2 stars
Desert Coral 2 stars
Legend of Lemnear 1/2 star
Mega Comics (Gainax, 1991) 1.5 stars
Pretty Face 3.5 stars
Gerard and Jacques 4 stars
Hero Heel 1 star
Countdown: Sex Bombs 3 stars
Adventure Kid 3 stars


Oh check it out! This is our show #52, so if you visit the archives you could listen to one episode per week for a whole year!

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Friday, November 2007

Show #51 - Top Five AMVs of All Time

Show #051 Direct Download:


OP: Mamboleo by Elisa
NPR Story Excerpt (played in full at the end of the show)
Mummer's Dance by Loreena McKennit.

ERIN's List

  1. Vlad Pohnert - Memories Dance
    *same video on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrK3VYEKANs


  2. istiv - Shonen Bushidou
    Spirit Never Dies by Masterplan
    *same video on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3eIsyTORRk


  3. Right Now Someone is Reading this Title - dokidoki
    Right Now by Van Halen
    *same video on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZujpIv8_pmQ


  4. Kevin Caldwell - Engel, Engel - Rammstein
    *same video on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVQaixvlMwo


  5. Absolute Destiny - I Wish I Was a Lesbian
    I Wish I Was a Lesbian by Loudon Wainwright III
    *same video on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptC9N9YJ24Y


NOAH'S LIST

  1. Jigoku no Video - Shirow Learns to Fly
    Learning to Fly - Pink Floyd
    *UPDATE: *remastered youtube version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wC5f8JP8_wA this was remastered by yoshi1013 (un-remastered available here)
    1. (Cornpone is/was an early fan video group... from way back when!)



  2. Kevin Caldwell - Believe
    Believe by Franka Potente
    *same video on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hu35zNVrB2w


  3. Vlad Pohnert - Memories Dance
    *same video on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrK3VYEKANs


  4. - Hold Me Now
    Håll Om Mig - by Nanne Grönvall
    *same video on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9197GTl1ASg


  5. MousePotato (Black Sun Productions) - Nightmare (Cut the Zac reference)
    Counting Bodies like Sheep to the Rhythm of the War Drums by Perfect Circle
    *same video on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iziK7pXej0g


Jigoku no Video = Rich Lather

Promo: Fear the Gooberzilla
(Oktoberfest) - The Big Month of Dick


Promo: Animefe.com - note that after a long downtime, they're not hosting our forums, apparently.

Decoy - Naruto's Technique Beat
Seizure of Power (instrumental) by
Marilyn Manson
*same video on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J52FFA2_flo

NO SUBTITLES IN YOUR AMV - unless they are funny

CHARACTERS SHOULD NOT TALK UNLESS LIP-SYNCHING
([info]skyebox, we're looking at you!)

2001: A Space Odyssey

Run Lola Run

Cosby Show

Simpson's Cosby Quote (remix)
(quote originally from Simpson's episode 2F32 'Round Springfield

ERIN'S HONORABLE MENTION



ED: NPR Show Featuring AMVs
Mamboleo (reprise)

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Thursday, September 2007

Show #50 - Even the Answerman is Wrong Sometimes

Show #050 Direct Download:

Show 50 is also available in a lower quality format (in case you have a Nano or something) follow the link and add "LQ" to the end of the filename. It sounds much better as a 30 MB file, trust me.

"Even the Answerman is Wrong Sometimes" is based on a Japanese saying "Even a monkey falls out of a tree sometimes!"



We've been traveling a lot this year:

- Japan
- Michigan (twice)
- Boston (a bunch of times)
- roadtrip across America
- L.A. (twice)
- Baltimore
- San Diego
- Cedar Point
- Atlanta
- Erin commutes to Connecticut 4 days a week.

We've been watching:
- Nana anime & (manga)
- Le Chevalier d'Eon the anime as opposed to the manga. We love Chevalier and have to do a response to Dave & Joel's review.
- Claymore
- Toppa Ten Gurren-Lagann (probably the breakout hit of the season)

Misc.
- Buy Otaku USA issue 2!
- Jason Thompson wrote The Complete Guide to Manga, available this October.
- Thompson also does a webcomic/doujin called "King of RPGs",
- Thompson used the "Yakfist" example. Sadly, "Yakfist" does not exist! (Yet.)
- You can listen to 100 manga magazines in 60 minutes on the Mangacast
- Shaenon Garrity writes Narbonic and the Overlooked Manga Festival
- Speaking of "Yakfist", the movie "Zebraman" was really awesome!
- We recently watched Ratatouille (Recommended)

Japanese Lesson for this episode:
- Hisashiburi da ne? (Long time no see! Or, it's been a while! What every badass says to the hero from off-camera before making a big entrance)
- Sentai (guardian)
- Bakamono (monster) ---> THIS DOES NOT MEAN MONSTER! IT MEANS "STUPID PERSON!"
- Shinpai Ja Nai (don't worry)
- Tenshi Ja Nai (I'm no angel)
- Alien Ja Nai! (I'm not an alien!)

Noah Vocab:
- "Hackles" as in "His hackles stood up."

On The Answerman:
- There will never be another episode of Weiss Krutz, Berserk, or Dragon Half.
- My moment of fame on Answerman's column (yellow butterflies question -- it's at the bottom!)
- Alison's relabeled Azumanga comic
- Our beef with him is that he said that AMVs are not legitimate art.
- Here's the episode of AWO with Zac bitching about Otakon 2006.
- The March 2nd 2007 Answerman column that I read on our show.

AMV Related
- Our crappy archives
- Show link to the complaining about AMVs 2nd episode.
- We owed one to dokidoki.
- The winning "Does L Creep You Out" AMV from Anime Expo.
- The Princess Tutu Hol Om Mig Video

Auteur Film Theory and Art Theory
- The Auteur theory
- The Dada Movement
- R. Mutt a.k.a. Marcel Duchamp
- Young Adult Novel by Daniel Pinkwater, featuring "The Wild Dada Ducks", it's in the compelation "Five Novels by Daniel Pinkwater"
- The movie "Art School Confidential"

Things the Answerman Thinks are Unfunny but Ninja Consultants Still Find Hilarious:
- Lolcats
- All Your Base Are Belong To Us
- Tired Catchphrases
- Chuck Norris Facts

LOLZ INTERNET

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Thursday, September 2007

Show #49 - Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan! Elite Beat Agents and Macho Cheerleaders

Show #049 Direct Download:
押忍!闘え!応援団! Elite Beat Agents and Macho Cheerleaders

With special guest Ed Chavez!

Brought to you by Yanjing Beer - the official state beer of China!

OP: Tomoyasu Hotei - "Thrill"
ED: The Blue Hearts - "Linda Linda"

Special Guest: Ed Chavez from the MangaCast

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osu%21_Tatakae%21_Ouendan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elite_Beat_Agents

Trying to describe this game makes it sound like we're playing Taboo.

Videos of people playing this game on youtube.

Features J-pop music and Visual-Kei bands, like L'Arc-en-Ciel

What is an Ouendan?

What's a Yanki?

You can read my review of Kamikaze Girls, the book and movie, here. Yankis play a prominent roll.

Also in Japanese Schoolgirl Inferno, the new book on Japanese fashion by Patrick Macias.

In Yu Yu Hakusho, Yusuke and Kuwabata are on the verge of Yanki-dom.

(the Yu Yu Hakusho dub is terrible by the way - one of the worst)

Ouendan wear Haramaki and Hachimaki

The way they dance is almost like Para Para - but manlier.

Sometimes Ouendan cheer on love confessions! Where did the Japanese fascination with confessing one's love start? Was it the Tale of the Genji?

The Manga Love Roma actually starts with a love confession.

To we Americans, Osu Tatakae Ouendan is as realistic as Katamari Damacy!

Taste of Tea has some Ouendan in it, here's my review of the film. But there, they run off with the local Bosozoku

The end of the previous season of Naruto featured Naruto as an Ouendan:

Are there Ouendan in Water Boys?

Erin: Water Boys is not the Fireman series, called Fireman and released in English by Viz - there's also a live action drama. Called Sea Monkeys, or Omisaru or Water Dogs

Noah: The live action drama may not be called Water Boys, but it *is* called Fire Boys, which yes, is an adaptation of Megumi no Daigo, but still, it isn't *called* Megumi no Daigo. So there.

Megumi No Daigo! (Firefighter Daigo of Company M!) is not actually a musical, but the show Noah is thinking of is TV drama adaptation called Fire Boys

Are high school teachers in Japan much younger than uh... mine were?

We talk about High School Girls. How old is Hottie Odagiri? What about Macho Matsuo? Mario-sensei?

Ed compares Noah's realistic Super Mario Bros. fanfic to Old Boy.

Thank You, But Our Princess is in Another Castle!

Tale of the Heike (Hickey)?

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Monday, August 2007

Promo #4 - Summer Action Film v.2

Direct Download:

Thanks to Derek, who does this webcomic, for the remix of our action trailer!

You, too, can remix our trailer audio: you can find the raw .wav file, and a shorter version of the action promo here.

Members of the AMV community are strongly encouraged to cut AMV trailers to this promo and put them on youtube. I think the only anime with enough explosions to cover the sound effects might be Trigun, but there's also some shuriken sounds in there.

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Tuesday, August 2007

Promo #3 - Summer Action Film

Direct Download:

This is for other podcasters to use in their shows. Clocking in at 1:15, with music by X-Ray Dog. Noah wrote the dialog.

In the promo we read an iTunes review, a portion of this LJ comment, and a piece of hatemail from a certain John M.:
i listened to most of podcast #32 and it sucked. first time i couldn't listen to one of your podcasts to the end. playing "funny" voicemails from some 8 year old and laughing about them for ten minutes is a good way to lose listeners.
I hate all our old promos because all the other podcasters I'm friends with used them on their shows, so I had to listen to my one-note embarassing joke over and over again for months and months. I'm sure I'll be sick of this new one soon enough.

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Friday, August 2007

Show #48 - WORST SHOW EVAAAAR

Show #048 Direct Download:

Recorded live at Otakon 2007.

OUR WORST SHOW EVER


OP: Theme from the Corey Yuen film Ninja in the Dragon's Den, alternatively known as Shaka Ninja and previously used by us to end show #37 AND #38! Lame!
ED: "Ode to Gunbuster" by Mike from R5 Central. Re-used from where it debuted on Episode #31! Redundant!

Possibly our most explicit show, as we mention both Adult Entertainment and Rape Man. Actually we say the word "rape" a lot in this one. If it bothers you, just imagine we are actually saying the word "grape."


The Breakfast Apocalypse.

The porn movie Gerald Made us watch: The Glamorous Life of Sachiko Hanai

What is Gekiga?! It's not kid stuff!

Thanks to [info]exedore for picking up HP7 for me!

Zack was drawing Star Wars cats.

Alison has really not slept much at this point. The freelance job she mentions is her work on the super-cool Avatar comic magazine. The "Zuko Livejournal" she mentions is part of Omashu Mills.

However, she watched Streets of Fire while making buttons. So there is that.

Promos:
R5 Central
Greatest Movie Ever Podcast

This was our worst show ever.

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Thursday, August 2007

Show #47 - Live at San Diego Comic Con 2007

Show #47 - Live at San Diego Comic Con 2007

Show #047 Direct Download:

Music: "Kokoro Scan" theme from a promo for a Japanese Ninento DS game.

  • SDCC is five times the size of Otakon
  • Less than 10% cosplayers
  • Preview night was crowded
  • Alison drops like 5 f-bombs, one in the opening and four in the last 5 minutes.
  • Ed obtained the new Tekkon Kinkreet manga re-release from Viz. He then LICKED THE BOOK.


Lick this book!

  • He corrects Jason Thompson's manga panel "100 Manga Magazines in 60 Minutes", which you can listen to here on the MangaCast.
  • Ed also recorded other SDCC panels, and did some interviews with editors. They'll eventually be available here .
  • Del Rey is calling themselves the Otaku's Choice now. But why?
  • The Wallflower is hardly for Otaku.
  • Ed thinks Kurogane is 4 volumes too long.
  • Ed is a: Fujoshi
  • I picked up the Adventures of Dr. McNinja and met the artist.
  • Penny Arcade shirts are awesome, but often sold out.
  • TokiDoki bags are awesome. Please send me one!
  • So Warren Ellis gained some weight.
  • Dallas Middaugh of Del Rey lives like 8 blocks from our apartment!

Promos:

If you love me, you'll buy Otaku USA issue 2:

I have an article on Tekkon Kinkreet the film in there. This article is epic, and six pages long, and there's several other Tekkon featurettes and lots of pictures.

Fun fact: 40% of Otaku USA is written by Patrick Macias, and 45% is written by Daryl Surat.


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Tuesday, July 2007

Show #46 - James Interview Part 3: Bring Me the Head of Apollo Smile, A Cautionary Tale

Show #046 Direct Download:

OP: Theme from Gunbuster, remixed for the Para Para Max US Mix volume 2, also available on amazon for $3. ED: Theme from Gunbuster 2, aka Diebuster, "Groovin' Magic", by ROUND TABLE featuring Nino.

The Apollo Smile Story

Otakon Mystery Anime Theatre 3000 gave us Jupiter Smirk, and Neptune Sneeze.
- A list of live MST3K performances by fans.
- Super Monsters

- Sci Fi channel was running Iria at the time
- James will find and kill you if you don't like the original Gunbuster
- Not to be confused with Gunbuster 2
- Ninja High School T-shirt
- Antarctic Press was there, man
- The Korean Animation Museum
- The Kimchee Museum!

There is no U.S. release of Wonderful Days / Sky Blue at this time because it was made on a government grant. How will I make my "Shot Through the Heart" AMV to the scene where one dude gets shot in the heart?

- Tree of Palme, also made on a grant.
- James licensed half a show once. Gerald is pissed.

Remember: You are never greater than the anime. But it's OK to use DVDs to block bullets, etc.

Don't pull an Apollo.

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Wednesday, July 2007

San Diego Comic Con 2007 Announcement

Direct Download:

Noah and I will be there, but we don't have an artist's table. If you want to meet us, email: ninjaconsultant (at) gmail (dot) com or leave voicemail at: 206-888-6832

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Wednesday, July 2007

Otakon 2007 Announcement

Otakon Announcement Direct Download:

Daryl and some weirdo have taken the time to record audio of my previous news entry.

According to Daryl, OtakuGeneration is not recording a show at all, so you really have no reason to miss our panel... except Harry Potter.

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Sunday, July 2007

News: Ninja Consultants At Otakon 2007

Noah and I are going to Otakon!

Please visit our table in artist's alley, which we are sharing with the intrepid Ali Wildgoose. It's table #D6. Our names are not on the table. It's located along the wall to your left when you walk in the entrance, about halfway back. We're selling Ninja Consultant T-shirts, "I survived the filler arc" tees, and Carl Horn buttons.

Friday night at 11:00 we're hosting the "Podcaster's Roundtable" panel in the Panel 2 room. This conflicts with Otaku Generation recording a live show at the same time, and also the end of the AMV contest, AND the "Alcohol & Anime" panel, but we expect you to show up to our panel anyway. Also on our "Podcaster's Roundtable" panel will be Gerald from Anime World Order, Dave and Joel from Fast Karate for the Gentleman, Mike from R5 Central, and Rym and Scott from Geek Nights, with a potential surprise appearance from the Rangercast.

The Otakon schedule is available here, but please double check for schedule changes in case our time slot totally moves.

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Thursday, July 2007

Show #45 - James Interview Part 2: Japanese Prison

Show #045 Direct Download:

OP and ED: "Don't Make Me Wild Like You" remixed by Yoko Ishida, theme from Ranma 1/2, remixed for the Para Para Max US Mix volume 3, also available on amazon for $8

"Doing Time" is a manga available from Ponet Mon/Fanfare that won a lot of awards. It's also a movie.

Things that are illegal in Japan:
- Guns
- Large pocket knives
- Assisted Suicide
- Marijuana mailed to you from "Bob Marley, NY"

Upside to Japanese prison: Significantly less shanking, sodomy.
Downside: Controlled head turning, nudity.

Promo: Dragon Radio

- Erica runs Yuricon, and was at Comiket with a table.
- We're really looking forward to the all-adult Providence convention
- Otakon 1998 was the Army of the 12 Otaku T-shirt (photos?) [Actually, it was 1996]
- It was the only 4-day Otakon [Actually 1995 was the four day Otakon]
- There was a Golddigger Cosplayer

Promo: Randomization Podcast

- Otakon 1999
- First year with girls
- First year at the Baltimore Convention Center
- The place was freaking empty, not like 2006

- Otakon 2000
- Big shift in gender and age
- Tokyopop's Authentic Manga Line begins
- Borders and Barnes & Noble start carrying manga

Photos: Otakon 1999 vs. 2002 vs. 2006

The comic book bubble was in the 1990's, wherein people bought collectors edition covers thinking that the books would be worth money someday, which they weren't.

Thanks to that idiocy the comic market closed, and there were no new comics readers until Tokyopop brought girls back into the mix. More recently comics have undergone a resurgence, because graphic novels can be found in bookstores, and also because of Marvel's big Hollywood movies based on comics that get comic readers back into comic book shops. (Noteably; Spiderman, V for Vendetta, X-Men, and even Ghost World and American Splendor, all sold thousands more books than would've sold otherwise.)

- James has 1st edition Ranma 1/2 comics

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Monday, July 2007

Show #44 - James Interview Part 1: Otakon 1994

Show #044 Direct Download:

OP and ED: "Just Think of Tomorrow [From Irresponsible Captain Tylor]" by Yoko Ishida, theme from Irresponsible Captain Tylor, remixed for the Para Para Max US Mix volume 2, also available on amazon for $3

Our experimental three mic two computer set-up lead to some interesting sync problems and weird echos. I did my best to fix it.

We interview James the "Angry Otaku" from Ah!Pon animepodcast.net
- He first started reading manga with Outlanders from Studio Proteous
- He went to Otakon 1994, the first one.
- First Guest: Robert DeJesus
- Who is Brian Mah? A Metro-Anime guy.
- James watched Cream Lemon and bought Dragon Knight

Otakon 1995:
- Wedding Peach!
- James buys Bondage Fairies (NSFW, NSFK, Warning: You can't un-see Bondage Fairies. Once you find out what they are you can't un-know it.)
- Duane Johnson did something for fandom
- Corn Pone video

Anime East 1994-1995
The Anime East Riots 1995

More on Apollo Smile later.
(amazingly, there is an angelfire fan page still up here.
It's Anime Crash's fault.

RIP: Big Apple Anime Fest

Promo for Otaku USA Magazine as made by R5 Central.

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Saturday, June 2007

Show #43 - Nadia's Moe Panel

Show #043 Direct Download:

OP: "Round Dance (Revolution) [From Revolutionary Girl Utena]"</a> by Yoko Ishida, theme from the Utena TV Show, remixed for the Para Para Max US Mix volume 1, also available on amazon for 25 cents

ED: Neko Mimi Mode "Cat Ear Mode" from Tsukuyomi Moon Phase, used in the Moe panel because the opening sequence so typifies moe.
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NEWS Noah and I are giving a panel:

Big in Japan; Unknown in America

Doreamon and Sazae-san are two of the longest running animated series of all time, with over one thousand episodes each. Kochikame and Anpanman are synonymous with "anime" in Japan but totally unknown to American fans. Join Erin and Noah of the Ninja Consultant Podcast as they explore anime series that every Japanese person is familiar with, yet have never been imported to the U .S.

6:30 PM Monday June 11th MoCCA, Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art, 594 Broadway, Suite 401, between Houston & Prince Streets.

The rest of the show is Nadia's panel on Moe from Anime Boston 2007. The audio improves after the first three minutes. The Q&A at the end is somewhat inaudible, but I did my best.

If you have quetions about the shows covered in the panel, or the terms, post them here and I'll add some links.

I came to a kind of moment of realization during the panel that I am a Tsundere character in real life.

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Wednesday, May 2007

Show #42 - Anime Boston 2007

Show #042 Direct Download:

OP: "Apache" as covered by the Sugar Hill Gang, dedicated to Animiko's group's skit at Anime Central, which references last year's Anime Boston's Princess Tutu AMV
ED: "Rawk Fist" by Thousand Foot Krutch, as seen in "Ganseki No Kobushi (A Rock Lee profile)" by Songbird21.

We talk to Nadia, who is awesome and next time I'll put out her rockin' panel on Moe

She has a throne of shojo manga, if you believe her friends, and wrote her undergrad thesis on Utena.

We talk about those creepy ball-jointed dolls:

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- Penny Arcade were once nuts about Red vs. Blue
- Red vs. Blue

- "It's not pink, it's light red" T-shirts
- What is Machinima?
- Recent Answerman column with 3-D time, actually "LAZER TIME, BOYZZ" from BotsMaster
- Daniel Pinkwater story about mall parking lots

Promos:
- Dave and Joel: Fast Karate for the Gentleman Podcast
- Greatest Movie Evar!!!!! Podcast
- AWO
- Beethoven

- Fun with Derek: Count the inappropriate Rikkus!
- The Naruto Family Cosplay:

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- The Mooninite Boston Scandal
- We mention the Chibi Project
- We talk to a staffer who was spit on by Despairs Ray at MangaNext
- Soggytoast tells his stories of the con
- Then we talk to Alison about her Zuko cosplay
- Crayon Shin-Chan has a (new) handler.

Guy with Mooninite Bomb
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