http://odeo.com/channels/197693-Anime-pacific Captainbubby no <p>Anime Pacific is a new podcast from the heart of Asia; Hong Kong and Japan. There is one small twist; Dane, located in Hong Kong is the hardcore fan, and Alex (From Japan) is kind of a casual fan, which usually means a rather interesting difference of opinion! We bring you news, reviews from both Asia and beyond.</p> Anime Pacific is a new podcast from the heart of Asia; Hong Kong and Japan. There is one small twist; Dane, located in Hong Kong is the hardcore fan, and Alex (From Japan) is kind of a casual fan, which usually means a rather interesting difference of opinion! We bring you news, reviews from both Asia and beyond. Anime Pacific is a new podcast from the heart of Asia; Hong Kong and Japan. There is one small twist; Dane, located in Hong Kong is the hardcore fan, and Alex (From Japan) is kind of a casual fan, which usually means a rather interesting difference of opinion! We bring you news, reviews from both Asia and beyond. en-nz 40 Sun, 20 Jan 2008 04:36:38 -0800 Sun, 20 Jan 2008 04:36:38 -0800 http://odeo.com/episodes/17646273-Anime-Pacific-Episode-53 (See website for shownotes) (See website for shownotes) (See website for shownotes) tag:odeo.com,2008-01-20,17646273 Sun, 20 Jan 2008 04:36:38 -0800 no Anime pacific http://odeo.com/episodes/17431473-Anime-Pacific-Episode-50 For shownotes, see our website. For shownotes, see our website. For shownotes, see our website. tag:odeo.com,2007-12-09,17431473 Sun, 09 Dec 2007 19:07:50 -0800 no Anime pacific http://odeo.com/episodes/17117773-Anime-Pacific-Episode-44 See website for shownotes. See website for shownotes. See website for shownotes. tag:odeo.com,2007-10-13,17117773 Sat, 13 Oct 2007 20:25:03 -0700 no Anime pacific http://odeo.com/episodes/16881523-Anime-Pacific-Episode-42 See our website for shownotes. See our website for shownotes. See our website for shownotes. tag:odeo.com,2007-09-30,16881523 Sun, 30 Sep 2007 19:40:22 -0700 no Anime pacific http://odeo.com/episodes/16580553-Anime-Pacific-Episode-41 See website for shownotes! See website for shownotes! See website for shownotes! tag:odeo.com,2007-09-23,16580553 Sun, 23 Sep 2007 00:51:40 -0700 no Anime pacific http://odeo.com/episodes/16529503-Anime-Pacific-Episode-39 Check the website for shownotes! Check the website for shownotes! Check the website for shownotes! tag:odeo.com,2007-09-09,16529503 Sun, 09 Sep 2007 03:12:56 -0700 no Anime pacific http://odeo.com/episodes/16501373-Anime-Pacific-Episode-38 Visit website for shownotes! Visit website for shownotes! Visit website for shownotes! tag:odeo.com,2007-09-01,16501373 Sat, 01 Sep 2007 22:54:59 -0700 no Anime pacific http://odeo.com/episodes/16467133-Anime-Pacific-Episode-37 tag:odeo.com,2007-08-26,16467133 Sun, 26 Aug 2007 04:07:14 -0700 no Anime pacific http://odeo.com/episodes/16174333-Anime-Pacific-Episode-36 For shownotes, go to: www.animepacific.blogspot.com For shownotes, go to: www.animepacific.blogspot.com For shownotes, go to: www.animepacific.blogspot.com tag:odeo.com,2007-08-15,16174333 Wed, 15 Aug 2007 00:53:32 -0700 no Anime pacific http://odeo.com/episodes/15933013-Anime-Pacific-Episode-35 Read the shownotes at the Anime Pacific Website. Read the shownotes at the Anime Pacific Website. Read the shownotes at the Anime Pacific Website. tag:odeo.com,2007-08-13,15933013 Mon, 13 Aug 2007 00:25:46 -0700 no Anime pacific http://odeo.com/episodes/15868543-Anime-Pacific-Episode-34 read the show-notes at www.animepacific.blogspot.com read the show-notes at www.animepacific.blogspot.com read the show-notes at www.animepacific.blogspot.com tag:odeo.com,2007-08-01,15868543 Wed, 01 Aug 2007 19:31:09 -0700 no Anime pacific http://odeo.com/episodes/13336063-Anime-Pacific-Episode-28 Don’t long titles make me look smart? Download Episode 28 here. Let it be known that, this is not our normal episode format. Last week, the mail was in fact nothing like “the male”, because Alex won’t let “the male” escape under any circumstances whilst “the mail” totally evaded our podcast last week, you may have noticed the mail theme music but no actual mail. Sorry! Rest assured all of you who e-mailed or messaged us with questions, will have them addressed in this episode. Our most humble apologies. We also got a voice mail from fellow podcasters, Destroy All Podcasts. Judging by what they are reviewing, they are certainly chaps after my own heart. I’m going to check them out and you should too. Tales from the East….or West We discuss how me and Alex met and the whacky adventures that ensued at the very professional, “English centre”. Very little of what we say can actually be summarized in a few sentences, but for your reference: Here is Wei Wah from where I currently live now:... Don’t long titles make me look smart? Download Episode 28 here. Let it be known that, this is not our normal episode format. Last week, the mail was in fact nothing like “the male”, because Alex won’t let “the male” escape under any circumstances whilst “the mail” totally evaded our podcast last week, you may have noticed the mail theme music but no actual mail. Sorry! Rest assured all of you who e-mailed or messaged us with questions, will have them addressed in this episode. Our most humble apologies. We also got a voice mail from fellow podcasters, Destroy All Podcasts. Judging by what they are reviewing, they are certainly chaps after my own heart. I’m going to check them out and you should too. Tales from the East….or West We discuss how me and Alex met and the whacky adventures that ensued at the very professional, “English centre”. Very little of what we say can actually be summarized in a few sentences, but for your reference: Here is Wei Wah from where I currently live now: Here’s a close-up shot: Here’s the perilous path through “Dagoba”, the poor quality, bad lighting and out-of-focus shot just adds to the ambience I think: For the ladies, here’s me at the top of Lion Rock Mountain with my shirt off: (Ok, we didn’t talk about this, but I’m sure the ladies were thinking about this…) So, there’s the segment, will it be a regular segment? You tell us! Don’t long titles make me look smart? Download Episode 28 here. Let it be known that, this is not our normal episode format. Last week, the mail was in fact nothing like “the male”, because Alex won’t let “the male” escape under any circumstances whilst “the mail” totally evaded our podcast last week, you may have noticed the mail theme music but no actual mail. Sorry! Rest assured all of you who e-mailed or messaged us with questions, will have them addressed in this episode. Our most humble apologies. We also got a voice mail from fellow podcasters, Destroy All Podcasts. Judging by what they are reviewing, they are certainly chaps after my own heart. I’m going to check them out and you should too. Tales from the East….or West We discuss how me and Alex met and the whacky adventures that ensued at the very professional, “English centre”. Very little of what we say can actually be summarized in a few sentences, but for your reference: Here is Wei Wah from where I currently live now: Here’s a close-up shot: Here’s the perilous path through “Dagoba”, the poor quality, bad lighting and out-of-focus shot just adds to the ambience I think: For the ladies, here’s me at the top of Lion Rock Mountain with my shirt off: (Ok, we didn’t talk about this, but I’m sure the ladies were thinking about this…) So, there’s the segment, will it be a regular segment? You tell us! tag:odeo.com,2007-06-23,13336063 Sat, 23 Jun 2007 21:52:03 -0700 no Anime pacific http://odeo.com/episodes/13259823-Anime-Pacific-Episode-27 Do not avert your eyes anymore, heathen. Let the divine light of Matayoshi cleanse you of your heretic ways. Download Episode 27 here. powered by ODEO Shootin’ The Breeze More Japanese were on the list than any other nationality in “The top 10 most bizarre people”. Mitsuo Matayoshi is by far, my favourite! Alex brings to my attention, the terrible “slavery” news item about Child slavery in rural China. You can check it out, here. Like fantasy? Like Sci-Fi? Like Chocobo’s? Well so does Lorlandchain! And what a skilled individual, also hailing from China. Spacecraft6 by ~wanbao on deviant ART paladin by *lorlandchain on deviant ART The lost golden tree by *lorlandchain on deviant ART An absolute master artist! Our collective hats go off to you, sir! News Gundam is back, and now gayer than ever. Bottom line: Will be most popular Gundam ” Like’Eva!” . Look at these beautiful, pretty young stallions: Now for the real “wankin’” material! Alex then goes into a passionate rant about “The go... Do not avert your eyes anymore, heathen. Let the divine light of Matayoshi cleanse you of your heretic ways. Download Episode 27 here. powered by ODEO Shootin’ The Breeze More Japanese were on the list than any other nationality in “The top 10 most bizarre people”. Mitsuo Matayoshi is by far, my favourite! Alex brings to my attention, the terrible “slavery” news item about Child slavery in rural China. You can check it out, here. Like fantasy? Like Sci-Fi? Like Chocobo’s? Well so does Lorlandchain! And what a skilled individual, also hailing from China. Spacecraft6 by ~wanbao on deviant ART paladin by *lorlandchain on deviant ART The lost golden tree by *lorlandchain on deviant ART An absolute master artist! Our collective hats go off to you, sir! News Gundam is back, and now gayer than ever. Bottom line: Will be most popular Gundam ” Like’Eva!” . Look at these beautiful, pretty young stallions: Now for the real “wankin’” material! Alex then goes into a passionate rant about “The good ol’ days of Mecha design” (Most likely scaring off what little female audience we have) Here’s Alex’s ideal Mecha: Nova is in the “poo” again! Mail Watcher Angel raises our podcast “above the rabble” with her always wonderful e-mails which always bring up wonderful points for discussion. We also get our very first “voice message” from “GeneralBeefy”, who asked us if we knew anything about “The Cockpit”. You’re in for a treat GeneralBeefy, I do own the Cockpit and I am also in the process of obtaining a high quality subbed version which I shall review and post in the near future. (Yes, post the video for download!) ZombieToaster, a chum of mine from the Heart Of Madness forums, makes Alex’s day with the mention of the Russian version of “War & Peace”. Review: Aura Battler Dunbine Probably the most epic review yet; a whopping 49 episodes long, this TV comes from Yoshiyuki Tomino, the “Father” of Gundamn. It’s difficult to sum up this review in words, suffice to say, this is the “Andromeda” of anime; A Fantastic first half utterly ruined by studio intervention, however unlike Andromeda, the last episode is pretty darn awesome. Tomino (Suffering from depression at the time) gives us a real “SCREW YOU, EVERYBODY!” ending, with tragedy only surpassed by Space Runaway Ideaon. (Also by Tomino). Also notable for being the first Mecha show to combine fantasy elements. It’s a wrap! Coming up, an “experimental” Anime Pacific Special: Tales From Asia…Woooooooooooo! (Cue Ed Wood-esque Sci-Fi music) Do not avert your eyes anymore, heathen. Let the divine light of Matayoshi cleanse you of your heretic ways. Download Episode 27 here. powered by ODEO Shootin’ The Breeze More Japanese were on the list than any other nationality in “The top 10 most bizarre people”. Mitsuo Matayoshi is by far, my favourite! Alex brings to my attention, the terrible “slavery” news item about Child slavery in rural China. You can check it out, here. Like fantasy? Like Sci-Fi? Like Chocobo’s? Well so does Lorlandchain! And what a skilled individual, also hailing from China. Spacecraft6 by ~wanbao on deviant ART paladin by *lorlandchain on deviant ART The lost golden tree by *lorlandchain on deviant ART An absolute master artist! Our collective hats go off to you, sir! News Gundam is back, and now gayer than ever. Bottom line: Will be most popular Gundam ” Like’Eva!” . Look at these beautiful, pretty young stallions: Now for the real “wankin’” material! Alex then goes into a passionate rant about “The good ol’ days of Mecha design” (Most likely scaring off what little female audience we have) Here’s Alex’s ideal Mecha: Nova is in the “poo” again! Mail Watcher Angel raises our podcast “above the rabble” with her always wonderful e-mails which always bring up wonderful points for discussion. We also get our very first “voice message” from “GeneralBeefy”, who asked us if we knew anything about “The Cockpit”. You’re in for a treat GeneralBeefy, I do own the Cockpit and I am also in the process of obtaining a high quality subbed version which I shall review and post in the near future. (Yes, post the video for download!) ZombieToaster, a chum of mine from the Heart Of Madness forums, makes Alex’s day with the mention of the Russian version of “War & Peace”. Review: Aura Battler Dunbine Probably the most epic review yet; a whopping 49 episodes long, this TV comes from Yoshiyuki Tomino, the “Father” of Gundamn. It’s difficult to sum up this review in words, suffice to say, this is the “Andromeda” of anime; A Fantastic first half utterly ruined by studio intervention, however unlike Andromeda, the last episode is pretty darn awesome. Tomino (Suffering from depression at the time) gives us a real “SCREW YOU, EVERYBODY!” ending, with tragedy only surpassed by Space Runaway Ideaon. (Also by Tomino). Also notable for being the first Mecha show to combine fantasy elements. It’s a wrap! Coming up, an “experimental” Anime Pacific Special: Tales From Asia…Woooooooooooo! (Cue Ed Wood-esque Sci-Fi music) tag:odeo.com,2007-06-16,13259823 Sat, 16 Jun 2007 07:34:30 -0700 no Anime pacific http://odeo.com/episodes/13171233-Anime-Pacific-Episode-26 It’s our 6 month anniversary! No obscure anime uploads this week! We go mainstream; very mainstream. Well…for this week at least as yours truly reviews “Highlander: The search for vengeance”. Download Episode 26 here. powered by ODEO Shootin’ The Breeze We discuss the awesome awesomness of the awesome YouTube successor: Divx Stage 6 It’s like youtube but faster, better quality and a great place for anime fansubs! (Do remember, I did upload Wannabe’s to divx stage 6, please check it out if you have the time and let us know what you think.) Anime Pacific is going to be reviewed on the Podcasterwhoiswho podcast on the 12th. How lovely! We discuss how Podcast Pickle has gone to utter poo, especially with it’s crappy interface which makes browsing on a microfiche orgasmic in comparison. Console Wars! PS3 is doing terrible business right now. Wii looks like it’ll be the king for now as it’s sales numbers are swiftly catching up to those of the X-Box 360. You can check out up these live up... It’s our 6 month anniversary! No obscure anime uploads this week! We go mainstream; very mainstream. Well…for this week at least as yours truly reviews “Highlander: The search for vengeance”. Download Episode 26 here. powered by ODEO Shootin’ The Breeze We discuss the awesome awesomness of the awesome YouTube successor: Divx Stage 6 It’s like youtube but faster, better quality and a great place for anime fansubs! (Do remember, I did upload Wannabe’s to divx stage 6, please check it out if you have the time and let us know what you think.) Anime Pacific is going to be reviewed on the Podcasterwhoiswho podcast on the 12th. How lovely! We discuss how Podcast Pickle has gone to utter poo, especially with it’s crappy interface which makes browsing on a microfiche orgasmic in comparison. Console Wars! PS3 is doing terrible business right now. Wii looks like it’ll be the king for now as it’s sales numbers are swiftly catching up to those of the X-Box 360. You can check out up these live updating stats for the console wars, here. Alex has never been much of a console gamer. When trying to illustrate the appeal of console gaming, I think I hit the nail on the head with two words: “Katamari Damacy”. Wait a minute Mr. Postman! More e-mails from our good chum, Paul, who sends his condolences to Alex regarding something about some sort of recreational activity called…”Ice Hockey”. How cute! WatcherAngel sends us yet another great e-mail pertaining to the now infamous, “Nymphet”. Don’t forget to check out her DeviantArt page, it just gets better and better! Fai and Chi by ~WatcherAngel on deviant ART Scarecrow by ~WatcherAngel on deviant ART On a sidenote, check out our long time listerner, Jake’s awesome pixel art. Done with Microsoft Paint no less!!!! (Will add picture here soon, stay posted) News! Nymphet Creator’s Blog Apparently, this master of literature states that if you are not Japanese and attempt to bathe with your young child, “You’ll be arrested”. Blog is here. ANN Article is here. Japanese Agency For Cultural Affairs Posts the top 50 manga. Ever notice how each Japanese top 50 published is totally different from the other? Top 50 are: Slam Dunk JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Dragon Ball Full Metal Alchemist Doraemon Phoenix Black Jack Nausicaa Mushishi Death Note One Piece Parasyte Yotsuba&! Nodame Cantabile Akira Azumanga Daioh Doubutsu no Oisha-san (Animal Doctor) YuYu Hakusho Monster Ushio and Tora Hunter X Hunter Hellsing Fist of the North Star Ookiku Furikabutte Berserk Banana Fish Vagabond The Rose of Versailles Master Keaton Glass Mask Urusei Yatsura The Tale of Genji Touch Sazae-san Ashita no Joe 20th Century Boys Fruits Basket Lupin The Third Warau Dai Tenshi Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Ko-en Mae Hashutsujo Hi Izuru Tokorono Tenshi Pluto Astroboy Romance of the Three Kingdoms Emma Detective Conan Devil Man Mobile Suit Gundam Dragonquest Nana Some Classics there to be sure, but some baffle us to say the least. What do you think? Let us know! Eye On Fansubbing! Our new mini-segment, which aims to bring greater awareness to obscure fansub projects. Obviously, we won’t be talking about Bleach anytime soon, but here’s something better! Sakigake!! Otoko Juku! Or…”Charge, Manly Cram School”. Instant comparisons to Cromartie not withstanding, this classic from the 80’s is finally available in English subs! Support the project, torrents here. The series is absolutely hilarious and far from forgotten in it’s native Japan; Momotaro Tsurugi, the main character is playable in Jump Ultimate Stars and there was a Playstion 2 game of this a few years back. Review: Highlander: The Search For Vengeance Let it be known; Nobody can water down Kawajiri; at least not too much. This film is classic Kawajiri, take that for what you will. All of his attributes are apparent here, including his flaws. The end result is a somewhat uneven but immensely satisfying action film. Stylistically identical to Vampire Hunter D Bloodlust, this is one beautifully animated film. I imagine hardcore Highlander fans will be kick up a stink than hardcore anime fans. Speaking as a Highlander fan, there are certian elements of the Highlander mythology that aren’t explained in this film; to the detriment of anyone who hasn’t seen any Highlander film before. To the uninitiated, certain elements of this story will seem like incoherant tripe unless you have a basic understanding of the Highlander Universe. At the same time, certain story conventions are sure to annoy some avid Highlander fans; Taking place in the future was a gamble, considering the mess that was “Highlander II: The Quickening”. Yutaka Minowa does the character designs again, and has been Kawajiri’s “personal character designer” since Ninja Scroll. Whilst I certainly do appreciate Minowa’s character designs, I do miss the times when Kawajiri would do his own distinct character designs. Check out “Cyber City Oedo” for a good example of Kawajiri’s character designs. It’s a wrap! For those of you interested in the things Alex discussed, you can find them here: The Dream Of Rome Waterloo Next week, more obscure anime and me and Alex discuss more about our whacky adventures in Asia. It’s our 6 month anniversary! No obscure anime uploads this week! We go mainstream; very mainstream. Well…for this week at least as yours truly reviews “Highlander: The search for vengeance”. Download Episode 26 here. powered by ODEO Shootin’ The Breeze We discuss the awesome awesomness of the awesome YouTube successor: Divx Stage 6 It’s like youtube but faster, better quality and a great place for anime fansubs! (Do remember, I did upload Wannabe’s to divx stage 6, please check it out if you have the time and let us know what you think.) Anime Pacific is going to be reviewed on the Podcasterwhoiswho podcast on the 12th. How lovely! We discuss how Podcast Pickle has gone to utter poo, especially with it’s crappy interface which makes browsing on a microfiche orgasmic in comparison. Console Wars! PS3 is doing terrible business right now. Wii looks like it’ll be the king for now as it’s sales numbers are swiftly catching up to those of the X-Box 360. You can check out up these live updating stats for the console wars, here. Alex has never been much of a console gamer. When trying to illustrate the appeal of console gaming, I think I hit the nail on the head with two words: “Katamari Damacy”. Wait a minute Mr. Postman! More e-mails from our good chum, Paul, who sends his condolences to Alex regarding something about some sort of recreational activity called…”Ice Hockey”. How cute! WatcherAngel sends us yet another great e-mail pertaining to the now infamous, “Nymphet”. Don’t forget to check out her DeviantArt page, it just gets better and better! Fai and Chi by ~WatcherAngel on deviant ART Scarecrow by ~WatcherAngel on deviant ART On a sidenote, check out our long time listerner, Jake’s awesome pixel art. Done with Microsoft Paint no less!!!! (Will add picture here soon, stay posted) News! Nymphet Creator’s Blog Apparently, this master of literature states that if you are not Japanese and attempt to bathe with your young child, “You’ll be arrested”. Blog is here. ANN Article is here. Japanese Agency For Cultural Affairs Posts the top 50 manga. Ever notice how each Japanese top 50 published is totally different from the other? Top 50 are: Slam Dunk JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Dragon Ball Full Metal Alchemist Doraemon Phoenix Black Jack Nausicaa Mushishi Death Note One Piece Parasyte Yotsuba&! Nodame Cantabile Akira Azumanga Daioh Doubutsu no Oisha-san (Animal Doctor) YuYu Hakusho Monster Ushio and Tora Hunter X Hunter Hellsing Fist of the North Star Ookiku Furikabutte Berserk Banana Fish Vagabond The Rose of Versailles Master Keaton Glass Mask Urusei Yatsura The Tale of Genji Touch Sazae-san Ashita no Joe 20th Century Boys Fruits Basket Lupin The Third Warau Dai Tenshi Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Ko-en Mae Hashutsujo Hi Izuru Tokorono Tenshi Pluto Astroboy Romance of the Three Kingdoms Emma Detective Conan Devil Man Mobile Suit Gundam Dragonquest Nana Some Classics there to be sure, but some baffle us to say the least. What do you think? Let us know! Eye On Fansubbing! Our new mini-segment, which aims to bring greater awareness to obscure fansub projects. Obviously, we won’t be talking about Bleach anytime soon, but here’s something better! Sakigake!! Otoko Juku! Or…”Charge, Manly Cram School”. Instant comparisons to Cromartie not withstanding, this classic from the 80’s is finally available in English subs! Support the project, torrents here. The series is absolutely hilarious and far from forgotten in it’s native Japan; Momotaro Tsurugi, the main character is playable in Jump Ultimate Stars and there was a Playstion 2 game of this a few years back. Review: Highlander: The Search For Vengeance Let it be known; Nobody can water down Kawajiri; at least not too much. This film is classic Kawajiri, take that for what you will. All of his attributes are apparent here, including his flaws. The end result is a somewhat uneven but immensely satisfying action film. Stylistically identical to Vampire Hunter D Bloodlust, this is one beautifully animated film. I imagine hardcore Highlander fans will be kick up a stink than hardcore anime fans. Speaking as a Highlander fan, there are certian elements of the Highlander mythology that aren’t explained in this film; to the detriment of anyone who hasn’t seen any Highlander film before. To the uninitiated, certain elements of this story will seem like incoherant tripe unless you have a basic understanding of the Highlander Universe. At the same time, certain story conventions are sure to annoy some avid Highlander fans; Taking place in the future was a gamble, considering the mess that was “Highlander II: The Quickening”. Yutaka Minowa does the character designs again, and has been Kawajiri’s “personal character designer” since Ninja Scroll. Whilst I certainly do appreciate Minowa’s character designs, I do miss the times when Kawajiri would do his own distinct character designs. Check out “Cyber City Oedo” for a good example of Kawajiri’s character designs. It’s a wrap! For those of you interested in the things Alex discussed, you can find them here: The Dream Of Rome Waterloo Next week, more obscure anime and me and Alex discuss more about our whacky adventures in Asia. tag:odeo.com,2007-06-09,13171233 Sat, 09 Jun 2007 22:25:58 -0700 no Anime pacific http://odeo.com/episodes/12732393-Anime-Pacific-Episode-25 Our “copper” anniversary so to speak…or is it silver? Download Episode 25 . ODEO Shootin’ The Breeze Seeing as my birthday has since passed, perhaps the internet will be less venomous towards me today; The afternoon, is young. I’ve never really been one for watching beauty pagents, they feel so 1950’s. Miss Japan was this years Miss Universe, the one and only Riyo Mori; Who managed to get back on the wagon after she hit the bottle during our turmoltuous break-up. I’m more than a delightful bit of rough, I tells you. For some reason or another, we discuss “Wardrobe Malfuctions” and how they certainly seem to increase your fame. I recall the infamous “Yumiko Incident” in Hong Kong, which I saw live as I was eating hotpot. Boycott IGN! Check out the pathetic P. MacDougal’s equally review here. At least until this P. MacDougal gets the boot. Truly ineptitude of the highest calibre. Essentially his review in a nutshell: Anime is a genre, (is Hollywood a genre, MacDougal?) It sucks becuas... Our “copper” anniversary so to speak…or is it silver? Download Episode 25 . ODEO Shootin’ The Breeze Seeing as my birthday has since passed, perhaps the internet will be less venomous towards me today; The afternoon, is young. I’ve never really been one for watching beauty pagents, they feel so 1950’s. Miss Japan was this years Miss Universe, the one and only Riyo Mori; Who managed to get back on the wagon after she hit the bottle during our turmoltuous break-up. I’m more than a delightful bit of rough, I tells you. For some reason or another, we discuss “Wardrobe Malfuctions” and how they certainly seem to increase your fame. I recall the infamous “Yumiko Incident” in Hong Kong, which I saw live as I was eating hotpot. Boycott IGN! Check out the pathetic P. MacDougal’s equally review here. At least until this P. MacDougal gets the boot. Truly ineptitude of the highest calibre. Essentially his review in a nutshell: Anime is a genre, (is Hollywood a genre, MacDougal?) It sucks becuase it’s anime and all anime is the same. It sucks because I didn’t get it. Did you even watch it, MacDougal? FlickChick’s much more professional look at Kon’s work can be seen here at the wonderful, TV guide editors blog. The article in question is . You can also e-mail FlickChick at that link there which could lead to your letter being read out on the TV guide podcast. We then talk about the Suicide of a Agriculture & Fisheries minister in Japan over something relatively harmless compared to most American political scandals. Homesick? Alex discusses his “homesickness” for Japan. Home is where the heart is, afterall. He also discusses some interesting considerations to make about life in Japan as a foreigner, it’s not as easy as it sounds and is an invaluable little bit of advice to anyone thinking of doing the same. This does slightly veer off into the dirty realm of the ESL industry for a while. Debito’s website about his adventures of becoming a Japanese citizen can be found . News! Nymphet cancelled! Oh, the shock. The pain…This is akin to the Nazi party burning works of great literature…. Well…no, not really. But somewhat connected, this manga is just about the biggest atrocity since World War II and it won’t be making it’s way to American shores afterall. Let’s have a look at the tasteful ways which the 8 (yes E-I-G-H-T) year old protagonist tries to win the affections..No…wait..What’s the word I’m looking for…oh yes, “cock”, of her primary school teacher. Luckily, as this manga is tasteful, there’s no underage drinking depicted in this masterpiece. The delightful protagonist prefers drinking from a water fountain, like everyone else! How sweet and insinuation-free! The scary part…It’s written by a female and I’m told that the target demographic is for older teens… Tokyo Majin Gakuen Kenpuchou Season Two I only watched the first episode of season one and found it incoherant to say the least. Mini Review: Tokyo Godfather’s Satoshi Kon, how we love thee. Alex loved it of course. Satoshi Kon has yet to dissapoint. I’ve yet to see it. I know, disgusting aren’t I? Review: Wanna-Be’s I love the 80’s. Love ‘em. For the purpose of this review, this is a good thing. One who does not at least have an understanding of the 80’s will probably lose a large amount of enjoyment from this obscure anime title. Obscure, yes. However, a relatively significant title at the same time. This anime is significant due to it being the first pairing of Toshimichi Suzuki and Kenichi Sonada who would later be responsible (at least in part) for “Bubblegum Crisis”, “AD Police” and “Gall Force”; all featuring Sonada’s characters designs and Suzuki’s influence in one way or another, either as original Manga-ka, planning or executive producer. This, their first collaboration, is an epic cautionary tale about mixing Alien DNA and Japanese Female Tag-Team Wrestling. Now, just to prove what a smashing young fellow I am. I managed to obtain this rare anime, re-encode it to DVD resoltuion with some sharpening & anti-aliasing and present to you, yes present, the best quality version of this anime in existence. Click on the little symbol next to play icon to download the file to your computer. I ask for nothing but your feedback. / / /var divx_stage={size:’large’,s:’720?480’,v:1281608};/]] So, there we are. If I were you, I’d be wanting to make sweet, sweet love to me right about now. In the period of a week, I record a podcast, edit a podcast, write shownotes for a podcast, upload a podcast and now at the same time, I’m re-encoding obscure 1980’s anime so I can share it with the fans. Give, give, give I am! Our “copper” anniversary so to speak…or is it silver? Download Episode 25 . ODEO Shootin’ The Breeze Seeing as my birthday has since passed, perhaps the internet will be less venomous towards me today; The afternoon, is young. I’ve never really been one for watching beauty pagents, they feel so 1950’s. Miss Japan was this years Miss Universe, the one and only Riyo Mori; Who managed to get back on the wagon after she hit the bottle during our turmoltuous break-up. I’m more than a delightful bit of rough, I tells you. For some reason or another, we discuss “Wardrobe Malfuctions” and how they certainly seem to increase your fame. I recall the infamous “Yumiko Incident” in Hong Kong, which I saw live as I was eating hotpot. Boycott IGN! Check out the pathetic P. MacDougal’s equally review here. At least until this P. MacDougal gets the boot. Truly ineptitude of the highest calibre. Essentially his review in a nutshell: Anime is a genre, (is Hollywood a genre, MacDougal?) It sucks becuase it’s anime and all anime is the same. It sucks because I didn’t get it. Did you even watch it, MacDougal? FlickChick’s much more professional look at Kon’s work can be seen here at the wonderful, TV guide editors blog. The article in question is . You can also e-mail FlickChick at that link there which could lead to your letter being read out on the TV guide podcast. We then talk about the Suicide of a Agriculture & Fisheries minister in Japan over something relatively harmless compared to most American political scandals. Homesick? Alex discusses his “homesickness” for Japan. Home is where the heart is, afterall. He also discusses some interesting considerations to make about life in Japan as a foreigner, it’s not as easy as it sounds and is an invaluable little bit of advice to anyone thinking of doing the same. This does slightly veer off into the dirty realm of the ESL industry for a while. Debito’s website about his adventures of becoming a Japanese citizen can be found . News! Nymphet cancelled! Oh, the shock. The pain…This is akin to the Nazi party burning works of great literature…. Well…no, not really. But somewhat connected, this manga is just about the biggest atrocity since World War II and it won’t be making it’s way to American shores afterall. Let’s have a look at the tasteful ways which the 8 (yes E-I-G-H-T) year old protagonist tries to win the affections..No…wait..What’s the word I’m looking for…oh yes, “cock”, of her primary school teacher. Luckily, as this manga is tasteful, there’s no underage drinking depicted in this masterpiece. The delightful protagonist prefers drinking from a water fountain, like everyone else! How sweet and insinuation-free! The scary part…It’s written by a female and I’m told that the target demographic is for older teens… Tokyo Majin Gakuen Kenpuchou Season Two I only watched the first episode of season one and found it incoherant to say the least. Mini Review: Tokyo Godfather’s Satoshi Kon, how we love thee. Alex loved it of course. Satoshi Kon has yet to dissapoint. I’ve yet to see it. I know, disgusting aren’t I? Review: Wanna-Be’s I love the 80’s. Love ‘em. For the purpose of this review, this is a good thing. One who does not at least have an understanding of the 80’s will probably lose a large amount of enjoyment from this obscure anime title. Obscure, yes. However, a relatively significant title at the same time. This anime is significant due to it being the first pairing of Toshimichi Suzuki and Kenichi Sonada who would later be responsible (at least in part) for “Bubblegum Crisis”, “AD Police” and “Gall Force”; all featuring Sonada’s characters designs and Suzuki’s influence in one way or another, either as original Manga-ka, planning or executive producer. This, their first collaboration, is an epic cautionary tale about mixing Alien DNA and Japanese Female Tag-Team Wrestling. Now, just to prove what a smashing young fellow I am. I managed to obtain this rare anime, re-encode it to DVD resoltuion with some sharpening & anti-aliasing and present to you, yes present, the best quality version of this anime in existence. Click on the little symbol next to play icon to download the file to your computer. I ask for nothing but your feedback. / / /var divx_stage={size:’large’,s:’720?480’,v:1281608};/]] So, there we are. If I were you, I’d be wanting to make sweet, sweet love to me right about now. In the period of a week, I record a podcast, edit a podcast, write shownotes for a podcast, upload a podcast and now at the same time, I’m re-encoding obscure 1980’s anime so I can share it with the fans. Give, give, give I am! tag:odeo.com,2007-06-02,12732393 Sat, 02 Jun 2007 01:55:45 -0700 no Anime pacific http://odeo.com/episodes/12697563-Anime-Pacific-Episode-24 I typed this out, fking beautifully. And then I fuing lost it. It’s my birthday and I really couldn’t be bothered to type it again, as I just wasted about 60 minutes on it. Download Episode 24 here. In brief, make that very brief… We talked about: Crappy Fan Reviews GeGeGe No Kitaro Street Vandalized Alex prays for your death if you haven’t seen these films: All the presidents Men Day of the Jackal The coversation Three days of the condor Harbin Zoo Doctor Snuggles Rest assured, I did type much more eloquent shownotes until the fu**ing computer decided to eat them up. I typed this out, fking beautifully. And then I fuing lost it. It’s my birthday and I really couldn’t be bothered to type it again, as I just wasted about 60 minutes on it. Download Episode 24 here. In brief, make that very brief… We talked about: Crappy Fan Reviews GeGeGe No Kitaro Street Vandalized Alex prays for your death if you haven’t seen these films: All the presidents Men Day of the Jackal The coversation Three days of the condor Harbin Zoo Doctor Snuggles Rest assured, I did type much more eloquent shownotes until the fu**ing computer decided to eat them up. I typed this out, fking beautifully. And then I fuing lost it. It’s my birthday and I really couldn’t be bothered to type it again, as I just wasted about 60 minutes on it. Download Episode 24 here. In brief, make that very brief… We talked about: Crappy Fan Reviews GeGeGe No Kitaro Street Vandalized Alex prays for your death if you haven’t seen these films: All the presidents Men Day of the Jackal The coversation Three days of the condor Harbin Zoo Doctor Snuggles Rest assured, I did type much more eloquent shownotes until the fu**ing computer decided to eat them up. tag:odeo.com,2007-05-27,12697563 Sun, 27 May 2007 03:36:54 -0700 no Anime pacific http://odeo.com/episodes/12645983-Anime-Pacific-Episode-23 Talk about stuttering! Download Episode 23 Here. powered by ODEO Shootin’ The Breeze We talk about the future plans of our show. We decided that quality is more important than quantity. Thus, the epic 140 minute show might be a thing of the past. It’s exhausting for me to edit and make show notes of, so I think things would be all-around better if we made things sharper at about 70 minutes an episode. What do you think? Here is a rather amusing clip from an old Australian kids show, “Agro’s Cartoon Connection”. Me and Alex also talk about Japanese baseball and it’s passionate fans. We then discuss Anime Genesis and DuoMatrix’s entry into the public radio quest. Check it out and help the fellow out! http://www.publicradioquest.com/node/1388 Wait a minute Mr Postman! David Lee discusses the wonderful Skullman with us as well as sending us a torrent link to the subbed, live action episode 0. The torrent link can be found in the comments section of our previous episode. Check it out! I ... Talk about stuttering! Download Episode 23 Here. powered by ODEO Shootin’ The Breeze We talk about the future plans of our show. We decided that quality is more important than quantity. Thus, the epic 140 minute show might be a thing of the past. It’s exhausting for me to edit and make show notes of, so I think things would be all-around better if we made things sharper at about 70 minutes an episode. What do you think? Here is a rather amusing clip from an old Australian kids show, “Agro’s Cartoon Connection”. Me and Alex also talk about Japanese baseball and it’s passionate fans. We then discuss Anime Genesis and DuoMatrix’s entry into the public radio quest. Check it out and help the fellow out! http://www.publicradioquest.com/node/1388 Wait a minute Mr Postman! David Lee discusses the wonderful Skullman with us as well as sending us a torrent link to the subbed, live action episode 0. The torrent link can be found in the comments section of our previous episode. Check it out! I also mention FourZeroFour. The wonderful website for fansub direct download links! Many of which we talk about every week! We also get a fantastic e-mail from a listener called “Jim” who made our week with his kind comments. He brought up an interesting point about dubs which we mentioned earlier. Our conversation kind of verged off into politics and Alex was lamenting on how he could not think of any good contemperary political anime or manga. I mentioned “Eagle: The making of an Asian American President”. If anyone has read this, what’s your opinions on it? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eagle:_The_Making_of_an_Asian-American_President http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=1222 http://www.animefringe.com/magazine/01.01/feature/3/index.php3 News Not much news this week, folks. We mostly talk about the remastering of Macross 7 and Macross Plus in Hi-Def as well as a remastering for DVD. Alex thinks that High-Def anime is pointless as high definition anime won’t add much to the quality when compared to Standard-def. Review: Agent Aika Virgin Mission I think Alex liked it more than me. We will be watching future installments, so it wasn’t that bad overall. I just felt that if a panty fetish themed show is lacking in story, then it shouldn’t be lacking in panty shots or vice-versa. However, I think both aspects were just lacking enough to leave me sadly, underwhelmed. You can download it directly from: http://fourzerofour.us It’s a wrap! We talk about a few other “pervy” Anime comedies, such as the always hilarious Goldenboy. We’ll have to review that one! Until next week my dears! Talk about stuttering! Download Episode 23 Here. powered by ODEO Shootin’ The Breeze We talk about the future plans of our show. We decided that quality is more important than quantity. Thus, the epic 140 minute show might be a thing of the past. It’s exhausting for me to edit and make show notes of, so I think things would be all-around better if we made things sharper at about 70 minutes an episode. What do you think? Here is a rather amusing clip from an old Australian kids show, “Agro’s Cartoon Connection”. Me and Alex also talk about Japanese baseball and it’s passionate fans. We then discuss Anime Genesis and DuoMatrix’s entry into the public radio quest. Check it out and help the fellow out! http://www.publicradioquest.com/node/1388 Wait a minute Mr Postman! David Lee discusses the wonderful Skullman with us as well as sending us a torrent link to the subbed, live action episode 0. The torrent link can be found in the comments section of our previous episode. Check it out! I also mention FourZeroFour. The wonderful website for fansub direct download links! Many of which we talk about every week! We also get a fantastic e-mail from a listener called “Jim” who made our week with his kind comments. He brought up an interesting point about dubs which we mentioned earlier. Our conversation kind of verged off into politics and Alex was lamenting on how he could not think of any good contemperary political anime or manga. I mentioned “Eagle: The making of an Asian American President”. If anyone has read this, what’s your opinions on it? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eagle:_The_Making_of_an_Asian-American_President http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=1222 http://www.animefringe.com/magazine/01.01/feature/3/index.php3 News Not much news this week, folks. We mostly talk about the remastering of Macross 7 and Macross Plus in Hi-Def as well as a remastering for DVD. Alex thinks that High-Def anime is pointless as high definition anime won’t add much to the quality when compared to Standard-def. Review: Agent Aika Virgin Mission I think Alex liked it more than me. We will be watching future installments, so it wasn’t that bad overall. I just felt that if a panty fetish themed show is lacking in story, then it shouldn’t be lacking in panty shots or vice-versa. However, I think both aspects were just lacking enough to leave me sadly, underwhelmed. You can download it directly from: http://fourzerofour.us It’s a wrap! We talk about a few other “pervy” Anime comedies, such as the always hilarious Goldenboy. We’ll have to review that one! Until next week my dears! tag:odeo.com,2007-05-20,12645983 Sun, 20 May 2007 06:08:00 -0700 no Anime pacific http://odeo.com/episodes/11983703-Anime-Pacific-Episode-22 The always wonderful Jeff Tatarek, informed us that the girl that Alex called a “MILF” was actually, a “dude”. Well at least that explains his mysterious trip to Thailand. Download Episode 22 here. Shootin’ The Breeze Alex actually composed a very touching speech about the whole “MILF” issue which is worth the download of this episode alone. Yes, that’s my wife yelling, “shut up!” Grumpy old poo. Alex discusses his wife’s Japanese take on Chisneyland. I can understand her frustration, but I feel Chisneyland certainly shouldn’t be representative of China as a whole. Alex also mentions Jan Wong. The link he mentioned can be found here. We also discuss gay innuendo! What!? Gay innuendo on Anime-Pacific!? Wait a minute Mr Postman! A whole heap of e-mails from new and old listeners ensures the best “Mr Postman” yet! We discuss Jeff Tatarek’s e-mail and Castle Of Cagliostro, which I will make sure Alex see’s, even if I have to buy the damn DVD for him. We got an e-mail from Scott of Geekn... The always wonderful Jeff Tatarek, informed us that the girl that Alex called a “MILF” was actually, a “dude”. Well at least that explains his mysterious trip to Thailand. Download Episode 22 here. Shootin’ The Breeze Alex actually composed a very touching speech about the whole “MILF” issue which is worth the download of this episode alone. Yes, that’s my wife yelling, “shut up!” Grumpy old poo. Alex discusses his wife’s Japanese take on Chisneyland. I can understand her frustration, but I feel Chisneyland certainly shouldn’t be representative of China as a whole. Alex also mentions Jan Wong. The link he mentioned can be found here. We also discuss gay innuendo! What!? Gay innuendo on Anime-Pacific!? Wait a minute Mr Postman! A whole heap of e-mails from new and old listeners ensures the best “Mr Postman” yet! We discuss Jeff Tatarek’s e-mail and Castle Of Cagliostro, which I will make sure Alex see’s, even if I have to buy the damn DVD for him. We got an e-mail from Scott of Geeknights fame, which made our year. Special: Perversity in Asia With, special Guests Benu & Duo Matrix from Anime-Genesis! Actually, they just called us in the middle of this so it was quite unexpected! I had actually lost the recording of this, but fortunately, Benu recorded it too. Huzzah! We respond to David Lee’s previous e-mail about depravity: Asian Style. Those pictures were taken by Alex. He assures me that he was just “curious” and never entered the aforementioned dwelling. Spring Season Chat We discuss the Spring Season, yet again and how it’s shaping out. Series Preview: Skullman The torrent for it, is 01%5BD5EBB51E%5D.avi.torrent”here. FINALLY! And yes, it’s worth the wait; we love it! It’s a wrap! ILA-Fansubs have finished Space Adventure Cobra! An absolute classic and directed by Osamu Dezaki no less. This classic series is now fully subbed and I urge you to check it out! The torrent is here. (It’s 7.2 Gigs and 31 episodes long) Here’s a trailer for the film, which partially covers the first third of the TV series. Next week, we finally review the Agent Aika prequel. Scourge of tissue boxes everywhere. The always wonderful Jeff Tatarek, informed us that the girl that Alex called a “MILF” was actually, a “dude”. Well at least that explains his mysterious trip to Thailand. Download Episode 22 here. Shootin’ The Breeze Alex actually composed a very touching speech about the whole “MILF” issue which is worth the download of this episode alone. Yes, that’s my wife yelling, “shut up!” Grumpy old poo. Alex discusses his wife’s Japanese take on Chisneyland. I can understand her frustration, but I feel Chisneyland certainly shouldn’t be representative of China as a whole. Alex also mentions Jan Wong. The link he mentioned can be found here. We also discuss gay innuendo! What!? Gay innuendo on Anime-Pacific!? Wait a minute Mr Postman! A whole heap of e-mails from new and old listeners ensures the best “Mr Postman” yet! We discuss Jeff Tatarek’s e-mail and Castle Of Cagliostro, which I will make sure Alex see’s, even if I have to buy the damn DVD for him. We got an e-mail from Scott of Geeknights fame, which made our year. Special: Perversity in Asia With, special Guests Benu & Duo Matrix from Anime-Genesis! Actually, they just called us in the middle of this so it was quite unexpected! I had actually lost the recording of this, but fortunately, Benu recorded it too. Huzzah! We respond to David Lee’s previous e-mail about depravity: Asian Style. Those pictures were taken by Alex. He assures me that he was just “curious” and never entered the aforementioned dwelling. Spring Season Chat We discuss the Spring Season, yet again and how it’s shaping out. Series Preview: Skullman The torrent for it, is 01%5BD5EBB51E%5D.avi.torrent”here. FINALLY! And yes, it’s worth the wait; we love it! It’s a wrap! ILA-Fansubs have finished Space Adventure Cobra! An absolute classic and directed by Osamu Dezaki no less. This classic series is now fully subbed and I urge you to check it out! The torrent is here. (It’s 7.2 Gigs and 31 episodes long) Here’s a trailer for the film, which partially covers the first third of the TV series. Next week, we finally review the Agent Aika prequel. Scourge of tissue boxes everywhere. tag:odeo.com,2007-05-13,11983703 Sun, 13 May 2007 00:21:40 -0700 no Anime pacific http://odeo.com/episodes/11298463-Anime-Pacific-Episode-21 Alex is back (for real!) Forgive the uneven audio during the first few minutes of this episode, this supposed “wonder microphone” that I bought isn’t exactly winning my heart over. Download Episode 21 here. powered by ODEO Shootin’ The Breeze Alex discusses the enchanting hamlet, Rainy River; Where the closest things they have to anime are dusty Flash Gordon novels in the drugstore. We also discuss the amount of effort that went into the first ten mintues of episode 20 and how no one seems to have noticed! I am now “staff” at the newly resurrected Sentosha-Fansubs! Aint’ I king shit. The Souten No Ken fansub project lives! I shall be assisting with the timing and encoding. We discuss “Chisneyland”, the enchanting themepark in Mainland China; Where Shreek, Hello Katty and Mickey “not a mouse” enchant enchanted children all day long. Thus, the adjective, enchanting. Damn I love that word. We also discuss the “worst Podcast contest” episode from Geeknights and their opinions on what ma... Alex is back (for real!) Forgive the uneven audio during the first few minutes of this episode, this supposed “wonder microphone” that I bought isn’t exactly winning my heart over. Download Episode 21 here. powered by ODEO Shootin’ The Breeze Alex discusses the enchanting hamlet, Rainy River; Where the closest things they have to anime are dusty Flash Gordon novels in the drugstore. We also discuss the amount of effort that went into the first ten mintues of episode 20 and how no one seems to have noticed! I am now “staff” at the newly resurrected Sentosha-Fansubs! Aint’ I king shit. The Souten No Ken fansub project lives! I shall be assisting with the timing and encoding. We discuss “Chisneyland”, the enchanting themepark in Mainland China; Where Shreek, Hello Katty and Mickey “not a mouse” enchant enchanted children all day long. Thus, the adjective, enchanting. Damn I love that word. We also discuss the “worst Podcast contest” episode from Geeknights and their opinions on what makes a podcast bad. For those of you who are not yet snared, one of the worst podcasts that they talk about is an Anime Podcast; One that I’m sure you all know! You can download that episode here. Wait A Minute Mr Postman! Wait a minute Mr. Postman! We didn’t actually get any e-mail this week. Still, there were some comments posted from our viewers in the comments section that definitely warranted discussion on the show. Mostly, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann. Alex also discusses how he’s been “brought back into the light”; One of this podcast’s objectives. Alex also gives his opinions on Claymore and Darker Than Black; Alex’s favourite show of the season. Agent Aika Prequel OVA Subbed!!!! Best-Panty-Anime-Ever! Torrent Virgin_Mission- OVA_01%5BD39E310A%5D.mkv.torrent”here! News while you Snooooooooooooze Gedo Senki Screening in Austrlia & Goro Miyazaki interview The interview is here. He really makes his father seem like a bit of a dick (as much as I love his films), to be honest. Gegege No Kitaro: Awesome ratings & Live Action Sequel On The Way? Here’s hoping this can allow the series to finally get subbed! Anime Person Of The Week: David Hayter EA. Sports. It’s in the game…. Yep, that’s him. David Hayter is truly a jack-of-all-trades. Not only has he voiced anime, but he has played an anime character in a live action anime adaptation; Guyver (mutronics) and the far superior Guyver; Dark Hero. He gained the respect of the Japanese side of the industry for his stellar voice over work as Solid Snake in the Metal Gear Solid games. So much so, that future installments were English dub only with Japanese subs. Not only that, he’s also a rather adept writer. He wrote the screenplay for X-Men and co-wrote X-Men 2, and is considered the “go-to” guy when it comes to comic to film adaptations. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hayter Wrapup Next week, we talk about perversion and sexual deviancy. Finally, Alex’s turn to shine! Alex is back (for real!) Forgive the uneven audio during the first few minutes of this episode, this supposed “wonder microphone” that I bought isn’t exactly winning my heart over. Download Episode 21 here. powered by ODEO Shootin’ The Breeze Alex discusses the enchanting hamlet, Rainy River; Where the closest things they have to anime are dusty Flash Gordon novels in the drugstore. We also discuss the amount of effort that went into the first ten mintues of episode 20 and how no one seems to have noticed! I am now “staff” at the newly resurrected Sentosha-Fansubs! Aint’ I king shit. The Souten No Ken fansub project lives! I shall be assisting with the timing and encoding. We discuss “Chisneyland”, the enchanting themepark in Mainland China; Where Shreek, Hello Katty and Mickey “not a mouse” enchant enchanted children all day long. Thus, the adjective, enchanting. Damn I love that word. We also discuss the “worst Podcast contest” episode from Geeknights and their opinions on what makes a podcast bad. For those of you who are not yet snared, one of the worst podcasts that they talk about is an Anime Podcast; One that I’m sure you all know! You can download that episode here. Wait A Minute Mr Postman! Wait a minute Mr. Postman! We didn’t actually get any e-mail this week. Still, there were some comments posted from our viewers in the comments section that definitely warranted discussion on the show. Mostly, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann. Alex also discusses how he’s been “brought back into the light”; One of this podcast’s objectives. Alex also gives his opinions on Claymore and Darker Than Black; Alex’s favourite show of the season. Agent Aika Prequel OVA Subbed!!!! Best-Panty-Anime-Ever! Torrent Virgin_Mission- OVA_01%5BD39E310A%5D.mkv.torrent”here! News while you Snooooooooooooze Gedo Senki Screening in Austrlia & Goro Miyazaki interview The interview is here. He really makes his father seem like a bit of a dick (as much as I love his films), to be honest. Gegege No Kitaro: Awesome ratings & Live Action Sequel On The Way? Here’s hoping this can allow the series to finally get subbed! Anime Person Of The Week: David Hayter EA. Sports. It’s in the game…. Yep, that’s him. David Hayter is truly a jack-of-all-trades. Not only has he voiced anime, but he has played an anime character in a live action anime adaptation; Guyver (mutronics) and the far superior Guyver; Dark Hero. He gained the respect of the Japanese side of the industry for his stellar voice over work as Solid Snake in the Metal Gear Solid games. So much so, that future installments were English dub only with Japanese subs. Not only that, he’s also a rather adept writer. He wrote the screenplay for X-Men and co-wrote X-Men 2, and is considered the “go-to” guy when it comes to comic to film adaptations. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hayter Wrapup Next week, we talk about perversion and sexual deviancy. Finally, Alex’s turn to shine! tag:odeo.com,2007-05-05,11298463 Sat, 05 May 2007 22:28:48 -0700 no Anime pacific http://odeo.com/episodes/11258233-Anime-Pacific-Episode-20 This week, I’m Alex free. This is a double edged sword as while I can relax as I don’t need to fearfully keep my buttocks tightly clenched, we don’t have his snarkniness at hand. Luckily, he pre-recorded some things, and for the things he didn’t, well you’ll just have to see for yourself. Download Episode 20 Here. powered by ODEO Intro 0:00-9:05 I won’t spoil it for you! Anime World Order & Up A Paddles Promos are also played during this segement. Shootin’ The Breeze Alex pre-recorded this with me last week, what a kind lad. He explains the reason of his absense. Disclaimer & Alex: The True Story This happened by coincidence, I just found some very amusing audio clips of Alex that I thought I could splice together into a rather interesting interview. News Kansai Airport to include anime shop But seriously, who buys stuff from airport shops? They are usually a billion times more expensive than anywhere else! Anime Figurines: Now with squish breasts! No, those grubby fingernails are n... This week, I’m Alex free. This is a double edged sword as while I can relax as I don’t need to fearfully keep my buttocks tightly clenched, we don’t have his snarkniness at hand. Luckily, he pre-recorded some things, and for the things he didn’t, well you’ll just have to see for yourself. Download Episode 20 Here. powered by ODEO Intro 0:00-9:05 I won’t spoil it for you! Anime World Order & Up A Paddles Promos are also played during this segement. Shootin’ The Breeze Alex pre-recorded this with me last week, what a kind lad. He explains the reason of his absense. Disclaimer & Alex: The True Story This happened by coincidence, I just found some very amusing audio clips of Alex that I thought I could splice together into a rather interesting interview. News Kansai Airport to include anime shop But seriously, who buys stuff from airport shops? They are usually a billion times more expensive than anywhere else! Anime Figurines: Now with squish breasts! No, those grubby fingernails are not mine. Gedo Senki DVD Details About 5000 yen for the standard version and 8000 for the the special edition. Both Include English subs and audio! Catholic Church uses “Manga images” to attract more young people Gainax Co-Founder Steps Down After 2Channel Uproar It all started because someone said, “It has C-Grade animation”. I’d be pissed off too! The animation in this show is probably the best of any anime this season (see episode 2 if you don’t believe me!) I sure hope this won’t have any bad effect on the show. This show defies categorization. It’s an adult’s show for kids, yet a kids show for adults. On A Sidenote, our last rather sombre episode, we talked about something that pissed off a lot of people. The “comfort woman” issue. For more on this issue, check this out. Review: Hokuto No Ken; Yuria Densetsu Anyone who has listened to more than one episode of this podcast should know my feelings on this series. For anyone who hasn’t seen this series before, I briefly explain the history of this series and what makes it the classic that it is. Impressions: Engade Planet Kiss Dum Uh-Oh….. Taken from Mendoi Subs: We are also sad to announce that we will stall this show for now. Here’s why: this project is pretty much doomed @ studios. They seem to have no money and no staff. Episode 03 was just sad. The animation was incomplete, or absent. We will wait until we get to see episode 6-7. If episodes 6-7 are as bad as we fear them to be, we will drop this project. If not, we will gladly continue. Well, here’s KissDum 2 finally. Sorry for the delays, and enjoy Kiss Dum 2. Anime Person of the week Well…I had to keep my promise, and it would have made the pre-recorded wrapup inconsistent if I didn’t! It’s a wrap! Sorry if my prose is not what it normally is, but I have a splitting headache, feel dizzy and the first 10 mintues of the podcast took well over a day to make alone . Next week Alex is back, Anime Person Of The Week returns to it’s former glory and I’m sure Alex will have a lot to say about the content of this episode! Until then, bye bye! This week, I’m Alex free. This is a double edged sword as while I can relax as I don’t need to fearfully keep my buttocks tightly clenched, we don’t have his snarkniness at hand. Luckily, he pre-recorded some things, and for the things he didn’t, well you’ll just have to see for yourself. Download Episode 20 Here. powered by ODEO Intro 0:00-9:05 I won’t spoil it for you! Anime World Order & Up A Paddles Promos are also played during this segement. Shootin’ The Breeze Alex pre-recorded this with me last week, what a kind lad. He explains the reason of his absense. Disclaimer & Alex: The True Story This happened by coincidence, I just found some very amusing audio clips of Alex that I thought I could splice together into a rather interesting interview. News Kansai Airport to include anime shop But seriously, who buys stuff from airport shops? They are usually a billion times more expensive than anywhere else! Anime Figurines: Now with squish breasts! No, those grubby fingernails are not mine. Gedo Senki DVD Details About 5000 yen for the standard version and 8000 for the the special edition. Both Include English subs and audio! Catholic Church uses “Manga images” to attract more young people Gainax Co-Founder Steps Down After 2Channel Uproar It all started because someone said, “It has C-Grade animation”. I’d be pissed off too! The animation in this show is probably the best of any anime this season (see episode 2 if you don’t believe me!) I sure hope this won’t have any bad effect on the show. This show defies categorization. It’s an adult’s show for kids, yet a kids show for adults. On A Sidenote, our last rather sombre episode, we talked about something that pissed off a lot of people. The “comfort woman” issue. For more on this issue, check this out. Review: Hokuto No Ken; Yuria Densetsu Anyone who has listened to more than one episode of this podcast should know my feelings on this series. For anyone who hasn’t seen this series before, I briefly explain the history of this series and what makes it the classic that it is. Impressions: Engade Planet Kiss Dum Uh-Oh….. Taken from Mendoi Subs: We are also sad to announce that we will stall this show for now. Here’s why: this project is pretty much doomed @ studios. They seem to have no money and no staff. Episode 03 was just sad. The animation was incomplete, or absent. We will wait until we get to see episode 6-7. If episodes 6-7 are as bad as we fear them to be, we will drop this project. If not, we will gladly continue. Well, here’s KissDum 2 finally. Sorry for the delays, and enjoy Kiss Dum 2. Anime Person of the week Well…I had to keep my promise, and it would have made the pre-recorded wrapup inconsistent if I didn’t! It’s a wrap! Sorry if my prose is not what it normally is, but I have a splitting headache, feel dizzy and the first 10 mintues of the podcast took well over a day to make alone . Next week Alex is back, Anime Person Of The Week returns to it’s former glory and I’m sure Alex will have a lot to say about the content of this episode! Until then, bye bye! tag:odeo.com,2007-04-28,11258233 Sat, 28 Apr 2007 21:10:17 -0700 no Anime pacific http://odeo.com/episodes/11207543-Anime-Pacific-Episode-19 Not quite the whackiness that you might be used to, as we get a very interesting letter about the perception of Japanee in Asia and touch upon a few sensitive subjects this episode. Due to Alex’s unavailability next week and lack of timing, no Anime person of the Week like what was promised last week. Sorry! Download Episode 19 powered by ODEO Shootin’ The Breeze Do you feel Sony hatred that has swept the globe? The catastrophe that is the PS3 is one such manifestation of that apparent hatred. We discuss how we feel about the format wars (again) and subsequently the console wars. Alex also discusses his rage at these new white pants that Japanese scientists have developed which ensure that no underwear is visible. Thus subsequently leads to a discussion about “taboo” trends in Japan compared to elsewhere. Honestly, I had no idea about some of these trends and why anyone would actually care, but Alex assures me it’s pivotal. News Monolith asks us about the perception of Japanese in A... Not quite the whackiness that you might be used to, as we get a very interesting letter about the perception of Japanee in Asia and touch upon a few sensitive subjects this episode. Due to Alex’s unavailability next week and lack of timing, no Anime person of the Week like what was promised last week. Sorry! Download Episode 19 powered by ODEO Shootin’ The Breeze Do you feel Sony hatred that has swept the globe? The catastrophe that is the PS3 is one such manifestation of that apparent hatred. We discuss how we feel about the format wars (again) and subsequently the console wars. Alex also discusses his rage at these new white pants that Japanese scientists have developed which ensure that no underwear is visible. Thus subsequently leads to a discussion about “taboo” trends in Japan compared to elsewhere. Honestly, I had no idea about some of these trends and why anyone would actually care, but Alex assures me it’s pivotal. News Monolith asks us about the perception of Japanese in Asia. A rather epic question to say the least. I’m unsatisfied with our reply as I think it could have warranted a podcast in itself. Needless to say, we deal with Asian disharmony everyday in some small way or another. We also get an E-mail from Eeeper of Eeeper’s Choice fame, with a very detailed response on anime demographics and Code Geass. Glad you listen to the show Eeeper! Watcherangel informs us that South Park have a whole episode dealing with the whole “You go girl” aspect of 300 that we ranted about for 2 podcasts! We’ll certainly be checking that out! David Lee & Jake also informed us that Kiss-Dum has been subbed! Huzzah! News Nagasaki mayor slain by gangsters From all accounts a pacifist and a good man. If someone had to be shot, why couldn’t it have been the mayor of Tokyo? Romeo X Juliet to be streamed for free If you can speak Japanese, you’re in for a treat! Berserk to rerun in the coveted 11pm Animax Timeslot One of the, if not the, greatest anime TV series of all time, is being rerun in the coveted 11pm timeslot. This is usually done when a production company wants to test the waters, meaning that more Berserk anime could finally be on the way. 3000 turn up to Raoh’s funeral Apparently the greatest blurring of fantasy and reality for any event based on a fictional character in Japan. 3000 (some weeping) fans braved icy rain to pay their respects to Hokuto No Ken’s Raoh. Spring 2007 Impressions II Alex gives his two cents on the shows I talked about last week. Suprisingly, Darker than black was number one on his list. Heroic age continues to be great. Alex’s take on Sola was 100% the same as mine. Wrapup Alex is off to Rainy River next week, but we’ve pre-recorded some stuff to play in his absence next week. Next week, will have a special suprise for those of you who have been with the show for a while. Until then, my pretties! Not quite the whackiness that you might be used to, as we get a very interesting letter about the perception of Japanee in Asia and touch upon a few sensitive subjects this episode. Due to Alex’s unavailability next week and lack of timing, no Anime person of the Week like what was promised last week. Sorry! Download Episode 19 powered by ODEO Shootin’ The Breeze Do you feel Sony hatred that has swept the globe? The catastrophe that is the PS3 is one such manifestation of that apparent hatred. We discuss how we feel about the format wars (again) and subsequently the console wars. Alex also discusses his rage at these new white pants that Japanese scientists have developed which ensure that no underwear is visible. Thus subsequently leads to a discussion about “taboo” trends in Japan compared to elsewhere. Honestly, I had no idea about some of these trends and why anyone would actually care, but Alex assures me it’s pivotal. News Monolith asks us about the perception of Japanese in Asia. A rather epic question to say the least. I’m unsatisfied with our reply as I think it could have warranted a podcast in itself. Needless to say, we deal with Asian disharmony everyday in some small way or another. We also get an E-mail from Eeeper of Eeeper’s Choice fame, with a very detailed response on anime demographics and Code Geass. Glad you listen to the show Eeeper! Watcherangel informs us that South Park have a whole episode dealing with the whole “You go girl” aspect of 300 that we ranted about for 2 podcasts! We’ll certainly be checking that out! David Lee & Jake also informed us that Kiss-Dum has been subbed! Huzzah! News Nagasaki mayor slain by gangsters From all accounts a pacifist and a good man. If someone had to be shot, why couldn’t it have been the mayor of Tokyo? Romeo X Juliet to be streamed for free If you can speak Japanese, you’re in for a treat! Berserk to rerun in the coveted 11pm Animax Timeslot One of the, if not the, greatest anime TV series of all time, is being rerun in the coveted 11pm timeslot. This is usually done when a production company wants to test the waters, meaning that more Berserk anime could finally be on the way. 3000 turn up to Raoh’s funeral Apparently the greatest blurring of fantasy and reality for any event based on a fictional character in Japan. 3000 (some weeping) fans braved icy rain to pay their respects to Hokuto No Ken’s Raoh. Spring 2007 Impressions II Alex gives his two cents on the shows I talked about last week. Suprisingly, Darker than black was number one on his list. Heroic age continues to be great. Alex’s take on Sola was 100% the same as mine. Wrapup Alex is off to Rainy River next week, but we’ve pre-recorded some stuff to play in his absence next week. Next week, will have a special suprise for those of you who have been with the show for a while. Until then, my pretties! tag:odeo.com,2007-04-22,11207543 Sun, 22 Apr 2007 01:17:07 -0700 no Anime pacific http://odeo.com/episodes/11161303-Anime-Pacific-Episode-18 Warning: I actually talk about my penis in graphic detail this episode so expect a slow download as I’m sure a huge horde of female fans and downloading this episode as you are reading this. Ok, crap aside we give a whole heap of “Series impressions” of new Anime shows that we’ve watched, and no, we didn’t just watch the “boy stuff.” We’ll try to be as objective as possible; We promise! Download Episode 18 here Shootin’ The Breeze 0:00 – 27:20 Did I like Singapore? Well, I feel “kindasortareally” indifferent. I think Hong Kong is a much better city overall, but I was glad for the trip. For the most part we chit chat about a whole heap of stuff, including Alex’s morbid fascination with American Idol, Alex praising my review of Cyber City Oedo and how Anime has boomed in Canada since Alex’s return. Alex starts complaining about the fact that most of romising “mature” anime titles of the season have remained untouched by subbers. Promo: Up A Paddle I was afraid ol’ Kent was missing in ... Warning: I actually talk about my penis in graphic detail this episode so expect a slow download as I’m sure a huge horde of female fans and downloading this episode as you are reading this. Ok, crap aside we give a whole heap of “Series impressions” of new Anime shows that we’ve watched, and no, we didn’t just watch the “boy stuff.” We’ll try to be as objective as possible; We promise! Download Episode 18 here Shootin’ The Breeze 0:00 – 27:20 Did I like Singapore? Well, I feel “kindasortareally” indifferent. I think Hong Kong is a much better city overall, but I was glad for the trip. For the most part we chit chat about a whole heap of stuff, including Alex’s morbid fascination with American Idol, Alex praising my review of Cyber City Oedo and how Anime has boomed in Canada since Alex’s return. Alex starts complaining about the fact that most of romising “mature” anime titles of the season have remained untouched by subbers. Promo: Up A Paddle I was afraid ol’ Kent was missing in action there for a while! Thank goodness, he’s back. Wait a minute Mr Postman! 28:20 – 45:40 All from our regulars, but the comments and questions they bring up are always great. Especially Watcher Angels little revelation about the single greatest actor in the world, Kevin Sorbo. News 46:45 – 1:19:34 Hokuto No Ken’s Raoh to get Shinto-Buddhist funeral Even as a Hokuto No Ken fan, this is disturbing to say the least. Funimation aquires OnePiece I would like to take this opportunity to toast Funimation for their compassionate treatment of rape victims. Bandai USA CEO confronted by fans at Sakura Con Anime News Network’s audio clip of the incident is here. He genuinely sounds dumbfounded by the response. This poor fellow obviously has NO idea. The now infamous “Swimming Shorts Story” Not exactly “news” but, hey. Sarah Brightman’s song featured in Pokemon!? Honestly, what can I say? Promo: Anime Pulse Great chaps! They’ve played my promo numerous times and brought some fine listeners our oay! Spring 2007 Episode “Impressions” 1:20:40- 2:10:05 Note: I clear my throat rather loudly several times during this, I actually muted it whilst I was clearing it but for some dumbass reason, the recording software still picked it up. Sorry for this disgusting lapse in professionalism. Click on the title to find out more about each show. Heroic Age: We both loved it, we feel extremely positive about this one. Unusual characters, great action, superb score and Mecha’s galore! Idol Master Xenoglossia Well….everything we thought it would be. Fantastic background art though. I’m going to check out the second episode, Alex won’t touch it. Claymore What else can we say about Claymore that you haven’t already heard? So far, the outlook is extremely positive. Seirei no Moribito From the team that brought you Ghost In The Shell:SAC, many have anticipated this beautiful looking historical fantasy. Not much to report as it’s a slower paced show, but it certainly has promise based on the talent behind it alone. Darker Than Black It certainly has potential. It’s kind of a cross between Ghost In The Shell & X-men, If that’s possible. Sola The biggest suprise for me, I actually enjoyed it. I was expected a Moe cutsie-pue crapfest but I found the slow paced style of this show appealing. The sudden unexpect supernatural element has me somewhat afraid however. It’s a wrap: 2:10:15 – 2:16:38 Next week, I’ll be reviewing the next Hokuto No Ken OVA: Yuria Densetsu and promise a very interesting new “Anime Person Of The Week”. Until then my pretties! Warning: I actually talk about my penis in graphic detail this episode so expect a slow download as I’m sure a huge horde of female fans and downloading this episode as you are reading this. Ok, crap aside we give a whole heap of “Series impressions” of new Anime shows that we’ve watched, and no, we didn’t just watch the “boy stuff.” We’ll try to be as objective as possible; We promise! Download Episode 18 here Shootin’ The Breeze 0:00 – 27:20 Did I like Singapore? Well, I feel “kindasortareally” indifferent. I think Hong Kong is a much better city overall, but I was glad for the trip. For the most part we chit chat about a whole heap of stuff, including Alex’s morbid fascination with American Idol, Alex praising my review of Cyber City Oedo and how Anime has boomed in Canada since Alex’s return. Alex starts complaining about the fact that most of romising “mature” anime titles of the season have remained untouched by subbers. Promo: Up A Paddle I was afraid ol’ Kent was missing in action there for a while! Thank goodness, he’s back. Wait a minute Mr Postman! 28:20 – 45:40 All from our regulars, but the comments and questions they bring up are always great. Especially Watcher Angels little revelation about the single greatest actor in the world, Kevin Sorbo. News 46:45 – 1:19:34 Hokuto No Ken’s Raoh to get Shinto-Buddhist funeral Even as a Hokuto No Ken fan, this is disturbing to say the least. Funimation aquires OnePiece I would like to take this opportunity to toast Funimation for their compassionate treatment of rape victims. Bandai USA CEO confronted by fans at Sakura Con Anime News Network’s audio clip of the incident is here. He genuinely sounds dumbfounded by the response. This poor fellow obviously has NO idea. The now infamous “Swimming Shorts Story” Not exactly “news” but, hey. Sarah Brightman’s song featured in Pokemon!? Honestly, what can I say? Promo: Anime Pulse Great chaps! They’ve played my promo numerous times and brought some fine listeners our oay! Spring 2007 Episode “Impressions” 1:20:40- 2:10:05 Note: I clear my throat rather loudly several times during this, I actually muted it whilst I was clearing it but for some dumbass reason, the recording software still picked it up. Sorry for this disgusting lapse in professionalism. Click on the title to find out more about each show. Heroic Age: We both loved it, we feel extremely positive about this one. Unusual characters, great action, superb score and Mecha’s galore! Idol Master Xenoglossia Well….everything we thought it would be. Fantastic background art though. I’m going to check out the second episode, Alex won’t touch it. Claymore What else can we say about Claymore that you haven’t already heard? So far, the outlook is extremely positive. Seirei no Moribito From the team that brought you Ghost In The Shell:SAC, many have anticipated this beautiful looking historical fantasy. Not much to report as it’s a slower paced show, but it certainly has promise based on the talent behind it alone. Darker Than Black It certainly has potential. It’s kind of a cross between Ghost In The Shell & X-men, If that’s possible. Sola The biggest suprise for me, I actually enjoyed it. I was expected a Moe cutsie-pue crapfest but I found the slow paced style of this show appealing. The sudden unexpect supernatural element has me somewhat afraid however. It’s a wrap: 2:10:15 – 2:16:38 Next week, I’ll be reviewing the next Hokuto No Ken OVA: Yuria Densetsu and promise a very interesting new “Anime Person Of The Week”. Until then my pretties! tag:odeo.com,2007-04-14,11161303 Sat, 14 Apr 2007 22:35:34 -0700 no Anime pacific http://odeo.com/episodes/11100133-Anime-Pacific-Episode-17-Cyborgs-Mechas-Singapore-Oh-My Yes indeed, I shall be departing for Singapore first thing tommorow morning. Luckily, that means you can get this episode two days earlier! Huzzah! Download Episode 17 here It’s almost half the length of our previous episode due to time constraints and the lack of any real big news in the anime world. Shootin’ The Breeze For the most part, we discuss my upcoming trip to Singapore and Alex shares his experiences with both Singapore and Malaysia. We also discuss how Buddhist & Shinto Monks on the street asking for donations are NOT genuine and are just beggars in suits. I also discuss “Shigeru Mizuki’s Yokai” figurines that are for sale at the moment. I actually bought one the other day, it includes a Yokai figurine, a card describing that Yokai and little leaflet talking about Mizuki San’s new DVD chronicling his revisit to New Guinea! Wait a minute Mr Postman! Our good chum Jake, whose an equally good sport, replies about our naughty little joke last week followed by a reply from Da... Yes indeed, I shall be departing for Singapore first thing tommorow morning. Luckily, that means you can get this episode two days earlier! Huzzah! Download Episode 17 here It’s almost half the length of our previous episode due to time constraints and the lack of any real big news in the anime world. Shootin’ The Breeze For the most part, we discuss my upcoming trip to Singapore and Alex shares his experiences with both Singapore and Malaysia. We also discuss how Buddhist & Shinto Monks on the street asking for donations are NOT genuine and are just beggars in suits. I also discuss “Shigeru Mizuki’s Yokai” figurines that are for sale at the moment. I actually bought one the other day, it includes a Yokai figurine, a card describing that Yokai and little leaflet talking about Mizuki San’s new DVD chronicling his revisit to New Guinea! Wait a minute Mr Postman! Our good chum Jake, whose an equally good sport, replies about our naughty little joke last week followed by a reply from David Lee, who pasted this link which details the upcoming Spring Anime Season for 2007. Seeing as the always great Anime Genesis is covering this, we just talk about the upcoming Mecha Titles. Without a doubt Kissdum, Engage Planet is the Mecha Show that has us the most excited. The animation looks stunning and one of the deities of mecha design, Shoji Kawamori has returned to his Macross roots in mecha design and churned out some very impressing designs. Idolmaster Xenoglossia on the other hand, seems to feature all the cliches that Alex hates. I mean, combining a property based off some cutesy idol game with Mecha!? Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann We are cautiously optimistic about Gainax’s new Mecha Show. It has all the features of parody which might be fun, unless it really is just a run of the mill Mecha show. Heroic Age Probably the second most anticipated show for us. The animation and mecha look great, and it’s mixed with Greek Mythology to boot! Alex probably won’t watch it if that cute little critter in the trailer catches his eye though. Kishin Taisen is notable for the fact that pretty much ever deity in mecha creation has a hand in the mecha designs in this show. But the story scream cliche. There wasn’t even a damn mecha in the trailer though! Each mecha represents one country in the world and Japan just had to chose a 14 year old boy and girl. Benu, of Anime-Genesis fame whilst kindly offering some help, showed us this amusing picture of our “live news feed”. Apparently, there’s some pro wrestler called Hentai, thus he turned up in the feed! WatcherAngel also sent us a reply about our 300 rant, our Rapeman review and probably one of the best questions we’ve been asked. The question being about what the exact difference between an “Oni” and “Youkai” is. I stumble through a reply which I’m sure the great Obakemono project can say better than me! Suffice to say, that Youkai can be best termed as Mythological beasts, thus Oni would indeed fall under the category of Yokai. On a sidenote, several Yokai are in fact related to Chinese beasts. Word of mouth and the “importation” of Buddhist brought some of the imagery of these critters to Japan, though the Japanese version naturally changed over the years. Oni is such a beast. Review: Cyber City Oedo 808 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyber_City_Oedo In my opinion, Kawajiri’s best. The quintessential Cyberpunk Anime and a great example of the dying “Hard Cyberpunk genre.” As you know, we are also avid Ghost In Shell fans, but as one reviewer said it best “Ghost in the Shell may be Cyber, Akira may be Punk. but when I think of cyberpunk, I immediately think of Cyber City OEDO 808. An absolute classic which marks the “orgasm” of the age of OVAs. Also check out the wonderful wonderful fanpage for Cyber City Oedo. http://www.oedo.net Wrapup Well, we’re both in a hurry, thus the completely non anime related music I tacked on at the end. I’m off to Singapore, so farewell my pretties! Yes indeed, I shall be departing for Singapore first thing tommorow morning. Luckily, that means you can get this episode two days earlier! Huzzah! Download Episode 17 here It’s almost half the length of our previous episode due to time constraints and the lack of any real big news in the anime world. Shootin’ The Breeze For the most part, we discuss my upcoming trip to Singapore and Alex shares his experiences with both Singapore and Malaysia. We also discuss how Buddhist & Shinto Monks on the street asking for donations are NOT genuine and are just beggars in suits. I also discuss “Shigeru Mizuki’s Yokai” figurines that are for sale at the moment. I actually bought one the other day, it includes a Yokai figurine, a card describing that Yokai and little leaflet talking about Mizuki San’s new DVD chronicling his revisit to New Guinea! Wait a minute Mr Postman! Our good chum Jake, whose an equally good sport, replies about our naughty little joke last week followed by a reply from David Lee, who pasted this link which details the upcoming Spring Anime Season for 2007. Seeing as the always great Anime Genesis is covering this, we just talk about the upcoming Mecha Titles. Without a doubt Kissdum, Engage Planet is the Mecha Show that has us the most excited. The animation looks stunning and one of the deities of mecha design, Shoji Kawamori has returned to his Macross roots in mecha design and churned out some very impressing designs. Idolmaster Xenoglossia on the other hand, seems to feature all the cliches that Alex hates. I mean, combining a property based off some cutesy idol game with Mecha!? Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann We are cautiously optimistic about Gainax’s new Mecha Show. It has all the features of parody which might be fun, unless it really is just a run of the mill Mecha show. Heroic Age Probably the second most anticipated show for us. The animation and mecha look great, and it’s mixed with Greek Mythology to boot! Alex probably won’t watch it if that cute little critter in the trailer catches his eye though. Kishin Taisen is notable for the fact that pretty much ever deity in mecha creation has a hand in the mecha designs in this show. But the story scream cliche. There wasn’t even a damn mecha in the trailer though! Each mecha represents one country in the world and Japan just had to chose a 14 year old boy and girl. Benu, of Anime-Genesis fame whilst kindly offering some help, showed us this amusing picture of our “live news feed”. Apparently, there’s some pro wrestler called Hentai, thus he turned up in the feed! WatcherAngel also sent us a reply about our 300 rant, our Rapeman review and probably one of the best questions we’ve been asked. The question being about what the exact difference between an “Oni” and “Youkai” is. I stumble through a reply which I’m sure the great Obakemono project can say better than me! Suffice to say, that Youkai can be best termed as Mythological beasts, thus Oni would indeed fall under the category of Yokai. On a sidenote, several Yokai are in fact related to Chinese beasts. Word of mouth and the “importation” of Buddhist brought some of the imagery of these critters to Japan, though the Japanese version naturally changed over the years. Oni is such a beast. Review: Cyber City Oedo 808 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyber_City_Oedo In my opinion, Kawajiri’s best. The quintessential Cyberpunk Anime and a great example of the dying “Hard Cyberpunk genre.” As you know, we are also avid Ghost In Shell fans, but as one reviewer said it best “Ghost in the Shell may be Cyber, Akira may be Punk. but when I think of cyberpunk, I immediately think of Cyber City OEDO 808. An absolute classic which marks the “orgasm” of the age of OVAs. Also check out the wonderful wonderful fanpage for Cyber City Oedo. http://www.oedo.net Wrapup Well, we’re both in a hurry, thus the completely non anime related music I tacked on at the end. I’m off to Singapore, so farewell my pretties! tag:odeo.com,2007-04-06,11100133 Fri, 06 Apr 2007 01:39:01 -0700 no Anime pacific http://odeo.com/episodes/11055083-Anime-Pacific-Episode-16 The temperature has since doubled in Hong Kong since our last episode. Oh how I hate summer. And yes, we talk about 300, AGAIN. Download Episode 16 Here. Those naughty royals Perhaps our most immature segment yet! Check out these pictures of the Danish royal family’s visit to Japan. There is a hysterical, yet childish sexual connotation in every single picture. Picture one: Yep! They’re real. Picture Two: The Emperor is above indecent exposure laws! Picture Three: Now that’s what I call a salute! And, the princess also met with the “prince” of animation, Miyazaki! For some reason, we discuss Japanese police in Japan and the public perception of Japanese police. Here is one such video that made shockwaves across Asia. Two Japanese police running like girls from a bat wielding maniac. Note, that the bulk of the video is in Cantonese, this is a TVB Hong Kong’s news report of the incident. However, they seem quite apt at defeating the Sith. We pay tribute to one of the best police force... The temperature has since doubled in Hong Kong since our last episode. Oh how I hate summer. And yes, we talk about 300, AGAIN. Download Episode 16 Here. Those naughty royals Perhaps our most immature segment yet! Check out these pictures of the Danish royal family’s visit to Japan. There is a hysterical, yet childish sexual connotation in every single picture. Picture one: Yep! They’re real. Picture Two: The Emperor is above indecent exposure laws! Picture Three: Now that’s what I call a salute! And, the princess also met with the “prince” of animation, Miyazaki! For some reason, we discuss Japanese police in Japan and the public perception of Japanese police. Here is one such video that made shockwaves across Asia. Two Japanese police running like girls from a bat wielding maniac. Note, that the bulk of the video is in Cantonese, this is a TVB Hong Kong’s news report of the incident. However, they seem quite apt at defeating the Sith. We pay tribute to one of the best police forces in the world, The Hong Kong Police Force. Alex then recalls an amusing story about when he was pulled over by police in Japan for speeding in a rice field. It’s ‘con Season (apparently) We’ve never been to a con. Ever. I know it’s shocking, but we’ve never had an opportunity to before! Anyway, would we cosplay? Short answer no. I suppose if you want to cosplay, you shuold do it right. For examples on how not to cosplay, check below! Haruhi Suzumiya fans are going to have to find another character to whack off to after they see this pic. Alex, (just to piss me off) thought this guy was me. Compare THAT, to THIS ladies! (It’s me) Mr Postman Alex, the grammar Nazi, isolates our fanbase further and further! We get a fantastic e-mail from a hardcore mecha fan and talk about the “decline of the Mecha”. For those interested the two classic Mecha animes that I mentioned were Space Runaway Ideon & Aura Battler Dunbine (which I will review soon). News Not too much this week, but we talk in depth about Bandai’s BS excuse for their extremely expensive US release of Freedom and why it’s BS. (Thanks to AWO for making me aware of this forum post). Anime Person Of The Week: Shigeru Mizuki This time, unless last weeks debarcle, I chose someone close to my own heart; Shigeru Mizuki. This guy is big in Japan, I mean huge. Sadly, a lot of foreign anime fans probably don’t know much about him or his work. Most known for his popularization of Japanese folklore, his life story alone is worthy of a segment. Drafted and sent to New Guinea in World War II, he struck a close friendship with the Tolai tribe who took care of him when he lost his arm (his drawing arm no less) and when he caught Malaria. Incidently, my own Grandfather fought in New Guinea during World War II so I myself have heard a lot of tales of New Guinea. Mizuki is most known for the wonderful GeGeGe Kitaro which is one of the greatest anime/manga classics of all time and STILL running strong with a new TV series and live action film ont he way. I can’t stress enough how big Mizuki-San and his work is in his native Japan. The street of his birth has statues of Yokai all the way down and a Yokai museum which was featured in Takashi Miike’s wonderful “Yokai Daisenso” (In which Mizuki-san had a cameo) For more about the beasts of Japanese folklore, the Yokai, I strongly recommend: The Obakemono Project Also from that website: The Fantastic Shigeru-Mizuki English Language Resource Page (Which English links to some of the Manga and episodes with English subs). They’ve also got a forum there, so check it out please! The temperature has since doubled in Hong Kong since our last episode. Oh how I hate summer. And yes, we talk about 300, AGAIN. Download Episode 16 Here. Those naughty royals Perhaps our most immature segment yet! Check out these pictures of the Danish royal family’s visit to Japan. There is a hysterical, yet childish sexual connotation in every single picture. Picture one: Yep! They’re real. Picture Two: The Emperor is above indecent exposure laws! Picture Three: Now that’s what I call a salute! And, the princess also met with the “prince” of animation, Miyazaki! For some reason, we discuss Japanese police in Japan and the public perception of Japanese police. Here is one such video that made shockwaves across Asia. Two Japanese police running like girls from a bat wielding maniac. Note, that the bulk of the video is in Cantonese, this is a TVB Hong Kong’s news report of the incident. However, they seem quite apt at defeating the Sith. We pay tribute to one of the best police forces in the world, The Hong Kong Police Force. Alex then recalls an amusing story about when he was pulled over by police in Japan for speeding in a rice field. It’s ‘con Season (apparently) We’ve never been to a con. Ever. I know it’s shocking, but we’ve never had an opportunity to before! Anyway, would we cosplay? Short answer no. I suppose if you want to cosplay, you shuold do it right. For examples on how not to cosplay, check below! Haruhi Suzumiya fans are going to have to find another character to whack off to after they see this pic. Alex, (just to piss me off) thought this guy was me. Compare THAT, to THIS ladies! (It’s me) Mr Postman Alex, the grammar Nazi, isolates our fanbase further and further! We get a fantastic e-mail from a hardcore mecha fan and talk about the “decline of the Mecha”. For those interested the two classic Mecha animes that I mentioned were Space Runaway Ideon & Aura Battler Dunbine (which I will review soon). News Not too much this week, but we talk in depth about Bandai’s BS excuse for their extremely expensive US release of Freedom and why it’s BS. (Thanks to AWO for making me aware of this forum post). Anime Person Of The Week: Shigeru Mizuki This time, unless last weeks debarcle, I chose someone close to my own heart; Shigeru Mizuki. This guy is big in Japan, I mean huge. Sadly, a lot of foreign anime fans probably don’t know much about him or his work. Most known for his popularization of Japanese folklore, his life story alone is worthy of a segment. Drafted and sent to New Guinea in World War II, he struck a close friendship with the Tolai tribe who took care of him when he lost his arm (his drawing arm no less) and when he caught Malaria. Incidently, my own Grandfather fought in New Guinea during World War II so I myself have heard a lot of tales of New Guinea. Mizuki is most known for the wonderful GeGeGe Kitaro which is one of the greatest anime/manga classics of all time and STILL running strong with a new TV series and live action film ont he way. I can’t stress enough how big Mizuki-San and his work is in his native Japan. The street of his birth has statues of Yokai all the way down and a Yokai museum which was featured in Takashi Miike’s wonderful “Yokai Daisenso” (In which Mizuki-san had a cameo) For more about the beasts of Japanese folklore, the Yokai, I strongly recommend: The Obakemono Project Also from that website: The Fantastic Shigeru-Mizuki English Language Resource Page (Which English links to some of the Manga and episodes with English subs). They’ve also got a forum there, so check it out please! tag:odeo.com,2007-04-01,11055083 Sun, 01 Apr 2007 00:59:49 -0700 no Anime pacific http://odeo.com/episodes/10213573-Anime-Pacific-Episode-15 Just when we thought “APAC” rolled off the tongue easily, we discovered that the American Israel Public Affairs Committee already claim this acronym. Damn you! Download Here This is our longest episode yet; Two whole hours! (Standard for some podcasts!) We discuss something completely un-anime related; 300. Seeing as everyone else is talking about it, we thought we would too. In short: We hate “You go girls!” who ruin historical films. This in turn brings us to a somewhat related anime topic; My favourite Genre: Fantasy (A genre that anime covers quiet well). As well as being the “producer” of Anime-Pacific, I’m also the “head” of Bubby Subs, which is devoted to fansubbing fantasy films and TV shows from around the world (Not just anime). Incidently my infamous “hegemony script” of Raoh Gaiden was done using babelfish and a whole lot of correcting, so it shouldn’t reflect the quality of the other fansubbed shows. Check out the “Bubby Subs” portal here. Alex has finally gotten around... Just when we thought “APAC” rolled off the tongue easily, we discovered that the American Israel Public Affairs Committee already claim this acronym. Damn you! Download Here This is our longest episode yet; Two whole hours! (Standard for some podcasts!) We discuss something completely un-anime related; 300. Seeing as everyone else is talking about it, we thought we would too. In short: We hate “You go girls!” who ruin historical films. This in turn brings us to a somewhat related anime topic; My favourite Genre: Fantasy (A genre that anime covers quiet well). As well as being the “producer” of Anime-Pacific, I’m also the “head” of Bubby Subs, which is devoted to fansubbing fantasy films and TV shows from around the world (Not just anime). Incidently my infamous “hegemony script” of Raoh Gaiden was done using babelfish and a whole lot of correcting, so it shouldn’t reflect the quality of the other fansubbed shows. Check out the “Bubby Subs” portal here. Alex has finally gotten around to seeing Freedom Episode 1, which I review earlier. He LOVED it despite the blatant “Cup Noodles” product placement (which is fair enough, they put up the money for this!) This in turn leads to a brief discussion about product placement in TV shows and films. Please Mr Postman! We actually got enough mails & comments to warrant an entire segment (Two of which are from fellow podcasters.) We got a lovely e-mail (the first e-mail from a real female! gasp ) from WatcherAngel, who happens to be a damn fine artists. Please check out her gorgeous art here! We also got another e-mail from our good chum, Monolith; Who seems to know Alex more than we thought! He asked us our opinion on the whole “Subs VS Dubs” debate. On the whole ,we both prefer subs. However,I had no choice between dubs & subs in the early days of Anime in Australia. I also wanted to salute one of the best of early dub actors (or any really) who also performed in my favourite dub of all time; Macross Plus. That is “Malcom In The Middle’s” Bryan Cranston (Who voiced Isamu Daison) Review: Gasaraki Ok, well so it’s only about about the first 1/5 but if Alex doesn’t finish the series, I will! In Short, Mechas are immaculate but under utilized, non combat animation is flat and the plot and characters didn’t hold Alex’s interest. News ”....Bandai…...........” to release Freedom in the US. (With HD-DVD / DVD Hybrid disc) For $39.95 PER EPISODE!!!!!! Yes, Bandai have done it again, get a great property and lay a big, streamy crap on it. Japanese fans might pay those insane prices per volumes, but I don’t think it’s going to float overseas. Dororo yanked from theatres in Hong Kong I know I said I’d review it, but it was yanked within a week!! Japan’s no # 1 film was a colossal flop in Hong Kong. :( Anime “people” of the week: CLAMP This is by far, the crapiest “Anime Person Of The Week” segment thus far. Reason being in truth, I’m not really a CLAMP fan thus I don’t know much about them apart from their body of work. I ended up talking more about Rintaro than CLAMP itself in the end. It’s a wrap! Next week, I promise you the greatest “Anime Person of the week” segment yet. APPEAL Souten No Ken has unfortunately ended it’s rather poorly rated run in Japan. The word is that there’s no second season on the way, though I suppose great DVD sales could change that. The DVD’s themselves contain about 5 minutes extra per episode and a whole lotta blood that was cut from the TV version. Our good friend “Loverofhokuto” had translated the first eight uncut episodes of Souten No Ken and is planning one great fansub release for the fans (perhaps the DVD iso with subs included!!!) and is in need of one thing. A proofreader who can understand Japanese. As he has translated the episodes from French into English, he wants a proofreader to ensure that he has made the best translation possible. (ie not repeating the word “hegemony” 9,353,352 times) Please drop us an e-mail if you can help him out or pop in at : http://www.heartofmadness.com and drop him a line. I’m sure you’d dig this Daryl, so if you can help bring the word out, I’m sure about [anime pacific listener base] x [a billion] more people will hear the word. Just when we thought “APAC” rolled off the tongue easily, we discovered that the American Israel Public Affairs Committee already claim this acronym. Damn you! Download Here This is our longest episode yet; Two whole hours! (Standard for some podcasts!) We discuss something completely un-anime related; 300. Seeing as everyone else is talking about it, we thought we would too. In short: We hate “You go girls!” who ruin historical films. This in turn brings us to a somewhat related anime topic; My favourite Genre: Fantasy (A genre that anime covers quiet well). As well as being the “producer” of Anime-Pacific, I’m also the “head” of Bubby Subs, which is devoted to fansubbing fantasy films and TV shows from around the world (Not just anime). Incidently my infamous “hegemony script” of Raoh Gaiden was done using babelfish and a whole lot of correcting, so it shouldn’t reflect the quality of the other fansubbed shows. Check out the “Bubby Subs” portal here. Alex has finally gotten around to seeing Freedom Episode 1, which I review earlier. He LOVED it despite the blatant “Cup Noodles” product placement (which is fair enough, they put up the money for this!) This in turn leads to a brief discussion about product placement in TV shows and films. Please Mr Postman! We actually got enough mails & comments to warrant an entire segment (Two of which are from fellow podcasters.) We got a lovely e-mail (the first e-mail from a real female! gasp ) from WatcherAngel, who happens to be a damn fine artists. Please check out her gorgeous art here! We also got another e-mail from our good chum, Monolith; Who seems to know Alex more than we thought! He asked us our opinion on the whole “Subs VS Dubs” debate. On the whole ,we both prefer subs. However,I had no choice between dubs & subs in the early days of Anime in Australia. I also wanted to salute one of the best of early dub actors (or any really) who also performed in my favourite dub of all time; Macross Plus. That is “Malcom In The Middle’s” Bryan Cranston (Who voiced Isamu Daison) Review: Gasaraki Ok, well so it’s only about about the first 1/5 but if Alex doesn’t finish the series, I will! In Short, Mechas are immaculate but under utilized, non combat animation is flat and the plot and characters didn’t hold Alex’s interest. News ”....Bandai…...........” to release Freedom in the US. (With HD-DVD / DVD Hybrid disc) For $39.95 PER EPISODE!!!!!! Yes, Bandai have done it again, get a great property and lay a big, streamy crap on it. Japanese fans might pay those insane prices per volumes, but I don’t think it’s going to float overseas. Dororo yanked from theatres in Hong Kong I know I said I’d review it, but it was yanked within a week!! Japan’s no # 1 film was a colossal flop in Hong Kong. :( Anime “people” of the week: CLAMP This is by far, the crapiest “Anime Person Of The Week” segment thus far. Reason being in truth, I’m not really a CLAMP fan thus I don’t know much about them apart from their body of work. I ended up talking more about Rintaro than CLAMP itself in the end. It’s a wrap! Next week, I promise you the greatest “Anime Person of the week” segment yet. APPEAL Souten No Ken has unfortunately ended it’s rather poorly rated run in Japan. The word is that there’s no second season on the way, though I suppose great DVD sales could change that. The DVD’s themselves contain about 5 minutes extra per episode and a whole lotta blood that was cut from the TV version. Our good friend “Loverofhokuto” had translated the first eight uncut episodes of Souten No Ken and is planning one great fansub release for the fans (perhaps the DVD iso with subs included!!!) and is in need of one thing. A proofreader who can understand Japanese. As he has translated the episodes from French into English, he wants a proofreader to ensure that he has made the best translation possible. (ie not repeating the word “hegemony” 9,353,352 times) Please drop us an e-mail if you can help him out or pop in at : http://www.heartofmadness.com and drop him a line. I’m sure you’d dig this Daryl, so if you can help bring the word out, I’m sure about [anime pacific listener base] x [a billion] more people will hear the word. tag:odeo.com,2007-03-25,10213573 Sun, 25 Mar 2007 04:13:32 -0700 no Anime pacific http://odeo.com/episodes/10044003-Anime-Pacific-Episode-14 Yes indeed, although I am an English teacher and my degree majors in English, I still managed to rape the English language rather well. Click here to download Shootin’ The Breeze Alex discusses the fact that some poor fellow was dead for 2 weeks downstairs from him and that his father just thought it was the cooking of the Chinese couple nearby. Here’s a pic of one of the members of the “Cleanup Squad”. And no, Stutters did not sponsor this anecdote. Also, for Ghost In The Shell fans, check out the “Laughing man generator” here. We discuss Total HD a little bit more; It’s not exactly what we hoped, but it’s something I suppose. We HATE the format war. See the article that Alex mentioned, here. News Moe Culture speading the globe Dane slams Moe, but Alex actually thinks Moe is totally what i am about. Paprika Trailer Out The high quality version is at the Apple Trailers Website. Highlander Anime Trailer out Dane’s EXCITED! Great production values and Kawajiri at the helm. It looks id... Yes indeed, although I am an English teacher and my degree majors in English, I still managed to rape the English language rather well. Click here to download Shootin’ The Breeze Alex discusses the fact that some poor fellow was dead for 2 weeks downstairs from him and that his father just thought it was the cooking of the Chinese couple nearby. Here’s a pic of one of the members of the “Cleanup Squad”. And no, Stutters did not sponsor this anecdote. Also, for Ghost In The Shell fans, check out the “Laughing man generator” here. We discuss Total HD a little bit more; It’s not exactly what we hoped, but it’s something I suppose. We HATE the format war. See the article that Alex mentioned, here. News Moe Culture speading the globe Dane slams Moe, but Alex actually thinks Moe is totally what i am about. Paprika Trailer Out The high quality version is at the Apple Trailers Website. Highlander Anime Trailer out Dane’s EXCITED! Great production values and Kawajiri at the helm. It looks identical in art and tone to Vampire Hunter D; Bloodlust. Tarantino’s next film has Hokuto No Ken reference? Actually, this seems somewhat inaccurate. From what imdb says, he just has producing credit. Nonetheless, apparently there is a biker gang in this called the “666’ers”. (Hokuto No Ken had a motorbike gang all with 666 tatooed on their foreheads). 4 Kids Losing Money Again I’m sure it’s due to the expense of hiring genuine, talented rap artists for the US One Piece opening song. Ex Adult Star & TV Personality Ai Iijima to retire wipes tear ALEX REVIEWS SOMETHING! Code Geass A whopping 30 minute review, mostly about how he feels that the interesting alternate history seems contrived and not considering some key historical facts. Review: Aachi & Sspipak Yes, not technically an anime. But as Manhwa has been embraced by a certain niche of anime/manga fandom I wanted to take the opportunity to review this quirky film. Also of note is that a lot of people responsible for this film are heavily involved in anime production (as much of the work is farmed to South Korea). Judging by the technical skill depicted here, our anime is in good hands! In a word: One of the most thouroughly entertaining animated films in recent memory. See it with as many friends as posssible and you’ll have an absolute ball. I HIGHLY recommend this film, and YesAsia has it for a very reasonable $27 US dollars (with free international shipping) here. Wrapup No anime person of the week this week, as we had two reviews and clocked in at a healthy 90 minutes plus. We briefly discuss an e-mail we got from Jake regarding CLAMP which we’ll save for next week as we plan on making them, the next “Anime Person (in this case people) of the week.” Until next week my darlings. Yes indeed, although I am an English teacher and my degree majors in English, I still managed to rape the English language rather well. Click here to download Shootin’ The Breeze Alex discusses the fact that some poor fellow was dead for 2 weeks downstairs from him and that his father just thought it was the cooking of the Chinese couple nearby. Here’s a pic of one of the members of the “Cleanup Squad”. And no, Stutters did not sponsor this anecdote. Also, for Ghost In The Shell fans, check out the “Laughing man generator” here. We discuss Total HD a little bit more; It’s not exactly what we hoped, but it’s something I suppose. We HATE the format war. See the article that Alex mentioned, here. News Moe Culture speading the globe Dane slams Moe, but Alex actually thinks Moe is totally what i am about. Paprika Trailer Out The high quality version is at the Apple Trailers Website. Highlander Anime Trailer out Dane’s EXCITED! Great production values and Kawajiri at the helm. It looks identical in art and tone to Vampire Hunter D; Bloodlust. Tarantino’s next film has Hokuto No Ken reference? Actually, this seems somewhat inaccurate. From what imdb says, he just has producing credit. Nonetheless, apparently there is a biker gang in this called the “666’ers”. (Hokuto No Ken had a motorbike gang all with 666 tatooed on their foreheads). 4 Kids Losing Money Again I’m sure it’s due to the expense of hiring genuine, talented rap artists for the US One Piece opening song. Ex Adult Star & TV Personality Ai Iijima to retire wipes tear ALEX REVIEWS SOMETHING! Code Geass A whopping 30 minute review, mostly about how he feels that the interesting alternate history seems contrived and not considering some key historical facts. Review: Aachi & Sspipak Yes, not technically an anime. But as Manhwa has been embraced by a certain niche of anime/manga fandom I wanted to take the opportunity to review this quirky film. Also of note is that a lot of people responsible for this film are heavily involved in anime production (as much of the work is farmed to South Korea). Judging by the technical skill depicted here, our anime is in good hands! In a word: One of the most thouroughly entertaining animated films in recent memory. See it with as many friends as posssible and you’ll have an absolute ball. I HIGHLY recommend this film, and YesAsia has it for a very reasonable $27 US dollars (with free international shipping) here. Wrapup No anime person of the week this week, as we had two reviews and clocked in at a healthy 90 minutes plus. We briefly discuss an e-mail we got from Jake regarding CLAMP which we’ll save for next week as we plan on making them, the next “Anime Person (in this case people) of the week.” Until next week my darlings. tag:odeo.com,2007-03-17,10044003 Sat, 17 Mar 2007 23:29:34 -0700 no Anime pacific http://odeo.com/episodes/9984713-Anime-Pacific-Episode-13 Lady luck decided to bail out on me at a rather bad time, much to Alex’s amusement. (I won’t even bother trying to explain what happened, just listen) Download Episode 13 Shootin’ The Breeze Here is the offending image. Picture+Drama+02 +Large+04.jpg” Yes, a little more non anime geek speak than usual, but we’re overjoyed at the success of 300. Finally R Rated violence and gratuitous nudity has made a comeback in the age of PG-13. God bless, DuoMatrix. Anime Genesis obviously found out about my little mistake. Still, thanks for being a good Sport, Duomatrix. You’re a top fella! We also talk about how the Chipmunk effect actually made my review of Gintama seem better than it actually was. News More Macross! “Woot”. We discuss the history of Macross a little bit and how the franchise has been handled compared to Gundam, which has gone the way of “The Phantom Menace”. Slam Dunk Live Action Film Jay Chou Taiwan’s most beloved singer to play title character. (He also played the title cha... Lady luck decided to bail out on me at a rather bad time, much to Alex’s amusement. (I won’t even bother trying to explain what happened, just listen) Download Episode 13 Shootin’ The Breeze Here is the offending image. Picture+Drama+02 +Large+04.jpg” Yes, a little more non anime geek speak than usual, but we’re overjoyed at the success of 300. Finally R Rated violence and gratuitous nudity has made a comeback in the age of PG-13. God bless, DuoMatrix. Anime Genesis obviously found out about my little mistake. Still, thanks for being a good Sport, Duomatrix. You’re a top fella! We also talk about how the Chipmunk effect actually made my review of Gintama seem better than it actually was. News More Macross! “Woot”. We discuss the history of Macross a little bit and how the franchise has been handled compared to Gundam, which has gone the way of “The Phantom Menace”. Slam Dunk Live Action Film Jay Chou Taiwan’s most beloved singer to play title character. (He also played the title character in Initial D) Good casting choice? You decide. Dororo Coming To Hong Kong on the 15th with English Subtitles Expect a review from yours truly! Probably the episode after next as I plan on watching 300 next weekend. Code Geass to get second season Have you seen the butts on the characters in this show!? I’ll personally fund a third season, once I learn how to actually pronounce Geass. Review: Vampire Hunter D (The original ‘85 film) It’s great for nostalgia, but compared to the rest of the Vampire Hunter D stuff out there, it doesn’t stand the test of time as well. For Nostalgia Value, I give it 3.5 Stars. Take aware the nostalgia value, minus a star. Wrapup Another shorter episode this week, time differences contribute to this somewhat, but expect longer episodes in the future as normal. Stick around all the way to the end for a little bonus! Until Next Week My Pretties! Lady luck decided to bail out on me at a rather bad time, much to Alex’s amusement. (I won’t even bother trying to explain what happened, just listen) Download Episode 13 Shootin’ The Breeze Here is the offending image. Picture+Drama+02 +Large+04.jpg” Yes, a little more non anime geek speak than usual, but we’re overjoyed at the success of 300. Finally R Rated violence and gratuitous nudity has made a comeback in the age of PG-13. God bless, DuoMatrix. Anime Genesis obviously found out about my little mistake. Still, thanks for being a good Sport, Duomatrix. You’re a top fella! We also talk about how the Chipmunk effect actually made my review of Gintama seem better than it actually was. News More Macross! “Woot”. We discuss the history of Macross a little bit and how the franchise has been handled compared to Gundam, which has gone the way of “The Phantom Menace”. Slam Dunk Live Action Film Jay Chou Taiwan’s most beloved singer to play title character. (He also played the title character in Initial D) Good casting choice? You decide. Dororo Coming To Hong Kong on the 15th with English Subtitles Expect a review from yours truly! Probably the episode after next as I plan on watching 300 next weekend. Code Geass to get second season Have you seen the butts on the characters in this show!? I’ll personally fund a third season, once I learn how to actually pronounce Geass. Review: Vampire Hunter D (The original ‘85 film) It’s great for nostalgia, but compared to the rest of the Vampire Hunter D stuff out there, it doesn’t stand the test of time as well. For Nostalgia Value, I give it 3.5 Stars. Take aware the nostalgia value, minus a star. Wrapup Another shorter episode this week, time differences contribute to this somewhat, but expect longer episodes in the future as normal. Stick around all the way to the end for a little bonus! Until Next Week My Pretties! tag:odeo.com,2007-03-11,9984713 Sun, 11 Mar 2007 03:09:02 -0700 no Anime pacific http://odeo.com/episodes/9917663-Anime-Pacific-Episode-12 With a title like that, I can’t wait to see how people find out podcast this week. powered by ODEO Download Episode 12 This episode is almost exactly half the length of our previous one, clocking in at around 50 minutes. (And would probably run for about 25 minutes if I cut out all the times I say “Andddddddddd”. News It was a rather slow week this week with news, and the item that we talked about the most wasn’t even really an anime! This show fascinates us to no end. Translated to something to the effect, “A Squirrel and a Hedgehog” it’s both hilarious and frightening at the same time. The production values are also very impressive. I pledge to try and get this baby fansubbed. Anyone here who can speak Korean PLEASE e-mail us! The Appleseed 2 Trailer I am not impressed. Alex thinks it looks pretty good though. It seems that this one is completely in 3D and over-stylized as possible, conforming to every cliche that has overidden action films in general, the “bullet-time” cam and wh... With a title like that, I can’t wait to see how people find out podcast this week. powered by ODEO Download Episode 12 This episode is almost exactly half the length of our previous one, clocking in at around 50 minutes. (And would probably run for about 25 minutes if I cut out all the times I say “Andddddddddd”. News It was a rather slow week this week with news, and the item that we talked about the most wasn’t even really an anime! This show fascinates us to no end. Translated to something to the effect, “A Squirrel and a Hedgehog” it’s both hilarious and frightening at the same time. The production values are also very impressive. I pledge to try and get this baby fansubbed. Anyone here who can speak Korean PLEASE e-mail us! The Appleseed 2 Trailer I am not impressed. Alex thinks it looks pretty good though. It seems that this one is completely in 3D and over-stylized as possible, conforming to every cliche that has overidden action films in general, the “bullet-time” cam and whatnot. Why rip off the Matrix when that was really a ripoff of a vast amount of Shirow’s work anyway? Japanese Box Office This news is a few months late, but no real suprises here. Doraemon, Pokemon, Death Note (Live Action), Detective Conan and Tales of Earthsea round out the Anime/Manga related titles that made the most in the Japanese box office in 2006. Earthsea, unsuprisingly was the #1 Japanese film of the year. Blue Dragon sells 15 million units on the DS It may have been a hit by XBox 360 in Japan standards, it proved to be an absolute megahit on a Japanese device. An anime & manga is on the way too. Gintama Volume 1 sales cross the one million mark & Mini Review: Gintama (Anime version) This IS the latest Shounen megahit, Gintama merchandise is already all over Asia and it just may be watchable for those of you who are usually put off by Shounen epics with 10 episode fight scenes and endless episodes. I’ve quite enjoyed it thus far. It’s got much more of an emphasis on comedy and is watchable in the same way something like the Simpsons may be. It doesn’t consist of 20 episode fighting arena arcs or anything like that. (At least so far) Anime Person Of The Week: Yoshihiro Togashi Could these two pictures be any more different? That’s what a nervous breakdown will do to you! Creator of Yu Yu Hakusho & Hunter X Hunter as well as the recipient of the Tezuka award, Yoshihiro Togashi is certainly a powerful figure in the Manga world. At least when he gets off his “sick leave”. (One year and counting) Wrapup Naturally, a counter counter counter counter counter counter counter shoutout to Up a paddle and a shout out to Anime World Order for playing our promo! Thanks! With a title like that, I can’t wait to see how people find out podcast this week. powered by ODEO Download Episode 12 This episode is almost exactly half the length of our previous one, clocking in at around 50 minutes. (And would probably run for about 25 minutes if I cut out all the times I say “Andddddddddd”. News It was a rather slow week this week with news, and the item that we talked about the most wasn’t even really an anime! This show fascinates us to no end. Translated to something to the effect, “A Squirrel and a Hedgehog” it’s both hilarious and frightening at the same time. The production values are also very impressive. I pledge to try and get this baby fansubbed. Anyone here who can speak Korean PLEASE e-mail us! The Appleseed 2 Trailer I am not impressed. Alex thinks it looks pretty good though. It seems that this one is completely in 3D and over-stylized as possible, conforming to every cliche that has overidden action films in general, the “bullet-time” cam and whatnot. Why rip off the Matrix when that was really a ripoff of a vast amount of Shirow’s work anyway? Japanese Box Office This news is a few months late, but no real suprises here. Doraemon, Pokemon, Death Note (Live Action), Detective Conan and Tales of Earthsea round out the Anime/Manga related titles that made the most in the Japanese box office in 2006. Earthsea, unsuprisingly was the #1 Japanese film of the year. Blue Dragon sells 15 million units on the DS It may have been a hit by XBox 360 in Japan standards, it proved to be an absolute megahit on a Japanese device. An anime & manga is on the way too. Gintama Volume 1 sales cross the one million mark & Mini Review: Gintama (Anime version) This IS the latest Shounen megahit, Gintama merchandise is already all over Asia and it just may be watchable for those of you who are usually put off by Shounen epics with 10 episode fight scenes and endless episodes. I’ve quite enjoyed it thus far. It’s got much more of an emphasis on comedy and is watchable in the same way something like the Simpsons may be. It doesn’t consist of 20 episode fighting arena arcs or anything like that. (At least so far) Anime Person Of The Week: Yoshihiro Togashi Could these two pictures be any more different? That’s what a nervous breakdown will do to you! Creator of Yu Yu Hakusho & Hunter X Hunter as well as the recipient of the Tezuka award, Yoshihiro Togashi is certainly a powerful figure in the Manga world. At least when he gets off his “sick leave”. (One year and counting) Wrapup Naturally, a counter counter counter counter counter counter counter shoutout to Up a paddle and a shout out to Anime World Order for playing our promo! Thanks! tag:odeo.com,2007-03-04,9917663 Sun, 04 Mar 2007 02:26:18 -0800 no Anime pacific http://odeo.com/episodes/9580823-Anime-Pacific-Episode-11 Greetings! Alex is still in Canada, so his audio is not what it normally is. I could hear him call the Anime Pacific Theme Song “A Gay porno wannabe”. Download Episode 11 Here It certainly is one of our longer episode, just clocking in under 100 minutes. If you haven’t listened to our “guest spot” on the always great Anime-Genesis’ podcast, check out part one here. Alex thinks my pronunciation of the word “Anime” ups my “Poonce-Factor”. (He’s already worried about my new Garage Kit Hobby ) News Apologies again for the uneven audio, Alex’s connection and microphone leave a lot to be desired! Things we talked about: Appleseed 2 on the way. “meh”. Dororo at Number # 1 for 4 weeks. Trilogy planned. Check out not only the trailer, but also the pilot of the TV anime adaptation of the 60’s! Monthly Shounen Jump to be suspended People see the words Shounen, jump & suspended and start crapping their pants. Bear in mind that this MONTHLY Shounen Jump. When Kekko Kamen is one of your magazine’... Greetings! Alex is still in Canada, so his audio is not what it normally is. I could hear him call the Anime Pacific Theme Song “A Gay porno wannabe”. Download Episode 11 Here It certainly is one of our longer episode, just clocking in under 100 minutes. If you haven’t listened to our “guest spot” on the always great Anime-Genesis’ podcast, check out part one here. Alex thinks my pronunciation of the word “Anime” ups my “Poonce-Factor”. (He’s already worried about my new Garage Kit Hobby ) News Apologies again for the uneven audio, Alex’s connection and microphone leave a lot to be desired! Things we talked about: Appleseed 2 on the way. “meh”. Dororo at Number # 1 for 4 weeks. Trilogy planned. Check out not only the trailer, but also the pilot of the TV anime adaptation of the 60’s! Monthly Shounen Jump to be suspended People see the words Shounen, jump & suspended and start crapping their pants. Bear in mind that this MONTHLY Shounen Jump. When Kekko Kamen is one of your magazine’s most prestigious titles, you’re in trouble! Japxploitation Mini Review: Zero Woman Warning: This Video Is NOT Safe For Work Alex, finally does some sort of a review. Not 100% anime related, but certainly Pacific related, and this is Anime Pacific. Alex also throws in an amusing 100% anime/pacific non related tale on how to tell your kids about the birds & the bees. Review: Appleseed (The 2004 Anime Film) Reviewing certainly isn’t as easy as you think. Well ok, it’s dead simple to review something you love, even easier to review something you hate. But when you have to make a review about something that screams mediocraty, it aint easy. Dane’s um’s and fumbling: Case in point. Anime Person Of The Week: Go Nagai Though these days, he might be associated with retro Looking characters and irreverant, ecchi comedies, his body of work and the impact they have made on the anime & manga industry as a whole, put him in the top 10 most influential in the shaping of the modern anime industry. He can be attributed to the creation and/or proliferation of the “Magical Girl”, “Mecha” and “Post apocolyptic” genres that have become a staple in Anime ever since. Devil Man Opening for the TV show of the 70’s Wrap-up Our longest wrapup ever. We read another letter we got from someone called Monolith. This prompts us to talk a little bit more about what our podcast is about. I actually owe quite a bit of thanks to this person, as he/she’s given me a great idea. More to come! Until then, ta-ta! Greetings! Alex is still in Canada, so his audio is not what it normally is. I could hear him call the Anime Pacific Theme Song “A Gay porno wannabe”. Download Episode 11 Here It certainly is one of our longer episode, just clocking in under 100 minutes. If you haven’t listened to our “guest spot” on the always great Anime-Genesis’ podcast, check out part one here. Alex thinks my pronunciation of the word “Anime” ups my “Poonce-Factor”. (He’s already worried about my new Garage Kit Hobby ) News Apologies again for the uneven audio, Alex’s connection and microphone leave a lot to be desired! Things we talked about: Appleseed 2 on the way. “meh”. Dororo at Number # 1 for 4 weeks. Trilogy planned. Check out not only the trailer, but also the pilot of the TV anime adaptation of the 60’s! Monthly Shounen Jump to be suspended People see the words Shounen, jump & suspended and start crapping their pants. Bear in mind that this MONTHLY Shounen Jump. When Kekko Kamen is one of your magazine’s most prestigious titles, you’re in trouble! Japxploitation Mini Review: Zero Woman Warning: This Video Is NOT Safe For Work Alex, finally does some sort of a review. Not 100% anime related, but certainly Pacific related, and this is Anime Pacific. Alex also throws in an amusing 100% anime/pacific non related tale on how to tell your kids about the birds & the bees. Review: Appleseed (The 2004 Anime Film) Reviewing certainly isn’t as easy as you think. Well ok, it’s dead simple to review something you love, even easier to review something you hate. But when you have to make a review about something that screams mediocraty, it aint easy. Dane’s um’s and fumbling: Case in point. Anime Person Of The Week: Go Nagai Though these days, he might be associated with retro Looking characters and irreverant, ecchi comedies, his body of work and the impact they have made on the anime & manga industry as a whole, put him in the top 10 most influential in the shaping of the modern anime industry. He can be attributed to the creation and/or proliferation of the “Magical Girl”, “Mecha” and “Post apocolyptic” genres that have become a staple in Anime ever since. Devil Man Opening for the TV show of the 70’s Wrap-up Our longest wrapup ever. We read another letter we got from someone called Monolith. This prompts us to talk a little bit more about what our podcast is about. I actually owe quite a bit of thanks to this person, as he/she’s given me a great idea. More to come! Until then, ta-ta! tag:odeo.com,2007-02-25,9580823 Sun, 25 Feb 2007 02:37:56 -0800 no Anime pacific http://odeo.com/episodes/8500163-Anime-Pacific-Episode-9 Champagne comedy all the way folks. Not much news this week, but we make up for it by reviewing the infamous title, “Rapeman”. powered by ODEO Download Episode 9 Shootin’ the breeze Alex is actually in Canada this week, and has a rather blantantly sexist yet amusing tale within. Dane in turn, discusses a funny story about when he was stalking someone. We bitch about the state of the internet in Canada & Australia. Non Anime related Alert: A Great mod for HL2 has a huge update: Battlegrounds (our fav mod!) http://www.bgmod.com News We read another letter from our jolly nice fan, Jake “The Root beer King”. We bitch about what we like to call, “Cultural extortion”. This phenomenon involves beefing the prices up 50% during times when people are culturally obligated to buy things for they’re loved ones. (Such as Chinese New Year and Valentine’s Day). The price of the Wii went up almost $100 US dollars during the Chinese New Year Period, Dane is pissed. Live Action Gatchaman set for 2008 ... Champagne comedy all the way folks. Not much news this week, but we make up for it by reviewing the infamous title, “Rapeman”. powered by ODEO Download Episode 9 Shootin’ the breeze Alex is actually in Canada this week, and has a rather blantantly sexist yet amusing tale within. Dane in turn, discusses a funny story about when he was stalking someone. We bitch about the state of the internet in Canada & Australia. Non Anime related Alert: A Great mod for HL2 has a huge update: Battlegrounds (our fav mod!) http://www.bgmod.com News We read another letter from our jolly nice fan, Jake “The Root beer King”. We bitch about what we like to call, “Cultural extortion”. This phenomenon involves beefing the prices up 50% during times when people are culturally obligated to buy things for they’re loved ones. (Such as Chinese New Year and Valentine’s Day). The price of the Wii went up almost $100 US dollars during the Chinese New Year Period, Dane is pissed. Live Action Gatchaman set for 2008 release Alex risks a flame attack and hopes the villain isn’t a “dickgirl” like in the original Japanese cut. Will it be cool? Will it be campy? Will it have the original theme song? I think the singer of the original song, died busting his colon while singing that song. Sounds like he’s going to explode! Metal Gear Solid To become a Hollywood live Action Film! At least we don’t have to complain about this being whitewashed, most of the characters aren’t Asian anyway. Who would make a great solid snake? Dane says Kurt Russell, hands down: Alex insists on Willem Defoe: But knowing Hollywood, they’ll do the opposite of what we want: Haruhi Suzumiya Dub Cast Announced Speaking honestly, we don’t know much about US Dub Actors. Autopsy/Review: Rapeman This lovely Miyazaki film is a cautionary tale about how females will be led astray unless a loving parent hires a rapist to rehabilitate them. Honestly how can one review such a title? Well, we don’t try. This is more of an autopsy than a review. Click here to see Rapeman’s epic pose We’ll see you next week my pretties! Champagne comedy all the way folks. Not much news this week, but we make up for it by reviewing the infamous title, “Rapeman”. powered by ODEO Download Episode 9 Shootin’ the breeze Alex is actually in Canada this week, and has a rather blantantly sexist yet amusing tale within. Dane in turn, discusses a funny story about when he was stalking someone. We bitch about the state of the internet in Canada & Australia. Non Anime related Alert: A Great mod for HL2 has a huge update: Battlegrounds (our fav mod!) http://www.bgmod.com News We read another letter from our jolly nice fan, Jake “The Root beer King”. We bitch about what we like to call, “Cultural extortion”. This phenomenon involves beefing the prices up 50% during times when people are culturally obligated to buy things for they’re loved ones. (Such as Chinese New Year and Valentine’s Day). The price of the Wii went up almost $100 US dollars during the Chinese New Year Period, Dane is pissed. Live Action Gatchaman set for 2008 release Alex risks a flame attack and hopes the villain isn’t a “dickgirl” like in the original Japanese cut. Will it be cool? Will it be campy? Will it have the original theme song? I think the singer of the original song, died busting his colon while singing that song. Sounds like he’s going to explode! Metal Gear Solid To become a Hollywood live Action Film! At least we don’t have to complain about this being whitewashed, most of the characters aren’t Asian anyway. Who would make a great solid snake? Dane says Kurt Russell, hands down: Alex insists on Willem Defoe: But knowing Hollywood, they’ll do the opposite of what we want: Haruhi Suzumiya Dub Cast Announced Speaking honestly, we don’t know much about US Dub Actors. Autopsy/Review: Rapeman This lovely Miyazaki film is a cautionary tale about how females will be led astray unless a loving parent hires a rapist to rehabilitate them. Honestly how can one review such a title? Well, we don’t try. This is more of an autopsy than a review. Click here to see Rapeman’s epic pose We’ll see you next week my pretties! tag:odeo.com,2007-02-11,8500163 Sun, 11 Feb 2007 02:32:46 -0800 no Anime pacific http://odeo.com/episodes/7803423-Anime-Pacific-Episode-8 Greetings all! Hope you like the redesign of the sight, rather good for someone who has no idea about programming html templates! Download Episode 8 Introduction Dane channels his “inner Mexican”. Alex channels his “outer nerdy social outsider” by lamenting that most of his time next to his wife involves thinking about his next turn of “Europa Universalis III”. Alex recalls some interesting tales about dating and the social scene in Japan. Incidently, welcome to our new segment! Anime-Pacific Personals. We also read out our first fan letter! Hopefully not our last. A shout-out to Jake “The Root Beer King” who found us via Anime-Pulse. (Thanks for running our promo again Anime-Pulse, we love you!) We kind of discuss about other new podcasts that come and go and don’t last long (hopefully we’re not in that category). We also discuss how it does seem like most of a podcaster’s audience is in fact, other podcasters. (Which coincidently, Kentcer at Up a paddle mentioned the same thing). ... Greetings all! Hope you like the redesign of the sight, rather good for someone who has no idea about programming html templates! Download Episode 8 Introduction Dane channels his “inner Mexican”. Alex channels his “outer nerdy social outsider” by lamenting that most of his time next to his wife involves thinking about his next turn of “Europa Universalis III”. Alex recalls some interesting tales about dating and the social scene in Japan. Incidently, welcome to our new segment! Anime-Pacific Personals. We also read out our first fan letter! Hopefully not our last. A shout-out to Jake “The Root Beer King” who found us via Anime-Pulse. (Thanks for running our promo again Anime-Pulse, we love you!) We kind of discuss about other new podcasts that come and go and don’t last long (hopefully we’re not in that category). We also discuss how it does seem like most of a podcaster’s audience is in fact, other podcasters. (Which coincidently, Kentcer at Up a paddle mentioned the same thing). 25:30 Promo R5 Central Every time I listen to R5 Central and it’s podcasts, I think poor Mike Dent must collapse from exhaustion at the end of each recording. Great stuff! 27:10 Up A Paddle A Counter-Counter shoutout to Up A Paddle, our leading source of geek news! 24:40 News We discuss the Futurama & Simpsons “Anime style” pictures (check 2 posts below to have a look) Apparently the artist has been contacted by 20th Century Fox about doing something on the revival of Futurama, good stuff! Gedoh Senki won the Razzie! Yet was Japan’s highest grossing film of 2006 Though it was here in Hong Kong, I have yet to see it. Opinions are mixed on this one, and all news articles about this contradict each other. Still, it wouldn’t be the first hit to suck. (Ie. Titanic!!) Rozen Maiden Manga Suspended Strange, since Rozen Maiden merchandise is all over Hong Kong, but there you are! Mushishi Live Action makes waves at Sundance English name is…Bugmaster. I choose you Mushishi-Chu! Katsuhiro Otomo directs! (yay!) Mushishi was one of Dane’s favourite Anime of 2006 so he’s looking forward to this one! Check out the trailer! 48:20 Promo: Anime Pulse Thanks for bringing us some more listeners guys! :) 49:00 Review: Arashi No Yoru Ni (One Stormy Night) What a gem this turned out to be, I first noticed this when it opened theatrically in Hong Kong and got quite a bit of notice there. I LOVED it, yet there was not a tentacle to be sighted! You can get the fansub of this wonderful title here: Ayu-Anime 59:40 If you know this song, I think I love you 1:01:00 – 1:12:56 Wrap-Up Alex & Dane discuss English chains in Asia, (Mostly Japan’s NOVA, in which 6 English teachers got busted for drug possesion). Let’s bitch about Sony I had both a PS1 & a PS2, but I don’t seem to have such a hard on over the PS3, quite possibly because I’ve grown to hate Sony over the years (The Lik-Sang incident is but one reason) Kentcer informed us that Sony just decided to Raise the PS3 by $50 in Canada. Dane also mentions the Wii Modchip thats on the way (Import gamers rejoice!) Wii-Key I DO support the Wii, because while it may have the lowest specs, it’s the only console that seems truly “revolutionary” to me. No anime person of the week this time, I’ve got a massive flu and feel like poo. So, until next week. And remember We love you! Greetings all! Hope you like the redesign of the sight, rather good for someone who has no idea about programming html templates! Download Episode 8 Introduction Dane channels his “inner Mexican”. Alex channels his “outer nerdy social outsider” by lamenting that most of his time next to his wife involves thinking about his next turn of “Europa Universalis III”. Alex recalls some interesting tales about dating and the social scene in Japan. Incidently, welcome to our new segment! Anime-Pacific Personals. We also read out our first fan letter! Hopefully not our last. A shout-out to Jake “The Root Beer King” who found us via Anime-Pulse. (Thanks for running our promo again Anime-Pulse, we love you!) We kind of discuss about other new podcasts that come and go and don’t last long (hopefully we’re not in that category). We also discuss how it does seem like most of a podcaster’s audience is in fact, other podcasters. (Which coincidently, Kentcer at Up a paddle mentioned the same thing). 25:30 Promo R5 Central Every time I listen to R5 Central and it’s podcasts, I think poor Mike Dent must collapse from exhaustion at the end of each recording. Great stuff! 27:10 Up A Paddle A Counter-Counter shoutout to Up A Paddle, our leading source of geek news! 24:40 News We discuss the Futurama & Simpsons “Anime style” pictures (check 2 posts below to have a look) Apparently the artist has been contacted by 20th Century Fox about doing something on the revival of Futurama, good stuff! Gedoh Senki won the Razzie! Yet was Japan’s highest grossing film of 2006 Though it was here in Hong Kong, I have yet to see it. Opinions are mixed on this one, and all news articles about this contradict each other. Still, it wouldn’t be the first hit to suck. (Ie. Titanic!!) Rozen Maiden Manga Suspended Strange, since Rozen Maiden merchandise is all over Hong Kong, but there you are! Mushishi Live Action makes waves at Sundance English name is…Bugmaster. I choose you Mushishi-Chu! Katsuhiro Otomo directs! (yay!) Mushishi was one of Dane’s favourite Anime of 2006 so he’s looking forward to this one! Check out the trailer! 48:20 Promo: Anime Pulse Thanks for bringing us some more listeners guys! :) 49:00 Review: Arashi No Yoru Ni (One Stormy Night) What a gem this turned out to be, I first noticed this when it opened theatrically in Hong Kong and got quite a bit of notice there. I LOVED it, yet there was not a tentacle to be sighted! You can get the fansub of this wonderful title here: Ayu-Anime 59:40 If you know this song, I think I love you 1:01:00 – 1:12:56 Wrap-Up Alex & Dane discuss English chains in Asia, (Mostly Japan’s NOVA, in which 6 English teachers got busted for drug possesion). Let’s bitch about Sony I had both a PS1 & a PS2, but I don’t seem to have such a hard on over the PS3, quite possibly because I’ve grown to hate Sony over the years (The Lik-Sang incident is but one reason) Kentcer informed us that Sony just decided to Raise the PS3 by $50 in Canada. Dane also mentions the Wii Modchip thats on the way (Import gamers rejoice!) Wii-Key I DO support the Wii, because while it may have the lowest specs, it’s the only console that seems truly “revolutionary” to me. No anime person of the week this time, I’ve got a massive flu and feel like poo. So, until next week. And remember We love you! tag:odeo.com,2007-02-04,7803423 Sun, 04 Feb 2007 00:39:14 -0800 no Anime pacific http://odeo.com/episodes/7184603-Anime-Pacific-Episode-7 Perhaps our longest episode yet. Is that a good thing? Bad? YOU tell us! Download Episode 7 This episode features not one, but two impressions/previews of two newly released anime. Afro Samurai Kelly Hu is rendered useless when doing voiceover work as you can’t actually see her. Samuel L. Jackson does a good job, but the character of “Afro” himself, doesn’t look African enough , says Dane. He’s got this gigantic…..........nose. Well, kind of a pointy Slavic nose, certainly not African, and this annoys Dane to no end. We discuss the Hip Hop shops and boutiques all around Japan and the Bro’s from Da Hood (read Nigeria) who are paid to hang out the front and … look Hip-Hoppish Freedom Project (Aka Freedom) Katsuhiro Otomo’s new anime. Dane LOVES it, Alex plans on obtaining it. Please note, that a great portion of this review is bitching about the H263 (ie. Let’s make a codec no one needs or wants and is a bitch to modify or convert into another format) Dane re-encoded it FINALLY into D... Perhaps our longest episode yet. Is that a good thing? Bad? YOU tell us! Download Episode 7 This episode features not one, but two impressions/previews of two newly released anime. Afro Samurai Kelly Hu is rendered useless when doing voiceover work as you can’t actually see her. Samuel L. Jackson does a good job, but the character of “Afro” himself, doesn’t look African enough , says Dane. He’s got this gigantic…..........nose. Well, kind of a pointy Slavic nose, certainly not African, and this annoys Dane to no end. We discuss the Hip Hop shops and boutiques all around Japan and the Bro’s from Da Hood (read Nigeria) who are paid to hang out the front and … look Hip-Hoppish Freedom Project (Aka Freedom) Katsuhiro Otomo’s new anime. Dane LOVES it, Alex plans on obtaining it. Please note, that a great portion of this review is bitching about the H263 (ie. Let’s make a codec no one needs or wants and is a bitch to modify or convert into another format) Dane re-encoded it FINALLY into Divx6, and not only retained the quality, but it was about 50 Meg smaller. We hate hate hate the H263/4 codecs. Shinen-Subs did a GREAT job subbing this series, but please stick to Divx or Xvid! Get it from: http://www.shinsen-subs.org or http://www.animeforever.org News Most of which consisted of us mocking an IMDB forum poster who made suggestions for the casting of the live action Evangelion film. Promos: Anime Pulse When you’re on top, you don’t have to be nice. But these guys are anyway! Thanks for running our promos guys. Up a paddle http://upapaddle.com/ When the Fist Of The North Star-esque apocolypse comes, I want this to be what the archeologists dig ug and put in the “Geek Museum”. I love it, I bask under it; it’s like photosynthesis for geeks. ‘Till next week bucaneers, ARRRRRRRRRR! Perhaps our longest episode yet. Is that a good thing? Bad? YOU tell us! Download Episode 7 This episode features not one, but two impressions/previews of two newly released anime. Afro Samurai Kelly Hu is rendered useless when doing voiceover work as you can’t actually see her. Samuel L. Jackson does a good job, but the character of “Afro” himself, doesn’t look African enough , says Dane. He’s got this gigantic…..........nose. Well, kind of a pointy Slavic nose, certainly not African, and this annoys Dane to no end. We discuss the Hip Hop shops and boutiques all around Japan and the Bro’s from Da Hood (read Nigeria) who are paid to hang out the front and … look Hip-Hoppish Freedom Project (Aka Freedom) Katsuhiro Otomo’s new anime. Dane LOVES it, Alex plans on obtaining it. Please note, that a great portion of this review is bitching about the H263 (ie. Let’s make a codec no one needs or wants and is a bitch to modify or convert into another format) Dane re-encoded it FINALLY into Divx6, and not only retained the quality, but it was about 50 Meg smaller. We hate hate hate the H263/4 codecs. Shinen-Subs did a GREAT job subbing this series, but please stick to Divx or Xvid! Get it from: http://www.shinsen-subs.org or http://www.animeforever.org News Most of which consisted of us mocking an IMDB forum poster who made suggestions for the casting of the live action Evangelion film. Promos: Anime Pulse When you’re on top, you don’t have to be nice. But these guys are anyway! Thanks for running our promos guys. Up a paddle http://upapaddle.com/ When the Fist Of The North Star-esque apocolypse comes, I want this to be what the archeologists dig ug and put in the “Geek Museum”. I love it, I bask under it; it’s like photosynthesis for geeks. ‘Till next week bucaneers, ARRRRRRRRRR! tag:odeo.com,2007-01-28,7184603 Sun, 28 Jan 2007 06:03:37 -0800 no Anime pacific http://odeo.com/episodes/6599333-Anime-Pacific-Episode-6 Intro Don’t slit those wrists just yet, episode 6 is out! ........................................................ ...wolf howls................................... hello? Alex offends countless Sci-Fi otaku by calling Legend Of The Galactic Heroes “Legend Of The Homos”. Alex also mentions some inside info about some Ghost In The Shell Nissan Car offer! Alex is so enamoured by this in fact, that he seems to repeat himself twice and discuss this all over again. This is naturally the only possibility as Dane surely would not have screwed up in editing this podcast in post production! If you don’t want to hear Alex discuss Nissan’s offer twice, then skip to 16:50 for the news. This problem shall be fixed. 16:50 – 37:20 News Ghost In The Shell May Become A Live-Action Film Dane loathes the very notion. Alex thinks it might work. Will it become White-Washed? Couldn’t you just image who they’re going to make Batou? This also leads to other adaptation of Anime & Asian films. This you don’t ... Intro Don’t slit those wrists just yet, episode 6 is out! ........................................................ ...wolf howls................................... hello? Alex offends countless Sci-Fi otaku by calling Legend Of The Galactic Heroes “Legend Of The Homos”. Alex also mentions some inside info about some Ghost In The Shell Nissan Car offer! Alex is so enamoured by this in fact, that he seems to repeat himself twice and discuss this all over again. This is naturally the only possibility as Dane surely would not have screwed up in editing this podcast in post production! If you don’t want to hear Alex discuss Nissan’s offer twice, then skip to 16:50 for the news. This problem shall be fixed. 16:50 – 37:20 News Ghost In The Shell May Become A Live-Action Film Dane loathes the very notion. Alex thinks it might work. Will it become White-Washed? Couldn’t you just image who they’re going to make Batou? This also leads to other adaptation of Anime & Asian films. This you don’t want to miss, Dane recounts how a Mikey Rooney lookalike sexually molested him in the cinema, this might have contributed to Dane’s dislike of the film. Hokuto No Ken: Yuria & Roah Gaiden Junai Hen Trailers out AND MMO-Game has a trailer! Alex thought that the trailer was 10 years old. Agent Aika Prequel OVA Coming!!! This no doubt seeks to answer the burning questions that many Aika fans have about her past. “What panties did Aika wear in the past?” “What colour were her panties?” “How many times can I pause and masturbate to this prequel OVA?” 37:20 Anime Pulse Promo The Podcast that needs no mention! Definitely a favourite of mine & also the first (and only thus far) to run our promo. Thanks guys! 37:58 Anime Person Of The Week: Toshio Maeda The God of Tentacle-Porn. Why was he chosen? Neither of us are really tentacle fans, but Dane considers him one of top 10 most revolutionary figures in the anime/manga industry. Like it or not, Urotsukidoji became a huge hit both in Japan & Overseas and introduced not only a new genre to people worldwide, but a tricky way to bypass Japanese censorship. So what is he like? He’s a soft-spoken, articulate and funnily enough, rather conservative man; A fascinating person. His inspiration comes from mostly American artists and goes for my of a “realism” style in his art. For an intereting comparison, check out Miko Mido, the main Character of La Blue Girl as depicted in the Manga when compared to her Anime Counterpart. For some interesting reading check out Big-Empire.com’s interview with the man himself. http://www.bigempire.com/sake/manga.html http://www.bigempire.com/sake/manga1.html Next Episode As you know, the internet speed in most of Asia is but a snail’s pace. But hopefully, Dane will be able to obtain Katsuhiro Otomo’s latest Anime OVA series and review the first episode of that. Until then my pretties. Intro Don’t slit those wrists just yet, episode 6 is out! ........................................................ ...wolf howls................................... hello? Alex offends countless Sci-Fi otaku by calling Legend Of The Galactic Heroes “Legend Of The Homos”. Alex also mentions some inside info about some Ghost In The Shell Nissan Car offer! Alex is so enamoured by this in fact, that he seems to repeat himself twice and discuss this all over again. This is naturally the only possibility as Dane surely would not have screwed up in editing this podcast in post production! If you don’t want to hear Alex discuss Nissan’s offer twice, then skip to 16:50 for the news. This problem shall be fixed. 16:50 – 37:20 News Ghost In The Shell May Become A Live-Action Film Dane loathes the very notion. Alex thinks it might work. Will it become White-Washed? Couldn’t you just image who they’re going to make Batou? This also leads to other adaptation of Anime & Asian films. This you don’t want to miss, Dane recounts how a Mikey Rooney lookalike sexually molested him in the cinema, this might have contributed to Dane’s dislike of the film. Hokuto No Ken: Yuria & Roah Gaiden Junai Hen Trailers out AND MMO-Game has a trailer! Alex thought that the trailer was 10 years old. Agent Aika Prequel OVA Coming!!! This no doubt seeks to answer the burning questions that many Aika fans have about her past. “What panties did Aika wear in the past?” “What colour were her panties?” “How many times can I pause and masturbate to this prequel OVA?” 37:20 Anime Pulse Promo The Podcast that needs no mention! Definitely a favourite of mine & also the first (and only thus far) to run our promo. Thanks guys! 37:58 Anime Person Of The Week: Toshio Maeda The God of Tentacle-Porn. Why was he chosen? Neither of us are really tentacle fans, but Dane considers him one of top 10 most revolutionary figures in the anime/manga industry. Like it or not, Urotsukidoji became a huge hit both in Japan & Overseas and introduced not only a new genre to people worldwide, but a tricky way to bypass Japanese censorship. So what is he like? He’s a soft-spoken, articulate and funnily enough, rather conservative man; A fascinating person. His inspiration comes from mostly American artists and goes for my of a “realism” style in his art. For an intereting comparison, check out Miko Mido, the main Character of La Blue Girl as depicted in the Manga when compared to her Anime Counterpart. For some interesting reading check out Big-Empire.com’s interview with the man himself. http://www.bigempire.com/sake/manga.html http://www.bigempire.com/sake/manga1.html Next Episode As you know, the internet speed in most of Asia is but a snail’s pace. But hopefully, Dane will be able to obtain Katsuhiro Otomo’s latest Anime OVA series and review the first episode of that. Until then my pretties. tag:odeo.com,2007-01-20,6599333 Sat, 20 Jan 2007 23:38:06 -0800 no Anime pacific http://odeo.com/episodes/5914303-Anime-Pacific-Episode-5-Take-THAT-Earthquake Despite the earthquake which pretty much raped the internet here in Asia, we managed to get the podcast up. No anime person of the week or reviews this week, but a LOT of news! We had quite a few visitors during the week. 90% who came because we turned up in google under “download Afro Samurai episodes” or something to that effect. Wouldn’t it be childish if I did something oh…like..typing DOWNLOAD AFRO SAMURAI HERE AFRO SAMURAI EPISODES TORRENT BOOBIES The power of google my friends… ahem Download Episode 5 Here Shootin’ The Breeze 0:00 – 06:08 We talk about one of the most beloved cartoon characters in Japan. “Little Black Sambo”. Little Black Sambo merchandise is in fact so hot right now in Japan that manafacturers can’t keep up with the demand. Is it racist? Ignorant? Innocent? You decide. Promo: Weekly Anime Review 06:08-06:42 News! 06:42- 41:06 Afro Samurai ratings: 0.6 We won’t get into the arguement of whether those are “good” or “bad” ratings. But opinions on this show were... Despite the earthquake which pretty much raped the internet here in Asia, we managed to get the podcast up. No anime person of the week or reviews this week, but a LOT of news! We had quite a few visitors during the week. 90% who came because we turned up in google under “download Afro Samurai episodes” or something to that effect. Wouldn’t it be childish if I did something oh…like..typing DOWNLOAD AFRO SAMURAI HERE AFRO SAMURAI EPISODES TORRENT BOOBIES The power of google my friends… ahem Download Episode 5 Here Shootin’ The Breeze 0:00 – 06:08 We talk about one of the most beloved cartoon characters in Japan. “Little Black Sambo”. Little Black Sambo merchandise is in fact so hot right now in Japan that manafacturers can’t keep up with the demand. Is it racist? Ignorant? Innocent? You decide. Promo: Weekly Anime Review 06:08-06:42 News! 06:42- 41:06 Afro Samurai ratings: 0.6 We won’t get into the arguement of whether those are “good” or “bad” ratings. But opinions on this show were mixed. It has been said that Samuel L. Jackson was under-utilized and because of that, it feels like a cliche of any other Samurai show. It’s also been said to be some good light-hearted fun, so you decide. Here’s a clip of the first fight, so you can get a feel for the show. Naruto DS game coming out in English Not sure if it’s this one or the 3D one, but the more the merrier! New Ikkitousen Trailer Causes controversy In our most unexpected, shocking news segment. We discover that the Ikkitousen: Dragon Century trailer has caused controvery because it contains….panties, nudities and upskirt shots. The director is reportedly in tears with the news that some 15 year olds have in fact masturbated to Ikkitousen and disregarded it’s “Tolkeinesque” storyline. This leads to a discussion on garage kit “chicks” which cost more than a night with a REAL lady. Total HD Alex wonders if HD will make anime look that much better. Gung-Ho Developing a Fist Of The North Star (Hokuto No Ken) MMORPG Dane hates Mmorpg’s but he loves Hokuto No Ken. We spend a few minutes thinking (positvely & negatively) about what could be. Studio Ghibli wants a “foreign” director to “further” Western Animation Dane hates Michael Eisner. We discuss how “Western animation” really has advanced in one way, but is still lacking in another. M Knight. Shama-lama-Ding-Dong to direct the live action version of “Avatar: The Last Airbender” We haven’t actually seen Avatar: The Last Airbender, but if a large portion of anime fans actually like it, it must be doing something right. 41:28- 45:51 Our Promo & End And a special gift to all 3 of you listening. Our promo! Full of completely unscripted whacky moments…. Despite the earthquake which pretty much raped the internet here in Asia, we managed to get the podcast up. No anime person of the week or reviews this week, but a LOT of news! We had quite a few visitors during the week. 90% who came because we turned up in google under “download Afro Samurai episodes” or something to that effect. Wouldn’t it be childish if I did something oh…like..typing DOWNLOAD AFRO SAMURAI HERE AFRO SAMURAI EPISODES TORRENT BOOBIES The power of google my friends… ahem Download Episode 5 Here Shootin’ The Breeze 0:00 – 06:08 We talk about one of the most beloved cartoon characters in Japan. “Little Black Sambo”. Little Black Sambo merchandise is in fact so hot right now in Japan that manafacturers can’t keep up with the demand. Is it racist? Ignorant? Innocent? You decide. Promo: Weekly Anime Review 06:08-06:42 News! 06:42- 41:06 Afro Samurai ratings: 0.6 We won’t get into the arguement of whether those are “good” or “bad” ratings. But opinions on this show were mixed. It has been said that Samuel L. Jackson was under-utilized and because of that, it feels like a cliche of any other Samurai show. It’s also been said to be some good light-hearted fun, so you decide. Here’s a clip of the first fight, so you can get a feel for the show. Naruto DS game coming out in English Not sure if it’s this one or the 3D one, but the more the merrier! New Ikkitousen Trailer Causes controversy In our most unexpected, shocking news segment. We discover that the Ikkitousen: Dragon Century trailer has caused controvery because it contains….panties, nudities and upskirt shots. The director is reportedly in tears with the news that some 15 year olds have in fact masturbated to Ikkitousen and disregarded it’s “Tolkeinesque” storyline. This leads to a discussion on garage kit “chicks” which cost more than a night with a REAL lady. Total HD Alex wonders if HD will make anime look that much better. Gung-Ho Developing a Fist Of The North Star (Hokuto No Ken) MMORPG Dane hates Mmorpg’s but he loves Hokuto No Ken. We spend a few minutes thinking (positvely & negatively) about what could be. Studio Ghibli wants a “foreign” director to “further” Western Animation Dane hates Michael Eisner. We discuss how “Western animation” really has advanced in one way, but is still lacking in another. M Knight. Shama-lama-Ding-Dong to direct the live action version of “Avatar: The Last Airbender” We haven’t actually seen Avatar: The Last Airbender, but if a large portion of anime fans actually like it, it must be doing something right. 41:28- 45:51 Our Promo & End And a special gift to all 3 of you listening. Our promo! Full of completely unscripted whacky moments…. tag:odeo.com,2007-01-13,5914303 Sat, 13 Jan 2007 22:23:48 -0800 no Anime pacific http://odeo.com/episodes/4610813-Anime-Pacific-Episode-4 Episode 4: Have we found our feet? Our first face-to-face recording of this podcast and I must say, it turned out really well. I think the show is finally finding it’s feet. You would think the chilly winter weather would put a stop to those short miniskirts but fortunately, no! If you have to make a final judgment on us, then judge us by this episode. Download Episode 4 http://www.garageband.com/mp3/Anime_Pacific_Episode_4.mp3?|pe1|WdjZPXLrvP2rZVK0Z21k We’ve been absolutely bombarded with e-mails, (un)fortunately, they’re all from someone selling Viagra and in the “bulk” folder. Remember, e-mail us at animepacific@yahoo.com Detailed show notes to come! For a very brief synopsis, Dane & Alex talk about some misconceptions some foreigners have when they enter the “anime country” which in turn moves onto a discussion about child pornography. We discuss the news, kind of briefly. Not too much to tell really but Dane discusses the exciting “Gundam Expo 2006” which is currently in Hong K... Episode 4: Have we found our feet? Our first face-to-face recording of this podcast and I must say, it turned out really well. I think the show is finally finding it’s feet. You would think the chilly winter weather would put a stop to those short miniskirts but fortunately, no! If you have to make a final judgment on us, then judge us by this episode. Download Episode 4 http://www.garageband.com/mp3/Anime_Pacific_Episode_4.mp3?|pe1|WdjZPXLrvP2rZVK0Z21k We’ve been absolutely bombarded with e-mails, (un)fortunately, they’re all from someone selling Viagra and in the “bulk” folder. Remember, e-mail us at animepacific@yahoo.com Detailed show notes to come! For a very brief synopsis, Dane & Alex talk about some misconceptions some foreigners have when they enter the “anime country” which in turn moves onto a discussion about child pornography. We discuss the news, kind of briefly. Not too much to tell really but Dane discusses the exciting “Gundam Expo 2006” which is currently in Hong Kong. Dane reviews the literary masterpiece, “Mad Bull 34” by none other than J.R.R. Tolk…. Oh wait, Kazuo Koike. He also briefly reviews the now (sadly) out of print OVA series. The scanlations for Mad Bull 34 are available at http://www.ignition-one.com And here’s a small clip of this “Gritty, realistic cop show” Our Anime Person of the week is someone who really deserves to be more well known. The great Michael Arias, the man who lived the “Otaku dream” by being the first foreigner to direct an anime in Japan. Check out this article in the Japan times by the always wonderful Patrick Macias for more: http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/ff20061221i1.html Here is a trailer to his film, Tekkonkinkreet Just one more word guys: STUDIO 4oC (Is that one word?) Episode 4: Have we found our feet? Our first face-to-face recording of this podcast and I must say, it turned out really well. I think the show is finally finding it’s feet. You would think the chilly winter weather would put a stop to those short miniskirts but fortunately, no! If you have to make a final judgment on us, then judge us by this episode. Download Episode 4 http://www.garageband.com/mp3/Anime_Pacific_Episode_4.mp3?|pe1|WdjZPXLrvP2rZVK0Z21k We’ve been absolutely bombarded with e-mails, (un)fortunately, they’re all from someone selling Viagra and in the “bulk” folder. Remember, e-mail us at animepacific@yahoo.com Detailed show notes to come! For a very brief synopsis, Dane & Alex talk about some misconceptions some foreigners have when they enter the “anime country” which in turn moves onto a discussion about child pornography. We discuss the news, kind of briefly. Not too much to tell really but Dane discusses the exciting “Gundam Expo 2006” which is currently in Hong Kong. Dane reviews the literary masterpiece, “Mad Bull 34” by none other than J.R.R. Tolk…. Oh wait, Kazuo Koike. He also briefly reviews the now (sadly) out of print OVA series. The scanlations for Mad Bull 34 are available at http://www.ignition-one.com And here’s a small clip of this “Gritty, realistic cop show” Our Anime Person of the week is someone who really deserves to be more well known. The great Michael Arias, the man who lived the “Otaku dream” by being the first foreigner to direct an anime in Japan. Check out this article in the Japan times by the always wonderful Patrick Macias for more: http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/ff20061221i1.html Here is a trailer to his film, Tekkonkinkreet Just one more word guys: STUDIO 4oC (Is that one word?) tag:odeo.com,2006-12-26,4610813 Tue, 26 Dec 2006 07:35:52 -0800 no Anime pacific http://odeo.com/episodes/4590423-Anime-Pacific-Episode-3-Happy-Non-Denominational-Yearly-Holiday What better gift than a really really crappy review? Episode 3 comes a day earlier than usual because I’m heading to Japan in a matter of hours, so forgive me if the shownotes are not up their usual Tolkein-esque standard. Download it here: Download Episode 3 0:00-30:35 Blah Blah We shoot the breeze for half an hour, among the discussions are cautionary tales about going to Japan while on welfare, going on a spending spree on pornography and trying to evade immigration. Dane proceeds to verbal abuse Australia and it’s 1950’s stance on erotica. 30:35-31:25 Anime Pulse The podcast that needs no mention which is fine, because I don’t have time to mention it! 31:26- 44:45 News (Or lack of) What a pitiful amount of news. Here’s hoping something big happens when I arrive in Japan. Tales of Earthsea won’t be headed to US anytime soon: Because Sci-Fi is sitting on “Earthsea 90210”. Gundam the ride to close: Damn, I never even knew it existed. Here’s what you have missed: (see official websi... What better gift than a really really crappy review? Episode 3 comes a day earlier than usual because I’m heading to Japan in a matter of hours, so forgive me if the shownotes are not up their usual Tolkein-esque standard. Download it here: Download Episode 3 0:00-30:35 Blah Blah We shoot the breeze for half an hour, among the discussions are cautionary tales about going to Japan while on welfare, going on a spending spree on pornography and trying to evade immigration. Dane proceeds to verbal abuse Australia and it’s 1950’s stance on erotica. 30:35-31:25 Anime Pulse The podcast that needs no mention which is fine, because I don’t have time to mention it! 31:26- 44:45 News (Or lack of) What a pitiful amount of news. Here’s hoping something big happens when I arrive in Japan. Tales of Earthsea won’t be headed to US anytime soon: Because Sci-Fi is sitting on “Earthsea 90210”. Gundam the ride to close: Damn, I never even knew it existed. Here’s what you have missed: (see official website for video) Joe Hisashi in Hong Kong, tickets sold out almost instantly! I missed it! Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! Here’s some “stalker-esque” footage of his concert. (See official website for video) 44:50-45:28 Weekly Anime Review Promo I’ve yet to be dissapointed yet by this podcast. 45:28 – 1:03:50 Anime person of the week: Yoko Kanno Most probably, my favourite composer in the world! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanno_Yoko Alex won’t accept that someone is better than Billy Ray Cyrus. 1:04:00 – 1:17:15 : My Crappy Review Of “Brave Story” In short, 4 stars (out of 4) I LOVED IT. Oh wait, Alex won’t let me give it 4 stars. 1:17:16 – 1:23:01 Finale and Alex’s “Song” Next week, both of us will be in Japan and Dane has bought a new microphone, so finally the audio might be up to something post World War I. What better gift than a really really crappy review? Episode 3 comes a day earlier than usual because I’m heading to Japan in a matter of hours, so forgive me if the shownotes are not up their usual Tolkein-esque standard. Download it here: Download Episode 3 0:00-30:35 Blah Blah We shoot the breeze for half an hour, among the discussions are cautionary tales about going to Japan while on welfare, going on a spending spree on pornography and trying to evade immigration. Dane proceeds to verbal abuse Australia and it’s 1950’s stance on erotica. 30:35-31:25 Anime Pulse The podcast that needs no mention which is fine, because I don’t have time to mention it! 31:26- 44:45 News (Or lack of) What a pitiful amount of news. Here’s hoping something big happens when I arrive in Japan. Tales of Earthsea won’t be headed to US anytime soon: Because Sci-Fi is sitting on “Earthsea 90210”. Gundam the ride to close: Damn, I never even knew it existed. Here’s what you have missed: (see official website for video) Joe Hisashi in Hong Kong, tickets sold out almost instantly! I missed it! Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! Here’s some “stalker-esque” footage of his concert. (See official website for video) 44:50-45:28 Weekly Anime Review Promo I’ve yet to be dissapointed yet by this podcast. 45:28 – 1:03:50 Anime person of the week: Yoko Kanno Most probably, my favourite composer in the world! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanno_Yoko Alex won’t accept that someone is better than Billy Ray Cyrus. 1:04:00 – 1:17:15 : My Crappy Review Of “Brave Story” In short, 4 stars (out of 4) I LOVED IT. Oh wait, Alex won’t let me give it 4 stars. 1:17:16 – 1:23:01 Finale and Alex’s “Song” Next week, both of us will be in Japan and Dane has bought a new microphone, so finally the audio might be up to something post World War I. tag:odeo.com,2006-12-23,4590423 Sat, 23 Dec 2006 03:44:54 -0800 no Anime pacific http://odeo.com/episodes/3984483-Episode-2-From-chocolate-to-poo-Hello-Japan I think Sunday is a good day for our Weekly release, don’t you? We actually recorded this episode almost straight after episode 1, but I spent most of the week editing it and putting it together. Much to our suprise, most of our initial visitors are actually from Japan itself. This is is pretty much totally due to a very kind person who runs a really interesting blog regarding anime fandom outside Japan. http://willowick.seesaa.net/ Not only did this result in a huge jump in visitors, but it also contained wonderful advice. Thank you so much! Download Episode 2 Introduction 0:00 – 26:40 Yes, our introduction is the longest single segment of the podcast. As we boldly brag about the much better audio quality, our integrity is once again flushed down the toilet as Dane’s wife uses a hair dryer in the middle of the recording. He proceeds to establish dominiance, in a subtle…silent…kind of way. Seeing as we’re an Asian podcast, we proceed to explain in detail our stance on bootleg Hong K... I think Sunday is a good day for our Weekly release, don’t you? We actually recorded this episode almost straight after episode 1, but I spent most of the week editing it and putting it together. Much to our suprise, most of our initial visitors are actually from Japan itself. This is is pretty much totally due to a very kind person who runs a really interesting blog regarding anime fandom outside Japan. http://willowick.seesaa.net/ Not only did this result in a huge jump in visitors, but it also contained wonderful advice. Thank you so much! Download Episode 2 Introduction 0:00 – 26:40 Yes, our introduction is the longest single segment of the podcast. As we boldly brag about the much better audio quality, our integrity is once again flushed down the toilet as Dane’s wife uses a hair dryer in the middle of the recording. He proceeds to establish dominiance, in a subtle…silent…kind of way. Seeing as we’re an Asian podcast, we proceed to explain in detail our stance on bootleg Hong Kong DVD’s and aspects that you might not consider when you buy them. (ie. You’re paying 10 times the price if you order these on the net, as well as the fact that you’d be funding organized crime.) We also chat a little bit about Alex’s returning to the anime light with Ghost in the Shell. Promo: Weekly Anime Review 26:40 – 27:12 The always great, Weekly Anime In Review. We’re in the process of making a good promo as well, I do kind of want to ask other podcasters if they want to play our promo if we’d make it but I don’t want to shove it in their face at the same time. News 27:13 – 49:58 More emotional ranting from Dane & Alex. Not much actual news from Asia, (except Japan) but there’s some stuff coming up here which I’ll talk about next week. The rape of One Piece is complete Did we ever doubt it? We also discuss some of the stuff they did, including the infamous “Black guy cut”. I suppose they were afraid that people would compare it to this: They also made a Christmas tree into a purple “Non Denominational holiday tree”. WHAT THE F K. Naruto Filler To End Hitler must be freezing his ass off in hell right about now. To truly propel it to Dragonball status, Naruto gets it’s “Z”. Alex verbally rapes the Dragonball franchise, while Dane defends the original. Frank Agrama in da sh. Alex takes this chance to defend Carl Macek with all the man-love he can muster. This in turn, takes us to the subject of violence in anime. Where Robotech had deaths in almost every episode, 4 Kids sees the need to butcher One Piece. We look back at the mid 80’s before the Soccer Mum’s (that’s Mom’s in Yanklish) took over. Chinese film adaptation of Manga, Bokko (Battle Of Wits) number one at Hong Kong box office Dane gives a mini-review of the film, which he saw on opening day in a packed crowd. (Half which were high school girls wanting to watch their beloved Andy Lau) Then takes an opportunity to bash the Swine-Steins, who hopefully won’t touch this. Promo: Anime World Order 50:00 – 50:34 Not so indepth review of Ghost In The Shell: Solid State Society Alex discusses the role that Ghost In The Shell plays in his life. Especially now, in the “Dark Ages” of sci-fi, with Star Trek dead in the water, the Star Wars films over, Firefly dieing a brutal death with Serenity’s failure, Babylon 5 & Farscape over. Alex loves SAC, but thinks Yoko Kanno’s melodies soothe him to sleep. (Our next episode’s person of the week) Dane proceeds to repeat himself with the fact that this was on pay-per view and it’s budget and then curses loudly as he types the shownotes and realizes this. Alex attacks the Fuchikoma’s and wins because Dane can’t get a word in. Dane discusses which version of GITS in the most loyal to the original Manga (which he loves, until Shirow became a rambling lunatic full of technical jargon with Man-Machine Interface) To make a long story short: 3.5 / 4 stars. The reason for the -0.5 is explained within. Anime Person Of The Week 1:06:53-1:14:23 Yoshikazu Yasuhiko Man, I’m stupid. I went off what I already knew about the chap only to discover that Wikipedia has a rather sizable amount of information already. I should relay to you that, when we talked about his semi-retirement, I was more refering to his anime career than his (still strong) career as a manga-ka. He is still working and better than ever! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshikazu_Yasuhiko http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=705 Some more recent mangas of his http://www.kodanclub.com/cgi-local/comic.cgi?id=999-00069-01-006 http://www.icomics.com/rev_103201_joan.shtml Next Week: I’ll be headed for Japan! 1:14:24-end Alex’s sister is here, so he’ll be taking her around Japan, then I’ll be on my way! Hopefully episode 3 shall be delivered on time, if not, it’ll be an extra special episode! Ta-Ta darlings. I think Sunday is a good day for our Weekly release, don’t you? We actually recorded this episode almost straight after episode 1, but I spent most of the week editing it and putting it together. Much to our suprise, most of our initial visitors are actually from Japan itself. This is is pretty much totally due to a very kind person who runs a really interesting blog regarding anime fandom outside Japan. http://willowick.seesaa.net/ Not only did this result in a huge jump in visitors, but it also contained wonderful advice. Thank you so much! Download Episode 2 Introduction 0:00 – 26:40 Yes, our introduction is the longest single segment of the podcast. As we boldly brag about the much better audio quality, our integrity is once again flushed down the toilet as Dane’s wife uses a hair dryer in the middle of the recording. He proceeds to establish dominiance, in a subtle…silent…kind of way. Seeing as we’re an Asian podcast, we proceed to explain in detail our stance on bootleg Hong Kong DVD’s and aspects that you might not consider when you buy them. (ie. You’re paying 10 times the price if you order these on the net, as well as the fact that you’d be funding organized crime.) We also chat a little bit about Alex’s returning to the anime light with Ghost in the Shell. Promo: Weekly Anime Review 26:40 – 27:12 The always great, Weekly Anime In Review. We’re in the process of making a good promo as well, I do kind of want to ask other podcasters if they want to play our promo if we’d make it but I don’t want to shove it in their face at the same time. News 27:13 – 49:58 More emotional ranting from Dane & Alex. Not much actual news from Asia, (except Japan) but there’s some stuff coming up here which I’ll talk about next week. The rape of One Piece is complete Did we ever doubt it? We also discuss some of the stuff they did, including the infamous “Black guy cut”. I suppose they were afraid that people would compare it to this: They also made a Christmas tree into a purple “Non Denominational holiday tree”. WHAT THE F K. Naruto Filler To End Hitler must be freezing his ass off in hell right about now. To truly propel it to Dragonball status, Naruto gets it’s “Z”. Alex verbally rapes the Dragonball franchise, while Dane defends the original. Frank Agrama in da sh. Alex takes this chance to defend Carl Macek with all the man-love he can muster. This in turn, takes us to the subject of violence in anime. Where Robotech had deaths in almost every episode, 4 Kids sees the need to butcher One Piece. We look back at the mid 80’s before the Soccer Mum’s (that’s Mom’s in Yanklish) took over. Chinese film adaptation of Manga, Bokko (Battle Of Wits) number one at Hong Kong box office Dane gives a mini-review of the film, which he saw on opening day in a packed crowd. (Half which were high school girls wanting to watch their beloved Andy Lau) Then takes an opportunity to bash the Swine-Steins, who hopefully won’t touch this. Promo: Anime World Order 50:00 – 50:34 Not so indepth review of Ghost In The Shell: Solid State Society Alex discusses the role that Ghost In The Shell plays in his life. Especially now, in the “Dark Ages” of sci-fi, with Star Trek dead in the water, the Star Wars films over, Firefly dieing a brutal death with Serenity’s failure, Babylon 5 & Farscape over. Alex loves SAC, but thinks Yoko Kanno’s melodies soothe him to sleep. (Our next episode’s person of the week) Dane proceeds to repeat himself with the fact that this was on pay-per view and it’s budget and then curses loudly as he types the shownotes and realizes this. Alex attacks the Fuchikoma’s and wins because Dane can’t get a word in. Dane discusses which version of GITS in the most loyal to the original Manga (which he loves, until Shirow became a rambling lunatic full of technical jargon with Man-Machine Interface) To make a long story short: 3.5 / 4 stars. The reason for the -0.5 is explained within. Anime Person Of The Week 1:06:53-1:14:23 Yoshikazu Yasuhiko Man, I’m stupid. I went off what I already knew about the chap only to discover that Wikipedia has a rather sizable amount of information already. I should relay to you that, when we talked about his semi-retirement, I was more refering to his anime career than his (still strong) career as a manga-ka. He is still working and better than ever! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshikazu_Yasuhiko http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=705 Some more recent mangas of his http://www.kodanclub.com/cgi-local/comic.cgi?id=999-00069-01-006 http://www.icomics.com/rev_103201_joan.shtml Next Week: I’ll be headed for Japan! 1:14:24-end Alex’s sister is here, so he’ll be taking her around Japan, then I’ll be on my way! Hopefully episode 3 shall be delivered on time, if not, it’ll be an extra special episode! Ta-Ta darlings. tag:odeo.com,2006-12-16,3984483 Sat, 16 Dec 2006 22:47:50 -0800 no Anime pacific http://odeo.com/episodes/3874353-Episode-1-Pilot-Let-s-get-manly-tearful-and-sweaty-for-Souten-No-Ken NOTE: You should download this file directly, otherwise it will be Alvin & The Chipmunks. See above? Pilot! That means we’re allowed to screw up a bit on our first episode! On that note, let’s talk about the sound issues; Yes, I know my Audio was rather screwed up, while Alex sounded like he was recording from Disney studios in comparison. That, will be fixed. However, the fact that my sexy, husky, man-tear inducing voice clearly outshines Alex’s Corey-Feldman-esque voice… This I cannot help, bear with the poor fellow please! Anyway, as this is a “pilot” some things will probably change or improve over time. My review was in fact a first episode review and thus, more of a preview. Regarding the “Anime Industry” person of the week segment, Alex will be there with me next time. He was rather busy this week. Click Here to Download Show notes: 00:00 – 01:12 Our Grand Entrance Actually, chances are you’ve never heard a podcast like the ones we were sending up there. They DO exist however... NOTE: You should download this file directly, otherwise it will be Alvin & The Chipmunks. See above? Pilot! That means we’re allowed to screw up a bit on our first episode! On that note, let’s talk about the sound issues; Yes, I know my Audio was rather screwed up, while Alex sounded like he was recording from Disney studios in comparison. That, will be fixed. However, the fact that my sexy, husky, man-tear inducing voice clearly outshines Alex’s Corey-Feldman-esque voice… This I cannot help, bear with the poor fellow please! Anyway, as this is a “pilot” some things will probably change or improve over time. My review was in fact a first episode review and thus, more of a preview. Regarding the “Anime Industry” person of the week segment, Alex will be there with me next time. He was rather busy this week. Click Here to Download Show notes: 00:00 – 01:12 Our Grand Entrance Actually, chances are you’ve never heard a podcast like the ones we were sending up there. They DO exist however, or perhaps it’s better to say they did. 01:12 -20:46 Dane & Alex in a nutshell Yes, just under 20 minutes, we discuss how we got into anime and where we are now. Included are some interesting stories about how it was to be an Anime fan in Australia aka (Our population is so small. we don’t support anything niche and our highest rated shows are gardening shows – land). My man tears flowed freely as Alex reminisces abouthow Robotech changed the destiny of he and a room full of boys in his Canadian boarding school; With Sexy Results! 20:47 – 22:02 Promos & Alex Singing You won’t believe which famous figure lending his vocal talents to us, and you’d be right to do so! Promo: Anime World Order It ranks among my most beloved podcasts, check it out! 22:03 – 40:16 News Ikkitousen to have second season Berserk, Trigun and 3?3 Eyes never got their anime continuations (at least not yet) and here’s why. There’s just not enough material for 15 years olds to masturbate to in those respective shows. The tissue companies CONTROL the anime industry I tells ya. Revival of Evangelion I barely remember the actual news item itself as Alex did his Mr Hyde-esque transformation at the very mention of Evangelion. Here is Alex’s turn to shine. Afro “Mother F*‘in” Samurai trailer up Good luck navigating through it. The website itself was really broken when we navigated through it. http://www.afrosamurai.com/ 40:17 – 41:05 Promo – Anime Pulse I aspire to have the listener-base these guys do. I really enjoy this podcast, just stop speaking over the top of each other in reviews fellas! 41:06 – 55:04 Review (Epiosde 1) / Preview – Souten No Ken First and formost: www.heartofmadness.com (The guys translating Hokuto No Ken, the TV series) http://www.badongo.com/file/1808457 – My translation of Raoh Gaiden, translated from the Chinese subs. I’m rather proud of this, although there are still some obvious mistakes. http://www.sentosha-fansubs.com/ – These guys are going to be doing Souten No Ken (among other things). They’re jolly good fellows indeed! Did you hear my voice when I said “Download this now” ? This must be what “G4” is. Goodness, I sounded so forced when I said that, I want to beat the living crap out of myself right about now. 55:46 – 1:06:50 Anime Industry Person Of The Week: Carl Macek Carl Macek is seldom seen at any cons these days, I hear. Probably because he would get mobbed or raped by his adoring fandom! And check out that professionalism ofyours truly, what an epic screw up, I didn’t even finish my conclusion before I ran the Promo! 1:06:51 – 1:07:48 Promo – Dave & Joel’s Fast Karate For The Gentleman Now here’s some chaps who don’t rely on SFX wizardry to make their podcast sound better than it is (unlike yours truly). They, don’t need to! Check it out, it’s a lot of fun. 1:07:49 – 1:10:52 Closing Now, I know how earthquake survivors feel. Next week, I’ll be reviewing an anime that Alex can’t poke fun at me for, Ghost In The Shell; Solid State Society! Closing song is the closing song for Souten No Ken, and yes, the little “Gurandu Sponser” at the end was deliberate, I’m not that stupid right? NOTE: You should download this file directly, otherwise it will be Alvin & The Chipmunks. See above? Pilot! That means we’re allowed to screw up a bit on our first episode! On that note, let’s talk about the sound issues; Yes, I know my Audio was rather screwed up, while Alex sounded like he was recording from Disney studios in comparison. That, will be fixed. However, the fact that my sexy, husky, man-tear inducing voice clearly outshines Alex’s Corey-Feldman-esque voice… This I cannot help, bear with the poor fellow please! Anyway, as this is a “pilot” some things will probably change or improve over time. My review was in fact a first episode review and thus, more of a preview. Regarding the “Anime Industry” person of the week segment, Alex will be there with me next time. He was rather busy this week. Click Here to Download Show notes: 00:00 – 01:12 Our Grand Entrance Actually, chances are you’ve never heard a podcast like the ones we were sending up there. They DO exist however, or perhaps it’s better to say they did. 01:12 -20:46 Dane & Alex in a nutshell Yes, just under 20 minutes, we discuss how we got into anime and where we are now. Included are some interesting stories about how it was to be an Anime fan in Australia aka (Our population is so small. we don’t support anything niche and our highest rated shows are gardening shows – land). My man tears flowed freely as Alex reminisces abouthow Robotech changed the destiny of he and a room full of boys in his Canadian boarding school; With Sexy Results! 20:47 – 22:02 Promos & Alex Singing You won’t believe which famous figure lending his vocal talents to us, and you’d be right to do so! Promo: Anime World Order It ranks among my most beloved podcasts, check it out! 22:03 – 40:16 News Ikkitousen to have second season Berserk, Trigun and 3?3 Eyes never got their anime continuations (at least not yet) and here’s why. There’s just not enough material for 15 years olds to masturbate to in those respective shows. The tissue companies CONTROL the anime industry I tells ya. Revival of Evangelion I barely remember the actual news item itself as Alex did his Mr Hyde-esque transformation at the very mention of Evangelion. Here is Alex’s turn to shine. Afro “Mother F*‘in” Samurai trailer up Good luck navigating through it. The website itself was really broken when we navigated through it. http://www.afrosamurai.com/ 40:17 – 41:05 Promo – Anime Pulse I aspire to have the listener-base these guys do. I really enjoy this podcast, just stop speaking over the top of each other in reviews fellas! 41:06 – 55:04 Review (Epiosde 1) / Preview – Souten No Ken First and formost: www.heartofmadness.com (The guys translating Hokuto No Ken, the TV series) http://www.badongo.com/file/1808457 – My translation of Raoh Gaiden, translated from the Chinese subs. I’m rather proud of this, although there are still some obvious mistakes. http://www.sentosha-fansubs.com/ – These guys are going to be doing Souten No Ken (among other things). They’re jolly good fellows indeed! Did you hear my voice when I said “Download this now” ? This must be what “G4” is. Goodness, I sounded so forced when I said that, I want to beat the living crap out of myself right about now. 55:46 – 1:06:50 Anime Industry Person Of The Week: Carl Macek Carl Macek is seldom seen at any cons these days, I hear. Probably because he would get mobbed or raped by his adoring fandom! And check out that professionalism ofyours truly, what an epic screw up, I didn’t even finish my conclusion before I ran the Promo! 1:06:51 – 1:07:48 Promo – Dave & Joel’s Fast Karate For The Gentleman Now here’s some chaps who don’t rely on SFX wizardry to make their podcast sound better than it is (unlike yours truly). They, don’t need to! Check it out, it’s a lot of fun. 1:07:49 – 1:10:52 Closing Now, I know how earthquake survivors feel. Next week, I’ll be reviewing an anime that Alex can’t poke fun at me for, Ghost In The Shell; Solid State Society! Closing song is the closing song for Souten No Ken, and yes, the little “Gurandu Sponser” at the end was deliberate, I’m not that stupid right? tag:odeo.com,2006-12-11,3874353 Mon, 11 Dec 2006 16:57:00 -0800 no Anime pacific