Show 154

I would like to extend a heartfelt welcome to the influx of new listeners that have been directed to this glorious Podcast by way of Anime Jeopardy, courtesy of Kumoricon 2022.

Also, as a disclaimer, this episode  was recorded before the Twitter drama. We reference Twitter several times in this episode, so just keep that in mind.

On with the show!

This week’s hosts:

Laven – @LavenVoth
Kenny – @sakoku_otaku

• Introduction
  • AniBros Creative can be found at anibroscreative.com, and follow up on Twitter at @anibroscreative
  • Laven is @LavenVoth
  • Kenny is @sakoku_otaku
• Opening Banter
  • “Boy-see”
    • Kenny is a Salaryman and currently being a salaryman in Boise
    • Good Patrick is a resident of Boise but Kenny failed to tell him he’d be coming into his town
    • Kenny has seen a lot of potate-themed art
  • Are we post-Pandemic?
  • Life Protip: Delete more tweets than you send.
  • RSS Check! Looks like we messed up! RIP Feedburner.
  • Listen to us on Spotify!
• Otaku no Video
  • Two-part OVA created by Gainax in 1991
  • Director: Takeshi Mori
  • Written by: Toshio Okada
  • Story of a college student, Kubo, who becomes an otaku after a chance encounter with an old classmate and friend, Tanaka.
  • Autobiographical but stylized depiction of the history of General Products and Studio Gainax
  • Features segments called ‘Portrait of an Otaku’, live action interviews with otaku
  • Discussion
    • What new stuff stood out to us?
      • Portrait of an Otaku hit harder now that we’re the age of the folks that made this movie. They do get progressively more and more stupid.
      • Garage Kits are made to be way more popular than they ever were.
      • Otaku no Video remains a familiar and cozy show to return to.
      • Kubo and Tanaka were definitely huffing fumes
      • The Otakuland opening may be a reference to Tomino’s New Anime Century speech
      • The worst part of Otaku no Video is that they become capitalists — but maybe that is a self-aware acknowledgement of the worst tendencies at Gainax.
  • Highly recommended, definitely watch.
  • The reason we have this podcast.
  • Laven is looking for land to build his own Otakuland
• Syberpunk: Edgerunner
  • 10 episodes series on Netflix
  • Produced by TRIGGER for CD Projekt Red
  • Director: Hiroyuki Imaishi
  • Written by: Masahiko Otsuka, Yoshiki Usa
  • Based on story by: Bartosz Sztybor (シテボル); Rafal Jaki
  • Discussion
    • “One of the best shows I’ve seen in awhile.” – Laven
    • Fear going in: this is just a video game tie-in, how good could it really be? But! It is really good!
    • Kenny and Laven fight over DARLING in the FUCKS again
    • What’s it about?
      • David Martinez has a bad time: his school hates him, his classmates hate him, and his mom is killed in a car wreck.
      • David becomes an Edgerunner — a member of a crime team running jobs.
      • He quickly spirals into the dark world of corporate warfare and cybernetic enhancements.
    • Kenny’s Take: Edgerunner is exactly what it felt like to watch anime in the 90s/00s/
      • This is what it was like to watch Ninja Scroll or Cyber City Oedo
      • It has violence! It has sex! It has a complex story that is based on source material that isn’t 100% present in the anime!
    • Cyberpunk is based a TTRPG created in the 80s by Mike Pondsmith
    • The sensory experience is dialed up to 11.
    • This could only exist as an OVA — in fact, it is an ONA!
    • Cyberpunk is a love letter to the 80s OVA
    • It is so refreshing to have a true sci-fi and cyberpunk anime again!
    • When our generation is making decisions (after boomers are good, TY Knight Sabers), let’s hope its all nostalgia like this.
    • Who is your favorite character?
      • Laven: Lucy, the main girl — perfectly engineered for me to like her;
      • Kenny: Maine and Dorio
      • All the characters are really well done and given opportunities to bond witht he audience.
    • Who at Trigger needs to always add the Rebecca-type character?
      • And what is driving the perception that she’s a loli?
    • Really good world building.
    • Do we want a sequel?
      • Only if its a completely new story.
    • Comfort viewing — you can watch it slow or binge it
    • ANIBROS STAMP OF APPROVAL
  • So will we play Cyberpunk 2077? No. But if it goes on Sale for a steep enough discount, maybe.
  • Want to watch anime and experience a cyberpunk adventure
• But wait, there’s more!
  • • Trigun!?
      • Laven had time to fit into a re-watch of Trigun.
      • Jack reviewed Trigun on Episode #
      • Still holds up!
      • A secret sci-fi show
      • A slow burn — but worth that investment as it starts to unfold
      • Why didn’t Kenny like Trigun? He doesn’t remember — because of the dub? Because of the way its fans behaved? Maybe!
      • What about the new Trigun? No.
    • Cowboy Bebop
      • Watching in Japanese
      • Maybe if I watch it this time, it’ll be different?
    • The two goofballs muse about what they want to make on 3D printers.
    • What!? Laven went to go see the Yokohama Gundam.

  

  • The Odaiba Gundam is a trash gundam now.
  • 1:1 scale RX 78-2
  • Available to see until Spring 2023 which is great because the borders to Japan are opening soon!
• Gegege no Kitaro exhibit
  • AR experience

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