Archive for April, 2009

Now Toys and Continueing Anime

Wednesday, April 29th, 2009

Well I finally received my new laptopl  I am pretty excited about the whole thing and hope that aI can use it for the podcast.  If there are a lot of typoes because I am still getting used to the condensed keyboard.  I am hoping to use this new laptop for recording the show so hopefulloy I can get things squared away for the next show.  I have also gotten a hold of the second disk of Negima and hopefully it won’t be long before I get the third.  I am also watching Death Note.  I am up to episode 22 .  I am also getting used to Windows Vista of which I dragging my heels kicking and screaming.  Wish me luck during the laptop period of adjustment.

Take Care

Peg

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Finnishing up some long dead series

Sunday, April 26th, 2009

Well I finally got my hands on the final disc of Magikano and the final three discs of Burst Angel.  I also marathoned Lucky Star and have started Death Note and I am about 6 opeisodes in right now.  I have been a bit distracted by some audio books I have been listening to.  I am currently listening to Phantom which is the next to the last novel printed in the “Sword of Truth” series written by Terry Goodkind.  You may or may not have heard it has been adapted into a tv series of which us 2lazy2botaku guys have mixed reactions on.  Still pushing on and hoping one of these days I will get to finnish the final two discs of Ergo Proxy.  If you guys out there have anything you would like me to review please send us a email and I will give it a shot.  Well that’s all for now,  I myself right now am listening to the Anime Roundtable podcast.  Those guys always stray from the topic of anime but I enjoy the cast every time I listen to them.  I also would like to say that “Dr.” Adam Grant the hentai lawyer really helps keep things interesting.

Peg

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2Lazy004

Friday, April 24th, 2009

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This time our heros talk about more streaming anime, ero-manga theft, academic otaku literature, and so on in the news. Skyeline gives us a breif, but informative descriptions on K-on, 07 Ghost, Basquash!, and Saki, Slunker rambles on about Tora Dora, Duma finishes watching Hellsing, and Roundpeg praises Yukikaze, warns people away from Majikano, and relates to us the soul-crushing experience that is Lucky Star (warning no actual souls were crushed during the recording of this podcast). Okay so perhaps Roundpeg’s soul was not crushed by watching Lucky Star. However I can’t find the words to describe the effect watching the show had on him. Is this a good thing? Is it a bad thing? You’ll have to listen and judge for yourself.

Warning this podcast contains adult language and themes, listener discretion is advised.

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Friday, April 17th, 2009

The Palmtop Tiger Aisaka TaigaThis past week I watched Tora Dora

I’ll be discussing this on the next podcast so I’ll keep this brief. I will say though I’ve enjoyed it so much I’ll be watching it again this coming week, and will keep an eye out for any news regarding any licensing for the show I hope this gets a U.S. release, anyways I’ll be talking about this on the next podcast hopefully we’ll have it out in the next coming week.

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2Lazy003

Thursday, April 16th, 2009

Roundpeg, Slunker, Skyeline and Duma gathered this week to discuss anime news and reviews. Roundpeg reviewed Shigurui: Death Frenzy, Skye reviewed Denno Coil, and Duma reviewed Hellsing. Slunker had a mini preview of his con report that he will finish in full detail next show. Warning this podcast contains mature themes and language listener discretion is advised.

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OMG Duma watched anime!

Monday, April 6th, 2009

Following with my vampire kick as of late, I decided to watch some Hellsing.  I’ve seen this years back when it came out in America in 2002.  I really enjoyed it at the time and have been looking forward to rewatching it. I got it thru Netflix like alot of us are getting Anime now adays.  The series focuses on a Vampire called Arucard, his fledgling vampire Seras Victoria, and thier workings for the Hellsing Organization. The story is mostly told from the eyes of Seras, or Police girl as Arucard calls her, and follows her introduction to being a vampire. I’ve finished 2 of 4 volumes. I can’t wait for the 3rd to show up.

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Absenteeism and the Like

Saturday, April 4th, 2009

You know you never really appreciate the ability to breath until it becomes very difficult to do so. For those of you actually listening to our podcast (what I know were small yet… don’t look at me like that guys… um…. uh….) Whew, ok I’m back. Sorry about that odd aside there. I’ve been recovering from temporary insanity as well as a seriously nasty upper respiratory infection so lack of breathing, much coughing, very little talking (lack of voice and all) and now I’m all better… well at least I don’t have an infection any more.

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So for these last few weeks I’ve been assuaging my anime needs by watching Dennou Coil, and an old favorite of mine, Tsubasa Chronicle. Both series are very interesting, especially the new to me Dennou Coil. The style of the show really grabbed me with its art which reminds me very much of Hayao Miyazaki’s work. That and the mystery that the show presents as well as with the intriguing virtual world really drew me in from the start. I should have a fairly decent review ready for the next release.

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Impromptu Review Resident Evil Degeneration

Wednesday, April 1st, 2009

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Haven’t watch any anime so far this week. Closest thing to anime I have watched was Resident Evil Degeneration. Anyways, after watching this film my overall opinion is it’s forgettable if you’re not a fan of the game series. Personally I’ve only played the first 3 games in the series, so at best I was mildly interested. That being said, I will say I found the story to be good, and fitting considering this is based on the games. However I did find the overall quality of the film leaving something to be desired. Perhaps I am biased having seen Final Fantasy 7 Advent Children, and also recently saw Appleseed Ex Machina, I guess I could say my expectations for an action oriented CG film might be demanding. The overall quality seemed inconsistent. At somepoints the characters looked great, and other times they didn’t look any better then they might have in an in game Cg cut scene. The voice acting was passable, but after playing the first Resident Evil, I wonder if I should keep the bar for voice acting quality low. Perhaps the voice over work improved in recent games, but that would require me to actually play the games to make any judgement on that. Overall, if you’re one of those people who don’t take your fandom, or entertainment too seriously Resident Evil Degeneration is entertaining enough to be worth renting at best.

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