2lazy2botaku - A podcast about Anime

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slunker — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 16:14:42 +0000

This time on 2 Lazy 2 B Otaku, we got Neokage on again, from Otaku Momentum. In news we focus (primarily) on the pros, and cons (if any) of chilled panties. Afterwards Skyeline reviews 07 Ghost for us. Slunker recounts the trauma that is Now and Then Here and There. Roundpeg relates a tale of apathy that is Flag, then he moves on to something far more interesting, and far more entertaining when he reviews Nana. As a special Bonus Neokage gives us a brief overview on Okamisan, and to wrap up we digress into a discussion of Bubblegum Crisis, Souleater, and Anime in general.

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2Lazy037

slunker — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 03:33:18 +0000

This time on the 2 Lazy 2 B Otaku podcast Slunker and Duma were unavailable, So to fill in the gaps we get Midori from Otaku Momentum and Roundpeg’s childhood friend Tank. This time the focus is not on anime, but rather the writer director, who we all love, Kevin Smith

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slunker — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 22:37:51 +0000

Prior to recording our 37th Episode Roundpeg wanted to let off some steam, so I turned on the recorder, and here is our first bonus episode. A fair warning ahead this is more or less not edited (there’s music in the back ground that’s it) so be prepared for some pauses. and stay tuned. Currently there is no set schedule for bonuses, it’s all purely random when and if we do them. Later this week Episode 37 will be posted so stay tuned.

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2Lazy036

slunker — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:57:43 +0000

This time on 2 Lazy we try something a little different. We talk about the shonen fighting show, or formula, some brief bit of news, an impromptu review of D-Gray Man by Roundpeg and the typical discussion of what we’ve been doing the past couple weeks.

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Episode 36 will be Delayed

skyeline — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 16:20:49 +0000

Due to some real life issues, namely me being out of town and Slunker having to work during our normal recording time, we have decided to push our next episode release back by 1 week. This means the next release will be on or around July 30th.

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slunker — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 11:39:37 +0000

This week we have Gene and Chris from SHAFT joining in the fun, as we discuss Manga Fox dropping a lot of titles from their site, mangaka making a drop in the bucket compared to the amount of money publishers make off them, and Skyeline simply can’t be bothered to do more then read the headline of the sillier stories in the news segment, which is understandable. In reviews we got Roundpeg going over Someday’s Dreamer, after which we shoot the breeze with Gene and Chris finishing out the podcast.

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SHOWS NEW VOICEMAIL!!!

roundpeg — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 04:26:55 +0000

We now have a voice mail that also receives texting.

Phone number 708-LAZYPOD 708-529-9763

Text us or leave us a voicemail today!!!

2lazy034

slunker — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 14:52:51 +0000

This week our special guest Scott Sibley, from both the S.A.R.C.A.S.M. and The Third Impact, gives us the 411 on his podcasts situation before he joins in the fun this week. Which might turn out to be more then he bargained for. In the news we dicsuss the U.S. Japanese coalition of manga publishers forming to fight piracy, Kyoto’s high tech crime taskforce’s contribution to fighting piracy, Tokyo’s police having to be called into Akihabara to reign in some nerd rage over a release of Love Plus. Things rapidly dissend from there as we discuss socks, viagra, S&M, and porn in the 3rd dimension.

In reviews Roundpeg again talks enough about Shuffle! that it counts as a review, then he gets on to the real review, Kenichi The Mightiest Disciple. Skyeline jumps in late, to give us a review (I guess) of Slayers Revolution, which is apparently reskinned Slayers. Afterwards we discuss what’s been going on with ourselves the past couple weeks. We find out we got a reason to be totally jealous of Skyeline. Then we wrap things up.

Thank you for listening

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2lazy033

slunker — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 21:06:48 +0000

In this episode we welcome back Duma, and for guest hosts we had Otaku Momentum on the show, yes the whole Otaku Momentum crew. Neokage, Midori, and Waznotta. As per usual we talk some news, where Slunker scares Roundpeg with the news of Funimation possibly being sold, and the Taiwanese media blaming ero-manga for non-existent sex scandals.

In the review section, Duma reviews Infection, Skyeline tells us about The Place Promised in Our Early Days, Slunker talks a bit about Aria the Animation, and Roundpeg ponders who the intended audience is for the show Shattered Angels.

Afterwards we talk with the Otaku Momentum about what we’ve been upto since the last episode. Thanks for listening

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Postulation of why I dig some Moe shows and why others might like them as well.

roundpeg — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 07:22:11 +0000

Since the last podcast I listened to a interview of the folks at Ninja Consultants. You can listen to as well by subscribing to the Ninja Consultants podcast. I do recommend the show but be aware that like AWO they put out episodes rather sporadically.

In this interview there was a rat hole explored where Noah asked the question and I am paraphrasing “Where is the market coming from in America?”. I haven’t done any research as to why it exists but the joking response is that it was something people jerk off too. While I don’t disagree that there are some that do in fact yank it madly anytime they see a goth loli girls skirt fly up, I myself don’t fall into that camp.

I would say Moe for me is something that show cases lost innocence that we can’t see in our every day lives. In America due to the advent of the information age and the current politically correct climate, you have all kinds of walks of life thrown into your face. The end result is that children are exposed to far more sophisticated ideas and ideals at increasingly younger ages. Nowadays there isn’t a case of pure innocence left at least around these kids hit puberty. When you hear a episode of Loveline and your hearing a twelve year old girl asking about potential physically harming effects of double penetration it’s a pretty good indicator that the only case of Innocence left is just a thinly veiled cloak over willful ignorance. By this I mean the only way to remain innocent is to be a shut in or really thickheaded, neither of which I would say is a case of pure innocence.

I would say that in some way people either yearn for their childhood lost or the childhood never allowed. The fact that it is sexualized isn’t too surprising. Every male on earth feels like he was promised a virgin sometime in his life whether he will admit it or not. In America Virginity is practically a myth beyond age 14. I would argue the nerd crowd was probably the late bloomers so they had no shot in hell at 14 and therefore never got their virgin and Moe is the virgin that was promised to them no matter how guilty it makes them feel.

As for me, Moe to me (Air, Kanon, Clannad being the examples) represent a throwback to a simpler time when friendship is simple and everything is exciting no matter how stupid. Things no matter how trivial over the longhaul truly mean something to this crowd. I myself have been dealing with a visual impairment most of my life (since I was 6) and I felt like permanent consequence crashed down around me far too young. Moe is a way to recapture some of that youth and lessen the cynicism for just a little while.

Moe as a general doesn’t bother me and I have enjoyed quite a few of the programs although I would agree it’s been overdone and maybe not so many titles should be making their way across the sea. For example, STRIKE WITCHES!! This show goes a little beyond Moe into something rather deviant. It’s Japan and maybe they can dig on that stuff but I don’t like being pandered too quite so blatantly. It was even kind of a disappointment to me to find out that the original visual novels for the Key animation stuff had hentai material in them. I prefer my moe character driven and not my characters driven into the headboard at the end of their arc. Just me, Maybe there are some that need to know what every character in their favorite show looks like naked, but if it’s done just for the sake of doing it I find it kind of annoying. Could I at least get a little more subtle pandering so I don’t feel like the animators not handing me a baby wipe while throwing me a thumbs up. That’s all I ask.

I’m out I doubt this would answer Noah’s question properly but I thought with the recent show with me and Misugi throwing ideas back and forth this might be appropriate.

Peace

2Lazy032

slunker — Fri, 28 May 2010 14:36:54 +0000

This week we are joined by Mitsugi from the Anime Addicts Annonymous Podcast. In the news we manage to mention eva yet again in the news. We also talk about 4kids dropping of the nyse, although none of us on the show actually watch any of their shows, Viz moving forward after laying off some folks, Bioware writer pointing out that ff13 is not actually an rpg, and oddly enough a survey showing that Japanese people think Anime should be their most important cultural export.

While in reviews, Skyeline tells about the fun he had watching Ichigo Mashimiro (Strawberry Marshmallow). Slunker opts for action, rather then cute, reviewing Coyote Ragtime Show. To finish reviews Roundpeg discusses with Mitsugi the Key Animation animes Air, Kanon, and Clannad.

Wrapping things up we discuss what we’ve been upto for the past couple of weeks. And we congratulate Mitsugi on getting his MBA.

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Plowing through the anime’s

roundpeg — Tue, 18 May 2010 02:19:35 +0000

Here’s the anime progress for the last couple weeks.

Finnished:

Onegai Teacher/Please Teacher

Clanad dub version

Happy Lesson

Strawberry Marshmellow

Ghost in the Shell 2.0

Coyote Ragtime show

Finnishing:

Boogipop Phantom 1disc remaining in my posession but not watched yet.

In Progress:

D- Gray man Part II Disc 1

Sgt Frog Part Two disc2

Kennichi History’s Mightiest Disciple Part 2 Disc1

Nana Volume 2 Disc 2

Kodocha Disc 3

Bleach Disc 28

Soul Eater Part 3 Disc 1

Dragon Destiny Volume 3

Monster Volume 2 (waiting on Netflix.)

Shows I would like to see dubbed

Tora Dora

To Love Ru

Shows eagerly awaiting

Initial D Season 3 Mobie

Initial D Season 4

Spice and Wolf Season 2

Genre Specific Recomendations for the moment

(try not to pick the ovcious and pick something a little more obscure)

Romantic Comedy: School Rumble (not too much fan service to distract)

Slice of Life/Coming of Age: Honey and Clover

Something a little different: Mushishi

Fighting Series: Shura no Toki

Shameless (to be watched in the dark when no one is home) Girls Bravo

Mecha: Vandread

Tried to pick stuff that might have flown below the radar. Have Fun!!

2Lazy031

slunker — Fri, 14 May 2010 13:45:31 +0000

This time on the 2 lazy 2 B Otaku podcast we are joined by Lucid Dream, and much fun is had during the news segment. We discuss animator slave wages, the alleged death of anime, or impending death of anime, and the technological advancements made possible mostly through porn.

In reviews Skyeline gives us the run down on Gakko no Kaidan, Slunker declares that he likes Rin The Daughters of Mnemosyne, and Roundpeg finishes things out with his review of Higurashi no Naku Koroni or simply When They Cry.

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2Lazy030

slunker — Wed, 05 May 2010 20:33:17 +0000

This week it’s just Roundpeg Slunker and Skyeline. In news we talk about popular characters, aniplex selling gurren lagann on it’s own rather then license it, bandai licensing the haruhi movie, crunchyroll streaming haruhi, neet’s stealing electricity, and the JSDF trying to harness the power of moe to recruit more troops, amongst other silly things.

In reviews Slunker takes a pass on reviewing anything this time, not having finished the show he started. However Skyeline, although not having any time to have watched anything, reviews Hunter X Hunter, which he saw recently when he still had freetime. And to finish things off Roundpeg reviews Sword of the Stranger. After that Slunker explains what the heck happened over the past couple weeks that ended up throwing the podcast of schedule. I assure though things will be back to the normal schedule.

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duma — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 02:15:25 +0000

Sorry the show is late.

For this episode in the news we discuss the tasteless comment made by New Hampshire State Representative Nick Levasseur, The BECk live action movie, CNN’s Poor representation of Japanese Society in their article on the hentai game RapeLay, bokken wielding Samurai police action, and more.

In reveiews Skyeline talks about the live action Thai Martial arts movie Chocolate, Slunker gives us his take on Halo Legends, Duma and Roundpeg talk about the third set of Honey and Clover and Roundpeg rounds us out with a review of the first season of Spice and Wolf.

All of this is followed by our usual post show BS’ing, Enjoy and we appologize for the delay which was caused by some real life complications on the part of Slunker.

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Show going to be a late.

duma — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 05:12:03 +0000

Due to real life issue for Myself and Slunker, the last recording will be released late. We do not have a time frame but as soon as Slunker gets it edited it will get posted. Probably going to be a least a week late. Thanks for staying tuned.

Watashi wa dare?

skyeline — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 18:11:05 +0000

For those of you looking at the title of this post and going…. “Huh what?” fear not for I will tell you my title asks a question. For those of you now going “duh… there’s a question mark up there genius” just slow down a little I’m getting to my point. The question in the title is “Who am I?” For those of you who actually speak Japanese and are now thinking to yourself “You’re doing it wrong….” Just go with it (and if I actually got it right then yay me!)

So in case you couldn’t tell this post is all about me. For those of you who do not wish to be traumatized (read: bored) then you can stop here. I will give you fair warning that the remaining subject matter contained within this post may get somewhat deep. For those of you actually interested (or who have absolutely nothing better to do with their time) feel free to keep reading.

For those who haven’t paid attention to our show much (ok I know it doesn’t get said often) my real first name is Ed (actually Edward) and no my last name is not Elric (I’m not that short). My real last name shall remain my dirty little secret. Can’t be too careful, I mean a potential employer might go looking me up some day and god knows I’d be embarrassed to be associated with this lot (stares at Duma, Roundpeg and Slunker). I am 27 years old, will be 28 in 1 month and 3 days (for those 2 lazy 2 do math that’s May 9). I am currently working on a double major at the University of Toledo. What are they you ask? Education with a focus on Language Arts (or in less fancy language Teaching English) and Arts and Sciences with a focus on general writing. What is general writing, why I write all about famous war heroes…. Ok that was lame even for me. General writing is just what it sounds like, a degree in various forms and techniques used for writing… ACK!!! I dropped my beef jerky while typing this hold on…….mmm nom nom. Ok where was I (yes I am actually eating beef jerky while typing, spicy teriyaki if you must know).

After highschool (I graduated in 2000) I spent 2 years as a software programmer for a company that eventually went belly up. Then I spent a year out of work and then worked for 7 years for a wireless phone company doing technical support. Somewhere along those 7 years I decided I had thoroughly had it in putting up with the sheer idiocy of customers (anyone who has worked phone support should know what I mean) and started looking for a new job. Almost everything I was looking at and interested in wanted a degree or certification of some kind. So I decided to bite the bullet as they say and enrolled in college (for the second time, I went for 1 year as an IT major and just couldn’t stick with it). Amidst all that I moved out and back home twice (yes I still live with my parents, laugh it up if ya want, but I count myself lucky). I quit my job at the end of last year so I could focus on going to school full time and somewhere in all of that mess I hooked up with the other three hosts of this show and started recording a podcast.

As far as genres of Anime and anything in general for that matter, I like Sci-Fi and Fantasy the most, quirky funny Anime, slice of life, the downright weird, and the occasional horror themed show. What is my favorite Anime of all time? I really haven’t settled on that question. There are a lot that I like, Slayers, Last Exile, Tri-Gun, Cowboy Bebop, the list goes on but you get the idea. I really enjoy reading (I should hope my choice of major makes that somewhat obvious) and have a penchant for making lame puns and jokes (if you didn’t know this already you clearly haven’t been listening to our show). But is all this really who I am?

This post does tell you a lot about me, but I think just like anyone this is all just the surface of what makes me me. I mean I could go on to tell you I’m slightly fluent in German and American Sign Language (by slightly fluent I mean I know enough that I could get by in a conversation if I had to) although I’d say I’m much more proficient in the latter than the former (sign language for those who get confused by that turn of phrase), but before I get to far off track what does my knowing Sign Language really tell you about me? You might think I am interested in learning about how deaf people communicate. Or about communication in general, and you would be somewhat right on both counts. In reality I enjoy studying the human condition through all forms of media and study be it language, books, movies, TV, Anime or whatever else comes my way. I like to study what makes people who they are, and Language is an intrinsic part of what shapes who we are and how we think. Language is closely intertwined with culture and all those other things that make us tic and teach us about the world around us, and so it is that I have an intense interest in the study of language and its history. But even that is just scratching the surface of Me. In all honesty I think I don’t have enough space to write everything I would need to to be able to give you the complete picture, but at the very least I can sketch a portrait in a somewhat short post

If this post has made you in the least bit curious feel free to send any questions by way of our show’s e-mail or drop me a line in the forums.

2Lazy028

slunker — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 16:03:42 +0000

This time around we are with out Skyeline, get well soon bud. As usual we discuss news, mourn the passing of Jun Seba, a.k.a. Nujabes, discuss the Tokyo Loli ban, that turned out to not be a loli ban. We celebrate the comedic justice of 2chan, and we talk the four laws of Moe, with some other small bits of news. For reviews Slunker tells us about Blade of the Phantom Master. Roundpeg tells us that Godannar is, but really isn’t a fanservice show. Lastly Duma tells us that depsite hating ridiculous comedy, he makes an exception for Sgt. Frog. Thanks for listening!

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2Lazy027

slunker — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:46:38 +0000

This week we discuss plagarism, obscenity, and censoring in anime in the news this week before moving on to reviews. In which Duma reviews Ichi the Killer, which he stongly recommends, to those who do not posses a weak stomach. Then Skyeline crushes Slunker’s soul when reviewing Blood+. Slunker reviews Mezzo Forte, not much to say really. And Roundpeg finishes out reviews with Bamboo Blade. We wrap things up, discussing we have been upto since the last recording. Thanks for listening and enjoy.

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Watching Update!!!

roundpeg — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:32:11 +0000

Hey guys,

Not that anyone reads this but I will update what I have been watching so you can hear what it is that I might be reviewing in the near future. I will let you know what the last Volume I have watched of each series so you know how far I am into the series.

Godannar Volume3

Genshiken2 Volume2

D-Grayman Part1 Volume2

Kemichi History’s Greatest Disciple Part1 Volume2

Blaee of the Immortal Volume 3

Monster Volume2

Soul Eater Part 1 Volume2

I responsible Captain Tylor Volume2 I think LoL

Vleach Volume 25

Honey and CLover Set2 Disc 3 (next season is coming out now)

Kodocha Volume 3

Ikkitousen Dragon Destiny Volume1

Upcoming releases I am looking forward to:

Spice and Wolf

I know there’s more but I am drawning a blank

Shows I would like to be released with a dub that are currently running without one.

CLannad

Clannad After Story

To Love Ru

Tora Dora

Shows I have yet to review but finnished already

Bamboo Blade

Dragonaut

Kino’s Journey

Eden’s Bowy

Moribito

CLaymore? I can’t remember

Big Windup Season 1

Kiba? still can’t remember

Murder Princess

Those are the ones I can pick up off the top of my head

Why these are being released without a dub I can’t possibly understand.

Well there’s your update Pretty short and sweet for the likes of me.

2lazy026

slunker — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:49:47 +0000

Hurray, our first anniversary show. This time we just sit around and talk about the show, our freindship, how this podcast came to be. Thank you for being with us this past year, and we hope to have you with for this year as well dear listeners.

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We are pleased to annouce we have joined The Anime Digital Dysfuncion Network

duma — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 09:06:44 +0000

From http://addnetwork.net/ ‘s About page.

This network was created to give an even balanced, entertaining, and downright fun experience to those who are passionate about their anime hobby and want to listen to others talk about said hobby without worrying about having someone turn into a fanboy or having an overbearing smugness about it.

We here at 2lazy2botaku share this ideal. Joining is a good way to get our podcast out to more listeners. Please check out their site at addnetwork.net and check out some of the other shows there as well. Here is looking forward to our 2nd year as a podcast.

2Lazy25

slunker — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 02:14:00 +0000

25 episodes, Almost a year of doing this podcasting thing.

We discuss, as usual, various news items including the annoucment of Nobuo Uematsu appearnance as a guest at Anime Boston this year. Isshoni sleeping hug pillow cases, the ass kicking white ranger Jason David Frank, and Fate Testarossa tatoos, as well as other anime realated, and unrelated but interesting items in the news. In reviews Duma tells us about Crunchyroll’s iPod/iPhone app, Skyeline tells us about the Read or Die OVA, and Roundpeg finishes things out with his thoughts on Herioc Age.

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2Lazy024

slunker — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 08:11:27 +0000

This week we get together to discuss various news items. like some anime related iphone, and ipod news. Bandai delaying some already delayed anime longer, and one man’s love of women’s socks, amongst other things.

In reviews Roundpeg recounts his none too pleasant experience watching Blassreiter, while Slunker reviews Goldenboy, telling of a more pleasant and fun experience it was to watch it. To wrap things up Skyeline and Duma team up to review Blood the Last Vampire, the live action movie from 2009. Thank you for listening.

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2lazy023

slunker — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 20:56:29 +0000

This week we briefly ponder where Skyeline was, however we move one with the news. Then in reviews Slunker talks about Ramen fighter Miki.

Then Roundpeg and Duma review Honey and Clover, and marvel over how much anime Duma has watched over the past month and a half.

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2Lazy022

slunker — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 19:18:06 +0000

This week we discuss, not the news so much, but Slunker’s lack of preparation to report much of any news. In reviews Skyeline reviews Final Fantasy Unlimited, and we’re still wondering why. Then Duma, and Roundpeg revisit Fruits Basket, and I’m still wondering why. After that Slunker talks about his inspiration for making a few new AMVs. Hopefully they’ll get posted on the video page pretty soon. We wrap things up with just some random talking.

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2Lazy021

slunker — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 14:22:34 +0000

Merry Christmas

This final episode for the year 2009 we discuss the news as usual. Then Duma gives us a first impression on Fruits Basket.

Afterward Skyeline tells us about Nabari no Ou

And to round things out would be none other then Roundpeg. Who gives us a review of the series DearS.

Thanks for listening and Happy Holidays from the 2 Lazy 2 B Otaku crew.

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2lazy020

slunker — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 01:59:49 +0000

Once again we are one host short. This time it’s Skyeline who is absent. However we march forward in usual fahion discussing various bits of news. And odd enough we end up having an unplanned big robot epsiode, in which Slunker gives his opinion on Eva 1.0 You Are Not Alone, Duma reviews Martian Succesor Nadesico, and Roundpeg finishes off with his review of Gurren Lagann. Thanks for listening and happy holidays.

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2lazy019

slunker — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:26:04 +0000

This episode we runs shorter. With out Roundpeg we continue with the recording anyway. In the news we discuss remorse, punishment, budget cuts, bad business decisions, bad business luck, animated films submit for the oscars, award winning animated films, anime films coming to the U.S. and Yamato undrpants! Then we swiftly move on to reviews where we receive Skyline’s endorsement for Soul Eater, Slunker tried to, but ultimately failed to care enough to watch all of Overman King Gainer, and Duma watched, but didn’t like Dead Leaves. Makes me think we should have just watched anime with Skyeline. Enjoy and thank you for listening

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2Lazy018

slunker — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:02:42 +0000

This week has nothing to do with cats. We talk Astro Boy’s opening weekend numbers, the upcoming Halo Legends dub by Seraphim Studios (formerly ADV), speculate on the haruhi movie, and speculate even more on CODA’s abaility to combat piracy on the web. For reviews we discuss at length Blood The Last Vampire ( the animated one from 2000) and we find that after 2 tries Duma still dislikes this one, after that is done Roundpeg offers us the option of either a Gurren Lagann review or a Kaze no Stigma review. We choose the latter, and I’m somehow left thinking maybe I should have voted for Gurren Lagann. That aside it’s back to the normal format of show. News followed by reviews. Thank you for listening.

Quick correction. during the review for Blood The Last Vapmire a running time of about 90 minutes is stated, however its around 48 minutes in length.

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Something about cats…

skyeline — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:37:15 +0000

I feel mildly obligated to fill in that the “something about cats” that I reviewed is called Nyan Koi. You can find the wiki article for it here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyan_Koi!. The Anime is in production in Japan and the English version of the manga is available through CMX Manga.

2lazy017

slunker — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:54:29 +0000

Okay this week we got no news. That was all last week’s show. This week we’re reviewing stuff! To start things off Duma tells us what he thinks of the movie Black Jack, afterwards Skyeline tells us about Kampfer, Afterwards we get a review of Old Boy by Roundpeg to finish off the first half of this podcast. In the second half we having Duma informing us he is watching the 80′s Astro Boy in preparation for watching the CG Astro Boy film that has recently released. Then we get a first look at Sacred Blacksmith from Skyline, and uhm… I can’t find the name of the other show he reviews, it has something to do with cats. Slunker offers up a review of Eureka Seven, now that he has finally finihed the series. To bring it all to a close Roundpeg reviews Fate/Stay Nite, leaving us with the opinion that it’s neither bad nor good, Just somewhere in the middle.

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2lazy016

slunker — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 23:51:59 +0000

It’s been a while, no thanks to a dead power supply. Now with a new power supply in my computer it’s back to getting some podcasts posted. This week things are a little different. It’s all about news this week. And sometime next week Episode 17 will be posted, and that will be all reviews. After that things should get back to normal. Thanks for listening, and for being patient.

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2Lazy015

slunker — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 11:57:07 +0000

This time we mourn the passing of the creator of Shin Chan, Yoshito Usui. We also discuss other news like, the end of Clamp’s Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles, the amount of money Ponyo has made since it released, how much money it would have cost if the script writer didn’t rewrite the proposed live action cowboy bebop, how much money a manga creator can make in a day, and how much money a yaoi publisher might not make if their founder is being charged with drug related crimes. A lot about money in the news this week, as well as Kenshin manga being printed in English (that’s gonna make some money), and the last Inu Yasha TV series (that’s gonna make some money too!). In reviews, Duma tells how he learned a bit about Japanese culture from Mega Man Once Upon a Star, Skyeline cites one example of an anime failing the one episode test in Airmaster, and another example of one passing the test, which is Darker then Black, which coincidentally is also what Roundpeg reviews for us. And to finish things off Slunker over-compensates for last episode’s non-reviews by giving more proper reviews of the classic film Macross Do You Remember Love, and the latest series in the Macross franchise, Macross Frontier.

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2lazy014

slunker — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:55:00 +0000

It’s the 14th episode. In the news we discuss ways to show your fandom (bad ways to show your fandom I mean), and how the chinese goverment will copy , and then slightly modify your stuff, after that we mention that although blue ray sales are up in japan (mostly due to anime) video sales are still going down, also we talk about the gundam statue being dismantled, and the gigantor statue being erected (not in it’s place but in Kobe) and we make mention of Naruto Shippuden finding it’s ways on American TV next month. In reviews it seems Duma likes anime that other people think sucks as he reviews Sword for Truth. Skyeline simply aggrees with roundpeg that Mushishi is indeed awesome, then gives us an abridged version (otherwise his shorter and not nearly as detailed review) of Chrono Crusade. Slunker does a rather half assed, and rather non commital blurb regarding the new episodes of Haruhi, then speaks very vaguely about Genshiken. To finish things out Roundpeg gives us the skinny on the show Baccano!

thanks for listening, and enjoy

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2lazy013

slunker — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 01:39:49 +0000

This week we gather to talksome good news, some meh news, and some What The?! news. In reviews Duma informs us what the necessary elements are needed for him to actually watch anime, as he reviews Vampire Wars. Skyeline offers us the Cliff notes for Tokyo Magnitude 8.0. Slunker talks about Macross Plus, and to wrap things up Roundpeg tells us about This Ugly Yet Beautiful (and sometimes mediocre ) World, and the awesome series Mushishi

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2Lazy012

slunker — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 03:13:06 +0000

Weak sauce! a relatively short podcast, not much in the way of news, we learn about a dwindling Japanese population that does the cosplay thing better then anyone else in the world, and learns about economics through manga, we also learn in the news that Gundams are not to be thrown away, ever! Then there is news of the obvious sort, that isn’t really news at all, Yu Gi Oh, best selling trading card game in the world, then we move forward with…well Ok Roundpeg moves forward with reviews, as Slunker is still stuck in the Haruhi timeloop, Skyeline is still watching Soul Eater, and Duma is too tired to watch Origin or anything anime for that matter, and Roundpeg fills the gap by briefly discussing The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, praises Negima? for being a better second helping, and declares that is necessary to see, damn near mandatory to see Claymore, if you know whats good for you.

Thanks for listening

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2Lazy011

slunker — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 13:30:33 +0000

Okay this week, we are rejoined by our other comrades, we talk some news and marvel at the revelation that Duma has in fact watched an anime, which was Robotech Shadow Chronicles, Slunker learns that Samuel L. Jackson is anime and manga fan, and played a big part in bringing Afro Samurai to the states, as well as acting in the anime, he also learns that even if the new episodes of Haruhi are numbered differently it doesn’t necessarily mean they actually are different. Skyline gives us his first impression on Soul Eater, and with Roundpeg’s review of Kanon he learns that the stereotypical anime rules do not always apply, and that his opinion is not always aligned with the critics. And we all learn that Roundpeg decided that he was perhaps watches too much anime, if that’s even possible, it’s beautiful man. So enjoy, and thanks for listening. A quick note, the next episode will delayed until around mid August, as our host Roundpeg will be in Texas visiting with family.

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Wow duma watched anime?

duma — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 10:54:01 +0000

This week i watched Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles on Hulu.com Now i am a huge fan of the old Robotech series. The 3rd war was my favorite. This movie is based about 2 episodes before the end of the 3rd war. It changed the ending of the war little bit and added new villain. Over all i liked it but i feel that it could have been done better. I did not like the CG i wish they stuck to the old style of animation. I’ll discuss this more on the next podcast.

2Lazy010

slunker — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 14:42:01 +0000

It’s the tenth Episode! It’s just Roundpeg and Slunker this time around, we talk about some news, review a bit of anime. Afterwards Roundpeg recounts his experience at Otaku Omaha, and then Slunker offers his excuse for taking so long to release the previous podcast. We wrap up with just some random chatting about other podcast

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2Lazy009

slunker — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 21:00:03 +0000

This week we talk about the news as usual, Duma recounts his inability to watch Hellsing Ultimate, Skyeline tells why he re-watched Outlaw Star. Slunker talks about K-On, The Gokusen, and Afro Samurai Ressurection. To wrap things up Roundpeg discusses My Otome before we call it a podcast.

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Otaku Omaha first impressions

roundpeg — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:14:45 +0000

Well I hit the con kind of early so I could get the lay of the land and since I had a con virgin with me we hit the “what not to do at a con” panel. It was pretty standard but allowed for some good crowd feedback. Thus far it looks like this whole midwest anime con thing is pretty Cosplay centric. I don’t really mind but it isn’t really my thing but I do kind of enjoy seeing what people have done. There are some really good cosplayers with some pretty cool costumes. Some are better than others of course like any other con, but it was really refreshing since Slunker and I went to A-kon a few years back which should have been renamed Narucon. There seems to be a little more of a mix this year. I saw some good ol’ stuff mixed with the brand new stuff that made it pretty cool. It ranged from a guy doing the first four panels in Sid via Final Fantasy to ugh yes Naruto but also some new stuff like Code Geas, Lucky Star, Full Metal Alchemist and one duo hanging in Lupin II with Zinigata excorting him around the con in handcuffs. I even encountered someone in Digimon cosplay mixed with a bunch of furries. So far my favorite panel was the “What do zombies do when their not eating people panel”. We discussed the origins of zombies and the many incarnations that they took. They kept asking the question over and over again and there were many answers ranging from the serious to the stupid but funny. The answer I thought was simple which was “hunting”. I never really voiced it because every one seemed more interested in making the silly answers and it was far more entertaining besides. The answer the host gave was that Zombies spent their time trying to figure out what they were doing when they weren’t eating people which was kind of snarky but passible. The host imparted that he was running a panel called ” Fun with duct tape” that sounded interesting but frightening. He hinted that he duct tapes the crap out of people together with complete strangers and they are forced to roam the con together. This sounds way to close to a BDSM sex crime waiting to happen to me and being as though I am tipping the scales at 30 years of age and all the jailbate walking around I think I might obstain for a couple other events that are going on. The con virgin would like to go and see the DragonballZ fandom panel which sounds more excrusiating but I will suffer it out of friendship. Much like the oragami panel we will be attending later. I will also attend the Chris Patton panel later on and am at least a little excied to hear what he has to say. As of when I left they were still having trouble with the tech in the Main Events area that also houses the video room. Honestly all the vedeo they plan on showing looks to be stuff that has been released already and has been for the last couple years. I am surprised at some of the choices including Shuffle! which is kind of riske and I can only assume that it will be shown toward the eveining. The con does have a good looking schedule with most of the good events happening toward the evening. They do have a free pancake breakfast every morning which is pretty nice. The guys running the con seem pretty competant and very friendly but it is the first day of course and we will see how they fair after a couple nights without sleep. Thus far it seems like it will be a lot of fun and my only bitch if I could say there is one would be that the dealer room is really small and they don’t have many vendors and the ones they do have don’t seem too terribly focused on true otaku nonsene but have a lot of cult movie posters and MMO stuff and video game tie ins. The artist alley was crammed into the same room but the quality of the work looked pretty good from what I have gleamed so far. They have all of one anime dealer that also had soundtracks and manga but that was it. It wasn’t a drop in the bucket as far as other cons I have gone too but if I had to describe it. It was just the bare essentials and some other fluff that a American Otaku might be into. I saw a total of 20 wall scrolls rolled up in a bucket and none on display. The poster dude had more non anime related stuff than anything. The funniest thing was there wasn’t the token sword and knife guy that usually shows up at every single con I have ever been too. It is a small con but I think it’s kind of weird that the panels are all good from what I can tell the veido seems pretty good as far as set up. The guest is pretty decent and of all the things to fail I didn’t think it would be the dealers room because usually that’s the one thing at a con that usually gets the biggest room and the most benefits as far as booths since they help pay for the entire space. I guess in a way it’s what a con should be but at the same time it really speaks to the absence of local vendors that are willing to support the local anime community. I had a feeling it was bad but I didn’t realize it was that bad. The guys who put on the con do cons from CO all the way to OH and seasoned veterans so there are plenty of benefits of professionalism and organization. The only thing lacking was industry panels and since Rightstuf.com is based like two hours away I kind of thought they would be there with their merchandise and really fuel the con but I saw on their website that they are at Anime Expo which makes perfect sense but I thought they might pull at least some double duty. I know the head of right stuf was gonna be in LA for the expo and making announcments but I thought at least their would be a appearnce from right stuf in the dealers room. Ah well them not being there I thought would be a huge impact on the con but it doesn’t appear so. If we are still rolling next year I might try to come up with a panel idea or two and see if they will throw me into the mix. We’ll see. More to come as the weekend come full circle. Have a rockin time this fourth of July weekend dear listeners. Blow some shit up for me.

2lazy008

slunker — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 23:39:12 +0000

This week Duma, and Slunker buttheads over the leak of One Piece, also we talk about the 1/1 scale Gundam in Odaiba, America’s first all japanese digital channel, Blood the Last Vampire opening in the U.S. , also Slunker tries to mock Roundpeg by talking about Mediablaster’s announcement of aquiring of Blade of the Immortal. In reviews, Roundpeg coaxes a .Hack review out of Skyeline, Slunker discusses Kurokami the animation with roundpeg and Skyeline, and Roundpeg expresses his greivances over the wrap up of Pumpkins Scissor.

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Catching up on my viewing

roundpeg — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 02:56:55 +0000

I have been watching a ton of anime of late here. Most of these I have reviewed on the cast so check them out to hear my reactions. I am currently viewing “Ah my Buddah” thinking it would have the same lighthearted slapstick humor . To a degree I think that’s the case but with a far more fan service centered appeal. I haven’t seen the original Japanease release but it does look like there has been some additions to obscure nidity just enough so that it’s not completely evil. I think there is a scale of teasing nudity that is kind of unwritten to me. It goes from surprise fan service with a token hot spring or beach episode and get to “Let’s see how many explicit but not quite obscene pictures can we cram into 22 minutes. I myself prefer the former rather than the latter. This show is kind of irritating and it’s pndering so bad to the fan service crowd that it’s almost insulting. The show is completely episodic and could be viewed pretty much anywhere in the series and it wouldn’t detract from anything and if you never watch it you would probably be better off. In any case, I also am trying desperately trying to find something to finnish for the next episode and I have plenty of things to choose from so hopefully I can nail down what else I am going to see. Anyways that’s my update for this time. Hope you like the new episode.

2Lazy007

slunker — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:35:41 +0000

This time we discuss obscene materials, furry slurpees, returning to the well, and how little money animators are actually paid in the news. Roundpeg shamelssly tells us about School Rumble (both seasons) and Negima, Slunker talks about Initial D, and Skyeline lets us know that Persona wasted some of his time.

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2Lazy006

slunker — Fri, 22 May 2009 02:16:06 +0000

This week on Slunker and Roundpeg recount the experience of watching Elfin Lied, Skyeline gives us the rundown on Tsukikage Ran, Duma forgot that he was watching Origin, and Roundpeg discusses with Duma Deathnote, again. as well as discussing some anime news. Enjoy, and thanks for listening.

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2Lazy005

slunker — Fri, 08 May 2009 07:10:55 +0000

In this episode we talk about upcoming multilingual anime and manga releases, namely Gundam Unicorn, and Rin Me. The construction of a life size mobile suit, anime work out video, and live action anime based movies in the future. Also Roundpeg and Duma discuss Death Note, and Skyeline just keeps anime channel surfing because of finals, and Slunker discusses the Bleach movie Memories of No One, and the end of the execution arc in Bleach, as well as Gankutsuo with Skyline and Roundpeg.

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End of the Semester Fun

skyeline — Fri, 08 May 2009 06:11:49 +0000

So the spring semester at The University of Toledo has finally ended and I am taking a well deserved break. Doing what you ask? Catching up on playing a game that I’ve been wanting to play for awhile, Mana Khemia. It’s a JRPG by Gust in Japan, and released under NIS America, the same people that brought the popular Disgaia series to the USA. It follows the system set down in the somewhat popular Atelier Iris series of RPG’s and is about a group of students learning Alchemy at the prestegious Al Revis Academy. So yeah, I finished a semester of school only to start playing a JRPG where the main character is going to school, silly I know. So far I’m ejoying it, but I must add that I’m glad they included the option to have Japanese voice overs. It’s not that the US voice actors in this one stink. NIS has kept up with their tradition of hiring good voice actors. The problem is the US voice over gips players because it, at least so far, has about 50% less spoken lines than the US voice over. Just for example with the Japanese voice overs all of the shop keepers, very minor characters in the grand scheme of things, get a voice over for their greeting and for when you leave the shop.

As for Anime I’ve been watching a few different series. I’ve been keeping up on the ongoing popular series Naruto Shipuuden and Bleach, meh I’m sure I don’t need to comment on a show that at least 90% of the US Anime watching population is keeping up with. Aside from this I’ve been watching K-On, Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Senjou no Valkyria, and another old favorite of mine, the comedy Tsukikage Ran.

For those that might not be familiar with this title, it follows the travels of a wandering female samurai by the name of Ran. She has a love of sake and is followed by the Lady Meow of the Cat Fist style. The series is hilarious and will more than likely be included in our next episode for my review.

Shows I’m watching this season

slunker — Fri, 08 May 2009 00:43:49 +0000

This season is a first for me in anime, as in, this is the first time i’m watching anything that is currently airing. Usually I watch anime that is currently releasing in the U.S. The three shows I am watching which I may or may not review in future podcast are.

K-On!

Hatsukoi Limited

And Pandora Hearts. once the shows finish up I may review these in a future podcast.

Now Toys and Continueing Anime

roundpeg — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 03:46:02 +0000

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