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Episode 227 – Studio Spotlight: Studio Bones

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The Anime Addicts Anonymous Podcast look at Studio Bones and their most prolific anime to date.  They’re a busy studio with five anime coming out this season alone!  What of your favorite anime was released by this studio?

Impressions: Still World is Beautiful, M3, Break Blade, Knights of Sidnoia

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Episode 226 – The Moe Archangel is Born

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The Anime Addicts attempt to purge Chiaki’s soul by demonstrating the dangers of “cake eating”.  We also dive into a mailbag “catchup”, tackling about 40% of our overflowing mailbag.  We continue our impressions with Mushishi Zoku Shou, No Game No Life, Akuma no Riddle, and Abarenbou Rekishi!

Impressions: Mushishi Zoku Shou, Akuma no Riddle, No Game No Life, Abarenbou Rekishi!

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Episode 225 – Casting Call

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Live action adaptations are always a popular thing – hit or miss.  The AAAPodcast talks about the anime casts they would love to see if they could make adaptations with any actors they wanted.  Who would you have in your dream cast?

Our dream casts for live action adaptations of our favorite shows.

 

  • Lupin the 3rd
    • Lupin –
      • Joseph Gordon Levitt, 50/50 (Kram)
      • Mark Wharlburg, Boogie Nights (Mitsugi)
      • Jigen – Jackie Earle Haley, WATCHMEN (Kram)
      • Fujiko – Katherine Zeta Jones, THE MASK OF ZORRO (Kram)
    • Zennigata –
      • Ron Perlman, HELLBOY (Kram)
      • Kevin Spacey, House of Cards (Mitsugi)
    • Goemon – Ken Watanabe, INCEPTION (Kram)
      • Seconded!
      • Thirded!
  • Space Brothers
    • Apo
      • Otis, Milo and Otis (Mitsugi)
  • Kill la Kill
    • Satsuki Kiryuuin – Lizzy Kaplan, MEAN GIRLS (Kram)
      • Mako – Ellie Kemper, THE OFFICE (Kram)
      • Ryuuko – Anna Kendrick, TWILIGHT (Kram)
      • Ragyou Kiryuuin – Julianne Moore, CHILDREN OF MEN (Kram)
    • Gamagoori – Chris Evans, CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER (Kram)
  • Black Lagoon
    • Rock
      • Ron Livingston, Office Space (Mitsugi)
    • Revy
      • Michelle Rodriguez, Fast and the Furious (Mitsugi)
    • Dutch
      • The Rock, Professional Wrestling (Mitsugi)
  • Cowboy Bebop
    • Jet –
      • Sean Connery, Hunt for Red October (Chiaki)
      • Bruce Willis, Die Hard (Mitsugi)
      • Tom Hardy, BRONSON (Kram)
    • Vicious –
      • Johnny Depp, Pirates of the Carribean(Chiaki)
      • Michael Pitt, BULLY (Kram)
    • Spike –
      • Christian Bale, The Dark Knight(Chiaki)
      • Keanu Reeves, The Matrix (Mitsugi)
      • Benedict Cumberbatch, SHERLOCK (Kram)
    • Julia –
      • Kristin Stewart, Twilight(Chiaki)
      • Random whore, Street Corner (Mitsugi)
      • Scarlett Johansson, THE AVENGERS (Kram)
    • Faye –
      • Olivia Munn, MAGIC MIKE (Kram)
  • Princess Jellyfish
    • Tsukimi –
      • Jennifer Lawrence, Hunger Games (Chiaki)
      • Ellen Page, HARD CANDY (Kram)
    • Kuranosuke –
      • Jared Leto, DALLAS BUYERS CLUB (Kram)
    • Mayaya –
      • Tina Fey, SNL (Chiaki)
  • Space Dandy
    • Dandy –
      • Robert Downey Jr., Iron Man (Chiaki)
      • Young Henry Winkler, Happy Days (Mitsugi)
      • Matthew McConaughey, DALLAS BUYERS CLUB (Kram)
  • Howl’s Moving Castle
    • Howl –
      • Liam Hemsworth, Hunger Games (Chiaki)
    • Sofie –
      • Natalie Portman, Thor (Chiaki)
    • Calcifur (voice) –

 

  • Neon Genesis Evangelion
    • Gendo Ikari –
      • Bryan Cranston, BREAKING BAD (Kram)
    • Shinji Ikari –
      • Michael Cera, SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD (Kram)
    • Rei Ayanami –
      • Summer Glau, SERENITY (Kram)
    • Asuka Langley –
      • Emma Stone, EASY A (Kram)
    • Misato Katsuragi –
      • Zoey Deschanel, THE HAPPENING (Kram)

 

Impressions: Black Bullet, Ishuukan Friends, Haikyuu, Ping pong the Animation, Brynhildr in the Darkness

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Episode 224 – Anecdotes from Japan

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Its time for half of the podcast to move back to America.  We’ve had a great time in Japan and now it’s time to reminisce about our favorite things from our time here.  That and our first round of impressions on the new Spring 2014 Anime!

Musings on Japan:

 

  • Gyoza Museum – Nanjatown

 

      1. Using two of Japan’s current most popular anime as publicity
        1. Yowamushi Pedal and Houzuki no Reitetsu food items!
          1. Andy and Frank gyoza
          2. Houzuki Parfait
        2. Yowamushi Pedal and Houzuki no Reitetsu exhibits!
        3. Mostly girls at the exhibit.  Could be that girls are the main followers of these two anime.
          1. Based on the popularity of Houzuki, don’t be surprised at a sequel

 

  • Sekizenkan Onsen – Shima Onsen Gunma
  • Ghibli Museum

 

      1. Kujiratori – Whale Hunt
      2. New Exhibits
        1. Lenses
        2. Karigurashi

 

  • Night on the Town – Roppongi
  • Musings about Japan

 

Impressions: Baby Steps, Captain Earth, Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, Mahouka Kokou no Rettousei

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Episode 223 – Anime Trope Deconstruction

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The Anime Addicts Anonymous Podcast discusses anime cliches and what would happen if these were to take place in real life.  What if girls ate cake all day?  What if men really fell face first into boobies?  We discuss this and more!

#1) Moe girls eating cake and candy

  • Mitsugi’s

  • If moe girls ate cake, candy and parfaits all day, you’d end up with a whole

bunch of obese girls who wouldn’t be moe anymore because they probably

wouldn’t be nearly as cute.  You’d have a pockets of diabetes springing up all over Japan and the anime would surely either take place in a hospital, or a fitness center.   You could call the anime “the biggest loser”.

  • Alternatively, you could make an anime series that’s a documentary study about what happens when all you do is eat cake and parfaits.  Kids slip into a the bowels of sickness as they one by one come down with various nutrition deprivation diseases including

    • SCURVY –  VITAMIN C – the “grey death” – we’ll see how cute the girls are with spongy gums, blood spots under the skin, no teeth, and halitosis.

    • RICKETS – VITAMIN D – Rickets is a condition of children, as the deficiency’s most severe effects are on developing bones

    • BERIBERI – VITAMIN B1 – beriberi means “I can’t” so we can call the anime “I can’t”.  Particularly relavant because it is most prevalent in rice consuming Asian countries. Inability to perform even the simplest of tasks once the polyneuritis (nerve inflammation) caused by the deficiency of vitamin B1 (thiamine) has permanently damaged the neurons.

#2) Mecha pilots always being children/Never wanting to pilot the mecha

  • Mitsugi’s

    • Young children are supposed to pilot these mecha to save humanity from giant monsters but upon seeing the monsters, they wet themselves, and run away, leaving the earth to be ravaged by giant monsters.

  • Chiaki’s

    • The children are forced into slave-labor like conditions

    • eventually human rights groups form unions for the workers to make laws

    • They deploy teams of psychiatrists to help them cope – they give blankets

 

#3) Guy falling with his face in girls lap/boobs OR Girl and guy fall on each other and kiss

  • Mitsugi

    • There is a sudden demand for the field of dentistry in Japan (which is very lacking) becuase when two people fall on each other and kiss, they end up breaking each other’s teeth out.

  • Chiaki’s

    • It results in a number of facial brusing and battery claims which involve the police

    • this then turns into a sexual assault/self defense in which the guy is locked away

    • he is then in the shower in prison and slips, falling face first onto a man’s chest

    • YAOI!

 

#4) If 10 girls really did want to hook up with the same guy (i.e. harems).

  • Mitsugi

    • You end up with an anime in which multiple girls scheme and backstab each other in an attempt to win the heard of the boy.  In the end, you end up in Jerry Springer in an episode involving a pregnancy test to determine which of the many girls is the mother of the child.

  • Chiaki’s

    • The first anime about the mormon religion

 

#5) tsundere, yandere, dere dere derp!

  • Mitsugi

    • Tsundere – person is a bitch and then shows her soft side – The girl acts like an asshole to the boy and eventually the boy tells her to go fuck herself.  The girl ends up alone because she has no friends and her life spirals down a dark path of depression and sadness

    • Yandere – person that loves someone dearly and then that love becomes mentally destructive – A wonderful marriage turns into a messy divorce as the violent party begins to show violent and brutal behavior towards the other party.  — A woman gets her child taken away from her because of psychotic violent behavior towards her child, jail and/or child services.

#6) When something embarrassing happens and everybody falls down

  • Chiaki’s

    • They’re all raced to the hospital where they learn they have brain tumors from long-term esposure to something in the anime

    • The continual falling results in severe brain damage that only serves to aggrivate the problem

    • The anime becomes about their struggle against gravity and the remaining weeks on their lives.

 

#7) Guys getting nosebleeds all the time

  • Chiaki’s

    • Leads to severe anemia

    • Nose has to be cauterized

    • Can’t go anywhere without a large pack of tissues

 

#8) Girls that want to sleep with their brothers (incest)

  • Chiaki’s

    • The world is full of incest babies

    • People end up being stupider and less mentally stable

    • King Jeoffery

Reviews: Noragami

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Episode 222 – Best Openings and Closings

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The anime addicts anonymous talk about their favorite opening and closing songs.  Will your favorite anime’s song make the list?  Listen in and get some good ideas for your ultimate anime playlist.

Mitsugi:

  • “Violence of the Flame” by Hironobu Kageyama from the anime M.D. Geist(OP)

  • “Fake Wings” by Yuki Kajiura from .hack//Sign(BGM)

    • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuki_Kajiura

      • Noir, Le Portrait de Petit Cossette, My Hime, Tsubasa Chronicles, First of the North Star, MAdoka Magika, Fate/Zero, Sword art Online, Kara no Kyoukai, Boogiepop

      • She has produced 10 musicals

      • 15 produced albums many of which are with her band Kalafina, whom many people know because they perform much of the music produced by Yuki Kajiura

  • “Roundabout” by Yes from Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure (ED)

  • “Asu e no Brilliant Road” by Angela from the anime Stellvia of the Universe (OP)

    • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angela_(band)

      • Atsuko and Katsu

      • Style is Electronica, Dance, Rock, swing jazz and ska

      • Katsu is well known for her ability to play many instruments

    • Angela is a musical due that has done many anime themesongs:

      • Asura Cryin’, Coppelion, Corpse Princess, Fafner, Heroic Age, Knights of Sidnoia, Seitokai Yakuindomo, Shikabane Hime, Hakkenden, Valvrave the Liberator and more!

  • “Gunsmith Cats” by Peter Erskine from the anime Gunsmith Cats (OP)

  • Dishonorable mention – Grain from Monster by the artist Kuniaki Haishima

 

Chiaki:

  • “Mizu no Madoromi” by Origa from FANTASTIC CHILDREN (ED)

  • “Blue Bird” by Ikimonogakari from Naruto: Shippuden (OP 3)

  • “Wish” by Olivia from NANA (OP 2)

  • “Lion” from Macross Frontier by May’n (OP 3)

  • “Inner Universe” by Origa from Ghost in the Shell: SAC (OP 1)

    • “Hemisphere” by Maaya Sakamoto from Raxhephon (OP 1)

    • “Lacrimosa” by Kalafina from Black Butler (ED 2)

Kram:

  • “Kiseki no Umi” by Maaya Sakamoto from RECORD OF LODOSS WAR: CHRONICLES OF THE HEROIC KNIGHT (OP)

  • “D-technolife” by UVERworld from BLEACH (2nd OP)

  • “Koko Dake no Hanashi” by chatmonchy from PRINCESS JELLYFISH

  • “Falling Down” by Oasis from EDEN OF THE EAST (OP)

  • “RanTiKi” by Yukino from BAKUMATSU GIJINDEN ROMAN (OP)

  • DISHONORABLE MENTION: “Tell Me Why” by Penpals from BERSERK (OP)

 

Other Mentions:

  • Tank

  • Real Folk Blues

  • Ride on Shooting Star

  • Connect

  • Yakusoku wa Iranai

  • CHA-LA HEAD CHA-LA

  • Kimi Sae Ireba

  • Let Me Be With You

  • Zetsubou Billy

  • What’s up people

  • White Reflection

  • Rhythm Emotion

  • Just Communication

Reviews: Samurai Flamenco

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Episode 220 – Spring Preview!

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Its an exciting time.  One season ends and the new one begins.  Our cycle of impressions and reviews starts anew and it’s time for us to pick our shows.  Listen in for the shows we think are the best from this season.

  • Mitsugi

    • JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Stardust Crusaders    Pick #1

      • Director – Naokatsu Tsuda – Jojo 1, Inu x boku ss,

      • Producers –

        • David Production – Jojo1, Ben-to, Level E, inu x boku ss

        • Warner Brothers

    • Haikyuu   Pick #2

      • Director – Mitsunaka Susumu – No real notable credits

      • Art Director – Ichirou Tatsuta, Usagi drop,  Genshiken second season, roboics notes

      • Production -Production IG

      • Huge promotion at Anime Japan 2014 but relatively minimalistic PV

      • Manga has been running since 2011, created by Haruichi Furudate

    • Baby Steps   Pick #3

      • Director – Masahiko Murata – Corpse Princess, Ghos tin the shell arise,  part of Serial Experiments lain, Some Naruto Shippuden movies, some other stuff

      • Production – Peirrot

      • Art Director – Kunihiko Inaba – Madoka Magika, Ozma, Meganebu

      • Based on a manga that has been serialized in Shonen Jump since late 2007

    • Mushishi Zoku Shou  Pick #4

      • Director – Hiroshi Nagahama – Mushishi 1, Aku no Hana

      • Production – Artland – Mushishi 1, bunch of other stuff

      • Art Director – Takehsi Waki – Mushishi, bunch of other stuff

      • I can’t see why this isn’t just like the first Mushishi. . Fans rejoice.

    • M3 Sono Kuroki Tetsu    Pick   #5

      • Director – Junichi Sato –  TONS,  Aria the Animation,  kaleido star, phi brain, tamayura hitotose,

      • Production – satelight – tons

      • Based on??? Original?

 

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  • Isshuukan Friends (One Week Friends) — #1 Pick

    • Most of the staff, director, script writer, has minimal experience.  This seems to be their first jump into the primary role.

    • Based on a Manga with 4 installments that started in 2012

    • Kaori Fujimiya is always alone because all of her happy memories, including time spent with her friends, disappear every Monday. Deciding that he wants to be friends with her anyway, Yuuki Hase tries to get close to Kaori each week, wishing that she would one day call him “a friend.”

  • Black Bullet — #3 Pick

    • Started as a Light Novel in 2011 with 7 volume, became a manga in 2012 with 3 volumes

    • Director – Masayuki Kojima – for Monster, Piano no Mori,

    • Music – Shiro Sagisu – Did the music for Bleach, Magi, Evangelion Movie Reaboots

    • A near future, where humans have been defeated by the viral parasites named Gastrea. They have been exiled into a small territory and live in despair, side-by-side in terror.
      In this world trapped in darkness—
      Rentaro, a boy living near Tokyo and member of the “Civil Security”—an organization specializing in fighting against the Gastrea—is used to accomplishing dangerous tasks. His partner is Enju, a precocious young girl. They fight thanks to their peculiar powers until one day, when they receive a special assignment from the government. This top secret mission is to prevent the destruction of Tokyo…
      Set in a near future, this thrilling heroic-action story… starts now!

  • No Game No Life — #4 Pick

    • Light Novel started in 2012, ongoing with 5 volumes

    • Manga started this year with only 1 volume

    • Director – Atsuko Ishizuka **A girl!!** – This is her first solo jump into directing

    • The story of No Game, No Life centers around Sora and Shiro, a brother and sister whose reputations as brilliant NEET (Not in Education, Employment, or Training) hikikomori (shut-in) gamers have spawned urban legends all over the Internet. These two gamers even consider the real world as just another “crappy game.” One day, they are summoned by a boy named “God” to an alternate world. There, God has prohibited war and declared this to be a world where “everything is decided by games”—even national borders. Humanity has been driven back into one remaining city by the other races. Will Sora and Shiro, the good-for-nothing brother and sister, become the “Saviors of Humanity” on this alternate world? “Well, let’s start playing.”

  • Akuma no Riddle (Riddle Story of the Devil) – #5 pick

    • Manga started in 2012 and currently has 1 volume

    • Director – Keizou Kusakawa – Asura Cryin’ and Dog Days

    • The story is set at Myoujou Academy, a private girls’ boarding school. The 10th year’s Kurogumi class has 12 assassins with their sights on one target, Haru Ichinose. Tokaku Azuma is a recent transfer student who is also targeting Ichinose, but she gradually develops feelings for Ichinose.

  • Abarenbou Kishi!!  Matsutarou – #6 pick

    • Matsutarou Sakaguchi is a giant roughneck man with strength far beyond ordinary people. He never uttered words like “work hard,” “strive,” and “dream” like the typical shounen manga protagonist. However, he is stronger than anyone and peerless in sumo wrestling. His greatest weakness is his own carefree personality. He grows into a full-fledged sumo wrestler.

Reviews: Hamatora the Animation

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