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!
Reviews: Aki Sora
The Anime Addicts Anonymous celebrate their 200th episode with you! We take callers and chat about our favorite moments in doing the show. It’s been a crazy four years but it’s been well worth it to make the show for all the addicts out there!
Favorite Podcast Moments:
Favorite Convention:
Florida Anime Experience – Mitsugi
Otakon – Chiaki
Favorite Guest:
Melissa Fahn – Mitsugi
Steve Blum – Chiaki
Favorite Forum Thread:
Pitch me an Anime – Mitsugi
Ask me Anything – Chiaki
Favorite Anime of the last 12 months:
Space Brothers – Mitsugi
Chihayafuru – Chiaki
Most important thing we’ve learned or Area of personal growth:
Learned how to more effectively manage time and how to milk every minute – Mitsugi
Website management and design – Chiaki
Least Favorite Thing About Podcasting:
Editing – Mitsugi
Haters – Chiaki
In a Perfect World Dream Wish:
Addict Con – Chiaki
Just a thank you to everyone who has been a part of the show, donated, participated on the forums and live episodes etc…
Impressions: Gundam Build Fighters, Gingitsune, Hajime no Ippo: Rising, and Arpeggio of Blue Steel
The Anime Addicts Anonymous Podcast discusses the match-ups for the 4th ever character battle. We talk about who we think will win, literally and for the contest, to give you the best chances for success. What matches do we find interesting? Also impressions on new shows, what will pass and fail?
Round 1:
(5) Spike Spiegel vs (12) Joseph Joestar
(4) Light Yagami vs (13) Alucard
(1) M.D. Geist vs (16) Goro Shigeno
(8) Saber vs (9) Rei Ayanami
(6) Saeko Busujima vs (11) Fujiko Mine
(5) Haruhi Suzumiya vs (12) Madoka Kaname
(6) Roy Mustang vs (11) Totoro
Round 3:
(4) Guts vs (16) Goemon
(3) Faye Valentine vs (2) Revi
(1) Mikasa Ackerman vs (13) Kagero (Ninja Scroll)
Round 5:
(10) D vs (13) Alucard
(9) Asuka Langley vs (9) Rei Ayanam
Impressions: Kyoukai no Kanata, Kill La Kill, Diabolik Lovers, Yozakura Quartet, Coppelion
The Anime Addicts Anonymous hosts make their pics and discuss the fall anime season. What is coming out that you need to watch? What is coming out that you need to be paying attention to.
Our Selections:
Mitsugi:
Pupa – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUbXHxAgTaw
Director – Tomomi MOCHIZUKI – House of Five Leaves, Ocean Waves, Princess Nine
Animation Production – Studio DEEN
Hajime no Ippo – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vu-zsBsE4Dc
Director – Jun Shishido – Hajime no Ippo: New Challenger, Saiunkoku Monogatari
Original Creator – George Morikawa
Animation Production – Madhouse Studios
Kuroko no Basuke S2 – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCpeG6V2Ms
Director –
Original Creator – Tadotoshi Fujimaki
Animation Production – Production IG
Yowamushi Pedal – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33yw5EijUsg
Director – Osamu Nabeshima – Zetman, Saint Tail, Hamtaro, D. Gray man
Animation Production – TMS Entertainment
Gundam Build Fighters – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eB9Q3JtdqaY
Director -Kenji Nagasaki – No. 6
Original Creator – Yoshiyuki Tomino and Hajime Yatate
Animation Production – Sunrise
Ace of Diamond – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZRQYHHmSgA
Director – Mitsuyuki MASUHARA – Chii’s Sweet Home, Kobato, Polar Bear Cafe
Animation Production – Madhouse Studios, Production IG
Chiaki:
Arpeggio of Blue Steel – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30GHXmIyWJk
Kyoukai no Kanata – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIcptxBYXeY
Magi 2 – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Vo4D3b0Tzc
Gingitsune – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpv639zbnc4
Yozakura Quartet – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8n7wCD51UkA
Kram:
Kyousouginga
Yuusha ni Narenakatta
Kill la Kill
Samurai Flamenco
Valvrave 2
Kimiko:
Ace of Diamonds
Coppelion
Diabolik Lovers
Infinite Stratos II
Koroshiy-san: The Hired Gun
Reviews: Majestic Prince and Free!
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SUP PEOPLES!!!!!
It’s been like, a while since me and the AAA Bloggers sat down to talk about stuff. But we have quite a lot to talk about in this segment. Join in with me (Zeonic Freak), StoptheHumens, ZComix and Devil Survivor as we discuss our main topics such as:
-Music in Anime
-Animation Types
-Toonami Coming Back on the tube
-What we were currently playing/watching
-Digital Downloads/Stream discussions
-And what kinda Camps we are on: (With Digimon vs Pokemon and Zoids vs Gundam)
Of course, we discussed about other stuff, such as:
Mysterious Girlfriend X
Evangelon talk
Gundam
Cowboy Bebop
Bubblegum Crisis
Initial D Music
AMV talk
Macross fight clip
Macross talk
One Piece
Legend of the Galatic Heroes
Talk about old Toonami shows
Gundam talk again with Gundam 00 somewhere in there
Gundam games
Ghost Recon game talk
Diablo PC talk
Koreans and Video Games
WoW talk
Pokemon TV Show talk (which consisted of like 50 percent of the podcast)
Regular Show
Tamagochi toys
Pokemon Crystal Vietnamese:
Then mentioned Digimon
Gunpla talk
MORE GUNDAM TALK
We hope you enjoy this episode, and catcha round the next time we got something to say again!!!
LOOK WHOS BACK!!!!
So the gang you all know and love are back to discuss a few things with you guys as we go into our second Bloggers Discussion on topic ranging from anime (of course) to politics… in anime. I’ve got Mokuren, Devil Survivor, Z-Comix and me with the mic(s), So lets get ill’in.
Our (Main) Topics include:
-anime video games, the ones that come out here and the ones that don’t.
– discuss how people react when they find out you like anime, being good or bad
– what anime series we are watching at current
-Bandai and the recent news concerning them.
-how the character battle on aaa podcast is rigged (my personal question)
-Funi is wanting to take whatever is left of the organism known formally as ADV for all its worth to court.
Not only that, we dive into the world of My Little Pony, cosplaying, the current presidential election and SOPA, the true ending to Crystal Triangle, Soul Bro Ryu for President, those annoying fanboys of Chiaki and SOOOO Much more!!!!
So once were done, we got straight outta the AAA and we were done for this segment.
Music: Beastie Boys “Time to get Ill” – Opening
N.W.A “Straight outta Compton” – Ending
Download HERE!!!! AAA Podcast Bloggers Discussion #2
Alternate Titles: Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A’s
Original Japanese Release Date: October 1st, 2005
Episode Length/Run-time: 13
Summary:
Nanoha and Fate must battle against a group of Velka Knights, who seek to fill the pages of the Book of Darkness, a Lost Logia, with stolen magic powers. The story begins when the Velka Knights attempt to steal Nanoha’s power to write the pages of the Book of Darkness.
Review:
Nanoha A’s takes place a few months after the events of the original Nanoha series. I wouldn’t say that you cannot watch Nanoha A’s without seeing the first season, because other than the characters, they are barely connected, but you might enjoy it more. Fate Festarossa, a magical girl, once foe, turned friend of Nanoha’s is being put up for trial by the Space/Time Administration for the crimes she committed in the first series. Fate sought to collect the Lost Logia, which are lost artifacts of horrible power that are very dangerous.
She is reunited with Nanoha after she is locked in battle against a group of “Velka-Type Knights”. Fate and Yuuno, and others rush to Nanoha’s side just as she is about to get killed by Vita, one of the Knights. In the end a giant battle royale occurs which makes the first two episodes of this series rather epic.
The knights seek to capture the power of Nanoha in their “Book of Darkness”, another Lost Logia. This book has the power to steal magical essence and the knights want to fill it’s pages with magic. Because Nanoha is so powerful, they seek her specifically becasue they feel she will feel a lot of pages. Of course, the Space/Time Bureau knows about the book as well and they want to seal it away.
This is kind of the DBZ of Magical girl anime. A lot of magical girl anime has romance and drama spilled in there (sailor moon) but this series is more about badass shounen style fight scenes, only with magical girls. For example, Nanoha’s Divine Buster is more like a massive KameHameHa than anything else. The battles are so much better. Those of you that have seen the first series will recall that the final battle between Nanoha and Fate is the best battle from the first series. Most of the battles from A’s are better than that one. The Vita-Knights all have a unique fighting style and it makes for incredible action. Some of the best or maybe THE best from the magical girl genre.
All of the magical characters, have weapons that are somewhat sentient. they can, to a limited extent be talked to and typically announce their attacks when they use them. When Nanoha uses her Divine Buster, or when Vita loads a “Cartridge” it’s typically announced by the weapon.
Aesthetically, the battles are better. The animation and colors appear more appealing and crisp. The soundtrack is still filled with amazing songs by Mizuki Nana, you’ve been hearing the music all throughout this review.
As is the case with many magical girl anime, there is a bit of a lolicon aspect to the show. Nanoha is only around nine years old in this series and in her magical girl transformation, she does get kinda naked, however there is no real explicit nudity. The same is true for Fate, however these are the only two magical transformations you see in the series and you only see them once each, unlike other series such as Star Driver, which make you watch the same boring transformation, four minutes an episode, you see a total of 3 minutes of transformations for the entire series.
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Alternate Titles: Vexille – 2077 Nippon Sakoku
Original Japanese Release Date: 2007
Episode Length/Run-time: 109 minutes
Summary:
The story is set in an alternate universe of the 21st century. Technology has advanced to the point where robotics and cybernetics are commonplace. Japan has advanced faster and further than any other country but due to pressure for regulations and limitations on certain advancements they pull themselves from the UN and fell off the grid. Now an American team will penetrate the wall that has been shrouding the country and learn the truth of what has happened there.
Review:
This series is a difficult one that I think many people end up arguing about. I think the argument often comes from people wondering if the anime is well truly an anime. The anime is completely done with CG if cell shading style may look in some ways like traditional animation it doesn’t have the same kind of charm or flare. Anime or not it’s definitely interesting to see the piece that could indicate where the industry is headed in the future.
The story is one that is interesting, while the story of the progression of science into the world of robotics and cyborgs isn’t really original this that the enemy takes is a new twist. At first the movie starts off we’re not quite sure where it’s headed to have been plunged into darkness and only hears anything about the country at this point. There is a literal wall surrounding the islands of Japan preventing all information and people from going in or out. This is where the special team SWORD comes in. Led by Vexille they enter into Japan and see the country for the first time. This is the anime gets interesting, Japan looks unfamiliar and foreign it is a barren wasteland filled with nothing for miles and miles.
This progressive of the team meets the natives and begin to discover what happened to Japan and plan their own escape. There is a lot of secrets and twists in the series and in some ways is often times very touching. While I personally love the fan of the animation style it didn’t ruin my experience. However for something so short the movie did seem to drag a bit. Overall its average not something I’d highly recommend what I can see why it happened cult following and I also wouldn’t discourage anyone from watching it.
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