June 29th, 2010 by The Grey Ghost
Episode 39B: “BRB Popsicles”
Animazement 2010 Review Part 2
Run Time: 48min 43sec
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Our Animazement 2010 coverage continues!
Saturday was the apex of our convention experience; a whirl of events, commerce, and good drink with good friends. Sunday wound down the weekend, but not without a grand hoorah.
Also, Kevin hates furries.
In the Method to Madness podcast, I’m joined with my good friend Kevin “The Business” Gray to discuss great anime and video games that you should be watching as well as ones you should feel ashamed you are watching.
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June 22nd, 2010 by The Grey Ghost
Episode 39A: “Raleigh! Con-ven-tion!”
Animazement 2010 Review Part 1
Run Time: 42min 16sec
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Animazement reminds us why we not only love anime, but also love being part of the fandom. Strangely, the opposite is simultaneously true.
Kevin and I has so much to say in our podcast report of Animazement 2010, we had to split it into two parts! In part one, we discuss Thursday’s pre-con harbingers along with the big con kick-off on Friday. Stay tuned for part two when we follow up with Saturday and Sunday.
For those curious about the kinds of horrors inflicted upon hapless otaku during Anime Hell, the video playlist has been posted here.
In the Method to Madness podcast, I’m joined with my good friend Kevin “The Business” Gray to discuss great anime and video games that you should be watching as well as ones you should feel ashamed you are watching.
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June 15th, 2010 by The Grey Ghost
Episode 38: “M Also Stands For Merlot”
Run Time: 31min 15sec
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You can’t have “Method” or “Madness” without “M”. Our series of Animazement weekend podcasts continues as our special guest, M, dispenses some wisdom on yo dorky asses.
This episode’s also given me the excuse I’ve been looking for to inject Garfunkel & Oates into the podcast. Give these girls a listen!
In the Method to Madness podcast, I’m joined with my good friend Kevin “The Business” Gray to discuss great anime and video games that you should be watching as well as ones you should feel ashamed you are watching.
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June 8th, 2010 by The Grey Ghost
Episode 37: “Check Box!”
Queen’s Blade
Run Time: 42min 51sec
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Yes, Queen’s Blade… It’s a show that we’ve treated like dental surgery. We’ve always been told that we should do it. We know it’s going to suck. We procrastinate and reschedule, but we both know that sooner or later, we’re going to have to do it. And now that we’ve done it, we’re ready to put it behind us and never ever think about it again.
Of course, misery does love company. “The Business” and I were thankful to spread out some of ours with M, who was in town to join us for Animazement.
In the Method to Madness podcast, I’m joined with my good friend Kevin “The Business” Gray to discuss great anime and video games that you should be watching as well as ones you should feel ashamed you are watching.
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June 2nd, 2010 by The Grey Ghost
To say that I wish that Animazement would never end would be much like saying, “I wish everyday were Christmas”. The body and the will can only sustain for so long before you surrender to exhaustion. It is as they say about having too much of a good thing.
It would be more accurate to say that I wish that the feelings I experience during the convention were everlasting. No doubt Kevin and I will offer our convention commentary in a future podcast, but I would like to unload a bit here while it’s still fresh in my mind…
Animazement is the highlight of my summer…sometimes my entire year. Of my peers, I am in the minority with this. Most of my friends have become disillusioned by the con; annoyed by the increasing teenage population and left wanting for substantial events. The sad truth is that our generation is no longer at the core of the fandom. Anime conventions (as well as the industry) are geared to entertain the new kids. And these kids are loud and won’t get off our lawn.
Thankfully, many of us continue to attend these conventions. While the kids come to be entertained and raid the dealers room, I approach the event as a true convention: A place where fans of all ages from all places can convene. I love meeting fellow fans to discuss favorite shows that we share, as well as discovering ones I’d yet to be exposed. While not as many, there are still features where I have the opportunity to learn about some of the history and craft of the fandom. Unlike anything you’d find in the dealers room, the Artists Alley is a hotbed of raw talent and valuable treasures. And yes, I do admit that I’ll join in some of the silly fun that the kids take part in just so I too can feel that young, if not for a moment.
So until Kevin and I can get together again in front of the mics, here’s a brief rundown of my Animazement weekend:
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June 1st, 2010 by The Grey Ghost
Episode 36: “Curse You, Kevin Kline!!!”
Time Travel Booty Calls
Run Time: 42min 57sec
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Using (or abusing?) time travel to tap some vintage tail? Hey, Doc Brown did it in Back to the Future Part III, and frankly, I think he was on to something.
For this episode of the podcast, Kevin and I rescue ourselves from anime burnout by having a geeky back-and-forth about women and time travel.
The exercise is simple: What women (or men) would you travel back in time to meet and in what year? Post your answers in the comments or email them to us! We may even revisit this topic in a future podcast with your answers!
Sean’s Picks:
Kevin’s Picks:
Honorable Mention:
In the Method to Madness podcast, I’m joined with my good friend Kevin “The Business” Gray to discuss great anime and video games that you should be watching as well as ones you should feel ashamed you are watching.
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May 25th, 2010 by The Grey Ghost
Episode 35: “Wessiiiiide!”
California Crisis
Run Time: 52min 56sec
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California Crisis is Japan’s love letter to California. It is the state that I once called home before I fled to escape falling into the ocean under the weight of smug hippies and “undocumented immigrants”. However, after a decade of living in NC, the nostalgic parts of me continue to look back to fond memories of the majestic wonders that inhabit So. Cali.
This anime reminded me of how little I’m missing.
I dedicate this episode of the podcast to my homies still kickin’ it on the West Side. As Riverside (and most of the valley area) is the Golden State’s roach motel, I pray they too can one day escape to lands with smog-less blue skies and fertile, green-laden earth.
In the Method to Madness podcast, I’m joined with my good friend Kevin “The Business” Gray to discuss great anime and video games that you should be watching as well as ones you should feel ashamed you are watching.
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May 18th, 2010 by The Grey Ghost
Episode 34: “Tell Me About Your Mother…”
Baki the Grappler
Run Time: 47min 33sec
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Baki the Grappler has some serious frickin’ issues! You go in looking for your daily testosterone fix, but you walk out with an unsettling lesson in anthropology.
To become the Alpha male, one must dominate over all others. The ultimate sign of dominance over another man is to not only beat him in combat, but also steal away his mates. And since our fathers are the iconic male figure as we grow up, it is only once we’ve beaten and usurped him that we truly feel dominant over all.
Read that last paragraph again, do some math, and try not to vomit.
In the Method to Madness podcast, I’m joined with my good friend Kevin “The Business” Gray to discuss great anime and video games that you should be watching as well as ones you should feel ashamed you are watching.
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May 14th, 2010 by The Grey Ghost
Animazement is rapidly approaching with less than two weeks left to go! Kevin and I have been hard at work putting together some promotional materials for the podcast to give away at the con. We’ll have fliers, buttons, and a handful of promotional demo discs with samples of our favorite episodes in higher-quality audio.
The episodes that are included on the disc are:
Kevin and I will be manning one of the video rooms (probably the one next to the game room) on Friday morning, from 10am-2pm, and will have all our promo stuff at the table. But we will have a stash of stuff at the freebie table in the main lobby all weekend, until it runs out.
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May 11th, 2010 by The Grey Ghost
Episode 33: “This One’s For You…T. Bone Wang.”
Dark Cat
Run Time: 55min 33sec
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Dark Cat isn’t some trick pony you see at the side show by the sea shore. It’s an OVA from 1991 that is probably best lost; buried under the heap of anime obscurity.
This is a show that could have made for an exciting horror anime or hentai…had it chosen to be either of those things. In fact, it never quite graduates beyond being “almost” anything. There are mystical cat superheroes, romantic drama, haunted children, and bizarre tentacle monsters. Yet we cannot claim that Dark Cat is about any of those things.
Apparently, to our surprise, this OVA survived into the DVD era and is available for well under ten bucks. But is it worth it? Unless its audience is a late-night drunken get-together with you and your buddies, I might pass.
In the Method to Madness podcast, I’m joined with my good friend Kevin “The Business” Gray to discuss great anime and video games that you should be watching as well as ones you should feel ashamed you are watching.
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