Anibros Podcast Episode 154 – In My Attempt to Bury the Lead, I Will Now Reveal…

Show 154

I would like to extend a heartfelt welcome to the influx of new listeners that have been directed to this glorious Podcast by way of Anime Jeopardy, courtesy of Kumoricon 2022.

Also, as a disclaimer, this episode  was recorded before the Twitter drama. We reference Twitter several times in this episode, so just keep that in mind.

On with the show!

This week’s hosts:

Laven – @LavenVoth
Kenny – @sakoku_otaku

Introduction

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Laven is @LavenVoth
Kenny is @sakoku_otaku

• Opening Banter
  
  
  “Boy-see”

  Kenny is a Salaryman and currently being a salaryman in Boise
  Good Patrick is a resident of Boise but Kenny failed to tell him he’d be coming into his town
  Kenny has seen a lot of potate-themed art

  Are we post-Pandemic?
  

  • Life Protip: Delete more tweets than you send.
  
  
  • RSS Check! Looks like we messed up! RIP Feedburner.
  
  
  • Listen to us on Spotify!
  
  
  
  


• Otaku no Video
  
  
  
  • Two-part OVA created by Gainax in 1991
  
  
  • Director: Takeshi Mori
  
  
  • Written by: Toshio Okada
  
  
  • Story of a college student, Kubo, who becomes an otaku after a chance encounter with an old classmate and friend, Tanaka.
  
  
  • Autobiographical but stylized depiction of the history of General Products and Studio Gainax
  
  
  • Features segments called ‘Portrait of an Otaku’, live action interviews with otaku
  
  
  • Discussion
    
    
    
    • What new stuff stood out to us?
      
      
      
      • Portrait of an Otaku hit harder now that we’re the age of the folks that made this movie. They do get progressively more and more stupid.
      
      
      • Garage Kits are made to be way more popular than they ever were.
      
      
      • Otaku no Video remains a familiar and cozy show to return to.
      
      
      • Kubo and Tanaka were definitely huffing fumes
      
      
      • The Otakuland opening may be a reference to Tomino’s New Anime Century speech
      
      
      • The worst part of Otaku no Video is that they become capitalists — but maybe that is a self-aware acknowledgement of the worst tendencies at Gainax.
      
      
      
      
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • Highly recommended, definitely watch.
  
  
  • The reason we have this podcast.
  
  
  • Laven is looking for land to build his own Otakuland
  
  
  
  


• Syberpunk: Edgerunner
  
  
  
  • 10 episodes series on Netflix
  
  
  • Produced by TRIGGER for CD Projekt Red
  
  
  • Director: Hiroyuki Imaishi
  
  
  • Written by: Masahiko Otsuka, Yoshiki Usa
  
  
  • Based on story by: Bartosz Sztybor (シテボル); Rafal Jaki
  
  
  • Discussion
    
    
    
    • “One of the best shows I’ve seen in awhile.” – Laven
    
    
    • Fear going in: this is just a video game tie-in, how good could it really be? But! It is really good!
    
    
    • Kenny and Laven fight over DARLING in the FUCKS again
    
    
    • What’s it about?
      
      
      
      • David Martinez has a bad time: his school hates him, his classmates hate him, and his mom is killed in a car wreck.
      
      
      • David becomes an Edgerunner — a member of a crime team running jobs.
      
      
      • He quickly spirals into the dark world of corporate warfare and cybernetic enhancements.
      
      
      
      
    
    
    • Kenny’s Take: Edgerunner is exactly what it felt like to watch anime in the 90s/00s/
      
      
      
      • This is what it was like to watch Ninja Scroll or Cyber City Oedo
      
      
      • It has violence! It has sex! It has a complex story that is based on source material that isn’t 100% present in the anime!
      
      
      
      
    
    
    • Cyberpunk is based a TTRPG created in the 80s by Mike Pondsmith
    
    
    • The sensory experience is dialed up to 11.
    
    
    • This could only exist as an OVA — in fact, it is an ONA!
    
    
    • Cyberpunk is a love letter to the 80s OVA
    
    
    • It is so refreshing to have a true sci-fi and cyberpunk anime again!
    
    
    • When our generation is making decisions (after boomers are good, TY Knight Sabers), let’s hope its all nostalgia like this.
    
    
    • Who is your favorite character?
      
      
      
      • Laven: Lucy, the main girl — perfectly engineered for me to like her;
      
      
      • Kenny: Maine and Dorio
      
      
      • All the characters are really well done and given opportunities to bond witht he audience.
      
      
      
      
    
    
    • Who at Trigger needs to always add the Rebecca-type character?
      
      
      
      • And what is driving the perception that she’s a loli?
      
      
      
      
    
    
    • Really good world building.
    
    
    • Do we want a sequel?
      
      
      
      • Only if its a completely new story.
      
      
      
      
    
    
    • Comfort viewing — you can watch it slow or binge it
    
    
    • ANIBROS STAMP OF APPROVAL
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • So will we play Cyberpunk 2077? No. But if it goes on Sale for a steep enough discount, maybe.
  
  
  • Want to watch anime and experience a cyberpunk adventure
  
  
  
  


• But wait, there’s more!
  
  
  
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    • Trigun!?
      
      
      
      • Laven had time to fit into a re-watch of Trigun.
      
      
      • Jack reviewed Trigun on Episode #
      
      
      • Still holds up!
      
      
      • A secret sci-fi show
      
      
      • A slow burn — but worth that investment as it starts to unfold
      
      
      • Why didn’t Kenny like Trigun? He doesn’t remember — because of the dub? Because of the way its fans behaved? Maybe!
      
      
      • What about the new Trigun? No.
      
      
      
      
    
    
    • Cowboy Bebop
      
      
      
      • Watching in Japanese
      
      
      • Maybe if I watch it this time, it’ll be different?
      
      
      
      
    
    
    • The two goofballs muse about what they want to make on 3D printers.
    
    
    • What!? Laven went to go see the Yokohama Gundam.
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  
  • The Odaiba Gundam is a trash gundam now.
  
  
  • 1:1 scale RX 78-2
  
  
  • Available to see until Spring 2023 which is great because the borders to Japan are opening soon!
  
  
  
  


• Gegege no Kitaro exhibit
  
  
  
  • AR experience
  
  
  
  

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