Digicast 8: There’s No Such Thing as 2 (Tri Part 3)

https://media.blubrry.com/daladybugproductions/content.blubrry.com/daladybugproductions/Digicast8.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadBuggy, Tom, Chris, and Maduin run the full gauntlet of emotions regarding the third part of Digimon Adventure Tri. Also, they manage to go an episode without any tangents, so long as you politely overlook the ones on Kingdom Hearts voice actors and how the rest of the world…

Third Seat by the Window Episode 2: A Hole in the Water

https://media.blubrry.com/daladybugproductions/content.blubrry.com/daladybugproductions/3S_Episode_2-A_Hole_in_the_Water.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadBuggy and Chris are joined by Amphituber to talk about the horror genre in anime and to try to get to the bottom of why exactly it has a reputation of sucking.

Digicast Episode 7: The Horny Episode (Tamers Part 1)

https://media.blubrry.com/daladybugproductions/content.blubrry.com/daladybugproductions/Digicast7.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadBuggy, Tom, Chris, and Maduin return once again to cover the first part of one of their favorite seasons of Digimon. You probably shouldn’t listen to this episode, though. Like, seriously. It’s really horrible and depraved, even by our standards. Unless you want to hear us talk about pegging,…

The Writer’s Guide to Anime: Darker than Black and “Show, Don’t Tell”

One piece of advice that writers are very frequently told is “show, don’t tell.” Inexperienced writers have a tendency to explicitly tell a reader information, which at best makes a read feel dry and at worst can feel condescending. They are instead often encouraged to show that information instead, or convey the information without flat-out…

Third Seat by the Window Episode 1: Feeling Strawberry

https://media.blubrry.com/daladybugproductions/content.blubrry.com/daladybugproductions/3S_Episode_1-Feeling_Strawberry.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadThe Bugcast returns as Third Seat by the Window, and Buggy and Chris kick things off with a bang as they’re joined by Chris (another Chris, not the same one) to discuss waifu culture.

Digicast Episode 6: Summer Wars 2: Revenge of AngelaAnacondamon (The Adventure Movies)

https://media.blubrry.com/daladybugproductions/content.blubrry.com/daladybugproductions/Digicast_6.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadBuggy, Chris, Tom, and Maduin deal with Diaboromon attempting to sabotage their podcast as they finish off the Digimon Adventure continuity with Digimon: The Movie(s) and Revenge of Diaboromon. Tom has not seen the uncut Japanese versions. Maddy has not seen the dubbed movie. Buggy is angry about geography,…

The Lain Test

In that lull between the Spring and Summer 2016 anime seasons, in which the old shows are ending but the new ones have not yet begun, I took the opportunity to finally watch Serial Experiments Lain. Now, Lain is a fantastic show, but it’s one that’s incredibly dense, surreal, and confusing, and I found it…