Thoughts from a Postmodern Weeaboo
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https://media.blubrry.com/daladybugproductions/content.blubrry.com/daladybugproductions/3S_AotD_1-Introduction.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadIt’s the final year of the 2010s, and Buggy and Chris are planning to use that year to find out what the best anime of the decade are. In this episode, they’ll reflect on the growth of anime and related mediums over the past decade, establish their judging criteria,…
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https://media.blubrry.com/daladybugproductions/content.blubrry.com/daladybugproductions/3S8-Scanlation_Nation.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadBuggy and Chris are joined by Sakaki, AKA Kiriibon, AKA Bomber D. Ruffy to peel back the curtain on the world of scanlation, from the process of putting a scanlation together to the positive and negative impacts scanlation has had on the manga industry.
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https://media.blubrry.com/daladybugproductions/content.blubrry.com/daladybugproductions/A_Very_Akamatsu_Christmas.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadIt’s a Very Akamatsu Christmas as Third Seat by the Window and Warui Deshou join forces to take on two Ken Akamatsu “beloved” Christmas “classics,” as well as play a few party games.
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https://media.blubrry.com/daladybugproductions/content.blubrry.com/daladybugproductions/3S_Special_4-2017_Retrospective.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadBuggy and Chris recap the most notable anime (and video games) of 2017.
This was my original first chapter for “The ‘Baccano’ of Pulp Fiction,” detailing how both Baccano! and Pulp Fiction are descendants of pulp magazines. I’m pleased with how a lot of it turned out, but I ultimately made the decision to cut it for two reasons. The first is that I’m not an expert on either pulp…
“Hey, Isaac?” “What’s that, Miria my dear?” “What do you suppose they call the Quarter Pounder with Cheese in Paris?” “Hmm…well, Miria, I believe they’d call it a Royale with Cheese!” “Wow! Is that because of the metric system?” “That’s exactly right, Miria! Because of the metric system!” “Baccano” is an Italian word translating roughly…
Note: this post contains heavy spoilers for the original Steins;Gate anime. If you had the power to change the natural course of things for the better, would you do it? What if, even if the changes were a net positive, they ended up hurting someone? This is the question posed by the Steins;Gate anime, and…
Part 1: Zetsubou~, Zetsubou~, Zetsubou~ …So there was no hope after all. All those years, toiling away alone…. But well, now that I’ve failed…I feel so relaxed. ~Ishii, Chapter 16 Shoujo Shuumatsu Ryouko, localized as Girls’ Last Tour, is a series by Tsukumizu that focuses on Chito and Yuuri, two girls driving around a post-apocalyptic…
Juni Taisen is, in my opinion, about the worst possible way you can write a battle royale storyline. It’s entirely predictable, and while many battle royales are, that’s because they usually have a clear protagonist, unlike the ensemble cast that Juni Taisen has. And yet, in spite of this very complaint, I actually find Juni…
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https://media.blubrry.com/daladybugproductions/content.blubrry.com/daladybugproductions/Spiral_Radio_2.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download“How did you get into anime?” This is a question anime fans love asking each other, and in this episode, Andrew “Buggy” Koerner shares his story of getting into anime through Death Note, as well as searching for why its once-insane popularity seems to have waned so drastically.