Tim and Weltall have a good show this week. They review Musashi #9 and Switch. Tune in for this exciting episode of 24.. I mean this exciting episode 24.

Switch - Read it now!
Musashi #9 - Wouldn’t kick it out of bed for crackers.

Show Notes

Music

Intro - Read Or Die Theme by Taku Iwasaki from Read or Die
Outro - Neko Mimi Mode by Dimitri From Paris from Tsukiyomi Moon Phase

Reviews

Switch
Anime News Network
Official Site

Musashi #9
Wikipedia
Anime News Network
CMX Page

We’ve got a good episode for you this week. We review Love Hina and do an update of Dragonaut ~ The Resonance. We also do the news and talk about Bleach. Check out this great show!

Love Hina - Wait until it hits the US and NetFlix it.
Dragonaut ~ The Resonance - Wait until it hits the US and NetFlix it.

Show Notes

Music

Intro - Resonance by T.M. Revolution from Soul Eater
Outro - Neko Mimi Mode by Dimitri From Paris from Tsukiyomi Moon Phase

Reviews

Love Hina
Wikipedia
Anime News Network

Dragonaut ~ The Resonance
Wikipedia
Anime News Network
Official Site

Well, the weekend is over, and so is StarFest 2008, Denver, CO.

I was flying solo this weekend, as my co-host had to work. So since my car isn’t running, and I didn’t feel like riding my motorcycle 50 miles each way each day (Max had some teeth out, so I had to come back at night to give him his meds), I hitched a ride with Jason and Heather Martin from ArtPlayMix.com. Getting in was no problem. I went up and told them who I was, the lady looked, unsuccessfully, for a list of press people, gave up and just gave me the worth-more-than-it-weighs-in-gold “All Access” badge, and I was on my way.

Turns out Anime Pulse drove the most traffic to the StarFest site out of any sites doing banner ads for them. Since I “won”, they gave me two free autograph/photograph tickets, which I immediately used for Adam Baldwin (see pic below.. Oh Yeah!).

There were a lot of cosplayers, especially Empire. And I lost count of the number of Browncoats wearing Jayne’s stupid hat. The dealers room had a lot of good geekery schwag, and I managed to find one dealer who had two small boxes of Anime keychains. But that was the only Anime stuff there. There were some Anime cosplayers, which was nice to see.

The video room. They had one Anime video room, that was really good. They showed lots of new stuff and, to my approval, they actually showed fansubs. This meant that there were actually people in the rooms, as some stuff they might not have seen yet. Although I had already seen them, I stopped in for a couple episodes of the first season of Code Geass and Spice and Wolf.

Prior to the costume contest they had a Sci-Fi Parody Skit hour, which was great. They had a Sci-Fi match game, with horrible jokes, then a Star Wars play/musical and then a Star Wars TNG/Terminator: SCC play/musical. They were hilarious. See the pics.

Adam Baldwin had a Q&A panel, that absolutely packed the main events room. Prior to him coming out from behind the curtain, the MC had all the Browncoats in the room stand up. Then the “leader” of the Browncoats had apparently arranged to sing the “Hero of Canton” but didn’t know the words past the chorus! I was so offended. I could have gotten up there and sang every single verse, and I didn’t even need to prepare. Seriously, why not actually do a bit of study if you’re going to do something like that for Adam Baldwin. But luckily Adam is an awesome guy. He came out, make some jokes, did some background on himself and his career, and then started the Q&A session. I didn’t stay much past the start of that, since it’s filled with people going “I love you man, thanks for coming, blah blah blah”, and finally a question, maybe.

Attendance was good, the hotel seemed pretty packed. The only real problem I had with this con was traffic. They needed to get some of the NDK people in charge of that, because it was horrible. They thought it was a good idea to set up characture booths and photo op booths (see the storm troopers/Darth Vader and R2-D2 pics for what I’m talking about) right in the middle of the major funnel points, causing huge traffic jams from the second the con started to the end of the night. It never cleared out. It got so bad I would loop all the way around the long way just to avoid it. Whoever thought that was a good idea should have their head examined.

So, traffic issues aside, all the staff was very friendly, the attendees were in good cheer, the weather cooperated and the guests were great. In my humble opinion StarFest 2008 was a success, and I would go back another year in a heartbeat. Download Now on the AP review scale for StarFest… Oh yeah, and Adam Baldwin put his arm around me, so yeah, awesome.

Tim and Weltall, coming straight at you. They review Buddha and The Guin Saga. Check out this great show.

The Guin Saga - Read it at Borders.
Buddha - Read it at Borders.

Show Notes

Music

Intro - Ai (Chuu Seishin) by Excel Girls from Excel Saga
Outro - Neko Mimi Mode by Dimitri From Paris from Tsukiyomi Moon Phase

Reviews

The Guin Saga
Wikipedia
Official Site

Buddha
Wikipedia
Anime News Network
Official Site

We’ve got a great show for you this week. We do the news and talk about Bleach. As far as reviews we do Chi’s Sweet Home and Bus Gamer. I also do part two of my spring ‘08 first look, with previews of Allison & Lillia, Amatsuki, Himitsu - The Revelation, Kamen no Maid Guy, Kanokon, Kure-nai, Kyouran Kazoku Nikki, Monochrome Factor, Nabari no Ou, Neo Angelique ~ Abyss, To Love-Ru and Wagaya no Oinari-sama. Enjoy!

Chi’s Sweet Home - Download Now!
Bus Gamer - Download Now!

Show Notes

Music

Intro - O2 by Orange Range from Code Geass R2
Outro - Neko Mimi Mode by Dimitri From Paris from Tsukiyomi Moon Phase

Reviews

Chi’s Sweet Home
Wikipedia
Anime News Network
Official Site

Bus Gamer
Wikipedia
Anime News Network
Official Site

Tim and Weltall have a great show this week. They review Translucent and Fairy Tale. Plus they subject you to something almost unnameable.

Translucent - Read it at Borders
Fairy Tail - Wouldn’t kick it out of bed for crackers.

Show Notes

Music

Intro - J-E-N-O-V-A by The Black Mages from The Black Mages
Outro - Neko Mimi Mode by Dimitri From Paris from Tsukiyomi Moon Phase

Also featured, Gunya Gunya Gasu Gasu from Pokemon

Reviews

Translucent
Anime News Network
Official Site

Fairy Tail
Anime News Network
Official Site
Official Site (Japanese)

We have an outstanding show this week. We review Yotsunoha and Yu Yu Hakusho. I also do first looks at the following shows: Blassreiter, Bus Gamer, Code Geass Season 2, Duraga (Tower of), Itazura na Kiss, Library War, Soul Eater, Special A, Vampire Knight and Zettai Karen Children. There’s lots of content, so be sure to listen.

Yotsunoha - Download Now!
Yu Yu Hakusho - Wouldn’t kick it out of bed for crackers.

Show Notes

Music

Intro - Futatsu no Kodou to Akai Tsumi by On/Off from Vampire Knight
Outro - Neko Mimi Mode by Dimitri From Paris from Tsukiyomi Moon Phase

Reviews

Yotsunoha
Anime News Network
Official Site

Yu Yu Hakusho
Wikipedia
Anime News Network
Official Site

This week Tim and Weltall dance a little jig. Well, maybe they do, but it’s audio so I can’t tell for sure. They review Addicted to Curry, Hell Girl and Redrum 327. Enjoy the show.

Redrum 327 - Even if you receive it as a present, burn the book and piss on the ashes.
Addicted to Curry - Read it now!
Hell Girl - Read it now!

Show Notes

Music

Intro - Ave, the Ancient Dance by Yasunori Mitsuda From Xenogears OST Disc 1
Outro - Neko Mimi Mode by Dimitri From Paris from Tsukiyomi Moon Phase

Reviews

Redrum 327
Tokyopop Site

Addicted to Curry
Wikipedia
Anime News Network
Official Page

Hell Girl
Wikipedia
Anime News Network
Official Site

This week we’ve got a great episode. We discuss the news, talk about Sakura-con, review PiQ and update One Piece. On top of all that we also review Kotetsushin Jeeg and Koshonin.

Kotetsushin Jeeg - Wait until it hits the US and NetFlix it.
Koshonin - Wait until it hits the US and NetFlix it.

Show Notes

Music

Intro - Storm Bringer by Jam Project from Kotetsushin Jeeg
Outro - Neko Mimi Mode by Dimitri From Paris from Tsukiyomi Moon Phase

Reviews

Kotetsushin Jeeg
Wikipedia
Anime News Network
Official Site

Koshonin
Wikipedia
Official Site

Here is the Ketchup Mania concert encore from Sakura-con. With this we are at the end of our Sakura-con coverage for 2008. I hope you enjoyed it.

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MySpace Site
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