We’ve got a good show for you this week. We talk about the news, and review Kanokon and Golgo 13. We also talk about Naruto Shippuden and Bleach. Check it out.

Golgo 13 - Wouldn’t kick it out of bed for crackers.
Kanokon - Wait until it hits the US and NetFlix it.

Show Notes

Music

Intro - Blue Bird by Ikimonogakari from Naruto: Shippuuden
Outro - Neko Mimi Mode by Dimitri From Paris from Tsukiyomi Moon Phase

Reviews

Golgo 13
Wikipedia
Anime News Network
Official Site

Kanokon
Wikipedia
Anime News Network
Official Site

This week Tim and Weltall review Strawberry(Ichigo) 100% and Fake. They also talk about news.. probably. They probably also make some comment about me being an Eskimo or something.

Strawberry 100% - Read it at Borders.
Fake - Even if you receive it as a present, burn the book and piss on the ashes.

Show Notes

Music

Intro - Yellow Moon by Akeboshi from Naruto
Outro - Neko Mimi Mode by Dimitri From Paris from Tsukiyomi Moon Phase

Reviews

Strawberry 100%
Wikipedia
Anime News Network
Official Site

Fake
Wikipedia
Anime News Network

We’ve got a great show this week. We talk about the new server move, do the news, talk about Bleach and review Special A and Le Chevalier D’Eon. We also talk about the new toy we got, the Amazon Kindle.

Special A - Wait until it hits the US and NetFlix it.
Le Chevalier D’Eon - Wouldn’t kick it out of bed for crackers.

Show Notes

Music

Intro - Casting Dice by Yuuki Kanno from Amatsuki
Outro - Neko Mimi Mode by Dimitri From Paris from Tsukiyomi Moon Phase

Reviews

Special A
Wikipedia
Anime News Network
Official Site

Le Chevalier D’Eon
Wikipedia
Anime News Network
Official Site

So I’ve moved over to a new server, hopefully we’ll all see a real increase in performance. If you encounter any other problems please leave a comment here about it so I can get on it.

Thanks,

Ichigo

Tim and Weltall have a great show as usual this week. They review Crying Freeman and Monster. They also talk about the news. Make sure you check this one out.

Monster - Read it now!
Crying Freeman - Read it now!

Show Notes

Music

Intro - Bomb A Head! V by m.c.AT feat. DA PUMP from Tenjou Tenge
Outro - Neko Mimi Mode by Dimitri From Paris from Tsukiyomi Moon Phase

Reviews

Monster
Wikipedia
Anime News Network
Viz Site

Crying Freeman
Wikipedia
Anime News Network

We’ve got a great show for you this week. We review Kure-nai and Macross Frontier. We also do the news and do sweet Evangelion figure giveaway. Check it out!

Kure-nai - Wouldn’t kick it out of bed for crackers.
Macross Frontier - Download Now!

Show Notes

Music

Intro - Triangular by Maaya Sakamoto from Macross Frontier
Outro - Neko Mimi Mode by Dimitri From Paris from Tsukiyomi Moon Phase

Reviews

Kure-nai
Wikipedia
Anime News Network
Official Site

Macross Frontier
Wikipedia
Anime News Network
Official Site

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