Episode 421: Nanana's Buried Dragon Balls

We’ve got a good show for you this week. Red and I cover the news, discussion thread, and then we do a little something different for the reviews. Red talks about the anime Nanana’s Buried Treasure, while I tackle a Taiwan/Chinese live-action movie from the early 90s, Dragon Ball: The Magic Begins. Don’t miss it!
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VG Pulse 201: Talking With Force

This week on VG Pulse, we are again Kasless but we do our best to fill the void left behind! We start out with side notes of PC Betas and schooling, before heading off to news about internet harassment and the newest movement for net neutrality! After the news we head off to the forums, and finish off with Millennium’s first look at World of Tanks! All this and more up next on VGP201!! -Aki Continue reading “VG Pulse 201: Talking With Force”

Manga Pulse 318: Enchanter Up

There is a special breed of nerd that doesn’t pop up in the usual places. Their crack is not teasers of the latest Marvel movie or screenshots of the potential bomb being built by DC. Theirs are spec sheets and exploded views in maintenance manuals and fiddly arguments on lone message boards with other engineer minded folks.

Apparently one of them was hybridized with an anime fan and grew up to be a mangaka. That’s the only explanation for how we got Upotte!!. In the tradition of anthropomorphication mangas, a la Hetalia, it features girls who are firearms going to school. It demonstrates a large amount of firearm knowledge on the part of the author by having the girls play shooting games among each other. Continue reading “Manga Pulse 318: Enchanter Up”

VG Pulse 200: Impossible Sims

This week on VG Pulse, we have an actual ezmail show! We start off with side notes of school and more exploding laptops, before diving into the ezmail and getting onto a rather fun discussion about movie tie-ins. Afterwards we head on off to the regular newz, in which we discuss things involving Twitch’s new owner, the debate on what Hello Kitty’s species actually is, and Other more negative aspects of the internet. We finish off with my review of The Sims 2 Ultimate Edition, as well as a user review! All this and more up next on VGP200! -Aki Continue reading “VG Pulse 200: Impossible Sims”

Manga Pulse 317: Hitting a Wall

Doujinshi is something of a dirty word in manga. In the, for lack of a better term, Western market, doujinshi is often thought of as adult or hentai. While a fair amount of them do seem to be focused on pairing off characters for a little bit of naked fun times, the word is actually a bit more broad than that. It encompasses smaller, self published works that are not considered canon.

In that vein, Tim followed through a request to review a Doujinshi, Evangelion RE-Take. For Eva fans it may very well be an excruciating attempt to rewrite the story. However, if you found the ending frustrating and wanted to punch every copy from then in out in the hopes that the creator could feel it in their balls, it’s a welcome read. A fair warning, there are a couple of scenes of Shinji and Asuka doing what horny teens do when their parents are gone for the weekend, just in case you plan on reading this where people can shoulder surf. Continue reading “Manga Pulse 317: Hitting a Wall”

Popcorn Pulse 21: Frequent Piercing

The top Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel are, as follows. How do I make sure that anyone I sleep with doesn’t turn out to be a relative of mine? Why shouldn’t I just use my future knowledge to invest? And, why the hell am I having so much trouble killing that pesky Adolf?

Unless we’re talking about the movie Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel. Fans of the IT Crowd will be pleased to know we finally tackled this movie. It was at least one first in the history of Popcorn Pulse in that Tim suggested it and Weltall didn’t hate him for it after. It is proof that Anna Farris can be in a movie that’s not packed to the rafters with fart jokes in place of dialogue. Continue reading “Popcorn Pulse 21: Frequent Piercing”