Once Popular Anime and "The Churn"
Tonight on GeekNights, we consider the once massively popular anime of American fandom -- Ranma 1/2, Fushigi Yugi, You're Under Arrest, Kare Kano, to name a few -- and the reasons why they seem to have so rapidly fallen from awareness. In the news, the vestigial New York Anime Festival, like the appendix, lives on, Kids on the Slope is pretty fine so far, Media Blasters' woes illuminate the sad drama of the American anime industry (see posts by "blaster"), and you can wake up with Yoko Kanno (box optional).
- Rym's Thing - Sweating Bullets
- Scott's Thing - Wolfenstein Online
Lupin III: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine
Tonight on GeekNights, we preview, based on the first three episodes streaming at FUNimation's site, Lupin III: The Woman Called Fujiko Minen-the-third-fujiko-mine">Lupin III: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine. It's pretty good. In the news, an incident or two from Anime Boston 2012 have been making the rounds with the usual locked thread response, and Tor abandons DRM in a move that shouldn't be as bold as it appears in light of the rest of the publishing industry.
In more local news, we'll be at Connecticon (and so be should you), Zenkaikon, MoCCA Fest, PAX Prime, and maybe Otakon!
- Rym's Thing - Fazer Salmiakki
- Scott's Thing - Mechanical Principles
Sailor Moon SuperS Movie
Tonight on GeekNights, by Scott's request, we hit up some Sailor Moon with the Sailor Moon SuperS Movie: Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon Super S: The 9 Sailor Soldiers Unite! Miracle of the Black Dream Hole (美少女戦士セーラームーンSuperS セーラー９戦士集結！ブラック・ドリーム・ホールの奇跡! But first, Master Keaton returns, along with Arakawa Under the Bridge and Bastard, and Japan's culture around piracy is stridently different from US attitudes.
- Scott's Thing - Lando in Japanese
- Rym's Thing - DIC's Live Action Sailor Moon
Drops of God and two Movies
Tonight on GeekNights, we review the manga Drops of God, now in print in English from Vertical. We then briefly review Welcome to the Space Show and Children Who Chase Lost Voices from Deep Below (two anime movies definitely worth watching). But before that, we GeekBite the underrated Wolverine and the X-Men and we discuss the devastating news that Satoshi Kon's last (unfinished) work - The Dream Machine - has ceased production.
Be sure to check out our many lectures and other videos from PAX East 2011 and Pax Prime 2012 on the Youtube channel. We will be at Nerd Nite this Thursday presenting an abbreviated version of "Losing Should be Fun," nevermind MAGFest!
- Rym's Thing - Sentinels Can't do Anything Right
- Scott's Thing - Mr Hipp Strikes!
Final Thoughts: Puella Magi Madoka Magica
Tonight on GeekNights, we present our final thoughts (spoilers!) on the fantastic and recent Puella Magi Madoka Magica. It is safe to say that this is one of the better shows we've seen in recent memory. But first, we geekbite issue #1 of Justice League! Also, since Madoka is on the mind, check out this interview with Atsuhiro Iwakami.
- Rym's Thing - Link with a Portal Gun
- Scott's Thing - Fat Tabby
Arrietty the Borrower
Tonight on GeekNights, we consider Studio Ghibli's Arrietty the Borrower (借りぐらしのアリエッティ). In the news, Redline is now available on Booray with English subtitles in Japan, and Black Dynamite has a cartoon.
- Rym's Thing - 25 Greatest Unscripted Scenes
- Scott's Thing - Wolfenstein 1-D
