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Otaku in Review Podcast – Fall 2010 Preview
The Fall season is almost upon us. In this episode, Scott & I take a look at the upcoming anime. Two of my favorite ecchi shows are getting second seasons, plus we’re finally seeing some new mecha shows, and a slice-of-life drama that sounds like it could have KEY potential. Hear our thoughts on each of them in this episode.
In the news, we cover recent happenings related to Valkyria Chronicles, K-ON!!, and Atlus. Miyazaki is nominated for another (well-deserved) award, Hayate the Combat Butler gets a live-action series that doesn’t look too promising, and FUNimation rescues the Disgaea anime that nobody likes (but I do).
Oh, and I make fun of Scott’s terrible pronunciation of “shoujo.”
As always, credit goes to Chartfag for the chart and info.
Otaku in Review Podcast – We Haven't Gotten to a Sex Scene… Yet
Scott & Jon talk about technology (again), with Jon being especially impatient about not getting his iPhone 4 yet. Jon’s playing the extremely long dating sim Kira Kira and hasn’t gotten any yet. Scott states his qualms with the B Gata H Kei finale and the possibilities of why the writers have been receiving death threats. Also, Jon talks about the totally awesome shooter game Deathsmiles (check out his review).
K-ON!! has been confirmed to be 26 episodes. Where will the series be headed in its third and (possibly) final season? We speculate in this episode.
And of course, we talk about all of the totally freakin’ awesome license announcements that came out of Anime Expo 2010.
Dear FUNimation: Here's All My Money. Seriously, Take It.
Holy moley! FUNimation just announced a slew of new acquisitions at Anime Expo and thus has officially gained ownership of my wallet. Among the shows that they announced are three shows that rank among my favorite anime ever. Those shows being…
Otaku in Review Podcast – Technology in Review
Jon talks about a hilarious video he found on YouTube while Scott continues on about how much he loves Working!! Lots of news topics this week (see below) which we discuss. Also, discussion about the iPhone 4 since we’re both hopeless Apple fanboys.
