| 11:00pm | Journey of Favorites: Cowboy Bebop | | | | My first exposure to anything Cowboy Bebop came from my late night viewings on Adult Swim back in high school. I would watch an episode here and there because I initially became interested in the characters and the different scenarios they put themselves in. Plus I thought that Spike was a cool, suave... | | |
| 8:27pm | Magazine Extras: Animedia May 2011 – Surveying 100 Voice Actresses | | | | I used to get Japanese magazines like Newtype, Animage, and Animedia every once in a while – usually around the start of a new anime season but also sometimes for the extras. While cleaning around last night, I found a little booklet from Animage‘s May 2011 issue. They gave survey forms... | | |
| 1:16am | Aeroblip’s Adventures: Anime Boston 2013 | | | | As a way of celebrating one full year of Friday Anime Podcast, I decided to take a trip to my old stomping-grounds to attend Anime Boston 2013. My first anime convention was last year’s Anime Boston, but I do admit that it was a tad-overwhelming. However after learning the ropes, I was more than... | | |
| 3:42am | Reflections on a 3rd Year of Fangirling… | | | | Hello, loves! It’s been a while, but I couldn’t let my 3rd blog birthday pass without something to mark the occasion. Basically, the last twelve months have been mega busy on the personal and work fronts, which meant that I fell behind with watching and blogging the more recent shows. However,... | | |
| 9:14am | Aku no Hana, lily of the Uncanny Valley | | | | Now that the initial controversy has subsided I finally feel able to form and voice an opinion on Aku no Hana. The art style didn’t put me off, surprisingly. I actually had reservations about whether the main characters would be so flawed and twisted that it would be impossible to form any sort... | | |
| 11:05pm | Bakacast – Endangerment | | | | iTunes | Direct Download | RSS Guess who overslept by three hours and still feels a little sick and exhausted? This guy. So here's the podcast. Sorry it's late. Now I'm just gonna bury my head in pillows. Please email listener questions to bakacast[at]projectharuhi.net or leave them in the comments... | | |
| 10:00pm | Aku No Hana – First Impressions | | | | Aku No Hana is the new series directed by Hiroshi Nagahama, who had previously worked on Mushishi, a very positively received series that brought Nagahama some well deserved intention. With Aku No Hana, Nagahama aims to similarly terrify and fascinate us, so can this show live up to its director’s... | | |
| 7:27pm | Bakacast – Ass Flyover | | | | iTunes | Direct Download | RSS NOTE: If you downloaded this episode before Monday, April 15 3 P.M. PDT, then you got the version where I forgot to edit out a couple lengthy sections of me on the phone and other boring stuff that interrupted our discussion. Please replace that version with this one.... | | |
| 11:13am | Attack On The Flowers of Originality | | | | So, Aku no Hana. And it’s art style. It’s unique art style. The two major camps in the reactions to it, seem to be divided as either “it’s great that something is challenging the sameness of anime, and everyone who hates this is a moefag” or “This one is not just... | | |
| 2:59am | Aku no Hanananana | | | | All this controversial talk about Aku no Hana has one true casualty: it spoils the surprise. So to share my suffering I will tell you why. And this isn’t a surprise about what the manga is about, which, well, I’ll talk about in a bit. It’s a surprise that will foil both manga fans... | | |
| 2:22pm | First Impression: Aku no Hana | | | | I didn’t bother remembering the characters’ names but at least they left an impression on me. That’s something, right? Right? Phew. Now this was something. But first of all, let me address a few words to the folks causing some severe shitstorming out there right now. The stupid remarks... | | |
| 2:49am | Bakacast – The Ultimate Lifeform | | | | iTunes | Direct Download | RSS I have a new mic now! Hurray! I'm sure you were waiting to finally hear my voice in its full glory. Anyway, our plate is a little light this week thanks to three shows ending the previous week. Yet we still manage to clock in at over an hour by talking about the spring... | | |
| 8:00am | Spring 2013 Anime Preview and Watch List | | | | I like to say that every season of anime has a different character to itself then the preceding seasons but I don’t know if I’ve ever seen such an extreme change as the coming spring season appears to herald.For the record, that’s not a bad thing because I think keeping an open mind about what... | | |
| 8:00am | Spring 2013 Anime Preview and Watch List | | | | I like to say that every season of anime has a different character to itself then the preceding seasons but I don’t know if I’ve ever seen such an extreme change as the coming spring season appears to herald.For the record, that’s not a bad thing because I think keeping an open mind about what... | | |
| 4:00am | Bakacast – We Recorded This in a Yellow Submarine | | | | iTunes | Direct Download | RSS I apologize for the audio quality in this episode. The wiring in my headset was starting to cleave, so I decided to use a backup headset rather than fuss with getting the normal one into just the right position to work properly. Meanwhile, Scamp's internet connection was... | | |
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