Episode #8- Motion Pictures! The Comic Con out of Time
PANEL: Chris(132 Productions), Matt
We apologize for the delay in the release of this episode. It took a great deal of time and effort to restore this episode of SHAFT. Thank you for your patience. We also don’t thank Comcast for interrupting our podcast several times.
Main Topic:
New York Comic Con was this past weekend and we covered the various anime companies and their announcements. A.D Vision talked about their new system for releasing collectors edition sets, SGT. Frog, Fist of the North Star, Saint Seiya, funding anime in Japan and ADVUniverse.com. Bandai’s licensing of Flag, the anime about a flag. Funimation’s announcement of the Tsubasa cast. Viz Media’s release of the Naruto Movie and OVA, MAR’s move to full time Toonami and fall DVD release, Zatch Bell’s move to Toonami Jetstream, and a lack of details about Death Note. We also covered the winners of the American Anime Awards. How right were we:
| Winner | Gene’s Vote | Chris’ Vote | Matt’s Vote | |
| Best Actor | Vic Mignogna | Vic Mignogna | Vic Mignogna | Richard Hayworth |
| Best Actress | Mary Elizabeth McGlynn | Luci Christian | Mary Elizabeth McGlynn | Skip |
| Best Actor(Comedy) | Dave Wittenberg | Tony Oliver | Greg Ayres | Skip |
| Best Actress(Comedy) | Debi Derriberry | Luci Christian | Luci Christian | Skip |
| Best Cast | Fullmetal Alchemist | Fullmetal Alchemist | Fullmetal Alchemist | Ghost in the Shell: SAC |
| Best Package Design | Fullmetal Alchemist | Fullmetal Alchemist | Fullmetal Alchemist | Fullmetal Alchemist |
| Best Song | Rewrite | Rewrite | Rise | Heart of Sword |
| Best Comedy Anime | FLCL | Ranma 1/2 | Tenchi Myuo! | Ranma 1/2 |
| Best Feature Anime | FF7: Advent Children | Fullmetal Alchemist: Movie | Fullmetal Alchemist: Movie | Skip |
| Best Short Series | FLCL | Elven Lied | Elven Lied | Elven Lied |
| Best Long Series | Fullmetal Alchemist | Fullmetal Alchemist | Fullmetal Alchemist | Rurouni Kenshin |
| Best Manga | Fruits Basket | Fruits Basket | Skip | Naruto |
Gene won out with 6 out of 12 correct, Chris with 5 out of 11 and poor Matt got one.
Most of our news was movie related. First off, Blood+ comes to Adult Swim on March 10th at 12:30AM. (Link) Evangelion movie teaser trailer released. (Link) Galaxy Railways movie coming out in Japan on March 24th. (Link) New Appleseed movie is set for release in Fall 2007. Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles set for a sequel according to director, Tommy Yune. (Link)
Releases:
Anime:
| Baki the Grappler | Vol. 12 |
| Darkside Blues | Movie |
| Inuyasha | Vol. 51 |
| Knights of Ramune | Movie |
| One Piece | Vol. 7(Dub Only) |
| Saiyuki Gunlock | Vol. 6 |
| To Heart | Vol. 1 |
Anime Box:
| Tekkaman Blade | Vol. 2(Sub only) |
| Kodocha | Vol. 1 |
| Voltron | Vol. 3(Dub only) |
Manga:
| Mamotte! Lollipop | Vol. 1 |
Extra Drop:
We love to browse around the internet and find the coolness of the internet. This week we ended up with some other manga artists renditions of Akira Toriyama’s Dragonball. Check it out here, it is totally cool and a peak on how the Dragonball universe could be.
Review:
Chris took a look at UFO Ultramaiden Valkyrie this week. He was unimpressed with this space fantasy pointing out various things we’ve seen done better elsewhere. Still something to enjoy on the rental pile. We gave it a 4.5 out of 10.
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