Panel: Gene, Chris

News:

• Providence Anime Conference launches its website. (Link)
• Right Stuf to exclusivly release Imaginasian DVD’s (Link)
• US Navy to create manga to expalain its mission to Japan (Link)
• DBZ Budokai Tenkaichi 3 to be released for Wii and Playstation 2 (Link)
• Bandai to release CLAMP School Detectives on DVD (Link)

Release Spotlight:

Anime:

Bleach [Vol. 4]
Ergo Proxy [Vol. 4]
Naruto [Uncut Box 3]
Rozen Maiden [Vol. 1]

Manga:

Negima [Vol. 14]
Basilisk [Vol. 5]

Review:

Chris took a look at Air Gear. He found it a visually nice series with a fairly interesting plot. Fine voice acting and musical accompaniment compliments this series to a 8 out of 10. Check out the main podcast for the full review as always.

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Just thought I’d let everyone know that due to some personal problems all around that we are delaying this weeks episode until tomorrow(Wednesday May 30th). We’d rather have a quality program for you then something kind of thrown together.

If you’re looking for other things that I or other friends of the show can be seen doing.

-The Instance- This weeks episode features my 10th PvP Tip of the Week on the program.
-Extralife Radio- I sent a nice call into Scott and the gang regarding movies for ‘07 for their latest episode and I mentioned the easily forgotten Dead or Alive movie which we hope stays that way.
-132 GeekCast- I’ve been working with Chris at 132 Productions to get a nice geeky podcast about all things geek ranging from movies to TV to comics to action figures and beyond. So check that out. We’re hoping to have the first pilot episode up tomorrow as well as a new SHAFT.
-132 Productions YouTube Channel- Which is housing both episodes of SHAFT TV with number 3 on the way and 4 soon after that and 5 soon after that.
-Drawn by Pain has some behind the scenes footage going on. We’ve given them a shoutout before and we’ll do it again. So check ‘em out.
-Anime Boston Forums are still buzzing with some activity from people who went to Anime Boston 2007 and are looking forward to going to Anime Boston 2008.

Thats about it. We’re looking forward to getting a nice episode of Super Happy Anime Fun Time out to you for this week. Stay Tuned.

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Panel: Gene, Chris, Mattieu

News:

• Bandai Visual Japan confirms a release schedule for HD-DVD and BluRay releases of their major properties. (Link)
• ADV aquires licence to The Wallflower, annouced by "NabeShin" himself. (Link)
• Miyazaki wins himself a Nebula script award for Howl’s Moving Castle (Link)
• Anime Network starts a British Revolution with a two hour programing block (Link)
• Otaku USA hits magazine shelves on June 5th
• DBZ Season 1 the best seller in anime this year so far

Main Topic:

In our wonderful inbox we got a nice article about how not to bust the bank when going to an anime convention. It has some nice points we can pick in and out. We just had our anime convention fun but there are a lot who still haven’t. So we used our wealth of experience to put this article to the test and try and save you some cash when heading out to the convention of your choice. (Link)

Releases:

Anime:

Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE (Vol. 1)
Dragon Ball Z - Season 2 Uncut(Box)
Afro Samurai - Uncut (Vol. 1/Dub Only)
Doki Doki School Hours(Box)

Review:

Gene took a suggestion and reviewed one of his personal favorites, Outlaw Star. This brilliant series follows an space outlaw and his adventures with his new found space ship, the Outlaw Star. This 26 episode series looks beautiful and gives you a nice here and now story with sadly little backstory into the interesting universe that is Outlaw Star. Many other wonderful series follow suit with little back story and they do fine, this one does to. We also mentioned that there were quite a lot of writers and still turned out wonderful. We couldn’t help give this series 9/10.

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Here is our second episode of Super Happy Anime Fun Time Video (SHAFT TV). This episode covers the various panels we attended on Saturday, April 21st.

Video Notes

• Fullmetal Alchemist Panel
• Travis Willingham Panel
• Masquerade

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Panel: Gene, Chris, Angelo

News:

• Fuse to air Ergo Proxy and Tenjho Tenge starting June 8th(Link)
• Anime Network adds 500,000 on-demand subscribers between Canada and West Virginia(Link)
• 4Kids seeks new Vice President for marketing(Link)
• Evangelion Movie remakes now have Chapter Titles(Link)
• Advent Children to be released in Blu-Ray, eventually(Link)
• Panelest News from Anime Central 2007(Link)

Releases:

Anime:

Eureka 7 (DVD 7)

Blue Submarine No.6 - Complete Collection (Anime Legends) (DVD)

Best Student Council - Class Antics (DVD 3)

Manga:

Fullmetal Alchemist (G.novel 13)

Case Closed (G.novel 17 of 53).

Tsubasa, RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE (G.novel 13)

Review:

Gene talked about an anime you should most definatly avoid if you can and thats Duel Masters. This Wizards of the Coast card game turned anime avoided the mysical story telling(much like YuGiOh) for as long as it could before falling pray. Decent animation holds this series into a certain place but thats about it. The shallow plot, horrible english tranlation and even more irritating dubbing buries this series in the dirt. We gave this a 3/10. Its just that bad.

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This is our first episode of Super Happy Anime Fun Time Video. This is the video side of our podcasting project and we hope that you will enjoy it. We plan on having at least three more episodes which will revolve around Anime Boston 2007. Then plan on having an episode at least once a month with various crazy anime action. This particular episode covers various panels we attended on Friday, April 20th. We also plan on submitting video to other video podcasts as well. So check this out, let us know what you think. Remember SHAFT TV is exclusively available through YouTube.

Video Notes

• Cosplay Court Case
• Luci Christian Pane
• Laura Bailey Panel
• Anime Unscripted

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Please check this and tell me this isn’t one sided…

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/poll.php?id=126&page=booth

I think a “No, I read a different publication.” would work well in there.

Panel: Gene, Chris, Angelo

News:

• Viz Media Teams with IGN to Digitally Distribute Death Note through Direct2Drive.com starting Thursday May 10th. (Link)
• Anime Clubs Unite, the organization aiding anime clubs from coast to coast is now doing this around the world. Otaku are gaining a global voice. (Link)
• Sci Fi Networks will be establishing a Monday night anime block to directly compete with Adult Swim, starting June 11. (Link)[Article is sadly condescending and sadly inaccurate mostly]
• Adult Swim will be expanding from 6 days a week to 7 days adding Friday night programming. (Link)

Main Topic:

We spent extra time discussing the Digital Distribution subject this week while covering the Death Note announcement. About how Japanese companies fear digital distribution and how American companies are pushing for a digital distribution.
Release Spotlight:

Ah My Goddess(S2 Vol 1)
Kyo Kara Maoh!(S2 Vol 4)

Initial D(Vol. 26)
Boys Be…(Vol. 13)

Review:

We took a look at Ranma 1/2 this week. This is a old favorite that has a treasured place on my anime shelf. While the animation is aged, the fun slapstick style comedy, martial arts action and romaticish action will keep the widest variety of anime fan happy. Gene was more then happy to give this series a 9 out of 10 faulting the spot on to off the mark dubbing Viz put into the project half way through. Angelo felt fit to give an 8 out of 10 for the previous comment and for the lack of good story lines taken from the manga.
Extra Drop:

We got an email with this, and I also got this on my desk from Chris. A Japanese comedy, kinda like a Saturday Night Live skit, spoofing Death Note. Debu(or fat) Note. Its worth a look, its funny and enjoyable even by American standards.(Link)

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Super Happy Anime Fun Time to have Normal Podcast

Fan run, operated and appreciated audio podcast to cover weekly news, discuss releases for Tuesday May 8th, and review an anime series we actually enjoy.

Gloucester, Massachusetts(May 4, 2007)- Otaku fans gather around their iPods and listen to the 16th episode of the podcasting phenomenon thats taking the internet by storm. More information can be found at http://www.animeshaft.com/

Host, Gene Marques, and panelists Chris and Angelo sit down to discuss the news of the week in the world of anime. Among such topics will include Viz Media’s decision to distribute Death Note through a digital distribution system, Cartoon Network adding Adult Swim to the Friday night line-up and how we may get more network anime, and Anime Clubs Unite uniting otaku world wide. In addition to covering anime news we will discuss this weeks’ releases including Ah, My Goddess and Kyo Kara Maoh!. Deal of the Moment returns ready for our penny pinching otaku. Finally, the show will top off with a review of a series we all enjoy, Rumiko Takashi’s Ranma 1/2.

Episode 16 of Super Happy Anime Fun Time will be recorded Monday May 7th and will be available shortly after recording through iTunes, Yahoo Podcasts, ZenCast, Digg, and other podcasting distribution centers and of course through http://www.animeshaft.com/

About Super Happy Anime Fun Time

Super Happy Anime Fun Time is a 30 to 45 minute audio podcast, recorded and appears every Monday, produced independently by Gene Marques and other fine anime fans. Super Happy Anime Fun Time is made available through http://www.animeshaft.com/ and through iTunes, Yahoo Podcasts, ZenCast, Digg and other podcast distribution centers. More information and weekly show notes are available through the web at http://www.animeshaft.com/

About Gene Marques

Mr. Marques is an independent podcaster who assists in the production, distribution and contribution of quality podcast content. As host and producer of Super Happy Anime Fun Time, co-host of 132 Geek Cast, contributer to The Instance, contributer to Extralife Radio and sub-contributer to other various podcasts, he maintains a level of excellence to spread worthwhile, fan-driven viral content.

[We are not a large corporation who created a podcast to promote various products so we need no disclaimer here.]

Seriously, Bang Zoom needs to get a freaking grip. I said I was gonna stop on bashing on Bang Zoom and AnimeTV. But coming to the realization that every two weeks in my press release queue I find a press release from them stating that they’re just having an episode of their 15 minute video podcast is getting a bit irksome.

Imagine if every podcaster put a press release out for an episode of a podcast. C-Net would be sending one out every weekday for Buzz Out Loud. Revision3 would be sending out at least one a week for Diggnation and several more for their other video podcasts. Scott Johnson would be not only sending 3 weekly for his three main shows but a daily one for his new Diary of a Cartoonist. Then there’s Leo Laporte who runs over 13 podcasts through the TWiT Network! That would be a lot of press releases and this is just what I religiously listen to for podcasts, not counting my own. Imagine if the literally thousands of podcasters who produce content on a weekly basis sent out press releases just because they’re having an episode of their podcast.
We get it, you have a nice little viral marketing gimmick. Most anime fans who use a computer are aware of your podcast and probably already watch it. You go out of your way to let people know that you make these programs every two weeks. Its irritating and redundant to have a press release for every episode.