Podcast Episode #78:

Bane of all anime, the inevitable way of keeping you from watching reruns.. FILLER!!

Do you care for filler in anime? Is it good, is it bad? What do you think of filler? Email or call the show and we’ll share what you think.

Also drop by for SHAFT live(right here on the blog!), 7PM Eastern! We’ll be taking some filler thoughts from the live chat room as well.

From the Blog:

This week Gene is cooking up some big blog content with a fresh new Behind the Otaku Curtain and a review of Girls High.

Chris is bringing home a new Turning Japanese.

And your usual favorites AMV Alert will round us out!

For some odd reason I’ve had Slayers on the brain. So check it out, some old school Slayers AMV action.

Anime: The Slayers, The Slayers Next, The Slayers Try
Song: One Week- Barenaked Ladies

What I REALLY wanted to do for AMV Alert! was a Slayers AMV to Caberet but noooooo embeding. Its awesome so check it out on the link.

So I was hanging around the other day and got sent a link to a site selling USB flash drives that resemble the Lancelot key in Code Geass and I thought that was pretty darn cool.

The best the US can do for USB drives that look like something else is lego blocks or some other useless crap. Looks cool but going for a hefty ¥9,240 or about $83. If you got the big bucks to go out and get one of these go for it!

Thanks to the Extralife chat room community for bringing this little nugget to my attention.

Early episode this week since Chris is out of town for the week. However, we have next weeks show all planned out and its a doozy. Gene will still be around for a live feed the normal time(7pm Eastern) right here on the blog in order to fill the void of our normal live show.

This week we talk about some old favorites that we have gone back and watched, reaffirmed Matt’s alive status(we were watching old anime WITH him) and our adventures at a Benehana style Japanese Steakhouse.

In the random of anime stuff for this week we talk about a Blu-Ray Animatrix, Pet Cosplay, Samuel L Jackson’s thoughts on the live action Afro Samurai, and a Gurren Lagann manga release.

We wrap up with release spotlight, talking about how the various box sets stack up this week, a review of whats on TV and all the old, lame useless jokes and bleep outs you can handle.

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Big thanks to Clint and other fine contributors who make this show better in their own unique and awesome ways!!

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Need some more balls in the bath?
Well this ball not only adds just that problem but also displays the galaxy or if you flip it around it projects images of roses into the tub.

http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/green-living/amazing-japanese-light-ball-universe-in-your-bathtub-pics/1298

Anime: Code Geass- Lelouch of the Rebellion
Song: What Have you Done now?! - Within Temptation

So I’ve been catching up on Code Geass. Definitely filling the void for me for a mech series this year. Worth checking out…. subtitled.

We want to have a show next week. We really, really, really do. However, Chris is going to be out of town. So we have some ideas on how to make it happen…

1) Gene and Angelo do a normal show without the mixer or awesome mics we usually use.

2) We prerecord a show earlier in the week devoid of any news thats going on(which probably there will be none). We would more then likely throw in release spotlight and two or three recommendation reviews.

3) We do a show with stuff sent in by the ever popular SHAFT community. Emails, voicemails, segments and/or anything you would like to send in to the program. It’d be a show that revolves around our awesome listeners!

So, let me know what you think. I think 3 would be amazingly cool. 2 would be good too if you don’t mind a rambling review show. 1 is a cop out… we’d do it but probably not as well without the cool equipment.

If I get enough material from everyone, 3 would be the choice we go with.

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This week, Gene takes off with another Code Geass rant having now finished the series. A dip into the mail bag to tackle the struggling question of bad anime, and an email talking about last show including what weapons we might have missed.

From there we throw down with some talk about Final Fantasy 4 for the Nintendo DS. An awesome game with beautiful new graphics, remastered soundtrack, and impressive gameplay. However, despite all that… not worth your money. Chris and Gene throw their thoughts on the Gurren Lagann dub out for all to see… the results may surprise you.

Big time release spotlight with two of the biggest titles of the year coming out with releases back to back, amazingly by the same company… amazingly both from Bandai.

We round it out with our reviews of Kujibiki Unbalance Vol. 1 manga and Shin Chan!

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So I just got done with the first volume of Kujibiki Unbalance in manga form and just had to do a little review.

Anyone familiar with Genshiken will know the story behind this series, if you don’t here’s the short of it. Kujibiki Unbalance was a fictional anime/manga in the Genshiken anime/manga, was canceled in the anime and then the creators decided to create an actual series based off of what was presented in Genshiken. Now that’s all done I’ll break up the review as we doing with anime on the show.

Plot: 
Much like the anime Kujibiki follows the same story in the anime Chihiro, the unluckyest person ever becomes the sudent council president elect and along with three other classmates they must preform duties that the current student council assign. In volume 1 they mix and match stories from volume 1 and 2 from the anime as well as a story from the novel. Overall it’s the same thing you’ve seen (if you’ve watched the anime) with a few liberties taken ( fan service, swearing…)

Art:
I was absolutely blown away by the art every page was drawn in amazing detail. I found myself just staring at the pages after I was done reading. I can’t say enough about the art in this book you just need to see it for yourself.

Final Thoughts:
This really is a fun enjoyable read. It really gets you into the story and the art helps you to fully immerse yourself into the overall story. The one thing that I found that bugged me was that Del Rey decided that whenever yen was brought up they would convert that into dollars and I know that the dollar isn’t doing so well right now but 100 yen does not equal 1 dollar. That all being said if you’re a fan of Genshiken and have watch the Kujibiki anime or just want something fun to read pick up this book.

Comment and questions can be left on the forum here.

Anime: Golden Boy
Song: Girls - Beastie Boys

This just seems right for some reason. Don’t ask me why. And yes, its fairly worksafe.