We really enjoy getting in reviews from our listeners and I thought i’d go ahead and spotlight them right on the blog.
So here’s the list:
Jade of Bango
Kasumi
S.S Astro
Jo Jo’s Bizarre Adventure
Gurren Lagann
After School Nightmare
Also feel free to make your own reviews or comment on existing ones in the forums.
Full reviews are past the break.
This was a fun filled episode starting with Gene and Chris talking a little about Fullmetal Alchemist followed by Gene’s recommendation of Code Geass R2 after Angelo’s badgering… just don’t ever watch this with a dub. They talked about the experience of being on Anime Roundtable and Review, the SHAFT show promo’s that were recently recorded and a SHAFT TV release for this week… promise.
After that we took an interesting question out of the mail bag talking about our anime spending habits. It was truly an awesome email. Too bad the rest of the email we had was redacted.
From there, we moved on to the big topic of the week. Evil heroes! With series like Code Geass and Death Note featuring protagonists who would in any other non outside the box way of thinking would be sent to either the loony bin or be billed as a bad guy. However, in anime as of late we’re finding that there’s a new reason to root for the bad guy-good guy. We take a quick look at this, what we consider, a rising new trend.
After a very Robotech/Sleeper hit Release Spotlight, we move on to review Death Note: The Last Name. This direct sequel to the Death Note live action movie did nothing more then impress us further. There were defiantly some characters missing, for better or worse. Plot lines from the original work were clearly compressed but still held up well. Our major complaints were with characters that were overall changed, more notably for the worse. The dub just felt better adapted this time around… we can’t put our finger on why exactly but it just felt right. Oh, and Viz remembered the subtitles this time. Just keep in mind that if you listen to the review… its a little spoiler ridden so try and forgive us.
Plus a whole lot of random thrown in… so join us for SHAFT!
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Look at that! Gene and Chris are on another anime show tonight guest hosting on the Anime Roundtable and Review podcast (Starting at 10pm EDT). Listen to the show here (just select audio player of your choosing in the “TUNE IN” box) and join the chat room here (you may need to install a java plugin).
We just got finished with the show over there, great bunch of folks. You owe it to yourself to have a listen to their fine podcast. The episode we will be appearing on is episode 101, the topic, Fullmetal Alchemist! Check them out, they are truly awesome.
Ya thats a really morbid title for this post but I’m rolling with it.
This week on the show we’re talking about evil heroes. Lately, anime’s big hits involve a protagonist who’s good intentions are at the end of the river of blood they create in their wake. We’re also reviewing Death Note: The Last Name. While we’re at it we’ll talk about this weeks Robotech heavy releases. For good measure we’ll even read off some fan mail.
Plus the big surprise will be more or less relieved by then so we’ll talk about that too.
If you have something to say this week about our topics then hit the contact page, hit us up with an email or a voicemail(through Skype or phone). We’d love to hear from you!
Anime: Hellsing
Song: Bloodline - Slayer
Pretty sweet AMV. Check it out, if you dare!
If they tried that over here they’d be faceing some law suits
This week we jumped right in with some more talk about the mystery anime Gene and Chris are watching… all will be revealed on Sunday! Angelo mentioned a lot of not yet US anime, Gene is discovering a new found love for Code Geass and Chris is well… busy.
After talking about the listener reviews we moved on to answer some questions people had about PAC. From the silly to the downright serious, we thought our listeners deserved to weigh in on the topic. From there we talked about some big releases this week and last week. Ghost Hunt and Claymore are out picks, but October is definitely the month of big time anime releases so get ready!
After some break time action, we talked about some required manga reading with small reviews of Yatsuba and Fruits Basket. Talked some anime news with Death Note: The Last Name in theaters this week, along with some streaming for Ouran, School Rumble and Darker then Black. And while we were at it we talked a little about older anime fans… cause they need some love too.
We wrapped it all up with a review of the supernatural thriller anime, Ghost Hunt. You’ll come for the visuals and stay for the enrapturing story. Definitely one of the stronger releases this month that you need to pick up just in time for Halloween.
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This week on the show we’ve recovered from our con attending. We plan on talking a little bit about Providence Anime Conference. Not too long, but since Angelo wasn’t old enough to go and others may or may not have gone.. we’re going to field some questions from the audience and our younger panelist. So hang tight for that. We may even consider calls…
Other topics up for consideration are the place of the 18 and older anime fan base, a quick look at some manga we’ve been dipping into including some manga not even out in the US yet, plus YOUR emails and calls!
We’re reviewing Ghost Hunt this week in our October month of horror/supernatural anime reviews. Next month look forward to a month of Miyazaki movie reviews.
Its an action packed SHAFT you don’t want to miss. So join us won’t you?
We’re not just talking about in general, but more specifically… be sure to hit the forums and vote for the series that the panel puts through the ringer in our next Full Series Review episode.
So far Full Metal Panic! is in the lead closely followed by School Rumble. Make your voice heard, get over to the forums and put your vote into what you want us to review next! SHAFT FSR will be back in order starting in November, and you get to pick what we review!
