Love is in the air and we discuss the greatest romance of Studio Ghibli.
Impressions: Black Rock Shooter (TV), The Daily Lives of High School Boys, Recorder to Randorosu, Brave 10, Kill Me Baby, and Papa no Iu Koto o Kikinasai
We contacted a number of other currently active and well-renowned podcasts and used our own knowledge of anime and what we watched from the past year to create the first anime oscars! Joined by Felix Alburne we decide the best anime of 2011.
Some characters look awesome, and some don’t make even the hottest chick look good in their cosplay. This is not a video you want to miss!
– Opening –
Opening Song:
“Youthful” from the anime Chihayafuru by the artist 99RadioService
New Forum Members:
HeavyStumbling, Of_1989, Agent X, Laughingman, superpagoda, nakuno, crutch910
Trivia
Answer: Evangelion
Happy Birthday To:
whackacatgirl (14), psieks (14), Lord_Zarfax (32), ranman (20), King Of Crows (23)
CHARACTER BATTLE 3 Reminder!
The A.A.A. Mailbag
DevilSurvivor writes: “Hey Anime Addicts,
As requested here are some mailbag questions:
1.What is the first anime you remember watching?
2.Can each of you recommend your favorite uncensored hentai series?(if
its not show safe, please answer on next hentai episode)
3.If you could kill any anime character who would it be? Personally I
would go into EVA and take a katana and stab Shinji through the heart
and end the annoyance that is his existence.
– Main Topic 1 –
| Hot | Not- Hot |
| Revy (Black Lagoon) This one can go really wrong, but when it goes right, its really right | Meroko(Full Moon) You know a cosplay is not-hot when a super hot asian woman wears it and you’re still “meh” |
| Rikku (FFX) If you google “rikku cosplay” the girls which appear generally have 3 things in common – tits, tinyness and bikinis | Sailor Moon (Sailor Moon) Even the best cosplayers aren’t really hot |
| Stockings (Panty and Stockings) Thigh Highs = Win, Panty is good too, while we’re at it | Faye Valentine (Cowboy Bebop) Even if you are HOT super hot, it still somehow messes you up. Man Faye doesn’t help either |
| Sebastian (Black Butler) Fairly sexy to begin with members of both genders can enjoy sexy cosplay of this character | Chii (Chobits) Man Chii… enough said |
| Catherine (Catherine) One that is SOOO easy to mess up, when it is done right, rawr | Spike (Cowboy Bebop) Lanky white boy with a fro, great in theory, rarely great in practice |
Not traditional “hot” a good Haruhi cosplayer has cute and quirky nailed down | Vash the Stampede (Trigun) The hair, you just, cannot do the hair. Sorry boys, it either looks like a messed up afro or a torture device |
| Nami (One Piece) A show that revolves around the beach, sort of, lends itself to many hot cosplay costumes | Lucy (Elfen Lied) They say simple cosplays are the hardest to pull off… we agree |
| Yoko (Gurren Lagann) For those TWO PERCENT of ladies out there who can pull this off…. Thank you | Piccolo(DBZ) Now it could be debated if Piccolo is “hot” to begin with, but saying he is anytime you have full body paint, body prosthetics, and a number of other add-ons its very hard to pull off hotness even if its a good cosplay |
| Major Kusanagi (Ghost in the Shell) Legs, legs, and more legs, oh with a touch of badass | Hikaru Hitachiin Twins (Ouran High Host Club) The Host Club boys are near impossible to pull off in their original hot glory |
| Tifa ( the right way) Big boooobies!! | Nanami (Utena) It is hard to look hot when dressed in a canary yellow suit |
| Chi Twins??!?! (Chobits) Two for One sales win, every time. | Nausicaa (Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind) What makes Nausicaa hot is her inner strength and confidence, this does not translate well to photographs resulting in sub-part hotness cosplay |
| Deedlet (Record of Lodos War) Another case where the original character is so viciously hot that all cosplay pales in comparison | |
| Millie Thompson (trigun) When you have a kind of homely character to begin with, you get this | |
– Impressions –
None
– News Break –
– Anime Reviews –
Mitsugi – Black Lagoon OVA: Roberta’s Blood Trail
Chiaki – Witch Hunter Robin (Requested by Lycanvamp)
– Closing –
Closing Song: “Soshite Ima” from the anime Chihayafuru by Asami Seto
Reviews: Black Lagoon OVA: Roberta’s Blood Trail and Witch Hunter Robin
Spoiler Alert! We discuss some of the anime characters we wish hadn’t died or whose death changed their respective anime.
Reviews: Happy Lesson
What is a familiar? Often times its that little furry annoying thing that tags along with the main character and does nothing other than look cute at best. We talk about the familiars we would like to put in a blender, and some we’d spare.
– Opening –
Opening Song:
“Departure” from the anime Hunter x Hunter by the artist Masatoshi Ono
New Forum Members:
Tsukasa84, Jacobgoblin, yakitorii, tama-chan
Trivia
Answer: Kenshin and Kaoru (Rurouni Kenshin)
Happy Birthday To:
TaJaDor (32)
The A.A.A. Mailbag
| mooseman263 | Hey guys, first of I gotta start by telling you your show is great and keep up the good work! Although I was wondering if you guys know of any anime that have very well choreographed fight scenes like samurai champloo, cowboy bebop (spike vs. Viscious) etc. It seems that the quality of action scenes has gone down, what do you think? Thanks! |
| Kenshiko33 | I watched Xam’d Lost Memories on Netflix the other day and I loved it. The reason I am writing to you is that it so closely resembled a Miyazaki/Ghibli film I was blown away. Do you guys also see the similarities in art, story, and character design, and is there a connection between the studios? |
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Definition of a Familiar – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Familiar_spirit
Pierre A. Riffard proposed this definition and quotations[4]
A familiar spirit (alter ego, doppelgänger, personal demon, personal totem, spirit companion) is the double, the alter-ego of an individual. It does not look like the individual concerned. Even though it may have an independent life of its own it remains closely linked to the individual. The familiar spirit can be an animal (animal companion).
A. P. Elkin studied the belief in familiar spirits among the Australian Aborigines:
A usual method, or explanation, is that the medicine man sends his familiar spirit (his assistant totem, spirit-dog, spirit-child or whatever the form may be) to gather the information. While this is occurring, the man himself is in a state of receptivity, in sleep or trance. In modern phraseology [spiritism], his familiar spirit would be the control [control spirit].[6]
| Familiar(Anime of Origin)(Owner) | Image |
| Pandit(Arc the Lad)(Lieze) | Pandit |
| Icarus(Dragonball)(Gohan) | Icarus |
| Slash(Mahoromatic)(Mahoro) | Slash |
| Kuro(Ao no Exorcist)(Rin Okumura)[[Various other Tamer-type Exorcists on the show have them as well-Shiemi has Nii, Izumo has her Byakko, etc.]] | Kuro |
| Kero-Chan(Card Captor Sakura)(Clow Reed) | Kero-Chan |
| Kyubey(Madoka Magika)(??? Suggested by GNDM-Exia but I don’t think this is a familiar) | Kyubey |
| Teto(Nausicaa)(Nausicaa) | Teto |
| Sanshi(12 Kingdoms)(Taiki) | Sanshi |
| Inuki(X)(Yuzuriha Nekoi) | Inuki |
| Luna (Sailor Moon)(Usagi) | http://images4.fanpop.com/image/photos/24400000/Luna-Artemis-and-Diana-luna-artemis-and-diana-24497039-350-250.jpg |
| Mimi (Hoshi o Ou Kodomo)(Asuna) | No Image |
| Gigi (Kiki’s Delivery Service)(Kiki) | http://data.whicdn.com/images/5747512/4424156321_467ba5cc59_thumb.jpg |
| Mokonas (xxxHolic & Tsubasa) | http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/200034_204230346263539_127736323912942_757040_2432987_n.jpg |
| This one may not count, but yeah… Fool (Kaleido Star)(Sora)[[He’s not an animal, but he’s not human either, and he serves the same purpose as would a familiar. Whatcha think?]]asdasds | http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y170/nixpaztix/Fool1.jpg |
| Pu(Yu Yu Hakusho)(Urameshi) | Pu |
– News Break –
– Impressions –
Mitsugi – Hunter x Hunter 2011
Kimiko – Tamayura Hitotose
Chiaki – Un-Go
Roukou – Guilty Crown
Roukou – Kyoukai Senjou no Horizon
– News Break –
– Anime Reviews –
Kimiko – Junjou Romantica
– Closing –
Closing Song:
“Just Awake” From the Anime Hunter x Hunter by the artist Fear, and Loathing in Las Vegas
Reviews: Junjou Romantica
Impressions: Hunter x Hunter 2011, Tamayura Hitotose, Un-Go, Guilty Crown, and Kyoukai Senjou no Horizon
Reviews: The Hills Have Size and Immoral Sisters 2
With a collective 10 years of experience between three hosts in running an anime club we know the ins and outs of what makes a great anime club. By request, we share this knowledge with you.
Reviews: Nyanpire, Mayo Chiki, and Hanasaku Iroha
For the first time ever we take callers on the fly to talk about and reminiscence with us on our favorite memories from the first 100 episodes. Then we cover the Fall 2011 anime season.
– Opening –
Opening Song:
“Noruniru” from the anime Mawaru Penguindrum by the artist Etsuko Yakushimaru
New Forum Members:
PockyBum522, Elpompadour86, Darklight Dreamer, Should_be_studying, Closet_otaku, Kenchie, roxiepluto
Trivia
Week Winner: lil2nutty
Happy Birthday To:
smarzotais, pnkng (22)
The A.A.A. Mailbag
Submitted by: Chess Chocolate
Question:
Hello
I was just wondering, if you like Transformers. If you do, which is
your favorite Autobot/Decepticon and why?
Thanks and byee 😀
Submitted by: Shizuo
Question:
Yars, i’m new. I was wondering if any of you have realized how anime
is kinda dying. The art, that should be getting better since dbz and
sailor moon, is getting worse…not everything, just some of popular
stuff i’ve noticed, the art suuuckks. Every year, there are only a few
good anime, with like a great plot and stuff but after that i find
myself watching the old stuff and get this sinking feeling….sooo,
i’m wonder if you guys ever feel the same?
Submitted by: Bearfort
Question:
Hello
Which con that you have never attended do you covet the most to visit?
– Main Topic 1 –
100 episodes of A.A.A.
We talk about some of our favorite memories and moments from doing the show and take callers for the first time ever to share their favorite memories.
– News Break –
– Main Topic 2 –
Fall 2011 Anime Season, what are the Addicts watching and what do we think about it?
Mitsugi – Persona 4 the Animation, Mobile Suit Gundam AGE, Hunter X Hunter, Fate/Zero, Busou Shinki Moon Angel
Chiaki – Lupin the 3rd, Un-Go, Last Exile: Fam the Silver Wing, Chihayafuru, Ben-to
Kimiko – Kimi to Boku, Tamayura Hitotose, Nirai Nikki, Sekai Ichi Hatsukoi 2, Bakuman 2
Roukou – Kyoukai Senjoy no Horizion, Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai, Guilty Crown, C3, Mashiro iro Symphony
– News Break –
– Reviews –
Chiaki – Super Robot Wars (OVA) – Requested by Devil_Survivor
Mitsugi – Eikenbu Yori Ai Komete – Requested by Negimudkip
– Closing –
Closing Song:
“Hanasaku Iroha” From the Anime Hanasaku Iroha by the artist Clambon
Reviews: Super Robot Wars OAV and Eikenbu Yori Ai Komete
Requested by forum member Robertthecrimson we talk about the stigma against old anime from animation styles, to story, to voice acting. What makes new fans be so against the good old days?
Reviews: GoSick and Old Boy
Your Anime Addicts hosts cover the new anime from the Summer 2011 anime season, discuss which they will be watching, and give their opinions. Our friend Felix joins us for the show.
Reviews: Deadman Wonderland and Mitsudomoe Zouryouchuu
