Episode 108 – Anime Familiars We Would Put in a Blender!
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? |
– Main Topic 1 –
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