This week, it’s all stuff we’re feeling kind of “eh” about, which partially accounts for why it took so long for us to edit it. Daryl reviews all of Ergo Proxy, Gerald tackles Megazone 23 Part 2, and Clarissa’s keeping it real [robot] with Hades Project Zeorymer. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.
In this news-only installment, we discuss the recent Bandai Entertainment downsizing and cancelation of new releases. Our guests are professional anime translator Neil Nadelman (who’s done many Bandai translations) and Anime News Network columnist Mike Toole. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.
Daryl reviews Record of Lodoss War, Gerald reviews The Notenki Memoirs, and Clarissa reviews the BL anthology J-Boy. Apologies for the delay, but it’s probably not the last of it. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.
In an attempt to at least release SOME content on a weekly basis, we’re splitting Show 54 up across the next few weeks. This is our report for JACON 2007. Normally we’d try and keep this to 20-30 minutes, but…yeah, we failed at that. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.
For the final segment of Show 102, Gerald reviews Model Suit Gunpla Builders Beginning G, which for brevity’s sake we’ll just call “Gunpla Builders,” and continues to bombard us with trivia questions. Our guest remains Erin Finnegan, who is very displeased that we did not inform everyone that ERIN EDITED THIS PODCAST. Well, she did! Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.
Please don’t let this be your first impression of this podcast. Please?
Show 54 continues with Daryl’s advance review of 009-1…but due to technical
difficulties and the onset of madness, Daryl decided to record the remaining
segments…BY HIMSELF. As such, this is probably the single worst segment of AWO
ever. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental
links.
We missed a month. Again. We thought we’d record a thing with Erin from the Ninja Consultant podcast, aka Erin from ANN’s Shelf Life. We thought we could win a war on trivia. But we lost the war against sibilance. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.
The Guinness World Records 2012 Gamer’s Edition is available this month and is filled with every record you could imagine in relation to the world of video games. One record included in the book is the world’s most prolific Pokémon playing family, The Arnolds.
This North American family hails from Illinois and enters the official Pokémon Video Game World Championships each year with everyone performing reasonably well amongst their fellow competitors. The success each member of the family achieves each year has earned them the title of Largest Competitive Pokémon Videogame Family.
For more information regarding the Guinness World Records 2012 Gamer’s Edition, check out the official media release below.
NEW YORK (January 3, 2012) – The family that plays together definitely stays together…and probably catches them all! The newest edition of the “Video Game Bible” — Guinness World Records 2012 Gamer’s Edition — hits stores today with the most comprehensive collection of video game records ever known including the most prolific Pokémon playing family in the world – The Arnolds. The ‘Frankfort Five’, hailing from the Illinois suburb outside of Chicago, are Pokémon prodigies who rank as some of the world’s greatest players each year during the official Pokémon Video Game Championships, earning them the title of “Largest Competitive Pokemon Videogame Family”.
The Guinness World Records 2012 Gamer’s Edition contains something for players of all kinds. Notching the latest high-water mark in the seemingly never-ending battle for Donkey Kong supremacy, New York City’s Hank Chien earned the “Highest Score on Donkey Kong” with 1,090,000 points. Mobile mavens will love the spread on Angry Birds, the “Best-Selling Mobile Series” (more than 250 million downloads) and the app with the “Most Days Spent as the Best-Selling App in iTunes Store” (275 consecutive days).
Gamers with a little extra cash can spend ,242 of their hard-earned money on the “Most Valuable Kinect Sensor,” a special peripheral encrusted with 6,000 Swarovski crystals. Brassy brawlers will be knocked out by an entire section devoted to Fighting Games including Mortal Kombat, Marvel Vs. Capcom and Dead or Alive, while the growing genre of “Lifestyle & Fitness” games boasts achievements like “Most People Exercising to a Videogame” (783 people).
Once again, this year features many women making their mark in the interactive realm. Iowa’s Elizabeth Bolinger preferred to dance her way into the record books, where she earned the title for “Most Prolific Dancing Game High Scorer” with top scores in 85 songs spanning across Dance Central, Just Dance and Just Dance 2 and she’ll be attempting a new high score on popular gaming network G4 in mid- January. Jennifer Hale grabbed the record for “Most Prolific Voice Actor” for lending her voice to 129 video games over the course of almost two decades.
As always, Guinness World Records 2012 Gamer’s Edition is chock full of lists and quizzes that are sure to get gamers talking. One of the featured lists takes a look at the “Top 50 Video Game Endings” of all-time as voted by more than 13,000 Guinness World Records readers. Game historians can also test their knowledge with the “Video Game Tagline Quiz” questions found at the bottom of each page, and read features on professional video game players, the biggest “Gaming Fails”, a PS3 vs XBOX 360 comparison and much more!
”The 2012 book is the most comprehensive Gamer’s Edition we’ve ever released,” said Gaz Deaves, Guinness World Records Gaming Editor. “Chronicling the video game world’s grandest successes, most embarrassing failures and everything in between, this year’s edition will immerse casual fans with an encyclopedia of interactive info and impress the hardcore crowd with its detailed analysis.”
Guinness World Records 2012 Gamer’s Edition is available now in the US for a suggested retail price of .99 and available in the UK on January 19th.
For more information on gaming record breaking, please visit www.guinnessworldrecords.com/gamers. To check out video from the Guinness World Records 2012 Gamer’s Edition, please visit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbJwBQV747Q.
It’s time, it’s time, it’s…GERALD TIME! The extra drawn-out Show 54
continues as a result of Daryl’s moving, so this week is Gerald’s review of
Black Lion by the almighty Go Nagai. Egged on by Daryl’s solo recordings last
week, Gerald follows suit. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and
supplemental links.
After a month of procrastination and being occupied with actual work, we
conclude the super-extended Show # 54 with Clarissa’s review of Ai no Kusabi.
Its DBR–Dudes Bein’ Rude–rating is quite powerful indeed. Visit
www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental
links.