When we started this podcast, me and Alex were a rather short plane trip away. Now, as I am in Australia for a holiday, we are further away than ever before. Neither of us are technically in Asia at the moment either. Which is kinda-sorta the selling point of this whole darn podcast!
Shootin' The Breeze
I discuss my arrival in
Nazi Germany Australia.
I also discuss the
primary school graduate dikes airport staff who kindly
interoggated chatted with every
non-white person in the airport.
Lovely.
Top 10 Girls Japanese Men Would like to Bang every which way "Go to the beach with"
Aki Hoshino tops the list; good choice!
We then discuss the "Chinese pervert at the Japanese beach incident" which is only noteworthy in Japan because the culprits are Chinese.
Mail
Paul Acuna sent us a jolly good link about the "Cardboard Buns" scandal in China.
Here's a Japanese report of this scandal.
We also talk a little bit about health-care in Asia.
News
Pokemon film opens to HUGE box office receipts in Japan.
Who said the Japanese went through fads?
Blu-Ray On The Rise?
Either format can die, as long as there is one standard.
New humpable huggable pillow out featuring Gurren Laggan's Yoko
I simply cannot contain my
erection disgust at the
like minded-individual pitiful geeks who purchase these things.
Tales from the West East
Canine's that make Alex shriek so loudly it would make Fay Wray proud & The Girlfriend from hell.
It's a wrap!
Until next week, my pretties!
Comments
Alex
I finally got my Girlfriend to begin listening to your show and she loves it. Since listening to you guys, Dave and Joel, and AWO she has asked me to watch Hajime no Ippo, Master Keaton, and Hokuto no Ken with her. Keep up the great shows.
Jim
Glad to hear that she loves it and that you are still listening, Jim. I'm also immensely glad that at least someone got the "Groucho Marx" Gundam! Bless you!
The only downside to the health care system in Japan is that is really hard to get any type of cold medicine of any kind.
I have to say that the healthcare system here in good ol' Nazi Germany is pretty enviable (as is our provisions for veterans), but it was introduced under a government that was considerably unlike the current one.
Alex, does not place much trust in Japanese dentists however.
The reason for his last trip to Hong Kong? A dentist trip!
Love the new "Tales from the East" segment. Hearing about your mis-adventures is pretty funny. And the depth that you cover life in Asia in general really sets you apart from the other anime podcasts. So keep it up.
About Wannabe's, before my internet went AWOL, I managed to snag it off of torrent. I enjoyed watching it until it got to the last 5min of the show, where i was treated to the most anti-climatic ending that I've seen in a while.
[Spoiler Alert]
The chick falls out of a window about 20-30 stories and then they cut straight to a cut scene where the 2 main characters are apparently fine despite the fact that one of them should probably be street pizza? wtf? :p
Ohh well, its 80's anime so bad direction kind of comes with the territory. If you look at most old media, anime or otherwise, bad direction always sticks out like a sore thumb.
Speaking of bad media, I had a look at the 2007 summer season list for anime. And surprise surprise, 90% of it is High School romance, harem, and moe. *sigh* Well at least i have a months worth of material to catch up on.....
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/07/18/international/i201504D12.DTL
Also, your Robot Carnival review has inspired me to do one as well in the near future. I figure I've got to weigh in with the geezer opinion on it and get it out for consumption before Anime World Order!
That is, of course, provided I can tear myself away from the images of the "love pillow". Eh-heh.