Bonus - Clarissa Explains It [F]all

By popular demand, here's what we--and by we I mean Clarissa--think of the Fall 2006 anime lineup. What we watched of it, anyway. Death Note and D. Gray-Man were covered in Show # 39.

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Introduction (0:00 - 29:29)
This episode proves why all audio editing should be done while wearing headphones. In trying out the new equipment, the resulting recording varied wildly in audio levels. Much of the audio had to be amplified a lot, which introduced a lot of static. We tried using the Noise Removal feature of Audacity at a very low setting, and while it sounds okay on speakers, on headphones you can hear this near-constant distortion/static in the background. Oh well, I suppose it's steps that must be taken to learn how non-headset microphones, preamps, and all that jazz actually work.

Be that as it may, we read some more emails. Miraculously, someone went and read Phoenix per our recommendations! Perhaps it would be more than that if only people could actually FIND places selling it, since even online stores like Amazon don't tend to have it. We then talk about the state of horror in anime, or rather the lack thereof. Dear Japan: vampires do not a horror anime make. We also give our thoughts on Hellsing as well as Lone Wolf & Cub. Plus, Michael Wishlow sent all of us a bunch of crazy untranslated things on DVD. Gerald reveals that the only thing in this world that causes him fear is the thought of nonhuman entities aboard spaceships, and in anime's defense, it's at least got a good bit of that. No wonder Michael gave him the copy of Roots Search.

Oh, one more thing. The Full Metal Panic: The Second Raid Vol 1 contest giveaway has concluded. We did the drawing on 11/16, so the winners will probably receive their prizes long before Show # 40 actually gets edited and uploaded.

Let's News! (29:29 - 43:16)
The RahXephon thinpack set which ADV released actually has all the extras intact on it, Satoshi Kon's new movie Paprika might be eligible for an Academy Award, Media Blasters isn't licensing the second season of Ah My Goddess, Gerald's hero Tomonobu Itagaki (whom Daryl refers to as "the Japanese Joey Snackpants" or "JapaNabbe" because of those shades he wears) is getting sued for sexual harassment, and DeepDiscountDVD had their 20% off sale this week. And to think, this time ADV didn't remove all their titles from the sale! They only do two sales a year, so the next one's in April.

This is the image Gerald was talking about when ADV has their sale, be sure to look carefully at the price they cross out and the price you buy it for (you'll probably need to click on the image since it's a bit small):

Promo: Chibi-Tokyo (43:16 - 43:52)
Ed and Dan went to PMX, which is officially the BEST CONVENTION EVER because it had an arcade Punchmania 2 cabinet. Let it be known that Daryl will pay the money to own such a machine in his home. He has tried contacting various arcade distributors, but since it's a Japan-only game, the websites that stock it don't tend to have sites that are in English. No point in getting the "Fighting Mania" game (English language release of the original Punchmania) because Punchmania 2 includes all the levels from that and then some.

Fall 2006 Preview
The rest of Clarissa's initial impressions of the Fall 2006 season, as continued from last week.

Code GEASS (43:52 - 47:08)
Super Robot Wars Original Generation (47:08 - 50:29)
Bartender (50:29 - 54:51)
Red Garden (54:51 - 56:27)
Pumpkin Scissors (56:27 - 1:03:45)
Souten no Ken/Fist of the Blue Sky (1:03:45 - 1:09:38)

Promo: Greatest Movie EVER! Podcast (1:09:38 - 1:10:23)
Dear Gooberzilla: The Chronicles of Riddick and Ryuhei Kitamura are totally awesome. Accept this. The Dolph Lundgren Punisher, Tank Girl, Underworld: Evolution, and Stealth are not awesome. Something's going to have to be done to straighten you out, STAT.

Sumomo Momomomo (1:10:23 - 1:13:45)
--> Kanon (1:13:45 - 1:20:38) <--
Black Blood Brothers...and more Kanon (1:20:38 - 1:22:05)
The Gargoyles of the Yoshinagas...and more Kanon (1:22:05 - 1:24:00)

Closing (1:24:00 - 1:28:10)
We wrap things up by mentioning a few of the shows we didn't get around to watching. Daryl will tell you why the watermelon is there later.

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