Ninja Consultant Podcast

Show #104 - Direct Download: OP & ED "Tough Boy" by TOM*CAT (from Fist of the North Star) We finally caught up with Felipe Smith at MangaNext 2012. Felipe did the MBQ series after placing in Tokyopop's Rising Stars of Manga. Then he moved to Japan and wrote and drew a series called Peepo Choo for Morning 2 Magazine, which has been imported to the U.S. by Vertical books. We had a long talk with Felipe about what it's like to work in Japan, and whether or not Bakuman is true to life. Where to get his books: Peepo Choo MBQ volume 1 MBQ volume 2 MBQ volume 3

Show #104 – Direct Download: OP & ED “Tough Boy” by TOM*CAT (from Fist of the North Star) We finally caught up with Felipe Smith at MangaNext 2012. Felipe did the MBQ series after placing in Tokyopop’s Rising Stars of Manga. Then he moved to Japan and wrote and drew … Continue reading →

Show #103 - Direct Download: OP: Symphonic Suite Yamato INT: Various Gundam eyecatches ED: Giant Gorg OP Here we interview Steve Harrison, one of the grand old men of [American] anime [fandom]. (Although, honestly, I don't think he's that old.) We were fooled into thinking this would be a good idea by Daryl Surat, who claimed Steve Harrison was his future self, but not himself from the future. Apparently in the future Daryl grows a beard and learns how to be polite and charming. The sound quality is extremely poor, as I brought a USB to XLR adapter that decided to not work with my laptop, so we would up recording using the laptop speaker and my iphone, and then I mixed the two sources together, slowly and painfully over several months, as they kept going out of sync. You can really hear every chair scraping the floor in the mall, and the occasional piece of food court muzak.

Show #102a - Direct Download: I feel justified in recasting this podcast for a couple of reasons: 1. I was a guest. (Noah makes a brief appearance.) 2. And perhaps more importantly, I edited this show, but the A and B parts. Daryl then re-edited it, and cut out my awesome Christmas remix of the AWO theme song. He also probably cut out more "ums". In any case, this was ready to go on December 30th, 2011. Read AWO's full show notes here.

Show #101 - Direct Download: Music Break #1: Adventure Time theme song Music Break #2: The theme song from China, IL a new Adult Swim show created by internet sensation Brad Neely ED: "George Washington" also by Brad Neely With special guests, including @spiraken from Spiraken Manga Review and @VamptVo from Ani-Gamers.

Show #099 - Direct Download: OP & ED: "Chase the Light!" by Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, the opening song to Kaiji Season 2, which I don't think we talk about in the show at all. With special guests from the OSMcast and Anime World Order.

Show #098 - Direct Download: OP: "Mamboleo" by Elissa INT: "Friday" by Matt Mulholland ED: "Right here right now" by Fatboy Slim - Various We talk to our friends Emily and Dave about their recent trip to Japan, post-Earthquake, where they watched sumo and visited a Hakone onsen I recommended. They also compare AWA to DragonCon. Then I talk to @kransomwastaken about what it's like to run the videogame room at AWA for like 11 years, and outsider art from Nosferatu. Here's a list of the AWA AMVs, which we also talk about. Below, the winning video:

Show #097 - Direct Download: We talk with @DWashington999 about upcoming events to look forward to at Anime Weekend Atlanta 2011. Be sure to check out all the Ninja Consultant panels at AWA this weekend: Unusual Manga Genres: Friday, 6:00 PM Room 106 21 + Manga and Anime: Saturday, 9:00 PM Room 106 Culinary Manga: Sunday, 2:00 PM, Room 106 Admittedly, there is an annoying buzzing noise on the the line when Darius talks on the phone. I didn't figure out a way to fix it fast enough before the convention, but listeners proficient with Audacity who'd like to take a crack at fixing it are invited to email ninjaconsultant at gmail and I'll send a link to the original files.

Show #096 - Direct Download: The Makoto Shinkai press conference from Otakon 2011, with the spoiler questions stacked at the end. ANN did a full transcript here. But just reading it you can't here all your favorite anime journalist asking the questions! I have cut out the translator whispering the questions to Shinkai.

Show #095 - Direct Download: OP:  "マジLOVE1000％" by ST☆RISH, the ending theme of Uta no Prince-sama (here's my review of Uta on Shelf Life) ED: Opening theme of the 1983 TV series "The Littles" If this 50mb file is hilariously too large for you, there is a low quality version here. Our spoiler free take on Children who Chase Lost Voices from Deep Below aka Hoshi o Ou Kodomo That film reminded me of The Journey of Shuna, although I can never remember the title. Tezuka's Phoenix, Volume 2, Future My review of Sound of the Sky, (So-Ra-No-Wo-To) Gensis of the Daleks Arrietty the Borrower, aka Arrietty. You could buy the [region free] Blu-ray from amazon.jp right now, I'm just saying.  My review of Hero Tales.

Show #094 - Direct Download: OP: "Fly! Gundam" by Koh Ikeda ED: "Fly, Gundam" covered by Andrew WK on his album Gundam Rock. Evan from Ani-Gamers is also on this recording, although briefly. The translator is Mari Morimoto.

Show #093 - Direct Download: ED: "Now You're A Man" by DVDA @mangacast's Seinen Up!! Panel from Genericon 2011. Apparently this recording was done by monkeys, and as such I apologize for the popping noises throughout. I tried to also remove many of the more awkward pauses, but not all of them, as I have other things to do today. Despite the poor quality, it's worth toughing this one out for the following reasons: There's a mention of the true author of Lone Wolf and CubEd says shojo is basically deadLearn the entire history of manga! (Almost.)You can learn about the state of the manga industry in France...and more!

Show #092 - Direct Download: Here is a recording of our Culinary Manga panel from New York Comic Con last fall. I believe it was recorded by Spiraken originally, on an iphone, so the sound quality isn't great. @samkusek is also on this panel, and is a major contributor of content. You can follow along by downloading the PDF of the Powerpoint presentation. Here is the video played in the middle:

Show #091 - Direct Download: OP: "Dance Epidemic" by Electric Six Noah talks about Gantz for like, two and a half hours. Are you listening comfortably? Maybe you should get a snack. By the way, here's my Shelf Life review of Gantz.

Show #090 - Direct Download: With special guests Lawrence Eng, plue Gerald and Clarissa from Anime World Order. NSFW: We use explicit language and talk about sex and dating in Japan.