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Hosts: Evan "Vampt Vo" Minto, Alain (Hisui), Kate (Narutaki), Carol (Kohaku), and Carl
Topic: Otakon 2009
At long last the Ani-Gamers Podcast has woken from its Otakon-induced slumber. Today we've got a mega-podcast (four co-hosts is pretty mega!) that was supposed to be recorded while we were mega-riding the Megabus charter bus service. But since there were so many normal people on the bus, we couldn't record it, and our intrepid bloggers have come together using the power of Skype to send this Otakon 2009 convention report into the great beyond that is the Internet.
Unfortunately, Skype is a fickle friend, so we faced off with such problems as echoes and inexplicable audio dropout. The resulting podcast might not sound as great audio-wise as most of our other episodes, but believe me, it took a lot of work to edit it to a point at which it would actually be listenable. Nevertheless, I hope you enjoy it!
Show notes and links can be found after the break.
(Runtime: 1 hour, 10 minutes)
[0:00:00] Intro: Voice actor Michele Knotz (recorded at AnimeNEXT 2009)
[0:00:05] Opening Song: "R.O.D Theme" by Taku Iwasaki (R.O.D. OVA opener)
[0:00:19] We've got a lot of people on the podcast today! So many that Skype can't handle the power, and it shuts us out of our conversation again and again. Curse you!
[0:01:46] What'cha Been Doing? Kate has been watching Eureka Seven, Carol has been watching Kyo Kara Maoh!, Alain has been playing Umineko, Carl has been watching Pretty Cure All Stars DX, and Evan has been watching Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi.
[0:08:40] Break: "Watashi no Kare wa Pilot (My Boyfriend Is A Pilot)" by Mari Iijima (from Super Dimension Fortress Macross) I swear that this is appropriate, because, y'know, Ishiguro directed Macross! Also it was the only Macross song I had on my harddrive at the time. I swear!
[0:09:33] Discussion: Otakon 2009 was awesome. However, there were some problems, such as Daryl Surat being shut down for showing Apocalypse Zero and us getting NO INTERVIEWS AT ALL. Highlights include: Yutaka Yamamoto is a classy guy, the Space Battleship Yamato blowing up the Starship Enterprise, and morse code podcasts. For more information about the guests we saw and the panels we attended, check out the official Otakon website or read Ani-Gamers' continuing coverage of the convention. And finally, that picture of Noboru Ishiguro that I kept talking about is attached to this post.
[1:04:10] We chatter for way too long as we try to plug everybody's blogs and say goodbye. Don't listen to this part. Doctors believe that it actually makes you stupider. (And please do visit the Reverse Thieves and Ogiue Maniax)
[1:09:37] Ending Song: "WORLD END Instrumental" by FLOW (Code Geass R2 second opener)
[1:09:52] Outro: I've discovered your true identity, Reverse Thieves! By night you fight crime as anime bloggers, but by day, you're really... A BEATLES COVER BAND!
5 comments:
This is Viga! Thanks for the small plug when you talked about my panels.
Just to comment on the one person, many panels situation. I think the reason why is because Geeknights, AWO and others have did ver good panels in the past that proved itself.
That's probably only part of the reason. Submitting it the right way to a make or break to be an Otakon panelist.
Then there the people that simply submit a bunch they did at prior conventions successfully. Actually I did that and was a first time panelist for Otakon. 4 panels is harsh.
Glad to meet all of you and I love this show. Listened to some recently. Awesome!
oh man these new york accents
Thanks for the shoutout. I think more people need to do panels, but then we always hear more complaints about how these new panels are not well-researched or just poorly presented.
I think you guys might have produced the best Otakon podcast report so far, though. Solid balance of the positives and negatives with a helping of general chitchat.
I think you're right about that, Viga: we get the same people running panels because they're good panelists, which means that a) their panels are likely to be accepted, and b) they often do multiple panels at a single con. It makes for a better lineup of panels, though it also cuts down on diversity.
Thanks so much for the compliments on the podcast, Viga and Alex!
Thanks for the podcast, liked the breadth of the discussion. I actually didn't mind the length, despite it being one of your longer ones, and was actually kind of sad when it ended.
The mainland cons sound like a lot of fun. Wish it weren't so expensive to attend one.
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