The Banzai Beat Anime Podcast
Madoka We Go
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Had to go there. Well hey, you already sounded depressed. I just thought I'd put a little cherry on top there. There you go. I'm actually in a very good mood. I don't know why. It's Sunday night. Have to get up early tomorrow and go back to work. I don't know what's so cheerful with that. Yes, but you get to do this wonderful podcast and talk to the best person in the world. Oh yeah. How you doing this week? I am doing okay. It's been in way too much time in Eve, but it's been productive, at least, at least, at least productive as opposed to freeze. You don't even have to do anything in Eve. You just set your skills set and you'll wait till you're on time. Oh no, there's more to it than that. You've got to get money and build things and get status with various corporations. Ooh, I got status with ISK in Microsoft. I got ISK, man. I went and bought ISK from like shatteredcrystal.com back before it was illegal, I think. I bought like 50,000 ISK or some crazy amount for like 20 bucks. I bought this really expensive frigate and then I got zoned up and I was like fuck. It's a harsh world out there in Eve. Yes. I'm just mining my rocks, mining my own business and get blasted. No, you know what? Honestly, the only thing that pisses me off about the game, the warp time. Like I got to go from 0.3 to 0.9. All right, must have a pack of lunch. Yeah. Oh yeah, I agree. That's why I stayed generally in one area. But yes, the warp time is a pain in the butt. I usually have a book I'm reading or something. Oh, that's going on. Reading? Who does that thing anymore? Although I just bought a book so I guess I can't complain. So what are you even watching this week? Anything? Are you too busy in Eve? Oh, I've been too busy in Eve mostly. I've been keeping up with Darker Than Black, which oddly had a humor episode, which was totally out of left field. I mean, because like the title says, the most of the anime is pretty much has a darker than Black theme and feeling. I just randomly, there was like a silly, you know, dumb and dumber almost episode. And it was like, what the fuck? They went to color. You know, it would be like if suddenly in lane, things just got crazy freaky and hilarious. You know, if it went, if it, if lane became Bobo, Bobo, Bobo, Bobo, Bobo, you know, that was the, I was almost what this was like. Ah. And it was, I kept waiting for the other shoe to drop and it was really, really weird because it never did. Good. Left Bocano alone for right now because though I like things like Memento and do that kind of stuff that it's doing with timelines. I really, really literally feel like I need to be taking notes while I'm watching the show and I don't have time for that right now. Yeah. Bocano is on a Netflix streaming right now, I just thought. But I made the mistake of watching another episode of Bleach and was like, damn it, the show is so stupid, but yet it is so addictive. Ah. And it just goes on for freaking ever. There you go. I have been watching, I started watching Serial Experiments Lane and every episode I've wondered what the blank am I watching? Which, of course, is the point. You're supposed to wonder that. Well, I mean. Pretty much right up to the end. I've watched four and a half episodes. Oh, shit. You're nowhere near close enough to figure out what's going on, man. Well, here's the thing. Because I can't follow it, because just events happen because they can. Yes, they're starting to slightly make more sense, but. Well, that's the way it is. Just somebody's driving out of me. You watch it and you go, what the fuck? And then you get the end and it kind of makes sense. Yes. You go back and you watch it again. But there's usually something that makes you want to keep watching the show. And Lane so far, nothing has made me go back and go, man. I want to know the utter and complete oddity and wanting to figure out what was going on. That's why I like stuff that's touching it. But that's why I came to anime. I came to anime because it was so freaking weird most of the time when I was in college. I mean, you know, the first anime I was exposed to was Vampire Hunter D. And I started about halfway through. So. Mm-hmm. Oh, I got you. I just didn't understand. For me, I like shows that are like, hey, something's going on. You're being rewarded for watching with an interesting plot. And it just seems really slow. I mean, I probably sure it's not. But for me, it's just been like, I just find myself being bored with what's on during the show. Because it's like, it's all a bunch of stuff that's going to, you're going to probably end up finding out about this, that or the other thing. But right now, it's like I spent 20 episodes doing all these actions. And then they're going to have the payoff later. But you've got to sit here and remember all these little things. It's like, come on, who can do that realistically? Well, I did, but, you know, I mean, my favorite types of anime are things like Ava and Ghost in the Shell, and when they cry and things like this. That, I know, I do take notes when I watch these shows. Sometimes I think I should, but they're not pointless. Lane is great for that. I mean, Lane is for people who thought Ava was easy to understand, which I did. I don't actually understand why so many people dislike that show. But I never watched the movies because I understood the ending of the series. You're the only one, then. Yeah, I guess I am, but they, but I love that show. I mean, I don't take a lot. So obviously, I got, well, my roommate said volume one. I have volume two and three right now sitting next to me from Netflix. I'll get her on to watching here this week. Today, I also started watching Seki Ray. Not heard of that one. It's from Funimation. I watched it last year. I watched first two episodes last year, but it kind of dropped it. But now that it's dubbed, and it's on Netflix streaming, I'm going to continue watching it. It's nice to be able to throw something on and work and kind of half pay attention, but still know what the hell's going on. But come on, the show has it all. Guy, normal guy. Remind me a lot of love Hina and Sakura Diaries, where the guy has failed trying to get into his university twice now. He's a lovable, and welcome to the HK, and he's a lovable loser. And all of a sudden, a girl comes flying out of the sky and she has big old bitty titties. Yeah, those are the type of animations I really cannot stand. Here we go, here. They must fight each other. And it's a secret. It's okay, you can't tell anybody. But the guy is a partner. I forgot what they called it, but she like walked around naked. There's nudity in the first episode. Just because she's too stupid to know she's whipping out her boobs. And he likes that? I don't know. So far, I don't know, two episodes in. Guy, I think it's going to be a winner. I foresee this. And you were complaining about a show pandering to the lowest common denominator a minute ago. Sounds like this one's doing the exact same thing. No, I think I heard her review on Anime 3000. How about that Master of Martial Hearts? Holy fuck, am I kidding. We've got to review that piece of shit. Oh, yeah, the following week, we'd have to watch it first. It's only six episodes. And since no one seemed interested in me recording myself watching utter crap anime. Yeah, but it's all good. You know what? We can watch utter crap and review it on the show each and every week. Yeah. We don't need to do something. Well, no, I'm going to start watching Bleach again. So, you know, I'm doing that already. You know what's funny? I loved the first, like, 10 or 15 episodes of Bleach. Like, Bleach, getting a Bleach sticks out of my mind so well. Because it was so well done. Average guy. Yeah. It's well done, but it's still shown. No, no, no. I understand that. I mean, why start watching Bleach? I loved it. Your co-host, like, owns several books on philosophy. So, you know, I'm not normal. You know whatever. You're a science teacher. You're not normal to deal with. What's up, Kitty? You're going to have to leave me alone. He wants his review anime. I guess. You know, he could review, oh, shoot. What's the anime about a cat? Uh, yeah. G Suite Home. Yes, right. She wants to talk about that, evidently. Actually, if you've joined us at stickcam, stickcam.com, Front slash Monday, we eat every Sunday night, at around 6.30 pm Eastern Standard Time. You can watch myself talking to a microphone. But this week, because I've angled my camera, my cat has sprouted out sleeping on the bed behind me, and you can see him. That's what's going on. So, we can see him. Pepper is sleeping. No, Pepper is my other friend's cat's name. What is your cat's name? Pepper? Oh, okay. I was right then. You were? So, we can see Pepper's Sweet Home tonight then. Exactly. It's got Pepper being lazy. Um... No, no, no, wait. Pepper is a cat. That's redundant. Okay. Come on. I don't get it. You just lost me. Cats are always lazy. Oh, gotcha. Okay. But, uh... So, I started watching "Secured Hate for Shit in the Giggles" because like, well, this could be an interesting hearing. I guess it could be an interesting review down the line. Um... Got two or three... Nick Toons released two more... two or three more episodes of... Of, uh... Dragon Ball Z. We now have an end point. We now have an end point. Ninety-eight episodes. So... And this is the short version. Yeah. And I've got... Well, you know, they only stand and stare at each other for half an episode. They do. As opposed to three. Exactly. The yawing is less. Um... That's amazing. I put, you know, I spend several hours sometimes writing thought-provoking posts on, um... Anime Vice. You spent hours. The only one that got responses was my five-minute post about how much I hated Dragon Ball Z. Well, there you go. Because you're really... You're trolling. Immediately got two really long flaming responses. See? 'Cause you're trolling. You're seen as trolling. If you put effort on your phone. Well, no! I was... Here are the reasons I don't like this. Here's what you should be talking about. And don't tell me that this is something that every Anime fan likes because it's not true. That was anything. I was not trolling. Trolling? Trolling, you have to be... Not seriously believing what you're saying and saying it just to be controversial. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, Dragon Ball Z. That's about it. There was no... A lot of the shows were canceled this week due to the Earther McQuake. Which makes absolutely utter perfect sense despite what some people saw. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Stop hating. People are passionate, man. I shouldn't have to... No, no, no, no. People are stupid. There's a difference. Passion. Okay. Okay, okay, okay. This week in Anime News. Brought to you by Anime News Network. Thanks, Anime News Network. And Japan-amator. Thingy. The. So... There's news. I think the biggest news of the week was... More Sailor Moon. Uh... Yes! So don't USA was like... We need manga that will sell. What's that one manga that sells in the USA other than Fruits Basket? Oh, I know. What do Sailor Moon? And that's what they did. They're having Sailor Moon manga coming in September. Now, of course, if they really wanted something that would sell, they could just do Sailor Moon... Hintai. But, you know. That's easy enough. And why would they do that? Who the hell by Fentai? Uh... A lot of people, actually. Well, I don't think so. I mean, most of the... In America, probably not that many, but... It still seems to sell quite well in Japan. Whatever. This is for America. Not Japan. This is true. We actually download hours here. The series will follow the 2003 Japanese re-release pattern with 12 volumes, plus the companion volumes, dedicated to related short stories. Before the release of the Sailor Moon manga, Konanichi USA will also release the prequel codenamed Sailor V manga that predates Sailor Moon below quotes from executives on the release. I am very excited for this release. I am Fukadotra USA. We do stuff. And that's what he said. I swear it. So what was that supposed to say? We do stuff. So everyone who likes Sailor Moon will like this release. Yeah. So... Japan-o-mater... Japan, I... He says... Japan... A-tor... A-tor... A-ta-er... Whatever. They have a pretty interesting article. You know, when we had hurricanes here, Hurricane Katrina, people got raped and looted, and the National Army had to come out and, like, whoop-ass, 'cause Americans are assholes who care only with themselves. Well, in Japan... Apparently, no one's been looting. No one has been raped, and everyone's been pretty damn calm. But why is this? Well, according to this article, they say that... Well, first off, the... the culture... that if you find a lost item, the findee usually gets 5-20% reward based on the value of the item found from the person who lost it. So, that's kind of rewards you for doing a good deed. Now, I don't know if that's automatic. I mean, I would hope someone would do it or the kindness of their hurt, and not just for the reward, but I guess it's Sweden's to deal. That's weird. It is weird. And then... also, they said that the... the Yakuza have something to play with this. They said, according to Adelson, which is someone who wrote this kind of article, the major Yakuza families have squads formed that walk the streets, just like the police do, to make sure that crime doesn't happen during the crisis. According to the Yakuza boss, "In times of crisis, there are not Yakuza and civilians or foreigners. They are only human beings, and we should help each other because we are Yakuza." I thought you were in Yakuza voice there. That is my Yakuza voice. It's oddly familiar, like the Kedanji USA people. This is just so very strange. I mean, these are the people that... I don't know if Yakuza care about prostitution, extortion, and drug trafficking. And, you know, probably child porn and other things. Oh, come on. Like, that's slander. You're going to be sued by the Yakuza. Yes, right. The lawyer is going to be sued. They're going to bust through my window and shoot me more likely. There you go. Or, you know, throw a ninja star in my head. But... Yakuza's are also ninjas. This is just truly strange. Come on, it takes away the most... the mystique of like... man, they're badass. No, they're just normal human beings. They know that. Well, no, they still are badass. No, that's what's so strange about it. I mean, from everything I've read, they're... hard core. They make our mob look like children. Even, you know, back in the 40s when our mob actually had... was more powerful. Well, you know what? Yakuza care enough about their family. They... are in their town, in their city, in their country. They've got pride. They may be in a legal... game. Except that they do terrible things to their countrymen, you know, like, extortion and prostitution and drug trafficking. They're in normal times. So... You want to make a buck? That's the most expensive to live in. You want to make a buck? I don't know. I guess. What you're saying? I mean, come on now. It takes away the mystique of them. Being hard core, they are, though. Everyone's just a human being. Come on now. We aren't that bad, Moba Guy. Next time I see an anime about yakuza or something, I'm like, "Ha!" I'm gonna go to Japan. I'm not going to Japan. You know what? I am gonna go to Japan. And see if I can kind of have, like, tea with these guys. Maybe go to a karaoke together. Have a good time. Maybe they're just misunderstood. The keyboard is looking for acceptance in friends. And they lash out. It was a drug. Well, when you come back with several tattoos and, you know, remind me to not spend time with you anymore. What in America looks badass, though? It's getting white guy with, like, a wicked dragon on his arm. Yeah, you would scare me shitless, quite frankly. I mean, the picture that I have with this article on Japan-aider is, you know, "Gal looks badass." I have to admit. Imagine the creator with the tattoos and... Oh, God. Another last one, though. Damn you, Blue Curator. Thankfully, we don't see, you know, the parts of this guy's anatomy that I have absolutely knows I already see on any human being of this male. Um... Yes. All right, moving on. Macross 2 frontier, erm, the Macross frontier. Macross 2 producer, er, Hiroshi Kaikui passes away in Kaik. So that's a bummer. Um, Aiden confirmed with Jan Scott-Frazier, a close friend of the deceased and other anime history members. The producer and animator Hiroshi Kaikui passed away during the March 11th quake. Um, yeah, so he's gone. His wife survived a disaster, so that's good. Among other projects he's produced was a super-dimensioned fortress Macross 2. Lovers again. And... Moldiver? I've never heard of that show. But yeah, that's a bummer, though. Um, Funimation to her at least. Yeah, I didn't- I couldn't believe when I read this. So I remember last year... The internet, like, broke itself. The anime fans are like, "Oh, fuck you, Funimation. You jerks. Not giving me my underage Lolita porn." No, no, no, no, no, no. And I actually had people on anime vice explain this to me. Yes, yes, you know what? I know Lolita. Because she's a vampire and she's like, you know, 10,000 years old. Okay, you're talking to the person who owns a fucking manga. Shut up. But I'm sorry, if you're- no, I don't give a crap. It's still Lolita, it's still disturbing. You're still fucked up. Go away. Yeah. Anyway. Yeah, go and continue. Funimation has decided that we are going to release unedited versions of Vampire Bund. But you can only buy them shortly. And I am pondering buying it. Why? I don't know. Just so I can resell it in a year when all of them go away. And disgusting people are like, "Oh my God, I'll pay you a triple." And I'm like, "Right on." Anime Retailer Right Stuff currently lists a June 24th release for Dance in the Vampire Bund. DVD Blu-ray complete. Series combo from Funimation. Funimation who is confirmed with A&N, that's released, will be unedited. And it's a just retail price of $69.98 for the regular edition. Oh, the regular kit. So unedited costs $5 more. That's right. You got to pay more if you want to see, you know, little hairless girls drawn. Well, yeah. The dots that, I don't know. The $64.98 release for the normal one. God, I love you. And they're still going to lose money on it. Oh, no, they won't. Right Stuff. You're the bad ass thing about Right Stuff is, they will release like, "Hey, we'll preorder this for $70." And then like a week or two or three, they will have a Funimation sale where everything Funimation, including those brand new pre-releases. Oh, we'll drop them down to $49.99. So it'll be $70. Somebody's going to lose money on it because people are going to pirate it. I mean, it's what happens with one piece. That's anything. Shut up. You need to be quiet. Just stop talking. Oh, it is. I'm sorry. You're just being pessimistic and gloom and doom. People are going to pirate it. What happened to one piece? People complained about one piece being edited. They released an unedited version. Nobody bought it. How do you know? They don't release numbers. I've done research. What research? And a man, a written thesis, man. Yeah, you're only like doom and gloom. Like, "Well, this makes nothing to the topic." What do you expect? That's been my time on the anime on DVD forums. What? They know anything. You just have too much money to spend. No, they don't. They're always gloom and doom all the time, too. Well, because these people have nothing better to do. And I am hoping that they lose money on this, so we don't get any more of this crap. But it's a good show, otherwise. You know what? Hey, look. Hey, Jesse. Hey, look right behind me. gloom and doom. We're going out of business. Look at all that. That's all fucking DVDs. All anime. Doom and gloom, motherfucker. I don't know. For people not interested in it. And I didn't worry about you because you have the manga, actually. Hey, they're selling it legit in the United States. I'm going to make sure they don't spend any time with you. Hey, I bought it at Borders. And now they're going to happen. They're bankrupt. I know exactly. Anything weird dance in the vampire happens. You didn't look at porn. You couldn't be talking anymore. It's alive. Anywhere dancing in the vampire goes, the company goes bankrupt. That's right. No, I bought the bits legally being... It's legal. I buy all my money or all my mongas legally. I can't stand reading them online. I've tried. It's just too freaking weird. I'll read. I buy them for different reasons, but I bought... I just can't stand a... Oh, what's the most of the manga that I'm reading that's totally weird now? About the police agent that actually has multiple personalities. And is also a criminal. It's a escape itself. You might be the spongebob episode where you think he's guilty of doing something wrong. And I don't know. And Patrick gets framed. And he's the one. He's like... Patrick goes, "It was me all along." I would have never thought of that. Ha! See? Ringing was funged by rare friends and he leaves. Excellent. Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Yeah, I was considering leaving too, actually. Ha! Ha! What did you find this? We know discussing, you know, hardcore thought provoking then get to spongebob. Ha! Ha! This is called "NPD Psycho." And I will not try to pronounce the guy's name. But it's one of the best. I've read it a long time. It's amazing. There you go. Oh, very well done. But I take notes when I read it. And I certainly read each one more than one time. There you go. A summation and out to release all the television anime, which is based on some guy I can't read pronounced manga series of the same name. But the company then streamed the series and was involved in some controversy when announced that both the stream and the DVD release of the series would be edited. After much fan feedback, which means "fuck you for automation, I want my melodita porn, you jerks, think of what the Japanese get, we should get just as much as they do, jerks. Yeah, so that's what the feedback was. Pretty much. Yeah. I don't know. He knows if people would never have bought the stuff. Anyway. But yeah, it was weird. You know, here's a thing. You know, like I said, I own the manga. The manga and the anime are the same exact thing. I swear to God. Like I said in the past episodes when we originally talked about this show, that the friggin'ed manga is like scene for scene on the move, on the, uh, on the, uh, on the, uh, on the, uh, on the, uh, on the. Well, if they didn't do that, the people would complain. No, no, no. I'm just saying like the manga and the anime are identical. It's all I'm saying. So yeah, so wherever vampire bond goes, destruction and doom and gloom, it's sure to follow. Move on to something a little lighter. Okay. No, what the fuck of the week? Do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do. What the fuck? Oh, the week. Yeah. There you go. Good night. Oh, I think we just had our what the fuck of the week. My co-host trying to sing. All right. Moving forward. I could try crooning. Please no. My dear Adeline, what the fuck of the week? We bring it to you by Sengaku Complex, who is the most fucked up website of all. There is tentacle porn, and tentacle rape, and things that just don't seem right. There's a Sengaku Complex, and they're really hard to spell, and I must use Google to find the site. Oh, there we go. Oh, I have to bookmark. But yeah, if I'm doing it everywhere else, I have to Google all the time to find them too. I have a Zucky. No. I don't even. All right. What? You have them. You talk about it. Oh, yes. I do. I'm bored. They're entertaining today. Okay. So we're skipping the one that was bloody trolling, who was not really really just being a dick. Okay. Yep. Not worth our time or energy. Not worth our time. She was just being a dick. Okay. Dude, dude, I'll leave the one for about your review for your review. I'm about to stop. Dude, dude. You should already have this ready, man. Oh, I didn't think we were going right to it, excuse me. So, you know, we're aiding people in the quake, which is really nice, because that's what we do. We have vases there, so we're helping them. And you've been there since World War II. Of course, the people that we're helping, well, no, not the people that we're helping. One stupid magazine is saying that we're helping inappropriately because it's making people want to keep our bases on the island of Okinawa. Then give me a break. So yeah, pretty much. It's an article in an Okinawa rag, Ryuku Shimpu, which I have no idea what that translates to other than shit, but, you know, now presents a lengthy critique of the US military's involvement in ongoing relief efforts in northern Japan, accusing them of using their humanitarian operations to generate positive PR for their presence in Japan, and more specifically, their maintenance of the especially controversial Futuma Air Base in Okinawa. Um, yeah, I know. I'm sure we're probably generating PR, use it, and using it to generate PR. That would be intelligent. There you go. But I'm sure that's not the only reason that we're fucking helping get over yourself. I mean, when 2chan is even telling you you are a bunch of shit, it's time to go, um, looking for you at yourself, you know, and thinking about your life. Yeah. Because yeah, this is even too much for 2chan, um, you know, people in Japan on 2chan are basically saying you should, you should go kill yourself. If the people of Okinawa don't do something about this paper, they really are in danger of being lumped with them. Okay. Um, did you know that it's disgraceful, they are more interested in US-based politics than they are the plight of Tohoku. So did you read the, yeah, that's, that's, that's fairly entertaining. Did you read the comments about the, uh, the, but people are saying, of course, if we weren't helping them, that would have been, you know, they would have been extremely upset. Yeah. About that too. Did you read about the comments about the, uh, when the navel people were dropping off food and water, what 2chan was saying? No, I don't think I've seen that one yet. Um, they were all like super positive and like crazy over the top. It's like, they're delivering food and I go, my God, they look so cool. It's like, well, yeah, that's the other article and I was going to have us read. I have a bunch of people, um, as expected of our friends, USC, I said, they're so handsome. It's like a movie. Yeah. I thought that would too. That's awesome. I didn't get it. What was honestly really cool about this one, um, we evidently have a part of our, uh, navy that is called the Black Knights. Hmm. There you go. So, so evidently they're going to start, you know, if, if they start moving around and be huge robots, that's, that's going to be. And or King Arthur comes back. Then we got problems there too. Yeah. Yes. True. All right. I can't remember what is the name of the show. I was going to remember the show that this was a reference from that I forget. Wow. That's really bad. It is an absolutely good show that you reviewed last week, I think. Stop talking. I can tell you that, um, what is the one with the, the, oh, you almost have it. Come on. You almost have it. Start from the C and a G and have the word ass in it. Yeah. No, you've lost me. Korgia. Sorry. Korgia. But so I've been, so that's an interesting, I'm not sure if that, that's supposed to be a reference in that show to our military. No, but because it's also a Black Knight from whenever that thing happened. Hey, what's move on? All right. It's like a game for people. It's what should you get. It's time for the Wheelie DVD bits. Yay. Well, I was going to give you more about the family guy producer being a dick and Yakueman being a dick. Yeah. That's good. One more forward because we got plenty to do. Yes, we do. Because well, that guy's a jerk. The show you were thinking of. No, I'm not going to be watching Family Guy anymore. That's for damn sure. No. One or eight or more. Of course, that's really easy because I didn't watch Family Guy to begin with. There you go. There is a lot of stuff coming out this week. Cold Geass is literally bellying. The first complete scene. There we go. That's the one I was talking about. Yeah. If you were to listen to me, I said it five fucking times. I heard it had the word ass in it, but not too busy. I actually have that coming from right stuff. Yeah. That's pretty much going to be my recommendation. There's a lot of good stuff out this week. It's Cold Geass. There's Eden of the East, the movie, the first movie. King of Eden. There's also the Melonara Baro each time. What's that? That is a bleach box set. Who cares? Loo hoo. I can't decide. You got two kick ass shows in Eden of the East and Cold Geass. Well, I'll choose Good Geass, then you can choose Eden of the East. There you go. What can I think? Roghichon came out this week too. Good. Come on. In this Kio's, the first episode, Kio owns a sheep for some reason, and they're all chibi versions of themselves. Yeah, I didn't even go with Eden of the East. It's good. Of course, I had the movie. The darker than the Black Season 1 collection came out, which is good. I've been enjoying watching that online. Yeah. Don't know if I would say that it is worth buying or not. Not yet. Can't say, because I haven't seen all of it. But Kogios is worth buying. He's expensive as all hell. A lot of stuff is coming out next week too. So man, Funimation is like whooping ass. Yeah. They're spilling their load. Alright. So yeah, Eden of the East and Kogios. Yeah. Yep. There you go. Okay, now you can talk about the Family Guy, Creator Guy. Oh, okay. Well, Family Guy basically said we shouldn't be helping Japan. And because, you know, they bombed Pearl Harbor. That's it. Oh, I'll read more of it, hold on. Family Guy, producer. Pearl Harbor is greater than dead Japanese. If you want to feel better about this earthquake in Japan, Google Pearl Harbor death toll. So they're only the ranks of fellow Americans keen to joke. I probably wasn't even joking about the misfortunes of the yellow races or describe the racial guilt to the Japanese, floral plural harbor slash whaling slash non-whiteness. Family Guy, producer and writer Alex Sulkin has been caught pointing out that the Japanese death don't matter as their ancestors once bombed and they will base at Pearl Harbor. That the comment was made on Twitter hardly requires explanation. He soon deleted it and offered the usual trade apology for getting caught. Someone hacked my account, I bet. Oh, no. No, he's an ass. And usually the apology is, I don't know what happened. My account must have got hacked. Yeah. And then Yakuman has held them to stop canceling our anime being, you know, who's that guy? There's no need for self restraint with anime. There's no need to cancel Madoka. Now of all times, anime must keep crying out the truth of humanity. Oh, wait a minute. I'm a good Doka. He strives out the truth of humanity. You know what this is me, huh? Tell me if it's not. It's, it's, it's, I think Kuro is like, well Doka's been canceled. It's like, oh, fuck you. And sometimes I really want to like, sometimes I'm a Doka, or I'm not my Doka. So Gaku just pisses me off with their fucking bullshit titles. Because it's like when you read the story, it's like, uh, no, it's been delayed a week. Everywhere. But Yakuman has actually said that they should stop canceling it. So. You're underlay. That is what he said. He didn't say cancel. I mean, well, who cares? You know what? He's probably saying he's gonna get word cancel and delay mixed up. They've just been delaying stuff. Oh, I know, but he's on some to stop doing it. He's an ass. Whatever. Fuck him. What does he ever do for anybody? Nothing. Who is this guy anyway? Uh, he made fractal and, um, he cares, fuck fractal. He's a noted anime director. Oh. Shut up. You're a dick. It's a good way to agree on this. Oh, yes. Isn't it? All right. What's gonna move on? Let's do that guy. Time for the review. Yes. So Madoka Magica or Piola, Madoka, Magi, or Maho Jojo go, Maho Jojo, Madoka Magi guy. There's like a busy lady with names for it. Um, so if you, yes, it's like, no, it's originally, it's originally called Piola, Madoka Magi, Magi. Um, so if you've been watching anime for some time, then you've maybe heard of the genre known as Magical Girl. You think? Well, you never know. Magical Girl stories feature young girls with superhuman abilities or their force of fight evil and to protect the earth. They often possess. Well, you know, it has such things as, um, transformation scenes. I haven't got there, shut up. Oh, god. Uh, they often possess a secret identity. Magical Girls generally obtain their powers from some sort of enchanted object, such as a pendant, a wand, or a compact, or even a ribbon. By concentrating on this object, or in some cases, speaking a special phrase or command, magical girls, uh, the, they get their eye, yeah, so that that happens. Then they transfer, they transfer, man, I can't write, magical girls who also are known as for their outlandish transformation sequences, where usually the clothes are stripped and pieces of clothing and accessories are added with visually appealing effects, such as the way ribbons are being tied, pendants being placed, and weapons being transformed. So there you go, just like you just said. Yep. I'll shut up now. Yeah, the show is upbeat and cheerful and has a, and usually has positive messages. And, uh, some shows that are, and some of the well known shows of magical girls shows are, uh, Shigotchara, cutie, honey, magical, legal girl, nana, hot, and probably the most well known Sailor Moon. Piola Magica, Magi Madoka is directed by Akiyuki Shimbo, who is known for directing such shows as Nagma, Dance, the Vampire Bund, Pawny Pony Dash, Magigo, Lyro, and Magical, Lyrico, Nanoha, cut to that three times fast. And that one thing known as Baka Monogatari, just to name a few, the series has been created by Jen, er, now it's his name, Jen, with a G, or maybe it's Jen. By Jen, Eurobaki, who's also created Phantom and Fate Zero. Piola Magica, Magica, Madoka, uh, starts off as your usual typical magical show. Madoka Kenma, a 14-year-old, and she tends to think of herself as nothing but nothing special. She has a loving mother and a father, Madoka's mother is an up-and-coming executive where she works and she works hard, often working very late. Her father is a stay- is a stay-home dad, she also has a toddler brother, cool, so she's got a pretty normal family, no craziness at home, two loving parents. While Madoka and her friend Miki, Saika, are walking through the mall one day after class, Madoka starts hearing voices in her head asking for help and that's a- that this mystery person needs to be saved. Madoka is someone who wants to help those in trouble and is able to locate the mystery person and rescue them. But not a person, a white cat rodent looking animal, so Madoka say- Madoka basically saves this animal from being killed by another girl. The rodent's name is named Q-Bay, who is also known as a familiar. Q-Bay can grant any wish in exchange for the girls who need to make a contract. This contract says okay I'll grant your wish but they must fight witches. The witches who often cause harm to humans, the humans usually become depressed and usually turn to committing suicide or mass suicides. Another girl who shows up during this time is named Mommy, she's cheerful, she's blonde and she's got twin-rails, there you go. She seems excited to show both Madoka and Micky, the world of being a Piola Magi. Micky and Madoka accompany Mommy on a witch hunt and Madoka seems excited by the prospect of being a Magi Piola as she doesn't like fighting and feels like she could make the world peaceful for everyone. Upon making a contract to become a Piola Magi, a soul gem is created, a gem that holds the Piola Magi's power, which it's a user can then use to transform. The sizes are all into the amount of magical power residing in the girl, the gem glows whenever a witch or one of its familiars is nearby. When not a gem, when not a gem its form takes of a ring on the user's finger accompanied by a small symbol on her fingernail, when a Piola Magi transforms her soul gem is located somewhere on her outfit, the user must collect grief seeds, grief seeds are black thorns from which witches are born. Once planted they soon form barriers hidden from normal sight, while the witch is mature, the witch is defeated, the remaining grief seed may be used to restore magical power to this soul gem, which becomes dirty as magic is used up. Hanson is considered a valuable item by rival magical girls, QBA is also shown to consume used grief seeds, soul gems may themselves become grief seeds if they become too clouded and the Piola Magi falls into despair, so it's a two way street. Wow. Yeah. That's different. Yeah. So basically those grief seeds are what basically keep the magical girls alive, if they don't get the grief seeds, well they basically want to kill themselves and then they turn into a witch. If the user does not collect grief seeds the soul gem becomes dirty and tarnished, if the holder does not gather grief seeds by defeating witches, the magic girl herself will then turn into a witch. So I remember the magical girls friends with each other, could you end up having to kill your friend if she became a witch or something? Yes. That does happen. Wow. Yes. Um, so that's basically the rundown, I don't want to give spoilers because I could, that was so, that's what was so amazing about the show. What first caught me above the show was opening. She openings her upbeat, happy, well not Madoka, we start off by having Madoka crying and then she's being chased by a dog who broke off her leash and then she runs into a pole. So we're supposed to assume that Madoka is collecty, which she is not in the least. But yeah, the first scene is like her crying and being sad, it's like holy shit, she's like dressing this cute dress like your typical magical girl and she's like crying, it's like damn. And then the short dog chasing after her. I was like, what, okay, that's pretty interesting. Yes, we need a chibi gelacoon, although I need to be less fat. A chibi gelacoon, I'm not sure what that would look like. Ugly, probably. And that was random? Yes. Thanks, Jazzy. Among other things. Oh, she came back. Well, she was never gone. Oh, I think you said she left. No. Among other things, her with a mere self of herself naked and then we see the usual transformation into a magical girl keeps the outfit with a lot of foreshadowing thrown in for good measure. A new girl transfers, so basically we get the rundown. A new girl transfers into Madoka's class. The thing about the school, this must be like present day, maybe in the future, the school, all the rooms are made of glass and they're all see-through, so they're like in glass cubes. So each classroom is like a glass cube. It's pretty interesting. That's no weird. Yeah. And the chalkboard scrolls so they can write and automatically knows when I hit the edge and it scrolls over to have more paper or whatever they write on. So it must be a little, it must be in the future. Oh, so this new girl transfers into the class and Madoka instantly recognizes her from her dreams. And she's told to stay away from ever becoming a pure little magic guy and that it isn't as great as she thinks. And Madoka imagine the usual stereotypical magic girl as being a pillar of justice, someone who will stand up for the little guy and be a hero for the people. Both Mickey and Madoka weigh their option to become a Magi very hard because both can't seem to figure out what their one wish could be, what would be their one wish that'd be so great that they'd become a magical girl. So now I talked about the grief seeds earlier, Madoka can team up to defeat a witch but the amount of energy from a grief seed, I'm guessing it's what energy is, they don't see what it is. It's like this black aura stuff that happens, that you touch the solver down to the grief seed and it becomes brighter and again and the tarnish goes away. So basically if they can team up and defeat a hard witch but the amount of reward I guess is lessened. Like you and like I said earlier, you asked, they can fight each other over the seeds and typically they fight us to the death and once you die, you're dead. We quickly find this out as Mommy, the girl who pretty much introduced Madoka and Mickey to the Magi lifestyle, was killed in action. Both Mickey and Madoka take the death of Mommy very hard as Madoka especially looked up to Mommy and gave her hope because she thought she looked really cool and she thought so it gave Madoka like, wow I could be like her kind of a deal. Eventually Mickey decides to make a contract with Cubay to help out her friend who was once a great violinist but I think he was a car accident or something I don't remember. With some accident where he's just basically in the hospital and he can't use his arm and he can't walk anymore. So she uses her wish to cure him and at first Mickey is like, oh I'm so great, I've become a Magi, you know, Madoka you do what you want to do but you know I'll protect you, you know I'll kick ass for you, you know, very very confident. Quickly does she realize the cost of becoming a magical girl takes on her and it's a very, very good arc. There are other characters in the show like there's a girl who eats constantly and yet she's skinny and never gains a pound. Yeah, of course, yeah so other girls turn the picture, there are twists, there are turns and several episodes that make the show a great watch. As I stated before, magical girl shows are often uplifting and cheerful, not badoka. The show's dark, twisted and the worlds that the girls fight in are imaginative. Two just plain crazy, for example one world is made of flowers, but the flowers are evil and they fly and they attack you and they look like bats, they look like flowers with bats and they have fangs. Or another world is made of crayons, which is very bright vivid and the entire world looks to be drawn by crayons, it's really freaking neat. So it's very interesting and every time they went into a new world it was just so interesting to see what I was going to come up with. The art style completely changes, it's really neat. Each girl has their own kind of weapons and stuff, there's a girl who can stop time and uses it explosive, mommy uses it, she has unlimited shotguns, she can just pull out of the air and she has a ribbon, she can just flick the ribbon and like shotguns fall out of it. It's pretty cool. And other girls use different kind of weapons as well, I don't like it said, I'm crying really hard not to spoil anything cause I want you to watch this. The show is dark, gritty and there's just something I have never seen before in anime. And I started watching the show because some people on twitter were talking about it and how good it was and finally I said oh I'll see what the big fuss is and I did and every episode I haven't been disappointed, every episode brings something new to the characters, to the story and by far episode 10 in my opinion has been the standout. As much of the show is focused on certain plot devices or characters, episode 10 totally takes the show and completely puts it on its head and puts it in a different direction and makes you rethink about all the characters that you know and love and all the events leading up to that episode. Really? Yes, oh my god what a plot twist, it was amazing, like you know like I said, Mickey becomes the magical girl and a lot of the time you left wondering like well is Madoka gonna become a magical girl, isn't she, is she and you know there's characters who are evil and just jerks or you think of them like man what a jealous person is a jerk. Episode 10 like rewrites everything you know about the show up to that point. That's really cool, I would highly recommend this to anyone, the show is just so unique it brings this new style to a genre that is only seen for girls. I know I was in the category of saying well it's a magical girl show, I'm not gonna watch that crap it's magical girl, you know. The saying of don't judge a book by it's cover says a lot here, don't judge an anime by it's synopsis, it's promo card or the title of the show. If you watch the show you will not be disappointed I guarantee you, there are a few things that make you scratch your head but after more and more episodes everything becomes clear. I... Lushline line! Okay but this is a lot more fun and not what the fuck ish, it's easy to follow and you get what's going on, so no. So I give this an 8 out of 10, it's not done airing yet, 11 and 12 haven't aired yet, 11, well 11 did technically air on Niko Niko Doja but none of the TV stations aired it this week, so two more episodes left, I am anxiously waiting to see the finale. And yeah, so so far an 8 out of 10, it's just been an absolute blast, it's one of those shows that like take you by the scarf of your shirt and be like oh my god you gotta watch this, we're not gonna lie you know we're not gonna let you take a breather from episode episode and I literally watch this show almost in one or two sittings, so I was alright see I started I think episode 8, I think is when I started watching, so I watched one through six and like one sitting and then seven and eight and another, maybe even episode nine I know I must have been eight, seven or eight but it's been a really good show, I've really really enjoyed it and honestly if Bandai or Annie Plax or section 23 or any of them said hey we're gonna we're gonna you know we're gonna release this show, I would buy it in the heartbeat, the show is just so amazing, so but I said there's a lot more to the show than what I said, there's a lot, there's a lot of twists, a lot of plot twists and all of them make sense and yeah, the other thing I really, you know I didn't write this down in the article, I mean in the review I wrote, but I know I've said it in past weeks, we've talked about this show, I like the fact there is absolutely no fan service on this show, there is no crazy transformation sequences, I need to transform, boom you're transformed, you know, it's not like even Sailor Moon seem to have some of that where the transformation sequences are ridiculously long, okay I'm standing in my normal straight close, I jump up in the air, do whatever I gotta do to transform and boom you're transformed, it's like everything turns white for a second, you know they're the user turns white and then they're transformed, done, go into action, that is nice, yeah and like I said no fan service and ah the show is just amazing, it's dark, it's gritty, it's just so, I just like anyway I like it so much because it's just so unique, that's the other thing, it just seems to do everything right and the show is just something I've never seen before, you know, such an established genre, get this like crazy remake, so that is Madoka, go watch it if you haven't watched it, you are missing out, this was the only show I've been watching this season and I am glad I am doing so and I thought I wasn't going to find anything to watch this season worthwhile, nice, yes but next week if all goes to plan we will be reviewing, we will be talking about the spring 2011 shows, because there is a lot to discuss, and we may even do it guys, hey thanks for listening, for more information about this or older episodes visit www.bonsibeat.com or subscribe to us on iTunes by searching the bonsai beat, you can also follow us on twitter, username jellocoon or send comments, questions and feedback to our email, bonsibeat@gmail.com or you can leave a voicemail at skite, username jellocoon, if you are looking for other great anime podcasts check out Odacast Radio, that's O-T-A-K-A-S-T, hit their website at www.OdacastRadio.com [Music] [BLANK_AUDIO]
This week we talk Madoka Magica!