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Noburu Ishiguru 1938 – 2012

eeeper — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 13:47:00 +0000

Chances are, if you’re reading this, that you probably have heard of the passing of famed anime director Noburu Ishiguru. Mr. Ishiguru passed away aged 73. I won’t keep you all very long. This is my personal recollection of Ishiguru.

I knew of Ishiguru’s work in anime even before I knew of he, himself. Growing up with Robotech, you, sort of, had no choice in the matter. Even after discovering about Macross, and his involvement with it, I remained impressed that one man kept it all of it together. Today there are committees, companies and like for this sort of thing. Back then nobody knew about cross media opportunities, having record companies work hand in hand with anime producers to the degree Macross did. Ishiguru helmed a series that did all that.

Working on the 1980′s Astro Boy series, you can see his flair even inside this most Tezuka of Tezuka’s works and having the added pressure of working alongside the God of Manga himself. I am only now digging into the treasure that is Legend of Galactic Heroes. Such an amazing work. Oddly, I saw his latest work, Tytania, before starting into LoGH. Does this distract from his earlier space opera? Not at all, in my book.

At Otakon 2011,I had the delightful opportunity to see Mr. Ishiguru in person as he, Makoto Shinkai and Kazuya Murata were jointly holding a Producers and Directors panel (well, the producers were too scared to come up on stage, so it became a directors panel!). We heard from a variety of their recollections, most of which I struggle to recall at the moment to be honest, and then got a chance to ask questions. Unfortunately, some idiot decided to ask the inevitable Tsunami question and that ground the whole panel to a halt. As a result, a lot of us never got a chance to ask our questions. I had a few but now I think of it, there really was only one: “For Ishiguru-sempai, and the rest of the panel if they like, what do you want to be remembered for?” Sadly, I’ll never get the chance to ask that of Mr. Ishiguru, but looking back at his long body of work, his contribution to what we regard as modern anime and his great take on being an animation director, I think I’ve got the best answer possible, in my mind. Thank you, Mr. Ishiguru, for all your hard work. You have most certainly earned your rewards, whenever you are.

Go raibh maith agat.

The Nerdverse is always darkest before the dawn! Otakon Roundtable Part 2

eeeper — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 23:10:00 +0000

And so, our Otakon report comes to an end. With the terrible Bandai panel, last minute dealer room runs and a resolve to highly return some day (EDIT: Elliot and Gerry are going back in 2012!) we wrap things up, nice and easy-like.

As always the links for our guests:

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Gerry’s Twitter

His blog

Download audio file (otakon_roundtable_part2.mp3)

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Up Periscope, Pop Culture Shock Ahead Captain! Otakon Roundtable Part 1

eeeper — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 23:00:44 +0000

And so, another summer is gone. But not before we head out into the wild blue ether and give you part one of our two part roundtable Otakon discussion. With me are Elliot Page and Gerald Martin. Their details for contacting them again are:

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Gerry’s Twitter

His blog

Next up will be a break from the roundtable. It’s a good surprise, trust me!

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Podcasts I’m appearing in

eeeper — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 07:56:23 +0000

Hey, some quick updates for you.

First, I’ve some podcasts recorded (and backed up!) and am in the process of editing them now. First one of them should be up soon.

Second, I appeared on Patz’ Podlabor podcast over on Insert-Disc. Click here for Baltimore goodness.

Finally, you can find me on Otaku News with reviews and stuff.

Tired but it was worth it.

eeeper — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 17:34:04 +0000

Hi all!

I’m back from Otakon and it was great. Saw the new Shinkai film and attended a bunch of panels. I’ll be doing some podcasts about it later this week so hopefully you’ll get to hear about it soon.

Laters!

See you at Otakon!

eeeper — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 16:55:33 +0000

Hi all. Here’s a brief update for those of you (and at this point the list is growing short) who don’t follow either of us on Twitter:

New podcast next month (see below). I’m kinda getting itchy to go back to recording. If there’s a series, movie or manga that you want covered let us know via email.

More written reviews next week. I’m enjoying doing written pieces on otakunews and MMF and I’m looking forward to expanding stuff into our site as well.

I’m going to Otakon next week. If you want to swing by and say hi, hit me up on Twitter. Check out our site or Otakunews.com for any info out of the con.

That’s it. Talk with you all next week.

Killing our Demons, by hook or by crook.

eeeper — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 20:00:36 +0000

Hello, and welcome to something called a podcast. We used to do these things, ya know?

In this, the first show of the year, I tackled the GAINAX show, Panty and Stocking With Garterbelt. while Oni takes on the show Demon King Daimao. We also catch up on the time in between and what we got up to in the downtime. Plus, an apology for someone who has never met Oni. Remember, it’s all Oni’s fault.

Thanks to everyone who has stuck with us for all these months! This proves that you love us, you really love us!

Arghh, I need more beer…..

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Stand up and be counted – State of the Podcast and Future Missions

eeeper — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 01:04:28 +0000

OK, so I’ve noticed that I’m blogging more than podcasting these days. Blame it on Oni, he’s the one dragging his heels. More than that, I’ve been so busy with college applications and Christmas temp work that I’ve hardly noticed the months flying by. But, I’m always ready to podcast. Still, I have fun when we’re doing the show together. So, this month I’ll throw something on the site.

Second up. Where does the site go from here, this year? Well, I did travel to New York Anime Festival in October and it was fun. The con, not so much but meeting all my podcast and blogging friends was awesome. I stayed with Erin and Noah and they were the most awesome hosts a guy could ask for. The only thing that I had a problem was, after I left I realised I never got them a thank you present!!!! I’m so sorry, guys! I’ve got Christmas presents for you, and they should be posted off as soon as I can find the time! Oh, yeah, the con. The anime section was a bit of a wash out but I didn’t mind I’d never been to an American con so I had no yardstick to measure it by. But, Kate, Alain, Patrick, Joe, Xan, Ed, Ed (Chavez), Erica, Erin and Noah made it really special and awesome.

With this in mind, I can tell you that I will be coming to Otakon this year and I will be bring friends with me. Not Oni as he can’t travel at that time. But awesome friends, nevertheless. If you want to meet up during the con, please email me in the run up to the con and we’ll square away details.

The site continues to grow and we always like hanging out online with more listeners, readers and friends. We’re going to try blogging more as I write for OtakuNews and I’m doing the MMF on a semi-regular basis these days. Oni tries to contribute as much as possible but his job keeps him busy. He’ll be around.

As always, I and he are always around. We’re on Twitter more these days. I’m here and he’s here. I’ll have some more stuff up this week for reviews and stuff. Laters!

NYAF 2010 Panel Audio – The Changing Faces of Anime

eeeper — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 00:33:31 +0000

Here we present the audio of Evan (Ani-Gamers)Minto’s panel, The Changing Faces of Anime, recorded on the 10th October 2010 at the New York Anime Festival/Comic-Con in the Javits Centre, New York. Evan did a great panel and the only thing missing is the great slide show he had running at the same time

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Links for Fan Culture Panel

eeeper — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 17:42:44 +0000

Yeah, I know I’m months late with this and I apologize. I said back in November at Eirtakon that I’d post up these links but I never got round to them for one reason or another.

Links:
Fan Subbing
Early fansubbing techniques
Modern fansubbing techniques
Also check out Dave Merrill’s oldschool blog Most of my info on old school fansubs comes from him.

Magazines
(~~marked~~ as defunct)
~~Newtype USA~~
~~PiQ Magazine~~
Otaku USA
Anime Insider
Animerica
Shonen Jump
Shojo Beat

Cosplay
Cosplay.com
Cosplay Wiki

And in case anyone wanted to see what it was that I was looking at during the panel:
Fan-Culture Panel Powerpoint file

I can’t remember any other links at the moment. If you do please email me. Thanks.