Best before and after pic ever.

In the reviews first up was Scott with Maris the Chojo. From Rumiko Takahashi (yea she can make short stories too). We get girl type ranma only with 10% more buff. Find out if itâs any good.

Next up was Ed with Kilico. The cover screams bad assory but can its cash the checks its writing find out in the review.

And to close things off was Dan doing Cat Eye Boy. I think Kazuo Umezu is like the Chibi Tokyo dead horse. What is there to say about him that hasnât been saidâ.. find out!!

Next was Ed with Moetan. So being in the game for a while Iâm sure you seen more then enough lilocon shows. So whatâs going to make Moetan different? Well listen up and youâll find out.

Finally Dan talks about the book. âThe Astro Boy Essaysâ by Frederik L. Schodt. A book about Astro Boy and Osamu Tezuka.

Osamu Tezuka will always be an OG. Let us spill our 40s on the sidewalk, straight pimping fo life.

WEâRE LAZY

-  Chibi Tokyo Staff

All news is pretty much old still listen its funny

Ed Starts the reviews off with Dear mine. Ed really loves Sappy ribbonest love stories. Find out what he thinks of this one.

Next Dan gives it a go with Bus Gamer. Nor in the review I heard nothing about buses or video games. Funny side story I used to be a Bus gamer, playing my ds on the metro.

Scott was next with Luna Varga. Now we make jokes about Scott just talking and talking about his review this one he must of gone on for 30 minutes lucky for you most of that is edited out.

To close things off was Dan again with Gyooooo!!. If the picture below doesnât make you want to read it Dan review might. 

Proof that to heart started the sucking of anime.

Scott talks about Iczer one. Which could be the god father of tentacle porn.

Ed Talks about D-ash. A manga about running ( I know you canât tell from the name) if you like what you hear from the review you can download the manga from animewaves.

And Dan finishes things off by talking about our buddy our homi g Kazuo Umezu. Hereâs the youtube clip we were talking about in the show.

Dan talks about Reptilla (not the Strokes song) and why Kazuo Umezu is so crazy.

Ever wonder how to pick up chicks at a con (not us, man. We're swimming in da ladies)? Now you can find out.

In typical Chibi-Tokyo fashion, since it was too hard to reach the panelists of How to Talk to Girls, we caught TWO chicks who attended this panel and they taught us how it really works.

...and then they joined us for lunch. Up yours How to Talk to Girls panel!

And the coldness that was sakuracon, like we said in the show hereâs Ed first time in the snow.

Scott tells us about a Wind Named Amnesia. And how Mad Houseâs bizarre ending didnât start with Ninja Scrolls TV.

Ed talks about the anime Human Crossing. With such a true to life series the boys here at Chibi Tokyo will ones again bring you a hard hitting serious review. That means no fart jokesâ.. well maybe just one. See if they can hold it together.

Oh well at lest we tried to be serious.

 
First up was Dan with his reviews of Blue Spring. Now we all know Tekkonkinkreet was messed up. So now Viz is striking while the iron is how with another of Taiyo Matsumotoâs books Blue Spring. Find out in the review if Viz knows what its doing.

Next was Ed with Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei. In the time after the review was done Del Rey got the rights to the manga for this find out if its going to be worth buying when Ed talks all things suicide.

Next was Dan again with The Push Man and Other Stories. Probably the best thing about Yoshihiro Tatsumi Push Man is it gives you a really good look at what was going on in Japan during the time they were having their economic boom. Both books that are out the second being Abandon the Old in Tokyo give you a gridy look at Japan that not a lot of people get to see.

First up on the reviews was Scott and he talked about an old oav and by old (we mean in the 90s, I know thatâs not really that old) called Ruin Explorers. A story with a fantasy setting, hey it was the 90s they all had a fantasy s settings.

 And Ed talks about the nerd loving fest that is Genshiken. Find out how enjoyable it is to read about nerds and there daily livesâ.. of reading porn and playing porn gamesâ. Good times!

 Itâs no secret that Chibi Tokyo are all big fans of the pimp daddy Satoshi Kon.  So what better way to show our love to big pimpin then is to talk about his 2003 movie Tokyo Godfathers.  Ed took this on a bit different from Konâs other works as in there are just moments here that make you smile so much. Find out what else Ed thought about it.

And last up was Dan talk about Hayao Miyazakiâs Laputa which we said in the show in Spanish means the prostitute. Find out just how many girls you can pay for sex in this review. (how can you not listen after that)

Scott Talks about the Studio 4ÂC Princess Arete a very old and non Japanese looking movie Princess Arete is neither both of those with a very unusual art style for an anime movie find out what Scott thinks about the movie.

Maybe you're wondering what happened to the latest Chibi-tokyo since it's much (alot) later than our regular posting. Well... here's the skinny.

 Ed's computer died. Well....really, a computer can't die...it was murdered.

Y'see, we HAD an episode recorded and it was on the later stages of editing. Ed turned off his computer and when he turned it back on... something went horribly wrong. His entire HD was wiped clean. Everything, 200 gigs of anime, porn, music, porn, movies, h-games and porn... gone. I blame all his porn (yaoi) H-games. He insists it was a virus that came with some software.

 ...you be the judge.

Anyhow, jokes aside. It really sucks. That episode was a really good one (not to be full of myself, but it was... honest). So I'm here to say that the next episode will be out in a week or two... likely going to be 2. Our schedules between the three of us haven't been convenient. Well. not Scott's. Ed and I have been trying to figure out how to get everything back now....over a game of football~!

My crappy artsy shot of FC Dallas whooping our LA Galaxy 2-0

"alll byyy myyy sellllf"

Galaxy finally put one in... too late though. They lost

Ed likes to brag how he can get box seats... but they ARE badass though.

And that's it. I can safely say that we got it together and we're gonna work hard and fast to bring back Chibi-tokyo for another *badass* episode. We won't dissapoint.

dm

Reviews:

First up was Ed with one of Akira Toriyama Latest work Sandland. A short story about a post-apocalyptic world with demons walking around. A must for any Toriyama fan but will the rest of you like it?

Reviews:

Scott starts things off with talking about Riding Bean. Laid a lot of the ground work for what will soon be the Gunsmith Cats. So find out what he though about it.

Then Dan and Ed talk about the Gunsmith cats for the rest of the show Ed the manga and Dan the 3 episode OAV. Oh yeah what was one thing I forgot to say about the Gunsmith Cats is all the uses of bad ass 80s aviator glasses.

Scott talked about Pretty Face a Shone Jump manga being brought here my by Viz. It being a Shone Jump you already kind of know what going to be up with this story. Itâs aimed at young teen males. A story about what happen when you lose your face and get of a hot chick find out what Scott thinks about this manga.

Ed keeps up the Digi Charat talk and talks about Winter Garden. So what does happen when Dijiko and Puchiko get old and stop using there eye lasers? Will it be a good story who knows may you should listen to the reiviewâ

Anime you shouldnât watch:

Now we all know that The Last Unicorn isnât an anime so really it canât be under anime you shouldnât watch but it was animated by a soon to be Studio Ghibli so wellâ.. find out why Dan hates hates hates this so.

Viz has death note even though thatâs pretty important whatâs more important is this is going to be the flag ship title for Vizâs online distribution. Also we talked the 3 big trends in of manga in Japan for 2006, and how the Jp is really big on online manga distribution. And lastly we ragged on the American Anime Awards.

And for the rest of the show we talked about the 2006 anime year

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Not really a lot of news this week and when I say this week I mean a few weeks ago cuz it takes me longer to get these episodes out. You can tell there wasnât a lot of news due to the fact that we reported on the eva stamps. But either way we can now run out to Circle K (in Japan) and pick some Poring buns. If you eat enough you will lv up. And one of my favorite shows of last year will get a second season.

Reviews:

Scott talked about the doomsday like anime Jyu Oh Sei. Peg as a survivor by Scott watch kids beat the hell out of each other to become the beast king.

Ed talked about the old OAV series Moldiver. A magic girl show with no magic in it at all. Watch them save Tokyo about 6 times in this 6 episode OAV. Also I forgot to say on the show but the sub kind of sucks in this dvd, everytime someone talks it says there name right before the text which get really irritating after the first time you see it. I know who talking but there voice I donât need extra words to read while Iâm reading the subs.

Dan finished up talking about Noein. Did he like it did he hate it even more well I guess you guys just have to listen up. And Dan Also talked about the fist movie but he said only for 5 mins please time him and tell us if he went over his 5 mins

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Here at Chibi Tokyo we always say Naoki Urasawa = good so hopefully the live action movie based on his manga series 20th century boys will be good. Also we talked about top selling magas of Amazon jp and why Japan canât get let Nauisica of the valley of the wind die. And ADV gets Ah My Goddess season 2. and maid cafes.

Reviews:

Scott talked about the anime good Witch of the West. At first he was expecting an anime with magic girls. What he got was a serous love story and men suduesing find out what else he thought of this show.

Ed talked about the manga Eagle âThe Making of an Asian American Presidentâ? loosely based on the election here in the US of 2000 find out what it takes to be the president of the US. And thatâs not even the main story line. All the drama of the campaign trail told though the eyes of a report of Japan.   

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News:

Well good news Agent Aika the show we give way to much attention too has another oav coming. New characters meaning brand new panties to look at!!! Also we didnât talk about this on the show but Ikkitouse is also getting a news series. Itâs basically the same joke about the panties as Agent Akika. New cast new panties I tend to repeat my funnier jokes. And Dan and South American can rejoice Fist of the Blue Sky got fansubbed. I was really expecting to see a Spanish fansub for this show before the English one.

Reviews:

Scott talked about the uber sad anime Now and Then, Here and There. Akitaro Kaichi worked as the Camera guy for Grave of the Fireflies. Thatâs where he must have learned the art of telling a story where the characters get fucked around a lot. Sure not as sad as Grave of the Fireflies (few things are) the anime will leave you with a lot of (ah crap I canât believe they did that) moments.

Dan and I caught the last showing of Paprika so to kill two birds with one stone I thatâs what I reviewed. From the looks of the trailer was expecting some kind of cyber punk action. What I got was further from that. Paprika mostly deals with dreams and a devise called the DC mini.

Dan talked about the beginning of the anime noein. Heâs going to break this show into 2 parts so find out what he thinks of being of the show. Oh yea the show is really weird. Also the main character looks like the âfatherâ? from Azumanga Daioh.

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The fall season has really let me down from the look of our fall preview show it was going to be good, but from most of the shows Iâve seen I canât really get into many of them. Shows I was really jazzed about like Kanon and Death Note Iâve stopped watching. Kanon Iâve seen already so there is noting really new about it and like Dan said on Death Note its just like the manga so nothing new about that show either. The Wall Flower aka Yamato Nadeshiko Shichi Henge aka Perfect Girl Evolution aka has to many dam names is still my favorite show to have come out this season. Hataraki Man is also a very good show now sub ep 4 already! What this show has done more for me is got me really excited in the manga. Which is doing really well in Japan right now. I hope all this gets entropy to scan more of it. And Historyâs Strongest Disciple Kenichi rounds out all Iâm really watching. Which is a good thing because I can caught up on my old dvds. After so much fanfare from Scott and Sal Iâve been watching Macross. I have had the bug to watch it for a while now, but I wanted the AnimEigo dvds so I have the first 2 boxes. Also specking of AnimEigo Iâm also trying to finish up my Urusei Yatsura dvds only to have to go back and buy moreâ. I donât think Iâm ever going to finish watching this show.  

Now for some follow-ups on reviews we have done in the pass. In the podcast it self we donât really do follow-ups on anything my whole logic behind that is we have already talked about it one time people donât want to hear about it again, but I did plan on following up series on blog post like this one. Hot Gimmick which we talked about in episode 5 volume 12 came out sometime ago it had the parental sticker and was wrapped in plastic I knew shit was going to go down in this book. Now I like to retracted my statement about Hatsumi being the dumbest girl of anime/manga that tilted now goes to Shinju from Toriko ~Aigan Shoujo~ (read the manga if you want to know why). Still I found Hatsumi extremely stupid so much so that towards the end I was more into the Akane/Subaru love story then the main story line. As far as her hooking up with Ryoki (the dude I was rutting for anyways) Azusa was a jerk and Shinogu was a pussy. I rather have he go to the dude that you knowââ beats her and puts her downâ. But the love is there right? Or maybe Miki Aihara secretly made me hate Hatsumi so much that I wanted the worst match for her. I think I heard for the true ending I have to read the Hot Gimmick novel and read another manga, then kill the giant spider and answer thee questions 3. so looks like no true ending for me. The reason I read all the way to the end was I couldnât stop with the shoujo smut. And oh this had a lot of that. I still found the book as a whole enjoyable but really lags a lot in the endâ. Maybe not so long next time. 

Now if you listen to our reviews it clear that I am more of a manga fan then anime fan. So in this last part Iâm going to talk a little about the titles hyped up about this December: The Drifting Classroom (3) its part lord of the flyâs part battle royal. Ever since volume one I have been hooked on this manga it doesnât take very long for the story to settle in the only turn off to people might be the old art. Naruto (12) even though we donât seem like it on the show Iâm a big fan of Naruto I love the manga the only thing I donât like is how slow it takes each volume to come out. Beck (6) I love music and I love mangas which is why Beck is a defendant pick up for me this month. Crying Freeman (4) we talked about this manga on show on episode 18 so of course right after that I had to buy the manga. Golgo 13 (6) I saw the movie a long time ago on Showtime (yes Showtime shows anime) but after listing about it on anime world order Iâve been really turned on to this book. Monster (6) Scott can not stop talking about it and I canât stop reading the manga for it. With volume 6 we are really getting deep into the story now. O-Parts Hunter (1) aka 666 satan (how can you not love that fucken titled) done by the twin brother of the guy that did Naruto and I have already read some of it and I like it. Gacha Gacha (6) we talked about in episode 2 all I can say about this series is I love the fan services in this. I love Hiroyuki Tamakoshi art. Thatâs enough for me to keep reading this. And the Wallflower (10) yes I know I canât stop talking about it. So I wonât. And just to make this post longer then it should be. My new obsession Eiji Ohtsuka (Iâm reading and digging all his work) he has a manga called The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service. Which Iâve been trying to get for some time now Dark Horse manages arenât easy to find in Borders. So I went to a comic book store near where I work. And all man did they have some hard to find stuff there. KCDS was there, but I also found a lot of out of print Viz books that I though I would never be able to read like: the first 2 volumes of Phoenix and the only Mitsuru Adachi work even brought over here Short Program. Itâs great because both of which I though I would never read. 

 Questions about the podcast or blog let us know at chibitokyo@gmail.com also let us know if you like this blog thing.if itâs to long or to short or if I misspelled a lot of words. The next show should be coming out in a few days. And of course you canât have a blog post with out the you tube video! taken from our trip to AX

News:

Well this week welcome to the NHK volume 6 came out in Jp land but why this is cool is it comes with a free pc game with art by the artist and written by the writer of NHK. So not only do the people of Japan pay like 4 bucks for there manga but now there coming with free goods too. Man Tokyopop take note with you release Welcome to the NHK volume 6 also in case you didnât hear the US release for this is out so pick it up. New Comic Imprint called Yen Press coming. Now lets see how big of a slash they came make in the manga world of course not being back by already exciting Japanese company could really hurt them. Weâll see as soon as they start putting shit out. We make fun of the American Anime Awards and like Scott said in the show American Anime Awards is an oxymoron. And we talk about Ranma  ending in manga form. After so many different kinds of release for this manga it finally ended in the started 10 bucks small book form. If anything this is a good indicator of how the release of manga has change through the years. From the comic book style release to the big and over prices books manga has gone though a lot in the USA

Reviews:

Dan Talks about First President of Japan I want to say itâs a book about people getting shot in the face (even though it happens a few times) this is a look at how government works in Japan when shit is going down.

Ed talks about the not to funny but still entertaining Momoiro Sisters. 5 minute long episodes wonât really kill anyone to watch this not much else to say about it thatâs not already in the reviews. So listen up.

And of course you can always bug us at chibitokyo@mail.com

 Here is that music video with the world's greatest guitar (at least until the Kenshiro SG comes out)

And here are our PMX photos... blame me if you think they look crappy.... SCOTT...

Every morning... this was our breakfast... if we were lucky...

Our new friends, The Shitty Cosplayers.

One cool guy, Kapitan Kartoon displaying some of his work.

The lovely Lolitas. (Don't call them cosplayers)

And the charming ladies who made off with my hamster ...

(No coincidence that I had to sneak in a shot of the KOF machine in the back too...)

 We'd like to thank everyone who we've interviewed.

Live in the Los Angeles area and wanna get a hold of Kapitan Kartoon? kapitankartoon@yahoo.com 

And check out our new pals, the shittycosplayers at www.shittycosplayers.net

This week we talked a lot about PMX not just an anime con but a con about all type of media from Asia. So listen up! We did say on the show we would post some video we put from the con. 

 Ed playing the fist game. 

After that we meet the Shitty Cosplayers. Coolest group of people at that con also check out there myspace. Hopefully we will see them again in other cons. 

We also interview a lot of people at night. 

Review: 

Scott talked about the anime Rozen Maiden which seems to have a very comical plot. Yet Scott seemed to really like it. Even though everyone in the room was laugh hysterically at the major plot points. I guess Dan and I just couldn't take this show serious. 

I talked about the live action movie and manga for Kamikaze Girls. There is also a novel to this all owned by Viz. The creator of this Novala Takemoto was at PMX at an event called the twisted tea party, this was a high class deal and had to dress the part. As it was heard in the interview with the young lolitas my outfit total $45 bucks including part of which being my $30 dollar shoes and other 15 on the rest of the clothes.  Needless to say they were not going to let us in there to meet him, but you could listen to the review to find out what we thing of his work. 

 Reviews:

 First up was Ed with Jigoku Shoju aka Hell Girl. A story about a revenge for hire website. Revenge for the price of your soul. Which Ed thinks is a very good idea but after watching it 26 different times... the novelty kind of wears off. Aside from that, Ed likes stories about revenge and this is a series you want to keep around and watch an episode ever so often. Ed wouldn't recommend you watch them all at once unless you want to go mad. By the way Ed wonders if this really works.

Scott talked about the very weird manga Pet Shop of Horrors. 10 volumes about a guy named Count D (enter random "nuts" references after that if you want) who owns a very strange pet shop and the twisted stories that come out of that pet shop.

Dan talked about the manga Uzumaki. To really understand what Uzumaki is about, first you must know a little about Junji Ito. Good thing Dan gives us the lowdown on both him and Uzumaki so find out what the swirl filled manga is all about.

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Scott talked about the soon to be on DVD Fate Stay Night. Themes taken from S&M we can only assume and one person takes on the role as Master and Servant.... well really its about the quest for the Holy Grail (for some reason it's not the mug Jesus drank his morning coffee) so if you're in the mood for a show where people with weird names fight each other for a mug .... You know what to watch. If you really want to know what the show is about listen to Scott.

Ed talked about the manga Othello (no relation to the play). Yaya is just your normal school girl with a secret (of course there's a secret or no one would want to read the book) on Sundays she goes out in full Goth Lolita cosplay (which I learn at PMX you're not supposed to call them Goth Lolita cosplay because there not cosplaying but more on that when we talk about PMX)

Anime You Shouldn't Watch:

Dan, a big Ninja Scroll OAV fan, and I'm (Ed) using OAV cuz thats what it fucken is, talks about Ninja Scroll TV. Find out why a big Ninja Scroll OAV fan hates the tv show so much.

News:

You can now buy the great show monster on dvdââwell on Chinese region 3 dvd even though I guess really importing these dvd break the dmz also but I guess its better to give money to the people that are paying for the show. CPM titles going out of print were really not missing much with these gems gone. And last a poll at anime news network for your favorite director I of course voted for Navashen.

 Reviews:

I reviewed the really episodic romantic comedy Midori Days. Where the whole plot is a girl replaces the right hand of the guy she lovesâââââ. Man I love the Japanese I donât know who could have come up with a more ridicules comedy and make it work.

Dan talked about the really short show Damekko Doubutsu which is about a forest of useless animals living together and when I say animals I mean people in animal suites so yea check this one out.

Rather than (ghasp!) organize my hard drive, I did a little search and good ol' Youtube came through!

Couldn't find the episode where Tom goes to heaven but this is just as good.

Is anyone else out there really impressed with all the quality animes coming out this fall season? Usually, I'll have 2 or maybe 3 to keep track of. Gosh, this seasons, seems like I always have something to watch.... which is good and bad since I have alot of anime on the shelf... as does Ed.

Thanks much. Please continue your support and I apologize for the delay.

~Dan

News:

Giant Robo site opens here

Second movie to open for Kinoâs Journey aka Kino no Tabi man this looks really good. Everyone canât wait also on the site youâll see the ps2 game. Any one know what the game is about.

Also this list gave us a lot to talk about and fist did beat seiya this time.

The rest of the show is wasted talking about what were going to watch and stay always from this fall season.

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Well the biggest story this week was ADVs plans to sell you episodes over the internet. Of course this would have been a great idea if it didnât cost about the same as a dvd. Also there dubed only who watches dubesââ.. oh yea everyone else. Not only do they want us to watch anime on our computersâ. Strange who watches anime on there computersâ  *hides hard drives full of anime under his desk* but now they want us to read manga off a world reader. Hey its only $350 to own one then you just buy mangas online where if you hard crashes you loses them forever. This is expected to do really well in Japan and here in America Tokyopop has already signed on to put some of its mangas on this monstrosity. Else where the trailers for Death Note the second movie and the anime series are up. Anime looks great canât wait!!! Also baka Tsuki started Translating Zero no Tsukaim light novels they also do some unknown series called The Melancholy of Harui Suzumiya if you know what is

Reviews:

First up was Sexy Voice and Robo like I said the first you noticed about this book is its bigâ big!!!. Come includes both volume one and two. Watch a girl get all the info she wants just by her voices.

Dan had some final thoughts on the Jubei-chan when he talked about Jubei-chan2 electric boogaloo. So hears prays Madhouse for really nice looking animation or course Dan like Jubi-chan one a lot more so listen up and find out why.

Next I answered the question what the hell is To Heart. The name alone will send Japanese fan boys in to humbug. Being one of the most successful dating sim games ah dating sims something the hosts here at Chibi-Tokyo know nothing about (yea Iâm sure they bought it) so anyways back to To Heart I talk about the manga adaptation of the story now of course being a game first and manga second doesnât help it one bit.

Lastly Professor Dan talks to us about Romances of the Three Kingdoms. I added the Professor part because youâre going to learn some things about old Chinese mythology  this anime may have come out in the early 90s but hey the story is even older so find out what we thing about it

Next week is the fall preview episode well will also be giving our final thoughts on spring so let us know what you though about spring season what shows you like what shows you hated at chibitokyo@gmail.com since it takes me a long time to edited thereâs not much of a gap in-between when an episode comes out and when we record so Iâm sure weâll also talk about this the 2 shows from now

Preview:

Dan once again decided to talk about a sports anime Ashita no Joe. Being one of the fist sports anime to start the scene. It started getting fansub about a year ago it soon stopped after 3 eps. Hopefully the show gets license but the only company I bet who would even look at this is animigo. So hopefully the group starts subbing them again or Dan is going to have to get him self the HKs.

Review:

I talked about the hard to pronouns title Yoki Koto KIku. Labeled as a dark comedy most jokes come in the way of parity humor. This isn't really a bad thing its just that I don't know enough about Japans history to get these jokes. Of course there is all the super cute people trying to kill themselves.

Mitsuru Adachi's series "Rough" is going to be produced into a live action movie. Ed and probably 3 other people are super pumped about this.

Full Metal Alchemist is the #1 manga sold in 2005. Series is still  going on in japan. Other good manga titles in the list are Fruits Baskets and Naruto. There might be others, but these are the only ones we care about.

Summer Season Segment:

Binbou Shimai Monogatari

A moei type anime that focuses on 2 positive sisters' lives as poor students. That's pretty much it. Ed wouldn't reccomend it and won't watch anymore and Dan is interested enough to give it more of a chance.

Dan reviewed the manga Zombie Hunter. This is an action title that is very much about zombie HUNTING... kind of. Alot of sex, alot of violence. Very simple action anime. Fans of no nonsense violence will like this, so Dan will most likely keep tabs on this.

Ed reviewed Mermaid Sage the manga. A collection of short stories comprised of Forest, Gaze and Scar. This series comes from Rumiko Takahashi, so naturally Ed will love it. It's really about evil mermaids and immortal humans and all the fantastic violence that ensues. Fans of Rumiko Takahashi will very likely love this, but apparently not many other people will.

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Reason why the show was late Mates of State free show one Wednesday, Dan watching Los Amigos Invisibles On Thursday, Friday we watched Captain Ahab. So with Dan watching 3 bands  and I watched 2 so anytime an episode is late its going to be due to bands playing that we like.

Oh yea so Iâm sick now and during the show so thatâs why you hear a few coughs in there as thatâs why the show notes suck this time.

News:

Dates for anime Expo announced. Now I know when to ask for my vacation time.

New Negima manga to come. So itâs a manga based on an anime thatâs based on a mangaâ.. good idea japan!!!!

The wallflower to be turned into an anime. Dam I love that manga.

Yet another eve game where you do stuff that wasnât even in the anime.

Reviews:

I talked about what is probably going to be one of my favorite mangas of all time Koi Kaze. The so wrong love story between bother and sister. You really have to read it to find out what itâs all about. Not out here yet but the download the scanlations here. Now everyone go read it now. Or get the dvds

Dan talked about the series Gokusen. He liked the show but loved the live action which could be found here if the torrents even work.

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Ah news was slow this week I just plucked a few lame stories not even worth linking to them.

Previews:

I talked about the first couple volumes of the manga Tough. The thing with Tough is itâs a long series for a genre thatâs not very popular in the US. I would recommend this title but I feel that viz will not make it to the finish of this series and it would be a waste of money for half a series but if that doesnât bother you and you like people getting kicked in the face then pick up Tough.

Reviews:

Dan talked about a show that every since I know him would not stop talking about (not fist of the North Star) Crying Freemen. The old school bad ass of anime if there ever was one. This OAV looks great for its time. If you love dudes cutting people and chicks fighting with no clothes you should have bought this already.

Scott talked about the hard rocking Bastard. I remember watching the tapes of this with him a long time ago. Kind of old but still action pack if you love D and D give it a check out.

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Oh yea and like we said on the show since we still havenât uploaded any pic of ax here the teaser on Dan hugging the tentacle.

New Gantz series to start in November ah me and Dan have been reading the Gantz manga for to long we just want an ending this is a slap in the face for both of us

Rush the news stands for this new bl anthology to hit the mean streetsââ what more can we really say. Well seen as Viz has a pretty big hold on the anthology seen with sj and sb. Though are aimed and youths could Rush win over the same market.

Scott talks us about Robotech: The Shadow Chorales.  Just hear to the show for this part

Previews:

Scott talks about random walk with a very thin and predictable plot you just might want to skip this one. Group doing the scanlations here

Reviews:

I talk about Kimishika Iranai. A 2 volume book a very decent with about high school love with an original twist. A for sure check out, Group doing it can be found here

Dan took on Ultra Maniac Tv. What we think is something new from Wataru Yoshizumi. Instead of just the same love story she added some magic in there, you should all atlest check this out manga is done by viz and dvds by Geneon

Promos:

Anime 101 go listen now!!!!!

Now be good kids and reviews on Itunes

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News:

Toonami Jetsteam goes live. I will be killing a lot of time at work on watching P.O.T. when it comes out on this.

How good are fansubbers find out what Japanese people think of the quality of US fansubs.

Oh yea Detective Conan J-Drama. Dan the one thatâs big on J-dramas in the group but with Detective Conan even I might have to watchâ..  Canât be as bad as Sailor Moon live actionâ.  right??? 

Man how lame are we this last story sucks. The only reason I talked about is the let everyone know about the slam dunk movie which will probably suck ass anyways.

Previews:

I talked about Magic Kaito. Gosho Aoyama first book. I highly recommend this. About a thief thatâs not all to evil, and the crimes he commits. You can find the scanlations here hopefully someone picks this book up cuz I want an American release. 

Reviews:

Dan talked about Twin Spica. A show that might not be for everybody. A serious drama about a young girl trying to become a rocket pilot. and all the events in her pass that makes it really hard to do so.  

Scott talked about Gunbuster. I think he said all there had to be said in the reviews. If you like giant robotsâ..well if you like giant robots you should have seen this show all ready.

Promos:

Our friend Mike was in the room while we record this show and snatched a mike away from Sal to plug his band so Iâll though up there site here go check them out if you live in the LA area (and if you like hardcore)

Links from email

How to convert anime to your ipod you need this. If itâs on a DVD then you get this. Just read both programs and it should teach you how to uses them also if itâs just a straight fansub you wonât need the second program.

All the news is from AX and is just us recalling it I'm sure its up on animenewsnetwork.com

And for the rest of our show we just talk about AX

Promo:

Geek Nights man 4 shows a week I donât even have time to do oneââ

Even though this story pretty much bored the whole cast. I still think its intrusting. This story just backs me up on what I have been saying that the ADV devotion sucks.

Kimagure Orange Road going out of print Animeigo lost its license. So it won't be able to make anymore dvds. Which really sucks because as Scott told us from last shows review the show is really good. So buy now or else these dvd will become expensive and hard to find. Lucky Scott still has his VHS copys so were good for a while.

Tohru Furuya coming to ax now Sal can ask him to reenact parts from Saint Seiya.

Now I don't know how FFAC made it on this list. Mostly movies and really popular shows always make list like this so it's no surprise to see what's on this.

With the world cup in full swing Captain Tsubasa is showing up everywhere. Even when Dan was in Mexico he said there where showing both series. Even in Japan Captain Tsubasa has even made it to a water bottle.

Previews:

Scott gave a brief intro on the anime Monster. A drama with a first-rate story line. Not much could be said its just best to watch this show

Reviews:

I talked about the Agent Aika best known as the anime with the most panty shots. Of course there is also a somewhat story that goes along with all those panty shots an action that delivers what it says.... Pantys and action. Also on a side note I made a mistake on the review I sad cmp has the license to this show where its us manga corps.

Scott talked about Angel's Tail. A very odd harem anime where the ghost of Goro's dead pets come back as girls to and help him around the house....... Yea its kinda odd.

Promos:

We played the Anime World Order so check out there show because it's really good.

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I preview the Angelic Days. An alternate universe of Evangelion. Even though itâs set in an alternate universe Iâm starting to see more of the same themes from the original storyline. If they were going to make a change they should have gone gun-oh and made something completely new. With 4 volumes Iâll probably see this book till the end mostly because I like Evangelion.

Reviews:

Scott talked about Princess Tutu a kind of magic girl show set to dances. With a very original story and just a different take on the magic girl genre in general Scott really like Princess Tutu.

Sal talked about Project A-Ko a movie that came out in 1986. Project A-Ko was a series of OAV that were release as movies by CPM. This is just one of those shows that not many new anime fans would have heard of but probably should have. Project A-Ko the first one is probably the best to start off with.

Scott took it old school with Kimagure Orange Road. This is another of those old shows that were show all over the world on TV but not that is not very popular here. Like most show in the 80s it had to do with a love triangle.

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I'm here burning my ass off and you can't keep it together for a couple day's absence. ha

also, the computers here are super slow and sucky. owell. I'm gonna go have another drink and more lobster. see ya'll later

~Dan

NEWS:

PREVIEW:

I talked about Air Gear and I seem to be the only that likes this show after talking to a few of my friends they all seem to hate it. Must be my almost fanboyish love for the Jet Grind Radio series.  

REVIEW:

Nanaka 6/17 a show I rarely hear other people talk about. For not being that old the show never stud out or it didnât just enough to get licensed. At its core this show is just a very light hearted comedy the 13 episodes are just enough to get its point across. If youâre not a fan of teen romances then this isnât going to float your boat.

Synopsis:

Since there is going to be a new Fist of the North Star Series coming out Dan though he would outline the show so anyone that didnât watch it back then could enjoy this new fist show. Seemed like a good plan with Dan and I talked about I just didnât think Dan could talk about Fist for a hour. So if you didnât know about first now you will

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NEWS:

Be the last one on your block to final get the eva box set. Man I'm sure they have sold like 5 other box sets like this, but you can't blame ADV for trying to make some extra cash.

Dan Captain Tsubasa shoe has some competition with the Narto shoe. I would have like to see it open toe but you know...

Anipike on your phone. For the anime fan on the go... I guess if you need anime news 24/7 now you can get it on your phone. I don't know anyone who needs this.

Finally Animesuki Mascot Contest is over. It's been on the front page for so long it's finally over. You can see it here.

Reviews:

 We spent the whole show talking about fighting anime that have a female as the lead role

Real Bout High School we talked about both the manga and the anime. The manga I can barely recommend and the anime looks like it was just made to show off Gonzo's work. With even a harder to follow story an a lot of filler (they had a recap episode at episode 10).

Ikkitousen I've seen bad shows before but and would say Ikkitousen is one of them. Now I am a fan of fan services but not when it completely takes over the story. So with a lame story not much to save this show.

We touched a little on Mezzo Forte and Mezzo DSA. Both pretty good action shows I just found it a little weird with cuz Mezzo Forte is a hentai title. If you're looking for action with a chick in a skin tight body suit check out Mezzo DSA.

Air Master the last show we talked about, and probably the best out of all of them. This show did everything right with the right balances of comedy, fan services, and fighting. Now the story isn't that strong but no one watches a fight anime for a story (I mean you should at lest have something). Strongly recommend if you're a fan fighting anime.  

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    It's a great series that's rediculously affordable. Also, Bravo to Ed for doing all this stuff. When do you get actual work done....at work?

News:

Animal crossing da mother fucking movie. An hour and half you trying to pay back that slave driving Nook his bells back.

Ganiax going to do Negima season 2. I donât thing this is going to help any but then again Iâve been wrong may times.

DMP to bring Princes Princes  to the US. After bagging on it I kinda what to start reading this now.

Viz views on piracy. A view Dan and I disagree with.

Tokyopop and Pop fiction lable. More and more Japanese novels are staring to come over here and now there tokyopop made a label for them.

Death Note anime this fall. I canât read squiggles but Iâm sure its there.

Animal crossing da mother fucking movie. An hour and half you trying to pay back that slave driving Nook his bells back.

Ganiax going to do Negima season 2. I donÃïït thing this is going to help any but then again IÃïïve been wrong may times.

DMP to bring Princes Princes  to the US. After bagging on it I kinda what to start reading this now.

Viz views on piracy. A view Dan and I disagree with.

Tokyopop and Pop fiction lable. More and more Japanese novels are staring to come over here and now there tokyopop made a label for them.

Death Note anime this fall. I canÃïït read squiggles but IÃïïm sure its there.

IÃÂÃÂÂÃÂÂll do when I get home.

Previews:

So I talked about the ninja filled anime Haimawari. IÃÂÃÂÂÃÂÂve only seen the first 3 episode and so far IÃÂÃÂÂÃÂÂm not digging. The show isnÃÂÃÂÂÃÂÂt all the way bad but I just fell like IÃÂÃÂÂÃÂÂve seen it already IÃÂÃÂÂÃÂÂm still giving it a few episodes to see if it turns around.

Dan talked about Jubei-chan 2. The second season to Jubei-chan which Dan talks about on his review.

Reviews:

I talked Miyuki-chan in Wonderland. A lot of shows that have chan in the title today. So anyways Miyuki-chan in Wonderland is only one volume and not even a full one. Like I said in the show you only going to like it if youÃÂÃÂÂÃÂÂre a clamp fan other wise stay away.

Dan talked about Jubei-chan. He really dug the show much that he got the second season. He also when on about the art style which seems like kind of early 90s anime art style. You could add more to this Dan.

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And sorry for the delay this episode  

Ed will eventually put the news segments/witty comments here.

Sports Anime Mentioned

Captain Tsubasa - A soccer anime. Super powers included.

Eyeshield 21- Anime about american football... yeah...

Princess 9- Baseball anime about girls with a goal to go to koshien. - Super powers included

Ring Ni Kakero- A boxing anime. Super powers included (sonic boom)

Slam Dunk- Basketball anime - super powers kind of included

Dan was glad to hear that Tokyopop will start a new Yaoi line called Blu.

Cartoon network and Viz join forces to make Jetstream.

New Cyberpunk Anime Idoru.

Kids WB to stop showing anime. This really sucks because this is how most new fans get into anime.

Ultraman to hit DVD this July.

Preview:

I preview the manga Nodame Cantabile. I really though the story was great and just hope it can keep the same pace because it seems to be getting really long. Dan complained about the art. This took us in to a long dictation about art in manga.

Animes you shouldn't have watched:

We know we don't do this that often but for anime you shouldn't have watched this week Dan bashed Saikano.

*Remember anime you shouldn't have watched are shows we take at faces value and should not be taken as a real review. If you have any comments on Saikano email us at chibitokyo@gmail.com

Review:

I talked about Niea_7. This is truly a pickup especialy if you're in the middle of college, and we touched a little on Yoshitoshi Abe.

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News: 

Masami Kurumada will return to do Saint Seiya. 

Geneon to make an X collectors set for 150 bucks. I say just buy the one that's out now. 

Chibi Maruko-chan live action in japan. You need to check out the link to see how these actors look like there anime counterparts. 

Previews: 

I previewed Ouran High School Host Club I though it was a really good show just hope there not going to cut a lot of parts on the manga to make it fit the 26 episodes I think it's going to be. 

Dan talked about his new love Nana. 

*side note: In this preview we kept using the line "I don't want to sound like queer or anything but..." which comes from the movie Orgazmo. Which you all should go pick up. 

Reviews: 

Keeping with his theme of Nana Dan talked about Nana the live-action movie. And here is a link to the torrent. 

I talked about Digi Charat mostly about the original series. I forgot to say on the show even though it's a 45 minute dvd there are a lot or extras like commentary from the creators. Which is something I like about Synch-Point dvd releases. So not a bad idea to pick up 

Promos: 

We played a promo for Anime 101 so go check them out. 

Email your mom.... I mean us chibitokyo@gmail.com and you get pictures of Dan in full Kamui from X cosplay.

Pictures will not be given but email us anyways.

Japanese love their manga in their cellphones

Man camps inside a manga cafe for 34 days and gets arrested

You can "officially" watch XXXholic

Ed and Dan will see the manga gods, CLAMP, in AX 2006 (Anaheim, CA)

Check out Dan's future kicks at ebay. The Captain Tsubasa Adidas shoes

Preview:

Princess Princess

Ed's Compare and Contrast

Tokyo Boys & Girls vs Hot Gimmick

Both Series are by Miki Aihara. Both are Shojo. Both Ed and Dan agree that Hot Gimmick is the manga to definitely pick up.

Review:

The 12 Kingdoms

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News

Nothing really. Only that Japan is going to put out the First Gundam series for crazy money. Slow news week.

Previews

Aishiteru ze Baby

Sexy Commando Gaiden: Sugoiyo Masaru-san!

Reviews

World of Narue

(side note: I still can't remember the name of that damn 80's sitcom~dan)

Mamotte Shugogetten

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Ed, dude, can you grammar check this? Some stuff is cluttered there and I don't want people thinking I wrote the show notes. Anyhow, thank you to all the subscribers. Comments and emails about the show would be greatly appreciated. Our email account is chibitokyo@gmail.com . Comments, suggestions about anything will be read on show and we'll talk about it.

Thanks again guys.

~Dan

News:

Volume 10 of Evangelion came out in Japan

Some more shows where added to Adult Swim (including Bleach)

FUNimation gets a new two-hour syndicated anime programming block

Some new shows are comming out from the Tokyo Anime Fair Link 1 and Link 2

The Links are to a postcard of the new Kanon series and the second is to the Honey and Clover website

Spring Preview:

Dan and I talked about a lot of new shows that were just going to come out lets see how many of them i can remember

Ed's Picks:

School Rumble 2nd season

Air Gear

Nana

.hack//Roots

Ouran Koukou Host Club

Tsubasa Chronicle 2nd series

XXXHOLiC

Ah! Megami-sama 2nd series

Strawberry Panic

Himawari

Dan's Picks:

Shibawanko no Wa no Kokoro

Gintama

Soul Link

Tokko

Ray the Animation

Renkin 3 Kyuu Magical? Pokaan

Girls High

Black Lagoon

Bad Picks:

Digimon Savers

Princess Princess (guys dressed up as chicks may we say more)

Previews:

Cross Game People who are scanilation it Link

Yaiba and a funny Yabia Link

Review:

Cinderella Boy

Gacha-Gacha

Angel Heart

Anime You Shouldn't Have Watched:

Mahou Sensei Negima

Reviews:

xxxHolic movie

Hanada Shounen-shi

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In my review of I''s, I said that in the past, Ichitaka and Itsuki didn't do the stereotypical "promise" as children. After reading the series again... turns out they did. Ed sure knows anime. Heh. Also, I mentioned that there is an anime series out there about I''s that people shouldn't watch. I was referring to I''s OVA. I've seen it and didn't like it. However, I did find that there is another anime out there called I''s Pure. After watching the first two episodes, I can say this closely follows the manga, thus making this series good. For those of you who want to maybe see what my whole fandom is about, you should watch I''s Pure, but I still recommend the I''s manga because I just love the damn art so much.

~Dan

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