Bakacast – Dead Spirit-Baby Joke

Posted on August 14, 2013 by Dustin

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Instead of choosing album artwork that has anything to do with the title of this week’s episode, how about I just use a fanart of JoJo and his dog? Is everyone cool with that?

Awesome.

Anyway, this week is surprisingly positive. Titan doesn’t waste time for once, the end of Monogatari’s first arc isn’t an anti-climax (and is probably the best conclusion an arc of that series has ever had) and Gatchaman proves it’s got substance to go with its style.

Please email listener questions to bakacast[at]projectharuhi.net or leave them in the comments below.

Time Index

01:53 – Attack on Titan 17
10:57 – Monogatari 5
20:48 – Eccentric Family 5
28:21 – Watamote 5 (DROPPED)
36:45 – Silver Spoon 4
41:38 – Gatchaman Crowds 4
50:50 – Requiem from the Darkness 4
58:18 – Listener questions
1:24:22 – Perfect Slumbers (Nekomonogatari)

Bakacast – Tachikomagatari

Posted on August 7, 2013 by Dustin

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Yeah, sure, the Major’s cool and all, but I think we all know the real reason we watch Ghost in the Shell.

As you might have guessed, this week’s episode of Bakacast has us finally reviewing the first part of Ghost in the Shell: Arise. Spoilers: the worst thing about it is that there’s only one episode out right now. In other news, our love/hate relationship with Attack on Titan continues as usual, Watamote takes a tumble, and I begin to suspect I have made a poor decision.

Please email listener questions to bakacast[at]projectharuhi.net or leave them in the comments below.

Time Index

00:44 – Attack on Titan 16
02:48 – Monogatari 4
10:55 – Eccentric Family 4
15:53 – Watamote 4
21:51 – Silver Spoon 3
25:21 – Gatchaman Crowds 3
29:44 – Requiem from the Darkness 3
35:05 – Ghost in the Shell: Arise 1
50:14 – Listener questions
1:12:43 – Bokura wa Minna Ikiteiru (aka The Tachikoma Song)

Bakacast – Let Me Tell You About Horses

Posted on July 31, 2013 by Dustin

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Despite having a good number of shows to watch, we actually keep this podcast to a reasonable duration.

Though that might be because we didn’t have any new listener questions at the time of recording (which was before I posted the previous podcast).

Please email listener questions to bakacast[at]projectharuhi.net or leave them in the comments below.

Time Index

05:43 – Attack on Titan 15
07:10 – Stella Jogakuin Koutouka C3-Bu 3 (DROPPED)
10:39 – Servant X Service 3 (DROPPED)
15:41 – Monogatari 3
24:11 – Eccentric Family 3
36:18 – Watamote 3
42:51 – Silver Spoon 2
49:54 – Gatchaman Crowds 2
58:45 – Requiem from the Darkness 2
1:06:19 – Main Theme of Pacific Rim

Bakacast – Hanekawa Fascination

Posted on July 26, 2013 by Dustin

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Given all the stuff that’s been going on in our respective lives, it’s taken a while for us to get back up and running for summer season. But much like Araragi, even if we’re not always timely, we are at least persistent.

Between Larry and I, we manage to check out most of the shows worth giving a shot this season (and a couple that probably didn’t even deserve a chance). That said, it’s not all ranting and raving. There are some diamonds in this rough–more than we typically expect from the summer, anyway.

Please email listener questions to bakacast[at]projectharuhi.net or leave them in the comments below.

Time Index

01:50 – Attack on Titan 14
05:05 – Free! 1 (DROPPED)
07:34 – Stella Jogakuin Koutouka C3-Bu 1 & 2
09:52 – Donganronpa 1 & 2 (Dropped)
13:53 – Symphogear G 1 & 2 (Dropped)
17:34 – Servant X Service 1 & 2
22:16 – Kiniro Mosaic 1 & 2
27:26 – Monogatari 1 & 2
36:18 – Genshiken Nidaime 1 (DROPPED)
39:49 – Sunday Without God 1 (DROPPED)
45:18 – Eccentric Family 1 & 2
53:16 – Watamote 1 & 2
57:47 – Silver Spoon 1
1:02:51 – Gatchaman Crowds 1
1:07:15 – Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya 1 (DROPPED)
1:13:21 – Requiem from the Darkness 1
1:22:29 – Listener questions
2:01:46 – Main Theme of My Neighbor Totoro

Requiem for a Friend

Posted on July 16, 2013 by Shamisen

Duncan
December 31 1996 – July 15 2013

This morning I awoke to an empty house. For the first time in almost seventeen years, my friend and constant companion is not here. Just before eleven am yesterday, he made the journey from this world to the next. When trying to find the words to describe him I came across a couple of quotes, I’d like to include them here, they speak well.

“Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened.” – Anatole France

“He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog. You are his life, his love, his leader. He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart. You owe him to be worthy of such devotion.” – Anonymous

Rest well old friend, you were loved and cherished by many.

Bakacast – We Are (Not) Amused

Posted on July 13, 2013 by Dustin

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Poor Kaworu. You were the only good thing about Eva 3.33, and you were gone too soon.

I’m back from vacation, so it’s time to start the arduous process of getting caught up on anime. Well, at least get caught up on the previous season. On this episode of Bakacast, we finish up the spring shows and go through our listener question backlog. We’ll start the summer season and our retro review of Requiem from the Darkness on the next episode (which we’ll hopefully record on Monday).

Please email listener questions to bakacast[at]projectharuhi.net or leave them in the comments below.

Time Index

01:37 – Chihayafuru 25
04:49 – Aku no Hana 13
10:34 – Attack on Titan 13
16:05 – Suisei no Gargantia 13
29:10 – EVA 3.33
54:23 – Listener questions
1:40:11 – Guren no Yumiya (Attack on Titan)

You can find some of John Allisons’ album lists here and here. Unfortunately, his 2012 comics seem to have vanished from existence.

Bakacast – Anno’s Miracle

Posted on June 27, 2013 by Dustin

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Sound the alarms. Pigs are flying, hell has frozen over, cats are sleeping with dogs and black is the new white. The sign of the end times is here: Anno actually created a version of Asuka that I find enjoyable.

Don’t worry too much, though. Reality won’t fully break until I find a harem show that’s legitimately great. So we should be safe for, oh, approximately an eternity.

Unfortunately, the next Bakacast will be delayed two weeks, as I’m leaving for vacation tomorrow morning and won’t be back for a week. Long-time listeners of Bakacast will know that I also won’t have internet access for the majority of this trip, making both watching anime and recording a podcast impossible. This means we’ll likely have to combine the end of spring with the beginning of summer.

So I guess it’s a good thing that there are, like, three summer shows that look like they’re worth a damn.

Please email listener questions to bakacast[at]projectharuhi.net or leave them in the comments below.

Time Index

00:57 – Chihayafuru 24
06:18 – Aku no Hana 12
24:29 – Attack on Titan 12
33:37 – Suisei no Gargantia 12
39:19 – EVA 2.22
52:56 – Listener questions
1:57:00 – Tsubasa wo Kudasai (Rebuild of Evangelion

Bakacast Bonus – Don’t Take It Personally

Posted on June 25, 2013 by Dustin

“Woah!” I can hear you thinking. Don’t ask how I can hear thoughts. That’s not important. “Another Bakacast already? Is Dustin suddenly getting productive?”

The answer is no, sadly. This is not a normal episode of Bakacast. Megan and I have talked about how much we like Christine Love’s games multiple times, so we finally decided to just dedicate an entire bonus podcast to talking about one of them.

Don’t Take It Personally, Babe, It Just Ain’t Your Story is, I think, Love’s best-written game so far. Since this podcast contains spoilers for pretty much the whole game, I highly suggest playing through it at least once if you’re at all interested in it. It’s free, takes only a few hours to read through and doesn’t have any puzzles like Digital and Analogue do, so it’s arguably her most accessible game, too.