Thundercats, THUNDERcats, THUNDERCATS HOOOOOO

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So if you cannot tell I am a little excited about the recent Thundercats trailer that has been released. "Coming Soon" to Cartoon Network it is a near complete redo of the original cartoon. While normally this would be a reason for complaint, so far this looks awesome.  It shows what happens when a superior power finds itself out matched with greater technology.  The mix of sword, sorcery, and technology looks great.  Now lets hope the series lives up to the trailer.

The Gameslave Podcast - Episode 68

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So this week we have a mostly anime based show for episode 68. Yeah we did not play a lot of games but found time to watch some TV, and here are the results.


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As usual notes for the page can be found on the podcast section of the site.

Summer Wars Review

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Ah the life of a lower level system administrator. You just have to sit in front of a computer doing menial tasks. Your life is simple and unless something is really messed up you don't have to worry about anything high level. And that is almost how is worked out for Kenji Koiso. Then a girl by the name of Natsuki Shinohara bursts in offering him a four day job to come help out with her Grandmas 90th Birthday. So he takes a break from the system admin thing to follow her out to the country. Once there he finds out that he is supposed to be her fiancée because she lied about having one.

The is all a very minor part in the story itself and while it works well in this series for character development, it is not what makes this movie good. Their are two main stages in this movie, the house of Sakae Jinnouchi (the Grandma), and the digital world of OZ. You don't need to know much about Sakae's house except that is where out main characters play out what is happening

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Kämpher Review

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What is Kämpher?  In our case it is an anime adaption of a manga by the same name and this is my not so flattering review about said adaption.

So jumping right in, this story focuses on one Natsuru Senō.  He is given a stuffed animal from the Entrail Animals series (think stuffed toys that in some way committed suicide or died horribly) by the love of his life, Kaede Sakura.  Turns out the new "toy" is actually a messenger for the Moderators (ooohhhh, spooky and ominous).  As the owner of this messenger Natsuru is turned into a Kämpher.  This includes the wonderful accessory of a blue bracelet, and it also turns him into a girl.  What?  Kämphers must be girls.  It is somewhere in the rules, they are sure of it.  So now we have a boy who turns into a girl and gets the ability to throw fire. Natsuru must fight red Kämphers lest he be killed himself.  At this point it seems like it can be a cool anime. Ah the misgivings of the uninformed mind.

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NDK - Attendee Interview

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Here is another interview we did with one of the attendees and her friend at NDK. We transcribed this interview since we did the interview in the hotel cafe and wanted to spare you all from the cappuccion machine background noise.

Carebear: Ok, my first question how long have you been coming to NDK?

Lynnette: I have actually been coming for a total of 10 years. So I started in 2000 and it is now 2010. 

Carebear: How about you Josh? 

Josh: I am hitting the 11 year mark; yeah I'm old. 

Carebear: Wow cool.

Josh: Yeah, I'm old (laugh).

Carebear: Do you remember your first impressions?

Lynnette: Well goodness, I was 14 at that time so a lot of it was just really busy, but at the same time everything was really organized. Um, But I kinda enjoyed it because there were so many people and it was just a nice warm feeling around the entire place where you could just walk up to someone and say "YOUR COSTUME IS AWESOME" and they would would be like "Thank you" (insert cute sugary voice here) and you would be in a good mood. I enjoyed it and being 14 it was comfortable for me.

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