I'm literally having trouble coming up with anything to say on this point, because everything that comes to mind is something I want to bring in later Jeri-related episodes.
So, instead, I'll just apologize for the schedule being a bit wonky lately due to Otakon travels, and also remind everyone that there's still a vote going on to pick which OTHER weekly anime series I do next. Hey, i...
2024-08-12 03:51:21 +0000 UTC
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Yeah, I know it's an old joke, but sometimes the old jokes are the best jokes.
Anyway, while the first half of this OVA is a bit plain looking, I really like the art design in the second half. "God" has some excellent old-school anime villain vibes going on, and I really like the glowing statues around the big temple. Those things look straight out of some European Prog Rock album cover.
Also, don't forget 2024-08-11 22:00:33 +0000 UTC
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And with that, I've FINALLY finished up the last of the 2023 convention comic... literally halfway into 2024. Yeah, I'll hopefully get getting the Animazement Patreon stuff out a BIT faster than this, ideally before the public Otakon comics are done.
...but also, HOLY CRAP. You only need to scroll down a bit through my Patreon to see how overzealous I am about Christmas, and even I was disgusted by this shameful display. Show at least a BIT of self control, random radio station, I beg y...
2024-08-11 02:13:40 +0000 UTC
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In all fairness, that's pretty much how I play fighting games myself, so I can't exactly judge Takato's choice in strategy.
Also, there's probably some jokes to be made at the expense of the gameplay mechanics in a lot of the Digimon video games that have been released over the years, but as previously established, I'm really not qualified to make those jokes.
2024-08-03 12:00:04 +0000 UTC
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Hey, remember that episode of Osomatsu-san that got banned because it violated too many copyrights? Well that sure weren't no thing back in the 80s, I'll tell you what.
No, seriously, Dirty Pair is no stranger to the artists slipping in little goofy bits to amuse themselves, but WOW they took it to another level with this one. There's always a lot of room for fun in a Halloween episode, and they took absolutely every single opportunity they could find. And I...
2024-08-02 12:00:07 +0000 UTC
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THIS COMIC IS NOT A SAFE SPACE AND I WILL SHAME YOUR KINK EVERY BIT AS MUCH AS IT DESERVES.
Also, just to reiterate what I said over on the DIrty Pair comic, I'm working to get next week's comics finished over the weekend and queued up to go live while I'm at Otakon. But since I don't manage to be that far ahead very often, I can't promise that I won't horribly screw something up in the process. We'll just have to see what happens.
2024-07-27 09:04:48 +0000 UTC
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It's not often you see the worst drawing of Kevin Owens in the entire history of the world... and here's THREE of them all at once! It's a miracle! But yeah, like I was saying before, this is ALSO about the first OVA, so we won't actually be getting to number two until NEXT week.
And speaking of which, some housekeeping: (Hey, Future Me, don't copy/paste this part when this comic is sent out to the general public!) Since I'll be at Otakon next weekend, I'm gonna TRY to go ahead and get...
2024-07-26 14:19:02 +0000 UTC
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No, seriously. The con had a bunch of booths set up in the hotel lobby for various companies selling stuff, and one of them had a bunch of anime character cutouts set up around their table. And on Sunday morning, while everybody was busy waking up and clearing out their hotel rooms, I see this pack of kids just wander on over and walk out with one of the things! Like, they clearly weren't staff and it wasn't part of tear down or anything. They just up and stole the thing!
And after wi...
2024-07-25 09:04:48 +0000 UTC
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To be clear, this shouldn't be taken as me HATING Diebuster or anything, I like it fine. And yes, I know there's a movie edit or something that actually does cut it and Gunbuster together... but MAN I can't imagine how that would work.
But yeah! At long last, I've FINALLY completed the bonus comics! Sorry it took so long, but ya can't say we didn't get plenty of material out of it. I mean, sixteen pages from a six-part OVA? That's fairly impressive, I ...
2024-07-24 20:36:08 +0000 UTC
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IT'S TIME TO DECIDE AGAIN, PEOPLE! When I finish working my way through the Dirty Pair OVAs, I wanna go ahead and have the next Weekly Anime already lined up and ready to go... AND NO, IT'S NOT JUST GONNA BE DIRTY PAIR FLASH. We gotta have some variety. And on that note, I've lined up a list of candidates that are all BRAND NEW to the vote: Bubblegum Crisis, Mobile Suit...
2024-07-21 14:23:50 +0000 UTC
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And thus, we bravely move forward into the OFFICIAL start of the Dirty Pair OVA era... with me complaining about stuff. EXCELSIOR!
But seriously, "By Yourself" isn't a BAD song by any means, I just think it really pales in comparison to "Russian Roulette." Also, as long as I'm playing music critic again, I also feel like the song isn't really energetic enough to properly fit the Dirty Pair vibe. Like, it's not exactly somber or anything, but I do feel like it isn't as fun as it reall...
2024-07-20 17:12:05 +0000 UTC
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Dude, if I actually let myself do it, I could probably waste everyone's time with an obscure 60s/70s scifi reference for every single episode. It's only because I care for you that you don't have to endure me straining to mash together Digimon and Buck Rogers in the 25th Century every week. I'd do it. I've got it in me.
2024-07-20 16:54:44 +0000 UTC
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No, seriously, if there's not some anime podcast out there called "Degeneracy Generators" then I'll be... well, not "disappointed," since that would imply that I have or will ever listen to podcasts. At the very least, though, I'd me mildly surprised.
2024-07-18 06:28:36 +0000 UTC
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Seriously, think about. Virtually every cliche people think of when they think of Gainax is in effect in the final episode of Gunbuster, except this time they actually stick the landing in a conclusive and satisfying way. No budgetary collapse at the end, no psychological implosion mid-way through, no Island Arc; they just NAIL everything they set out to do with this thing. That's a rare thing in the Gainax filmography and should be commended.
But if you think I'm being a bi...
2024-07-17 02:11:44 +0000 UTC
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YA'LL THOUGHT I FORGOT, DIDN'T YOU? Just because it's been... four months since the last page? Heck, that's not even as long as the time skip was from Noriko's point of view! Nevermind REAL time! ...and yes, I basically already made the time dilation/schedule slip joke once before, but come on. I finally sit down to draw up comics of the final episode of Gunbuster, and THAT'S the first screen I...
2024-07-15 02:46:08 +0000 UTC
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Whichever artist was responsible for adding in the random english text in this diagram has really fun taste in movies. I'd totally subscribe to that guy's YouTube channel.
BUT ANYWAY, that officially wraps up our coverage of DIrty Pair's TV run... two episodes AFTER is technically stopped running on TV. But yeah, next week we kick off the OFFICIAL run of OVAs!
2024-07-13 23:23:00 +0000 UTC
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I had ENTIRELY too much fun making up parodies of YouTube clickbait thumbnails for this... and of course, Patreon scaled it down too much to read most of the text. Don't worry, though, you can just lick on the image and see a less blurry version.
...but yeah, this isn't even one of those "Oh, that aged poorly" things people bring up today to feel smarter than people older than themselves. I vividly remember even back when episode 10 first came out, everybody was making Bad Touch jokes ...
2024-07-13 08:38:38 +0000 UTC
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Depending on what time zone you're in, I TECHNICALLY failed to get this comic done before the end of the week, but only because this is another one of those things were I got waaaaaaaaay too into fiddling with the really minor details. Because DANG IT, this is an idea that deserves better than average artistic quality! I would ABSOLUTELY watch the crap out of this!
(...but watch somebody in the comments point out some utterly forgotten manga or novel where this actually happened, and ...
2024-07-07 04:48:52 +0000 UTC
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Heck, I wrote this page over a week ago, and just in the time between then and posting it on Patreon, we've had MORE than one downpour right before I was supposed to do something. I just barely avoided a mini-monsoon right before heading out for anime night.
Clearly, a lot of people in North Carolina are having trouble getting their Digimon to revert back to their regular size.
2024-07-06 22:26:44 +0000 UTC
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That's right! This technically the "last" episode of Dirty Pair! ...or at least the last one to air on TV. The final two episodes of the show would end up being the first two examples of a Dirty Pair OVA, which we'll obviously be seeing more of in the immediate future.
In the meantime, go look at Kei's outfit in this episode: a tan girl with wild red hair running around barefoot in a shoulder-less yellow/white top and blakc shorts... is this what Radical Edward is gonna look like all ...
2024-06-29 21:01:08 +0000 UTC
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Man, 90s action figures influenced my brain in ways it took me DECADES to fully appreciate.
Seriously, though. Tell me you COULDN'T imagine seeing a cheap plastic Growlmon toy on the shelves at your local KB Toys that would change color if you dropped it in cold water.
2024-06-29 20:54:49 +0000 UTC
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Hey look! It's only halfway through 2024 and I'm FINALLY getting around to finishing the last of the comics left over from 2023! Hopefully this should drag out TOO long, the other remaining AWA pages are already written and penciled as we speak. I just need to ink and edit them.
But anyway, I know I'm the last person in the world to lecture somebody else about driving too far for a convention and not getting enough sleep in the process, but DANG! And to have the last leg of your jou...
2024-06-27 11:00:32 +0000 UTC
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Heeeeeeeeey, you know that Far Out There story I started writing way back, like, a million years ago? Well, don't worry, anybody who's actually a high enough tier patron to read blog/article/story posts like that, this isn't me saying I'm abandoning it or anything. I really am still working on the next chapter. Still, in case it wasn't already obvious, it was kind of a MASSIVE mistake for me to try and dive right into a long-form, more-or-less novel length story idea as my first attempt at...
2024-06-23 07:35:12 +0000 UTC
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Team 4 Star has forever ruined the word "Mahogany" for me.
No, but seriously, I'd totally watch a series where the Lovely Angels quit the 3WA and embark on a life of crime. This episode is an especially fun romp.
2024-06-22 09:48:39 +0000 UTC
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When this idea first hit me, I thought "Nah, I've already done comics about both halves of this gag." But then I realized those comics are THIRTEEN YEARS OLD AT THIS POINT. That is horrifying, and also more than long enough for me to tackle a subject...
2024-06-22 09:43:23 +0000 UTC
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Granted, I know just about as little about social engineering and tricking people into revealing their login credentials as I do about trojans remotely taking over people's PCs and whatnot. Basically, all I know is that GIF of the guy in the Matrix jacket & shades typing on a whole aisle of laptops isn't how real hacking works.
Setting that aside, it's weird that this could be a two-part episode and STILL feel so rushed at the end. Seriously, I feel like this story would have been...
2024-06-15 07:50:48 +0000 UTC
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I joke, but go and google "Gold Lightan," this really isn't all that far-fetched.
Anyway, I've "only" managed to squeeze two comics out of this single thirty minute episode of a merchandise-driven children's cartoon. It says a lot about the productivity so far that this feels like slacking off to me.
2024-06-14 22:14:34 +0000 UTC
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...also forever to be known as "that one Dirty Pair comic in which I pretty much entirely talk about an episode of The Twilight Zone instead of the actual Dirty Pair episode." But hey, in my defense, this one's a two-parter; so I can claim the important stuff hasn't happened yet.
...but seriously, though, Twilight Zone episode 67, "The Arrival" is probably one of the most frustrating episodes of the show. It genuinely builds up some really great mood and intrigue, introduced a REALLY ...
2024-06-09 00:01:29 +0000 UTC
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Okay, I'm really gonna need to be careful not to burn through all the "This goes hard for a show about selling card games and digital pets to children" jokes too early in the series, because we haven't even gotten CLOSE to the hard stuff yet.
But still, I'm REALLY amazed that bit where Tatako imagines what would happen if The Authorities found Guilmon actually made it into the dub intact. I mean, yeah, they straight up SHOOT him! Whole episodes of Pokemon got banned for just SHOWING g...
2024-06-07 20:50:15 +0000 UTC
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Man, THERE'S a combination of franchises/brands you probably didn't expect to be seeing in the same place today. That's what happens when I don't even start work on these comics until around 2am.
BUT ANYWAY, I've started up a poll to decide whether or not I wrap up the Dirty Pair comics with the conclusion of the series, or go on to cover the OVAs. That's honestly not too far away, so ...
2024-06-01 21:06:37 +0000 UTC
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