Show #003, Part A Direct Download:

A-Kon

Rules for a not bad AMV:

1. Varied scene selection
2. Consistently good source quality
3. Non-subtitled source material (unless it is intentionally subtitled)
4. Delicious, delicious sake

Ninja Cracker

Voices – Yokko Kanno Macross Plus

Crawling – Linkin Park

Angel Links

Magic Knights Rayearth

Witch Humper Robin

Sailor Moon

Future Girls lyrics

Dancing Vash, Trigun

Aluminum Studios – I’m Blue

Additional rules for a not bad AMV:

1. Watch out for lip flaps!
2. Context?
3. Spoilers?
4. Thematic comparisons?

Is Rayearth based on a video game?

Giant Robo

Final Fantasy?

Anime Expo

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Podcast Show notes:

Show #002 Direct Download:

– Now listed on itunes!

In this show we review Genshiken, and actually talk about Naruto.

– That Bastard Ninja
– Leaf Village’s awesome Naruto Website:
– Naruto Mixed Drinks (Coming Soon)
– Rock Lee
– Gaara
– AMV
– Marmalade Boy AMV, Linkin Park song
– Marmalade Boy anime

Rock Lee plushie only $11 at this site.
The store in NYC where I saw it for $13.50. There’s also an online store and a store in Chicago.

Gaara plushie

– Anime Boston
– Anime Central
– Anime Next
– Anime Expo
– Japanese Toy Store on St. Marks Place (Link coming soon.)
– Ed from Fullmetal Alchemist
– Girly swimsuit figures like what guys would like

Awesome Del Ray Manga Guy
– About Del Ray manga
– Del Ray Wikipedia entry

Genshiken:
– Wikipedia’s Genshiken entry
– ANN Genshiken site

– Afternoon manga magazine (maybe not as hardcore as I thought).

– Definition of Otaku
– Comiket
– Comic Party
– one manga series by indy artists (published by CPM)
– the other fairly sucky manga series sans yaoi (published by Tokyopop)
– Akihabara

– Scott McCloud
– Can’t stop Thinking
– Can’t stop Talking

– Anime New Network, and their Encyclopedia
– Funny Genshiken episode titles
– Gainax’s Otaku No Video

– Genshiken DVD+artbox release date 7-26-05
– Genshiken manga release dates: Volume 1, 4-15-05, Volume 7-15-05, Volume 3 10-25-05, Volume 4, 1-31-06,

– Kujibuki Unbalance

– Anmanga Daioh = Azumanga Daioh
– Seven Star Stories = = Five Star Stories
– Konan the Future Boy = Future Boy Conan

– Doujinshi a.k.a. Doujin
– Tokyopop
– Akon (7)

Hal’s song, “Solids” from the album, “The Donner Party Dinner Party” by Halifax Slasher.

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Welcome to the Ninja Consultant podcast! This is our first show, so the levels are kind of crappy. In our podcast we talk about anime, manga, ninjas, anime conventions, ninjas, ninja cosplayers, and sometimes economics.

Show #001 Direct Download:

Show Notes for episode oo1:

• Shows that got us hooked on anime: Starblazers, Sailor Moon, Kare Kano, Cowboy Bebop.
• Dungeons and Dragons Oriental Adventures Supplement that includes the ninja character class.
• AMV about “Ninjaing in the Night”
• Early Miyazaki flick; Horus, Prince of the Sun
• Heidi, Girl of the Alps
• MoMA retrospective of Miyazaki films
• Dog of Flanders
• Princess Tutu
• The Raven King (not anime)
• Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (not anime, and no dancing cats)
• Requiem for the Darkness (a.k.a. Hundred Stories)
• Paranoia Agent
• Geneon Sale at Right Stuf, which ended on 7/10/05.
• Satoshi Khan, director of Perfect Blue, Millennium Actress, Tokyo Godfathers, (also Paranoia Agent, as mentioned above)
• Next week: Genshiken
• Planetes
• The Taste of Tea (live action), New York Asian Film Festival, see also Subway Cinema’s mailing list/blog
• Anime Expo
• A-Kon

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