DocHaus (Level 18)

@Sonata said:

Why do I get the Michael Jordan coming out of retirement and playing for the Wizards vibe to this lineup.

Could be worse. Have you seen Michael Jordan as a manager? His Bobcats somehow managed to be even worse than the Wizards in this truncated season. That takes some serious effort.

@LuffyDUzumaki: Not a matter of me being a fan of Toonami or not. I just see this as a rebranding experiment fueled by misplaced nostalgia, and the execs at Cartoon Network seem to be treating it as such until/unless they get enough eyeballs watching the tube to prove otherwise. I'm not so confident that the twitter people will actually watch the new-ish Toonami block, considering reruns of Family Guy (ugh), American Dad and Robot Chicken regularly beat out anime and other non-anime shows on [adult swim] in ratings.

Also, I admit I'm not really a fan of the anime version of Deadman Wonderland. Casshern Sins is...okay.

Thank you for the low-effort posting.

To sum up the link posted in the OP: the dubbed versions of Deadman Wonderland and Casshern Sins are being added to the lineup, while Cartoon Network is being very miserly with its support. Yay, I guess? Jason DeMarco's twitter is currently being bombarded with cries of "WHY CAN'T YOU PLAY [show x]? I LIKE [show x]" But he did post some interesting tidbits:

- We will not be showing Naruto, DBZ, etc for now. The rights to those shows are owned by our competition or are out of our price range.

- SPEAKING OF WHICH: Something you should know about THIS Toonami: We have very,very little $. This experiment will need ratings success..

- ..to receive more funding for new shows, more Tom animation, etc. I'm thankful for the $ we've gotten, but it isn't a lot.

- TOM: Will be voiced as always by Steve Blum. Who is doing it for love. Just like we are. Tom will be an updated hi-res version of Tom 3.0.

- The Absolution will be a slightly different but almost identical version of the one from the Tom 3.0 era as well.

- There will be no SARA for now. She costs too much to make. But if we can bring her back, we sure will.

- We will try to have some new content each week- game reviews, music videos, content pieces etc. As much as we can afford and make.

- Music: Music will come from a number of places: Ghostly, Warp Records, Victory Records, Now Again records, as well as...

- ..friends of ours like @therealelp, @flyinglotus, Chris Devoe, Ben Burton, and many others. No, we won't be using JBV.

- Peter Cullen will NOT be the voice of the promos. He's busy with Transformers and Eeyore and doesn't do many promos. Love you Peter!

- Lastly, just want to say thank you to all who have supported and brought it back. If you can KEEP supporting us, we will have more $...

Guess it'll be up to the fans to see if they can swallow the crap sandwich and give CN enough ratings to justify spending more on the block, or if they stay on their torrents and streams and let the thing wither and die.

@YukaTA: Pick something from this list. You're welcome.

@SteveRodgers:

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex.

Both seasons.

Also, my list.

Possible? Sure. Hell, I've been doing AlphaVictor with a handful of other users on this site for the past year or so. Problem is that <100 people seem to give a shit between the streaming site and itunes, and if I'm lucky two people will bother to comment to me on an episode, and I'm not getting paid anything. In fact, I'm paying a bit of pocket change every month to podbean so they'll host the podcast. Yeah, it's possible. Here's my question to you, kashif: are you going to do a podcast, and are you going to stick around for more than a few episodes before you get sick and tired of the whole thing? Or are you just throwing it out there and hoping someone else does the work for you?

@AURON570: Artistic as fuck and with plenty of excuses to see Fujiko naked each episode, but still pretty good. I will say it has a slightly more serious tone than the previous cartoons so just be prepared for that. The first three episodes focus on Fujiko running into a single member of the gang (Lupin, Jigen, and now Goemon), so it might shift back into crazy caper mode but I don't know.

@cynically_happy:

The Vovnich Hotel. We don't seem to have a wiki entry here, but look for either that name or the author Dowman Sayman.

If you look for his(?) other works, be warned that they are 100x weirder and some are NSFW.

Whiskey Media may have split, but we can't be bought off by our new corporate overlords (unless they give us money, then we can talk)!

Because I forgot to make topics for them before, here are the two latest episodes of Anime Vice's unofficial podcast, Alphavictor:

Episode #28: No Doc, You Are The Reapers

DocHaus has yet to actually play Mass Effect 3, but everyone else won't shut up about it, so he rants about another topic instead: Crunchyroll using "spec work" to get one of their fans to create a mascot for them where the "winner" gets no tangible or intangible prize and forfeits their rights to ownership of said mascot if they win. Also, Kurt still hates everything you like. Except Mass Effect 3.

Link here.

Episode #29: We Are [Not] Selling Out!

Among the topics discussed, DocHaus talks about Daily Lives of High School Boys, the crew talks about other anime that ended by the time you hear this podcast (for better or worse) and Kurt decides to let out some flamebait--or was that jailbait?--about J-Pop idols. Something like that. I probably should have edited that bit out. Uh oh. Send me a postcard from prison, Kurt!

Link here.

As always, ask us a question in the comments below and we will probably answer it, either in this thread or in a future show. Enjoy!

Here's the full version of Modern Strange Cowboy. Much like the show it appears in: full of Engrish lyrics and incredibly pumped-up while still remaining campy as hell.

Hanaji, the OP to the first season of Maria+Holic. There is a full version out there, but you need to see the video to get the full experience.

There are a few others I'd like to post but I'll wait and see if someone else wants to post their own first.

This reminds me, I still need to watch LoGH. It's been on my "to-watch" list for awhile now.

RIP Ishiguro, I hardly knew ye.

@jewl122: As far as shoujo stories go I found Ouran to be pretty amusing at times, but good luck finding the manga anywhere now.

For what it is worth, I'm sure our AlphaVictor podcast will still be around, even if it takes on a different name or format. They can't buy us off (because we aren't yet popular enough to be bought off) so there!

@PenguinDust: Try ADTRW, though you'll have to pay $10 one-time to SomethingAwful for the privilege they actually keep out most of the creepy shit except to make fun of it. Or you can lurk for free (I think?).

@PenguinDust: Actually there is anime adaptation of VC3, but it's only a 2-part OVA. One part of which was released months ago. I wrote a blog for it on GB, can't remember if I pasted it here.

My impression was that VC1 was kind of an alternate WWI where the not-Nazis were encroaching on not-Belgium and not-Belgium fought back. VC2 was "Anime High School (also there's a civil war)" and VC3 was like fanfiction of the "super-secret penal legion" that was never mentioned in VC1 until now. Ah, I'm ranting again.

On-topic, I guess you could argue Devil May Cry, but the anime came out around the time of the 4th game and it was terrible and a reminder of why no one who plays DMC takes the story that seriously.

@jewl122:

If you're looking for not-porn Mature subject matter, then look up Naoki Urusawa's work. Specifically, 20th Century Boys and Monster. Those stories are really freaking deep. If you're looking for something a little more historic, then try Blade of the Immortal or Vagabond (there is nudity but it is the "artistic" kind). If you want something more recent, then check out Bloody Monday and Cage of Eden. Kodansha has been releasing English-translated versions of those stateside so you can buy them now.

The AlphaVictorians celebrate useless holidays in this episode, before moving on to more important topics: We try (and fail) to not rage at length about recent shows we hate, then We briefly preview upcoming series for the Spring anime season that we hope will do better. Kurt looked for a copy of Wandering Son and walked out with 4 volumes of K-on, and he has a love-hate relationship with DC Comics. Also, DocHaus talks about Gotham City Imposters for a bit (they got better).

On a semi-related note, your friendly AlphaVictorians Kurt (damswedon) and myself guest-starred on a podcast about Mass Effect 3 on Giant Bomb, where we speculated wildly about the game before it came out. You can find it at http://www.soundcloud.com/slowbird/mass-effect-3-speculation

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