Month: November 2011

This Year I Am Thankful for Fate/Zero in Particular

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With a global economy in recession, the exchange rate being horrible, and the anime industry looking like Hyatt on a bad day it can be a hard time to be an anime fan. In fact with the economy the way it is it can be a tough no matter what you are a fan of. But despite that Thanksgiving is a good time to sit back and reflect on the things that you have despite what else is going on around it. As I mentioned before this year has been a great year to be a Type-Moon fan and I am always thankful for that. Hopefully next year we will actually get Mahou Tsukai no Yoru in 2012 so they can move on Girl’s Work and Fate/Apocrypha. So what was everyone thankful for in anime this year? What are you looking forward to in the next year?

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The Speakeasy #023: Royal Shakespeare, The Art of Storytelling

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Drink #023: Royal Shakespeare,
The Art of Storytelling

The pacing is off. The characters never grow. The story is derivative. These are all common complaints thrown around about shows. Sometimes they are right  on the money but other times you wonder if people have seen the same show as you. This month we look at the art of storytelling. What makes a good story and how can you examine a story in a way that maximizes the depth of reading without sacrificing your enjoyment of the material. 

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And now your helpful bartenders at The Speakeasy present your drink:

Royal Shakespeare

0.5 oz  Butterscotch Schnapps
1.0 oz  Irish Cream
0.5 oz  Jack Daniels

In a shot glass pour the Butterscotch Schnapps and Jack. Float the Bailey’s Irish Cream on top, or just mix it all together.

The Veef Fires the Macross Cannon

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As a fan of the Veef Show from ColectionDX I decided to leave some audio feedback on the recent review of the 2nd Macross Frontier Movie. Apparently my question was enough to spawn its own podcast where Andrew discusses the Macross stance on canon between their various iterations of the franchise. This spawns a whole podcast on the differences between the American and Japanese sci-fi franchises and what is canonical and what is not. Of course that means Star Wars Vs. Star Trek and the complex canon wars comes up as well.

The Veef Show Episode 32 – Now That’s a Canon Film