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Narutaki’s picks:

• LEGO for the Holidays
  I spent a good portion of my weekend decorating my place for Christmas. Sadly, I did not have a giant LEGO Christmas tree but now I have a goal!
• Lost Disney Film Found
  A short of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit was recently discovered in a UK film archive, it was thought lost forever. The one of a kind film will go up for action later in December. It would great if it was made available online for viewing.
• Everyone Draws Tiger and Bunny
  No one can get enough of this crime-fighting duo! Manga-ka from Asuka magazine and various others have posted fan-art from the popular TV series. I would love to see an artbook collected of famous artist interpretations of Tiger and Bunny.
• Intro to CLAMP and Gackt’s Project Streamed
  Their live show collaboration MOON SAGA Yoshitsune Hiden will be on USTREAM on December 5th. There aren’t a whole lot of details about it beyond that.
• House of Five Leaves on DVD
  FINALLY! FINALLY!! And it wasn’t Funimation who finally made good on this show, but rather NIS America. This also means a very special limited release with artbook coming out in March.

Hisui’s picks:

• Robot Wars, Nothing More than Robot Wars
  Some movies are so powerful that one podcast cannot tackle them alone. Robot Was requires the combined powers of the The Greatest Movie EVER! Podcast and the The Veef Show. They look at a low budget live action movie with robots fighting each other. What is lack in budget it makes up for in heart. Sounds like more mecha than Michael Bay’s Transformers films. Zing!
• Alto gets to hang out with Hikaru and Basara
  The gentleman at Gundamn! also take a crack at the newest Macross Frontier movie. A good look a the merits and flaw of the movie. You can tell that they are all of team Sheryl Nome so their reaction to the end of the love triangle is predicable. They also have their normal mix of news and an extended feed back session. That is an enviable amount of feedback.
• Dave and Joel vs. Video Games. Video Games Did Not Stand a Chance.
  The fastest martial arts practitioners make a guest appearance on the ANNCast to round up the year in video games. Dark Souls, Xenoblade Chronicles, Deus Ex: Humn Revolution, Skyrim , Uncharted, and more is discussed. A nice look at the busy time in the video game season.
  
• Always be prepared with Fate/Zero
  I am mentioning that they are making a line of Fate/Zero Swiss army knives. Mostly because it is less depressing than taking about the price of the Fate/Zero box set. Also on a less depressing note is seems that Fate/Apochrypha is going to be a novel.
• Something to Smile About
  The first pictures are already available for the new Pretty Cure show Smile Precure! It looks charming and they are relevaing the 5 members of the team right off the bat. I will warn all Pretty Cure fans. The less you expect this show to be Heartcatch the happier you will be.

Again, finally a House of Five Leaves DVD release!

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Hisui’s picks:

• Even seeing it be made I don’t believe the 7 foot paper craft Gundam
  It is a 7 foot tall Gundam only made of of paper. That is sort of insane. Even with crazy software to help you out putting togeather such a project it is still a colossal undertaking.
  
• Either the Perfect Union or an Unholy Fusion. Take you Pick.
  As anyone who plays on the Internet will tell you the My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic fandom can be a bit insane and rather annoying at times. But sometimes their energy can be a positive thing. It seems there is a fan project to make a Phoenix Wright style detective game using the Friendship is Magic charterers. The developer videos make it seem like it might actually be rather fun. I am curious to see how it plays out.
• It is Only Matter of Time Before We Get Neco-Arc: The Movie
  It seems that another Type-Moon April Fools post has become a reality. This time the “Room of the April Witch” story will get a CD release as voiced by Maaya Sakamoto. I assume they are making this into a real project because it was far more serious than the Type-Moon wresting league or Necoarc Evolution.
• Let hope for some of those wonderful Tohou hits
  Looking around for Umineko music to listen to I happened to stumble upon that little number. It is a mashup of the Tohou Project and opening to Ougon Musou Kyoku. Just to balance out the universe I also present this little gem. Also for all the Marisa fans.
• A look at the Noire Sci Fi Future
  Chaos Theater reviews two somewhat under-recognized neo-noir sci-fi films, Gattaca and Dark City. If you have not seen both films you might want to give them a look before the podcast as they don’t hold back with spoilers. They also talk about the phenomenon of gaming elitism via MW3.

Narutaki’s picks:

• Womanthology Preview
  The first images from Womanthology do a lot to further the anticipation for this book of comics by all female artists. There is great variety in the pieces shown everything from gritty, shadowed pages to cartoony line drawings.
• LEGO Daily Planet
  I sometimes think I’ll like anything if rendered in LEGOs. Still the Daily Planet with Superman being attacked by Brainiac is rather impressive.

Speaking of Ace Attorneys:

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Narutaki’s picks:

• Happy Birthday, Mickey Mouse!
  The 18th was Mickey’s 83rd birthday!
  
• New Trailers
  
  • Pixar’s Brave
    I love it already! It is fantasy, it has a cool female protagonist, the animation looks breathtaking. June is much too far away!
  • The Hunger Games
    If you aren’t looking forward to this, well then I am sad. I was a big fan of the book and by the look of things they are staying true to the vision. I felt less happy with the second and third books, but for right now I can just revel in the fantastic going into work bringing the first to life on the big screen.
  • The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
    I always like Daniel Craig so I was interested in this, but after seeing the trailer I’m very excited. A big international bestseller, which I haven’t actually read yet, but looks to be a stunning mystery.
• Tiger and Bunny Get Films
  Many of us have been wondering where this surprise phenomenon of the year was going next and now we have an answer. There is no mention of the story, but we can all just be happy they are happening. Is it too much to ask for a Sky High focused movie? And the internet can hopefully stop complaining about the CG since this will presumably have a film budget?
  
• Toy Story Fashion
  These Toy Story inspire fashions from Japanese designer bossini 系列 are pretty rad. I especially like the Slinky Dog muffler!
  

Hisui’s picks:

• Is This the Last Song for Macross Frontier or Will There be an Encore?
  The Veef and Dkun discuss the second Macross Frontier Movie: The Wings of Goodbye. Filled with discussion of the changes from the TV series, the resolution of the love triangle, and of course robots, robots, robots. They go over the entire plot in detail so be warned that there is no spoiler they do not touch upon. I might actually get off my duff and send in a voice message to ask a question I think should be addressed but overall it is a great overview of the movie.
• Time to Add An Intellectual Rapists Into Your Fighting Game Repertoire
  At the Winter Comic Market 07 Expansion will be releasing two new additions to the Umineko series. There is another fan disk of short stories called Umineko no Naku Koro ni Hane. I’m hoping there are some more answers in Hane but I am not going to hold my breath. They are also releasing an upgrade to the Umineko fighting game called Ougon Musou Kyoku Cross. Erika Furudo, Dlanor A. Knox, and Black Battler will be available from the start and Lambdadelta, Bernkastel and Willard H. Wright will be available for download later on. Glad to see 34-tan and Wright in the mix. There are still some great characters they could add. Gaap and more of the older Ushiromiya family members would be cool.
• On Your Mark, Get Set, GO!
  Everyone has been talking about Redline. In fact it was just the topic of a recent Podlabor. For awhile the only way to see the movie was to attend a few select shows around the world, import the Japanese home video release, or use some Edward Teach like methods. But before the US Blu-ray and DVD release you have a chance to see the movie in a theatrical setting in New York and Los Angles. If you live in either area it will definitely be worth a look as Redline is an action spectacle that will definitely benefit from being on a big screen.
• The Best/Worst Fate/Extra review
  A little comic that “reviews” Fate/Extra after the artist got to play a sneak preview. It is rather amusing in what the reviewers chooses to talk about and what the reviewer decides to leave to others. I like the family of Sabers.
• The Modern Japanese Psyche Through Slang
  A look a 60 of the most popular phrases and slang in Japan from 2011. A great list if you know scholarly Japanese but want to familiarise yourself with a bit more with of the colloquial terms being thrown around. Unsurprisingly many of the terms have to deal with the fallout of the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami.

In hopes of his own movie!