Category: Books/Novels/Light Novels

The Speakeasy #075: My Little Monster, Fire Emblem, Spectre, Gravity Falls

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Ongoing Investigations: 007: Spectre from Eon Productions, Firefight and Calamity by Brandon Sanderson, Fire Emblem Fates from Intelligent Systems, Gravity Falls from Disney, My Little Monster by Robico.

Food for Thought: What upcoming videogames are you looking forward to?

Topics: Crowdfunding round-up with Riding Bean, The Vision of Escaflowne, Kaze no Yo ni, Mayoiga. Amazon and Noitamina partnership, Netflix and Production I.G partnership, Production I.G’s FLCL, Anime Mirai Becomes Anime Tamago.

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

Vesper Martini

  • 3 measures of Gordon’s Gin
  • 1 measure of vodka
  • 1/2 measure Kina Lillet
  • Lemon peel for garnish

“Three measures of Gordon’s, one of vodka, half a measure of Kina Lillet. Shake it very well until it’s ice-cold, then add a large thin slice of lemon peel. Got it?” –Casino Royale, Chapter 7

 

 

Legend of the Galactic Heroes Novel 1: Dawn—The Blonde Brat and the Alcoholic Historian

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hisui_icon_4040 Legend of the Galactic Heroes always seemed like the longest of long shots only behind Sazae-san, Kochikame, and Anpanman in “The League of Anime That Will Never Get Licensed.” It was always the most popular of the League but that only made it the least likely series to be licensed with the biggest fanbase. Your not going to see Kochikame on lists of Anime You Have to See Before You Die but you will find Legend of the Galactic Heroes on quite a few top anime of all time rundowns. But then the Summer of Miracles occurred in 2105 with insane E3 and the crazy licenses at Anime Expo. Two of those little miracles were the licensing of both the Legend of the Galactic Heroes anime and then the novels on top of that. Just getting one of them was unthinkable but both of them was a planetary alignment. While the first box set for the anime has yet to come out the first novel has come out from VIZ.

The thing is the anime is a fairly known quantity. You can find blog posts, podcasts, video reviews, wikis that will tell you all about the series. There are even looks at the board game. We did a whole bunch of posts on the anime ourselves. While it is not that you can’t find any information about the novels, because the info is out there, but overall it is a scant amount of info and mostly just general summaries at best. That has all changed and English fandom can finally read novels and see how they stack up to the original. Will everyone go around saying how much better the books are than the TV series or will this be more of an The Irresponsible Captain Tylor situation?

narutaki_icon_4040 While a lot of anime is based on manga, there are countless titles that have been adapted from books as well. As a person who enjoys reading the book before or after the movie, I’ve often lamented not having the same opportunity when the source material for anime titles is a book. And certainly I never would have imagined having the chance to read the original Legend of the Galactic Heroes novels.

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The Speakeasy #072: Snickerdoodle Hot Cocoa—Carry On, Yamato 2199, Manben, Phantom Thief Jeanne

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Drink #072: Snickerdoodle Hot Cocoa
Carry On, Yamato 2199, Manben, Phantom Thief Jeanne

Ongoing Investigations: Carry On by Rainbow Rowell, Phantom Thief Jeanne by Arina Tanemura, Manben ep. 1, Space Battleship Yamato 2199: Odyssey of the Celestial Ark by Xebec.

Topics: Digital only manga, Comic Zenon, Book Walker, New Macross, Waku Waku NYC, Otakon, Glitter Force, To All the Corners of the World anime gets crowdfunded, Working in the anime industry, Favorite licenses, Miyu Matsuki, Shigeru Mizuki, Origa.

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

Snickerdoodle Hot Cocoa

  • 3 c. half & half
  • ⅔ c. white chocolate, chopped
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • ½ tsp. vanilla
  • ½ tsp. cinnamon
  • ⅛ tsp. nutmeg

Combine ¼ c. half & half, white chocolate, and cinnamon stick in a small saucepan. Heat on low, stirring constantly, until white chocolate is melted. Add remaining half & half and spices and heat through. Remove cinnamon stick before serving.