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The Speakeasy #027: Pirate’s Grog-The Navy, Buccaneers, and Anime Piracy

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Drink #027: Pirate’s Grog-
The Navy, Buccaneers, and Anime Piracy

The debate about piracy in anime and manga might not be as old as the fandom but it certainly seems that way. The debate itself has changed with the size of the fandom. the accessibility of legitimate media, and the technology involved to name a few factors. But no matter what, the debate comes down to if and when do you think it is ethnically acceptable to view any non-licensed media. We are looking in on this debate since there have been several changes in the industry as well as the fandom. Both extremes in the piracy discussion see the other side as harmful zealots where as most people are caught in the middle. We weigh in our opinions and make some suggestions on what could be done to make most a little happier.

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

Pirate’s Grog

  • 2 ounces dark rum
  • 1/2 ounce fresh lime juice
  • 1 teaspoon brown sugar
  • 4 ounces hot water
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • 1 slice orange

Preparation:

Mix all the ingredients in a mug and garnish with a cinnamon stick and a slice of orange.

What are the Ongoing Investigations?

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Of all the questions I get about the blog oddly enough one of the most common is what are the Ongoing Investigations about? Several people have asked what their purpose is and how are they supposed to fit into the rhythm of the blog. I figured it would be best for me to lay out their purpose on the blog as it in not intuitive.

The Ongoing Investigations are supposed to be little peeks into what we are watching and reading outside of our main posts on the blog. We each pick three things that we were interested in that week and talk a bit about them. There is often not much rhyme or reason to what we pick. They are just the most interesting things we saw since the last Ongoing Investigation.

1. They are quickly consumable.

Most of the blog can be a bit verbose especially to the rapidly expanding tl;dr Internet crowd. There are some things we would like to talk about that are worth mentioning about certain shows that we want to get off out chests but are not complex enough to turn into a whole article. These are just little tidbits about what we looked at in a given week.

2. We have different tastes.

While we have very similar tastes in anime Narutaki and I are hardly of one mind when it comes to what we watch. Shocking as it maybe Narutaki does not really have anything to do with Type-Moon fandom despite what the Internet might assume. I don’t read that much BL. I don’t think their either of us would be thrilled to read everything the other one is enjoying no matter how much we individually might enjoy it. The Ongoing Investigations are a way for us to talk about things the other person on the blog could care less about.

3. It is the closest we will come to being an episodic blog.

I don’t think either of us have the patience or desire to run an episodic blog. But at the same time I know that people are often curious what we are watching and what we think of it. The Ongoing Investigation are a good way to show people what we are keeping up with. People might be curious to what I think of the new Pretty Cure iteration but I would rather not make a whole post to just say, “It was pretty alright.”

4. They are an easy way to increase the post count.

We both just wanted an easy article to do once a week. People like to visit sites that regularly update. So we try to get out content as many times a week as possible. This is something both of us can work on and usually get out once a week no matter what is going on in our lives.

Otakon’s Most Wanted

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It is the time of the year when the Otakon staff asks if there are any guests that their attendees would love to see. Who they can get, who they want to get, and who people want to see are three very different circles on the Venn diagram that don’t necessarily have a huge overlap. But all we care about is who we want to see. Surely American voice actors make up a huge number of the requests but we’re more interested in the Japanese creators. While they are not always a big draw, Otakon has been dedicated to bring them over. These are the top choices we’d like to see the most. Maybe someone will listen and maybe even make one of these little dreams come true.

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