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ANN Interviews Minagoroshi no Gen Urobuchi

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Anime News Network just posted an interview with the author of the original Fate/Zero novels. Gen Urobuchi is probably recently well known for being the writer behind the anime Puella Magi Madoka Magica and the visual novel Saya no Uta. You might notice that the author of most of the questions is a very familiar face. Me! So I got to totally geek out and ask some real “What are these inconsistencies with U.S.S Enterprise NCC-1701A Deck Plans” style questions. There are also some more general questions for everyone else who don’t instinctually know which Noble Phantasm has the subtitle of the Golden Sword of the Victorious. The answers are mostly short “polite Japanese industry” style answers but I think there as some great insights to be gained. If nothing else I like finding our more about Kinoko Nasu and Takashi Takeuchi as well as Gen Urobuchi.

Interview: Fate/Zero Screenwriter Gen Urobuchi

The Speakeasy #022: Berliner Weisse mit Schuss, A Legend of the Galactic Heroes Discussion

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Drink #022: Berliner Weisse mit Schuss,
A Legend of the Galactic Heroes Discussion

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In this episode, we discuss the epic, the legendary, the greatest anime space opera Legend of the Galactic Heroes. With so much material, we couldn’t do it alone so we invited Caleb from Otaku USA and Vinny from All Geeks Considered to help us out.

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

Berliner Weisse mit Schuss

1 ounce red-raspberry flavored syrup (or green Waldmeister sweet woodruff syrup)
16 ounces light German wheat beer

Pour a 1 oz schuss of waldmeister or raspberry syrup into a large wheat-beer glass. Slowly add 16 oz cold Berliner Kindl Weisse or other light German-style wheat beer.

Let me Fansplain something to you.

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The term Mansplaining has generally fallen into the common Internet lexicon. Mansplaining is when a man explains something to a woman, preferably about a female issues, as if he is a far greater authority about the issue. While nowhere near as weighty a faux pas of ignorance and presumption I have noticed a similar trend thanks to the recent Starfire and Catwoman controversy in the DC reboot. This practice of Fansplaining is a term I have coined who when people make bold statements about an entire fandom that they have little to no knowledge about.

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