Category: Detectives

2 Guys & a Mic and the Dread of the Grave

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hisui_icon_4040 I proclaim that Alain Mendez (aka Hisui) is the detective. The detective is not the culprit. No proof is needed to show this.

I recently listened to the podcast review on the 2 Guys and a Mic podcast of the Umineko no Naku Koro ni anime. It was a good review but Jahmere and Mike only watched the anime. That is not a crime. An anime should be able to stand on its audience needing to lean on supplemental material or the original source product. The anime leaves out some major plot points and explanations so it makes sense they were a bit confused at points.

There is a distinct reason that the anime has the bad reputation it does.

In hopes of shedding a little light on the situation I decided to throw out some blue and red statements to clear up some things.

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S.W.A.T. Review – Ghost in the Shell Arise

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This is a special bonus S.W.A.T. review for the new Ghost in the Shell series because we were just that excited.

The premise of these reviews is simple: watch the first episode of a series and then immediately sit down to record a review mini-podcast. The reviews are five- to ten-minutes long and entirely off the cuff.

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Listen – The Ghost in the Shell: Arise – Border: 1 Ghost Pain from Production I.G. with the commercial preview.

S.W.A.T. Reviews: Summer 2013 Pt. 2

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The premise of these reviews is simple: watch the first episode of a series and then immediately sit down to record a review mini-podcast. The reviews are five- to ten-minutes long and entirely off the cuff. As always we only review new shows (so no sequels or continuations) and try to avoid anything that just looks outright awful. Here are the last six from the new season:

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Listen – Episode 1 of Sunday Without God from Studio Madhouse with the opening “Birth” by Eri Kitamura. It is streaming on Crunchyroll.

Listen – Episode 1 of il sole pentra Ie illusioni ~ Day Break Illusion from AIC with the opening “traumerei” by LiSA. It is streaming on Crunchyroll.

Listen – Episode 1 of Silver Spoon from A-1 Pictures with the opening “Kiss you” by miwa. It is streaming on Crunchyroll.

Listen – Episode 1 of Gatchaman Crowds from Tatsunoko Production with the opening “Crowds” by WHITE ASH. It is streaming on Crunchyroll.

Listen – Episode 1 of Danganronpa: The Animation from Lerche with the ending “Zetsubosei: Hero Chiryoyaku” by Suzumu feat. Soraru. It is streaming on Funimation.

Listen – Episode 1 of Stella Women’s Academy, High School Club C3 from GAINAX with the opening “Shape My Story” by Anna Yano. It is streaming on Crunchyroll.