Category: Fantasy

The Speakeasy #017: Viking Funeral, The Life and Death of Tokyopop

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Anime 3000 presents The Speakeasy Podcast:
Drink #017: Viking Funeral,
The Life and Death of Tokyopop

By both listener request and our own desire we discuss the influential, good or bad, life of Tokyopop. From the beginning it seemed like they had new ideas and were setting out to do something different. They rode high for a while, but things started to slip in the mid-2000s at the heart of the manga boom. It is undeniable that they changed the U.S. industry so we reminisce and discuss all that came with it.

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

Viking Funeral

  • 1/3 oz. Rumple Minze
  • 1/3 oz. Jagermeister
  • 1/3 oz. Goldschlager

Mix in a shooter glass.

The Speakeasy #016: Fantasy Island, A Primer on Fantasy Anime

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Anime 3000 presents The Speakeasy Podcast:
Drink #016: Fantasy Island,
A Primer on Fantasy Anime

In 1937, J. R. R. Tolkien wrote The Hobbit which in many ways set the stage for modern fantasy literature across the world. In 1974, Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson published Dungeons and Dragons which is the most iconic fantasy role-playing game ever created. These and many other fantasy material have long since influenced the anime community and helped shape a small but vibrant fantasy anime genre. As fantasy fans ourselves we are going to look at the various sub-genres of fantasy anime and point out some titles to watch. Just as a warning although we mention it in passing we do not go into detail about the tons and tons of elf-related hentai. That can be the topic of a different podcast.

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

Fantasy Island

  • 2 ounces coconut rum
  • 1 ounce melon liqueur
  • 2 ounces pineapple juice
  • pineapple chunk
  • maraschino cherry

Combine rum, melon liqueur and pineapple juice in ice-filled shaker. Shake well, strain into martini glass. Granish with pineapple wedge and cherry.

Tenken: Tiamat’s Older and Meaner Brother

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If you were waking around in the Exhibitors Hall at NYCC you might have seen a booth promoting One Peace Book’s recent publication, Tenken. It is an atypical manga that uses the legend of the Yamata no Orochi to tell a story of modern fantasy. The first time I had an experience of the learning about the legend of the Orochi was while watching the Reawakening Memories OVA of Ranma 1/2 in college. That was a great introduction to the story regardless of Rumiko Takahashi’s alterations of the story. Ever since then I have always taken an interest in anything involving the Orochi because it was those two episodes in particular that catapulted me in hardcore anime fandom.

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