New York Comic Con 2014: Obata Cometh

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(note: No Type-Moon Weekly News Round Up
or All Points Bulletin this week.)

It seems like New York Comic Con never ceases to surprise us. This year we’re lucky to have the great Takeshi Obata (Death Note, Hikaru no Go, Bakuman, All You Need is Kill) in attendance. We’re also privileged to hear from some up and coming creators during the Kakehashi Project panel. Beyond that there will be more than enough comics, movies, and cartoons to keep us busy all weekend long. We look forward to seeing you there and/or bringing you tons of coverage from the event!

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Pre-NYCC 2014 Podcast

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Our tentative schedule for the convention:

Thursday
02:15PM The World of Mouse Guard
05:00PM Image Comics: I Is for Immersive
06:45PM The Future of Weekly Shonen Jump

Friday
11:00AM Crunchyroll Industry Panel
12:00PM Editors on Editing
12:45PM Elementary Panel & Exclusive Screening
02:15PM Publishers Weekly: Comics the European Way
03:15:PM Damsels in Distress Need Not Apply
04:00PM Nerdist Writers Panel
05:00PM Weekly Shonen Jump Presents: Takeshi Obata, Artist for Death Note and All You Need Is Kill
06:00PM Comics: Where to Begin?
07:15PM Justice League: Throne of Atlantis
08:15PM Your Opinion Sucks! Rotten Tomatoes Critics vs. Fans

Saturday
11:00AM Crunchyroll Industry Panel
11:15AM The Art of Animation and Saturday Morning Cartoons with Animator/Director Tom Cook
12:15PM The One Weird Trick for Learning about Comics
01:00PM Sunrise Official Panel
02:00PM Spotlight on Randall Munroe with Bill Nye
02:15PM Image Comics: I Is for Impact
03:15PM How D&D Changed The World and Why Role-Playing Games Rule
04:15PM Official Sailor Moon Panel
05:15PM Vertical Manga 2014
06:15PM Anime News Network
07:00PM Evolution of the Action-RPG Genre
08:15PM KILL la KILL Episode 25 (OVA) US Premiere and English Cast Meet and Greet

Sunday
11:15AM Survivors of the First Comic Con
12:15PM Dark Circle Comics: Building the Future of Super Hero Comics
01:00PM KAKEHASHI Project – New Japanese Animation Talent
02:00PM Kodansha Comics
03:00PM The Mary Sue Presents – All on the Table
04:15PM Moviepilot Presents Women in Geek Media – Super Girls on a Mission!
05:00PM NYCC Staff Q&A

S.W.A.T. Reviews: Autumn 2014 Pt. 1

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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. These are the first batch from the new season and now we’ve broken them into (helpful?) categories:

Sentence: Free to Go

Listen – First impressions of Tribe Cool Crew from Sunrise. It is streaming on Crunchyroll.

Listen – First impressions of Gugure! Kokkuri-san from TMS Entertainment. It is streaming on Crunchyroll.

Listen – First impressions of Joker fromShin-Ei Animation. It is streaming on Crunchyroll.

Sentence: On Parole

Listen – First impressions of World Trigger from Toei Animation. It is streaming on Crunchyroll.

Sentence: Lock ‘Em Up and Throw Away the Key

Listen – First impressions of I Can’t Understand What My Husband Is Saying from Seven. It is streaming on Crunchyroll.

Listen – First impressions of Denki-gai! from Shin-Ei Animation. It is streaming on Crunchyroll.

Listen – First impressions of Wolf Girl and Black Prince from TYO Animations. It is streaming on Crunchyroll.

Listen – First impressions of When Supernatural Battles Became Commonplace from Studio Trigger. It is streaming on Crunchyroll.

Listen – First impressions of Orenchi no Furo Jijou from Asahi Production. It is streaming on Crunchyroll.

 

Case Closed Reviews: Summer 2014 Pt. 2

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First impressions are great but what about our thoughts after we’ve watched an entire series week to week? We figured our listeners might want to hear our final impressions as well so we’ve created the Case Closed Review podcast. Just like the S.W.A.T. Reviews, these will be mini-podcasts and completely off the cuff.

Here are the shows we finished from the spring and summer seasons:

Listen – Final impressions  of Blue Spring Ride from Production I.G. It is streaming on Crunchyroll.

Listen – Final impressions of Re:_Hamatora from NAZ. It is streaming on Crunchyroll.

Listen – Final impressions of Free! Eternal Summer from Kyoto Animation. It is streaming on Crunchyroll.