New York Comic Con 2013: Our 7 Favorite Announcements

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Anything and Everything Attack on Titan

Unsurprisingly it seems that any and every Attack on Titan title in existence was picked up after the success of the anime. The true Attack on Titan frenzy is not shown with the pick up of the guidebooks, the comedy high school parody manga, the prequel manga, or the Levi spin-off manga that only currently has one chapter. No, the true testament to the phenomenon is that the light novel was licensed. But if there is any company that could make a light novel release work it is Vertical. We’ll see which of these titles succeed, by how much, and how much a rising tide lifts all boats in general.

Also you couldn’t turn around at NYCC without running into at least ten people cosplaying from the series.

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S.W.A.T. Reviews: Autumn 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  4 more from the new season:

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Listen – Episode 1 of Tokyo Ravens from 8Bit with the opening “X-encounter” by Maon Kurosaki. It is streaming on Funimation.

Listen – Episode 1 of BlazBlue: Alter Memory from Hoods Entertainment and teamKG with the opening “Blue Blaze” by Faylan. It is streaming on Funimation.

Listen – Episode 1 of Samurai Flamenco from Manglobe with the opening “Just one life” by SPYAIR. It is streaming on Crunchyroll.

Listen – Episode 1 of Galilei Donna from A-1 Pictures with the opening “Synchromania” by Negoto. It is streaming on Crunchyroll.

New York Comic Con 2013: Podcasts

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Normally with con coverage we start with our tweets from over the weekend. But with the sheer amount of human beings in the Jacob K. Javits Center it was hard for either of us to tweet with any regularity. Since New York Comic Con ends a bit earlier than your average anime convention, we decided to try recording some podcasts everyday after the convention. Each day Patz from The Cockpit podcast, and a mysterious person better known Alain’s roommate, joined us to talk about the day’s events.

These are distinctly a bit raw and unedited but they are also totally fresh off the convention floor feelings that will hopefully give you a bit of different perspective on the convention.

(Sorry these are only available on YouTube. Our Libsyn is all filled up with S.W.A.T. Reviews!)

Friday Crime Scene Investigations

Saturday Crime Scene Investigations

Sunday Crime Scene Investigations

More New York Comic Con 2013 posts:

New York Comic Con 2013: General Impressions
New York Comic Con 2013: Panels
New York Comic Con 2013: Show Floor & Artist Alley
New York Comic Con 2013: Masters of Animanga
New York Comic Con 2013: Our 7 Favorite Announcements
The Speakeasy #046: The Princess Bubble-tini, New York Comic Con 2013