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Irrelevant Anime Cast #1 - In Search of Merch (Patreon)

Published:
2017-05-09 09:09:11
Edited:
2020-01-02 01:15:41
Imported:
2022-03

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This very disorganized premiere moves between three topics: First, a meditation on the difficulty I have with just relaxing and enjoying an average show like Demi-chan; Then, I detail the idea that Infinite Ryvius, s-CRY-ed, and Code Geass (all directed by Taniguchi Goro) are part of an unofficial spiritual trilogy; Finally, I launch into a thirty-minute rant about the worthlessness of physical media, and implore companies to start selling me shit I actually want instead. 

Stuff I reference in this podcast:

This Animerica interview with Taniguchi Goro , which I transcribed in its entirely like 7 years ago.

Comments

Anonymous

Those old DVD boxes you describe sound amazing! I've seen some Japanese releases that look like they still put a lot of work into it. Meanwhile I live in a non-english speaking country so there's even less effort put into the releases here. Yet I still buy Blurays because online streaming services are lacking, my internet connection is slow and for some weird reason I want to watch shows at higher bitrates than what you find online.

Galamir

For me, DVDs/Bluerays are about archiving a show. Over the years there have been a few shows that were not easily accessible. Who's to say if there will be a watchable copy of Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid in 20 years that I might want to go back to? On a side note, you could ramble about anything and I'd prolly listen to it. Although, I do miss Digibro's Decompression Chamber. The more chill atmosphere/music is a nice break from your usual higher energy content.

Anonymous

I definitely watch for both the general life and anime stuff so people like that exist but I wouldn't be upset if this show turned into something different if you don't find enough to talk about.

GooGhoul

Just noticed the RSS feed name 😄. I guess so we don't need to change feed if we change patron tier/don't keep access after downgrading.

Isaac Cynova

I really appreciate your anime content, but if you're reaching and don't have any anime content to talk about one time, I'd rather have you talk about something you're passionate about than force anime content.

Isaac Cynova

As far as this show goes, I would pay extra for an "annotated" version of a lot of shows that explained translation notes or Japanese pop culture references in the animation. I was the generation that paid 30 dollars in the 90's for 4 episodes of an anime though, so it's not a big mental jump for me. I remember those old ADV episodes that would do it and I thought that was genius. What do you think about owning a series companion book to a show instead of a Blu Ray? Like an art book, with posters, and what used to be in the DVD liner notes (translation notes, references, some even had Manga excerpts that would explain storyline gaps between certain anime episodes or unexplained sudden appearances of side characters.) I miss liner notes, so buying a series companion for like 20 bucks or something that I could have on a shelf would be pretty sweet. Anyway man, good podcast. Thank you for the content and brain fodder!

GooGhoul

I buy blu-ray anime for gifting purposes, as the most convenient way to share the stuff I love.

Anonymous

I only really buy collectors editions like Blood Blockade Battlefront, Kill la Kill, and I hope the My Hero Academia boxsets aren't shit. Other than that I should really be a manga boi.

Anonymous

I want more anime content.

Anonymous

BTW Can you tell which academic book you were talking about reading during your latest Eromanga sensei podcast?

June Guts

I'm entirely doubtful that buying shitty fucking funimation blurays supports anime in any way at all. As far as I can see, it'll only help funimation to shittily license more stuff. Funimation seems to be on its death spiral, and when they collapse I'll dance on their grave and shit on it.

Anonymous

I throw away every blu ray box and keep the discs in a big folder, the only reason I buy them is because I want that show in a good quality format for long term personal archiving, none of them are "new" anime.

Anonymous

Gotta give you props for watching literally every anime released last year. Your dedication to this weeb shit astounds me.

Anonymous

Also, hearing you talk about old-school anime DVDs makes me wish I had the money and the will to throw down on those box sets when they were having fire sales in the late 2000's. Wish I was deeper into this shit back then.

Anonymous

This was a chaotic mess of a podcast. I love it, keep it up.

Anonymous

The problem with buying merch is that I always have a some other project planned to throw money on. I'm expecting some money for next month and I have my mind set on a weights bench and an other smartphone as my front mic is broken and haven't replaced it for 4 years. If I had a bigger disposable income I have buy buy buy and buy all the things. Crunchyroll isn't up to my standards and I heard some pretty bad things about their costumer support.

Anonymous

More anime content! This was a good podcast, your historical perspective on merch was interesting and I really liked the part about Taniguchi Goro and his ideas in directing. A lot of my favorite content of yours is the stuff that strings a narrative between works that aren't obviously connected.

Anonymous

Great points! I bought Amazon Special Edition One Piece box sets which came with a lot of extras and a MARATHON viewing menu option. Every DVD and Blu-ray I bought afterwards are very basic with the case and menu options. Also it is super hard find any merch outside of super popular animes. I have tried countless times trying to find Log Horizon posters and other merch, I buying fanart and had it shipped.

Anonymous

But the single bright side with owning my DVD/Blu-Rays, like Kieron George mentioned in their comment, it's an easy way to view it with my friends. Since no one I know are super into anime, and the ones that do don't like subbed, it's nice to have a dubbed version disc to put in. I actually managed to get a friend of mine that was a SAO fan super into Log Horizon with bringing over my Log Horizon DVD.

Bill

Not sure if you continued Interviews with Monster Girls or not, but the show was very heartwarming by the end. It used it's monster girl motif to have subtext of discrimination and was done very well.

Anonymous

I'd like anime content where you read books and magazines outside of wiki too.

Anonymous

I'm surprised you didn't mention Aniplex, who put a lot of effort into their special edition disc sets, though they do cost an arm and a leg. But still, if you are a hardcore fan of the show, you get something substantial to appreciate. They also are very awesome about bringing movies to the States right away.

Anonymous
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And yes, please make more of these anime related casts

Bill

Hey, Digi. If Goro Taniguchi wanted to create another show to add to this spiritual sucessor trilogy, what do you think the next logical step would be?