I continue scaling the leg.
Time to get a review of another Sword & Laser Book Club pick – this time an epic fantasy novel with a very distinct storytelling style.
So far, for the Fall 2024 season, I’ve only dropped one show so far – and that was How I Attended an All-Guy’s Mixer. The short version for that is this – I was interested in the show as a sort of gender-fluid BL-lite series. Not quite full on BL, but a series that could play with the tropes in interesting ways. However, the second episode felt a lot like it was relying a lot on “No Homo” jokes – to enough of a point that I basically went “Nah” – and I decided to drop it and pick up a proper BL anime later. So, How I Attended an All-Guy’s Mixer does not get a recommend from me.
Quick Notes on the One Show I Dropped
Anime Review: Betterman
Betterman was an anime series I watched a fair amount of on TechTV back when TechTV was a thing and it showed anime, before it became the G4 network. At the time I hadn’t heard about GaoGaiGar, and I didn’t have any form of DVR (and never got around to programming the VCR to tape it when it was on), so I never caught the whole show. However, at long last, in 2024, I have finally watched the show in its entirety and can give my thoughts – finishing it not long after Halloween.
Continue readingTime for a bit of a Sealed Envelope Video, where I talk – in advance of the Analogue 3D’s release, of the feature I want the most from the console.
As a reminder, the weekend of November 8th I will be at Kumoricon. Desert Bus for Hope starts that week, so I won’t be streaming that Friday or likely the following Friday.
Reminder of upcoming schedule stuff
Like the title says – go vote!
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Anime Explorations Episode 25: Dark Gathering
We have some horror anime this month with Dark Gathering, which is available for streaming on Hidive & Hulu/Disney+.
The election is coming up in the United States – and in many states there is an option for early voting. In Oregon we do Vote By Mail (and also with ballot drop boxes), so have voted in the comfort of my home with a hot cup of coffee. This does mean we don’t get neat “I voted” stickers – but that’s okay. Instead, this weekend I’m going to borrow a custom from Australia, and have a homemade Democracy Sausage (though probably in an actual roll instead of a slice of bread – blasphemy, I know). So, this is my encouragement to you, if you are registered to vote, to go vote. And then have a yummy sausage, and maybe post a picture in the comments.
Go Vote! (In the US)
Nintendo’s getting antsy about who talks about their games and how, so Nintendo Power retrospectives is going to take some time off until Nintendo settles down.