Bakacast

My life is starting to get hectic again, so you know what that means: horribly delayed podcast uploads! Thanks, work! I swear to God, I've had to make so many shakes that by this point I could make them while blindfolded and sleep-walking. You know who else was probably blindfolded and sleepwalking? Durarara's in-between animators.

That is probably the longest and most forced setup I've ever done for a joke. I'd say I'm sorry, but I'm too tired to care. So deal with it, I guess.

Also, if it weren't for the spring preview, we wouldn't ended this podcast over half an hour earlier than we normally do. THE NEW SYSTEM IS WORKING! MAYBE! I REALLY HOPE!

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It turns out Luke's willpower was not quite as bottomless as I imagined, since his review of "Testament of Sister New Devil" clearly shows signs that his soul is being heavily damaged. I'm hoping my next assignment will bolster his spirits (or at least won't make him feel like he should be monitored by the FBI). I've also decided that this will be the last week we'll be reviewing every show weekly, so after reviewing some of these shows I ask the other co-hosts if they feel it should go on the ever-three-weeks schedule. For convenience, I'll mark the ones we singled out in the timestamp list. Finally, we take a break from retro-reviews to finally watch "Time of Eve," a movie we really shouldn't have put off for as long as we did. Spoilers: it's totally fantastic, and you should honestly watch it before listening to our review if you're at all interested in it already.

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On this episode of Bakacast, Luke returns to talk about D-Girls (no, not that kind of "D"), and I review shows more harshly than I probably would have if I were actually feeling well. Turns out that I just can't put up with Yuri Kuma when I'm sick and exhausted. At least I can keep up with Durarara, though. God knows why.

Also, for those of you wondering why Megan suddenly vanished about halfway through the podcast, don't worry. She just decided to lie down for a bit while we were discussing shows she wasn't watching and then promptly fell asleep. It was probably the smarter idea, honestly.

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Let no one say I don't listen to your suggestions, audience. You asked for reviews of bad anime, and you're getting them. Just...not from me. You see, the benefit of having close friends is that you can convince them to subject themselves to terrible things for your amusement. This is how Aaron has always used me, and now I'm using Luke for the same purpose. Every week, I'll assign Luke an anime to review. Because I am a merciful person, I have allowed him to watch as many or as few episodes of the show as he desires. Even a single episode would be good enough. I did this because I know Luke's willpower and devotion to doing stupid things for podcasts are both strong. This week, he watched four episodes of Kantai Collection for everyone's amusement.

You're welcome.

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We're once again back to business as usual here on Bakacast. Parasyte is still creepy, Yuri Kuma is still baffling (though mildly less than usual this week), the Magical Boys are still delightfully queer, Durarara is still...Durarara, and Maria is still prompting us to consider our place in society and how to enact lasting change. Also, I attempt to sell Megan on Yatterman Night by explaining how adorable Honorable Oda is.

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This episode of Bakacast was recorded in a San Antonio hotel that my friend Luke and I were staying at for PAX South. You'll hear Luke chime in occasionally to give his thoughts on Sailor Moon and why witches shouldn't be virgins. Other than that, it's a pretty normal week for us. So far, the shows have maintained the same level of quality from the previous two weeks, so it seems doubtful that we'll be dropping anything else. I will continue to complain about Yuri Bear Storm, though.

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On this episode of Bakacast, Megan is finally back! Hooray! And she's here to give me a thorough verbal beating over my Yuri Kuma Arashi opinions...along with basically every listener, too, it seems. Also, we discuss the flood of new shows that occurred a couple weeks ago. Some of them are not going to last very long, certainly, but more are sticking around than I expected.

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This is the calm before the storm, folks. The one week we have where we won't be inundated by new shows. Enjoy how relatively brief this episode is, because it ain't gonna last. Also, if you've ever wanted to hear Aaron getting mad about comedy preferences, this is the episode for you!

Oh, and it's kind of ironic that--in the episode where I apologize about poor audio quality of the previous episode--this episode has poor audio quality. Turns out I forgot to change the bitrate settings for recording, so it got recorded at a paltry 32kb/s. Whooooops.

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It's the last Bakacast for the fall season, which means Bahamut is--sadly--over. It also means it's time to look back on the full breadth of some of these shows and reflect on some issues they had that weren't apparent at first (*cough*Amiragettingsidelined*cough*).

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This episode of Bakacast is cut a bit short due to the holidays. We get through our reviews just fine, but we decide to leave the listener questions (which can easily add another hour to the proceedings) for later. Which of course means that the next listener questions segment will probably take two hours. Oh well...

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