Full spoiler warnings are in effect here. If you haven't seen the original Trigun, you'll want to watch that first. Trigun Stampede... well, I would say don't watch it at all.

This week we start our coverage of the writing and other elements of a TV show called "Trigun Stampede." It's a recent re-imagining of one of the classics of 1990s Japanese animation, as the original Trigun animation was released in 1998 and ran for 26 episodes.

It was one of the early series that gained quite a bit of popularity in the West, as well, before anime gained widespread acceptance.

The original series is a masterpiece. It has a sweeping, fascinating story with fun and interesting characters. It draws you in gently, with comedy, and when you're hooked, it begins to turn serious, but holds on to a little bit of that comedy nearly all the way to the end. Yet, at the same time, it manages to do amazing things with its characters and their ways of thought.

Trigun Stampede systematically and maliciously violates and kills every aspect of the original. And we're here to document every vile step.

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This week Rudy's yammering about a book by Jules Verne that he read, called "Off on a Comet." It was the first story featured in the first issue of the famed pulp sci-fi magazine, Amazing Stories!

Off on a Comet was written after the Verne books you probably know about, and it seems like Verne was both a little tired of his usual schtick, and also a little thin on ideas!

The book has a good first half, and then comes to a screeching halt in the second, with a very un-Vernely weird ending.

Read it here free, if you'd like to check it out!

(first part)

https://archive.org/details/AmazingStoriesVolume01Number01/page/n5/mode/2up

(second part)

https://archive.org/details/AmazingStoriesVolume01Number02/page/n53/mode/2up

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This week we're covering the most insidious sitcom ever created in Britain, "Yes, Minister." It's a smart and hilarious look at how politics actually works, and yes, it does also make your soul hurt.

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This week we're taking a look at the relatively recent (compared to the source texts) Cimmerian comic, volume 1. It covers two good ol' Conan stories: Queen of the Black Coast and Red Nails.

Grab a copy here:

https://a.co/d/cpQ2yR5

We cover Howard's works in a bit wider of a perspective, too, as well as looking at various influences and similarities with works by other authors.

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This week we're talking about Ebrelina in the Pixie Lands, Justin's main BIP (book-in-progress). Ebrelina Peril and friends are trapped in the Pixie Lands and they're looking for treasure. However, the Bone Witch has taken control of this strange world, and a confrontation is inevitable... since the Bone Witch doesn't know what Peril means.Justin's goal is to have this book done soon, so we'll have another announcement when it's actually published.Until then, enjoy this little preview!Check out our fiction at:(Justin)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://muppy.substack.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠(Rudy)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://rnkfiction.blogspot.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@RudolphKohnAnd follow us on Twitter at:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/NinjaMouseChu⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/Rudolph_Kohn⁠⁠

We get around to it eventually, but this week's episode tries to connect the recent collapse of the VTuber agency VShojo with the perspective of writers wondering whether they should seek out a traditional publisher or stay indie.

40:37 Segue Attempt 1

46:37 Segue Attempt 2

49:32 Segue Attempt Goes to Hollywood

54:37 Getting Closer...

1:03:55 There We Go

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We're back for a look at the eighth novel in the Vampire Hunter D saga: The Mysterious Journey to the North Sea, Part 2!

This one is chock-full of action and bizarreness, with a plot that has so much going on that it's hard to keep it all in order!

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https://a.co/d/9KLLpPN

Check out our episode on the first part:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkfenFGccMM

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This week we're talking about the pervasive mediocrity in modern sci-fi. All Systems Red is a multi-award winning piece of reasonably good--although uncreative--science fiction from 2017 which inspired Rudy to read a book he thought it was cribbing off of: Philip K. Dick's "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?"

What Rudy discovered terrified him.

Mentioned this episode:

"Will Save the Galaxy for Food" by Yahtzee Croshaw

https://a.co/d/bqW8Fek

"Crabs on the Island" by Anatoly Dneprov

https://archive.org/details/AnatolyDneprovCrabsOnTheIsland/mode/2up

"What the Soul Still Fears" by Rudolph Kohn

https://a.co/d/iE0DCMX

"The Good Guy" by Justin Fraser

https://a.co/d/6rKYpuG

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This week we're taking a look at the first episode of a very weird show. Based on the look of the show and its name, you might think it's just some slice of life sludge, but Nichijou is actually a very fun and well-written layered comedy that mixes the mundane with the insane, without the elements that often turn people off of Japanese animation.

There are various ways to watch this show, but here are a couple of links:

Blu-Ray

https://a.co/d/frzumGu

Manga

https://a.co/d/3b1mG2u

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This week we're taking a humorous look at the somewhat recent phenomenon of young people complaining about third person perspectives in writing.

So chill with us and learn the value of some old people tricks as we talk about different perspectives, their uses, and honing writing technique in general!

(Oh, and the actor we mention near the end is Julian Richings)

A few other episodes we mention...

Skynet Fails! Adventures with Grok (2 parts):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cw-6ow8x2LU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzgQAEu7MBA

and Howling into the Dead Internet!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Za2eYslPEo8

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