Anime World Order Show # 244 – The Seiun Award Lost All Credibility and Prestige in 1999

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Malady and illness caused us to miss last month, but Gerald attended Otakon 2025 and Daryl reviews what he considers a landmark of “post-Evangelion TV anime,” the mecha comedy-drama Martian Successor Nadesico. And also…the movie. But also the Gekiganger 3 OVA.

Introduction (0:00 – 1:14:13)
Gerald was the only one among us well enough to attend Otakon 2025, so he offers this report of a convention attended by roughly 43,000 people. That’s slightly down compared to the previous year, for reasons which we speculate upon. Here are some of the photos Gerald took:

The Latin American anime dub panel, run by a suitably costumed host

One part of the Anime Home Video Museum. Be kind, rewind

The highly-coveted Daicon LD, justifiably kept under lock and key

The use of generative AI by anime convention panelists is something cons need to take a stand against. This Princess Ai panel will be done at the virtual Anime Lockdown con in a week or so

The live drawing of Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt done at the Trigger panel

This itasha’s theme was perhaps not as focused as what people usually do

Cosplayers for K-Pop Demon Hunters–which as of today is the most-viewed title on Netflix of all time–was prominent at Otakon despite only having come out a few weeks prior

We wrap things up by talking about the Animeigo and Discotek anime licenses that were announced.

Review: Martian Successor Nadesico (1:14:13 – 2:39:31)
After showing the Christmas episode to the group last December, Daryl now revisits this mecha dramedy series from 1996, which he first saw via VHS fansubs at his local anime club. Those were fansubbed off of laserdiscs, such that each disc opened with a different Japanese voice cast member introducing themselves, then after two episodes they’d pop in to ask you to turn your laserdisc over now to continue watching. These segments don’t seem to ever be included on any new Nadesico release “because you’re not watching on laserdisc” or whatever goofy reason abounds. In any case, we watched the entire Nadesico TV series, along with the movie Prince of Darkness and the OVA Gekiganger 3. This results in a wild rollercoaster of quality and reaction, much like Nadesico itself. You can watch Nadesico TV for free on RetroCrush, though it’s only the English dub of the TV series which is listed as “Season 2” when there is no “Season 1” that would presumably be the Japanese subtitled version which we watched.