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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:

It truly is a Laid Back Camp
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
Ginguiser is one ugly robot
The live drawing of Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt done at the Trigger panel
They did this one too
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.

An autographed illustration of Ruri by Kia Asamiya. There are fans of Nadesico, and there are fans of Ruri. The latter seems to exceed the former.
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Anime World Order Show # 158 – Twilight, I Only Meant to Stay a While and Do a Terrorism

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For this SPOOKY HALLOWEEN edition of Anime World Order, we’re um…not even attempting to review anything scary whatsoever, as Gerald weighs in on one of the most popular and beloved anime titles of the decade, the 2016 anime film Your Name by Makoto Shinkai.

Introduction (0:00 – 25:24)
It’s been pointed out to us that a lot of the old THE TRUTH image links are currently broken. Worry not, all of the images are still there. We just need to fix the links…someday. As far as emails go, what are our thoughts on all this “yuribait” in anime, anyway? This predictably goes off-topic FAST.

Promo: Right Stuf Anime (25:24 – 27:01)
With Your Name about to come out in a week, now’s a fine to point out that Right Stuf offers 25% off all preorders. In the case of Your Name, that means with a Got Anime? membership, the price of the regular edition works out to $25.54 for the standard Blu-Ray/DVD combo and $55.84 for the limited edition that includes the soundtrack and hardcover artbook. Those are way better prices than Amazon, especially if you live in states where Amazon charges tax like we do!

Review: Your Name (27:01 – 1:04:45)
Gerald offers a mostly spoiler-free review of Makoto Shinkai’s new movie, and in the process touches upon his filmography to date since it turns out that we’ve not really talked about the guy’s work since 5 cm Per Second back in 2010. But what is there to say about one of the most commercially successful, most critically acclaimed, and most fan beloved anime titles of the decade that hasn’t been said already? Is there even anything to add to the conversation? Wait, is this going to be one of those deals yet again where Gerald hates the cartoon?! THERE IS ONLY ONE WAY FOR YOU TO FIND OUT THE ANSWER.