I'm literally having trouble coming up with anything to say on this point, because everything that comes to mind is something I want to bring in later Jeri-related episodes.
So, instead, I'll just apologize for the schedule being a bit wonky lately due to Otakon travels, and also remind everyone that there's 2024-08-12 03:51:21 +0000 UTC View Post
Yeah, I know it's an old joke, but sometimes the old jokes are the best jokes.
Anyway, while the first half of this OVA is a bit plain looking, I really like the art design in the second half. "God" has some excellent old-school anime villain vibes going on, and I really like the glowing statues around the big temple. Those things look st...
2024-08-11 22:00:33 +0000 UTC View Post
And with that, I've FINALLY finished up the last of the 2023 convention comic... literally halfway into 2024. Yeah, I'll hopefully get getting the Animazement Patreon stuff out a BIT faster than this, ideally before the public Otakon comics are done.
...but also, HOLY CRAP. You only need to scroll down a bit through my Patreon to see how o...
2024-08-11 02:13:40 +0000 UTC View Post
In all fairness, that's pretty much how I play fighting games myself, so I can't exactly judge Takato's choice in strategy.
Also, there's probably some jokes to be made at the expense of the gameplay mechanics in a lot of the Digimon video games that have been released over the years, but as previously established, I'm really not qualified...
2024-08-03 12:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey, remember that episode of Osomatsu-san that got banned because it violated too many copyrights? Well that sure weren't no thing back in the 80s, I'll tell you what.
No, seriously, Dirty Pair is no stranger to the artists slipping in little goofy bits to amuse themselves, but WOW they took it to another leve...
2024-08-02 12:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
THIS COMIC IS NOT A SAFE SPACE AND I WILL SHAME YOUR KINK EVERY BIT AS MUCH AS IT DESERVES.
Also, just to reiterate what I said over on the DIrty Pair comic, I'm working to get next week's comics finished over the weekend and queued up to go live while I'm at Otakon. But since I don't manage to be that far ahead very often, I can't promis...
2024-07-27 09:04:48 +0000 UTC View Post
It's not often you see the worst drawing of Kevin Owens in the entire history of the world... and here's THREE of them all at once! It's a miracle! But yeah, like I was saying before, this is ALSO about the first OVA, so we won't actually be getting to number two until NEXT week.
And speaking of which, some housekeeping: (Hey, Future Me, ...
2024-07-26 14:19:02 +0000 UTC View Post
No, seriously. The con had a bunch of booths set up in the hotel lobby for various companies selling stuff, and one of them had a bunch of anime character cutouts set up around their table. And on Sunday morning, while everybody was busy waking up and clearing out their hotel rooms, I see this pack of kids just wander on over and walk out with o...
2024-07-25 09:04:48 +0000 UTC View Post
To be clear, this shouldn't be taken as me HATING Diebuster or anything, I like it fine. And yes, I know there's a movie edit or something that actually does cut it and Gunbuster together... but MAN I can't imagine how that would work.
But yeah! At long last, I've FINALLY completed the bonus comics! Sorry i...
2024-07-24 20:36:08 +0000 UTC View Post
IT'S TIME TO DECIDE AGAIN, PEOPLE! When I finish working my way through the Dirty Pair OVAs, I wanna go ahead and have the next Weekly Anime already lined up and ready to go... AND NO, IT'S NOT JUST GONNA BE DIRTY PAIR FLASH. W...
2024-07-21 14:23:50 +0000 UTC View Post
And thus, we bravely move forward into the OFFICIAL start of the Dirty Pair OVA era... with me complaining about stuff. EXCELSIOR!
But seriously, "By Yourself" isn't a BAD song by any means, I just think it really pales in comparison to "Russian Roulette." Also, as long as I'm playing music critic again, I also feel like the song isn't r...
2024-07-20 17:12:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Dude, if I actually let myself do it, I could probably waste everyone's time with an obscure 60s/70s scifi reference for every single episode. It's only because I care for you that you don't have to endure me straining to mash together Digimon and Buck Rogers in the 25th Century every week. I'd do it. I've got it i...
2024-07-20 16:54:44 +0000 UTC View Post
No, seriously, if there's not some anime podcast out there called "Degeneracy Generators" then I'll be... well, not "disappointed," since that would imply that I have or will ever listen to podcasts. At the very least, though, I'd me mildly surprised.
2024-07-18 06:28:36 +0000 UTC View Post
Seriously, think about. Virtually every cliche people think of when they think of Gainax is in effect in the final episode of Gunbuster, except this time they actually stick the landing in a conclusive and satisfying way. No budgetary collapse at the end, no psychological implosion mid-way through, no Island Arc; they just NAIL everyt...
2024-07-17 02:11:44 +0000 UTC View Post
YA'LL THOUGHT I FORGOT, DIDN'T YOU? Just because it's been... four months since the last page? Heck, that's not even as long as the time skip was from Noriko's point of view! Nevermind REAL time! ...and yes, I basically already made the time dilation/schedule slip joke 2024-07-15 02:46:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Whichever artist was responsible for adding in the random english text in this diagram has really fun taste in movies. I'd totally subscribe to that guy's YouTube channel.
BUT ANYWAY, that officially wraps up our coverage of DIrty Pair's TV run... two episodes AFTER is technically stopped running on TV. But yeah, next week we kick off th...
2024-07-13 23:23:00 +0000 UTC View Post
I had ENTIRELY too much fun making up parodies of YouTube clickbait thumbnails for this... and of course, Patreon scaled it down too much to read most of the text. Don't worry, though, you can just lick on the image and see a less blurry version.
...but yeah, this isn't even one of those "Oh, that aged poorly" things people bring up today...
2024-07-13 08:38:38 +0000 UTC View Post
Depending on what time zone you're in, I TECHNICALLY failed to get this comic done before the end of the week, but only because this is another one of those things were I got waaaaaaaaay too into fiddling with the really minor details. Because DANG IT, this is an idea that deserves better than average artistic quality! I would ABSOLUTELY watch...
2024-07-07 04:48:52 +0000 UTC View Post
Heck, I wrote this page over a week ago, and just in the time between then and posting it on Patreon, we've had MORE than one downpour right before I was supposed to do something. I just barely avoided a mini-monsoon right before heading out for anime night.
Clearly, a lot of people in North Carolina are having trouble getting their Digim...
2024-07-06 22:26:44 +0000 UTC View Post
That's right! This technically the "last" episode of Dirty Pair! ...or at least the last one to air on TV. The final two episodes of the show would end up being the first two examples of a Dirty Pair OVA, which we'll obviously be seeing more of in the immediate future.
In the meantime, go look at Kei's outfit in this episode: a tan girl ...
2024-06-29 21:01:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Man, 90s action figures influenced my brain in ways it took me DECADES to fully appreciate.
Seriously, though. Tell me you COULDN'T imagine seeing a cheap plastic Growlmon toy on the shelves at your local KB Toys that would change color if you dropped it in cold water.
2024-06-29 20:54:49 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey look! It's only halfway through 2024 and I'm FINALLY getting around to finishing the last of the comics left over from 2023! Hopefully this should drag out TOO long, the other remaining AWA pages are already written and penciled as we speak. I just need to ink and edit them.
But anyway, I know I'm the last person in the world to lec...
2024-06-27 11:00:32 +0000 UTC View PostHeeeeeeeeey, you know that Far Out There story I started writing way back, like, a million years ago? Well, don't worry, anybody who's actually a high enough tier patron to read blog/article/story posts like that, this isn't me saying I'm abandoning it or anything. I really am still working on the next chapter. Still, in case it wasn't alread...
2024-06-23 07:35:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Team 4 Star has forever ruined the word "Mahogany" for me.
No, but seriously, I'd totally watch a series where the Lovely Angels quit the 3WA and embark on a life of crime. This episode is an especially fun romp.
2024-06-22 09:48:39 +0000 UTC View Post
When this idea first hit me, I thought "Nah, I've already done comics about both halves of this gag." ...
2024-06-22 09:43:23 +0000 UTC View Post
Granted, I know just about as little about social engineering and tricking people into revealing their login credentials as I do about trojans remotely taking over people's PCs and whatnot. Basically, all I know is that GIF of the guy in the Matrix jacket & shades typing on a whole aisle of laptops isn't how real hacking works.
Settin...
2024-06-15 07:50:48 +0000 UTC View Post
I joke, but go and google "Gold Lightan," this really isn't all that far-fetched.
Anyway, I've "only" managed to squeeze two comics out of this single thirty minute episode of a merchandise-driven children's cartoon. It says a lot about the productivity so far that this feels like slacking off to me.
2024-06-14 22:14:34 +0000 UTC View Post
...also forever to be known as "that one Dirty Pair comic in which I pretty much entirely talk about an episode of The Twilight Zone instead of the actual Dirty Pair episode." But hey, in my defense, this one's a two-parter; so I can claim the important stuff hasn't happened yet.
...but seriously, though, Twilight Zone episode 67, "The Ar...
2024-06-09 00:01:29 +0000 UTC View Post
Okay, I'm really gonna need to be careful not to burn through all the "This goes hard for a show about selling card games and digital pets to children" jokes too early in the series, because we haven't even gotten CLOSE to the hard stuff yet.
But still, I'm REALLY amazed that bit where Tatako imagines what would happen if The Authorities f...
2024-06-07 20:50:15 +0000 UTC View Post
Man, THERE'S a combination of franchises/brands you probably didn't expect to be seeing in the same place today. That's what happens when I don't even start work on these comics until around 2am.
BUT ANYWAY, I've started up a poll to decid...
2024-06-01 21:06:37 +0000 UTC View Post