As to the hirigana pronunciation thing, I am pretty sure that “calaggie” is actually cal aggie as in a UC Davis aggie, though I guess youwould have to as calaggie to verify this. Cal normallay refers to UC berkeley though so I couldbe wrong, [though I am not suggesting that calaggie goes to cal simply that it is slightly strange for the cal to be attached to something other than Berkeley, though I do not go to UCD so I dont know.] Hopefuly that all made sense.

Simple. Most anime fanboys are tone deaf. ^^;;

What’s the most meaningful anime you’ve ever watched and why? Meaningful in the sense that the anime has either shaped your world view, redefined your goals in life, or contributed significantly to your outlook on life and your purpose(s) in it. Or do you simply watch anime for “meaningless” entertainment (not that that’s a bad thing).

There needs to be more news or blogosphere-meme stuff because most of the episode was mailbag questions.

Listing off “must watch” anime went on for too long. Although I will say that from the list, I liked Aishiteruze Baby, Mahoraba and Zettai Shonen (my favorite “no-one’s-heard-of-it” title).

German people make the best fandubs, maybe because of some inner dedication of precision they’re born with.

The search for Pocky online was probably the funniest part although JP’s “the character designs made me vomit on my keyboard” line did make me laugh, too.

2. What do you guys think of characters in anime speaking in “english”, such as in one of the episodes of Shakugan no Shana when she’s teaching the teacher her “english” powers or in Negima when he’s teaching. Why put the voice actors through the torture of having to speak in english?

3. What is the mystery behind all seiyuu being able to sing well?

4. Do you guys listen to the podcast once it’s been put on the website?

5. Does jpmeyer speak any french at all?

6. Worst anime you have watched all the way through to the end?

As an ex-fansubber, what’s Hinano’s take on softsubs vs hardsubs? Specifically the counterarguments of fansubber ego vs scripts being “stolen”.

*ahem*

Before I became the anime affictionado that I am now, I was addicted to RPG’s, particularly those on the PS line of consoles. The novelty of each game was what drew me to purchasing them, despite the crying sounds of my wallet begging for a refund.

Wait. I still am, with my latest purchase as proof. Legendia anyone?

Speaking of Snakes on a Plane, that movie was slated next to what me and the rest of my family watched last night, “American Dreamz” (a parody movie, as I see it). Scathing remarks were already thrown at my invitation to watch the movie itself, and from what I’ve read on the Internet before I saw that movie poster, the Snakes on a Plane poster, I foresee a doom in theater sales the moment it was scheduled to be shown. Apparently some of my older cousins and have spread the news to my aunts, which would result in the boo’s towards the “movie”. So my enthusiam could die at any moment.

Much random topics I’m hearing from you guys, and by the looks of it, you guys know your stuff. I was holding off my laughter while my fellow housemates would look odd at me. It was that contagious.

I know this is random, off-topic, and non-anime related, but I had to ask it. Care to draw any comparisons between animated and non-animated horror movies/shows? The first time I played the PS2 video game Echo Night, it scared the shit out of me. Anytime I bravely (though horribly) attempt to pick up the game again, shivers run down my skin. The OVA Le Portrait De Petite Cosette, on the other hand, gave me a different kind of chill. No, it wasn’t the visuals and animation technique, but it was the theme of crossing through the path to hell that got to me. In terms of seeing it again, however, I was eager to do so, compared to Echo Night.

Call me pathetic if you will. OTL

It’s your choice to asnwer this question or not, but I had to let this one out.

anyway, question. What do you guys think of “One man’s filler is another man’s character development?”

1. What sort of “genres” (i.e. Mecha, Magical Girl, etc.) of anime do you tend to like the most? Sometimes I hear people complain that anime does not stay “true” or “loyal” to its genre; how important do you think that sort of loyalty is, or what does it even mean?

2. If you had a hissatsu, what would it be (please provide English translation if it’s not in English)?

-What is the weirdest name of one of this season’s anime?

And I have to concur that Tsuyokiss is garbage. Nanoha, however, is still great.