So we have a twitter account…

So I actually made a twitter feed for this site months ago, but I never really used it for tweeting about stuff other than just posts from this site. Hell, I was hesitant to even make this post, but I figured, “You know, this is 2012. We all have to eventually adapt and migrate to the quickest internet feed communication site.” I feel almost dirty about it. I truly and honestly despise social networking sites, heaven forbid we start some Facebook group. But it’s convenient. So you can follow us here at @AnimeAfterlife. I’ll be the one on the account as neither Gabe nor Ven seem to give two shits about it. I think our co-host Lerxst has his own twitter feed which I’ll put up if he wants. Main reason I’m doing this now is to start this site and podcast back up again. I hate seeing ourselves go so long without shows so I’m willing to do anything to get ourselves back to being as active as we used to be. I suppose it’ll also be helpful in letting you folks know when we’re gonna record a show and when we’ll release one. Of course, anyone is welcome to ask any questions they may have for us, or just provide some constructive feedback on our shows via twitter. Otherwise, I’ll just be tweeting away about anime.  Tweeting….. tweeting…. Just the sound of the word makes me cringe…

Happy Father’s Day!

  Well it’s that time of the year everybody! Here at Anime After Life Podcast we all like to wish everyone a good Father’s Day! So make sure you get off your little bums and tell your Papa that you love him… Even if you don’t. Try to remember the good things your Dad has done for you and don’t take it for granted! One day you’ll be a father (or a mama) and that responsibility will be hand down to you. Don’t treat your Father like an Okazaki!

Summer 2011 Anime: Who’s Watching What

We knew it was coming. And it’s almost here. Let’s all look forward to what Summer 2011 has to offer us!

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AnimeNewsNetwork: TV Anime, Movies, and OVAs.
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Summer 2011 Chart

If you haven’t already seen it (on the many blogs posting it), here it is.

Nelson's Summer 2011 Anime Chart

And so, here are the anime we will be watching, and who will be watching them.

Happy Birthday to Gabe!

It is May 16th. Which means, today is the day, our host and writer, Gabe was released into the outside world, as he was pushed out from a sticky, sticky, womb. When he was pushed out, the doctors found that he had a volume of Negima in one hand, and a picture of Akiyuki Shinbo in the other. From that day when he was exposed to anime and manga, the rest became history… Now our little boy has aged 16 today, still watching anime to this very day.

So now here’s images of some of your favorite stuff compiled into one post!

BREAKING NEWS HERE AT AAP!!!!!

So if any of you have been following Anime Movie Friday, you have heard that the show is done every other Friday to prevent Dave from editing three shows every week. WELL THAT IS NO LONGER AN ISSUE!!!!! Thanks to Gabe’s generosity, he has volunteered to edit the Anime Movie Friday shows. So we will now be doing an AMF show EVERY WEEK!!!! I CAN JUST FEEL THE EXCITEMENT THAT IS PROTRUDING FROM YOUR BODIES NOW!!!!! But yeah, an AMF will be recorded and put out every week instead of every other week. So keep a look out for many more AMF shows in the future.

When You Shorten the Title “Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae o Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai” down to “Ano Hana,” it goes from “We Still Don’t Know the Name of the Flower We Saw That Day” to…

Clannad After Story Blu-Ray and American DVD Released!

My reaction when I remembered the Blu-rays were released

On April 19th, 2011, the Blu-Ray box set of Clannad’s sequel Clannad After Story was released in Japan.

Alongside the Blu-Ray release in Japan, Sentai Filmworks‘ English dub of Clannad After Story on DVD  had been localized and distributed in America by Section23 Films.

The box set is set at a whopping $700, and the American DVD release is $42.

After Story Japanese Blu-Ray Box Set on CDJapan

After Story English DVD Collection on Sentai Filmworks’ Homepage

First Post and… Yaoi Night?

Hello! I’m Suda. I’ve known Dave, Vensito, King, and Tanuki for a while. I haven’t been watching anime or reading manga as much as them, but I’ve had a good share of it. Now I’m on the same team as them! I’ll be making a bunch of different kinds of posts from reviews to opinions… maybe.

Anywho, Friday night, there’s gonna be something. Something relatively big. A bunch of friends and ourselves are going to do a group… review project on an infamous piece of work called Boku no Pico. Expect reactions.

The video we have isn’t encoded well, and I’m unable to re-encode it correctly since I don’t know how. So there won’t be an audio and video reaction, just the audio.

Here it is. (Updated link 2/7/2011– Added show OP and ED, plus lower file size)

It’s pretty long, but I didn’t want to cut out a lot since most of it is funny. The viewing starts at around 2 minutes, and you’ll be able to seek pretty much anywhere in the file and hear a lot of screaming.

>A Trailer And A Movie Announcement!

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INDEX 2!! Can’t wait! Look out for it on October 8.

And…Seeing as Sengoku Basara 2 is coming to a close, they announced that there will be a theatrical movie based on the series in 2011.

Life is good.

>Ask Dave: How can I be a guest on the show?

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So my (small) audience, you may be inquiring, “How can I be a guest on a show?” And I shall answer:

We require three things of our guests who come on every show:

1) Skype.

It’s a free program, and allows us to communicate with one another. Really no excuse to not have this program already.

2) A mic

Now, if you have skype, chances are that you have a mic, otherwise, it’s just another instant messaging program. Mics are cheap nowadays, and can be found at almost any electronic store. If you can’t even afford a $20 mic, I’m sorry, but you can’t be on the show. We don’t like poor people.

3) A decent internet connection

We don’t want guests dropping out of calls every 5 minutes, and it would be a big hassle to edit the show for every time someone dropped. Do us all a favor, and get broadband.

So what’s next? Well we have a plan for every show, and notify our guests in advance of what they need to know before each show so they can be more prepared, and allow the show to sound much more professional.

We do the show every Wednesday night at around 7pm PST. Make sure in advance that you have no plans around that time, otherwise if you don’t show up, we’ll start the show without you. Sad face.

The show itself, is divided into three sections: News, What are you Watching/Reading?, and an Anime Review from each person, including guests. If you can find any anime news, that would be well appreciated, but it is not required, so don’t worry on that subject matter too much. In the What are you watching/reading segment, you list off at MAX 3 things you are watching or reading. The reason for this rule is because we cannot allow the show to drag on too long if we have people listing off numerous shows or mangas they are reading. If you have only 1 or 2 things that you can share, that is quite alright, as long as you can talk about them such as your impressions. The next segment is an anime/manga review from each person. You may choose any show or manga you want, as long as you have completed it. At the end of your review, you must rate it on a 5 star system. It is recommended that you have those things down on paper as notes, in case you might forget what you had wanted to say, but not required.

After the show, we take a short break and we do a top 5. Everyone goes around the table listing their top 5s by a system of where each person says their #5 first, then goes around the table again for #4s, and so on. We notify our guests in advance what the top 5 topic of the week will be before every show.

You can apply to be a guest on the show by contacting me or Ven on our MAL pages here: My Mal page, Ven’s MAL page. When applying, please also add your skype info.