Archive for July, 2007

Climax Daze

July 22, 2007

So okay, on Friday night Tyler and I managed to check out the AAA (Attack All-Around) at Otakon and freaked when they sang Climax Jump live. The following day we head off the Q and A session with a few questions in mind but then this classic moment happened;

FAN: Okay this may be what alot of fans were going to ask so I’m sorry but were you all fans of Kamen Rider before you did Climax Jump
*Room erupts into laughter and cheers*
AAA: (Multiple responses but in a nutshell: When we were younger)
SHINJIRO: *in English* Do you know Kamen Rider Den-O?
*Room erupts into cheers, one guy dressed as Gun Form/RyutaRyou holds up his Terminal Buckle and the members are in awe)
ME: *Doing best Momotaros impersonation that he can* Saisho kara Climax daze!
*The entire band freaks out. Shuta, Shinjiro and Mitsuhiro look straight at me in the front row in awe while Naoya, the group leader does a double take with a smile on his face.. Shinijiro offers me a thumbs up as I go red*

Instant win, right? Wait it gets better.

In the middle of the AAA press conference (where Shinjiro instantly remembered me, saying “AH! Climax Daze!”) , my phone went off as I had forgotten to turn it off in the rush to get to there. I managed to turn it off the first time rather quickly but it goes off again not even 2 minutes after I stop it. I’m frantically trying to turn it off while the press corp, myself and AAA burst into laughter.

ME: *Dramatic tone* Dare ga yonderu (Somebody’s calling me…)
AAA: *All of them burst out laughing, the leader even applauding me*
SHINJIRO: Climax daze!
*Laughter*
ME: *turning red* Sumimasen (Sorry!)
*all the members still smiling bow with Shuta saying it’s alright*

According to Tyler (host of Rangercast who was there), after all of that, I’m shameless. To me, after all of that, I regret nothing and I apparently have a new nickname :P

RISTORANTE

July 16, 2007

Sorry it’s been awhile, been really busy with finishing off the ACEN Coverage (fastest turnaround time EVAH) and prepping for Otakon. Here’s some random notes for your interest.

-Iron King and Super Robot Red Baron are being released by BCI/Ronin Entertainment on DVD. August Ragone broke the news on HJU and the first major announcement will be made next weekend at San Diego Comic-Con.

However, there’s still one more series left to be announced for release. My hopes are on Denjin Zaboger.

-Toei’s gone crazy on Youtube and removed every bit of tokusatsu clips, including clips of Kamen Rider Den-O and older shows like Astekaiser and Kyodain. I wouldn’t be surprised if Toei sends subbers C&Ds sometime in the near future, money grubbing bastards jerks

-My “Year of Mecha” article will be featured in Issue 2 of Otaku USA Magazine! Should be hitting newsstands in August. Check it out!

-New Rebuild of Evangelion teaser with Hikaru Utada’s CM theme. Two months and counting…

-And this just rocks…

Now I’d love to see a flash mob do this at Otakon. If you’re going to be at Otakon this weekend in Baltimore, be sure to drop by the two panels that I’m going to be in.

Podcaster’s Roundtable - Friday 11~Midnight
Trends in Tokusatsu - Sunday 11 AM

The roundtable is back to back with the Otaku Generation live recording panel thingy but we’ve got one thing they don’t; me doing a live demonstration of my Ai voice. Maybe. If the wind blows in the right direction.

…Can’t believe I sunk that low-I mean, I may be showing up during the Masquerade on Saturday night with Will if things work out, who knows.

Well that’s all I can think of saying right now, take care all :P