AGP#143 – Bander’s Problematic Love Life with Vinnie Averello

Vinnie Averello from All Geeks Considered joins Evan to dive into
the RetroCrush catalog with One-Million Year Trip: Bander Book,
the first of Osamu Tezuka’s NTV specials. It’s an extremely weird
movie featuring all sorts of wacky Tezuka alien designs and also
Space Gangster Black Jack. Plus: the new Anilog YouTube channel,
Great Pretender, and virtual board games! Topics include: the
anime kids love Future Boy Conan, Bander’s
sister-slash-girlfriend, and Sears catalog time machines.


Thank you to Patrick Sutton for editing this episode.



Runtime: 59 minutes


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Show Notes

Opening/Ending Song: “Blues Machine” by Scott Gratton

Episode Edited by: Patrick Sutton

The News

A bunch of anime studios launched a new YouTube channel
called Anilog with big plans to distribute older, unlicensed
anime series in English and Chinese! No this is not a shot
across the bow at Crunchyroll and FUNimation, despite what
certain angry nerds online said about it.



The Queue

Vinnie is playing the online tabletop game Teotihuacan:
City of Gods on Board Game Arena.

Evan is watching Great Pretender.



The Review: One Million Year Trip: Bander Book

Name drops: Osamu Tezuka, NTV Super Special, RetroCrush,
Marine Express, Tezuka Productions, Mushi Production, Astro
Boy, Black Jack, Princess Knight, Jungle Emperor Leo,
Vertical, Ed Chavez, MW, Ode to Kirihito, Ayako, Three-Eyed
One, Belladonna of Sadness, Cleopatra, Tales from a Certain
Street Corner.



Twitter: Evan, Vinnie, Ani-Gamers

Mastodon: Evan

Vinnie writes and podcasts at All Geeks Considered.

Evan writes for Otaku USA Magazine and Anime News
Network.

Evan sometimes updates his side blog Anime Burger Time.