AGP#059 – Fish Heads and Erased with Bill Zoeker

Evan managed to convince David to watch Erased, so this episode
the hosts sit down with freelance video producer Bill Zoeker
(currently working at Crunchyroll) to talk about the popular
anime series. Having an extra person on the show and having a
series with so much to talk about resulted in us going WAY
overtime, so this episode is almost two hours long! Topics
include fish tails vs. fish heads on a mermaid/merman, the power
of #branding in Shadow of Mordor, and whether the weird age
differences in Erased are more or less OK than the one in Garden
of Words. SPOILER ALERT: We spoil Erased
late in the show, but we give a spoiler alert before it happens.


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Runtime: 1 hour, 36 minutes

Show Notes


Opening Song: “Blues Machine”
by Scott Gratton

Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin is available from Vertical,
Inc (Amazon, RightStuf).

We talked about two notable creators on Gundam:
Yoshiyuki Tomino, creator of Gundam and director of
the original series; and Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, character
designer of the original series and manga artist of The Origin.

Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor is available on PS4, Xbox One,
PC, and Mac.

Triton of the Sea is available from Digital Manga Publishing.

Evan mentioned Osamu Tezuka’s “Star System,” an
explanation of which is available on Tezuka in English.

The term “gekiga” refers to an alternative style of more
hardboiled and/or down-to-earth manga popularized in the wake of
Tezuka’s success in the 1950s and ’60s — notable artists include
Yoshihiro Tatsumi and Takao Saito. Tezuka himself sought to copy
the style once it started to gain traction, though Triton doesn’t
exactly fall within the artist’s series of “dark,” more adult
works.

Erased is streaming on Crunchyroll, FUNimation, and
Daisuki.


Twitter: Ani-Gamers, Evan, David

Evan hosts the Crunchycast podcast on Crunchyroll and
writes for Otaku USA Magazine.


Ending Song: “Blues Machine”
by Scott Gratton