AGP#013 – The Professional

Hosts: Evan “Vampt Vo” Minto, Mitchell “MitchyD”
Dyer
Topic: The Professional: Golgo 13
(1983)


We went well over an hour in this, one of our longest recent
episodes. Maybe that’s because Mitchy’s back, and he and Evan
can’t help but talk for an hour about awesome things like Golgo
13 and, um, Golgo 13. This episode’s got “What’cha Been Doing?,”
a review of the 1983 anime film The Professional: Golgo
13, and some Links of the Day at the end. What more could
you ask for? Maybe a special secret message at the end of the
episode. Oh ho ho, but I’ve already said too much.


Oh, and it’s a little late to tell everybody, but Evan is going
to host/already hosted a panel about blogging and podcasting at
Castle Point Anime Convention in Hoboken. If you’re going/were
there, make sure that you say/said hi. Goddamn, now I’m really
confused.


Show notes and links can be found after the break.


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(Runtime: 1 hour, 11 minutes, 9 seconds)

[0:00:00] Intro: N’Gai Croal, (former) Newsweek games writer and
Level Up blogger.[0:00:08] Mitchy and Evan discuss the relative
value of our respective systems of measurements. Because we know
that anime and game fans are soooo into this kind of stuff.

[0:00:55] Opening Song: “R.O.D Theme” by Taku Iwasaki
(R.O.D. OVA opener)


[0:01:11] We open, then Evan does the whole “other podcast”
thing. He was a guest on the Gaming Dungeon Anime Podcast, and
Anime World Order graciously played our promo. Then Mitchy
talks up his new(ish) blog, DownWriteFierce.


[0:03:04] Rorschach’s journal, October 12, 1983. Dog carcass in
alley this morning. Tire tread on burst stomach. Mitchy and
Evan talked about Watchmen. They thought it was a
good adaptation. Boring for “normal” people. Soundtrack sucked.
No mention of blue penis.


[0:08:05] What’cha Been Doing? Mitchy’s
reading Black Jack, watching Shin Angyo
Oshi, and playing X-Blades. Evan’s playing
Fable II, watching Beck: Mongolian Chop
Squad, and reading With the Light: Raising an
Autistic Child. Finally, Evan pimps his 5
Centimeters Per Second review.


[0:26:40] Break: “Pray For You” (The Professional: Golgo
13 opener)


[0:27:16] Review: The Professional – Golgo
13. For most of this review, we just summarize
the plot, and tell everybody how awesome Golgo is. At the end,
we talk about how Akio Sugino (animation director) likes shiny
things, but our serious discussion of this movie can only last
for so long. Check out the psychedelic car chase (via YouTube)
that Evan talks about. Highlights of this section include:
Golgo 13 has sex with everyone, impromptu church demolition,
and Silver’s improbable grenade “incident.”


[1:04:16] Break: Commander Bragan tries to catch Golgo 13
(The Professional: Golgo 13)


[1:04:56] Links of the Day: Mitchy lets
everybody know about the Battlefield Heroes beta, and Evan
discusses the first anime convention ever – YamatoCon.


[1:08:31] We’re done, so Evan does the whole outro schtick.
Give us five star reviews on iTunes. Or you’re on Golgo 13’s
list.


[1:09:39] Ending Song: “WORLD END Instrumental” by FLOW (Code
Geass R2 second opener)


[1:10:01] SUPER SECRET PODCAST CONTEST!!1!one! Yeah, podcast
listeners get a special contest just for them. (Don’t worry,
there will be one on the blog too.) If you want to find out how
to enter, how about you listen to the episode? But don’t skip
to the end! That’s cheating, and you know what we do to
cheaters…


Links:
Gaming Dungeon Anime Podcast episode 2 (featuring Evan)
Anime World Order Show #76b (featuring our promo)
DownWriteFierce
Battlefield Heroes beta
Anime Conventions and Their Yamato Roots
(StarBlazers.com)
Schoolgirl Milky Crisis (official site)