Osmcast! Anime, Video Games, Interviews, And More!

The Bird of Hermes is my name, eating my wings to make me blah blah blah To conclude our October extravaganza of Octoberness, we’re finishing out with another set of three with a podcast all about the latest take on Kouta Hirano’s epic tale of vampires, Nazis, and blood, lots of blood. So yeah, Hellsing Ultimate. OSMnotes As it turns out this time Buy.com has the best deal on Hellsing Ultimate, with all the discs running you around $16.63 a disc. Hellsing Ultimate Vol 1 Hellsing Ultimate Vol 2 Hellsing Ultimate Vol 3 Hellsing Ultimate Vol 4 Astroboy so did love the world so much that he... er... saved it. With machine gun butt attacks. We only covered Hellsing Ultimate Volumes 1 thru 3, but you should go on ahead and buy all four. the fourth volume actually has our favorite villain yet, Rip van Winkle! Protip: If the image to your left does not melt your heart, then there is no hope for you, as your heart is now cold, bitter stone. And you should feel bad. I mean just look at him. And don’t forget to chec

Shop smart... shop S-Mart! Kicking reason to the curb once more we take on a terribly terrific trilogy of movie-ocity with Sam Raimi’s and Bruce Campbell’s epic cults classics, The Evil Dead, The Evil Dead II, and Army of Darkness. Oh, _and _the musical. You can blame Eric for that one though! OSMnotes Right now Best Buy has all three movies on sale for $6.99 a pop! The Evil Dead The Evil Dead II Army of Darkness So you shouldn’t keep yourself away from these films any longer. Unless you’re scared. Of awesome. Best Buy also has the musical for $14.99, but you can also get it at the same price from Amazon. You know you want one. Speaking of good ol’ Amazon.com, you could also pre-order the KORG DS-10 Synthesizer! If you ever wanted to make beats on the go, I don’t think you can go very wrong here guys. I mean if it’s good enough for Yasunori Mitsuda, it’s good enough for all of us. I wish I could also tell you all the reserve the Ghostbusters game but who knows when the game will even be out. Though man, B

Silent Hill 2 To further our Halloween tendencies, we decided to rock out with a crazy-long podcast all about Konami’s uber-creepy video games series Silent Hill. Lee takes us on a course of wonder and horror as he details the first four games, while we chime in like the silly fools we are! This is also the podcast that Refused to Upload, but that’s a story for another time. OSMnotes October 31st - November 2nd Okay so we lied last time. Well not a lie really, we just temporarily forgot one. You know how we said we had one more con to hit this year? Well, we are actually going to two! November 7th - 9th Not only shall we be attending CrisisCon Halloween weekend in Huntsville, Alabama… But we’ll also be going out to Hampton, Virginia for Nekocon the week after! Which means a 13 hour+ drive for us. But that means a whole new world of people that will get to exprenice the power, majesty, glory that is us, the OSM cast! … Right?

Gina Biggs © Gina Biggs Here’s our first ever OSMinterview with one of the most awesome women in webcomics, Gina Biggs! She’s the creator of the romantic drama Red String (now being published by Dark Horse Comics) as well as the Grand High Poobah of Strawberry Comics. Protip: We ended up recording right outside the dealer’s room, so the audio quality isn’t that great. You’ll probably have to turn up the volume a good bit so I wouldn’t recommend listening to in the car or anything. OSMnotes Once again thank you Gina for taking the time to talk to us! And if you still have no idea who Dr. Horrible and Cpatain Hammer is, please go educate yourself . You’ll be glad you did.

Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 We’re kicking off October in _style _with a three man tag team take on Atlus’ Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3. Start updating your podcasting Social Links now! OSMnotes You should own this game. See here even GameStop has it new online RIGHT NOW. And Wal-Mart. And Target. Best Buy. Amazon. Let's see Zenigata try to catch this! They all have it and they are waiting for you. Unless you already own it. Then you’re fine. You’re cool. The rest will have to see me after class. In other news of awesome we have the Gina Biggs interview ready and will be releasing it on Wednesday, so if romantic webcomics are your thing then be sure to check it out! Future of Anime, or our special Pipe Dream? We’ll just have to see. Also we will be attending Huntsville’s latest Sci-fi/Anime/Comics/Games/Whathaveyou convnetion CrisisCon (Oct 31-Nov 2), and should be hosting a podcast roundtable there. If you have a podcast and would be interested in attending, please let us know! I mean we can’t be the _o

In our first true post-AWA podcast Basil and Lee weigh in on the 1980’s anime classic, Kimagure Orange Road (KOR)! OSMnotes: Fun Fact #1: Basil’s first ever anime soundtrack on CD was bought during AWA 5. It was a KOR soundtrack and costed him around $30 for a second-hand copy. Later on he ended up buying another several soundtracks from another dealer but it only costed him like $12 a disc. He was amazed at his good fortune and wondered why the Kimagure Orange Road one costed him so much. Basil soon discovered out after the con that all the cheap ones were in fact bootlegs and his KOR one was actually legit. D’oh! Fan Fact #2: The director for the TV series of KOR, Osamu Kobayashi, also directed another romance drama show called Paradise Kiss as well as the rockin’ show BECK: Mongolian Chop Squad. Even more recently however he guest-directed the fourth episode of Gurren Lagann. By the way this is also the worst episode of the show and caused such an uproar on 2chan that one of the founders of Gainax made fu

It’s only the first day back from the Anime Weekend Atlanta 14 and we’ve already got our podcast up and running about it! Listen to us talk about standing in line for things and panels we attended! And eating Stir-fry! The alternate title for this episode is “Should Have Spanked Me With an Asteroid.” OSMnotes I... Don't even know. But no, really, AWA was a ton of fun. We got to meet the folks behind AWO (Daryl, Gerald, and Clarissa), Greatest Movie Ever (Paul Chapman), and fellow new kids on the block podcast Akihabra Renditions (Drew Sutton).  Not only that, but they actually let some of us (Basil and DJ Inubito) on the podcasting roundtable panel.  THOSE FOOLS! But no really it was great and hopefully we didn’t sound too stupid. I also (along with Lee) had the chance to interview Gina Biggs of the webcomic Red String (and the Strawberry Comics collective) for a little bit on Sunday, which will get it’s own segment later on in the week. And Inubito also took some photos at the con, and once I edit them I’ll

Because one game just wasn’t enough, we decided to tackle three Xbox Live Arcade games for this episode of the OSM ast_!_: Castle Crashers, Bionic Commando, and Braid. Check it out! OSMnotes That’s right, we’ll be at Anime Weekend Atlanta this weekend, so you should track us down and say hello! Also, if you happened to head this direction by way of the AWO, hello and welcome! Hope you enjoy your stay. And I apologize about Indy IV. Really, I do. However I will defend the honor of Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates to the uh, death. I guess. See you folks at the con! Or not! ( Then throw us an email!)

Finally our current tagline will now make sense as the OSM cast_!_ tackles Gainax’s Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann! OSMnotes Image of the hottie whiskey bottle © Go Nagai/Dynamic Planning, Honey Production Committee Now this podcast really isn’t a day late or anything. I mean, it’s not like _a bird hit a plane _causing Inubito’s friend’s flight to be delayed so he was busy entertaining his guest to mix down the podcast until late Monday night. And it _surely _wasn’t Basil being too busy playing Spore to actually update the site once he had the file. I mean… obviously. By the by, hasn’t anyone noticed how the theme of Spore is kinda how creatures must use the power of evolution to grow, expand, and survive as well as you (not I of course) the player also evolve by varying games of complexity? And how it expresses it’s theme by the use of a galaxy as imagery. And how galaxies kinda like like spirals? You know, like Gurren Lagann? Not that I’ve been playing Spore or anything, and that my race of creatures are calle

WARNING: We talk about Eiji Nonaka’s Cromartie High School in this episode of the OSMcast_!_ There…  YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED! OSMnotes We talk about a lot of stuff that’s actually kinda out of date! But that’s OK, because it’s all still awesome.  And so is Cromartie and you should buy a version of it right now. Also: Best. Trailer. Ever. Check back with us next week when we take on Gainax’s Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann!

We aren’t dead yet! In this triumphant return to the OSMcast Basil, Eric, and newcomer Lee tackle Tetsuro Takeuchi and Guitar Wolf’s wild and crazy “Jet rock ‘n’ roll”/zombie horror/comedy/cult classic/movie thing, Wild Zero! And succeed with marginal success! WARNING: Guitar Wolf’s music can be _really loud. _ OSMnotes We actually recorded this a week or two ago, so the Wold of OSM news is kinda old, but it’s all still vitally important, at least as far you should go buy Bangai-O Spirits RIGHT NOW. What’s actually important is that we’re back and we’ll be now updating on Mondays , not Fridays. And we should have it set for next Monday as well, where Lee and I talk about Cromartie High School. Be prepared!

We’re rollin’ into the month of August with Christopher Nolan’s latest take on the Batman, The Dark Knight. And more! OSMnotes First off, you can now see Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog once more without buying it off iTunes! You  just have to deal the occasional commercial. You know, like _regular _TV. And you should go buy some Freakazoid RIGHT NOW. Really this is the best week for super heroes and super villains ever.

Mushishi, by Yuki Urushibara is the topic of tonight’s OSMcast_!_ And it’s definitely awesome. But don’t take our word for it! … Well, actually _do _take our word for it, but listen to us talk abut why first! OSMnotes Really you should go buy a copy of Mushishi in one form or another right now. Though you’ll probably have to special order it. But that’s okay because this manga and anime _is _pretty special. In that good way, not that short bus special or anything. So go git it. Like, now. Go!

Okay so for the past two weeks we’ve skipped out on the World of OSM… And it kind of built to a great big pile of stuff that needed to be caught up to. So here it is! OSMnotes So we talked about this stuff (more or less): Chrono Trigger DS! Slayers Revolution! Rock Band 2 DCvsMK fatality correction FF13 on Xbox 360!! OMG SQEENIX YOU COMMIT SUDOKU!!!11! Xbox Live + Netflix = Win! (However it was later clarified that everyone has to have a Netflix account to watch the movies. Still awesome though!) Mii Avatars! And other Xbox 360 stuff. Microsoft made a pretty good press conference. However… Nobody is interested in Animal Crossing: City Folk. And by that I mean the person we know as Nobody. Wii Sports Resort is pretty cool we guess. Wii Music makes my soul sad. So much. My heart: broken. So sad. Sony’s conference was pretty meh for us as well. But uh… 256!!! I guess. That game was called MAG (Massive Action Game). But we really don’t care. Really Penny Arcade got it right. Song Summoner for iPod Anime Expo!

And we’re back! This week DJ Inubito and Basil talk about Nerdapalooza 2008 and Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots. OSMnotes So it sounds like Nerdapalooza 2008 was pretty bad ass! If you want to check out CSHC with our man DJ Inubito on the plates, check out their YouTube page. And like we said, MGS4 is gosh darn awesome. And you do end up feeling pretty bad for Old Snake sometimes, when they make fun of him for being old and his Psych meter goes down in the saddest noise possible.

So how about that “On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness” stuff eh guys and gals? Pretty good stuff! You should totally buy it. Or at least try the demo. You could also go buy Commando 3 on the XBLA while you’re at it so you can try the new SFII: HD Remix beta going on. Or Space Invaders Extreme! I _still _cannot beat Level 4, but one day… ONE DAY!!! I will _triumph! _

In this episode we decided that box anime is cool. And by “box anime” we mean, “Kekkaishi.” Also, ice cream. OSMnotes Okay so admittedly I _just _beat MGS4, so at the moment I’m busy going “OMG MGS4 MGS4!!!! ” therefore _actual _show notes aren’t exactly on my mind. Though I am sad to find out the Wal-Mart sale is apparently already over so… oops. Hopefully those of you out there will have _already _realized this deal and have bought one! The rest of you should follow my lead and steal I mean _borrow _them from all your friends that just obtained those PS3s and play Metal Gear Solid 4 on them. I want to say that this new Metal Gear is good enough that you’ll want to buy a PS3 anyway, but I know that’s just the MGS fanboy in me and that overall the 360 is still the better gaming system. … Maybe. Kekkaishi is also an awesome show and an even more awesome manga. You should go buy all of the manga now. They have 14 volumes so far out so you have plenty to catch up on! Oh and email us (osmcast@gmail DOT com), comm

Are you read for some unbridled passion as two souls burn brightly about Grand Theft Auto the Fourth? Well too bad we’ve already recorded it! OSMnotes Though to be fair, we ended up playing Street Fighter III: Third Strike afterwards instead. Will there be another Inubito/Basil podcast about the upcoming Street Fighter TV once it releases? Oh yes. And who knows… since we only scratched the surface that is GTA IV, there may be another about GTA IV in the far flung future. For example if you wanted an in depth discussion on how Niko’s journey into America as an immigrant was portrayed in the game compared to how it is seen and actually is in America, well… We could do that. Or we could talk about playing darts and going to strip clubs in the game. Whatever floats your boat. And as always tell us about these things and your opinions in the comments section, send us an email (osmcast@gmail DOT com), or throw down a voice mail our way! inubito on aim: holy shit 52:07. lolBasil on aim: NICE!inubito on aim: wrdBasil

Tonight on the slightly delayed OSMcast_!_ we talk about Baccano! And it’s many, _many _crazy characters. OSMnotes We also talk about Tokyopop’s current reshuffling as well as Rock Band’s attempt at taking over Japan. But it’s mostly about Baccano(!). And also beer. But really Baccano(!). In other news, we now have Promos! Check the sidebar to your right and check’em out! Trivia: This is now our longest podcast! ZOMG.

In this episode of the OSMcast_!_ we plunge into the depths of the Cosmic Tribe Tarot set and explore the ruins of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. OSMnotes Seriously guys, that tarot deck is pretty terrible. But don’t take my word for it! Check it out for yourself with this handy-dandy so very Not Work Safe link that shows the entire deck. And where you can order it from, if you know, naked dirty hippies are your thing. They say they’ve sold over 15,000 of them, so I’m guessing they can’t all be horrible accidents like our experience was. So yeah Stevee we bought your deck, and we came away unimpressed. Oh, and that Indiana Jones flick. It was so totally a movie. Yeah. And as always please comment, email us, let us know you exist. I know someone out there is downloading this stuff… somewhere!