Yeah, that's probably what I should have asked.

The Japanese is still coming to terms with female empowerment and that big titties actually exist. Queen's Blade is acting as a surrogate to try to help these Japanese males by introducing them to women with power, and using submersion therapy to deal with crippling fear of giant breasts. Sure its base and sophomoric, but it's in a safe controlled environment. It's like how in American shows used to have "very special episodes" to help deal with the issues of day. The Japanese care so much about the psychological maladies of their brethren that they devote entire animated series to these issues. It's not about money, it's about growing as a culture. I think we could all learn a little something from them.

It seems they can't go wrong with ninja videogames and cartoons just like they can't go right with whatever subgenre (I pray it's not a proper genre) of anime this show is. Great podcast!

I'm always glad when gems from my past come up in this podcast. One of my favorite things about Shinobi was when there was a big pit you had to cross by chain killing a bunch of aerial enemies since you could dash between enemies when you got a hit in. It could be kinda frustrating at times, but super satisfying when you pulled it off. I want to remember there being a lot of those in the fire level, so after every pit, you'd basically be in super-mode and everything on the landing side died immediately.

Not having heard this episode yet, but seeing that you guys talked about shinobi warms my heart. More people need to play this gem.

[quote="Maur"]Some people like Queens Blade and some people like Spriggan. One man's treasure is another mans garbage. To each their own. Yada yada...
There are only two reasons to like Spriggan: mini-guns and mono-filament razor wire.

[quote="OnePixelJumpMan"][quote="xenomouse"]
There are only two reasons to like Spriggan: mini-guns and mono-filament razor wire.

I think power armor, jeep escape, and dinosaur escape sequence deserve at least some mention.
I'm gonna be frank here for a sec. I watched a bootleg of that movie about 10 years ago, and I'm pretty sure I forgot the entire thing by the next day, save for the two things I mentioned.

Gokiburi, I have, and I wrote all about it in my account of the experience, 'No seriously, what was in that Brownie?'

I did the reflow and it was easy. Took me less than an hour. But now what the hell am I gonna do. I don't want to have to do it again, that's stupid. I'll probably just end up eBaying it at some reduced price and going back to the PS2.

Did you use rosin flux?

[quote="Gokiburi_Chachacha"]They also didn't get to Ymir, the pedobait character. See, she's a dwarf, and she's over 200 years old, so that makes it okay, right? Right? What's the age of consent on fantasy dwarves again?I was gonna mention her too, but from what I remember they didn't really do anything with her, so the joke well would've been a little dry. Honestly I felt ARMS showed a lot of restraint with her, I think she was only naked like once. I suppose it helps that she's more of a plot device than a character. Either way I still find it shocking to see any shred of restraint in a show like Queen's Blade. Though I do believe this was coming out when there was that big to do about loli bans and what have you, so that might explain it.

Since I'm posting anyway I'd also like to mention that this jive is derived form a pretty neat seeming table top RPG system kinda thing, visual combat books if anyone is familiar with them. I bring this up because I find this kind of thing oh so humorous. That being a more or less totally innocent thing being perverted into something like this, so delicious.

Queensblade is probably the dumbest show I've ever watched... When I saw it, it only hurt me to keep up with the dialog and follow the story. It was only when I turned off the distracting subtitles that the true meaning of the show came into focus.

But you guys haven't reached the bottom yet! While Queensblade is the dumbest, it was KissxSis that won (?) for me as the most mindlessly offensive anime out there. It would have you begging to watch more Elfen Lied. I would never wish that show upon you, but a podcast on it would be delicious.

@Grey Ghost: I doubt they'd even make it halfway through a single episode of Kiss X Sis before destroying the device it was viewed on.

Nuke it from space. Only way to be sure.

[quote="Gokiburi_Chachacha"]

Nuke it from space. Only way to be sure.

Fire cleanses all things!

But I'd want to immediately get hooked up to the gizmo Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet used to make me forget it. Otherwise I'd go through life clawing at my eyes trying to unsee what I've seen. Destroy every copy of the show on the planet; I'll not grant that show any immortality from my memory!

Actually it turns out they aren't blood-related.

[quote="Digitalguardian"]Actually it turns out they aren't blood-related.

I'll try not to repeat what's already been said.

Well, Queen's Blade is based on some line of figures or some PC game, so I think it took whatever flimsy concept Queen's Blade was based on and stretched it into a series.

Used to be this sort of thing would send me quoting from the Book of Revelation, but now I have resort to Nightmare Dog's message of hope for the future.

Probably. To put it into perspective, this is the second sentence on the Wikipedia article:

"First published in 2005, it features only female characters in sexual art situations."

Didn't Dave and Joel mention Pumpkin scissors already?

I think that anything that has ridiculous elements to it should be reviewed, because it's fodder for comedy. I think the combination of a boring + terrible show is what is not fun for a podcast.

I need more big, manly sword shit that isn't a lame excuse to show tits. Or, if they're going to show tits, then someone's going to get proper fucked.

I was kinda suprised to see this series available on places like Hulu and Crunchyroll seeing as how it is jam packed with nudity! I have taken to watching an episode of something with my lunch at work and had to stop watching this one after seeing bare boob bags all over in the first episode.
Back to Soul Eater till I get home I guess. That show is pretty cool so far.

You ask "who would buy a show like this?" and the answers that this isn't a show that they expect to make money from. This show is really just advertising. They assume that 99% of the people who watch this show are pirating it, so the show is just advertising for the toys and statuettes and other merch that can't be stolen.

Seems to me that's pretty much where things are going...the anime is a loss-leader advertisement for the merchandise.