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stasispod:

It’s been a while since the last tumbled post about the Stasispod cast. Fell behind for a while but we got a new computer installed in the Axalon. So things should be a little smoother from here on out. 

Anywho through our Patreon we have been getting through Kemono Friends episode between talking about Marvel movies and stuff. So here’s a collection of links to us talking about the first 4 episodes of Kemono Friends. 

Episode 1:  Savanna Area - Our 4th patreon episode going back to the set up of the series and David trying to not spoil too much about the series. 

Episode 2: Jungle Area - Our 5th patreon episode diving into a an abundance of new animal friend cameos and the post-apocalyptic beauty of the park. 

Episode 3: Mountain Area - Our 11th patreon episode (there were alot of movies we wanted to yammer on about in between) talking about coffee shops, public transit, spitting, and violence against Serval.

Episode 4: Desert Area - Our first recorded episode about Kemono Friends recorded as an April Fools episode, because David thought Tsuchinoko looked like a girl version of Dinobot. Laugh at him as he mispronounced “Kaban” every single time he says it.

And soon episode 5 of Kemono Friends will be our next Patreon episode. Probably. We might have forgotten something coming to theaters we actually wanted to see and talk to each other about for an hour. But more Beast Friends is the most likely.

rvengefulobster:

iamthedukeofurl:

unpretty:

unpretty:

my two categories of anime rec are “it’s okay if you don’t really like anime, you’ll probably like this” and “this will not make any goddamn sense to you if you have not wasted years of your life on trash”

y’all took about five minutes to turn this into some kind of contentious madoka post when i was just sitting here innocently contemplating the spectrum from miyazaki to the bread anime

Okay, so, I feel like I should explain the greatest invention of the modern age…that was produced by my apartment. 

We call it, the Weeb Ass Shit scale, after our traditional method of asking what anime somebody was watching (”What Weeb Ass Shit is this?”)

It grades a given Anime from 0-10 on three different methods: Weeb, Ass, and Shit. An individual will have different degrees of tolerance for various levels on the different scales.
0 is low, 10 is high. 

Weeb is the degree to which the show assumes a familiarity with japanese pop culture or anime tropes in general, not only in terms of the actual content of the show, but occasionally at a conceptual level. Hyperspecialized high schools with all-powerful student councils, for example, add a couple points to the Weeb scale. Same goes for the presence or use of tropes that would be bizzare and off putting if you weren’t used to seeing such things in other anime. 

A zero on the Weeb scale could be enjoyed by somebody who doesn’t even know that Japan exists, a 10 assumes the audience possesses a PhD in japanese cultural studies with a focus on animation. Something like Cowboy Bebop comes in at a 1, while I’d put Kill-La-Kill at a 6. Anything of the form “These Girls are anthropomorphic versions of something else” rates at least a 7 in my book. 


Next comes the Ass Scale. Put simply, how much Fanservice is in the show. busty character design, male-gaze camera angles, skimpy outfits, hot spring episodes, character A tripping and landing in a compromising position on top of character B, all that nonsense. 
At a 0, you’ve got something you would watch with your Grandmother after church (Miyazaki’s stuff comes in at a 0). 

Finally, the Shit scale, which covers general overall quality. A 0 indicates that the show is flawless, a 10 holds that you would rather sandpaper your own face than watch it. It should be noted that the Shit scale should be judged independent of the others. Too much T&A shows up on the Ass scale. 

Proper use of this scale is in the form W/A/S. 
For example, Shokugeki no Soma (Aka Food Wars) would come in at W 4/  A 6/ S 3

This is a game changer!

This is important!