Boob Toob Supplemental: Ooga chaka edition

Check out that sweet Attack on Titan and Adventure Time mashup by Rodrigo Alexandrino ICO! High res version available here and you can go here to see his process and some close ups. So good!

Less than 6 hours until I see the Guardians of the Galaxy movie so let's knock out another Boob Toob Supplemental!


3D Futurama

Keeping things within the cartoon realm, check out this 3D version of the Futurama opening scene. Looks beautiful, doesn't it?

More info and video/pics here. Thanks to fellow Boober and Toober Wendi Freeman for bringing this to our attention.


No Man's Sky featurette

Short little video on the story of Hello Games, the studio behind upcoming PS4 game No Man's Sky. This game looks and sounds so damn good, I may have to buy a PS4 just for it.

Lupin the Third live action movie trailer

YES! The world's greatest thief, Arsène Lupin III, finally gets a live action adaptation!*

The movie comes out in Japan on August 30 and it's directed by Ryuhei Kitamura who also directed films such as Versus, Godzilla: Final Wars and apparently Midnight Meat Train which I've never seen but sounds interesting enough based on the title. He also directed the in game cutscenes for the video game Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes which is a Game Cube remake of the original Playstation game Metal Gear Solid. He's a cool dude.

The movie looks beautiful and I love how the characters look and seem to act a lot like the manga/anime versions of themselves. Fujiko is crazy hot, as she should since her character is a bit of a seductress. Can't wait to see it!

* Ooops, I apologise. Below is the first Lupin the Third live action adaptation.

Talk of the Town

ABC's Australian Story recently did a feature on Aussie singer Megan Washington. She talked about her fear of public speaking and her debilitating stutter. It was really engaging and well done and made me care for this person who I never heard of before (I'm not hip and up to date with what the cool kids listen to). Some info here and the transcript here. No YouTube embed or a link to the video (couldn't find one online) but I thought I'd share anyway.


Birdman trailer

I never understood the term 'batshit insane' until I saw this trailer. No idea what it's about and I don't think I wanna know, I just wanna go in there without knowing any info. Also, aw yeah Keaton being Keaton! And a bunch of other famous peeps are in it too. Bobgar likes Edward Norton and he's in here. Gotta see this movie NOW!

In case you didn't click and watch the trailer, here's some Keaton for ya!

Thanks to Devin Bruce (Doctor Teeth on Twitter and other places) for bringing this to my attention.


BATMETAL!

I accidentally sent this video to my mother. I fail at internetz. Fun video though. Good thing it had subtitles since I wouldn't have been able to understand squat.

Thanks to John at Burnt Weiners for tweeting this.


Artists vs TMNT

That's great and all but where's Vanilla Ice?

TMNT Saturday Morning Slow Jams

Nope, we're not done with the TMNT love just yet. Check it out, son!

Zombeavers trailer

Whuuuuut?

Thanks, ya Comic Bastards! (No, that's not an insult. That's their name! Get off my case!)


Not long now before...

Boob Toob Supplemental: I wanna be this badass German dude

Before we get started, and because it's been a while since I introduced this segment, Boob Toob Supplemental is where I get to post all kinds of videos that I come across. These are videos that probably won't make it into the show so I'm posting them here. With that out of the way, let's get on with the show!


Mary Roach: 10 things you didn't know about orgasm

I love this video. Not just because it's about sex but it's all sciency and stuff. I'll most likely mention it on the next Boob Toob episode. Video is below or you can view it at the TED website and give them some hits.

Turkish Hadoken!

Here's good ol' Ryu selling car insurance. Good for him. Also, anyone else miss the days when video games had mini games like these in between rounds? I miss that.

Best. Supermarket ad. Ever.

Here's an ad for the German supermarket chain Edeka. I don't know what anyone is saying (supergeil means something like "super wicked" apparently) and yet I still wish I was as cool as that old dude, played by Friedrich Liechtenstein. Or maybe he wasn't playing as anyone, maybe that's just him being him. No idea. I love that guy! Thanks, Germany!

Yumeno Hajima Ring Ring by Kyary Pamyu Pamyu

Woo! New music video from my girl Kyary! I like how she goes through all the different costumes and personas she's had.

Some other kickass Japanese lady doing some other kickass thang

I saw this Japanese ad on one of those compilation videos that I blogged about earlier but here it is on its own.

Making of video just to show that it’s real. I didn't believe it at first.

EDIT: Aw man, they've removed the videos.


You spin me right round baby right round...

I WANT TO ADOPT THIS GUY!

Real life Remy LeBeau

Some fancy stuff in this video. I'd still put money on Ricky Jay though if these guys ever fought. That dude needs to star in a Gambit movie.

Need for Speed movie trailer

First of all, I didn't know that there was even a Need for Speed movie based on the popular video game racing franchise. I may have heard about some talks of a movie but I had no idea it was coming out this month. It might even be out now, I don't even know. Cos I never leave the house. Ever.

Second, I certainly had no idea that Jesse Pinkman was starring in it. The ending to Breaking Bad makes sense now.

Driving really fast solves all problems.

Attack on Subaru

More cars. And giant zombie monsters. There's quite a bit of Attack on Titan promotion going on in Japan at the moment. Not sure why since the anime is on hiatus and the live action movie isn't until next year. Hopefully this means a season 2 of the anime is in the cards.

Boob Toob Supplemental: All Music Videos Edition

By Dan Pua

Hi! Let's get right to it, shall we?

Sweet Dream by MFBTY

Horror story with some funky beats in under 4 mins. Kick ass music video even if I don’t understand what the song is about. That guy's not gonna be able to sleep for a week!

Hate You by 2NE1

You know how I love my animation... The girls from 2NE1 are in animated form and they have to track down some guy who blew up a nuclear power plant.

PONPONPON by Kyary Pamyu Pamyu

I love this girl. Don’t ever stop being weird.

Connect by The Swiss

Cool video gamey video from a couple of Aussies. Check out the video here since I can't embed. You screwed me again, YouTube!

Attack on Titan Pingu

There are a lot of Attack on Titan parodies for the show's opening theme but this one’s my fave. Go watch Attack on Titan!

What have I been watching? Tons of anime, that's what!

By Dan Pua

Someone on the 11 O'Clock Comics forum recently asked what anime to look out for and I ended up giving a longer response than I intended. Probably because we've been watching a ton of anime at our place lately. We went from watching one anime series week to week (and a few that we pile up) to at least five per week. Not to mention the odd anime movie plus the backlog on various anime series.

So. Much. Anime!

Below is my reply to the guy plus a couple of additions. I'll probably talk about a bunch of these on future BoobToob eps, maybe I can convince Bobgar to do an all anime ep!

Please note that with most of the anime series I mention, I've included a link to where you can watch it streaming.

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Attack on Titan (check out the main pic above) is crazy good! Titans (giant human looking creatures) show up out of nowhere and kill off most of the human population. The remaining survivors build a giant walled city and they all live there since the titans can't get to them. 100 years pass and things seem okay. And then the fun starts.

Get on it now cos it's the new hotness! There's a couple of mysteries like where did the titans come from, how did the walls even get built in the first place, etc. They don't give it to you all right away like with some anime where the opening narration tells you everything. I found myself asking lots of questions early on but the show gives me enough meat to chew on each episode. They reveal bits and pieces about the characters and the back story of the world as time goes on.

If you have 20 mins to spare, please check out the first episode and let me know what you think (either comment here, grab me on Twitter, come up to me if you see me on the street, whatever). It's available streaming on Crunchyroll and Hulu. I love all the grappling hook action, they're zipping around the place like Spidey.

The Devil is a Part Timer: The big bad villain from some fantasy world escapes through a portal and he gets stuck on Earth with no powers and he ends up working at McDonalds. (Well on the show it's MgRonalds, but we know it's McDonalds.) Freaking hilarious. The day to day adventures of the big bad devil guy and his lieutenant are the best. It's available on Hulu and Funimation.

Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet (not sure what those words mean) is another anime that we're watching week by week. It's off to a really good start. The white haired dude below and his robot come from space and crash land on future Earth which is mostly covered in water and people live on giant floating vessels. There's more to it than that but you can find out for yourself if you watch it. We learn about this world along with the white haired guy and I'm curious to see more of the world and how he adjusts to it. The show isn't so much good vs bad but more world building and I hope it stays on that course.

Flowers of Evil is some creepy stuff. The animation style is different (the characters are rotoscoped) but it grew on me. My wife likes it a lot and I initially wasn't into it (anime set in high school featuring high school characters are a big turn off) but I'm watching this week by week too. 13 eps total so it's not a massive commitment. The topic isn't something that I'd usually find interesting but they've hooked me with the way they tell the story and the atmosphere. Definitely worth a look.

The new Hunter X Hunter series is solid but with 70+ eps in, it might seem too overwhelming for someone wanting to jump in. Yikes, 70+ eps. So me and my wife have been watching it week by week for 70+ weeks. It doesn't seem that long. The story arcs can be a bit long but they don't drag on and the show does a good job of making you want to see the next ep so you can probably watch several eps a day easy (assuming you don't have to go to work or do chose or other boring old people crap).

It's a lot of fun but not just for kids despite the look of certain characters. The show isn't afraid to kill off people. It's set in a world where I guess killing people isn't as big a deal as it is in our society. Most of the characters in the show, even the kids, are willing to kill. In fact, one of the main characters, the white haired kid named Killua, actually comes from a family of world renowned assassins but most people treat him like a normal kid (even though they know he's an assassin).

This show also has my favourite clown ever (see second pic below) and I'm not even a fan of clowns). He's a bit like the Joker if the Joker actually stood a chance against Batman in hand to hand combat. The cast of characters is really cool and there's a bunch of neat character designs. Feels like X-Men back when I was getting into comics. I'm asking questions like "Who are these guys?" and "What's their back story?" and "What are their powers?" That sort of thing. The powers they come up with for their characters are unique and it makes you want to see them get into a fight just to see what kinds of cool stuff they can do with their powers. This show is bad ass.

Gintama is super hilarious but they're nearing 300 eps. I've only actually seen less than 10 eps, what I've done is watch the recent eps that have a C at the end of the episode number. They're 'classic' episodes and are mostly standalones so you don't need to know anything although feel free to read the Wikipedia entry if you want some background info on who these characters are.

This series feels like a "what if Deadpool made an anime" series. Fouth wall breaking is in full effect. It's even funnier if you know about the manga/videogame/pop culture stuff they reference. This episode about smoking which heavily references a popular anime is probably my fave but most of those classis eps are a blast.

I saw the 3rd Evangelion movie, Evangelion 3.33, a few days ago. It didn't wow me overall like the first two although they had some scenes that really wow-ed me (one of which is reminiscent of the helicarrier lift off scene in Avengers). I don't think I can properly judge it until I see the 4th and final installment. It doesn't work as well on its own like the first two. Plus there are a lot of characters being jerks just to serve the story. But I do appreciate that they're taking a different direction with the movie and they're not just rehashing the series. Unless they totally screw up the 4th, I think this series of movies is well worth a watch.

I also recently saw 009-1. It's a 12 episode series about cybernetic female secret agents. Based on a manga from the late 60s by Shotaro Ishinomori. I'll say more about the series in the next Boob Toob episode but I will say that I don't remember the last time I found myself watching a show where there's lotsa boobage and yet my brain was being satisfied intellectually. Totally unexpected since I thought it was going to be just cheesecake. I liked it way more than I thought I would and I want to revisit this series at some point.

At the moment, it's all Attack on Titan, Hunter X Hunter, The Devil is a Part Timer, Flowers of Evil and Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet at our place week by week. We have a backlog of One Piece episodes to get through and we're waiting for the non filler Naruto episodes to start back up. There are a few anime movies that we still need to watch. Some Studio Ghibli movies (From Up On Poppy Hill, Tales from Earthsea, Arietty), the newest Fullmetal Alchemist movie (Sacred Star of Milos), One Piece Film Z & something by Madhouse called Death Billiards.