6:30 - 7:20 The Greah Jahy Will Not Be Defeated! 2-3 (CR)
7:20 - 8:10 Fena Pirate Princess 2-3 (CR)
8:10 - 8:35 Sampler: takt op.Destiny (CR)
8:35 - 8:45 intermission
8:45 - 9:10 Sampler: Mieruko-chan (Funi)
9:10 - 10:10 Daily Life of the Immortal King 2-4 (Netflix)
Notes: Gene said he thinks he'll be moving sooner rather than later, with the idea that he'll be living in West Lafayette by Christmas (probably leaving 2nd week of December), and possibly not returning to California to deal with any remaining business with the Pasadena house.
Attendance:
Gene
Adam
Brian
Alan
David
Stevezilla
6:30 - 6:55 The Case Study of Vanitas 2 (Funi)
7:45 - 8:10 Samplers, part 1: Tesla Note (Funi)
8:10 - 8:30 intermission
8:30 - 9:20 Samplers, part 2:
AMAIM Warrior at the Borderline (Funi)
Lupin III part 6 episode 0 (HD)
9:10 - 10:10 I've Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level 2-3 (CR)
Notes: Adam joined just a bit after we finished actually watching shows - he'd slept through his alarm. We abandoned AMAIM after just a few minutes.
We watched Lupin part 6 episode 0 at least partly because it was Kiyoshi Kobayashi's final time playing Jigen - the last member of the original Lupin cast retiring after a half-century of playing the same character.
Attendance:
David
Alan
Brian
6:30 - 7:20 The Greah Jahy Will Not Be Defeated! 4-5 (CR)
7:20 - 8:10 Fena Pirate Princess 4-5 (CR)
8:10 - 8:35 Sampler: SAKUGAN (CR)
8:35 - 8:45 intermission
8:45 - 9:10 Sampler: The Blue Period (Netflix)
9:10 - 10:10 Daily Life of the Immortal King 5-7 (Netflix)
Notes: Blue Period seemed good, but probably doesn't fit club tastes well. In contrast, some people pre-committed to voting for Sakugan.
Attendance:
Adam
Brian
Stevezilla
Gene
David
Alan
6:30 - 6:55 The Case Study of Vanitas 3 (Funi)
7:45 - 8:10 Samplers, part 1: Irina: The Vampire Cosmonaut (Funi)
8:10 - 8:30 intermission
8:30 - 9:20 Samplers, part 2:
9:10 - 10:10 I've Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level 4-5 (CR)
Notes:
Attendance:
David
Adam
Brian
Alan
6:30 - 7:20 The Greah Jahy Will Not Be Defeated! 6-7 (CR)
7:20 - 8:10 Fena Pirate Princess 6-7 (CR)
8:10 - 8:35 Sampler: MUTEKING THE Dancing Hero (Funi)
8:35 - 8:45 intermission
8:45 - 9:10 SSSS Dynazenon 1 (Funi)
9:10 - 10:10 Daily Life of the Immortal King 8-10 (Netflix)
Notes:
Attendance:
Gene
Stevezilla
David
Alan
Adam
6:30 - 6:55 The Case Study of Vanitas 4 (Funi)
7:45 - 8:10 Samplers, part 1: The Night Beyond the Tricornered Window (CR)
8:10 - 8:30 intermission
8:30 - 9:20 Samplers, part 2:
BUILD-DIVIDE -#000000- CODE BLACK (CR, Funi)
Demon Slayer S2 episode 1 (CR, Funi)
9:10 - 10:10 I've Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level 6-7 (CR)
Notes: We bailed on both the new samplers partway through, which left us enough time for Demon Slayer - David never had a chance to finish S1 episode 26, so when Crunchyroll dropped us on that, we went through it and S2 episode 1.
Attendance:
David
Adam
Alan
6:30 - 7:20 The Greah Jahy Will Not Be Defeated! 8-9 (CR)
7:20 - 8:10 Fena Pirate Princess 8-9 (CR)
8:10 - 8:35 Samplers, part 1: Komi Can't Communicate (Netflix, fs)
8:35 - 8:45 intermission
8:45 - 9:10 Samplers, part 2: Ranking of Kings (Funi)
9:10 - 9:35 SSSS Dynazenon 2 (Funi)
9:35 - 10:10 Daily Life of the Immortal King 11-12 (Netflix)
Notes: Brian planned to take off early tonight, so Alan streamed.
Gene had rushed to install MacOS Monterey and bricked his Macbook Pro. He's ordered a Mac Mini so that he has a backup computer after he moves. He'd like to try streaming from his Mac Mini when he receives it - he's guessing this will be around the week of November 12.
Attendance:
Gene
Stevezilla
Adam
Brian
Alan
David
6:30 - 6:55 The Case Study of Vanitas 5 (Funi)
7:45 - 8:10 Samplers, part 1: Visual Prison (Funi)
8:10 - 8:30 intermission
8:30 - 9:20 Samplers, part 2:
The Vampire Dies in No Time (Funi)
9:10 - 10:10 I've Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level 8-9 (CR)
Notes: David, Brian, and Alan started by going to My Hero Academia the movie: World Heroes Rising. The showing was at 4:40 PM at the Regal Edwards in Alhambra, so we starting right around 7:30 instead of 6:30. Instead of running late, we decided to skip watching episodes of 86 this week.
As for the samplers: none of them seem to be our thing, but all of them were pretty well-received. This stood in stark contrast to the My Hero Academia movie, which was not good.
Attendance:
David
Adam
Brian
Alan
Victor
6:30 - 7:20 The Greah Jahy Will Not Be Defeated! 10-11 (CR)
7:20 - 8:10 Fena Pirate Princess 10-11 (CR)
8:10 - 8:35 Kageki Shoujo!! 2 (Funi)
8:35 - 8:45 intermission
8:45 - 9:10 Sampler: My Senpai Is Annoying (Funi)
9:10 - 9:35 SSSS Dynazenon 3 (Funi)
9:35 - 10:30 Daily Life of the Immortal King 13-15 (Netflix)
Notes: We started late, so we pushed the My Senpai Is Annoying sampler back (to Saturday, as it happens). Gene had received his Mac Mini, but he didn't have time to set up his space in order to try running showings from it yet. Maybe next week...
Attendance:
Adam
Gene
Alan
Brian
David
Stevezilla
6:30 - 6:55 The Case Study of Vanitas 6 (Funi)
8:10 - 8:30 intermission
8:30 - 8:55 Sampler: Platinum End (CR, Funi)
8:55 - 9:45 I've Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level 10-11 (CR)
9:45 - 10:35 My Next Life as a Villainess X 1-2 (CR)
Notes: David (and Brian, but mostly David) weren’t up for detaching more than 2 episode of 86 per night, so we decided to catch 2 episodes on Thanksgiving weekend, and to watch the sampler scheduled for Friday (My Senpai is Annoying) tonight.
We watched Platinum End all the way through (but David was ready to abandon it). We all agreed to bail on My Senpai Is Annoying.
Attendance:
David
Adam
Alan
Brian
Victor
6:30 - 6:55 The Greah Jahy Will Not Be Defeated! 12 (CR)
6:55 - 7:20 Fena Pirate Princess 12 (CR)
7:20 - 8:10 Kageki Shoujo!! 3-4 (Funi)
8:10 - 8:20 intermission
8:20 - 9:10 SSSS Dynazenon 4-5 (Funi)
9:10 - 10:25 The Heike Story 2-4 (Funi)
Notes: We started trying to stream from Gene’s Mac Mini, but it hadn’t been set up to share audio. We asked Adam to stream the Crunchyroll shows, and after that finished doing the Mac Mini setup. That all took a while, so we only had time for 2 episodes of Heike.
Incidentally, the last episode of Fena was the sort of bad that retroactively ruins the rest of the show.
Attendance:
Gene
Alan
Adam
Brian
Stevezilla
David
Victor
6:30 - 6:55 The Case Study of Vanitas 7 (Funi)
7:45 - 8:10 Samplers, part 1: Puraore! PRIDE OF ORANGE (Funi)
8:10 - 8:30 intermission
8:30 - 9:05 Samplers, part 2:
The World's Finest Assassin Gets Reincarnated in Another World as an Aristocrat (CR)
Kaguya-sama announcement (fs, YT raw )
9:05 - 9:30 I've Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level 12 (CR)
9:30 - 10:20 My Next Life as a Villainess X 3-4 (CR)
Notes: We started showings without Adam. He didn’t make it all night…
Attendance:
David
Brian
Alan
Victor
6:30 - 7:20 The Greah Jahy Will Not Be Defeated! 13-14 (CR)
7:20 - 8:10 Kageki Shoujo!! 5-6 (Funi)
8:10 - 8:20 intermission
8:20 - 9:10 SSSS Dynazenon 6-7 (Funi)
9:10 - 9:40 Sampler: Blade Runner: Black Lotus (CR)
9:40 - 10:30 The Heike Story 4-5 (Funi)
Notes: We started late, so skipped the sampler for tonight. Arthur and Claire made it over, and since she actually watched shows instead of hanging out in another room, I counted her as an attendee this time.
Attendance:
Gene
Stevezilla
Brian
David
Alan
Arthur
Claire
Adam
6:30 - 6:55 The Case Study of Vanitas 8 (Funi)
7:45 - 8:10 Samplers, part 1: Muv-Luv Alternative (CR)
8:10 - 8:30 intermission
8:30 - 9:05 Samplers, part 2:
Banished from the Hero's Party, I Decided to Live a Quiet Life in the Countryside (Funi)
Megaton Musashi (fs)
9:30 - 10:20 My Next Life as a Villainess X 5-6 (CR)
Notes: Last Saturday was the final showings at David's old apartment; he's currently in the process of moving to his new place. While he does that Alan is hosting on Saturdays (which means at least the 20th and 27th), in the basement. Spectrum Business seemed to be fast enough over WiFi -at least, we didn't hear any complaints from Adam about slow video on his end.
Brian is out of town next weekend visiting family, but nobody else is scheduled to be. Brian indicated he'd be OK with missing episodes of Kageki Shoujo, The Heike Story, The Case Study of Vanitas, and My Next Life as a Villainess. He definitely wants to be around when we sample Blade Runner: Black Lotus, but was less hung up on live-action Cowboy Bebop.
We also got started a bit late tonight (most folks weren't very familiar with coming to Alan's), so we had to push back a sampler.
Attendance:
Adam
Alan
David
Brian
Victor
Thanksgiving weekend...
6:30 - 7:15 Sampler: Cowboy Bebop live-action (Netflix)
7:15 - 8:05 Kageki Shoujo!! 7-8 (Funi)
8:05 - 8:30 Sampler: Super Crooks (Netflix)
8:30 - 8:40 intermission
8:40 - 9:30 Sampler: Arcane (Netflix)
9:30 - 10:20 The Heike Story 6-7 (Funi)
Notes: Live-action Bebop was disappointing, though Jet's actor was promising. Arcane was good. And Super Crooks...it's impossible to tell from episode 1 how the series itself will be, though it does have an action sequence that belongs in Beavis and Butthead Do America.
Attendance:
Gene
Alan
Arthur
Claire
Adam
Stevezilla
6:30 - 6:55 The Case Study of Vanitas 9 (Funi)
6:55 - 7:20 Sampler: Ancient Girl's Frame (Funi)
7:20 - 8:10 My Next Life as a Villainess X 7-8 (CR)
8:10 - 8:30 intermission
8:30 - 9:20 Feature: Dark City (BD)
Notes: After discussion we decided that we'll move Friday showings to Alan's after Gene moves, and put Saturday showings back at David's place. That way Brian won't have to drive as far on the nights he attends, and David will have 1 night/week that he doesn't host (and can take off early if he wants) without making us go virtual half the time.
Attendance:
Alan
David
Adam
6:30 - 7:20 The Greah Jahy Will Not Be Defeated! 15-16 (CR)
7:20 - 8:10 Kageki Shoujo!! 9-10 (Funi)
8:10 - 8:20 intermission
8:20 - 8:50 Sampler: Blade Runner: Black Lotus (CR)
8:50 - 9:40 SSSS Dynazenon 8-9 (Funi)
9:40 - 10:30 The Heike Story 8-9 (Funi)
Notes: Most of us were running late, so we started at 7 rather than 6:30. Gene was OK with us running long tonight, since it was the last night at his place (1481 Forest Ave. Pasadena CA 91103).
Attendance:
Brian
Gene
Stevezilla
David
Arthur
Claire
Alan
Adam
6:30 - 6:55 The Case Study of Vanitas 10 (Funi)
7:45 - 8:10 Samplers, part 1: Jojo's Bizarre Adventure part 6: Stone Ocean (Netflix)
8:10 - 8:30 intermission
8:30 - 9:05 Samplers, part 2:
Megaton Musashi (fs)
9:30 - 10:20 My Next Life as a Villainess X 9-10 (CR)
Notes: ...
Attendance:
Alan
Adam
David
Brian
Victor
6:30 - 7:20 The Greah Jahy Will Not Be Defeated! 17-18 (CR)
7:20 - 8:10 Kageki Shoujo!! 11-12 (Funi)
8:10 - 8:20 intermission
8:20 - 8:50 short feature: Star Wars Visions: T0-B1 and Akakiri (D+ or fs)
8:50 - 9:40 SSSS Dynazenon 10-11 (Funi)
9:40 - 10:30 The Heike Story 10-11 (Funi)
Notes: Gene made it to Indiana on time, albeit just barely. He was operating on a sleep deficit, so he disconnected at intermission.
We got a late start because Alan's computer had decided to stop sharing audio (Discord forgot the audio sharing had been set up, or something). We eventually got Brian to stream up until break (flipping Dynazenon and Kageki Shoujo's timeslots), then at break Alan got his Discord working again. Because we were behind schedule, we only watched episode 10 of The Heike Story - we can finish it next week.
Attendance:
Alan
David
Brian
Gene
Stevezilla
Victor
Adam
6:30 - 6:55 The Case Study of Vanitas 11 (Funi)
7:45 - 8:10 Samplers, part 1: Selection Project (Funi)
8:10 - 8:30 intermission
8:30 - 9:05 Samplers, part 2:
Taisho Otome Fairy Tale (Funi)
The Fruit of Evolution: Before I Knew It, My Life Had It Made (CR)
9:30 - 10:20 My Next Life as a Villainess X 11-12 (CR)
Notes: First night at David's new place. Alan tried going to the complex next door at first - we need to look for the building with the street lamp directly in front of it.
Attendance:
David
Brian
Adam
Alan
Arthur & Claire
6:30 - 7:20 The Greah Jahy Will Not Be Defeated! 19 (CR)
7:20 - 8:10 Kageki Shoujo!! 13 (Funi)
8:10 - 8:20 intermission
8:20 - 8:50 short feature: Star Wars Visions: eps 1-4 5, 7-8 (D+ or fs)
Sampler: Deep Insanity THE LOST CHILD (Funi)
8:50 - 9:40 SSSS Dynazenon 12 (Funi)
9:40 - 10:30 The Heike Story 11 (Funi)
Notes: Watched the sampler on Friday instead of Saturday - we decided to stop after episodes 2-4 of Star Wars Visions, saving episode 5, 7, and 8 for our next showings on New Year’s weekend.
Attendance:
Alan
David
Stevezilla
Adam
Brian
6:30 - 6:55 The Case Study of Vanitas 12 (Funi)
6:55 - 7:45 86 eps 18-20 19 (CR)
7:45 - 8:10 Sampler: Deep Insanity THE LOST CHILD (Funi)
8:10 - 8:30 intermission
8:30 - 10:30 Feature: ???
Notes: We had an extra timeslot due to watching the sampler on Friday, so we watched episodes 18-20 of 86 (all episodes that were available).
David was scheduled to fly out on Sunday (to visit his family) and he still needed to pack, so we decided not to watch a feature per se, just to watch additional sampler episodes. Those ended up being:
Peach Boy Riverside 2
The Faraway Paladin 2 (CR)
Komi Can’t Communicate 2 (Netflix)
Nomad: Megalobox 2 ep 1 (Funi)
Attendance:
David
Arthur & Claire
Alan
Adam
Brian
Some lead-up to Dave Merrill's Anime Hell (Twitch)
6:30 - 7:20 The Greah Jahy Will Not Be Defeated! 20 (CR)
8:20 - 8:50 short feature: Star Wars Visions: eps 5, 7-8 (D+ or fs)
Notes: We decided not to get together in person this week - David was feeling sick, and even though he tested negative for Covid, the local case numbers weren’t great. To the point that we’re probably looking at not getting together in person for at least a few weeks.
New Covid cases in LA County:
12/29: 16K
12/30: 20K
12/31: 27K
Alan started streaming (on Spectrum business via Ethernet, with WiFi turned off). Only minor technical issues for a change. After seeing some of the lead-up to David Merrill’s Anime Hell, we switched over to The Great Jahy Will Not Be Defeated (episode 20).
After that, we decided to watch the rest of Star Wars Visions (i.e. episodes 5, 7, and 8), since both David and Alan were planning to call it an early night. Alan left Anime Hell streaming afterward, when he had to leave.
...
Adam stayed logged in after everyone else left, so he was there when Steve logged in. Alan made it back in time for part of that conversation.
Attendance:
Alan
Adam
Brian
David
...and Steve (Racer), after a bit
We didn't really have a schedule for this night.
Notes: Birdy the Mighty OVA 1
[Geoff showed up at this point - he was logging in to comment on the Urusei Yatsura remake announcement, and joined the voice channel as long as he was here]
Re-sampled PuraOre: Pride of Orange ep 1 (after David logged off for the night); Geoff was falling asleep during this, so he logged off right after
break
Macross II ep 1
Ranking of Kings ep 2
The Saint’s Magic Power Is Omnipotent ep 2
Attendance:
Adam
David
Alan
Brian
Arthur
Geoff
Victor