Winter

Week 0

Anime Los Angeles 18 was this weekend (ALA 17 was 2022, ALA 16 was 2020 - nothing in 2021 due to COVID). Alan attended the con a few hours at a time on 3 of the days.

Friday, January 6 at Alan's and on the PCAS Discord server

6:30 - 10:30 No fixed schedule. Possibly to include:

Voting for shows

Re-sampling or additional sampling as needed

Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean (part 3) 25-26 (Netflix)

Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer 13-14 (CR)

Sampling new shows?

Attendance:

Stevezilla
David
Brian
Alan
Arthur
Gene
Antonio
Adam

Notes: Showings tonight were fully remote - neither Stevezilla nor David showed up in person. David didn’t feel well, so he asked that Saturday showings be fully remote.

We started by getting people to look at the voting spreadsheet, sampled Do It Yourself!! episode 2 by David’s request. Then we watched Romantic Killer episode 2, since it was at 3 votes and the breakpoint appeared to between 3 and 4 votes.

Our next re-sampler was Uncle From Another World episode 2. We then re-watched episode 1 of Management of a Novice Alchemist, since it had qualified for the schedule, but some folks hadn’t seen it. After break, David realized he hadn’t seen last week’s episodes of Jojo, so he dropped off the call. The remaining members watched Jojo episodes 25-26, then Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer episodes 13-14.

Saturday, January 7 at David's and on the PCAS Discord server

6:30 - 10:30 No fixed schedule. Likely to include:

Schedule-building

My Hero Academia 127 (CR)

Bastard!! Heavy Metal Dark Fantasy 13-14 (Netflix)

Sampling new shows?

Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts (Netflix)

Attendance:

David
Brian
Arthur
Adam
Alan

Notes: Adam and Alan were about 1 timeslot late, but we didn’t have a lot on the schedule. We started with schedule-building, followed by My Hero Academia 127 (the last episode of 2022, at least as aired), finished up schedule-building, and went into Bastard!! episodes 13-14

After intermission we decided to sample:

Farming Life In Another World (HD) - isekai wish-fulfillment, about as interesting as a rice cracker. It's no Primitive Technology, that's for sure.

Spy Classroom (HD) - I think it was David who pointed out that everything in this show was so stupid it made Spy x Family look like it was about serious espionage in comparison. Not stupid in a very entertaining way, sadly.

Tomo-chan Is a Girl (CR) - romcom with slapstick; in danger of having exactly 1 joke that wears out its welcome.

Also, here's the schedule we built:

1/13 and 1/14
1/20 and 1/21
1/27 and 1/28
2/3 and 2/4
2/10 and 2/11
2/17 and 2/18
2/24 and 2/25
3/3 and 3/4
3/10 and 3/11
3/17 and 3/18
3/24 and 3/25

3/31 and 4/1 will be Spring week 0

Fridays (100 episodes)

Princess Principal / Management of a Novice Alchemist

Samplers (1/night?)

Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean 3rd part (1/night)

Romantic Killer / Megaton Musashi season 2

Uncle from Another World (1/night)

Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer / Akiba Maid War

Saturdays (87 episodes)

Do It Yourself! / Bocchi the Rock!

Mob Psycho 100 S3 / Raven of the Inner Palace

Samplers (2/night)

Bastard!! Heavy Metal Dark Fantasy 2nd half / Exception

Week 1

Friday, January 13 at Alan's and on the PCAS Discord server

6:30 - 6:55 Princess Principal 2 1 (HD, Amzn)

6:55 - 7:20 Sampler: Endo and Kobayashi Live! The Latest on Tsundere Villainess Lieselotte (HD)

7:20 - 7:45 Mobile Suit Gundam the Witch from Mercury 12 (CR)

7:45 - 8:10 Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean (part 3) 27 (Netflix)

8:10 - 8:20 intermission

8:20 - 9:10 Romantic Killer 3-4 (Netflix)

9:10 - 9:35 Uncle from Another World 3 (Netflix)

9:35 - 10:25 Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer 15-16 (CR)

Attendance:

Alan
David
Stevezilla
Arthur
Gene
Brian
Adam

Notes: For the first several minutes only Alan, David, and Stevezilla were present. Since Princess Principal episode 1 had been watched on a Saturday several weeks prior, we decided to rewatch that so everyone would start off more or less in the same place.

Endo and Kobayashi seems potentially interesting.

Saturday, January 14 at David's and on the PCAS Discord server

6:30 - 7:20 Do It Yourself!! 3-4 (CR)

7:20 - 8:10 Mob Psycho 100 III 1-2 (CR)

8:10 - 8:30 intermission

8:30 - 9:20 Samplers:

Technoroid Overmind (CR)

Ningen Fushin: Adventurers Who Don't Believe in Humanity Will Save the World (CR)

9:20 - 10:10 Bastard!! Heavy Metal Dark Fantasy 15-16 (Netflix)

Attendance:

David
Brian
Alan
Adam
Arthur

Notes: Technoroid Overmind really decided to stake everything it had on a post-credit twist: too little, too late.

Week 2

Friday, January 20 at Alan's and on the PCAS Discord server

6:30 - 7:20 Princess Principal 2-3 (HD, Amzn)

7:20 - 7:45 Sampler: Trigun Stampede (CR)

7:45 - 8:10 Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean (part 3) 28 (Netflix)

8:10 - 8:20 intermission

8:20 - 9:10 Romantic Killer 5-6 (Netflix)

9:10 - 9:35 Uncle from Another World 4 (Netflix)

9:35 - 10:25 Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer 17-18 (CR)

Attendance:

Alan
Stevezilla
Gene
Steve Racer
Arthur
Adam
Brian
David
Antonio

Notes: Steve Racer was in town and made in to Friday showings. He'd already seen Trigun Stampede, though (but at least the rest of us seemed to find it interesting). Also, Alan was giving away a bunch of stuff this weekend.

Alan’s Mac had been updated to Ventura, which broke audio streaming via Discord. That and waiting for people to arrive caused us to start about 1 episode late. Alan eventually got his audio streaming working (hint: install Audio Hijack, let it install the new version of ACE), but we ended up 2 episodes behind and decided to hold off on Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer.

Saturday, January 21 at David's and on the PCAS Discord server

6:30 - 7:20 Do It Yourself!! 5-6 (CR)

7:20 - 8:10 Mob Psycho 100 III 3-4 (CR)

8:10 - 8:30 intermission

8:30 - 9:20 Samplers:

NieR:Automata Ver1.1a (CR)

Buddy Daddies (CR)

9:20 - 10:10 Bastard!! Heavy Metal Dark Fantasy 17-18 (Netflix)

Attendance:

David
Alan
Brian
Adam
Arthur

Notes: Lunar New Year eve, which means Arthur had to deal with soem traffic to get out of his neighborhood. Alan gave yet more stuff away, and brought in stuff from his last few cons (Anime LA 2023, Super Dimension Con 2022, Anime LA 2020) to show and tell.

Week 3

Friday, January 27 at Alan's and on the PCAS Discord server

6:30 - 7:20 Princess Principal 4-5 (HD, Amzn)

7:20 - 7:45 Sampler: The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady (CR)

7:45 - 8:10 Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean (part 3) 29 (Netflix)

8:10 - 8:20 intermission

8:20 - 9:10 Romantic Killer 7-8 (Netflix)

9:10 - 9:35 Uncle from Another World 5 (Netflix)

9:35 - 10:25 Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer 17-18 (CR)

Attendance:

Stevezilla
Gene
Arthur
Alan
David
Brian
Adam
Victor

Notes:

Saturday, January 28 at David's and on the PCAS Discord server

6:30 - 7:20 Do It Yourself!! 7-8 (CR)

7:20 - 8:10 Mob Psycho 100 III 5-6 (CR)

8:10 - 8:30 intermission

8:30 - 9:20 Samplers:

The Ice Guy and His Cool Female Colleague (CR)

The Iceblade Sorcerer Shall Rule the World (CR)

9:20 - 10:10 Bastard!! Heavy Metal Dark Fantasy 19-20 (Netflix)

Attendance:

David
Arthur
Alan
Brian
Adam
Victor

Notes:

Week 4

Friday, February 3 at Alan's and on the PCAS Discord server

6:30 - 7:20 Princess Principal 6-7 (HD, Amzn)

7:20 - 7:45 Sampler: Handyman Saitou in Another World (CR)

7:45 - 8:10 Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean (part 3) 30 (Netflix)

8:10 - 8:20 intermission

8:20 - 9:10 Romantic Killer 9-10 (Netflix)

9:10 - 9:35 Uncle from Another World 6 (Netflix)

9:35 - 10:25 Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer 19-20 (CR)

Attendance:

Gene
David
Brian
Arthur
Adam
Alan
Antonio

Notes: all-remote tonight. We ended up watching 3 episodes of Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer tonight because Alan was busy when the 2nd episode ended.

Saturday, February 4 at David's and on the PCAS Discord server

6:30 - 7:20 Do It Yourself!! 9-10 (CR)

7:20 - 8:10 Mob Psycho 100 III 7-8 (CR)

8:10 - 8:30 intermission

8:30 - 9:20 Samplers:

The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel - Northern War (CR)

Revenger (CR)

9:20 - 10:10 Bastard!! Heavy Metal Dark Fantasy 21-22 (Netflix)

Attendance:

David
Arthur
Brian
Alan
Adam
Victor

Notes: Alan was still remote tonight (and probably will be for at least another couple weeks)

Week 5

Friday, February 10 on the PCAS Discord server

6:30 - 7:20 Princess Principal 8-9 (HD, Amzn)

7:20 - 7:45 Sampler: The Fire Hunter (CR)

7:45 - 8:10 Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean (part 3) 31 (Netflix)

8:10 - 8:20 intermission

8:20 - 9:10 Romantic Killer 11-12 (Netflix)

9:10 - 9:35 Megaton Musashi 14 (fs)

9:35 - 10 Uncle from Another World 7 (Netflix)

10 - 10:25 Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer 22 (CR)

Attendance:

Brian
Stevezilla
Antonio
David
Gene
Arthur
Alan

Notes: Alan was very late tonight, so others streamed shows, and we didn’t watch Megaton Musashi. Showings ran late, so we didn’t make up the episode timeslot with anything - we just watched 1 less episode than scheduled.

Saturday, February 11 at David's and on the PCAS Discord server

6:30 - 7:20 Do It Yourself!! 11-12 (CR)

7:20 - 8:10 Mob Psycho 100 III 9-10 (CR)

8:10 - 8:30 intermission

8:30 - 9:20 Samplers:

Sugar Apple Fairy Tale (CR)

Saving 80,000 Gold in Another World for My Retirement (CR)

9:20 - 10:10 Bastard!! Heavy Metal Dark Fantasy 23-24 (Netflix)

Attendance:

David
Arthur & Claire
Brian
Adam
Antonio
Alan

Notes:

Week 6

Friday, February 17 at Alan's and on the PCAS Discord server

6:30 - 7:20 Princess Principal 10-11 (HD, Amzn)

7:20 - 7:45 Management of a Novice Alchemist 2 (HD)

7:45 - 8:10 Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean (part 3) 32 (Netflix)

8:10 - 8:20 intermission

8:20 - 9:10 Megaton Musashi 14-15 (fs)

9:10 - 9:35 Uncle from Another World 8 (Netflix)

9:35 - 10:25 Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer 23-24 (CR)

Attendance:

Alan
Arthur
Adam
Stevezilla
Gene
David
Antonio
Brian

Notes: Alan couldn’t reliably be at the keyboard, so although people were watching at his house somebody else needed to handle the streaming (he tried, but was once again having audio-sharing issues). We started with Adam streaming Princess Principal…

Saturday, February 18 at David's and on the PCAS Discord server

6:30 - 7:20 Bocchi the Rock! 2-3 (CR)

7:20 - 8:10 Mob Psycho 100 III 11-12 (CR)

8:10 - 8:30 intermission

8:30 - 9:35 Samplers:

The Reincarnation of the Strongest Exorcist in Another World (CR)

UniteUp! (CR)

"Flaglia" ~Natsuyasumi no Monogatari~ (Amzn)

9:35 - 10:25 Exception 2-3 (Netflix)

Attendance:

David
Brian
Alan
Arthur
Adam
Victor

Notes: Flaglia was, despite listings, not actually available on Amazon.

Week 7

Friday, February 24 on the PCAS Discord server

6:30 - 6:55 Princess Principal 12 (HD, Amzn)

6:55 - 7:45 Management of a Novice Alchemist 3-4 (HD)

7:45 - 8:10 Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean (part 3) 33 (Netflix)

8:10 - 8:20 intermission

8:20 - 9:10 Megaton Musashi 16-17 (fs)

9:10 - 9:35 Uncle from Another World 9 (Netflix)

9:35 - 10:25 Akiba Maid War 2-3 (HD)

Attendance:

Stevezilla
Alan
David
Brian
Arthur
Adam
Antonio
Victor

Notes: Lots of rain today - up to 4+ inches forecast in the Glendale area - and the National Weather Service issued a flash-flood warning around 2:15 lasting through 10 PM, during which people shouldn’t travel unless evacuation - so we decided that tonight would be fully-remote showings. Alan still wasn’t able to reliably run showings, so we had Brian stream.

Arthur provided a fansub of Uncle from Another World episode 9.

Saturday, February 25 at David's and on the PCAS Discord server

6:30 - 7:20 Bocchi the Rock! 4-5 (CR)

7:20 - 8:10 Raven of the Inner Palace 2-3 (CR)

8:10 - 8:30 intermission

8:30 - 9:25 Samplers:

The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten (CR)

Chillin' in My 30s after Getting Fired from the Demon King's Army (CR)

Nijiyon Animation (CR)

9:25 - 10:15 Exception 4-5 (Netflix)

Attendance:

David
Brian
Alan
Arthur
Adam
Victori

Notes: Some amount of in-person showings tonight despite the rain. Alan was already not in a position to make it, but getting in a car accidentin the morning turned completely settled that decision. Adam joined near the beginning of the 2nd episode of Raven of the Inner Palace.