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Fallout 3

In this week’s episode of the OSMcast, we’re joined by the Anime World Order’s Daryl Surat to talk about Fallout 3. It’s  Bethesda Game Studios’ take on the classic video games series Fallout by Black Isle Studios. So of course we talk about those too. All in all it’s a very Fallout-y podcast. Except when it’s not.

Spoiler Alert: After the podcast Inubito and I did leave to try and see Crank: High Voltage. However, the fools that we were decided to get food first and missed the last showing. So instead we saw Fast & Furious, which was neither fast nor furious.

OSMnotes

You can pretty much find this game everywhere that you can find remotely new games. Hell, I think some places still have Collector’s Editions floating around at discounted prices. And who wouldn’t want a Pip-Boy bobble head and a Fallout 3 lunchbox. I mean really. As far as I can tell, this game is pretty awesome, and you all should totally buy it. Speaking of things you can buy…

You know it's good when the cover art in some regions features a guy punching through another guy's head.

Rumor has it that Toys ‘R’ Us has the PS2 game God Hand around for $20. This one of the best action games around. In fact some may say it’s even the best action game, EVER. (It also has the best ending credits song, too!) We’ve mentioned the game in the show before, as it’s one of those weird games that’s really good but got some really bad scores. Why? I have no clue, maybe some people just don’t like fun. Oh, and if you too lazy to leave your house, that’s fine! It looks like their website has it, too.

We’ve mentioned it before butjust  in case: Our glorious DJ Inubito, has teamed up with some fellow DJs and have formed Dou(gai)jin Recordings and have already released their first promo EP. And best of all? You can download it right now.

Beyond Nerdcore, BEYOND REMIX. ... NERDMIX. OK, so I need to work on better taglines.

In the next thrill-packed episode of the OSMcast, it’s all anime all the time as we tackle several shows that just hit for the Spring 2009 Anime Season. Not exactly full reviews since at most we’ve seen maybe three episodes, but our takes on what the show looks to be about and if it should be on your radar or not. We’ll also be announcing a brand new contest! It’s EXITING.

If you’d like to contact us, you can send us an email at osmcast@gmail.com, check out our forum, leave a comment in the comments section, or even give us a call on the OSMline (206-202-0071).

And finally we hear at OSM Central wish Daryl all the best of luck on his surgery today. But frankly, we aren’t worried.

We're positive that he can take it like a champ.

So I guess AWO just updated and Daryl Surat (like Saji Crossroad you have to say both parts of his name every time or else it doesn’t count), mentioned that our next episode will be featuring him. This is completely true! Daryl Surat of the Anime World Order will be on the next OSMcast, your podcast for everything awesome. It is in fact, an awesome cast. Now, while Daryl Surat did mention he’d be on the OSMcast he only mentioned us by our awesome podcast name. So people have been Google Searching us by using terms such as:

• awesome cast
• awesome cast daryl surat
• osmcast
• awesomecast surat
• osumcast.com

I figured if I made a post and dropped a bunch frequently used searching terms, it just might be easier for people to find this thing. So, having found us, welcome! Please, check out our podcast! Investigate our Index of OSMs Past! Suscribe using our RSS feed! We just released some interviews with Robert and Emily DeJesus as well as Sonny Straight. And come back next week when Daryl Surat of the Anime World Order will be talking with us on the next episode of the OSMcast, your podcast for everything awesome. The subject is in fact, Fallout, and yes it’s pretty much him schooling us on stuff we should have already known. It’s a fun episode though, we promise!

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Sonny Strait, being awesome

This week we bring you our super-short interview with voice actor and artist Sonny Strait that we got at MTAC. He’s done many roles, like Krillin from Dragon Ball Z, Maes Hughes from Fullmetal Alchemist, Lupin the 3rd from… Lupin the 3rd,  as well as the current voice of Usopp from One Piece. On top of that he’s also done directing work for FUNimation. Oh by the way, he also has his own webcomic called Car Bombs, and worked as a penciler for Elfquest for a couple of stories.

TL,DR:  Sonny Strait is a man of many talents and he gifted us some of his time to throw some questions at him, so here they are for you to enjoy.

Protip: This was done on the spot in the Artist Alley at MTAC as the man ignored his lunch to talk to us. But due to the hustle and bustle of the con this may be an episode for the home rather than for the car.

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The DeJesuses... Or is that DeJesusi? Either way I'm pretty sure this image is made by Robert DeJesus.

This week we decided to kick it off with our epic-ly long interview with two of the hardest working folks in anime fandom today:  Robert and Emily DeJesus of Studio Capsule. They talked about all sorts of things with us, like what it takes to make it out there as an artist and the Best Con Slogan Ever. Did we mention Emily also is the con chair for Ohayocon? Also joining us was (I believe) Richard from Akihabara Renditions.

OSMnotes

There are a myriad of ways you can find Robert DeJesus on the Internet. There is his main site, Studio Capsule. But if you want to go where the action is, you want his YouTube page. You can also check out his DeviantArt page as well, if are feeling a little… You know… Devious.

Whenever I hear our Skippy Promo I think of this. Robert DeJesus is an inspiration to us all.

You know, with all of these various Internet sites (and there are actually more if you know where to look), I find it really weird someone had to write a “What ever happened to Robert DeJesus?” page. Did the idea of using Google just never come up?

Of course I’m sure that you can find out about Emily using those same sites, but I’ve heard talk that she runs an mean anime con. Hopefully when 2010 rolls around we’ll get to find out!

Special props goes out to MTAC who arranged for the space and Akihabara Renditions for the tools to make this happen. SUPER special props goes out however to our buddy Elvis, whose quick cell phone action ensured that this interview took place, and for introducing us to the DeJesus duo in the first place.

And of course, thank you once more to Robert and Emily for spending their time with us.

It's good stuff!

In other news our sound guy, the illustrious DJ Inubito, has teamed up with some fellow DJs and have formed Dou(gai)jin Recordings. Further more, they have already released their first promo EP. It contains four awesome tracks and you should totally check it out.

As always, if you’d like to contact us, you can send us an email at osmcast@gmail.com, check out our forum, leave a comment in the comments section, or even give us a call on the OSMline (206-202-0071).

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Middle Tennessee Anime Convention

It’s the Monday after MTAC Ninja but the OSMcast must go on! Speaking of the Middle Tennessee Anime Convention, here’s a chat we had about the con with Christi Binkley, MTAC’s Director of Media Relations and Advertising.  In other words, “Press Wrangler.” We talk a bit about the con and what it takes to make one of these con things happen.

Also joining us was the wonderful Marc Smazik of Akihabara Renditions.

Protip: Speaking of Akihabara Renditions, we totally stole their set up for this. Sadly, we also had no clue how to actually use any of it. As a result there is a lot of noise where we held the microphones like retards and the audio reflects this. Our apologizes. This probably isn’t a very good episode to listen to in the car.

OSMnotes

These made us feel all important and crap. We could post the full picture, but really we have faces perfect for radio. Photo courtesy of Tarrence Grigsby.

This is actually merely one of many episodes that we recorded during MTAC. We’ll be doling them as they get edited, so stay tuned for more! It was an incredibly fun convention, and mad props go out to both Christi as well as Niko, the Director of Community Relations of Community Relations, for making it all possible.  It was my biggest regret that we couldn’t nail down Niko down long enough to get him on a mic. There’s always next year, though!

If any of you fine readers and/or listeners have recently come to the site from MTAC, hello! Please feel free to check out our Index of OSMs Past, or just go on ahead and plug our RSS Feed into the podcatching program of your choice. If you’d like to contact us, you can send us an email at osmcast@gmail.com, check out our forum, leave a comment in the comments section, or even give us a call on the OSMline (206-202-0071).