The Tomodachi Bros. Revue ep 0: The Interview
Hello, one and all! This episode 0 contains a short prelude interview with the hosts of our show! Meet the bros, Dietaku, The Hipster Snek, and Cog! Show Transcript: Alien Robot: [00:00:04] Hello. Hello. And welcome to your regular scheduled test of the emergency Dietaku system for your entertainment. We will now be listening to smooth jazz for the next 18 years. Fascinating. Dietaku: [00:01:04] Hello, everyone. I am here at the top of Tomodachi Brothers anime podcast with my fellow hosts, Mr. Cog. Cog: [00:01:13] Hello Everyone. Dietaku: [00:01:13] The one and only Hipster Snek. The Hipster Snek: [00:01:17] You can call me Snek for short. Dietaku: [00:01:19] And I am Dietaku the Tomodachi Brothers podcast was going to be a review show where we break down the plot characters, themes and various other points of shows chosen at random. Let's begin. Dietaku: [00:01:33] So the question here is what is the one, what is that one, the anime that got you really into liking anime Cog? What? What about you? Cog: [00:01:44] I would say first anime that really captured my attention was a show called Robotech. I found out later that was like a re-designed version of the show Super Dimensioned Fortress Macross and it was like the first series in what is now the Macross franchise. When I think back when I was a kid, don't exactly remember what age I was, but I felt like a lot of the western cartoon shows at the time were like really pandering to kids. There were really only a few shows that really grabbed me and kind of made me feel like, I don't know. They kinda respected my intelligence a little bit more and that was essentially Batman the animated series and when I found the show Robotech because, well, first off it, had jets that could transform into robots. But on top of that, it had a moving narrative. Cool characters that developed relationships or oh, man, even get killed! And then I think it was that adult content that really kind of grabbed me as a kid. After I got out of that shows stuff like Gundam was a super easy sell and I actually found out that some of my family members at the time were also really into anime and they introduced me to Akira, Ghost in the Shell, Princess Mononoke and some of the early Ghibli stuff. And I'll admit that kind of made me become a bit of a purist because I had this attitude like, oh man, if you've seen these movies or you don't own a copy of them, then you can't call yourself a real anime fan and ya I'd say probably at that point I was I was hooked. Dietaku: [00:03:16] Awesome. Fascinating. So, Mr. Snek, what about yourself? The Hipster Snek: [00:03:20] When I was a little kid. I saw episodes of Speed Racer, but I didn't even know that was from Japan till years later. The actual show that really hooked me and was Ronin Warriors. I had a lot of friends who were anime fans already who were watching, Dragon Ball and Sailor Moon were the big two, but I was like, Ronin Warriors is the coolest show from Japan, obviously. I loved that they took the essential superhero team formula, added elements of the samurai code of honor and all that good stuff. And it was just a really fun action series. And from there going forward, I was hooked. Dietaku: [00:03:58] Awesome. Dietaku: [00:03:58] As for myself, I know this isn't going to be original at all, but honestly, the first one I can remember that is mine was Casshern and I didn't even know that it was Casshern.It was just that one cool show where upon the one robot guy blew up a lot of bad robots and had a cool robot dog. It was years and years later that I discovered what it was, but it was Dragon Ball or actually Dragon Ball Z , the Ocean Dub. It really got me into it. Yes. Is it corny? Absolutely. Was it censored to all Heck. Also, yes. I mean, even as an 8 year old, when I watched it, I knew what they meant when they said, Ah! We're being sent to another dimension! I knew what it was. They were getting exploded. They were dying.But at the same time, the fact that they had the guts, kind of what you were talking about, their Cog, about the fact that they had the guts to actually kill the main character, at the very beginning of the show, that blew my mind when I was 8. And even though it's very silly, I still like it a lot even now. So that's what it is. Dietaku: [00:05:10] So moving on. What is your most beloved anime trope and what is your most loathed anime trope? Let's let's start off with Mr. Cog again. Cog: [00:05:21] My most favorite anime trope. I guess I like a lot of the big over the top. Courageous. Larger than life heroes. Stuff like Gurren Lagann and Gaogaigar. I guess that would be super robots. I also like a lot of hard science fiction and world-building and things, and Gundam has a lot of that. So I guess the answer would be Mecha and super robots in that case. Stuff I hate. I would say shows with like lots and lots of filler. I just. Dietaku: [00:06:01] Well, that's kind of just a consequence of, you know, the ongoing anime. Cog: [00:06:06] Yeah. See, that's probably one of the problems I have. I tend to enjoy more shows that feel, I guess more tight and focused vs some of these shows that just keep going on and on and on for like five, six, seven hundred plus episodes. I feel like most of them usually get really dull and just hard for me to get through. Dietaku: [00:06:29] Well, I recommend don't ever watching One Piece then because my goodness. Cog: [00:06:33] That's one. Yeah, that would be one that I have not gone through yet. Becuase I know it's like 70 percent filler. Dietaku: [00:06:40] Yes, it kind of is. All right. So, Mr. Snek, what about yourself? What's your favorite trope? And one you just cannot stand. The Hipster Snek: [00:06:48] My favorite is what's usually referred to as the shonen monologue, where all the chips are down. The hero stands up and explains. This is why I'm here. My friends are here. And basically, it's the bad ass boast. No, I've come this far. I'm not going to be stopped by the likes of you, sort of thing. Always gives me a chill down my spine when I see a really well-written one of those. That's definitely my favorite. As for least favorite. That's a little bit harder, I think. Well, I'll be honest. I think honestly, one of the most annoying maybe not a trope more of this maybe considered a genre thing. I'm not a fan of 90 percent of harem anime because they follow so closely to the old stock cliches. Nothing will ever adapt or change because someone will be mad at their wifu who wasn't the one that the protagonist chose. So the only option is no option whatsoever. Meaning that you just got done watching twenty six episodes of literally nothing happening. Dietaku: [00:07:56] Now I'd have to disagree with you on that one. Just because Tenchi is a thing and I know you're going to disagree with me on that. Cog: [00:08:02] Tenchi is a thing. The Hipster Snek: [00:08:03] Not not a fan. But to each their own. Dietaku: [00:08:07] It's quite all right. So for me, I am. Absolutely. I'm not even sure if there's really a name for it. Apart from maybe calling out your attack. Just the entire conceit of having an identifiable name for your special move is something that I think is distinctly Japanese and is something that I just can not really get into western comics for just the fact that I mean, I know it's silly, I know it's dumb, but it's just, you know, the fact that Spider-Man just. Oh, I shoot. They tried to do this in video games. Oh, I shoot my web in a particular way. It's the spider bomb or whatever. Except that they do it's very done very artificially. Whereas in anime, you know, you know, it's the Kamehameha, you know, it's the the One for All you know, it's, you know, the United States of Smash and what have you. Because they proceed to yell it at the top of their lungs and then proceed to do it. As for the most loathed I know, I guess I'm a little bit of a hypocrite because I just don't understand the entire Imouto little sister thing.As a man with three little sisters, I just cannot, for the life of me, understand why someone would be able to do that. It just breaks my immersion and I just don't understand. Anyways, so moving on. What do you look for in anime? What's that secret thing that gets you hooked? What about you, Mr. Cog? Cog: [00:09:44] Things that I definitely look for is stuff like animation style. Whether I like it or not, is it a focused show? Am I able to enjoy it from start to finish? Or is there a load of filler? Okay, look, let me retract some of what I said before. Yes, filler is a part of the production in anime, but when it comes to these shows where you can literally skip tons of episodes. I mean, Naruto comes to mind because you can skip multiple seasons of that show and never miss a beat. And when you can do things like that, it absolutely makes me feel like the show's a total waste of time because I mean, that stuff just always brings me back to when I was a kid and you get all hyped, becuase oh man! Dragon Ball Z is gonna be on and then you go watch it and Goku spends the whole time doing push ups or Vegeta would be charging for 20 minutes and just how much of a complete bummer that would be to watch. Dietaku: [00:10:43] I hate to break it to you Cog because that's the way it is in the manga too. He is 90 percent of the time Goku is doing push ups. Cog: [00:10:51] Right. But I mean, again, I'm gonna bring up Naruto. Once Jiraiya leaves and is like, "I'm going to go investigate the bad guys" You can literally skip. It's like a hundred and twenty, a hundred and thirty some odd episodes in there, all the way to the last episode of the show when he comes back.And is like,"Oh, by the way, I'm back." And everything in there is just this void circular fetch quests with just no substance whatsoever. But yes, tons of filler in a show. Absolutely. Turns me off. It's part of why I do tend to stay away from some of these longer shows like Shippuden, Bleach has this problem One Piece. But I mean, back to what I look for. I really enjoy shows with fast, fluid animation, focused, well-written shows, cool characters.I want to be able to enjoy the whole ride from start to finish without getting
