Wow, it's been a while since we recorded a podcast - between my being sick and Thanksgiving we took a bit more of a break than we intended. Ed shows up despite battling a cold himself, and Patricia is on hand to give us the skinny on SugoiCon.

Our film discussion this episode is Wilson Yip's IP MAN, starring Donnie Yen and featuring fight choreography from Sammo Hung.

Show Notes:

• SugoiCon
• Dirty Comics!
• Yamato Live Action Footage!
• Ip Man at the IMDB

10101010...it's our special Binary Day episode! It was also 42 day, given that 101010 is binary for '42'. No Vogon constructor fleets showed up, however...which is fortunate for all of us.

Patricia demanded discussions about Tony Jaa and Kim Jong-un, and we delivered. There was brief mention of the 2010 Yellow Menace World Tour (actually, our SugoiCon panel discussion, 'Unraveling the Ghost in the Shell Universe'), and this week's movie review: The Yakuza (1975), starring Robert Mitchum and Takakura Ken, and directed by Sidney Pollack.

(Note: This is not the actual trailer...the real one is nowhere to be found on YouTube appparently, but this is pretty awesome nonetheless...)

The Yakuza Trailer from Jonathan Levy on Vimeo.

Show Notes

• Tony Jaa at Wikipedia
• Kim Jong-un
• SugoiCon
• The Yakuza (IMDB)
• Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (IMDB)
  

A week late, but here's our report from the Cincinnati Comic Expo. Not so much a report, actually, as an impromptu podcast recording with the Yellow Menace staff hunkered around a tabletop mic at a lonely end of the Cintas Center, at Xavier University.

Two apologies - the audio levels are a little weird, so sorry if some of the staff are a little hard to hear, and the discussion cuts off a little abruptly owing to a technical issue. There was a little talk going on about the Ring films, but it was only about five minutes of chatter before we realized there was a problem - so I cut it.

Linkage!

• The Cincinnati Comic Expo
• Pandemic!
• Godzilla's path through the Marvel Universe
• WIRED - Steven Tyler Croons for Space Battleship Yamato
• The Escapist - Toriyama: 'Final Fantasy XIII's Linearity is Beneficial'

It's a sad week as we remember Satoshi Kon, the anime auteur who passed away last Wednesday at 46 years of age. With five feature films and one television series to his credit, Kon will long be remembered as one of the genre's great innovators.

In happier news, we also discuss Yakuza 3 for the Playstation 3 and somehow we all managed to sit through Circle of Iron starring David Carradine and some dude who can't act his way out of a wet paper bag.

Show Notes:

• Satoshi Kon (1963 -2010)
• Yakuza 3 at Wikipedia
• Jake Adelstein's Yakuza 3 piece
• What Do Real Thugs Think of The Wire?
• Circle of Iron at the IMDB
• Circle of Iron at Netflix

This week we welcome co-editor Gregory 'Mazinga' Harris, Patricia 'AnaKhouri' Correll, and Ed to put a cap on our Gen Con 2010 coverage. We also have some other convention news, I announce my in-development chambara tabletop RPG, and we pick apart Ghost in the Shell 2.0.

Show Notes:

• Gen Con Indy
• Zombie Dice!
• Cthulhu Dice!
• Misspent Youth
  
• Luke Crane's Burning Wheel
  
• Daycon
• Sugoicon
• Ghost in the Shell 2.0 at IMDB
  

Robert Bohl is an independent game designer and creator of Misspent Youth, an indie RPG he describes as 'Teenage rebellion in a fucked up future.' Recorded 8/7/10 at Gen Con Indy 2010.

Show Notes:

• Misspent Youth Official Site

Co-Editor Gregory 'Mazinga' Harris and I grabbed a table Saturday night and recorded an episode live from the floor of Gen Con Indy 2010!

Show Notes:

• Kagematsu RPG
• Freemarket
• Indiana Animation Club
• Misspent Youth
• Resident Evil: The Card Game
• The Eye of Argon!

This week we discuss the new Godzilla film from Legendary Pictures, the Warren Ellis produced Marvel anime due on G4 in 2011, and Space Battleship Yamato: The Movie. Special Guest commentator - AnaKhouri's husband! The consensus on Godzilla and Yamato was mixed, but we all agree Marvel anime is good stuff.

Show Notes:

• Godzilla!
• Marvel Anime
• Space Battleship Yamato the movie
• Space Battleship Yamato live-action trailer

This week's film discussion: AMERICAN NINJA! News discussion topics include Psychic Judge Floro, the Akira live-action film, Microsoft's Kinect add-on for the Xbox 360, and balut.

Show Notes:

Judge Floro - the website

Balut!

Akira Live Action?

American Ninja IMDB page

This week I'm joined by co-hosts Patricia (aka AnaKhouri) and Ed - we discuss the Mortal Kombat: Rebirth trailer, sushi poppers, the recent scanslation crackdown - and this week's film, Johnnie To's Exiled.

Show Notes:

• Mortal Kombat: Rebirth trailer at YouTube
• Sushi Poppers!
• Johnnie To's Exiled IMDB link

This week we interview with Zebediah DeSoto - director of the upcoming 3D animated film Night of the Living Dead: Origins.

Show Notes:

Night of the Living Dead: Origins official website

Night of the Living Dead: Origins Facebook page

Yellow Menace Interview: Dawn of the Dead's Ken Foree

This week, Yellow Menace tackles Terence Young's samurai western Red Sun.

Show Notes:

Red Sun IMDB page

How to Destroy Angels Offical Webpage

3D Dot Game Heroes