Rare Encounter

Post-apocalyptic bugling, new anime this fall, and Microsoft Scrolls 365.

Show opening theme: Dip Glitch

Show Notes

Anime

Beyond the Boundary

• Adaptation of light novels by Kyoto Animation
• AbleKirby watched episodes 1-8 on the weekend
• English dub sucks!
• Time Loop? Properties of the world aren't explained (at least in the anime)

Beyond the Boundary - Wikipedia

Beyond the Boundary (Light Novel) - TV Tropes

Uzaki-chan

Otaku no Video

• coldacid watched it on Sunday on Roku
• The "Portrait of an Otaku" segments are kind of annoying

Retro Crush

• Free Roku channel of anime series and movies
• Largely focused on older content (80s-90s) but includes stuff from the 70s through to the 2010s
• Lots of advertisement intrusion, unfortunately

Peter Grill

• The training montage we all need and deserve. The only possible improvement would be adding "Eye of the Tiger".

Sora no Woto

Cute girls playing Amazing Grace at the end of the world.

Sound of the Sky - Wikipedia

Next season's shows

AniChart: Fall 2020 Seasonal Chart

Higurashi no Naku Koro ni

Kids in the 80s get fucked up and kill themselves.

Higurashi no Naku Koro ni (2020) (Higurashi: When They Cry - New) · AniList

100-man no Inochi no Ue ni Ore wa Tatteiru

Friendless middle schooler is isekaied with two girls and forced to be a hero.

100-man no Inochi no Ue ni Ore wa Tatteiru · AniList

Majo no Tabitabi

Cute witch journeys across the world, becoming involved in the stories of people she meets.

Majo no Tabitabi · AniList

Danmachi season 3

Continuing the adaptation of the Danmachi light novels.

Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka III (Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? III) · AniList

Tonikaku Kawaii

Romance of a strangely named boy and a mysterious girl.

Tonikaku Kawaii (TONIKAWA: Over The Moon For You) · AniList

Iwa Kakeru! Sport Climbing Girls

Cute girls climbing cute walls.

Iwa Kakeru! Sport Climbing Girls · AniList

Kami-tachi ni Hirowareta Otoko

Middle aged wage slave gets reincarnated as a shota with control over slimes. (Not nearly as ecchi as it sounds.)

Kami-tachi ni Hirowareta Otoko (By the Grace of the Gods) · AniList

Maou-jou de Oyasumi

Lazy princess gets kidnapped by the Demon King and essentially takes over his castle in order to get better sleep. Poor demons.

Maou-jou de Oyasumi · AniList

Strike Witches: Dai-501 Tougou Sentou Koukuudan ROAD to BERLIN

One-liner description goes here.

Strike Witches: Dai-501 Tougou Sentou Koukuudan ROAD to BERLIN · AniList

Cute girl anthropomorphs of WW2 airplanes and pilots, showing off their panties as they fight off alien invaders. Won't somebody give these girls some pants?

Chuck Yeager - Wikipedia

Kimi to Boku no Saigo no Senjou, Aruiwa Sekai ga Hajimaru Seisen

Science swordsman and witch princess fall in love during a war between their peoples.

Kimi to Boku no Saigo no Senjou, Aruiwa Sekai ga Hajimaru Seisen (Our Last Crusade or the Rise of a New World) · AniList

Kamisama ni Natta hi

Cute girl predicts the end of the world, and decides to live with the protagonist until the end.

Kamisama ni Natta hi · AniList

One Room season 3

First person girlfriend experience with character designs by Kantoku. Dangerously comfy. Third season.

One Room: Third Season · AniList

Dogeza de Tanondemita

Pervert genuflects for panties.

Dogeza de Tanondemita · AniList

Dokyuu Hentai HxEros OVA

Two unaired episodes coming with the 11th and 12th manga volumes starting in November.

Dokyuu Hentai HxEros OVA · AniList

Image processing

Nyquist–Shannon sampling theorem - Wikipedia

ImageMagick

ImageMagick - Convert, Edit, or Compose Bitmap Images

Waifu2x

waifu2x - Wikipedia

waifu2x

Imaging hardware

• coldacid only knows "CCD goes brr"

edges2cats

edges2cats, An Online Tool That Uses a Computer Neural Network to Generate Images of Cats

Image-to-Image Demo - Affine Layer

Streaming

Twitch forcing ads in streams now?

Running our own stream for the podcast?

YouTube plugins

DF YouTube (Distraction Free) – Get this Extension for 🦊 Firefox (en-US)

DF Tube (Distraction Free for YouTube™) - Chrome Web Store

Microsoft buys Bethesda

• Todd's done it again!

Microsoft's $7.5 billion Bethesda acquisition bolsters Xbox Game Pass | VentureBeat

Welcoming the Talented Teams and Beloved Game Franchises of Bethesda to Xbox - Xbox Wire

HeroQuest remake

• Hasbro doing a crowdfunding campaign for a remake
• Some things are changed to avoid infringing Games Workshop IP (i.e. no more Chaos)

Original HeroQuest

• Great game back in the day
• Published by Milton Bradley and Games Workshop
• Loosely connected to Warhammer fantasy
• Various expansions were released for the game
• Like with D&D there was an "Advanced" variant

Why Heroquest is so Great - YouTube

HeroQuest Game System – Hasbro Pulse

• US $99.99 for "Heroic", US $149.99 for "Mythic"
• Shipping is a complete rip-off
  • For Canada, $120 or $135 respectively, for FedEx international
  • For comparison:
    • Kingdom Death Monster: $20 shipping
    • Gloomhaven: included in cost of pledge
• Only available in USA and Canada (except Quebec), because Hasbro hates you

HeroQuest Returns To The Tabletop As A Great Gamer Gateway