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And now your helpful bartenders at The Speakeasy present your drink:

The Joker
2 shots vodka
2 shots cointreau
2 shots advocaat
6 parts orange soda
Top up with lemonade

Mix together with lots of ice and stir.

Opening song: The Sherlock Hound Opening: Sora Kara Koboreta Story (A Story that Fell from the Sky) by Da Capo.

[00:18] Intro: Just in case you wanted to know who we are and what we are about. We also give all the standard contact info as we introduce ourselves.

Including:

• Our Blog: Reverse Thieves
• Our Host Site: Anime 3000
• The Podcast’s Website: The Speakeasy
• The Reverse Thieves e-mail: reversethieves@gmail.com
• Alain’s Twitter – HisuiRT
• Kate’s Twitter – NarutakiRT

[2:10] News: Hisui’s Solo Mission

• Mike Dent’s pilot of the audio book of the first Dirty Pair novel
• Mardock Scramble to debut at NYAF 2010.
• Fractale is the newly announced Noitamina Anime.

[12:37] The Happy Hour Promo Break

• Animēshon Podcast
• OSMcast!

[13:55] The Cocktail: What puts the funny in anime comedy?

• What types of humor are there in anime and what makes anime comedy unique.

[16:48] Anime humor is very distinct

• It is different from American humor and even Japanese live action humor.
• Even when an anime is adapted to live action drama the humor is greatly changed.
• Outside of anime Japan has traditional Manzai and Rakugo comedy.

[21:12] Various elements of anime comedy

• Angry girl humor
• Japanese toilet humor
• The dreaded kancho (Thousand Years of Death)
• Dead genres have become comedy staples
• Various verbal cues like sweat drops that make up the manga iconography
• American comic symbology

[31:40]What is the difference between American and Japanese humor

• Is there a difference between American and Japanese parody?

[34:04] Get a Second Drink Musical Break

• Why do you think American and Japanese humor are different?
• “Jun” by Takuro Yoshida from Cromartie High School

[38:46] The different classifications type of anime comedy

• From bold to moe
• We totally miss some.

[49:27] A discussion of moe humor

• How does moe comedy work and what is the controversy around it.

[52:03] Everyone loves humor but that does not make it universal

• How different type of humor do not work for everyone

[58:09] Final Thoughts

• Our opinions of comedy
• What is the most successful type of anime humor?
• We want to know what YOU think works the most? Is there any styles of humor we missed? Drop us a line and let us know.

[63:27] Ending

• Otakon Coverage
• 5 series we are surprised aren’t licensed yet in the U.S.
• Professor Layton Movie review

Ending song: Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century