Encounter #24: Angel Beats Backdoor

Slashers, toy inventors, and the gift of vandalism.

Show opening theme: Droopy

Baltimore explosions

Mayor of Shin Megami Tensei's uh... Baltimore.

21 people injured in explosion at BGE offices in downtown Baltimore; workers rescued from dangling scaffolding - Baltimore Sun

Wikipedia begging

2% of Wikipedia readers donate? Sounds suspiciously high.

Eddy Goldfarb, toy inventor

Creator of Yakity Tay Teeth, KerPlunk, and Battling Tops -- the predecessor of Beyblade.

Eddy Goldfarb - Wikipedia

The Man Who Invented More Than 800 Iconic Toys | Eddy's World | The New Yorker - YouTube

Anime

Season wrap-up.

Journey of Elaina

Majo no Tabitabi (Wandering Witch: The Journey of Elaina) · AniList

Iwa Kakeru! Sport Climbing Girls

Iwa Kakeru!: Sport Climbing Girls (Iwakakeru -Sport Climbing Girls-) · AniList

Strike Witches

Kami-tachi ni Hirowareta Otoko

This was a nice but forgettable adaptation.

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

The Day I Became A God

Before...

... and After.

Prisma Illya

Should we thank or blame JCD? You decide.

Fate/kaleid liner Prisma?Illya · AniList

Jūden-chan

Juden Chan - Wikipedia

This series contains some explicit fanservice, including omorashi (panty wetting).

Fight Ippatsu! Juuden-Chan!! (Juden Chan) · AniList

Visual novels

Riddle Joker

Available on JAST, Denpasoft, and Fakku. Also on Steam but don't buy there.

Riddle Joker | vndb

NekoNyan

Riddle Joker publisher.

Light novels

Our Last Crusade or the Rise of a New World

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

Media Blasters – Independent Film Distributor

These guys are still around, somehow. Probably because they're doing more than just anime these days.

Shadow: Dead Riot (2006) - IMDb

Death Stop Holocaust (2009) - IMDb

Media Blasters - Wikipedia

Gemini: the new lightweight internet

Project Gemini

Takes the middle ground between Gopher and HTTP/HTML. Certainly a lot nicer than all these top-heavy, overloaded graphical abominations that are collectively known as Web 2.0.

Gemini is a new, collaboratively designed internet protocol, which explores the space inbetween gopher and the web, striving to address (perceived) limitations of one while avoiding the (undeniable) pitfalls of the other.