The Carbuncle Chronicle Issue 30: Chatting With Jason Charles Miller @ MTAC Another World

This past weekend we got the chance to talk with Jason Charles Miller at MTAC Another World! Not only was he the English voice of Raubahn Aldynn during the MSQ of A Realm Reborn, but he as also provided the vocals to the songs like Close in the Distance, To the Edge, Shadowbringers, and Unleashed! As well as a ton of other things.

OSMnotes

We want to thank Jason and once again for taking the time to chat with us! And you can find all the places where David is by checking out him online at:

Plus, a big thank you to MTAC for both letting us have the chance to cha!

Music in this episode features the track “Unleashed” (Composed by Masayoshi Soken).

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OSMcast! Show #199: Streets of Fire

Another time, another place. That time? 1984. That place? The movies! Where a rock & roll fable was born, yet no one watched it at the time. In America, anyway. In Japan, someone saw it. A few someones. A few someones, that would go on to make some of the coolest anime and video games around. Now, in 2025? It’s the perfect time to go back to that another time, and another place. To go back to the 1984 cinematic cult classic, that is the theatrical film Streets of Fire. Or at least we did. You should too!

OSMnotes

Sadly right now there is no easy to way to just find a handy dandy streaming service to watch Streets of Fire, but it’s around to buy digitally…or even physically!

Plus, Time Cues:

  • We start the OSMcast!ing – 00:00
  • General Gabbing (Talking about the Switch 2 Announcements) – 00:45
  • OSMplugs (Discord, Patreon, TeePublic) – 10:58
  • Streets of Fire
    • Streets of Fire, Sans Spoilers (Mostly) – 12:01
    • Streets of Fire, Full of Spoilers – 27:24
    • OSMs Out of OSM and Final Thoughts – 1:08:36

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The Carbuncle Chronicle Issue 29: The Little Things Hiding in the 7.2 Patch Notes

Hello Adventurers! We hope that this 24 Hour Maintenance of Final Fantasy XIV is treating you well. To help pass the time as we while away the hours for the game to come back online, we have a new episode covering the little things in latest Patch Notes for 7.2: Seekers of Eternity. Not the MSQ or the Combat Job revisions, or even the new raids… But the little things. The things you might gloss over at first glace, but once you dog in for deeper dive… Things that could still be pretty important!

Spoiler Levels: Roast Chicken! Roasted to crispy perfection, then flavored with garlic and a hint of lemon, a single scent of this dish is enough to make the mouth water. The perfect dish to complement a podcast flavored with just a hint of spoilers! Just a few proper nouns here and there, really. Although it is about patch notes for the latest update for the game.

OSMnotes

Here are the complete 7.2 Patch Notes, if you want to attempt to follow along! We bounce around a little bit, but we trust that you can still find your way.

Music is this episode features tracks such as “Blessings on the Bluffs” (Composed by Takafumi Imamura, Arranged by Justin Frieden), “A Trail Unending” (Composed by Masayoshi Soken, Arranged by Shoya Sunakawa), and “Morrow’s Magic” (Composed by Masayoshi Soken, Arranged by Daiki Ishikawa).

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OSMcast! Show #198: Brave Bang Bravern!

Giant robots… What a concept! Who would have thought? Well, sure, lots of people have. In fact, we have talked about those great big ol’ hunks of metal in animation a few times on this podcast before! Now? This time is no different. Okay, maybe a little bit different. But that’s just the kind of show that Brave Bang Bravern! is. Different. Or maybe… Perhaps not so much? In any case, it sure was a show directed by the great Masami Obari and animated by the fine folks over at CygamesPictures. We also dig into the video games Suikoden I & 2 HD Remaster, the new Shonen Jump manga Star of Beethoven, and YouTube guy Mugiwara No Goofy.

OSMnotes

Brave Bang Bravern! is one helluva show, and you should go watch it!

  • Brave Bang Bravern! How to Watch and/or Buy:
    • Stream on Devices that Stream
    • Buy on Blu-Ray
      • … Hello? Anyone? Anyone out there wanna license this for disc release? Hello?
      • Or dub it? That’d be cool too.

Plus, Time Cues:

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OSMcast! Show #197: Wave, Listen to Me!

Well it only took us one hundred and ninety seven episodes, but we have finally done it! Our internet radio show has talked about actual radio. Kinda. We talked about an anime based off a manga that’s about actual radio. Er, well okay, not an actual radio station, it was a fictional one. But the anime is real! It’s called Wave, Listen to Me!, based off the manga by Hiroaki Samura. The anime was animated over at Sunrise, directed by Tatsuma Minamikawa. We also get into the anime Astro Note, the sudden reappearance of Ninja Gaiden games, and how One Piece is a good time.

OSMnotes

Now that you have listened to our song podcast, you may be asking yourself “Gosh, how can I check out this show and/or manga?” Do not worry! We’ve got links (that will never, ever, go out of date or anything)!

Plus, Time Cues:

  • We start the OSMcast!ing – 00:00
  • General Gabbing – 00:36
  • OSMplugs (Discord, Patreon, TeePublic) – 02:45
  • Moments of OSM – 03:38
  • Wave, Listen to Me!
    • Wave, Listen to Me!, Sans Spoilers (Mostly) – 13:05
    • Wave, Listen to Me!, Full of Spoilers – 29:54
    • Questions from Listeners Like You About Wave, Listen to Me! – 44:06
    • OSMs Out of OSM and Final Thoughts – 1:03:11

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The Carbuncle Chronicle Issue 28: Characters Welcome

Hello Adventurers! As Valentione’s Day has just passed us by, we thought now would be a great time to show some of the characters in Final Fantasy XIV some love. As it just so happens, GPOSERS had kicked off the month with a post on Bluesky that links to a FFXIV character Tiermaker. And thus, after recording for three or so hours… and many… many more hours of editing after the fact, we now present to you The Official Carbuncle Chronicle Character Rankings: From ARR to Endwalker. But also, we talk a little bit about what we are excited for in the upcoming patch of 7.2: Seekers of Eternity.

Spoiler Levels: Archon Loaf! Baked with either fish or vegetable flour, this fluffy loaf of rye bread is?from a nutritional standpoint?wholesome indeed. OK, so rather than fish or vegetable flour, this no-less fluffy loaf of a podcast is baked with love (and hate) for the many great (and terrible) NPCs that form the backbone of the MMORPG we all enjoy! So spoilers will, in fact, be aplenty.

OSMnotes

Thank you to GPOSERS for the great idea prompt for the podcast topic! But without further ado, here’s that final tier ranking image:

But also, Time Cues! And just so you know, we end up going through the list alphabetically, so when you see a name listed in the cues that’s where we are in the ranking: Ahewann thru Zenos.

  • 00:00:00 – Intro and Three Things We Are Looking Forward to in Patch 7.2!
  • 00:11:26 – The Character Tier Rankings Begin
  • 00:16:46 – Setting the Rules
  • 00:17:14 – We Each Pick a Winner
  • 00:24:41 – Ahewann, and Other Characters that Start With the Letter A
  • 00:40:31 – Beq Lugg, and Beyond
  • 00:56:00 – Estinien!!!
  • 01:14:59 – Kai-Shirr???
  • 01:26:33– Moenbryda, Forever in Our Hearts
  • 01:39:39– Pipin, and His Most Glorious Hair
  • 01:53:10– Ysayle, and Wrapping up the Rankings

Music is this episode features tracks such as “Sanctuary’s Heart: Close in the Distance” (Remixed by DJ Mitsu the Beats), “The Aetherial Sea” (Composed by Masayoshi Soken, Arranged by Daiki Ishikawa), “Black and White” (Composed by Masayoshi Soken, Arranged by Yukiko Takada), “Pulse: A Long Fall” (Remixed by Takafumi Imamura), “estinien.mp4” (Remixed by Denmo McStronghuge), “Knowledge Never Sleeps” (Composed by Masayoshi Soken, Arranged by Yoshitaka Suzuki), “Magicked Skulls” (Composed by Masayoshi Soken), “Sultana Dreaming” (Composed by Masayoshi Soken), “Perfumed Eves” (Composed by Masayoshi Soken, Arranged by Daiki Ishikawa), “Your Answer” (Composed by Nobuo Uematsu, Arranged by Takafumi Imamura & Daiki Ishikawa), and “Pulse: Insatiable” (Remixed by Shoya Sunakawa).

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The Carbuncle Chronicle Issue 27: At the Crossroads of Final Fantasy XIV in 2025

Hello Adventurers! And wait for it, no longer! Since we’ve gotten the vast majority of things one can do in the current patch that is 7.1: Crossroads, we figured now would be a great time to talk about it. But not only that, we also delve into some of things that we are looking forward coming to Final Fantasy XIV this year. (And in fact, after we recorded, we learned even more about what is coming soon since there has been a Live Letter all about 7.2: Seekers of Eternity!)

Spoiler Levels: Popoto Chips! Thin slices of popoto, fried to a golden crisp and lightly salted to create the perfect snack. Just like this episode! Until we break out the spicy cheese sauce of spoilers. But those are clearly marked by the Time Cues below!

OSMnotes

That’s right folks! Time Cues:

  • 00:00:00 – Intro and the Feeling of a Trial Series Well Defeated
  • 00:10:45 – Jeuno: The First Walk
  • 00:21:38 – Yuweyawata Field Station
  • 00:33:08 – Raids! (Minstrel’s Ballad: Sphene’s Burden, Futures Rewritten (Ultimate), and Jade Stoa (Unreal)
  • 00:41:56 – Various Other 7.1 Contents
  • 00:50:06 – 7.1: Crossroads MSQ Spoiler Talk
  • 01:00:12 – Commercial Break, Looking Forward in FFXIV in 2025
  • 01:25:32 – More Speculation and Outro

Music is this episode features tracks such as “Battle in the Dungeon” by Naoshi Mizuta (FFXI), “Paved in Solitude” by Masayoshi Soken (Interphos Part 1), “Unbroken Vessels” by Shoya Sunakawa (Yuweyawata Field Station), “The Grand Duchy Of Jeuno” by Naoshi Mizuta (FFXI), and “Windswept Echoes (Remixed by Shoya Sunakawa)” (Pulse: Final Fantasy XIV Remix Album Vol. 2 Session 1).

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OSMcast! Show #196: Appare-Ranman!

It’s now the year 2025, so what better way to kick off a new year… Than to release an episode that we meant to record and release in 2023! If it helps, it’s about an anime that came out in 2020 that not enough people watched at the time. Including us! But we have now rectified that problem. As we have watched it, enjoyed it, and now are releasing a podcast it all about so you can hopefully enjoy it too!

And that anime is Appare-Ranman! It’s a wild crazy racing romp across the United States of America, brought to you by the studio at P.A. Works and directed by Masakazu Hashimoto. We also get into the anime version of I’m in Love with the Villainess, the tabletop role-playing game Fabula Ultima, as well as the video game hit sensation Balatro.

OSMnotes

Like we mentioned on the podcast you can both watch the anime on Crunchyroll, as well buy it on Blu-ray (Amazon | Crunchyroll Store)! And without futher ado, have some Time Cues:

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OSMcast! Show #195: Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket

You know that ye ole holiday tune, The Christmas Song? You probably do, only most people would know it more as the “Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire” song. Well, this podcast is kinda like that. Only it’s not chestnuts roasting, but spent mobile suit artillery shells. Still on a open fire, though! That’s right, in the spirit of the season, we are talking about Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket. It’s an anime OVA animated by Sunrise, directed by Fumihiko Takayama and written by Hiroyuki Yamaga. It’s a great six episode story all about the wonders of asshole children, secret giant robots, and the true spirit of Christmas. Kinda.

OSMnotes

Happy holidays! All of them. You celebrating a holiday this year? Hell yea, go you! We’re over here celebrating that we got a holiday episode out that’s not Itsudatte My Santa! for once. Also on the celebration docket? Time Cues:

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OSMcast! Show #194: Crying Freeman

Ah, Fall. For many, it is the time for crisp, cooler air, pumpkin spice lattes, and bundling up all warm and toasty while you watch the leaves change from the colors of green to the colors of autumn. But if you’re us? It’s all about families of assassins, yakuza, military complexes, bear cults, and devious pro wrestlers. Or perhaps intrigue, spy craft, and amorous rendezvous aplenty! Oh, and murder. Just lots and lots of murder. All kinds. But mostly the kind of murder that’s best served up by feet-knives.

That’s right, this time on the OSMcast we are talking about the manga and anime that is Crying Freeman! The manga was written by Kazuo Koike and illustrated by Ryoichi Ikegami. The anime was adapted by Toei Animation and was directed by Higashi Shimizu and Ryunosuke Ono.

OSMnotes

Crying Freeman! It’s a special show. Or manga. Either way, you can watch and/or read it! Here’s how:

As for the podcast episode itself? Here, have some Time Cues:

  • We Start OSMcast!ing – 0:00
  • Crying Freeman
    • Crying Freeman, Sans Spoilers(ish) – 03:05
    • Crying Freeman, Full of Spoilers – 24:35
    • Crying Freeman, The Spoilers Continue – 55:28
    • OSMs Out of OSM – 01:32:18

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