OSMcast? Show #190: Somehow, Itsudatte My Santa! Returned

Finally, John got me. Me as in Basil (the one that writes all of these). He has finally made another true OSMcast? by returning to the Ken Akamatsu well. If you recall, we have actually done an OSMcast? on Itsudatte My Santa! before. And while I refuse to double check anything that reminds of having to watch it ever again, I do remember this: That when I said I had only watched episode one John said that was fine, episode two was worse and that we only were covering the first episode anyway. And thus, he played his trap card. Three years later, he has sprung it upon on us all. So here, have that podcast. 

OSMnotes

So yeah, once again, that was sure an episode! Have some Time Cues:

  • We start the OSMcast!ing – 00:00
  • General Gabbing – 00:36
  • Moments of OSM – 02:43
  • Istudatte My Santa! Only It’s Episode 2 This Time
    • Itsudatte My Santa! Episode 2, Full of Spoilers (It’s fine you should never watch this show anyway even if you could!) – 09:36
    • OSMs out of OSM – 41:41

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OSMinterview! Kira Vincent-Davis on 11/29/2023

Just time for the holidays, we here at the OSMcast have a couple of presents for you! First up, a brand new OSMinterview! This time, John chats it up with Kira Vincent-Davis. She has done a bunch of roles over the years, like Lucy/Nyu in Elfen Lied, or Ayumu Kasuga in Azumanga Daioh, or hey maybe Najica Hiiragi in Najica Blitz Tactics. But real OSMcast listeners should remember her best as the Queen of karuta, Shinobu Wakamiya in Chihayafuru.

OSMnotes

Big thanks to Kira once again for taking the time to chat with us!

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The Carbuncle Chronicle Issue 18: The 2023 London FanFest Announcements!

Hello Adventurers! The next Final Fantasy XIV expansion, Dawntrail, is arriving next year but this past October during the 2023 London FanFest we got yet more details about it. And perhaps the biggest news (that’s not the new Viper job) was the announcement of the next alliance raid series being in collaboration with Final Fantasy XI. You know, the other Final Fantasy MMO! We need a FFXI expert. Someone who has been in the trenches, really seen some stuff. So, to talk about this we recruited a longtime friend of both The Carbuncle Chronicle and the OSMcast!, Cevian, who was more than up to the task to tell us all about it.

OSMnotes

Once again, we want to thank Tobias for stepping up and editing the episode. And did you know that his other FFXIV x One Piece podcast released an episode this week as well. Well, you do now! It’s actually much heavier on the One Piece this time, so one might think of our episode doing it’s due diligence to make sure the FFXIV side is properly represented. And thanks once again to Cevian for making sure that the FFXI side was also properly represented! In fact while we were talking, Cevian kept throw us some FFXI pictures to give us some visual references. And now, you can have them too:

FFXI: Aoidos Attire Set
FFXI: Callers Attire Set
FFXI: Charis Attire Set
FFXI: Shadow Lord
FFXI: Ark Angels
FFXI: Gulool Ja Ja
FFXI: Homam Armor Set
FFXI: Shadow Lord
FFXI: Usukane Haramaki Set

Also, Tobias did Time Cues:

  • 00:00:00: The Basil Addendum
  • 00:01:55: Introductions and What’s Been Going On Lately
  • 00:14:19: 2023 London FanFest Keynote Discussion
  • 01:03:59: Echoes of Vana’diel Discussion with Cevian
  • 01:24:18: Final Keynote Thoughts

He even went ahead and listed the music used in the episode. Which are “Dawntrail Theme,” “Carrots of Happiness (Forge Ahead ver.)”, “The Sanctuary of Zi’Tah”, “Movalpolos”, and “Dedicated to Moonlight (Forge Ahead ver.). You should hit up the Discord and let him know what a good job he did.

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The Carbuncle Chronicle Issue 17: The Variant & Criterion Dungeons Primer

Hello Adventures! With the advent of Dawntrail (the new expansion) on the horizon, and the current post patch cycle winding down, we thought it would be a nice time to talk about one of the new things Endwalker (the current expansion) introduced into Final Fantasy XIV: The Variant and the Criterion Dungeons. These are brand new types of battle-style content that kind does their own thing, and they’re pretty dang fun! And you can get cool stuff for doing them! But since they are optional things, maybe you haven’t done them yet? If not, let us take this chance to talk to you about why we think you should. And if you have already tried them out uh, well… listen to us anyway! You’re already here, why stop now. 

Spoiler Levels: Pretty Low! Ignoring that you kinda have to have cleared the main chunk of Endwalker just to get to the post-patches where these dungeons show up, we don’t really delve too deep into any spoilers talking about them.

OSMnotes

Have you tried the new Variant dungeons? Did you dip a toe into Criterion to see if it’s as hard (or as easy!?) as you thought it’d be? Were we the ones that finally convinced you to take the plunge, or were you already on board with the idea? Let us know in the Discord! Also:

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OSMcast! Show #189: Genocyber

So sometimes things are an OSMcast!, and sometimes they are an OSMcast? Where one is unqualified awesome, and everyone should watch it. The other, maybe not so much but we wanted to talk about it anyway. And sometimes, we’ll start thinking it was an OSMcast? and it turns that no… This is an OSMcast! only it just has a lot of super mega dope ass violence. And that’s Genocyber, a 1994 anime OAV series by Artmic & Artland adapting the manga series by Tony Takezaki. 

OSMnotes

Man, as the guy (this is Basil by the way, the guy that writes all of these posts that no one reads) that normally has to cat heard episodes? I really appreciate John taking the time to put these episodes together. Even if after he records an episode thinking it should get a question mark, I instead decide that it gets the exclamation point as benefits the subject matter. Also, a hearty welcome to Abby for getting roped into this whole podcast shindig. You’re doing great. And of course, Kevin is there holding things down from the OSMcast Classic crew.

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OSMcast! Show #188: Symphogear

Why hello there! You may be wondering, “Are they ever going to release a normal standard plain good ol’ fashioned OSMcast! episode?” Well today is your day!! That’s right, we are here to talk about anime, tv shows, games maybe? But mostly about the first season of Satelight’s Symphogear! It’s a cool anime for cool people about punching weird alien blobs real hard, but also with the power of song. You know, normal standard plain good ol’ fashioned anime stuff for a normal standard plain good ol’ fashioned OSMcast! episode. As you do. It’s also kinda a lot. Don’t worry we’ll talk about it.

OSMnotes

Now, was this our Anime Secret Santa pick from 2022? Yes. Did we also say that this episode should have be out around MTAC… Which was during Easter weekend? Also yes. Should anyone worry about that? Nah no way don’t worry about it, it’s all good. Just uh… go watch some Symphogear. But while you are loading up the next episode on Crunchyroll or the blu-ray disc from Discotek…

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OSMinterview! Melissa Sternenberg on 8/21/2023

So previously we Aimed for the Top with interviewing the voice of Noriko, but this time we are interviewing the voice of Kazumi Amano in Gunbuster: Melissa Sternenberg! Where she outs herself as a huge nerd. Which is good, because this is kind of the podcast for that sort of thing. We chat about LARPing, Freakazoid, Animaniacs, 90s anime, all sorts of things. Like, what makes a great dub? Also, a great dub: Gunbuster. And as one would expect, the critically acclaimed MMPRPG Final Fantasy XIV.

OSMnotes

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

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The Carbuncle Chronicle Issue 16: The 2023 NA FFXIV FanFest in Las Vegas

Hello Adventurers! So in our previous episode we talked about the big announcement from the 2023 NA FFXIV FanFest in Las Vegas: The latest FFXIV expansion, Dawntrail. But this episode is about everything else that happened at FanFest! The highs, the lows, the events, the lines. All the fun parts, and some of the not so fun parts. The terrible, terrible heat. Speaking of things that are hot off the presses, we also talk about The Rising and the latest Moogle Tomestone events. It’s a grand ole time!

Spoiler Levels: Pretty Low! Since we already talked about Dawntrail, we kept the spoiler talk to as low as we could. This is about the event of FanFest itself. I guess if you don’t want spoilers as to what might happen at the EU & JP FanFest? But honestly, they are gonna be pretty different anyway.

OSMnotes

So, did you go to the 2023 NA FFXIV FanFest in Las Vegas? Or were excited to hear folks talking about it anyway? Let us know in the Discord! Also:

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The Carbuncle Chronicle Issue 15: 7.0 Announced!! Dawntrail!

Hello Adventurers! Everyone it’s been 10 long years, but we have finally done it. We’re going to The New World, Tural! And while a few of us did just get back from the 2023 NA FanFest in Las Vegas a couple of weeks back, even now only the thoughts of new level caps, two dyes, and taco cats arw what keep us going. And, or some of us, the thoughts of wearing glasses and a summoner’s horn at the same time. All of that is to say, we are very excited about the new Final Fanatsy XIV 7.0 Expansion: Dawntrail! So here is us talking all about it.

Spoiler Levels: Extremely High! This episode is meant for those that have finished 6.0 Endwalker and are ready for what comes next.

OSMnotes

Some things!

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The Carbuncle Chronicle Issue 14: FanFest Hype! & 7.0 Predictions

Hello Adventurers! Saddle up your chocobos folks, because we are heading to Las Vegas! Some of us figuratively, some of us literally. This upcoming weekend (July 28 & 29th, 2023) is the first of the set of the Final Fantasy XIV Fan Festivals. Which means fun is to be had, Keynotes and Live Letters to watch, and a new expansion to be announced! So, Basil, Anna, and special guest Tobias from Third Impact Anime and A Grand Line Reborn got together to talk about what one can expect to do at FanFest, what to see, and then get into all the ideas we have they could announce for 7.0. 

Spoiler Levels: Highish! Look, you are best served by playing through 6.45 since we are talking about everything that could possibly happen after that. You’ll want those context clues intact. We are somewhat vague on details about what’s been happening, but I wouldn’t trust us either. Don’t worry, this episode will still be here when you’re done.

OSMnotes

If you can’t make to FanFest in person (we really, really lucked out in being able to go), worry not! They are streaming almost all the most important parts as they happen. Here are the links you’ll need.

If you want a schedule of the events happening, here you go: https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/topics/detail/88e4d9757f37226ea34d28da98440b754c35a7d7

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