[YGO: TAS] Episode 55 – Stepbrother’s Sin
May 4, 2012 at 6:42 am | Posted in Duel Monsters, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Yu-Gi-Oh: The Abridged Series | 2 CommentsTags: blip.tv, littlekuriboh, youtube
“I have the weirdest boner right now.”
Good morning. And what a good morning it is, because just a few hours ago, Little Kuriboh uploaded the much-anticipated Episode 55 of Yu-Gi-Oh! Abridged (on YouTube, Blip.tv)! Kaiba at last comes face to face with Noah for a duel, and his precious body is on the line! What dirty tricks does Noah have in store for him? Yugi and the gang are there to check out the action, too. Hey, how’d they get there? Don’t wait to find out! I’ve updated my YGOTAS streams and downloads pages with links to all of the new videos!
This new episode was an extremely challenging one for Little Kuriboh, who originally hoped to finish it back in March. LK agonized over the pacing of the episode, wanting to balance the duels involving Noah, Kaiba, and Yugi with the meat of the actual storyline, all while keeping the length of the episode in check.
“Part of me thinks I should just muscle through this episode and not care if I’m not entirely happy with it,” LK said while editing in early March. “The other part is telling me to take my time and make sure I like it. But that’ll take a lot longer.” He also noted that he had already rewritten the entire episode twice.
Issues with the pacing and length also led him to remove a subplot involving Robot Monkey Tristan… and replace it with a masturbation joke. Har.
Add these struggles to the fact that he was moving to a new home on April 3 and was left without an Internet connection and you have one drawn-out hair-pulling experience.
Ultimately, LK says that this was one of the most frustrating episodes for him to make. So what do you think? Did he pull off another win with this episode? Let him know!
LK released a short blooper from episode 55 back in early March.
Anime Convention Update: Fanime
This past Tuesday, Little Kuriboh announced another stop on his growing list of convention appearances: FanimeCon in San Jose, California! Though he won’t be attending as an invited guest, he’ll be working the Dealer’s Hall with Marianne, selling all of the hot YGOTAS merchandise you’ve been yearning for, like those crazy Kaiba Condoms and Kaiba Coins.
Fanime 2012 kicks off in three weeks — May 25 — and runs through May 28.
LK says that he’s been invited to an “insane amount of cons this year,” so it’s safe to say that we’ll be hearing a lot more from him about his upcoming travels very soon!
[YGO: TAS] Season Zero Abridged #2
February 7, 2012 at 5:45 pm | Posted in Series 1, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Yu-Gi-Oh: The Abridged Series | 3 CommentsTags: littlekuriboh, youtube
Duel Monsters. Endorsed by Satan. Mastered by Yami’s satanic powers.
He’s not done yet! This morning, Little Kuriboh revealed the second of the videos he showed at Kami-Con this past weekend: his super secret Yu-Gi-Oh! Season Zero Abridged #2 (on YouTube, Blip.tv)! It wasn’t that much of a secret though, if LK’s tweets and Tumblr posts are ever to be believed! …Wait a minute, this is YGOTAS? It seems more like The Twilight Zone.
This episode is also available for download in AVI, M4V and MP4 formats.
Alas, episode 8 of LK’s Naruto Spoof Series didn’t make it to Kami-Con. Oh well, maybe another time!
Little Kuriboh’s Other Projects
Late last month, Little Kuriboh talked about writing his very own thiefshipping doujinshi, then fired the script off to taemanaku and angellust155. LK says that he tried to keep the story “as canon as possible,” but that doesn’t mean you should write it off if you’re only an Abridged fan. If it’s as stylistic and as well told as his other Marik and Bakura fanfics, there will be a lot to look forward to!
LK is also considering crowdsourcing the dialogue for his next installment of Marik playing Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines. Keep your eyes on Twitter to see when he’ll hold a live stream for that.
And finally, LK says that his next YGOTAS video will be Marik’s Evil Council 5, which he hopes to have completed for Anime Milwaukee, being held this year between February 17 and 19. After that, it’s back to YGOTAS episodes again with number 55!
[YGO: TAS] Episode 54 – They Saved Tristan’s Brain
February 7, 2012 at 2:12 am | Posted in Duel Monsters, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Yu-Gi-Oh: The Abridged Series | 1 CommentTags: blip.tv, littlekuriboh, youtube
Episode 54 of Yu-Gi-Oh! Abridged is here?! That’s crazy…
(Despite the logo, the show is still “canceled,” btw!)
I wasn’t even aware that Tristan had a brain, but somehow, Yugi and the gang are going to save it! Now that Kami-Con has come and gone, Little Kuriboh has uploaded episode 54 of Yu-Gi-Oh: The Abridged Series — “They Saved Tristan’s Brain” — to YouTube for the rest of the world to enjoy!
Yugi, Joey, and all their friends come face to face with Team Four Star 4Kids for one final showdown. In the meantime, Kaiba hunts down Noah, while Melvin continues struggling against the bitchy door. Get pumped for an episode full of shocking revelations! The accident behind Noah’s untimely death is brought to light, characters’ true sexes are revealed, and the secret behind 4Kids’ dub of One Piece is finally exposed!
Clocking in at nearly 11 minutes, episode 54 is one of the longer YGOTAS episodes. Still, the original cut of the episode was at least four scenes longer, says LK, totaling over 13 minutes. Many of this episode’s lines were ad-libbed, he adds.
A big applause goes out to hbi2k, KaiserNeko, Lanipator, MasakoX, and Takahata101 for their portrayal of the Big 5 for all these episodes!
Looking for downloads of episode 54? As of this writing, it hasn’t been uploaded to Blip.tv, so there are no downloads yet. Be patient, I’m sure LK’s on it!
Update (February 7): Episode 54 was added to Blip.tv earlier this morning, so direct download links are now available! One person tells LK that he’s having trouble with a video file, though I personally didn’t have any issues when I tested them out. If a video doesn’t work for you, let LK know. Maybe he can re-encode and reupload it if it’s a widespread problem.
[YGO: TAS] Yu-Gi-Oh! Bonds Beyond Time Abridged Stream/Downloads on Blip.tv
November 14, 2011 at 7:33 pm | Posted in Other Stuff, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Yu-Gi-Oh: The Abridged Series | 1 CommentTags: blip.tv, littlekuriboh, movie, wha-chow
Yes, this update gets its own post — because the Yu-Gi-Oh! Bonds Beyond Time Abridged movie is awesome. Earlier today, Little Kuriboh added the film to Blip.tv. You know what that means: it’s also available for direct download! Links to the AVI, M4V, and MP4 versions are on my YGOTAS Downloads page (it’s listed as “BBT Abridged Movie”). Sadly, Blip.tv wasn’t very accommodating when LK originally tried to upload the video in its glorious HD format, but at least you have something to take with you on the road now.
If you still prefer streaming on YouTube, LK also made the full, undivided version of the movie available on his ObeyMyRod channel last Thursday. And unlike his original three-part upload, this version is available in 1080p! Woohoo!
Watch the YouTube videos now while you still can! Not to be a downer, but because the abridged movie contains so much footage from the source, I get the feeling that the videos might be on the receiving end of an automated copyright infringement claim from NAS in the future. Better enjoy them now in case they’re yanked! Waiting for those counter-notifications to go through is always a nuisance.
Live From Detroit, It’s Wha-Chow!
Also worth checking out is the most recent episode of Wha-Chow!, which was filmed live at Youmacon and uploaded by Psyguy last Tuesday! Little Kuriboh and some of the usual Wha-Chow crew chat in Psyguy’s hotel room about the Roast of Little Kuriboh and a few other panels at the anime con. Relax and enjoy as they describe their fond memories of the roast (both wasted and sober perspectives are fairly represented), and remember to kill Masako! An MP3 version is available at the usual website.
Previously:
- Yu-Gi-Oh! Bonds Beyond Time Abridged
[YGO: TAS] Yu-Gi-Oh! Bonds Beyond Time Abridged
November 7, 2011 at 12:00 am | Posted in Other Stuff, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Yu-Gi-Oh: The Abridged Series | 3 CommentsTags: anime convention, littlekuriboh, movie, mp3, youmacon, youtube
Youmacon has really established itself as the convention to be for creators and fans of abridged series. This year’s event certainly didn’t disappoint — not with yesterday’s premiere of Little Kuriboh’s long-awaited abridged movie, Yu-Gi-Oh! Bonds Beyond Time Abridged in 3D! See it only on YouTube (for now) divided into three separate videos: part 1, 2, 3. Lots of laughs? Check. Plenty of new music? Check. Killer original animation? Check. No homo? We’ll see about that.
The film stars TheAzureCrow (Semisoma) as Yusei, ShadyVox as Jaden, and Little Kuriboh as Yugi and Paradox. The original animated sequences were created by CrikeyDave, MasakoX, and The Amazing Rinbo.
Thought TheAzureCrow was also going to voice Paradox like in the original trailer? Nah, that wasn’t meant to be a permanent thing, says LK. And whatever happened to “Jaden and Yusei’s Excellent Adventure“? LK simply changed his mind about that. It happens. (The fact that he hadn’t seen the movie back then probably had a hand in it, haha).
The Unoriginal 3D Spoof Movie Soundtrack
Enjoy the songs? ShadyVox has the MP3s and master tracks for “Stronger,” “Freestyle Time,” and “Beelzeboss” on YouTube. Just check the description for each video. Download away and get cracking on those remixes!
Where are the Other Goodies…?
Late Friday evening, the members of Team Four Star hosted The Roast of Little Kuriboh, with Kirbopher, Psyguy, and other special guests also in attendance. Fans agree that the hilarity — the uproariousness — of the 18+ panel was brought to a whole different level with LK showing up to the event completely plastered. Unfortunately, there has yet to be any footage of the panel made available, with some attendees indicating that any unofficial filming was not allowed. This won’t stop LK’s fans from camping out on YouTube though!
And sadly, despite his original plans, Little Kuriboh did not hold a Naruto Spoof panel at this year’s event. Maybe another time!
[4Kids-Hulu] Watch Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal Dubbed
October 18, 2011 at 10:39 pm | Posted in 4Kids, English dubbed, Other Stuff, Yu-Gi-Oh! | Leave a commentTags: hulu, toonzaki
English dub lovers, tonight is your turn to cheer! The dubbed version of Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal is now streaming on Hulu! Check out episode 1, “Go With the Flow,” right now, or swing by the Toonzaki anime portal tomorrow when the feed updates with this and other new videos.
Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal airs Saturday mornings at 9:30 on the CW4Kids Toonzai. (Check your local listings to find the exact time your CW affiliate airs the show.)
Previously:
- Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal Subbed Now Streaming
[4Kids-Hulu] Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal Subbed Now Streaming
October 16, 2011 at 2:05 pm | Posted in Japanese, Other Stuff, Yu-Gi-Oh! | Leave a commentTags: hulu, toonzaki
Rejoice, fans of Japanese-language Yu-Gi-Oh! episodes. Your cries for subtitled Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal episodes have been heard. 4Kids had been teasing fans with plans of speedy releases of Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal subbed. There was even a big ad campaign on Anime News Network last weekend that mentioned it. And now, it’s here!
The original, uncut, subbed version of Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal episode 1 was made available on Hulu this morning. It will also make its way to Toonzaki tomorrow when the feed updates.
Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal premiered yesterday in the U.S. on the CW4Kids Toonzai. Earlier this month, 4Kids provided fans with a peek of the English-dubbed version of the show.
Update (October 18): The English-dubbed version of Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal is now also up. Huzzah!
Yu-Gi-Oh! VA Junko Takeuchi Comes to New York Comic Con 2011
October 12, 2011 at 9:46 pm | Posted in Duel Monsters, Other Stuff, Yu-Gi-Oh! | Leave a commentTags: anime convention, new york comic con
Visits from Japanese Yu-Gi-Oh! voice actors to this side of the planet are quite uncommon. That’s why it’s really exciting that this weekend, Junko Takeuchi, the voice of Mokuba Kaiba in Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters, will be a spotlight guest at New York Anime Festival, a part of the sixth annual New York Comic Con! What’s that, you say? Her name sounds awfully familiar? That’s because Takeuchi is probably best known to anime fans for playing Naruto Uzumaki, the titular orange-clad ninja of Naruto and Naruto Shippuden! (I eagerly await a Mokuba/Naruto joke to one day come from Little Kuriboh.)
At her first-ever North American anime convention appearance, Takeuchi will be holding autograph signings on Friday, along with a Naruto Shippuden panel with the crew from Viz Media. Don’t be afraid to ask her questions about Mokuba though! Then, on Saturday, Takeuchi will be at the New York School of Visual Arts Theatre celebrating the U.S. premiere of the newest Naruto film — Naruto Shippuden The Movie 3D: Bonds Beyond Time!
Takeuchi is the ninth Japanese voice actor who played a major or quasi-major role in the two original Yu-Gi-Oh! series to venture to this side of the planet.
NYAF/NYCC will again be held this year at the Javits Center in Manhattan. The event kicks off tomorrow, October 13 for select attendees and the press, then runs through Sunday, October 16. Look for Toonzaki‘s Chris Beaumont of Cubeecraft fame while you’re there, too!
Related:
- Meet Hiroto Honda at Yaoi-Con 2010
- Yu-Gi-Oh! VA Megumi Ogata at Fan Expo Canada 2010
Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal Opening & Clips Now Streaming on 4KidsTV.com & Hulu
October 2, 2011 at 6:07 pm | Posted in 4Kids, English dubbed, Other Stuff, Yu-Gi-Oh! | 3 CommentsTags: 4kidstv.com, hulu
Have you been keeping up with the tidbits about Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal that have been trickling out? Since announcing the series’ October 15 premiere, 4Kids has been whetting the appetites of Yu-Gi-Oh! fans with details about the newest Yu-Gi-Oh! anime on the Toonzaki Facebook page. In addition to daily reveals of Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal’s cast, 4Kids also uploaded the opening sequence and a few clips of the show to 4KidsTV.com on Friday, as well as to Hulu earlier this morning. Check them out!
The biggest surprise from these video clips thus far? It might be the fact that the realistic-looking backs of the trading cards used in the Japanese version of Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal are still intact in the 4Kids production. Why didn’t the network censors ask 4Kids to change this, even though the fronts of the cards are still edited as usual? Curious. Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal is the first series whose card backs match the designs used in the real-life trading card game. Classic Yu-Gi-Oh!, Yu-Gi-Oh! GX, and Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s all depicted the backs of the cards as having a plain brown background with a grey oval in the center.
What Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal updates will we see this week? Keep your eyes on Facebook and keep counting down until the show’s premiere!
Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal Premieres October 15 on the CW4Kids Toonzai
September 27, 2011 at 4:20 pm | Posted in 4Kids, English dubbed, Other Stuff, Yu-Gi-Oh! | 5 CommentsTags: cw4kids, lawsuit, toonzai
Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal will make its U.S. debut on Saturday, October 15! In less than three weeks, the newest Yu-Gi-Oh! series will be added to the 9:30 am time slot on the CW4Kids Toonzai, joining episodes of classic Yu-Gi-Oh!, Sonic X, Dragon Ball Z Kai, Magi-Nation, and 4Kids’ other new series, Tai Chi Chasers! (Check your CW affiliate’s local listings for the exact schedules.) This announcement came earlier today via Toonzaki’s Facebook page and 4Kids’ newest video upload to YouTube.
Details about 4Kids’ production of Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal are still scarce, but Toonzaki is inviting everyone to chime in with their fantasy cast in its latest Facebook post. One thing is certain though: the “X” is no longer silent. It’s true! “Zexal” is now pronounced [zɛksəl], not [zil]. Gasp! I’m waiting for all of the ads and promos that take full advantage of the “X” in punny and extreme ways. C’mon, 4Kids, make it happen!
Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal premiered in Japan in April earlier this year. Confirmation that 4Kids had exercised its rights to obtain the Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal anime came to light in May, though it wasn’t immediately clear exactly when the company first picked up the series.
The Yu-Gi-Oh! Lawsuit: TV Tokyo and NAS v. 4Kids
Closing arguments for the first phase of the Yu-Gi-Oh! lawsuit were delivered on Friday, September 23. Finer details about the trial have not been released as of this writing. Check my “lawsuit” tag for my previous posts about this subject, and keep it tuned here for more information as it arises.
It’s worth noting that, contrary to what you may have heard elsewhere, 4Kids’ production and debut of Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal are unrelated to the outcome of the trial. As I’ve briefly commented on in the past, both the Japanese licensors and 4Kids have been operating — and continue to operate — as though each of them are in the right. Since March, the licensors have maintained that they justifiably terminated their licensing agreements with 4Kids. The licensors had also been soliciting new licensees for the Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal property and would still be doing so today had the court not blocked their actions. Similarly, 4Kids has maintained that it did not violate its agreements with the licensors and continues to produce and market the Yu-Gi-Oh! property, business as usual.
It’s equally worth noting that should 4Kids eventually lose its rights to the Yu-Gi-Oh! property, the Yu-Gi-Oh! anime will not abruptly be yanked from the airwaves, nor will Yu-Gi-Oh! merchandise suddenly disappear from store shelves. Per the terms of the Yu-Gi-Oh! License, the termination of the License won’t affect any third-party contracts that the 4Kids may have entered into. Contracts with TV broadcasters and home video and merchandise sub-licensees, for example, remain in effect and 4Kids retains the right to continue to act under the terms of those contracts. 4Kids will also still be able to continue earning money that is generated from its sub-licensing of the rights to the Yu-Gi-Oh! property, so long as those contracts were in effect before the License was terminated. 4Kids can continue to collect this money for either two years or until its contracts with the sub-licensees expire, whichever is less.
So don’t sweat it! Forget it! Enjoy the show — Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal! Saturday, October 15!
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