Digi & May Watch-Along - Guyver: Out of Control (Patreon)

Okay, this is just some random bonus thing which came as the result of experimentation. I've been planning to start a weekly series wherein I commentate over anime in the style of the one I did for K-On episode 1, but I am undecided what kind of stuff I want to cover. I also thought it might be fun to do some commentaries with May, because the two of us often get baked and watch 70s and 80s anime movies, and we usually have a pretty entertaining banter going on over it, which I always regret not having on recording.

So, I decided to record some random stuff we watched--a 1986 55-minute OVA of The Guyver, which neither of us knows much about. We had a pretty great time and went on some pretty interesting tangents about the nature of how anime is watched, stylistic trappings of the era, and just other totally unrelated bullshit whenever my mind would wander during long exposition scenes. 

I don't know if this is really so much of a commentary, as it is just a way to effectively watch the movie for the first time along with May and I. The movie is okay at best, but we talk over most of the boring parts (and like also just the whole time) so I imagine this would be a fun watch even if you don't end up liking the movie. No idea if it's listenable without the movie as accompaniment, but I know some people do that anyways with other commentary-like stuff I've done. You can find the movie whatever way works for you, we literally watched it on Kissanime. There's a 1.2.3.start! countdown in the audio for synching.

Anyways, I wouldn't expect many people to listen to this, and I definitely wouldn't encourage prioritizing it if you're already swamped with my content. Save it for a quiet, boring night when you want to get really comfy with a movie and pretend to be watching it with your cool anime-watching friends. Or if you have those already, watch it with them, and then record your own commentary over our commentary or some shit. Seriously I apologize for releasing this when I'm already releasing a thousand other things this week, but I don't want to hold onto it too long and forget about it. If you do watch it and have any opinions, though, I'd love to hear them. You guys are my focus group lol. Enjoy!