WtW Podcast Episode #264- Beatbreak & Beta (Digimon Beatbreak, Digimon the Movies, Alysion, & More)

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9:12 Hey everyone, we'll get started in just a minute or two. Dev, why don't you say a few words so we can make sure they can hear you? I was this close to just running away several states away this weekend. I was so tempted. >> The problem is that's a lot of effort. >> It is, but also sometimes I don't want to be at work and I want to be at a [ __ ] anime convention. I would agree on both of those. Although it comes up less now that I work on anime than when say I did data input. Okay, they can hear both of us. Ready,

9:57 Dev? >> Yep. >> You get some water here first. >> Hydrate or dehydrate. >> Welcome to the with the will podcast. We're here to entertain, inform bit while talking about Digimon. I'm Mark. to run with will and produce Digimon Blu-ray. >> I am Dev Hugh and I am here. It's as good as it's going to get. >> Wow, that's like a positive intro for you, Dev. And then >> I'm so sleepd deprived. >> Yeah, I kind of am too. Like Saturday morning, I woke up at 4. You know, you I know you've had before where you will wake up early in the morning and you'll just feel like you're dying. >> It's like it's like need to get back to

10:43 sleep. So, because I need to be I have stuff to do. Go to sleep. Then you'll wake up a few hours later and you'll just be like nothing ever happened. It's like great. I h I had to do that and be a bit extra tired. >> Like your body's all your body's check engine lights were on. >> Yeah. Uh Yeah. and then uh not on the podcast but for the live version added beat break to the rotation of the streaming soon cards. >> Neat. Maybe at some point I will actually see it. >> How have the past few weeks been for you, Dev? >> Busy and hot. >> Yeah, it it feels like the very instant July got near the end, all of a sudden

11:29 it just is too much to do. Not enough time tired. >> Yes, it was like work was insane and life in general was insane and >> yeah, >> there was just so much. >> And then hey, look, new liberator. First up, uh, column 22nd. They went over the battle of Pyramidon. funny part about >> another one of those chapters where I had to like go back because it feels like I skipped over or missed something. >> So, it's funny. Uh, so 17.1 came out last week. At the beginning, did you actually feel like you'd miss something? Cuz like for a minute I'm like, wait, did I skip a chapter?

12:15 >> Yep. >> And then it's like, okay, no, they're just skipping around. Um, so well the art of violet yelling was great. And then I guess I'm wrong. Did maybe it's just because it's been a bit and I forgot. I didn't realize sooner reason one was missing >> either. >> Okay. >> I just kind of assumed it was in the deck somewhere. >> Okay. Um, and then, uh, so the main thing for this chapter is is now Close is off alone trying to find Cinarism and deal with, uh, Unchained and then

13:00 Unchained pops up looking like Close. And is it weird that they're doing like evil close chapter and like we just got evil close chapter? >> Yes. And also, why is Unchained doing blonde uh clothes cosplay? >> So, so I thought of that first and then I realized why is they wanted us to keep track of who was who. So, they made her >> I would have gone with like a different outfit color or >> So, I think what they did was that we already had evil clothes. So now it So now they went with the path of her looking like human close if that makes sense because they already did like the creepy evil one.

13:46 >> Makes sense. >> Yeah. And this >> I feel like there's like other colors they could have pulled off that would have made more sense and also be very visually interesting. >> Yeah. And the interesting thing is is like having be corrupted makes sense as a story thing, but also he doesn't do anything when he's corrupted. He's sort of just there. So, I don't know. >> He just looks menacing >> and has red I think it was red glowy eyes. >> Yes. Yes. He basically was a shadow Pokemon for a hot minute. >> Yeah. Then at the end he's back on closest side because of flashback and then >> we will get more of a match next. I I it it's a very odd chapter, especially because Unchained's plan has been so undefined and they finally given us some

14:33 of that, but now it's also just like it's a mirror match, but right after we had multiple weeks of evil close, but she's also using a clo a close inspired deck. >> I am here for all of uh unchanged gender shenanigans. Yeah, I I just don't get why we got two weeks of evil close and now we get two weeks of evil close again is basically my only complaint. Like the plot actually makes sense as the >> broken up by a different a different character. Actually, it would have made >> You're cutting out a bit Dev

15:18 cutting out a lot actually. Give us a second everyone so she can rejigger that. Yeah, I think it might have worked better if they had um like had her cycle through characters. Oh, wait. There you go. >> Just switch to a different character. >> Yeah, I I think or even cycling through characters might have worked. The problem is is they It's just close right after we did that. Yeah. And we get more of that next week. And then August 1st was Oda Memorial, >> which is the day >> bombarded. >> Oh yeah, they bombarded with stuff this time. Um

16:03 I wish they would have given us more warning for some of the stuff though cuz you know you're going to do stuff like that. Giving us the warning of like a half a week or whatever is mean. >> Yeah. So then the main thing was the quote unquote special emergency broadcast for Beatreak where we got details. Um >> it was a very fun interview. It was it was actually enjoyable and informative. >> Yeah. Which to it especially helps that they're doing these without quite as much stretched out um filler. Like there's times they've done these before and it would be a two-hour stream. >> Yes. And I would be dying. Yes. And you would also be dying.

16:49 >> Yeah. So we Plus it was the afternoon so I was like, "Oh, good. This is e don't have I don't have to wake up at 3:00 a.m. for a 5:00 a.m. stream. We got Beatreak poster. We found out the show will be on October 5th. We got a trailer. So the trailer is very non-escript. shows a lot of neat stuff, but much of what it shows is kind of just general non setup type stuff. Also, I was not expecting my joke about that he was going to sound like Kerro to be so specific cuz wow, that really sounds like Sergeant Frog. Uh >> I I'm actually very glad of this happened. Exactly.

17:36 >> We got a nice synopsis for the series. They gave us staff list, cast list. We got The funny part is days before this is when we said this isn't even where we're at with Ghost games. So that we haven't seen characters yet doesn't mean it's one character. And then they immediately just tossed all the characters at us. >> Like yep, here's the entire uh guarding squad. >> Yeah. And I think the weirdest reaction that I saw to all these is what people were comparing everything to. It was basically the list of Digimon stuff that people do not tend to like, which was lot of savers for obvious reasons, a lot of hunters especially people were mentioning, and then a lot of ghost game.

18:23 It's like there are potentially better choices. Um, >> the savers I get because it's like, oh, okay, it's an organization with a small group that uh >> deals with incidents. We And the group is also angry youth, not angry redhead and blonde kid. And also slightly older coolheaded guy wearing a blue coat. And also and also his apparently very powerful Digimon who just kind of hangs around and doesn't do anything >> as cats are want to do. >> Yes. Um design work. I like at t I can't decide if the design work is trying too

19:08 hard or if it's one of those things where the characters are trying too hard to look a specific way like in show where like he where he's like where it's like he's trying to look cool so he kind of doesn't >> and I >> Yeah. Uh so series director directed episodes for the most recent Dragon Quest series, some One Piece, some Pretty Cure. They also directed One Piece Gold. Uh series composition was uh Ryota Yamaguchi who did the same position for Digimon Savers. Character designer done a lot of Tolli franchise work. Kenchi Wad Nab designed the new Digimon. Uh, we have an animation designer who makes sure the Digimon

19:54 designs fit in the show design and music from the person who did the music for Apothecary Diaries, God of High School, and some of Jujetsu Kaisen. >> All have very excellent music. >> Yes. >> So, I am very hyped for the soundtrack. >> I will say I especially like the color work on the characters. >> It's very interesting. >> Yeah. Uh, we get comments from the cast. We get the Golden Dawn logo, which every time I see it, I just think to, um, what was the group that didn't matter? Die Hard called, where they were demanding people get released who were part of what was it? Red Dawn. >> Sounds about right. >> I I don't remember what the group's name was, but they were demanding they be

20:39 released because they were the criminals were trying to buy time by giving the cops something to do that. So on top of that they also introduced the concept of the cleaner e- pulse sapotama >> sapotama >> the sapotama makes me laugh because it is the continual thing that s future shows do where they go we have to have a cell phone but we don't want to look like a cell phone so let's do a cell phone but make the interface be round. Yeah, >> that is a continual sci-fi thing for a long time. And E Pulse is interesting because it gives a name to an idea the franchise has used for most of it.

21:27 >> Yep. >> The idea of human thoughts and emotions converted to energy, blah blah blah. This is actually like a very common thing in the franchise, probably most famously from Savers because Savers put a name and a concept to it. >> Yeah. Yeah, they did that with a dig soul. >> Yeah. So, I'm looking forward to it. I have some concerns that at the moment a lot of what they're showing and telling us feels like they've taken desperate elements from various Digimon things and just kind of pushed them together. And I'm I I think this is going to be a show that lives or die by the characters rather than the sci-fi concepts which Digimon kind of has a habit of tripping over sometimes.

22:12 pretty basic. >> Yeah. And Geckman feels like he's going to fall into that group of characters like Vimmon, Shamon, Gumjamon, Gomanon, where he's kind of like a goofy what's it, which I enjoy those characters myself. >> Just a wild, rowdy little creature. >> Yeah. Uh, but yeah, I'm I like that we got like the nice tile things with translations of everything. I I like >> that was very helpful. >> I like Troman being like, "He's a weird little otaku." And he mutter wanders around muttering to himself. >> It's just me. >> And chat's pointing out Gecko not only

22:59 being goofy, but like licking his own eyes and being like just like a weird little gremlin. Yeah, there's a lot to look forward to here and we're still like we're close but we're still not quite super close but we're getting there. >> Thank the uh uh voice actors they interviewed basically. Yeah, we just walked off of set from like episode two right over here. >> Oh, no. I still think >> we don't know what's going on yet. I still think the funny thing was that she did and she was kind of embarrassed when this was mentioned is she wasn't dressed up as Gecko for the interview. He pointed out that every recording session she's actually been showing up dressed as Gecko.

23:48 >> It's [ __ ] adorable. >> It is. But I also like that she didn't >> adorable method acting. >> Yeah. So, we're under two months, a bit earlier for the premiere for um Digimon Expo. So, yeah, I'm I'd say hopefully we get it quickly, but there's very little Digimon in the past 10 years that we've not gotten basically as quickly as possible. Like I'm trying to think what is the actual last thing we really had to wait for and it was act I think it was actually Kisuna and that was because of co Uh because they initially had like certain dates like yay we're going to the theater like oh oh n we're not >> but even before that what was the last

24:34 time we had to actually wait for stuff was atmon and then crossors >> like try we got instantly 2020 got >> oh to the beginning we had in theaters really quick >> instant >> yeah we have not really had to wait >> 5 seconds flat >> we have not really had to wait for like proper for a Digimon animation in a long time. So hopefully this will be quickly also. >> Go fast. >> Uh we also got so when Tollway was doing their summer weekend splash like weekend cartoon streams, they're like tune in for a special look for Digimon Beat and I'm like it's just going to be the the stream. But I went peaked in and it was indeed just the stream. I think edited down to like 20-ish minutes maybe.

25:21 And they have not fixed any of the video problems with that. Yeah. Uh I like the countdown stuff they did to the stream where they just kind of did character silhouettes which was neat. Then moving on from Beatreak. Hey, more Digimon movies are coming out in Blu-ray from Disco Tech. Who could have seen this coming outside of me who definitely knew and had been working on them? So, it will be a Blu-ray release of Revenge of Diaboron, Battle of Adventures, and Runaway Locommon. They will be dubbed and subbed. They will have uh promos, TV spots, and

26:08 galleries, and it should be a significantly shorter wait than the first one. I'm still happy how the the disc label I came out. So Dev, how surprised were you that this was coming? I think you cut out again, Dev. Definitely cut out. So while Dev fixes that. Um E, >> there you are, dev. >> I think it's my Wi-Fi that's uh

26:54 >> crapping out. >> Okay, we're talking about the uh the new Blu-ray. >> It's like, ooh, yay, more movies. And I don't have to go out of my way to try and watch an ancient disc in Japanese. Yeah, I I had Japanese DVDs of the circa 2002 or 2003 and I will not miss those. >> Yes, easy [ __ ] access to the things. >> And then talking about something else coming up soon, time changes. So, the special moves of V2, I don't believe there was anyone new in this.

27:40 I think it was just the special moves we've seen in the various previews. >> I just skimmed over it because h I'll see it when it comes. >> Uh then concept art, tempo of beginnings. I like the wide shot. >> Really cool. >> Yeah, especially since a lot of the shots we got of this have been when people been walking down the stairs. So getting the nice wide shot I liked. We also got concept art of Central Town. This one's less exciting for two reasons. One, >> well, we've seen a bunch of it already. >> We've se we've not only seen a bunch of it, but it's only showing us one inner room when I feel like a big shot of the town better. Also, it's kind of low resolution. >> Yeah, it's potato quality. >> Yeah. So, it just wasn't that exciting.

28:26 We also got video previews of Bakusmon uh and Apocalamon. >> Yes, orb. both neat, but not super exciting because kind of just expected them at this point, honestly. Um, and it feels like we're at about the point where um, Time Stranger stuff will probably start to be amping up soonish because we're under two months. We're kind of at the same point for the game and Beatreak and then the beta started for Elison. So, we also started a uh thread on the forum for that. I got in, but I haven't played just because one, I really don't have the time. And two, I don't know. Dev, do you think I would actually like

29:13 mobile card game? >> Hard to say. It depends on if the characters are interesting enough. I don't think if it was just for the card game itself, you probably would not care. >> Yeah. I also feel like I'm not super hot on starting it for the beta and then whenever it launches in a month, in two months, in three months, whenever, then starting over and re-remembering everything. >> Yeah, I didn't even bother signing up for the beta cuz I realized that >> I signed up cuz I wasn't >> cuz I wasn't sure if I'd have time or not. And then it's like, okay, I'm in, but like it's like, okay, screenshot for article. I don't really have the time to do this. I'm not sure I have the

29:59 inclination to do it at the moment. Also, some people were taking getting in or not getting in way too seriously. >> Like it it'll come out anyway. >> I saw people having like >> I saw people having like actual existential crisises about what this means for them as a person and if they're a good person when they didn't get in. It's like, man, I can't tell if this is a gag or not. This is too much. get a little uh hung up on these things. >> Yeah. Uh so >> chill. It's just cards. >> It's not even real cards. It's fake cards. >> The beta ends in a day or two. Uh at that point, once I have time, put up some screenshots of some of the new Digimon and cards people have taken images of. Just haven't had the time to

30:44 go through them yet. Some interesting ones. And then we also got clean art of uh Liskmon and Tenkon which were put up like a day or two after we recorded the last show. They replaced those uh standby images, the the rough draft ones. >> Looks [ __ ] awesome. >> Tank every every new image of Tenkoman is not benefiting Tenkoman. >> No, no, it's not. It's just like wow. Like this, >> you know, you know what the funny part is? People keep coming like the comparisons of like the easy ones like Cubimon or Guruman or that Pokemon whose name I forget >> Alan Ninetails. >> You know what I think is even better? So look at

31:30 look at the face the snout. Do you know who this is? >> A [ __ ] Boroy. >> No. Do you remember when Homer ate the chili pepper? >> And there and there the there was the the like the fox that he when he was having like the hallucinations and he saw the fox. >> My god. >> If if this was a different color, it' be the fox. >> Uh and in chat >> that might be an improvement. >> And in chat they're say they're telling me that didn't happen. It was a coyote. And yes, absolutely. See, someone knows what I'm talking about though. But yes, when you look at the snout and the head of this, it is the coyote.

32:18 But yeah, there will be plenty of time for a license because once this is out, it's probably going to stick around for a while. >> They probably won't kill it off instantaneously. >> Talk about killing it off instantaneously, though. Hey, a new mobile game collab. I have never even [ __ ] heard of this. >> That's not abnormal. Crystal of Atlan. >> I will say the trailer looks nice and I always appreciate when they put up the trailer in 4K. So >> this will indeed look very cool and motorcycles. But >> so this will be August 21st through September 17th. I will say this one actually has versions on a few consoles and on PC.

33:09 But much like the Elison Basa I beta I just even if I wanted to play to get the Digimon stuff I just do not have the time. Dev, how much how much stuff do you know that you know I've been looking forward to and I get and right when I get it it's just like I just don't have the time to do this right now. I have to wait. Like there's stuff that I desperately want to play with. as like you were so excited about certain games and you just keep spamming me with trailers for them and you're like, "Oh, now you can't play it because you have work." >> No. Or like um when I woke when I woke up Wednesday and they had announced uh Heretic and Hexon and I remember even telling you, "Oh, I know Night Dive is going to announce new remaster for

33:55 QuakeCon. Here are my the four things I think will be." And my number one choice was Heretic and Hex. And I woke up. Not only did they release it, they upgraded everyone who owned the game on PC for free. So I didn't even have to pay for it. And I had it >> were granted. >> I've had like five minutes to play it to see how it is. And otherwise, nada. So it's literally the It's literally the [ __ ] monkeykey's paw. We're like, "Oh, it came out. It's amazing. I don't have the time." But also, I've been playing Heretic and Hexen at this point for 30 years, so I can probably wait a a bit because I've definitely played them before. >> That's a lie because if a new Cave Story iteration came out, damn right, I would

34:40 be vibring out of my [ __ ] skull playing that immediately. >> You You did see um I think it was at going to be at Nintendo's booth at some event. They were going to have Silk Song there. That >> Yeah, that's what dev's going to vibrate for. Silk song. Like I even remember when we were looking at parts for your PC, >> those bleep only bugs. >> You were even like you were even like like I I'm not going to necessarily play new games. Just please make sure it'll play Silk Song. Well, >> yep. That's all I [ __ ] care about. Just give me my Metroid Vania. >> Next up, uh it's been a while since we've had a proper partners project. They did put up a little brand questionnaire which

35:26 is very much connected to finding out how Digimon fans connect with the franchise. >> So I put >> so I put up this article and then a shortly later loss messaged me he's like you know you can tell them to put with the will right? >> It's like oh yeah I could do that and then I went back and added it. I still need to fill that thing up. >> Yeah. So, this is still open for another few weeks. I wish they would ask us what we think of that new brand logo because it's terrible. >> Yeah. >> Well, it's not that it's terrible. It's that it's bland. >> I'm trying to think of what it reminds me of. >> You So, do you know what? Do you want the actual answer? >> Yes. It's trying to do the squared off

36:13 pixels that the original adventure logo and the US logo have, but it's trying to make them clean and modern. So, you're getting a weird disperate between smooth letters like the D, but then the O and the G, which have the same type of curves, all of a sudden have the block to it. And also, there are random color pixels that don't necessarily give clarity on why they are there. and aren't necessarily in places where it makes sense. >> Like the >> like the line underneath Digimon on the one image has three colored dots, but they aren't in places that make sense. And Ray in Ray in chat says it looks like the 90s, which you aren't wrong, but also like the smooth lettering.

37:00 >> The 90s was bad though. >> The smooth lettering feels very much like 2012, but they're trying to add other stuff to it that just makes it feel weird >> where they made everything sif in every goddamn brand. >> See, I don't like it when brands do it. I think for interface stuff it works but like for this they're doing different things that don't fit es >> made this their passion was graphic design. >> Well would you like to know the part that's most annoying that I don't think most people have noticed yet. So they have the little pixel cutouts with the white right? >> Yes. >> But white is also one of the inter colors for the pixels inside stuff.

37:47 So that makes it look even weirder. >> Now that I notice that even more, it's even more terrible. >> Yeah, it's one of those things where you don't notice that until someone points it out in an annoying way like I have done. And then dev cards cards cards. So first up, hey, look, it's everyone's it's everyone's favorite creepymon would if there's one name I wish Bandai would like give up on, it's Creepimmon. Like they already called him like Don in other stuff. Just >> Well, that's the thing. I don't believe Bandai ever has except for when it was specifically O2 Toys and they kind of had no choice. Anytime it's like Bandai doing their own thing, they still call him Creepimmon. >> So [ __ ] stupid.

38:32 >> And this one's especially stupid because it's very clearly like anime art. Great anime art to at that. But yeah, Devimon, I love the like these kind of comic stylings with the nice coloring. >> Yeah, >> you know, I didn't think about this. So, ignoring that he's slashing with one hand, does it almost look like he's trying to do a Kamehahha? >> Absolutely do see that. Now, >> let's see then. Uh, Metal Siege one. So, I like it. It's very animation art. If you told me that we've seen similar art a h 100 times, I would not be shocked for Metal Siegeon. Like there's nothing

39:18 wrong with it. It's just also not unique. Also, are the lines kind of weird in this? >> Uh like the outline of the character itself or the attack line? >> So, I mean like the lines on him like the thickness kind of changes in a weird way. >> I see that. I think that's the way it looks like that is because they're going from like black ink to >> Okay. So, you think it's just the coloring >> different color? >> Yeah, it's the coloring. >> Yeah, it it has an odd look, but like the art's fine. It just feels like this is an image for metal sedan we've seen. >> It's a pretty basic pose. >> Yeah, >> it's cool, but it's a basic. >> Now, Apocalamon is also basic, but also it's fun.

40:04 I like how it you can kind of like see the scale of it. >> I like the number of people >> forward a little bit more. >> I like the number of people resp who responded to this on social media with comments about warm warm and cold running water and crusts. >> Pizza. >> Yes. >> Yeah. >> At work today. I had to scape up pizza crust off the floor. Literally as we're saying that in chat they're saying pizza. >> Yeah. >> Uh Pinocchio mod/papamon. This is basically like the metal I It's basically like the metal siege one where it feels like something you've seen, but I feel like this works better for py. >> I think maybe because the style works well with the wood.

40:54 >> Brings up the textures really well. Oh, it's [ __ ] cool. >> And Dev showing me the pizza crush she found on the floor. >> Yep. Thing is, I don't work in a restaurant. >> No, I Yeah, you work at um >> I don't work anywhere near a restaurant. I work in a [ __ ] craft store. >> Yeah, to be fair, people can express themselves through pizza. >> I'm going to express myself with my foot up their ass. And then Muggan Machine Dr. There's nothing special about this one, but I love the coloring regarding the explosions. >> Yeah, it's very warm and yellow and on fire. >> I feel like if that wasn't the focus, I would like this less because there isn't really anything that special unique, but the coloring for

41:39 that is so fantastic. It elevates it. At least in my opinion. Then uh we got Arnneiman/ Arukeniman and Mamiman. Not much I have to say about these. I like them though. Minus that I'm not 100% sure what Mamiman's doing because he's grabbing for his gun, but his gun isn't in a position where he could have done anything with it. That's the only issue I have with this is I can't quite figure out what the gun is here. Do you get what I mean? Cuz like he isn't reaching behind him to grab it from his back. It's just kind of

42:25 there. So, I don't know. And I think you've cut out again, Dev. Or you're just very confused by Mummon. We'll wait a moment so Dev can comment on Mummon as her internet scrambles itself. >> It hates me. >> Oh, there you are. So, Dev, do you have any idea what's up with Mummy Man's gun here? >> Uh, it looks like he's just fumbling it and just dropping it. >> I thought maybe it's like >> I did not consider that. That would actually make sense. Do you think it would make Do you think it would be funnier and goofier if he was wearing the purple blue outfit? >> It would actually be more fitting if he was wearing the blue outfit.

43:15 Then let's see. Next up for cards is the Vambon Meotismon one. We saw from the promo poster, but this is much better. This is a redraw of a pendulum mart. Much better quality >> and it is so [ __ ] cool looking. >> For some reason, my favorite part is so you see all the skulls and bones that the chair is made out of. Look at the one at the top. It's John like staring forward like it's slightly concerned. >> Well, considering how uh he has like a huge ass wine mom glass of wine and it looks like uh Pico Debimon's like bringing over a can of beer. Um I probably would be concerned with uh Bomb

44:01 Demon's uh alcohol intake currently. >> Is that why Gulu Gamon's so angry on the next card? He's like, "No, that was my wine glass. This one's interesting because he's leaping or falling and using dark pales from both of his hands, but it doesn't feel like it feels like he's in the middle of a fight, but it doesn't feel like he's fighting, if that makes sense. Like he's fight like he's posed for fight, but it doesn't feel quite right. >> He's like breaking his fall by blasting energy out of his hands. He's like trying to pull an Iron Man. >> Yeah, that's what it feels like to me. Uh, regular mod. Regular mod looks cool.

44:48 It It feels like if this was slightly more detailed, we'd be going This is a model kit box, >> but it's not quite there yet, >> at least for me. But I like I like the quality of the art, though. >> And then look at this cute with a number of other This is just cute art. I really like the kind of like the paper cutout kind of style that this artist does in particular. >> Are you concerned that that Lucimon is going to kill them all? >> Probably. Although I feel like the Padamon is more likely to kill everyone there. >> And then option card, Paradise Lost. And everyone's just doing the I I can't do it. The tongue roll thing.

45:37 I can't tell if you stopped doing it or if you cut out right as you're about to do it. >> I'm talking cut out because >> Okay. I'm talking about the ora or I can't do it. >> Yes. >> That's what you know >> apparently was so cursed that it cut out. >> Uh then Belamon sleep mode. This works. This is where Kok's art works really well. And I love the idea that he's been sleeping there for so long that like the trees and the vines have started going over him. >> And >> he looks so cozy. >> And you get the other Digimon exploring him. >> I love that the other ones for uh the evolution line are just kind of like chilling around in the background. >> And then we get new anime style art for Karata.

46:23 >> [ __ ] yes. I like how they give him the right amount of evil slash like goofy and then bel >> ridiculous [ __ ] mad scientist. >> I have to be honest, I can't tell what rage mode is doing here. >> Uh >> he's it's like he's break dancing, >> jumping backwards off of something. Maybe it's a May. See, I thought that, but does that feel very Belelfam on rage mode to you? >> It's really hard to tell with like the sample text that kind of like >> Yeah, it could just be the It could be that covering up. I don't Yeah, I don't know though.

47:08 Uh then we got Corammon with an Agamon and a Bodmon. And do you love the uh Black War Greymon silhouette? And people are also like, he's holding an Andrean skull. >> Oh, poor Yuro. >> That's good shadow work. Uh, Aguman Black. I really love I love when we get the art of Digimons where the style doesn't go wild, but the design kind of changes them up a little bit. >> Yeah. I like how this one's face is a little more boxy. >> Yeah. And am I wrong, or is the body a bit more stocky? Sort of. >> Yeah, it's a little shorter. >> Or is that Or is that just the camera angle? Maybe. >> I think the camera angle would actually

47:55 make it look taller. >> You know what the funny You know what the funny part is? Every time I look at this art and I realize there's the um the sewer cover, I keep thinking like, doesn't it feel like a Ninja Turtle's about to pop out? >> Yes. Uh, then Ryoma gets anime style art. I like here's the thing. It makes perfect sense for him to get one. Does it feel weird to see like like when we see Adventure Tamers getting new art like this, it's so crisp. It almost feels a bit off. This feels much more anime for the character because it was always in that HD modern era sort of. >> Yeah, this was already the quality of the art style really. and uh ditto for

48:40 you and na na like this is new art but if you told me these were like old promotional image I would believe it at least for a moment cuz >> I like having them back to back that just looks cool as [ __ ] >> Yeah. Well, I always like when we see stuff like double tamer cards cuz they they normally will find interesting ways to do them. And also Digimon Kaiser/Emperor. >> Give me give me give me give me give me give me give me give me give me. Do you like the card text that you're also supposed to treat the card as Ken? I'm amused by that. Uh then close lot of people focusing on that armpit. Good art. I like um

49:26 >> very t Oh, this this hurts my brain. This is terrible. I like when we get like the mangaesque art for characters where it like really feels like weirdly from a manga, but like the web comic is a manga, but it's a much more cartoony style than this. And this feels, you know what this feels like? It feels like it'd be like a manga promotional image. >> Oh, yeah. Like a front cover. >> Yeah. >> Or page. >> Yeah. It also helps that there's the liberator has been so focused on close lately. Uh, and then we also get unique emblem gravel hearts. I'm not sure how I feel about this unique emblem card so far cuz it's just like reusing art. It's neat,

50:13 but like although I feel like this one works >> seeing the scale of Pyramidon in the background that >> I think this one works better because like with the AR I think it was with um Arisa and Yao it was more recognizable art. So this one does feel better in that respect. Uh, Sakusimon. I think this is supposed to be like right after his profile art where they kind of pose him making the um fiery blast. Also, am I wrong or is he slightly less super deformed than he is in his normal design? Like they've stretched him a

51:00 little bit, I think. >> Yeah, cuz I feel like he's a little >> taller. like the 3D models are a little more chibi-ish. >> Well, no, even even existing 2D art of him, I mean, is kind of the same proportions. And then Wudon, they show her doing her attack, but they definitely want you to focus on the chest. >> Yep, >> you can barely notice that the hat has glowing eyes. It's like my eyes are up here and up here. And also I have other hands here and here >> and also over here >> also. How great is that pimon card?

51:45 >> It is absolutely [ __ ] amazing. What's interesting is does it feel like there's been a lot of art of him lately where like he he like his midsection's like wider like stockier and muscier and here we get more of like a thinner like um I forgot the word like >> usually they have him like >> like jumping around >> huge ass Yeah pecs and itty itty tiny bitty waist. >> Yeah, here they're doing more like a dynamic jumping pose which is neat for the attack. And then ah bless him. It's a screen cap card of Spiral Mountain. It couldn't find a sharper image than that. >> H. Oh god, it's so fuzzy. >> And then Flickmon.

52:32 >> I love that. This is one where the That's one where the profile art is like it uses the ears to fly so that we just get them all floating around. >> Flap flat flat flat. >> And if you look the yellow one's like I don't know why we're doing this. They look like candy and I want to eat them. >> And then Card Battle a few weeks ago gave us not new previews of Black Work Green on Ace and BL Ace, but decent quality ones which we saw them a month or two ago. >> They don't have huge ass sample text over them. >> Yes. And then episode 229 skipped Yuki and brought back the card family. has been defeated.

53:19 >> Well, not quite one. They point out it's been a four-month hiatus. They will be back on a normal basis, but they don't clarify if that means every episode once a month or what. It feels like I think they were gone, not like permanently, but like so people could get used to Yuki. Yuki still doing the new segments and they've changed a few things that are back. Uh, Saiaka is on a hiatus from live performance stuff in general, but will be back. And Kaku has left the entertainment industry. Now, the funny part there is they point out that because he left the entertainment industry while they were on hiatus, they didn't get like the goodbye episode that they do with everyone. So, Cheba appeared with glasses on and just

54:05 started giving a goodbye message as if he were Kakaru. And then they had a match. Yuki did the news. So, we will see what pops up next week with this. But yes, they are back to recording with the actual cast. They really And of course, the English version cuts all that out to only have like the three minute segment of Yuki doing the news. They really need to just subtitle it the show. Like that's >> what they would do it. >> That's what I would like to see from this. Uh, and then the re-release of Precious Gem Metal Groom on Inamato is up for pre-order. It's very pretty. It's also very expensive. >> Yeah,

54:51 that's definitely an ouch. >> Uh, and then, uh, Chew Guy has announced that at their booth at Animate Girls Festival, they gave a list of brands they will have products for, and one of them is Beatreak. Uh, Chew Guy is one of the makers of stuff like can badges, acrylic stands, keychains, and so forth. They didn't say what it will be, so we can probably So, a month after the show starts, we will have something from them there. The >> probably some basic art. >> Yeah, this is the type of thing where it's early enough it may just be show art. >> That's what I'm thinking. like the poster art, like the main poster and uh probably

55:37 >> I character clip art. >> I agree with you except that it I always wonder if shows are going to have that stuff like for day one promotional stuff which might preclude it being here, but we will see. And then two new waves of Annabirth merchandise. Dev, did you see that the actual merchandise was So these are in at an earth now. So the first one is is you get I don't believe they call it a shot glass. They call it an evolution scene glass. It has the little evolution thing around it. They also made mini acrylic stands and the figures can fit in the cup. >> That's funny. >> And also a Digi Vice coaster. So they

56:23 show images of the coaster being used with the cup with the figure in it. And the uh >> that is very >> and the mini acrylic stand can also attach to the digi vice. >> And then for the crosswars wave otadamas we get uh >> yes >> tiki kirha na n uh then slightly more expensive for greymon. They point out shamon is not included in this wave because he already has one >> and yeah and that's still available. Uh most oadamas Digimon Oadamas have not been discontinued. So the shop one one is just on the shelf anyways. >> I wish we would have gotten side views of these. >> It's possible. It's possible they will be on the store page when they go up because they don't put up all the

57:09 preview images like they used to on Digimon Partners and I don't really check the store page like in this case they went for sale on August 8th and they will be online at the Digimon Partners toy shop August 22nd. By the time that comes around, I'm not going to forget it. And then even when I do remember, I'm going to have other stuff to do. >> I desperately need all of these specifically >> because you remember they used to do those big uh preview articles of digital partners where they would put like three, four or five images of each and I would just go through and grab them all. >> Yeah, like complete turnaround top and bottom. I need to double check for those cuz some of the ocean I feel like the Greymon from the side would be amazing

57:54 >> from the front. He looks adorable. Looks actually more like Whimmon. >> Yeah, people have been call saying uh gray Whimmon. >> Sparammon is one who the angle here is not great for that wing. Yeah, it looks like a beanie hat. >> You know who benefits the most from this view? Honestly, >> na na. >> The nay >> with the hair. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. So, these are >> so cool. Painful way to wear your hair. >> And then we have the little poperri stuff. So, first up, uh, to celebrate Odaba Memorial and the 10th anniversary, they are doing free streams in Japan on

58:40 YouTube for try. Each two parts will be on YouTube for two weeks each with a new one going up each week. The Tolli Museum put up photos of a few Digimon things around the museum. We get the war greymon statue, the um Digimon vending machine they have with the decorations around it and all the plushies. >> It is weird how long that vending machine has been there at this point. >> And you know what the funniest part is, Dev? If you look, >> it still has that old Digimon partners promotional image, even though who knows what's going on with that site now. >> Oh my god, it does. And also Dev, look at those prices.

59:27 >> Zoom. Damn. >> Yeah, those are like the most amazing prices I've seen for drinks in a long time. >> It's like less than a [ __ ] dollar. >> Yeah. See, me and me and Dev are boring enough that we zoomed in on a picture to look at prices. We're just like, damn. >> My local uh Japanese grocery store has those exact things. And like those aren't tiny. >> No. Uh what open here is um is a um like a place where you can buy and make instant ramen. And they have those Korean drink packs where the drinks come in the bag and you can put them in cups of ice.

1:00:12 >> I've seen those. >> But they definitely are not like a dollar or two. And then let's see. Uh the Digimon anime account posted photos of Forod memorial scenes that may be familiar to viewers. The anime I the quality of the photos is really nice. Honestly, what I think >> zooming in on these earlier >> Well, the funny part is how many of these still um like look like they do in the anime. Uh the Teenage Wolves album came out. The Digimon producer posted various pictures of the album. Also, um pictures showing over on August 1st and

1:00:59 then also pointing out they want to post their newest gacha find. They found that uh egg Digimon keychain got gacha and there was a first for them. They spun four and they got four identical capsules. They said they've gotten three in the three in a row in the past, but this is a new record. And they show that not not only the insides were the same, they were all the same color capsule at that. >> So they so so they saw that went >> yes they saw that they went no they went like I know what's going to happen here. Uh AIM put up a photo of her holding up a Digi vice on Octo August 1st. Uh Amy Miyazaki did a little concert on his YouTube and also posted a photo from

1:01:46 an early Digimon event from when the show was new. That is a much different Aguman mascot than we're used to seeing. >> Yeah, that is completely different proportions. >> Yeah. Um but yeah, he pointed out that this photo is 26 years old. uh Mumi Han posted for August 1, you know, just showing various things like her at the beat bake stream, her at the GCON and Augma mascot, and then an uh a picture collection she's posed before, which we've talked about like how long she's been a Digimon fan. And you can see her that was at one of the um events they did where they had like plush and statues of Digimon, her with the Guruman.

1:02:33 >> Yeah, I remember talking about the Guruman. were like, "Ooh, where does that >> and direct?" Yeah. Director Cockados pointed out that he seen it before, but didn't look like that. So, the event she was at, they clearly had changed it for for some reason. >> And, you know, she's pointed out the thing she's done for Digimon since she wanted to do that since she was a kid. So, just all very interesting stuff there. Uh, then comments from various beat break staff. Uh there were a lot of these. Where was it? Uh Yamaguchi point out yeahh he it's finally announced and then the funny part is when it was announced his initial tweet was in character as um

1:03:20 Karata and then it's like ah he's been beaten by uh Msaru then mentioned the pretty cure. He's like, "He'll win this time." And he's like, "It's a surirly looking youth and a green Digimon." And they point out that he's just muttering to himself. Then later, Yamaguchi postes like, "Yay, it's been announced. He's participating as the series composer. He's building another Digimon adventure. Hopes to do a glimpse of the future a bit ahead. Look forward to it." The series director, >> series director posted hoping, you know, everyone would be able to enjoy it. Um, the music composer talked about, you know, when they were a kid, they had toys, watched the anime, watched the

1:04:06 movies. They're really looking forward to working on it. >> For this series, it seems that the inmates are truly running the asylum. Yeah, that will be interesting to see because there's always a coin flip on if you get fans who can act as professionals, things go well. If you get fans who just want to be fans, that's where you run into trouble. Uh then I Manado posted a existing art he had done before of a Digimon Summer Wars crossover image because August 1st matters for both those and he posted this before. >> I think did he post this exact >> I think we talked about it once a year

1:04:51 ago and then have not seen it since. >> I think >> it's completely gone from my memory. Uh Tommoan who works on Liberator did a little image of uh Tai Chin Agamon and behind them you can see various other Digimon heroes. >> Really [ __ ] cool. >> The funny part is is the one you can see the most clear is Geckman. I would say >> in the background. Yeah. uh Naoki Akamini who did the Atmon manga and has done card art. We saw him do the rough draft of this Omega art. I want to say it was right after Adventures 26th

1:05:36 anniversary. Then we get the full version here. They also posted a wallpaper version. And damn, it just looks good. >> You know what? I need to make this my new wallpaper. >> The normal one for desktop or the taller one for phone? Uh the desktop my it's a little bright for uh my phone. I keep everything like pretty dark so I don't uh flashbang myself at night. >> Yeah, that makes sense. Uh then card game art. We get um Arisa freaking out. Yeah, the funny part is I don't have much to say about it because it's just funny. And then for August art, uh, we get Shamon and Vimmon welcoming Geckman. And

1:06:23 they point out the theme is it's a summer barbecue. And the reason it's Von and Shamon is Vimmon's celebrating his 25th anniversary and Shamon's its 15th anniversary. So they're celebrating the newcomer who will be on the same 5year cycle as them. >> Looking so happy to get fried food. I can't tell if he looks happy or if that's just his face. Like if you look, can you imagine that? >> Look when he blushes on. He's so happy. >> Oh, that's true. I missed I forgot about that. Uh and then we also got 25th anniversary tag tamers art. Look at everyone's so happy. You can tell they're happy. It means they have not tried to play Tag Tamers.

1:07:09 Everyone's like, "Wow, it's an anime story about Millennium, Rio, Ken. It must be amazing." And everyone thinks that until they try to play. It's like, "Oh, >> like, oh, >> you know what the funny part is? If you said this was Millennium from Ghost Game, no one could argue with you cuz this is all >> Yeah, exactly. Vmont's happy this image because he'll go on to star in a popular cartoon. Uh and then Annabirth posted uh images showing off one the temporary Annabirth store. That's one that's going to be there just for the whole month in uh I

1:07:54 think it was Nagoya. And then they posted a little gift showing the coaster being put on. Um, >> a little uh the shot glass. >> Yeah. Showing those being put there. It's not It's bigger than a shot glass. It's like a small juice cup and then they put the little stand in it which is amazing which I love it. And yeah, the temporary one in Nagoya. And you can actually see uh the new stuff right up front for Digimon. >> I want the things, but the things are far away. >> Yeah, they're very far away. Uh and then Aaya Miaki posted some images from the

1:08:40 Redland Echo Project multi-performer concert in Shanghai. Uh he he was the opener for the event and he I guess he was shown a Tailmon like headpiece that was like being sold right before an interview so he just wore it for the interview. >> I assume it was merchandise being sold and they were like getting his opinion on it and he just is wearing it in the promo photo. >> It's like mine now. And then so this one was interesting and I had to look up what it was. So right now airing in Japan is a drama called mass-produced Luca which is a TV drama about a high school model club. And uh Mashi Herata who's in charge of

1:09:27 Digimon Bandit had retweeted it just saying metal Greymon. It's because in a promo for episode 7 uh it shows a bit of the Digimon anime because they're going to build one of the model kits in the episode. eat. >> What's funny is the probo shows it enough that you'd be like, "Oh, that's interesting." It could for all we know will be in the episode for 10 seconds, but we don't know. Uh, Card Battle, they showed some behind the scenes photos from the first recording. I don't Well, uh, a number of people commented on the middle photo, commenting that it was probably right after Chiba's match. >> He looks pissed. I can't tell if he's pissed or if he's doing like an act, which he's often

1:10:14 dressing up his character stuff, so it may just be he's posing for the photo. But yes, he definitely looks I want to say sirly, >> even though this is side eye. >> Uh then more card game art. This time it's Marai realizing she could fall off. I love how you if you at first you might not realize that like she's sweating and looks nervous. It made it looks like an action shot at first and it's like nope she's concerned. Uh then we get new art from Usagi Bochi and Tommoan regarding the chapter. Both of them are evilish close who is not close.

1:11:01 That first one looks a bit too evil in the mouth. Don't you think? I believe you've cut out again, Dev. They give her like the really evily sharkish mouth on the first one. It is time for questions. You guys in chat can throw yours up. We'll grab the one that they first up. We'll do the one the person who left sent us. They said, "Have we have we watched Gundam?" Uh, long title with lots of views. I don't remember. And what do we think of the Gundam Xava? Uh, I've not >> not yet. >> I've not had time to watch it. I saw an image of the um Gundam Xava. It looked

1:11:48 like I did not look in depth. It was kind of like a silver Kiru Evangelion. I had not looked up super close at it though to see what else it did. I have not seen that one at all yet. >> Yeah, I really then uh Diego sent in a question where he thanked me for various TV related help and he said with Time Stranger coming soon, what type of game do you think we'll get next? And he wondered if it' be something like a Mario Party and Mario Kart, Smash Brothers, and what genre of game would we like to see from Digimon? They suggested a slow walking simulator about Skull Gmon learning to be a better person while raising a Cororum. A >> game next. Um, it kind of feels like it'll be something either RPGish or some sort of

1:12:35 action fighter. It always feels like an action fighter might be next for Digimon >> Slash Allah Dynasty Warriors would be kind of fun. >> It would be. I just don't know if I see them doing it. Like I think it makes sense. Yeah. But what would we like to see? >> Give me that port of redigitize, please. >> I'm so salty. >> Let's see. Uh, in chat, they said, "Who what do you think is the best beat break partner so far?"

1:13:20 >> Shirmon or Kiramon? I'm leaning to that one also, but I kind of like Pristimmony just being like a weird plush toy thing. >> Robo Agretzico. >> Yeah. Generally, I kind of like the idea of most of the partners so far. >> Yeah. Even uh Thundercats looks pretty cool designwise. I will wait to see what actually happens with that because especially like most of the time it's going to be sleeping around as a different Digimon. I like the idea but we kind of we really already have that in savers. >> Yeah, we had we had Cudamon. >> Yeah. So, I will wait to see that before

1:14:06 I decide on it. Uh then they said in the past we've talked about snacks. We've brought a popcorn but they're wondering what was the brand of popper we've talked about as they want to try doing popcorn. Uh, I use a whirly pop when I do non-microw popcorn, >> which I have to acquire because my parents have been heranging me for uh get an actual popcorn machine. >> Yeah, I'll show you which to get. But yeah, yeah, not super complic. It's just a matter of actually, you know, ordering it. >> The next question I feel like we answered earlier, but might as well. When Digimon Allison fully launches, do we plan to play? I think it's gonna be the normal >> eventually. >> Yeah, I think it's gonna be the normal

1:14:52 theme of we'll play for a couple days and we'll be like, I don't have time to like this gotcha schedule like you know, play and then you have to wait for something to recharge to do it and blow. I I have other games to play. Yeah, usually Pokemon Go and Pokemon TCG Pocket take up most of my uh designated phone game time. >> And then uh since this is a question that comes up a lot uh for the movie set, we've said it will have English, we've said it it will have Japanese, we are not answering questions past that about we've said that's what it will have. Let's see. Someone said regarding Digimon World. I was wondering why,

1:15:38 especially Mark likes retro game re-releases and often talks about them, but seems to not like the idea of Gog doing Digimon Worlds. I don't like the idea of Gog doing Digimon World because what Gog does does is not really going to benefit the game as a game. Gog takes PC ports that do not work and fixes them up as best they can. The only PC port we have for Digimon World is that Korean one, which everyone who like plays, everyone who knows that, who actually knows that game tells me it's not good and it's really not going to fix up the way people want. So, it's mostly a case of not that I don't like the idea of World being released. I think we've talked about a

1:16:23 number of times it was a good idea to have it be released. I just don't think I'm not excited about the idea of the lowest possible version of a re-release. Like when I talked about Heretch and Hexon, that is a crazy new version of the game. Um, they just did a collection of Gradius games, which is a great collection of them. It's not that I have an issue with Digimon World being released. I want it to be. I just do not want the beginnest possible version. >> Yeah. Beg and hope to get the worst version possible because of a misunderstanding of what the company does. >> Like you can find interviews with GOG where they say they don't use emulation outside of DOSBox, which people argue about what dosbox is. Dossbox they will

1:17:10 use for old PC games because that's how you get them to work. But there's not going to be they're not going to or the PS1 version if GOG's involved it would be fixing up an old shitty game. Sometimes that works, sometimes it doesn't. It there's better solutions for Digimon World and I would expect Bandai to use one of those solutions which because Bandai does not really do stuff with Gog, ironically, it would not end up on Gog. Uh, then Ramon says, "Do you think the beat break Digimon will appear in Time Stranger DLC?" It feels like the answer has to be yes. Don't you think so, Dev? >> Yeah. >> The only way >> at the very least at some point you're

1:17:56 getting [ __ ] Gecko. >> Yeah. The only way it's not DLC is if Gecko's actually just in the base game they have not announced yet. If G if Geckman is not in some way there, I would say it's a terrible plan, but it has to be. >> I feel like it has to be a DLC unless they want to spoiler the entire evolution line because they're both releasing around the same. >> Here's the thing you have to remember. A lot of times they will show us much of the evolution line anyways. You could easily or you could just have Gecko on there and then the evolution line they won't unlock minus like free DLC as the show goes on.

1:18:44 >> That make more sense. >> Uh Mattea says, "Now we have a lot of information. Time Stranger to him. It looks like a really amazing turn-based RPG for general audiences. Do you agree?" Honestly, it looks like a fine JRPG. It does not look inherently special the way some people are treating it. it there's looks fine even good but like there's so many JRPGs that come out that are amazing or exceptional it just there are games coming out >> a lot of competition >> yeah that that thing like it looks good it does not look at the level and I think the way people are treating it is to the game's negative to be honest because when you treat it like it's going to be some crazy amazing that's kind of what happened uh hacker's memory crashing and burning

1:19:31 a bit because cyber sleuth was talked up a lot as being truly amazing. People got it and then they did not show up for hackers memory because that's what it was. I think the game looks good. I don't think it looks at the level some people are ascribing to it. And some people like uh Matis also says it seems like it has the same level of quality as an Atlas game, which is like the standard for the genre. It looks Atlasy gameplaywise. I feel like it's not quite as polished from what I've seen. I think the interface works well and does feel very Atlasy though. Uh then someone asked, "Do we think there'll be a Fortnite collaboration?" It feels like that'd be an obvious one

1:20:18 at some point. Uh people that hack his memory was an expansion pack. I don't think so. Like here's the thing. Most people when they see a game, they just kind of treat it like it was a sequel. Like in especially in most the world, it was a standalone game or a standalone game that came with the first one. It did not really feel or framed as an expansion pack. It felt like it was framed as a unique story that took place at roughly the same time. I don't really remember much talk of it being expansion pack outside of hardcore fans. Yeah, >> don't play that one. >> Yeah, let's see. Another one they sent in ahead of time was they're curious about

1:21:04 the process of all the social media announcements Mark makes for Disco Tech and Animeago. They're curious if Mark tells anyone in private about stuff even slightly like did dev have any idea something Digimon might be announced at Odicon. >> I mean >> I don't tell you anything. Yeah, you don't tell me jack [ __ ] and I don't ask because I know what an NDA involves and I'm not going to ask you annoying questions that you can't answer. Basically, yeah. Uh the process of the social media announcements is basically uh either using the slide deck or that I was there at the recording. I go through and I make the post that match up and um just you know go through it and uh since

1:21:51 someone in chat's apologizing based on dev's comment they that was name aimed at you. They're just saying that like if something's not being said it's not going to be answered. It's sort of like um if you go to a panel where they're announcing shows they're not going to answer if you ask about show X or Y that has not been announced whether they have it or not. there isn't really an answer to give. That's where like ADV used to go, I can neither confirm nor deny because they got tired and depressed saying no so much. So they would just say give an answer that kind of means nothing. >> We're not allowed to say one way or the other until [ __ ] is further along. >> Basically, yeah. If something is not outright being said, it just means it's not being said. It's not like I

1:22:37 understand people are going to ask because they want to know, but Everything will be answered at some point. It just isn't always answerable. Uh, last chance. >> Also, I forgot to kind of existed until like literally on Saturday. It's like, huh? It isn't it like two weeks like a week and a half or two weeks later than it normally is because it's it's late July nor >> Yeah. Usually like most of the time especially at least when I was in Baltimore when I went 90% of the time it was in like July. Once in a while get kind of like bumped around to August because sometimes there'd be overlap with uh a car show or they wanted to specifically avoid a sporting event.

1:23:22 >> Yeah. But yeah, I I guess the easiest way to explain it would be like the first movie set, we showed it at Odicon, we announced it and then approvals took a while, so there was nothing else to say. And basically all we could ever say was approvals because that's all there was to say. Um, this set hopefully should come out sooner, which we also said during the stream, but there's just nothing else to that we can announce about it for right now. If there was, I would have made sure it would have been talked about on the stream if it was possible. >> Steal books. Steel books. Steel book. >> No. Steel Steelbooks are hard to That's why we don't do them that often. Like uh the Kagglio one we announced before that. I don't even remember what our last steelbook was. I think it may have

1:24:08 been the Berserk one like a year ago. Steel Steelbooks are hard to do, hard to do, right? and hard to do where it doesn't feel like you're ripping people off, at least in my view. Like I love steelbooks, but steelbooks sometimes just ends up meaning you can charge a lot more for it. So most of the time when we most most of the time when Disco does steelbooks, it feels at least to me like the point is is it there was a chance to do something new and not just replace an existing disc. At least in my view. Mine is Berserk, which I know people are just begging for a steelbook for. I wonder if someone bought a whole bunch of steelbooks and then beat them into the shape of his sword.

1:24:56 >> I wonder how many steel books you'd have to get to do it. >> Someone can do the math for that. >> Yeah. Let's see. Last chance for questions. Someone said, "What do you think Digimon Beatreak has to do to make you enjoy it?" Uh, in this kind of thing, I'm really easy. I just want to have fun with the characters. If I don't

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