Up a Paddle - Episode 66 - Old Timey Fisticuffs

This week I review Hajime no Ippo, an anime about the gentlemanly sport of boxing.  I also talk about Smarties, robot girlfriends and the tentacle monsters that love them. 

News
Blue Smarties to go extinct - Drat.  Doesn't Nestle know that the artificial coloring is what made them taste good?

Michael Jackson's arcade collection.  Here's more information on each arcade machine.  Apparently, MJ even carted around a couple of arcade machines to each tour location.  Nifty. 

Higher definition moon landing footage found.  Now you can make out the wrinkles on the Man in the Moon's face.  I hope that's his face.

Cardboard Tube Samurai in Tekken 6.  Yes, this is just as important as the moon landing story.

The little engine that could -- the RIAA, defender of the little guys, successfully defended itself against an evil, evil woman who downloaded TWENTY FOUR WHOLE SONGS.  Even though they're getting 1.92 million in damages, they really should have requested the death penalty.   And she has the nerve to appeal.  Ridiculous!

Robot Girlfriend for lonely men - No, I'm not buying one.  Why do you ask?

Sale of rape themed hentai games banned in Japan - In other news, thousands of tentacle monsters are now out of jobs.

Fun thing of the episode
Fish Waterslide


Reviews
Hajime no Ippo and Hajime no Ippo: New Challenger

Here's the opening theme to New Challenger.  It should get you properly pumped up for this show.



In case you are wondering what boxing is (besides what Canadians do every Dec. 26th), here's an instructional video:

The Art of Self Defence



Also, I didn't talk about the two specials Championship Road and Mashiba vs Kimura.  They are both definitely worth checking out as

Contact Info
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Promotional Consideration
The promos played were:
Anime Pacific (now AniPac):  http://anipac.blogsome.com - You definitely need to check out the latest episode.  Dane's up to his neck in diapers in that one, boy howdy.

RPG Lamer: http://rpglamer.com - Look forward to Jake guest hosting on an upcoming episode of UAP. 

Anime82: http://anime82.blogspot.com - He's back!  Now bring on the Kaiju love!

Musical Accompaniment
The songs played were Maple Leaf Rag by Jeanne Backofen Craig
and The Boxer by Carbon Leaf

Thanks for listening!