Kazei 5 (Atomic Array 038)
Anime + Cyperpunk = Animepunk. The latest offering from BlackWyrm Games, Kazei 5 is Michael Surbrook’s take on the genre. After a decade of constant play by hundreds of groups, K5 is now updated for use with HERO 6th Edition, this 300+ page book will give you everything you need to bring animepunk to your game.
BlackWyrm Games: http://www.blackwyrm.com/
Michael Surbrook: http://surbrook.devermore.net/
Ed’s Pick: Ghost in the Shell
Rone’s Rant: “Prescription Drug Side-Effects”
Rone’s Tattoo
Also Mentioned:
* Kazei 5 PBeM
* The Shake Weight
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What was yours, Dave?
Rick, Rone does all our music on Atomic Array. He’s sometimes joined by others on our themes, such as the ones for RPG Countdown and Open Design. Glad you like it - I can’t get that infernal ditty out of my head!
Hi Rick, I devise different themes for each of the RPG products we cover on the show and for Kazei 5 I talked to Mike about my idea for a song that had some pointless English in the chorus of an otherwise Japanese song like they did in the theme for the Bubblegum Crisis movies. Mike knew exactly what I was thinking and said, “Gratuitous English…” I nicked his phrasing and made it the song title. That’s me manning all parts, even going so far as to sing the girl’s part. Then again, how can you man a girl’s part? Wait… I didn’t mean that the way it sounded.
Giddy lil tune, ain’t it? ;)
Mike, thanks for letting us know. Very cool!
Ed - My project was cleaning up a War of 1812-era cemetery that had been overgrown by brush. We had to clear out the brush, lay down some gravel, and put up a fence to keep the neighbor’s cows from getting in.
Rone - Your last comment just reminded me: weren’t you going to get some of your music to send to me? I remember we talked about it a year or so ago, and then kinda let it go.
Rone,
I gotta say it — that was a cool anime-inspired jam! Now that i’ve sucked up, how about turning it into a 2 minute mp3 for download?
Dynamic Inertia…
Side effects include strained personal relationships with the opposite sex, hypothermia in the nether regions due to multiple cold showers from first said side effect, a developing phobia of any and all free weights, and an aversion to obscure Japanese anime dealing with leprous nipples… and of course Skittles! (out of yer bum!)
“Catch the rainbow!”
Crazy podcast guys!
Rick, I’ll punch it up into a longer song. A sincere thank you for the interest.
Dave, music yes. Must send. Else collapse in shame.
Sean, thank you for confirming the source of Skittles. I had a feeling… ;)
Hey, Ed, didn’t know you were an Eagle Scout too! Your project was cooler than mine…