Incoherent Babble returns, after a fortnight break, with Zigg, Lifesong, Jel and Timmy in the hot seats, joined in the second half of the show by Marlin and the elusive Invisible Iro. Together they talk about videogames, visual novels and tackle the question of how anime is doing in the west.

A quick note guys – we’re going to switch these to fortnightly so we’ve got more time to prep and edit.Hopefully they’ll be out every other Monday.

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Show notes after the jump

1:00 – We talk about what we’ve been playing/watching recently. Jel is strategising through Growlanser, Zigg is sailing away with Rogue Galaxy, Life explores Ef and Timmy collars Dog Days’

23:45 – Battle Lines Drawn! Wherein we discuss, and argue over, a topic of the week. This week’s debate – Anime releases in the West and the current state of the localisation industry. Zigg magnificently fails at pronouncing Durarara!!

1:11:20 – Parting Shots

Music used this week – ‘Dragon Soul’ by Vic Mignogna (Dragon Ball Z Kai), ‘One Piece Rap‘ by 4Kids Entertainment . Intermission clip from Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters episode 50, Singapore dub (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-qylk_uscg)