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What are some lesser-known hobbies of yours?

I've pretty much aired out all of my hobbies at this point. Unfortunately, writing takes up a lot of time so consistent hobbies outside of video gaming (which isn't as often as I'd like) are hard to come by.

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Have you or would you ever be on a game show?

I've never been in one, and I have no interest in being on one I'm afraid...
Maybe The Amazing Race one day tho.

Why the fuck do people want Danny Devito to voice Detective Pikachu in the live action film and the game? Why not ACTUAL voice actors like Ben Diskin, Steve Blum, Crispin Freeman, or D.C. Douglas instead?

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Because Danny DeVito has a distinctive voice that fits a comically hardboiled detective perfectly. So for a lot of people it just seems right to have Devito voice a talking Pikachu with a detective hat.

The first thing to your left is your weapon in the zombie apocalypse. What is it?

A wall. Well shit.

Do you think it's safe to say that PonyCan USA has completely given up on dubbing anime altogether?

It looks likely, I'm afraid. Sound!Euphorium definitely was popular enough to merit a dub and didn't get one, and the asking price is worse than typical Aniplex.
I'd almost say Pony Canyon USA has given up completely at this point and the sub-only/high-price-point combo is a desperate attempt to stay alive.

Invent a new word and its definition?

Furglesnort. It means you've seen something so stupid all you can manage is a incoherent sound.

Do you think an actual anime programming block (not counting Toonami since it's an action block, not an anime block) may work in America (i.e. using MNet America airing Love Live! as a basis of example)? Why or why not?

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Toonami is one of a kind, it's almost defiant in how it goes against the grain with all of the trends in current TV. Toonami's success has to do with how it has one-of-a-kind programming and packaging that just don't happen anymore. Most packaging these days are fairly minimalist, and programming blocks themselves have largely vanished from the airwaves.
I'm not so sure anime can work outside of Toonami and its selections of exciting action programming. We'd need a channel with more reach than MNet trying to make it work. Syfy's Ani-Mondays did last a number of years, but it eventually faded away, as did TechTV/G4's anime block (and hell, G4 itself is gone).
Only then will we know for sure.

Do you think Jun Maeda is becoming the M. Night Shyamalan of anime dramas (as in he used to be great, but later works sucks more/disappointing as evident with Charlotte)?

I wouldn't agree with this. Charlotte was pretty damn good until the final couple episodes IMO. I think we'd need to see more of a trend developing before we can compare him to Shyamalan (who apparently churned out a decent movie with The Visit, so the old comparison may not longer be in effect).

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