{"id":139,"date":"2011-03-13T00:00:24","date_gmt":"2011-03-13T06:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/?p=139"},"modified":"2011-04-01T06:56:25","modified_gmt":"2011-04-01T12:56:25","slug":"episode-11-ish-the-impromptu-birdy-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/?p=139","title":{"rendered":"Episode 11-ish &#8211; The Impromptu Birdy Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8521\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-139-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/eps\/ep11.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/eps\/ep11.mp3\">https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/eps\/ep11.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/eps\/ep11.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/?powerpress_pinw=139-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/eps\/ep11.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"ep11.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-142\" title=\"birdydecode\" src=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/birdydecode-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/birdydecode-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/birdydecode.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>In this titillating episode, Ben and Neil sit down to talk about an old favorite, Birdy The Mighty, confirming once again that you can never get enough of invincible girls in revealing battle leotards.  This is a special side-by-side episode, where we talk about the Birdy OVA versus the Birdy Decode TV series.<\/p>\n<p>The animation direction in both are nice, but we definitely prefer the original.<\/p>\n<p>Neil also weighs in the sub-versus-dub debate and confirms yet again that he had a very heterosexual childhood.<\/p>\n<p>This episode is not very produced.  There are some volume issues, but with a higher quality recording, clarity shouldn&#8217;t be a problem.  Just make sure to have your volume set at a comfortable level.  Also note that we were very tired.<\/p>\n<p>Be sure to check out Neil&#8217;s second appearance on This Week In Geek, as he sat in for the Nerd News.  <a href=\"http:\/\/thisweekingeek.net\/episodes\/twig-nerd-news-network-week-of-march-7th\" target=\"_blank\">Neil before Dodd<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>Next week is Macross.  No, really.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this titillating episode, Ben and Neil sit down to talk about an old favorite, Birdy The Mighty, confirming once again that you can never get enough of invincible girls in revealing battle leotards. 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