Space Heater Chat: August 29 2020 - Angela O'Hara

Mike begins the new one on one segment with an old friend as Angela finally makes her return visit to the RoundtableFirst we do a quick update on the Kickstarter campaign for her new comic (2:43), how she’s managing during the pandemic (3:49), her visit to Japan ten years after her time there as an english teacher and how things had changed between the two times (7:44)…and Mike somehow managing to get the Yakuza video game back into that part of the conversation. Then we actually talked about her Kickstarter comic “The Moonstone Diadem”, how an Inktober challenge snowballed (13:03), specific influences in it like Utena (18:55), and her thoughts on being a fan of 90s anime in general as Mike updates her on older anime on streaming services (25:57). In the process Mike plugs NHK’s “10 Years with Miyazaki” documentary series again and the two end up talking about the emotional, mental and physical costs of work (29:03). Angela also comes back to her regular work on how expiring technologies effect archiving and evolution of games and their presteige as artforms (35:41). Then Mike reopens old wounds about Angela’s past feelings on Makoto Shinkai both then and now, and how Angela’s past feelings are becoming Mike’s current ones (38:55). Finally, Angela makes a wish to see the next “Made in Abyss” movie as we lament what should have been FanExpo Weekend in Toronto (43:30)Mike Nicolas and Angela O'HaraAngela's LinksKickstarter page for The Moonstone Diadem: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/themoonstonediadem/the-moonstone-diadem-by-angela-ohara?ref=user_menuTwitter: @fellminagamesWebpage: http://artbyangela.ca Visit our website for more information and links:https://animeroundtable.wordpress.com/2020/09/01/the-space-heater-chats-angela-ohara-august-29-2020/Website: animeroundtable.comTwitter and IG: @animeroundtableEmail: [email protected]