Podcast appearances and mentions of Michael P Williams

For our 75th episode special, we endeavor to find which games lie at the intersection of our tastes, talking through our ranking algorithm and counting down our top 22 games. Thanks for all the support so far! Show notes: Sportsfriends Knytt StepMania 0SPACE The Little Prince  Let's Mosey: A Slow Translation of Final Fantasy VII Chrono Trigger by Michael P. Williams Chrono Trigger Mixtape Losing Your Grip: Futility and Dramatic Necessity in Shadow of the Colossus Arcane Kids Manife$to Kaizo Mario TENNNES TENORI-ON

Michael P. Williams, a librarian, writer, editor, and lover of many things JRPG, swings by Enthusia to talk about the classic game Chrono Trigger. Released in 1995, the game has stood the test of time, but have we been overlooking the real meaning of Chrono Trigger all along? Twenty-six years later and revelations are abound: Chrono Trigger is a work of art that allows its players to interpret its messages in its own way, in the same way that the game affords many freedoms to its players that few JRPGs were doing back then. In the conversation, we take nostalgic dips into remembering our first playthroughs and then consider how the game is really about environmentalism and how Japan's preparation, experiencing, and recovering from the many natural and nuclear disasters that have happened over its history inform the game's story. There's also a lot of talk about how amazing Super Mario 64 and Final Fantasy 6 are. Follow Michael on Twitter and follow Boss Fight Books, too!

Welcome to Dev Game Club, where this week we begin our series playing Chrono Trigger, the beloved 1995 SNES classic. We cover a lot of ground with this one, including the story, some of the combat, the way the game pays attention to you... all sorts of topics for a corker of a game. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Sections played: Up to The End of Time! Podcast breakdown: 0:51 Chrono Trigger 1:31:07 Break 1:31:41 Feedback Issues covered: COVID-19, SpaceWorld and E3, the year 1995 in games, the creative team, character design in hand-drawn art and intro, the Dream Team, the top-down look of a 16-bit era game, companions following around, combining the background and the foreground in the PlayStation era, the quality of the art direction, running right into combat vs modal play, lack of random battles, choice of battle mode, Active Time Battles, differences between active and wait styles, the overworld and entering spaces, influence of other games, the basic menu presentation, the "Sakaguchi style" and its culmination, being able to approach things fresh, getting on with it, the bouncy playfulness of childhood, Chosen One tropes, Mom waking you up trope, relatability, the princess incognito trope, mixing up a trope, feeling more surprises in FFIX, short-term goals vs long-term/Chosen One goals, signposting the Day of Lavos, whether or not we're able to choose to come back, having another JRPG pay homage, seeing the change in various timelines, enjoying our time with the Frog, the evil Chancellor, the Cathedral and Yakra's minions, having a moment of talking with the monsters, the juxtaposition of drama/horror and comedy, space for Japanese vs letters, returning to the present with Nadia and having a trial, referring back to things you did at the fair, the designer noticing you, the game is safe, the theme of our choices mattering for our future, wanting to be the paladin, the courtroom as setting, escaping the dungeons, a little scene in the warden's office and telegraphing importance to the player, possibly a stealth mechanic, the Dragon Tank on the bridge, affine transformations in the background, using atmospherics for setting tone, the computer telling the tale of Lavos, recruiting Robo, having to pass through Lab 32, the flamboyant Johnny, racing Johnny in Mode 7 to the end of the Lab, Johnny the Biketaur, Robo getting beat up by the other robots, the valiant robot who sacrifices himself for you, Brett gives Tim a hard time for ST: Nemesis, humanizing the non-human characters, gunbows and floral horrors, Tim's big hike, renaming in the new translation, the difficulties of translation, localization as its own art form, adding difficulty with IPs, machine translation, recognizing the great translators, testing your focus as much as your execution, repetitive learning, playground of moves, looping in failure to the style of play, board games and failure, higher highs, rubbing death in your face, worsening the traditional model, obfuscatory, dealing with people who wave their brains around, being open to looking foolish, "Caveman Tim" and being self-deprecatory to diminish status differences, asking simple questions repetitively, active listening, reflection as a means to learning in the moment, being in the moment, being okay with vulnerability. Games, people, and influences mentioned or discussed: Ted Woolsey, Tom Slattery, SNES, Dark Forces, TIE Fighter, LucasArts, Full Throttle, The Dig, Phantasmagoria, I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream, Warcraft, Command & Conquer, N64, Dracula X (Castlevania: Rondo of Blood), Twisted Metal, Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, Super Bomberman 3, Kirby's Dreamland, Earthbound, Dragon Quest (series), Trials of Mana, Tales of Phantasia, Hironobu Sakaguchi, Final Fantasy (series), Yuji Horii, Akira Toriyama, Dragon Ball, Shonen Jump, Masato Kato, Xenogears, PlayStation, Shiren the Wanderer, Ninja Gaiden, Yasunori Mitsuda, Nobuo Uematsu, SquareSoft, Legend of Zelda: Link to the Past, Pokemon, Kingdom Hearts, GameBoy, Ni No Kuni, Ultima (series), Breath of the Wild, Skyrim, The Witcher (series), John Romero, Fallout, Wasteland, Enix, Activision/Blizzard, Dragon Warrior, Dungeons & Dragons, Jason Schreier, Chrono Cross, BioWare, Ocarina of Time, Aladdin, Diablo, Dragon Age, Baldur's Gate, Park Chan-wook, Bong Joon Ho, Day of the Tentacle, Tim Schafer, Dave Grossman, Mass Effect, Super Metroid, Super Castlevania IV, Wall-E, Shenmue, Mario Kart, The Mandalorian, Planetfall, Isaac Asimov, Star Trek: Nemesis, The Pacific Crest Trail, Cheryl Strayed, James Roberts, Stretch Armstrong, Boss Fight Books, Michael P. Williams, Republic Commando, Star Wars, Cyrano de Bergerac, Roxane, Douglas Hofstadter, Un Ton Beau de Marot, Love in the Time of Cholera, Edith Grossman, Margaret Jull Costa, Odyssey, Emily Wilson, Warren Linam-Church, Jeff Morris, Civilization, Mario 64, Dark Souls, Demon's Souls, Super Meat Boy, Beyond Earth, DOOM, Batman: Arkham Knight, Soren Johnson, Maas Neotek Proto, The Turbo Encabulator, Obduction, MYST, Metroid Prime II: Echoes, Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night. Next time: Up to The Magus's Castle Errata: Brett said RPGs when clearly he meant RTSes. We regret the error. (It's Tim's fault.) Links: John Romero on Chrono Trigger Tim's Charity Webpage Pacific Crest Trail Association Big City Mountaineers The Turbo Encabulator  Anime Intro Movie Twitch: brettdouville, instagram:timlongojr, @brett_douville, @timlongojr, and @devgameclub DevGameClub@gmail.com

Will fans of this classic SNES gem be lost to Lavos, or will they endure, like Gaspar at the end of time? Where does Chrono Cross figure into the whole situation? Fortunately, we know someone who wrote the book (well, a book) on the subject: we're talking with Michael P. Williams, author of Chrono Trigger, about fans of... well, Chrono Trigger! Next week, it'll be the (smile) bomb, as we talk about fans, of a certain popular shonen 'sho' from the 90s! Where can I learn more about Michael P. Williams? If you want to learn more about Michael's work, your best bet is to check out... His book, Chrono Trigger, published by Boss Fight Books (now available in audiobook form)! Boss Fight Books where he does a lot of editting The Boss Fight Books twitter, @bossfightbooks (Yes, there is a trend here) Episode outline Fandom Facts History and Origins: Chrono Trigger is a Super Nintendo JRPG released in 1995. It was developed by Square (notable for such other games as Final Fantasy) and its so-called "Dream Team": Hironobu Sakaguchi (the creator of the Final Fantasy Series), Yuji Horii (creator of Enix's popular Dragon Quest series), and Akira Toriyama (an artist well known for his work with Dragon Quest and his ongoing manga / anime series: Dragonball, among other things). It also featured music composed by Yasunori Mitsuda (the Chrono series, Mario Party, Xenosaga) and Nobuo Uematsu (Final Fantasy). To put it succinctly: The game follows a group of adventurers who travel through time to prevent a global catastrophe... that they will never personally encounter. It has since been released and re-released multiple times with the SNES and Playstation versions shipping over 2.65 million copies, and the Nintendo DS version having sold over 790 000 copies more than a decade later. Search Data: Interest in Chrono Trigger has definitely dropped since the earliest data we have from Google Trends (2004). There was a huge spike in interest in November 2008 (the Nintendo DS re-release of the game), and to a much lesser extent in March of 2018 (corresponding to the unexpected Steam release of the game). The top ten countries, by search volume, are as follows: Japan, Chile, Canada, Brazil, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, United States, Dominican Republic, Phillipines, and Taiwan. Size of Fandom: Based on a few data points: The original game has sold more than 2.6 million copies The DS version sold over 500 000 copies The Chrono Trigger subreddit has about 6600 subscribers It's hard to guess, but there are probably hundreds of thousands of Chrono Trigger fans? Fast Facts: According to a thread on r/truegaming by GICN, Chrono Trigger has a self-reported completion rate of 66% (slightly above the overall self-reported average of 63%). Steam global play stats reports that only 10.4% have completed the game Chrono Trigger has only about 150 fanfics on Archive Of Our Own Most of which are Gen (about 56%) The most referenced fandoms, other than Chrono Trigger, are Final Fantasy VII (about 10%), Chrono Cross (about 10%), and Final Fantasy VI (about 10%) Last Episode's Famous Last Words T Has anyone written a musical about Chrono Trigger? G Is anyone out there who has attempted to write Chrono Trigger into the Final Fantasy continuity? Z Is there a fan-work (comic, VG, etc.) that is widely regarded as the 'true' sequel to Chrono Trigger? Nikola Is the fanbase very close to Final Fantasy in terms of demography, or is totally different? This week's spotlight JRPG Demographics Roles, ages, and sexes of playable characters in JRPGs... that's it. Chrono Trigger the Musical Chrono Compendium > The Chrono Compendium's mission is twofold. It first aims to archive and catalogue all existing knowledge and plausible speculation regarding the Chrono series, whether textual, auditory, or visual. The Compendium secondly wishes to create new content, and foster the growth and development of the Chrono series and its fan community. The Chrono Compendium started in 2003 as a 50-page thread on Overclocked ReMix... and continues to exist and be updated to this day! Race Against Time > Now in its fourth year running, the Race Against Time is an annual charity marathon to raise money for the Alzheimer Society of Canada by beating the SNES classic, Chrono Trigger, as many times as possible in 24 hours. This year, the event is running every week until August 11 and 12 for the main event (see website for detailed schedule). > > Alzheimer's is a terrible disease that slowly robs those afflicted of their memories, and, eventually, their very sense of being. We are racing to help preserve those memories of loved ones and for a cure to stop it once and for all! > > All donations go directly to the Alzheimer Society of Canada. Famous Last Words This week's famous last words around next week's fandom, Yu Yu Hakusho! T Are fans waiting for a revival or did they move on to other shonen titles? Z What's the most common pairing in fic? Of those characters, what's their canonical relationship? What does that say about the fans? G Do fans consider it to be passed or over? Do fans have an underdog mentality or a Napolean complex about it? Michael Add some collectible ghosts and demons and that's the show for me. Where can you find us online? We are everywhere! Most notably though, we like to hang out in a few places on social media: If you want to be part of our podcast (or just want to check us out), we record our podcast LIVE on twitch.tv every Monday at 20:00 Eastern Time! For all the latest updates, check us out on Facebook or Twitter To see the latest hijinx from our conventions or even our daily lives and adventures, check us out on Instagram For our latest convention updates, Let's Plays, and other in-real-life video, check out our YouTube channel We're also on iTunes, and Google Play, and would love it if you could leave a review and rating! if you want to reach us, and for some reason none of those work for you, try nick@thenickscast.com You can check out our website; that will mostly bring you back to this stuff. Everything is thenickscast, so if you can't find us, go on your social network and search for that! What is "Fanthropological"? How did you read this far without asking this question?! Fanthropological is an anthropological (ish) podcast where we bring the fan's-eye view to you! Each week, we take a look at a different fandom, dig up interesting background, trivia, and history, and try to get to why it is that people are a fan. We also try to highlight good causes related to that fandom, and find interesting things that fans have created to share those to the world. Each episode is about an hour. Ish. Who is "The Nickscast"? We are the Nickscast! Three products of late-80s / early-90s pop culture who love exploring fandom and everything geek ... who also happen to have been best buddies since high school, and all happen to be named Nick. Yes, we are super creative (dare we say, the most creative). Ahem We are Nick Green, Nick Terwoord, and Nick Zacharewicz: We started the Nickscast as a labour of love, and as a place to entertain and to discuss our love of fans and fandom, and all that is shiny and interesting in that realm. It's what lead us to start our first podcast, our satellite podcasts, Fanthropological, and so much more. We want to help others learn more about different fandoms, and to create empathy with other fans: We dream of a world where other fans aren't "those Weird-o's", but just folks with different tastes. A world where fandom is full of discourse and analysis, and there are plenty of tools and resources to help. Fans building communities to do good in the world. Because everyone's a fan. Credits Sources Reddit - r/chronotrigger Wikipedia - Chrono Trigger Fanlore - Chrono Trigger YouTube - Chrono Trigger the Musical YouTube - Game Theory: Is Chrono Trigger's Time Travel Accurate? Kotaku - What Happens When You Study An RPG World Like It Was Real r/chronotrigger - [Data] Game Completion -- We don't finish games Steam - Global Gameplay Stats: Chrono Trigger r/chronotrigger - After Patch #5: Should You Buy Chrono Trigger On Steam? Google Trends - Chrono Trigger Kotaku - Modders Are Trying To Salvage Chrono Trigger On PC Chrono Compendium JRPG Demographics Chrono Compendium - Topic: List of the Qualities that Make Chrono Trigger so Good Chrono Compendium - Topic: Wanted to Share How I feel About Chrono Cross, and Why. Chrono Compendium - Ghost Children Chrono Compendium - Home Chrono Compendium - Masato Kato, by Mariela Gonzalez Chrono Compendium - Topic: What Makes “Chrono” Chrono Gamefaqs - Black Sigil: Blade of the Exile - Message Board Gamefaqs - Chrono Trigger - Message Board Héroes De Papel - Start Old Gaul City - Home Patreon - Man on the Internet Quora - Was Final Fantasy 6 or Chrono Trigger a Better Game, and Why? Quora - Why Is Chrono Trigger So Awesome r/ChronoTrigger - I’m Playing Chrono Trigger in a Unique Way that I Never Have - All Characters’ Starting Equipment Is Locked - And It Is Quite Fun. r/ChronoTrigger - Just Got Back into Chronotrigger r/JRPG - Why Does Everyone Love Chrono Trigger So Much? Wikipedia - Chrono Trigger: Crimson Echoes Wikipedia - Psychic Force 2012 Wikipedia - Psychic Force Youtube - Chrono Trigger The Musical Music / Sound "Deep Space Ballet" by TeknoAXE used under CC BY 4.0 All other music and sound for this week's episode were provided by Nick Green!

Will fans of this classic SNES gem be lost to Lavos, or will they endure, like Gaspar at the end of time? Where does Chrono Cross figure into the whole situation? Fortunately, we know someone who wrote the book (well, _a_ book) on the subject: we're talking with Michael P. Williams, author of _Chrono Trigger_, about fans of... well, Chrono Trigger! Next week, it'll be the (smile) bomb, as we talk about fans, of a certain popular shonen 'sho' from the 90s! ## Where can I learn more about Michael P. Williams? If you want to learn more about Michael's work, your best bet is to check out... - His book, [Chrono Trigger](https://bossfightbooks.com/products/chrono-trigger-by-michael-p-williams), published by Boss Fight Books (now available in [audiobook form](https://www.audible.ca/pd/Chrono-Trigger-Audiobook/B07G4L4VFT))! - [Boss Fight Books](https://bossfightbooks.com/) where he does a lot of editting - The Boss Fight Books twitter, [@bossfightbooks](https://twitter.com/bossfightbooks) (Yes, there is a trend here) ## Episode outline ### Fandom Facts **History and Origins:** Chrono Trigger is a Super Nintendo JRPG released in 1995. It was developed by Square (notable for such other games as Final Fantasy) and its so-called "Dream Team": Hironobu Sakaguchi (the creator of the Final Fantasy Series), Yuji Horii (creator of Enix's popular Dragon Quest series), and Akira Toriyama (an artist well known for his work with Dragon Quest and his ongoing manga / anime series: Dragonball, among other things). It also featured music composed by Yasunori Mitsuda (the _Chrono_ series, Mario Party, Xenosaga) and Nobuo Uematsu (Final Fantasy). To put it succinctly: The game follows a group of adventurers who travel through time to prevent a global catastrophe... that they will never personally encounter. It has since been released and re-released multiple times with the SNES and Playstation versions shipping over 2.65 million copies, and the Nintendo DS version having sold over 790 000 copies more than a decade later. **Search Data:** Interest in Chrono Trigger [has definitely dropped since the earliest data we have from Google Trends (2004)](https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=%2Fm%2F01y59). There was a huge spike in interest in November 2008 (the Nintendo DS re-release of the game), and to a much lesser extent in March of 2018 (corresponding to the unexpected Steam release of the game). The top ten countries, by search volume, are as follows: Japan, Chile, Canada, Brazil, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, United States, Dominican Republic, Phillipines, and Taiwan. **Size of Fandom:** Based on a few data points: - The original game has sold more than 2.6 million copies - The DS version sold over 500 000 copies - The [Chrono Trigger subreddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/chronotrigger/) has about 6600 subscribers It's hard to guess, but there are probably hundreds of thousands of Chrono Trigger fans? **Fast Facts:** - According to a thread on [r/truegaming by GICN](https://www.reddit.com/r/truegaming/comments/8th8ed/data_game_completion_we_dont_finish_games/?sort=confidence), Chrono Trigger has a self-reported completion rate of 66% (slightly above the overall self-reported average of 63%). Steam global play stats reports that only [10.4% have completed the game](https://steamcommunity.com/stats/613830/achievements) - Chrono Trigger has only about [150 fanfics on Archive Of Our Own](https://archiveofourown.org/tags/Chrono%20Trigger/works) - Most of which are Gen (about 56%) - The most referenced fandoms, other than Chrono Trigger, are Final Fantasy VII (about 10%), Chrono Cross (about 10%), and Final Fantasy VI (about 10%) ### [Last Episode's](http://fanthropological.com/e/3683f48c359a8c/#player) Famous Last Words **T** Has anyone written a musical about Chrono Trigger? **G** Is anyone out there who has attempted to write Chrono Trigger into the Final Fantasy

God Can't Multiply What You Won't Sow 2018 by Dr. Michael P. Williams

Can you hear, our heart beat? No? Well, turn up the volume to hear us (and special guest, Nikola, of YOI Wednesdays) talk about fans of Yuri!! on ICE! Next week, we'll be talking with a guy who literally wrote the book (well, a book) on Chrono Trigger, Michael P. Williams, to talk about fans of Chrono Trigger! Where can I learn more about YOI Wednesdays? Would you like to learn more about Nikola and YOI Wednesdays? You're in luck! Nikola's Twitter: @notgneissatall YOI Wednesday Twitter: @yoiwednesdays YOI Wednesday Podcast: soundcloud.com/yoiwednesdayspod Episode outline Fandom Facts History and Origins: > Yuri!!! on Ice is a 12-episode anime series following Katsuki Yuuri in his competitive figure skating career. The series is produced by MAPPA, directed by Yamamoto Sayo [Michiko and Hatchin, The Woman Called Fujiko Mine, some episodes of Samurai Champloo and Space Dandy] and written by Kubo Mitsurou. > — Fanlore - Yuri!!! on Ice Search Data / Growth: Yuri on Ice had a huge spike in interest between October 2016 and December 2016 (which coincides with the release of, at the time, the only season of the anime). Interest in the show has been pretty consistent since then, though not nearly as popular as during that period. The top 10 countries for Yuri on Ice, by search volume, are as follows: Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Philippines, Chile, Singapore, Russia, Mexico, Puerto Rico, and Hungary (Canada is 16th, United States is 18th, and Australia is 22nd). Looking at redditmetrics for the YOI subreddit, the subreddit reached 5000 subscribers in under a month, but growth has been pretty flat since then. Fan Demographics: - From a fan survey run by KykyElric, we do have some data about some of the over 2000 respondents: Age: The most populous group was ages 19-29 (36.2%), followed by 16-18 (31.3%), then folks 13-15 (23.4%). Put differently, more than half of those surveyed were under the age of 18 Gender: The largest group was people who identified as female (79.1%), followed by male (5.3%), 'still figuring it out' (4.3%), and genderfluid (4.1%) Sexuality: The largest group identified as heterosexual (33.2%), followed by bisexual (22.7%), and pansexual (11.8%) There are also some bits of data: Favourite character: Viktor Nikiforov (35.1%), Yuuri Katsuki (31.3%), Yuri Plisetski (15.4%) Favourite ship: Viktuuri (89.3%) Sub vs. Dub: Sub (77.8%), Either (18.8%), Dub (3.4%) Ice skating interest pre/post: Converts (41%), Interested - No change (37.6%), Uninterested - No change (11.7%) Fan contributions: Fan art (35.4%), Theories (28.7%), Memes (27.8%) Favourite non-main-character skater: Mari Katsuki (Yuuri's Sister, 47.3%) Fanac Fast Facts: Yuri!!! on Ice has almost 30 000 fanfics on Archive Of Our Own... Top Three Ratings: Teen and up (32%), General Audiences (28%), Explicit (19%) Top Three Categories: M/M (89%), Gen (9%), F/M (5%) Top Three Tags: Fluff (25%), Angst (10%), AU (8%) What did we discuss? What do you wish people knew about FANDOM? What is the best part of of being a fan FANDOM (e.g. in terms of participation within the fandom, opportunities, feelings)? What is the worst part of being a fan of FANDOM (e.g. in terms of perceptions, bad elements of the fandom)? Where do people meet to talk about the fandom? Is it centralized in one place? What is one of the biggest parts of the fandom (e.g. vidding, fic, cosplay, etc.)? What are some of the biggest points of conflict / contention in the fandom? What are some common myths or misconceptions about the fans that you wish would go away? What are some of the problematic parts of the fandom? What are some of the heartening parts of the fandom? Are there conventions or other big meetups for fans? Based on what you've experienced of this fandom, what are the fans like (i.e. do they tend to be male, female, etc.)? How did you get into the fandom? How do you participate in your fandom? If we did an episode on one of your other favourite fandoms… what would that be? When did you know you were a fan? What do you wish people knew about your fandom? What’s your fondest memory related to your fandom? What one aspect of this fandom is most attractive to you? Is your participation in your fandom mostly online or off? Do you express your fandom in your everyday life, or is it just between you and your fellow fans? What’s your most notable experience with this fandom? How did it happen? Last Episode's Famous Last Words T What is it that got people in, given the repeated video, audio, short season, etc.? Z Who is the oldest fan inspired by Yuri On Ice to get into figure skating? G Was it's integration with social media any part of people being fans of it (e.g. Instagram being featured in the show)? Jen Will Tanya Harding be participating? This week's spotlight Heartbeats, a Yuri On Ice Zine > A Yuri!!! on Ice PDF Zine project for charity focused on characters showing their love for each other using the different languages of love. > > There will be two zines: > - the main PG-13 zine, and > - an 18+ zine for any and all explicit nudity, sexual content, and/or graphic violence The zine was released February 14, 2018, and appears to have raized $665 USD for Charity: Water. Born To Make history: A Yuri!!! on ICE Fan Gathering > Born To Make History: A Yuri!!! on ICE Fan Gathering 2 is the follow-up to the warmly welcomed and well-attended Born To Make History: A Yuri!!! on ICE Fan Gathering. This event pays tribute to the history that Yuri!!! on ICE continues to make. Since its premiere last October 2016, Yuri!!! on ICE continues to inspire and invigorate its fans even more than one year later. > > Born To Make History: A Yuri!!! on ICE Fan Gathering 2 will bring back the beloved features of the previous event with more exciting additions. The extensive Artist Alley and carefully curated Merchant Market serve as the centerpiece of the event. Thought-provoking panels, specialty talks, and cosplayer meet-and-greets round out the program for this day-long celebration of life, love, and Yuri!!! on ICE. - [//Taiwan, Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) -> Victor Wedding Event Yuri on Ice, life size cutouts]: # - [//Unclear if running a third time]: # Famous Last Words This week's famous last words around next week's fandom, Chrono Trigger! T Has anyone written a musical about Chrono Trigger? G Is anyone out there who has attempted to write Chrono Trigger into the Final Fantasy continuity? Z Is there a fan-work (comic, VG, etc.) that is widely regarded as the 'true' sequel to Chrono Trigger? Nikola Is the fanbase very close to Final Fantasy in terms of demography, or is totally different? Where can you find us online? We are everywhere! Most notably though, we like to hang out in a few places on social media: If you want to be part of our podcast (or just want to check us out), we record our podcast LIVE on twitch.tv every Monday at 20:00 Eastern Time! For all the latest updates, check us out on Facebook or Twitter To see the latest hijinx from our conventions or even our daily lives and adventures, check us out on Instagram For our latest convention updates, Let's Plays, and other in-real-life video, check out our YouTube channel We're also on iTunes, and Google Play, and would love it if you could leave a review and rating! if you want to reach us, and for some reason none of those work for you, try nick@thenickscast.com You can check out our website; that will mostly bring you back to this stuff. Everything is thenickscast, so if you can't find us, go on your social network and search for that! What is "Fanthropological"? How did you read this far without asking this question?! Fanthropological is an anthropological (ish) podcast where we bring the fan's-eye view to you! Each week, we take a look at a different fandom, dig up interesting background, trivia, and history, and try to get to why it is that people are a fan. We also try to highlight good causes related to that fandom, and find interesting things that fans have created to share those to the world. Each episode is about an hour. Ish. Who is "The Nickscast"? We are the Nickscast! Three products of late-80s / early-90s pop culture who love exploring fandom and everything geek ... who also happen to have been best buddies since high school, and all happen to be named Nick. Yes, we are super creative (dare we say, the most creative). Ahem We are Nick Green, Nick Terwoord, and Nick Zacharewicz: We started the Nickscast as a labour of love, and as a place to entertain and to discuss our love of fans and fandom, and all that is shiny and interesting in that realm. It's what lead us to start our first podcast, our satellite podcasts, Fanthropological, and so much more. We want to help others learn more about different fandoms, and to create empathy with other fans: We dream of a world where other fans aren't "those Weird-o's", but just folks with different tastes. A world where fandom is full of discourse and analysis, and there are plenty of tools and resources to help. Fans building communities to do good in the world. Because everyone's a fan. Credits Sources Google Trends - Yuri On Ice Redditmetrics - r/YOI Google Docs - Yuri!!! On Ice Survey Archive Of Our Own - Yuri!!! On Ice Anime Feminist - [Interview] Sayo Yamamoto, director and storyboard artist Fanlore - Yuri!!! on Ice Amino - Yuri On Ice & My Love for Skating Dose - This Figure Skating Anime Is Smashing Gay Stereotypes Fanlore - Otabek Altin/Yuri Plisetsky Fanlore - Yuri!!! on Ice Kotaku - Why People Are Hyped About A Male Figure Skating Anime Odyssey - Why "Yuri On Ice" Is So Popular Otaquest - Interview With “Yuri!!! on ICE” Creator Sayo Yamamoto: Part 1 Quora - Would You Consider Yuri!!! On Ice a Yaoi/Shounen-ai? r/YOI - Anyone Else Start Ice Skating after Falling in Love with YoI? The Daily Dot - Figure Skater Johnny Weir Talks ‘Yuri on Ice’ and Anime Fandom The Verge - Yuri on Ice: Everything You’re too Embarrassed to Ask Tokyo Weekender - From Yuzuru Hanyu to “Yuri on Ice”: Japan’s Fascination With Figure Skating Women Write About Comics - How Yuri!!! On Ice Reawakened Figure Skating Fandom In Us Music / Sound "Lazy Pirouettes" by TeknoAXE used under CC BY 4.0 All other music and sound for this week's episode were provided by Nick Green!

Can you hear, our heart beat? No? Well, turn up the volume to hear us (and special guest, Nikola, of [YOI Wednesdays](https://twitter.com/yoiwednesdays)) talk about fans of Yuri!! on ICE! Next week, we'll be talking with a guy who literally wrote the book (well, _a_ book) on Chrono Trigger, Michael P. Williams, to talk about fans of Chrono Trigger! ## Where can I learn more about YOI Wednesdays? Would you like to learn more about Nikola and YOI Wednesdays? You're in luck! - Nikola's Twitter: [@notgneissatall](http://twitter.com/notgneissatall) - YOI Wednesday Twitter: [@yoiwednesdays](https://twitter.com/yoiwednesdays) - YOI Wednesday Podcast: [soundcloud.com/yoiwednesdayspod](https://soundcloud.com/yoiwednesdayspod) ## Episode outline ### Fandom Facts **History and Origins:** > Yuri!!! on Ice is a 12-episode anime series following Katsuki Yuuri in his competitive figure skating career. The series is produced by MAPPA, directed by Yamamoto Sayo [_Michiko and Hatchin_, _The Woman Called Fujiko Mine_, some episodes of _Samurai Champloo_ and _Space Dandy_] and written by Kubo Mitsurou. > — [Fanlore - Yuri!!! on Ice](https://fanlore.org/wiki/Yuri!!!_on_Ice) **Search Data / Growth:** _Yuri on Ice_ had a huge spike in interest between [October 2016 and December 2016](https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=2016-07-01%202018-07-31&q=%2Fg%2F11cmg5bxns) (which coincides with the release of, at the time, the only season of the anime). Interest in the show has been pretty consistent since then, though not nearly as popular as during that period. The top 10 countries for _Yuri on Ice_, by search volume, are as follows: Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Philippines, Chile, Singapore, Russia, Mexico, Puerto Rico, and Hungary (Canada is 16th, United States is 18th, and Australia is 22nd). Looking at [redditmetrics for the YOI subreddit](http://redditmetrics.com/r/YOI), the subreddit reached 5000 subscribers in under a month, but growth has been pretty flat since then. **Fan Demographics:** - [From a fan survey run by KykyElric](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeo89_0mbccjeTrVoP2HYSvRfWGIyhTgec4YeEHcw4LjEF-Pw/viewanalytics), we do have some data about some of the over 2000 respondents: - _Age:_ The most populous group was ages 19-29 (36.2%), followed by 16-18 (31.3%), then folks 13-15 (23.4%). Put differently, more than half of those surveyed were under the age of 18 - _Gender_: The largest group was people who identified as female (79.1%), followed by male (5.3%), 'still figuring it out' (4.3%), and genderfluid (4.1%) - _Sexuality_: The largest group identified as heterosexual (33.2%), followed by bisexual (22.7%), and pansexual (11.8%) There are also some bits of data: - _Favourite character_: Viktor Nikiforov (35.1%), Yuuri Katsuki (31.3%), Yuri Plisetski (15.4%) - _Favourite ship_: Viktuuri (89.3%) - _Sub vs. Dub_: Sub (77.8%), Either (18.8%), Dub (3.4%) - _Ice skating interest pre/post:_ Converts (41%), Interested - No change (37.6%), Uninterested - No change (11.7%) - _Fan contributions_: Fan art (35.4%), Theories (28.7%), Memes (27.8%) - _Favourite non-main-character skater_: Mari Katsuki (Yuuri's Sister, 47.3%) **Fanac Fast Facts:** - _Yuri!!! on Ice_ has almost 30 000 fanfics on [Archive Of Our Own](https://archiveofourown.org/tags/Yuri!!!%20on%20Ice%20(Anime)/works)... - Top Three Ratings: Teen and up (32%), General Audiences (28%), Explicit (19%) - Top Three Categories: M/M (89%), Gen (9%), F/M (5%) - Top Three Tags: Fluff (25%), Angst (10%), AU (8%) ### What did we discuss? - What do you wish people knew about `FANDOM`? - What is the best part of of being a fan `FANDOM` (e.g. in terms of participation within the fandom, opportunities, feelings)? - What is the worst part of being a fan of `FANDOM` (e.g. in terms of perceptions, bad elements of the fandom)? - Where do people meet to talk about the fandom? Is it centralized

Reclaiming The Lost by Dr. Michael P. Williams

How Should Black Americans View America by Dr. Michael P. Williams

Tuesday, October 4, 2016 Genesis Lake Jackson a Ministry extension of The Genesis Church, Houston, TX where the Senior Pastor is Dr. Michael P. Williams. Campus Pastor is Reverend Otis Petteway.

Notre avis sur l'A-RPG Drakengard 3 de Square-Enix (PS3), le RPG de futchball Inazuma Eleven Go : Lumière (3DS), le jeu de rythme mobile made in SNK The Rhythm of Fighters (iOS/Android), un brouillon de rature sur l'ouvrage Chrono Trigger (Boss Fight Books) par Michael P. Williams et enfin le reste de l'actualité de la semaine (PlatinumGames sur une adaptation de La Légende de Korra, du contenu supplémentaire pour Resogun...)

Will fans of this classic SNES gem be lost to Lavos, or will they endure, like Gaspar at the end of time? Where does Chrono Cross figure into the whole situation? Fortunately, we know someone who wrote the book (well, _a_ book) on the subject: we're talking with Michael P. Williams, author of _Chrono Trigger_, about fans of... well, Chrono Trigger! Next week, it'll be the (smile) bomb, as we talk about fans, of a certain popular shonen 'sho' from the 90s! ## Where can I learn more about Michael P. Williams? If you want to learn more about Michael's work, your best bet is to check out... - His book, [Chrono Trigger](https://bossfightbooks.com/products/chrono-trigger-by-michael-p-williams), published by Boss Fight Books (now available in [audiobook form](https://www.audible.ca/pd/Chrono-Trigger-Audiobook/B07G4L4VFT))! - [Boss Fight Books](https://bossfightbooks.com/) where he does a lot of editting - The Boss Fight Books twitter, [@bossfightbooks](https://twitter.com/bossfightbooks) (Yes, there is a trend here) ## Episode outline ### Fandom Facts **History and Origins:** Chrono Trigger is a Super Nintendo JRPG released in 1995. It was developed by Square (notable for such other games as Final Fantasy) and its so-called "Dream Team": Hironobu Sakaguchi (the creator of the Final Fantasy Series), Yuji Horii (creator of Enix's popular Dragon Quest series), and Akira Toriyama (an artist well known for his work with Dragon Quest and his ongoing manga / anime series: Dragonball, among other things). It also featured music composed by Yasunori Mitsuda (the _Chrono_ series, Mario Party, Xenosaga) and Nobuo Uematsu (Final Fantasy). To put it succinctly: The game follows a group of adventurers who travel through time to prevent a global catastrophe... that they will never personally encounter. It has since been released and re-released multiple times with the SNES and Playstation versions shipping over 2.65 million copies, and the Nintendo DS version having sold over 790 000 copies more than a decade later. **Search Data:** Interest in Chrono Trigger [has definitely dropped since the earliest data we have from Google Trends (2004)](https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=%2Fm%2F01y59). There was a huge spike in interest in November 2008 (the Nintendo DS re-release of the game), and to a much lesser extent in March of 2018 (corresponding to the unexpected Steam release of the game). The top ten countries, by search volume, are as follows: Japan, Chile, Canada, Brazil, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, United States, Dominican Republic, Phillipines, and Taiwan. **Size of Fandom:** Based on a few data points: - The original game has sold more than 2.6 million copies - The DS version sold over 500 000 copies - The [Chrono Trigger subreddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/chronotrigger/) has about 6600 subscribers It's hard to guess, but there are probably hundreds of thousands of Chrono Trigger fans? **Fast Facts:** - According to a thread on [r/truegaming by GICN](https://www.reddit.com/r/truegaming/comments/8th8ed/data_game_completion_we_dont_finish_games/?sort=confidence), Chrono Trigger has a self-reported completion rate of 66% (slightly above the overall self-reported average of 63%). Steam global play stats reports that only [10.4% have completed the game](https://steamcommunity.com/stats/613830/achievements) - Chrono Trigger has only about [150 fanfics on Archive Of Our Own](https://archiveofourown.org/tags/Chrono%20Trigger/works) - Most of which are Gen (about 56%) - The most referenced fandoms, other than Chrono Trigger, are Final Fantasy VII (about 10%), Chrono Cross (about 10%), and Final Fantasy VI (about 10%) ### [Last Episode's](http://fanthropological.com/e/3683f48c359a8c/#player) Famous Last Words **T** Has anyone written a musical about Chrono Trigger? **G** Is anyone out there who has attempted to write Chrono Trigger into the Final Fantasy

Can you hear, our heart beat? No? Well, turn up the volume to hear us (and special guest, Nikola, of [YOI Wednesdays](https://twitter.com/yoiwednesdays)) talk about fans of Yuri!! on ICE! Next week, we'll be talking with a guy who literally wrote the book (well, _a_ book) on Chrono Trigger, Michael P. Williams, to talk about fans of Chrono Trigger! ## Where can I learn more about YOI Wednesdays? Would you like to learn more about Nikola and YOI Wednesdays? You're in luck! - Nikola's Twitter: [@notgneissatall](http://twitter.com/notgneissatall) - YOI Wednesday Twitter: [@yoiwednesdays](https://twitter.com/yoiwednesdays) - YOI Wednesday Podcast: [soundcloud.com/yoiwednesdayspod](https://soundcloud.com/yoiwednesdayspod) ## Episode outline ### Fandom Facts **History and Origins:** > Yuri!!! on Ice is a 12-episode anime series following Katsuki Yuuri in his competitive figure skating career. The series is produced by MAPPA, directed by Yamamoto Sayo [_Michiko and Hatchin_, _The Woman Called Fujiko Mine_, some episodes of _Samurai Champloo_ and _Space Dandy_] and written by Kubo Mitsurou. > — [Fanlore - Yuri!!! on Ice](https://fanlore.org/wiki/Yuri!!!_on_Ice) **Search Data / Growth:** _Yuri on Ice_ had a huge spike in interest between [October 2016 and December 2016](https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=2016-07-01%202018-07-31&q=%2Fg%2F11cmg5bxns) (which coincides with the release of, at the time, the only season of the anime). Interest in the show has been pretty consistent since then, though not nearly as popular as during that period. The top 10 countries for _Yuri on Ice_, by search volume, are as follows: Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Philippines, Chile, Singapore, Russia, Mexico, Puerto Rico, and Hungary (Canada is 16th, United States is 18th, and Australia is 22nd). Looking at [redditmetrics for the YOI subreddit](http://redditmetrics.com/r/YOI), the subreddit reached 5000 subscribers in under a month, but growth has been pretty flat since then. **Fan Demographics:** - [From a fan survey run by KykyElric](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeo89_0mbccjeTrVoP2HYSvRfWGIyhTgec4YeEHcw4LjEF-Pw/viewanalytics), we do have some data about some of the over 2000 respondents: - _Age:_ The most populous group was ages 19-29 (36.2%), followed by 16-18 (31.3%), then folks 13-15 (23.4%). Put differently, more than half of those surveyed were under the age of 18 - _Gender_: The largest group was people who identified as female (79.1%), followed by male (5.3%), 'still figuring it out' (4.3%), and genderfluid (4.1%) - _Sexuality_: The largest group identified as heterosexual (33.2%), followed by bisexual (22.7%), and pansexual (11.8%) There are also some bits of data: - _Favourite character_: Viktor Nikiforov (35.1%), Yuuri Katsuki (31.3%), Yuri Plisetski (15.4%) - _Favourite ship_: Viktuuri (89.3%) - _Sub vs. Dub_: Sub (77.8%), Either (18.8%), Dub (3.4%) - _Ice skating interest pre/post:_ Converts (41%), Interested - No change (37.6%), Uninterested - No change (11.7%) - _Fan contributions_: Fan art (35.4%), Theories (28.7%), Memes (27.8%) - _Favourite non-main-character skater_: Mari Katsuki (Yuuri's Sister, 47.3%) **Fanac Fast Facts:** - _Yuri!!! on Ice_ has almost 30 000 fanfics on [Archive Of Our Own](https://archiveofourown.org/tags/Yuri!!!%20on%20Ice%20(Anime)/works)... - Top Three Ratings: Teen and up (32%), General Audiences (28%), Explicit (19%) - Top Three Categories: M/M (89%), Gen (9%), F/M (5%) - Top Three Tags: Fluff (25%), Angst (10%), AU (8%) ### What did we discuss? - What do you wish people knew about `FANDOM`? - What is the best part of of being a fan `FANDOM` (e.g. in terms of participation within the fandom, opportunities, feelings)? - What is the worst part of being a fan of `FANDOM` (e.g. in terms of perceptions, bad elements of the fandom)? - Where do people meet to talk about the fandom? Is it centralized