Lunar Sea Spire

GC13 discusses the announcement of the season-one DVD set for the USA, due out on January 30, 2018. At $25 and with the special features you’d expect (commentaries especially), it looks like it will be a great boxed set to buy. It’s even only a couple years late! Still, one thing needs to be said: what is up with the episodes in the set? The first two episodes of season two, Full Disclosure and Joy Ride are included in this set while two season-one episodes, Shirt Club and Story for Steven are being left off. Why this is we just don’t know. All in all though? It’s great to finally have a boxed set coming out.

GC13, Isabelle, Sophia, and David talk about the latest batch of episodes. It’s a nice little story arc, if one that has plenty of sad moments in it. It even has valuable life lessons for kids, even if the lessons do come out to the fore of the episodes sometimes rather than running deeper. Still, with so much changing in Beach City in just six episodes, it makes you wonder where the show will go from here. Also, they’re six episodes at once, but they didn’t air on TV. Does that make this a Steven Torpedo?

GC13, Isabelle, Sophia, and David discuss the preview for the episodes Cartoon Network will be putting up on its app on November 10. It’s a minute of preview but there’s plenty to talk about, whether it’s worrying about the challenge to Dewey’s possession of the mayorship (the scent of “Dewey Defeats Truman” wafts in the air), gushing over Sadie’s musical debut, or simply wondering what Lapis and Peridot’s deal is. We won’t have to wait long to find out. The episodes release on November 10!

GC13 and David look back at Ms. Sugar’s first episode of Adventure Time, It Came From the Nightosphere. Nominated for an Emmy in 2011, It Came From the Nightosphere is certainly a great first outing for Ms. Sugar, and more good work from her partner on the episode Mr. Muto. Plus of course Ms. Sugar’s first episode would have a song in it.

GC13 and Sophia discuss the four-issue comic miniseries Steven Universe and the Crystal Gems, written by Josceline Fenton and illustrated by Chrystin Garland. The title may be awfully generic (far from being a slice-of-life series, the miniseries is very focused on one specific story and is structured like a single episode), but the art style is quite show-accurate and the characterization just what you’d expect. The miniseries gets a stamp of approval.

GC13, Isabelle, Sophia, and David have the second Lunar Sea Spire trivia night. This was a much more competitive trivia night than our first. Again we’d like to thank those who submitted trivia questions (especially anything that gives GC13 an excuse to do a Jasper voice). So, tell us how you did in the comments. Were the questions too hard, or were there too many softballs being lobbed for your liking?

GC13, Sophia, Isabelle, and David discuss the preview for the next episode Dewey Wins, that was premiered at New York Comic Con (with a stated release date of Winter). If you haven’t seen the episode preview we covered it here. The discussion is (as one might expect) full of spoilers for the first two minutes of the episode, as well as speculation about what the rest of the episode could be like to earn a title like Dewey Wins from a Dewey-less beginning. Trivia night is next week, so if you have any suggestions for trivia questions about Steven Universe episodes tell them to us! Also, how full will the Lunar Sea Spire salt jar end up before the hiatus ends?

GC13, Sophia, and David discuss the first graphic novel for Steven Universe, Too Cool For School. Whether Steven’s first moments in school were cute or not, it seems that by the second day he found himself in his element (that is to say: a monster attack). He’s also surprisingly capable at taking tests in a mystery subject, despite never having attended class. This graphic novel really feels like an episode though. Hopefully the next graphic novel, Anti-Gravity, will be at least as good. The podcast will be having trivia night soon! If you have any trivia questions about the show you’d like to hear asked, please submit them to the podcast’s Tumblr account. Our first trivia night was way back in episode 62 if you’d like to listen.

GC13, Sophia, and David talk about Steven Universe: Art and Origins. For an art book there’s a lot of text (that would be where the “Origins” in the name comes from), which kind of steals the show. Yes, the art is absolutely gorgeous, but the behind-the-scenes looks at the show are a must for any fan of the series. It can be hard to tell if some concepts are still where the show is headed. Most importantly: is that what the Cluster would actually look like were it to take its form? (Obviously it would be much larger, but Peridot teased us about its appearance and we just have to know.) Hurrah for good merchandise though! If you haven’t bought the art book by now, you should definitely get yourself a copy.

GC13 and David open up the art book (to page 105!) to talk about the timeline that covers 20,000 years of the past and future of the Gem Homeworld and Earth. No, we don’t know what’s on it. We don’t even know how much of it is past and how much of it is future. Apparently though, Homeworld is indeed a young empire (as far as star empires go, anyway). More bits from this timeline are sure to make their way into episodes as the series goes on, especially as we learn more about Homeworld. Still, there’s no guarantee that when all is said and done we’ll know everything, since some pieces of lore don’t make for interesting stories. Hopefully we’ll get it some day. Yes, one can hope.

GC13, Isabelle, and David take a moment in this hiatus to talk about Ian Jones-Quartey’s new series, OK K.O.! Let’s Be Heroes. Mr. Jones-Quartey was the supervising director of Steven Universe for its first two seasons (and then some), and the pilot for OK K.O.!, Lakewood Plaza Turbo, was released at around the same time as Steven Universe’s but took much longer to get greenlit for a show. It’s a very fun show and we think you should watch it; there is the occasional Steven Universe reference to catch, but it definitely stands on its own merits. Have no fear though: while we like OK K.O.! we will continue being a Steven Universe podcast (though you can expect us to check in on Mr. Burnett once Craig of the Creek starts airing episodes next year).

GC13 and David wrap up the Out of This World discussion by talking about That Will Be All. When Ms. Sugar joins the storyboard team you know it’s going to be good, and That Will Be All didn’t disappoint at all. Though we unfortunately only just got to meet the Famethyst, at least we know Amethyst had some time to bond with her sisters in the background. Poor (due to her plight yes, but maybe her abilities as well?) Holly Blue is left running a space station that is mysteriously placed. Where is it and why is it there? How was it accessed before the creation of the gravity engine? Will we ever know?

GC13 and David talk about the reunion of Ste-Van and Ga-Reg: The Zoo. The zoomans live in an idyllic little paradise (at the very least we don’t see much of it). They even seen to enjoy the choosening, so aren’t fazed by the one downside to their utopia (well, two if you count the lack of fry bits). Even after Heartbreaker Greg dropped the big bomb on them (in just about the least-gentle way he possibly could), they’ll probably bounce back with the help of the Famethyst—the shipping must flow. Will we see them again? It’s hard to imagine so many unique character designs being thrown out, but what will become of the zoomans?

GC13, Isabelle, and David talk about the middle episode of the bomb: Gem Heist. It’s another episode (kind of) involving future vision, so even if the line isn’t in the podcast we’ll go ahead and add it: why did they tell us about future vision? What did Sapphire see when she said their plan wouldn’t work? Did they change the future? Anyway, Ruby was her adorbable self in this episode, though the cartoon conceit of characters not noticing anything they aren’t on screen for was stretched to its limits (and maybe beyond). Still, Ruby tuckered out after pounding on the door for a few seconds? Too cute. There’s more Gem writing in this episode. Maybe some day we’ll be able to read it. One can hope…

GC13, Sophia, and David discuss Adventures in Light Distortion. It’s the melodramatic second episode, so there’s a bit of criticism. It could have been better (or at least more appealing to the podcasters) if it had focused less on Steven worrying about people we knew to be fine, and maybe if Steven had used his powers to stop the ship. Of course space is big, so we have to bring that up. With the Milky Way galaxy being so large, taking only seventy years to reach the zoo (at sublight speeds) means it’s just a stone’s throw (metaphorically speaking) from Earth. Also, if you met him online recently, GC13 says hi.