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Pierre Bernard's Recliner of Rage Anime Network rant.

Conan O'Brien: ...just look at the fury coming off of that guy. Well, yeah-heh-heh-heh-heh. Pure hate.

Pierre says he knows how America feels and he's ready to articulate our anger for us, so here he is once again in a little segment we like to call "Pierre Bernard's Recliner of Rage"

Singer: PIERRE BERNARD'S RECLINER OF RAGE

Conan O'Brien: Hello there, Pierre are you comfortable and angry?

Pierre Bernard Jr.: Comfortable and furious, Conan.

Conan O'Brien: Then go ahead, old chum, and speak for America.

Pierre Bernard Jr.: Okay, here goes.

As I've mentioned before, I'm a huge fan of Japanese anime, which I think is far better produced and more provocative than American animation. Well, a few weeks ago, at an event dedicated to Japanese anime, I was lucky enough to encounter seven young women known collectively as the "Babes of Anime". These beautiful ladies do voice-over work for several anime series including Trinity Blood about the Catholic church battling vampires and Bubblegum Crisis, which features sexy futuristic policewomen taking on monsters that ordinary law enforcement can't handle.

I'm particularly attracted to officers Sylia Stingray and Nene Romanova who often appear unannounced in my dreams, so you can imagine how excited I was to meet the gorgeous women who provide the voices for these characters, and, if that weren't thrilling enough, I then found out that there's a channel called the Anime Network that runs anime 24 hours a day. That meant I could hear these ladies' voices continuously every day while staring at my large collectible "Babes of Anime" poster, which is so hot it could melt paint off the wall.

Unfortunately, I was then shocked to learn that no East Coast cable provider provides the Anime Network. The Cartoon Network is available here, but they've been cutting back drastically on the number of anime programs in favor of live-action alternatives, and the best they can offer animation-wise is the talking butt detective show, Assy McGee.

Bottom line, America? East coast cable companies should carry the Anime Network 24 hours a day so I can always hear the angelic voices of Sylia Stingray and Nene.

Conan O'Brien: Thank you, thank you, Pierre. I'm sure there's at least one or two other people in the world who know exactly how you feel.

Pierre Bernard Jr.: Keep the faith, Amigos.

Conan O'Brien: Alright.

Singer: PIERRE BERNARD'S RECLINER OF RAGE!

Conan O'Brien: We'll take a break. When we come back, Mary Lynn Rajskub is here. Stick around!

last night's Late Night with Conan O'Brien had another installment of "Pierre Bernard's Recliner of Rage" wherein Pierre talked about meeting the "Babes of Anime"

Singer: PIERRE BERNARD'S RECLINER OF RAGE!

Count me as a second person who both dreams of Sylia Stingray (c'mon, gorgeous, cultured woman with millions to spare who runs a lingerie shop? And she can fix your computer to boot? Count me in!) and is aggravated at ADV's Anime Network's limited availability and poor series turnover.

If Pierre was talking about the "Babes of Anime" voicing BGC, he was talking about Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040, since the original OVA series (plural) were dubbed at Coastal Carolina with entirely different voice actresses.

What the heck are you talking about? Women can't fix computers.

Heh. Just kidding, gals.

didn't know he was into anime

These beautiful ladies do voice-over work for several anime series including Trinity Blood about the Catholic church battling vampires....

I'm particularly attracted to officers Sylia Stingray and Nene Romanova

The first time he was angry about all the different Robotech releases,

... makes me want to watch some clips of "In the year 2000"...

I love how Conan assumes that only a few people in the world know what anime is. How wrong he is.