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{{quote|'We love all fans except one. ([[Brutal Honesty|If you have to guess who,]] [[Take That, Audience!|it's probably you.)]]'|One of their banner taglines}}

 

* '''Professor Otaku''', who produces the review series "Anime Dissection" and "OVA 101."

* '''Arkada''', who produces the anime review called "Glass Reflection." He wears a lab coat during his reviews, which makes him vaguely reminiscent of [[Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog|Dr. Horrible]].

* '''Malakye''', who administers the DesuDes message board and produces the anime news segment called Pocky Spot. He has a cute, [[Vocaloid]], evil assistant called Tsubake. Now has two of his own review series, "Mal's Monthly Manga" and "Sake Shots".

* '''Tsubake''', Mal's Vocaloid assistant who wants to [[Kill All Humans]], Vixen in particular. She kills people on a regular basis and hates everyone.

 

 

** '''Kagami''', who produces K-Station, a series of AMVs. Not much else is known except she has an in universe fascination with knives and (also in-universe) most likely killed her own boyfriend to get on the site.

While each of the reviewers has his or her own individual video review series, they also collaborate on other productions together. This began with the "Desu Rattle" podcast, when Professor Otaku brought Arkada, JesuOtaku and Vixen together to create a weekly podcast about anime. They became known as the DesuDes Brigade when they created their personal website. Malakye helped in the creation of the site, so he became the fifth Brigade member. Their reviews are aimed at discerning anime viewers who want to find out anime worth watching.

 

 

 

* [[Actor Allusion]]: Arkada's review of ''[[AIR]]'' starts off with a less subtle one for the same actor. "[[D.N.Angel|How would you like to go on a date with Phantom Dark?]]"

* [[Adorkable]]: Mal. Sure he's a little pervy, but he's quiet and shy, especially when compared to his more rambunctious peers (he makes JO look like [[The Angry Joe Show|Angry Joe]]).

** Professor Otaku would have liked it after reviewing ''[[Kekko Kamen]]''.

* [[Brick Joke]]: In Prof's ''[[Princess Tutu]]'' review, he said "What next? Do I watch ''[[Prétear]]''? How about ''[[Fushigi Yuugi]]''? Why not just grow a nice pair of BOOBS while I'm at it?" Half a year later, he's reviewed the first, about to review the second and the third? [[Gender Bender|Well...]]

* [[Butt Monkey]]: Rin, one of their fans and Vixen's close friend. They make lots of fat jokes about her, lots and lots of fat jokes.

* [[Caustic Critic]]: Professor Otaku, mainly, though Vixen gets like this sometimes, too.

* [[Cat Fight]]: Between JO and Vix.

* [[The Chick]]: Vixen. Arguably a [[Dark Chick]].

* [[Comedic Sociopathy]]: Several examples:

** Vixen killing Malakye [[Running Gag|multiple times over]] on [[Pocky Spot]].

** [[The Lancer]]: Arkada

** [[The Big Guy]]: Malakye

** [[The Chick]]: Vixen

** [[Sixth Ranger]]: Tsubake, Kagami, Hitch, and Rabbit

* [[Fun with Subtitles]]: In the promotion for the first annual Taishi awards, the brigadiers made several videos where the subtitles had anime characters hawk the Taishis, often while talking like gangstas.

** In the ''[[Magic Knight Rayearth]]'' review, Professor Otaku had quite a bit of fun with this. Or rather, the rest of the Brigade had fun at his expense.

* [[Gainaxing]]: They call it wibble though.

* [[Gender Flip]]: Prof got this at the end of his ''[[Prétear]]'' review, lasting until near the end of ''[[Fushigi Yuugi]]''.

* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]: Prof's and Hitch's friendship implies this.

** [[Romantic Two-Girl Friendship|Vixen and Rabbit]] take it even further.

* [[One Steve Limit]]: Coincidentally, Prof.'s real name is CJ Irelan and Hitch's is CJ Hitchcock.

** It helps that the members all refer to each other by their stage names.

* [[The Password Is Always Swordfish]]: Blink and you'll miss it, but during the Red Scorpion "Luck Be a Lady" radio drama, featuring a red-tinted Green Hornet, the titular character uses this as a password before smashing down a door.

* [[Perverse Sexual Lust]]: Vixen's "List of Disney Boys I Would Bang": [[Mulan|Li Shang]] and [[Aladdin (Disney film)|Aladdin]].

* [[Put on a Bus]]: What Hitch did to the gag characters Steve and Joe from his earlier reviews.

* [[Real Men Wear Pink]]: "Real men watch ''Princess Tutu''." And indeed, ''Tutu'' has been shown a couple of times on the Manime Monday stream.

** All of the boys are fans of ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]''.

* [[Real Women Never Wear Dresses]]: Comes up in-universe in Vixen's vids.

 

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