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The Seattle Mariners are clinging on for dear life, and I am in pain. This episode, we're talking about Ai Tanaka's King in Limbo published by Kodansha. And Yuhi Azumi's Cutie and the Beast published by Seven Seas. King in Limbo credits: Translation: Ajani Oloye Lettering: EK Weaver Editing: Ben Applegate Kodansha USA Publishing edition cover design by Matt Akuginow Cutie and the Beast credits: Translation: Angela Liu Adaptation: Andrea Puckett Lettering and retouch: Erika Terriquez Interior layout: Christa Miesner (volume 2) Cover design: Nicky Lim, George Panella (logo) Proofreader: Brett Hallahan, Dawn Davis (volume 2) Editor: J.P. Sullivan Prepress technician: Rhiannon Rasmussen-Silverstein Production manager: Lissa Pattillo Managing editor: Julie Davis Associate publisher: Adam Arnold Publisher: Jason DeAngelis As always, you can find me on bsky @taiikumenco, and my co-hosts Helen (@WanderinDreamr) and Apryll (@manjiorin) on bsky at those places in the parenthesis. You can find both of their writing at The Organization of Anti-Social Geniuses, more of Helen's writing at Narrative Investigations, and my writing at the Fandom Post and Awko Tako. Join the unofficial Taiiku Podcast discord, the OSMCast discord. Used with permission. Listen Show notes: (Editor's note: Something is up with Apryll's audio for like the first 15 minutes? I checked the raw audio - before I do lazy editing that sometimes messes with things in kinda this way - and it sounds the same. So no idea what's up. It's mostly listenable, but sorry about that!) 0:44 - We talk about King in Limbo 25:02 - We talk about Cutie and the Beast Next time is The Lost and Found Collection by Isaki Uta and Ruri Dragon
This entire MLB offseason is just a constant feeling of low grade dread that Shohei Ohtani will sign somewhere I don't want to root for, and that's just my entire life since the Texas Rangers, the only Major League Baseball team without a pride night, won the World Series. This episode, we're talking about Yumi Hotta (story), Takeshi Obata (art), and Yukari Umezawa (5 Dan) (Go supervisor) Hikaru no Go published by Viz and Misaki Takamatsu's Skip and Loafer published by Seven Seas. Hikaru no Go credits: Translation & English adaptation: Andy Nakatani (volume 1-12), Naoko Amemiya (volume 13-23) English script consultant: Janice Kim (3 Dan) (volume 2-23) Touch-up art & lettering: Adam Symons (volume 1-7), Inori Fukuda Trant (volume 8-23) Lettering assistants: Josh Simpson, Walden Wong (volume 1) Additional touch up: Josh Simpson (volume 5-11), Walden Wong (volume 5), Rachel Lightfoot (volume 11-15) Cover & graphics design: Sean Lee (volume 1) Cover & layout design: Sean Lee (volume 2) Cover design: Sean Lee (volume 3) Interior graphics: Courtney Utt (volume 3) Cover & interior design: Courtney Utt (volume 4-5, 10-11) Design: Courtney Utt (volume 6-9), Julie Behn (volume 14-22) Cover design: Courtney Utt (volume 12-13), Julie Behn (volume 23) Interior design: Aaron Cruse (volume 12), Julie Behn (volume 13), Ronnie Casson (volume 23) Editor: Livia Ching (volume 1-5), Yuki Takagaki (volume 4-12), Annette Roman (volume 10-15), Gary Leach (volume 16-23) Skip and Loafer credits: Translation: Nicole Frasik Adaptation: T. Campbell Lettering: Vanessa Satone Cover & logo design: Hanase Qi (volume 1-3), H. Qi (volume 4-7) Proofreader: Kurestin Armada (volume 1-5, 7), B. Lillian Martin (volume 3-4, 6) Copy editor: B. Lillian Martin (volume 5) Editor: Shanti Whitesides (volume 1-3) Senior editor: Shanti Whitesides (volume 4-7) Production designer: Christa Miesner (volume 4-6), Brennan Thome (volume 7) Prepress technician: Rhiannon Rasmussen-Silverstein (volume 1-2, 5), Melanie Ujimori (volume 3-4, 6-7), Jules Valera (volume 6-7) Print manager: Rhiannon Rasmussen-Silverstein (volume 3-6) Production associate: Christa Miesner (volume 1-3) Production manager: Lissa Pattillo Managing editor: Julie Davis (volume 1-3) Editor-in-chief: Julie Davis (volume 4-7) Associate publisher: Adam Arnold Publisher: Jason DeAngelis As always, you can find me on Twitter @taiikumenco, and my co-hosts Helen (@WanderinDreamr) and Apryll (@manjiorin) on Twitter at those places in the parenthesis. You can find both of their writing at The Organization of Anti-Social Geniuses, more of Helen's writing at Narrative Investigations, and my writing at the Fandom Post and Awko Tako. Join the unofficial Taiiku Podcast discord, the OSMCast discord. Used with permission. Listen Show notes: 0:58 - We talk about Hikaru no Go 16:27 - Hikaru no Go spoilers 0 - We talk about Skip and Loafer Next time is our favorite manga of 2023.
This entire MLB offseason is just a constant feeling of low grade dread that Shohei Ohtani will sign somewhere I don't want to root for, and that's just my entire life since the Texas Rangers, the only Major League Baseball team without a pride night, won the World Series. This episode, we're talking about Yumi Hotta (story), Takeshi Obata (art), and Yukari Umezawa (5 Dan) (Go supervisor) Hikaru no Go published by Viz and Misaki Takamatsu's Skip and Loafer published by Seven Seas. Hikaru no Go credits: Translation & English adaptation: Andy Nakatani (volume 1-12), Naoko Amemiya (volume 13-23) English script consultant: Janice Kim (3 Dan) (volume 2-23) Touch-up art & lettering: Adam Symons (volume 1-7), Inori Fukuda Trant (volume 8-23) Lettering assistants: Josh Simpson, Walden Wong (volume 1) Additional touch up: Josh Simpson (volume 5-11), Walden Wong (volume 5), Rachel Lightfoot (volume 11-15) Cover & graphics design: Sean Lee (volume 1) Cover & layout design: Sean Lee (volume 2) Cover design: Sean Lee (volume 3) Interior graphics: Courtney Utt (volume 3) Cover & interior design: Courtney Utt (volume 4-5, 10-11) Design: Courtney Utt (volume 6-9), Julie Behn (volume 14-22) Cover design: Courtney Utt (volume 12-13), Julie Behn (volume 23) Interior design: Aaron Cruse (volume 12), Julie Behn (volume 13), Ronnie Casson (volume 23) Editor: Livia Ching (volume 1-5), Yuki Takagaki (volume 4-12), Annette Roman (volume 10-15), Gary Leach (volume 16-23) Skip and Loafer credits: Translation: Nicole Frasik Adaptation: T. Campbell Lettering: Vanessa Satone Cover & logo design: Hanase Qi (volume 1-3), H. Qi (volume 4-7) Proofreader: Kurestin Armada (volume 1-5, 7), B. Lillian Martin (volume 3-4, 6) Copy editor: B. Lillian Martin (volume 5) Editor: Shanti Whitesides (volume 1-3) Senior editor: Shanti Whitesides (volume 4-7) Production designer: Christa Miesner (volume 4-6), Brennan Thome (volume 7) Prepress technician: Rhiannon Rasmussen-Silverstein (volume 1-2, 5), Melanie Ujimori (volume 3-4, 6-7), Jules Valera (volume 6-7) Print manager: Rhiannon Rasmussen-Silverstein (volume 3-6) Production associate: Christa Miesner (volume 1-3) Production manager: Lissa Pattillo Managing editor: Julie Davis (volume 1-3) Editor-in-chief: Julie Davis (volume 4-7) Associate publisher: Adam Arnold Publisher: Jason DeAngelis As always, you can find me on Twitter @taiikumenco, and my co-hosts Helen (@WanderinDreamr) and Apryll (@manjiorin) on Twitter at those places in the parenthesis. You can find both of their writing at The Organization of Anti-Social Geniuses, more of Helen's writing at Narrative Investigations, and my writing at the Fandom Post and Awko Tako. Join the unofficial Taiiku Podcast discord, the OSMCast discord. Used with permission. Listen Show notes: 0:58 - We talk about Hikaru no Go 16:27 - Hikaru no Go spoilers 23:03 - We talk about Skip and Loafer Next time is our favorite manga of 2023.
Luke goes missing and Leia goes undercover, while Emil Graf shares stories about how bullies can be overcome not by force, but by compassion, and gives us a history of ... PORGS!The Young Padawans -- Emily and Micah -- join Amy, Jeff and Matt to talk about the tales told in IDW Publishing's Star Wars Adventures #4 and #5.Both issues feature stories written by Ben Acker and Ben Blacker, Landry Q. Walker and Delilah S. Dawson, with art by Eric Jones, Annie Wu and Arianna Florean, colors by Charlie Kirchoff and Lee Loughridge and letters by Tom B. Long and Christa Miesner.And let's not forget the editorial guidance from Peter Adrian Behravesh, Bobby Curnow and Denton J. Tipton, too!We guarantee it to be porg-tastic!As always, if you like what you hear, be sure to head to iTunes and leave us a rating and review and don't forget to subscribe to all of the Coffee With Kenobi network podcasts, including Rebels Reactions, Legends Library, Lattes with Leia and Coffee With Kenobi.
It’s another episode of our youngling — and not so youngling — focused Young Padawans Edition.Matt Moore, Jeff McGee and Amy Wishman Nalan are joined by Emily, Jerry and Micah to discuss IDW Publishing’s Star Wars Adventures #3, featuring stories by Landry Q. Walker, Alan Tudyk and Shannon Denton, with art by Eric Jones, Arianna Florean, letters by Tom B. Long and Christa Miesner and colors by Monica Kubina.What did the padawans think of Finn’s adventures with a cute, purple pest and K-2SO’s Adventures in wookiee-Sitting?Listen and find out!
The party makes the fateful to team up and take down Vargas, or at least the fingers on one of his hands. Will a bit of recon be enough to make everything go smoothly? And what of Drock's plan to find Vargas' Identical Hand Twin? Intro music by Abysmii. Find his stuff here: www.youtube.com/user/Abysmii Cover art by Christa Miesner, more of her stuff at bonesandberry.com
Taking some stock of their situation, the team works to get their new base secure. The team continues to ignore the still beating heart they found, but makes a few new friends. Can Aryx survive the most his most stressful challenge yet? Now with more ambient dog barks. Intro music by Abysmii. Find his stuff here: www.youtube.com/user/Abysmii Cover art by Christa Miesner, more of her stuff at bonesandberry.com
Be it ever so humble, our heroes have a new home. Can "Team Viper's Strike" manage to furnish their dwelling despite the appearance of new friends and old enemies? Intro music by Abysmii. Find his stuff here: www.youtube.com/user/Abysmii Cover art by Christa Miesner, more of her stuff at bonesandberry.com
One rune left to go protecting the magical fetish necklace, but does Aryx have what it takes to disarm it? Meanwhile, Drock starts getting restless atop the wall. Can any amount of planning and care protect our heroes from the whims of a bored half-orc? Find out in this very episode! Intro music by Abysmii. Find his stuff here: https://www.youtube.com/user/Abysmii Cover art by Christa Miesner, more of her stuff at bonesandberry.com
After laying low for a week, the group decides at last to make their way to the Wellspring to attempt to retrieve the macabre necklace for Evran Hamar. Find out all about Aryx's fetishes, and what Kiaren wants to wake up to find in her pockets, should she ever be knocked out. Intro music by Abysmii. Find his stuff here: soundcloud.com/abysmii Cover art by Christa Miesner, more of her stuff at bonesandberry.com
Our heroes are back in normal time, but why? They make a plan for trying to make sense of it all, and get a new base of operations. Then, off to visit a diminutive crime boss. Will they be able to safely clear Barrin's debt? And what was that thing that attacked them? Intro music by Abysmii. Find his stuff here: soundcloud.com/abysmii Cover art by Christa Miesner, more of her stuff at bonesandberry.com
Our heroes see visions in the light of the arcane machine, but what do they mean? As they plumb the depths of the final chamber will they find the treasure they so deeply covet? Intro music by Abysmii. Find his stuff here: @abysmii Cover art by Christa Miesner, more of her stuff at bonesandberry.com
With three animal crests in their possession our heroes are led further beneath the Old City by Barrin's mysterious amulet. Will a devious puzzle be the end of not only our heroes, but of the entire Die by the Dice crew?! Intro music by Abysmii. Find his stuff here: https://soundcloud.com/abysmii Cover art by Christa Miesner, more of her stuff at bonesandberry.com
Still in the sewers under Shade's Old City, the party follows Barrin's amulet deeper into the winding passageways. What further dangers and antics await them? What single skill check brings one of our heroes in danger of death? Join us and find out in this extra long episode! Intro music by Abysmii. Find his stuff here: https://soundcloud.com/abysmii Cover art by Christa Miesner, more of her stuff at bonesandberry.com
Barrin has revealed his "map" to the party: a magical amulet that points the way to the vault that they seek. What secrets lie beneath the old city, and what dangers await our heroes there? Intro music by Abysmii. Find his stuff here: https://soundcloud.com/abysmii Cover art by Christa Miesner, more of her stuff at bonesandberry.com
Finally back together, our heroes meet up with Barrin and head into the old city to find their plunder. What dangers lurk within these ancient and abandoned buildings? Intro music by Abysmii. Find his stuff here: https://soundcloud.com/abysmii Cover art by Christa Miesner, more of her stuff at bonesandberry.com
Faced with a number of side missions and objectives, our heroes divide up to accomplish their tasks. As Aryx cases the robbery, Kiaren looks for a theives' guild, and Drock and Farin search for a friend. Will they divide and conquer, or did they forget the old RPG adage, "never split the party?" Intro music by Abysmii. Find his stuff here: https://soundcloud.com/abysmii Cover art by Christa Miesner, more of her stuff at bonesandberry.com
Still separated from one another, our heroes continue their solo (and duo) side quests. Drock and Farin have a strange encounter in the Old City, Aryx creeps in the shadows of the Hollow Temple, and Kiaren finds herself now in the clutches of the Sisterhood of Ghosts. Will they all make it back together? Intro music by Abysmii. Find his stuff here: https://soundcloud.com/abysmii Cover art by Christa Miesner, more of her stuff at bonesandberry.com
Our heroes finally make it to Shade! Will they find their way around, or will they only find trouble? Intro music by Abysmii. Find his stuff here: https://soundcloud.com/abysmii Cover art by Christa Miesner, more of her stuff at bonesandberry.com
Our heroes continue their quest for the town of Shade, leaving behind the badlands to go into the deep desert. What awaits them within those shifting sands? Intro music by Abysmii. Find his stuff here: https://soundcloud.com/abysmii Cover art by Christa Miesner, more of her stuff at bonesandberry.com
Our heroes get together, and head out into the wilderness. Intro music by Abysmii. Find his stuff here: https://soundcloud.com/abysmii Cover art by Christa Miesner, more of her stuff at http://bonesandberry.com
In the very first episode of the Die by the Dice Podcast, we meet our heroes. But will they meet each other? Intro music by Abysmii. Find his stuff here: https://soundcloud.com/abysmii Cover art by Christa Miesner, more of her stuff at http://bonesandberry.com