Podcasts about Goodnight Punpun

You can now join the Art of Comics discord server and chat comics with Jaws, Paul and other listeners! Click Here to join!In this episode of the biweekly podcast, The Art of Comics, creators Paul Duffield and Jaws Stone discuss the darkly comedic and intensely tragic coming-of-age drama, Goodnight Punpun, by Inio Asano.As usual, this is an in-depth discussion, and there'll be spoilers for the story and content of the comic, so you might want to pause now, read the book and listen once you've had your own reaction. The episode is designed to work regardless of whether you've read it or not, so if you don't mind spoilers, dive right in!Next episode, we'll be discussing Lore Olympus by Rachel Smythe, so if you want to read along with us, pick up a copy and read it over the next two weeks, or read it online!To support the podcast, you can join Jaws' Patreon

You can now join the Art of Comics discord server and chat comics with Jaws, Paul and other listeners! Click Here to join!In this episode of the biweekly podcast, The Art of Comics, creators Paul Duffield and Jaws Stone will be looking back at books they've read so far this year.As usual, this is an in-depth discussion, and there'll be spoilers for the stories and content of the comics we talk about, so you might want to pause now, read the books and listen once you've had your own reaction. The episode is designed to work regardless of whether you've read them or not, so if you don't mind spoilers, dive right in!Next episode, we'll be discussing the first omnibus of Goodnight Punpun by Inio Asano, so if you want to read along with us, pick up a copy and read it over the next two weeks!You can pick up a copy of Jaws' recommended short comic, The Seat Next to Him on itch.ioTo support the podcast and access the AoC Podcast Discord, you can join Jaws' Patreon

Keskustelemme mangojen kansista ja kansikuvista sekä siitä, mitä kaikkea niillä voi tehdä. Ajankohtaisina aiheina puhumme mangan rastereita valmistavan firman IC:n haastattelusta sekä siitä, miten Hunter × Hunterin tekijä Yoshihiro Togashi kertoi julkisesti yhden sarjalleen suunnittelemista lopetuksista. Lukujonossa kokeilemme Golden Kamyun tekijä Satoru Nodan uutta sarjaa Dogsred, jossa entinen taitoluistelija aloittaa koululaisjääkiekon Hokkaidolla. --- Kommentoi | Bluesky | Mastodon | X | Instagram --- (01:03) – KUULUMISET: JOULUKALENTERIT - Maaretin Mastodon-ketju ja Bluesky-ketju jäätelöjoulukalenterista - Missing Link -blogin joulukalenterit löytyvät tällä hetkellä blogin yläpalkista - Mangakartan joulukalenteri (13:01) – MANGAKANNET: ESITTELY (14:55) – MANGAKANNET: TEHTÄVÄT - Jakso 56, jossa puhuimme siitä, miten mangan lukemisen kokemus muuttuu kun lukee luvuittain tai pokkareittain - Yona of the Dawn -kannet - The Geek Ex-Hitman -kannet - Fullmetal Alchemist -kannet - Jakso 84, jossa puhuimme sarjasta ja sen kansista - Spy x Family -kannet - Jakso 53, jossa puhuimme sarjasta ja sen kansista - Komi Can't Communicate -kannet - Delicious in Dungeon -kannet (28:40) – MANGAKANNET: POSEERAUKSET VS TILANNEKUVAT - FMA-juhlaomnibusjulkaisun kannet edustavat huonointa poseerauskannen tyyppiä: kussakin kannessa on hahmo pönöttämässä ilman mitään lisäajatuksia - Inuyasha-kannet - One Piece -kannet - The Promised Neverland -pokkarin 14 kansi - I Want to Hold Aono-kun So Badly I Could Die -kannet - Jakso 92, jossa puhuimme sarjasta ja sen kansista - Yatta-tachi-sivusto julkaisee kansikuvalliset listaukset kunkin kuukauden aikana julkaistavista manga- ja ranobepokkareista - Tilannekuva luo tunnun siitä, että se nappaa luonnollisen hetken hahmojen elämästä: - A Side Character's Love Story -pokkarin 8 kansi - Hitorijime My Hero -pokkarin 14 kansi - Poseerauskuva taas tuo vaikutelman siitä, että se on nimenomaisesti kansikuvaksi aseteltu: - Matcha Made in Heaven -pokkarin 7 kansi - Joskus kansikuva on ikään kuin sarjan maailman sisällä otettu valokuva: - Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead -pokkarin 12 kansi - Grand Blue Dreaming -kannet - …ja takakannet jatkavat tilannetta koomisesti (kuva) - Kansijoulukalenterin luukku 17, jossa puhuimme pokkarin 6 kannesta - Shadows House -pokkarin 5 kansi (41:22) – MANGAKANNET: JATKUVUUS KANSIEN VÄLILLÄ - Nana-kannet muodostavat jatkotarinan - Useamman pokkarin kansikuvat voivat muodostaa yhtenäisen kokonaisuuden: - The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You -pokkarien 14-16 kannet (kuva) - One Piece -pokkarien 99-101 kannet (kuva) - One Piece -pokkarien 21-22 kannet (kuva) (44:27) – MANGAKANNET: ERI VERSIOT KANSIKUVISTA - Stray Dog's Night -pokkarin alkuperäinen japanilainen kansi (NSFW) - …ja Renta-palvelusta löytyvän julkaisun kansi (NSFW) - …ja Manga Planet -palvelusta löytyvän julkaisun kansi (50:23) – MANGAKANNET: TUHMUUDEN TASOT KANSISSA - Yurisarjassa NTR: Netsuzou Trap kannessa tytöt katsovat kameraan - Incitant Porno eli Senwaku Porno, jonka kannessa tuhmailu on hyvin esillä (NSFW) - Naisille suunnatuissa tuhmemmissa sarjoissa näkee usein päähenkilöllä “voi minua avutonta“ -ilmeen: - Josei-esimerkki Happy Marriage?! - Josei-esimerkki I Can't Refuse S - Josei-esimerkki Outbride: Beauty and the Beasts - BL-esimerkki Kochi muite, ai - BL-sarjojen kannet toisaalta kertovat, ettei sarja ole ihan kauhean tuhma tai että fokus on romanssissa enemmän kuin petitouhuissa: - Classmates - Anti-Romance - Monet Ogeretsu Tanakan kansikuvat eivät ole erityisen eroottisen näköisiä, vaikka sisältö useimmiten onkin - Citrus -kannet (58:38) – MANGAKANNET: VAIHTELEVAT KANSITYYLIT SARJAN SISÄLLÄ - Joskus sarjojen kansikuvat eivät tunnu kuuluvan yhteen: - How Do We Relationship? - Vinland Saga - Joskus sarjan kansityyli muuttuu sarjan edetessä tarkoituksellisesti osana kansisuunnittelua: - Flowers of Evil - Blood on the Tracks - Happiness - My Hero Academia -kannet ovat sekalaisia, mutta niitä yhdistää amerikkalaisia supersankarikansia matkiva tyyli - Kansi 15, joka on tosi tylsä - Kansi 29, joka on tosi siisti ja luo odotuksia - Jakso 59, jossa puhuimme pettymyskansista kuulijakommenttiosiossa - Me & Roboco -kannet parodioivat tunnettuja Jump-kansia (01:07:10) – MANGAKANNET: YHTENÄINEN KANSITYYLI LUO IDENTITEETTIÄ - One-Punch Man -kannet - Kansijoulukalenterin luukku 23, jossa puhuimme pokkarin 8 kannesta - Land of the Lustrous -kannet - Kansijoulukalenterin luukku 14, jossa puhuimme pokkarin 3 kannesta - Toistuvateemaisia kansidesigneja: - Pandora Hearts, jonka pokkarin 20 kannesta puhuimme kansijoulukalenterin luukussa 20 - Blue Period, josta kansineen puhuimme jaksossa 57 - Spy x Family - Tylsää, jos kaikki kannet ovat käytännössä sama kansi: - After the Rain - Kowloon Generic Romance - Ranskalainen kustantaja oli pitänyt näitä kansia liian tylsinä - Nana & Kaoru, josta kansineen puhuimme jaksossa 80 - Jenkkikansissa ei vaihdu edes väri - Jatko-osa Nana & Kaoru Last Year - Kuroshitsuji-kansissa meinattiin tippua tähän, kun alkusarjassa Sebastian oli joka kannessa, mutta sitten pokkarissa 6 on selvästi päätetty muuttaa suuntaa, kun on käynyt selväksi, että pitkässä sarjassa saman hahmon kierrättäminen ei toimi - Assassination Classroom on aika toimiva esimerkki - Goodnight Punpun -kannet - Petteri muisteli tässä sarjan japanilaisia kansia - Ajin taas ei ole kovin toimiva esimerkki - Life-kannet - Tekijän toisessa sarjassa Limitissä on onnistuneemmat kannet - Karneval-kannet - Wild Adapterin alkuperäiset kannet, joita käytettiin Tokyopopin jenkkijulkaisussa - Ichijinshan uudet kannet - Myös Arian kansissa kuva on vaakasuuntainen - Saiyukin alkuperäiset japanikannet - Lännessä tunnetaan vain yhtenäisemmällä tyylillä tehdyt uudemmat kannet (01:28:25) – MANGAKANNET: VÄRIMAAILMAT JA SARJAKUVARUUTUKANNET - Alice in Murderland -kannet - Please Tell Me, Galko-chan -kannet - The Guy She Was Interested in Wasn't a Guy at All -kannet - Kiss x Sis -kannet - Jenkkijulkaisuissa on toisinaan ollut tapana rakentaa omat clipart-tyyliset kannet, joilla halutaan häivyttää teoksen mangamaisuutta, jotta se olisi houkuttelevampi sellaisille sarjakuvaharrastajille, jotka eivät pidä mangasta: - Ping Pong: japanikannet / jenkkikannet - Black Jack: japanikannet / jenkkikannet - Dororo: japanikannet / jenkkikannet (01:32:02) – MANGAKANNET: KANSITAITTO JA KEHYKSET - Vinland Saga -kannet (jenkkijulkaisu) - Kuroshitsuji - Delicious in Dungeon - Witch Hat Atelier - One Piece - Teemukissan Mastodon-kommentti siitä, miten sarjan kehykset alkavat hukkua hahmojen alle - Hana to yume -brändin japanipokkarit näyttivät ennen hyvin samoilta sarjasta riippumatta: - Fruits Basketin japanilaiset kannet - Suomijulkaisu - Jenkkijulkaisu - Ouran High School Host Clubin japanilaiset kannet - Jenkkijulkaisu - Yona of the Dawnin japanilaiset kannet - Jenkkijulkaisu - Uudemmissa sarjoissa brändiyhteneväisyys on väistänyt sarjakohtaista kansi-ilmaisua: - Takane & Hana, josta kansineen puhuimme jaksossa 16 - Sacrificial Princess and the King of Beasts, josta kansineen puhuimme jaksossa 85 - Liselotte and the Witch's Forest -sarjasta on olemassa japaniksi sekä vanhanmallisia tiukasti brändättyjä että uusia sarjakustomoidumpia pokkareita (kuva) (01:39:00) – MANGAKANNET: KANSITAITTO JA NIMILOGOT - Fujoshiluolan Maijan Desucon Frostbite 2017 -luento BL-tarinoiden kansista (YouTube) - Moderni japanilainen kansitaittotyyli asettelee usein nimitekstit pitkin poikin kantta ja/tai hyvin kevyesti ja ilmavasti: - Koi janai nara namae wo tsukete - Zeichou! Nouzei-ka daisan shuunou-gakari - Blue Flag - And Yet, You Are So Sweet - Toisinaan tämä heijastuu myös jenkkijulkaisuihin: - Anyway, I'm Falling in Love with You - In the Clear Moonlit Dusk - Vanitaksen kirjan japanipokkareissa nimilogo mahtuu pystysuuntaisesti kuvan viereen - …mutta jenkkipokkareissa nimilogo seilaa milloin missäkin ja yrittää olla peittämättä mitään - Ranobehenkiset kannet poksahtelevat joka suuntaan - Let's Buy the Land and Cultivate It in a Different World - Backstabbed in a Backwater Dungeon: My Party Tried to Kill Me, But Thanks to an Infinite Gacha I Got LVL 9999 Friends and Am Out For Revenge - As a Reincarnated Aristocrat, I'll Use My Appraisal Skill to Rise in the World - Acca 13 -kannet - Dear Gene -kansi (01:47:45) – MANGAKANNET: SELKÄMYKSET - Maaretin Mastodon-postaus siitä, miten mukavaa Bookwalker-sovelluksessa on luoda sarjoille omia kustomoituja kirjahyllyjä - Tupla- ja triplapokkareihin mahtuu isommat ja hienommat selkämyskuvat kuin yksittäispokkareihin: - Karneval (kuva) - Girl Friends (kuva) - Aron morsianten jenkkijulkaisut ovat isoja ja kovakantisia, joten selkämyskuva tulee hienommin esiin niissä kuin suomalaisissa pokkarijulkaisuissa (kuva) - Tokyopopin logouudistus ei näytä kauhean kivalta hyllyssä – huomaa myös selkämysten tahattomat värivaihtelut (kuva) - Neon Genesis Evangelionin selkämykset (kuva) - Death Noten jenkkijulkaisu ei näytä kivalta, koska värit ovat synkät ja rankat (kuva) - Salapoliisi Conanin selkämyskuvien jatkotarina (kuva) - Dragon Ballin Aku Ankan Taskukirja -tyyliset pokkarista toiseen jatkuvat selkämyskuvat – eurooppalainen erikoisuus, joita japanilaisista pokkareista ei löydy (kuva) - Jakso 73, jossa puhuimme siitä, miten Crunchyroll uudelleenbrändäsi ostamansa ranskalaisen Kaze-kustantajan pokkarien selkämykset ja lähetti ilmaiseksi kuluttajille näiden pyytämät irtokannet vaihdettavaksi vanhoihin pokkareihin (01:56:16) – MANGAKANNET: YHTEENVETO - Magi-kannet - Orient-kannet - Shibuya Goldfish -kannet (joissa jättiläiskultakalat syövät ihmisiä) - Don't Call It Mystery -kannet ovat aika epäinspiroivia - My Lovey-Dovey Wife is a Stone Cold Killer (02:00:47) – RASTERIFIRMA IC:N HAASTATTELU - Linternauten haastattelu (ranskaksi) - Mangakoiden onnittelutervehdyksiä IC:lle (japaniksi) - One Piece 59:n lukijakysymysosiossa Eiichiro Oda kertoo käyttävänsä sarjassa kolmea IC:n rasterikuviota (kuva) - Shounen-sarjoissa on tyypillisesti vain muutamaa erilaista rasteria (kuva, One Piece) - Shoujo-sarjoissa taas käytetään enemmän erilaisia ja näyttävämpiä rasterikuvioita (kuva, Takane & Hana) (02:18:46) – HUNTER x HUNTERIN HYLÄTTY LOPETUS - ANN: Togashi Yoshihiro Reveals Hunter x Hunter Manga's Possible Ending in Case He Passes Away - Jakso 68, jossa puhuimme viimeksi Hunter x Hunterin tekijä Yoshihiro Togashin terveysongelmista (02:24:47) – KUULIJAKOMMENTTEJA EDELLISIIN KESKUSTELUIHIN - Jakso 92, jossa Maaret valitti kuulijakommenttiosiossa Vanitaksen kirjan käännösratkaisusta vampiiri - Jarmon Mastodon-kommentti jatkoksi Devilman-keskusteluun - Dorohedoro - Dai Dark (02:28:09) – KUULIJAKOMMENTTI: SARJASUOSITUKSIA - Komi Can't Communicate - Maaretille sopivat paremmin dramaattisemmat ja realistisemmat autismikirjokuvaukset, kuten Given, Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury ja Loving Yamada at Lv999 - Titaanien sota - Attack on Titan: Junior High - Attack on Titan: Harsh Mistress of the City - Fairy Tail - Sweetness & Lightning - Toinen samanhenkinen ruoanlaittosarja Takasugi-san's Obento - Jakso 83, jossa puhuimme sarjasta Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You - Tomokazu Sugita - Yuuichi Nakamura - Kenjirou Tsuda - Junichi Suwabe - Atsumi Tanezaki - Aoi Yuuki (02:46:35) – KUULIJAKOMMENTTI: SPY x FAMILY - Jakso 90, jossa puhuimme animesarjojen länkkärisovituksista - Jakso 53, jossa puhuimme Spy x Familystä (02:50:36) – KUULIJAKOMMENTTI: VAIHTOEHTOJA GOOGLE PODCASTSILLE - Podcast Addict - Pocket Casts - Castbox - Mangakartan nettisivujen Kuuntele-osiosta löytyy podcast-sovellusvinkkejä (02:55:29) – LUKUJONOSSA: DOGSRED - Dogsred Manga Plus -palvelussa - Jakso 51, jossa puhuimme Satoru Nodan aikaisemmasta sarjasta Golden Kamuy - Dogsred on reboot Nodan Golden Kamuyta edeltäneestä sarjasta Supinamarada! - ANN: Golden Kamuy's Satoru Noda Reveals New Ice Hockey Sports Manga's Title DOGSRED - Paikallinen Sasuke ei tule toimeen päähenkilön kanssa (kuva) - Päähenkilö osaa temppuja joita muut eivät (kuva) - Sarja kertoo avuliaasti miten jääkiekko toimii (kuva) - Jakso 32, jossa puhuimme nettisarjakuvasta Check, Please! (03:12:39) – LOPETUS

The trio is back togther again with some new exciting changes that are better than what awaits on Planet Punpun. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/right2leftpod/support

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This week the Mangasplaining team dive into one of the most infamous manga in fandom, Inio Asano's Goodnight Pun Pun. Or Oyasumi PunPun, depending on where and when you read it. But Chip has a very unexpected reaction to the book that calls the Mangang to reconsider their memories of the series. First volume syndrome strikes again? Listen and find out (and read the show notes) at Mangasplaining.com! And check out our newsletter and publishing endeavour at MangasplainingExtra.com.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

The trio are back together this week! Richie, Daniel, & Jose bring you Goodnight Punpun Vol. 1 & the One Shot, Look Back by the legendary Fujimoto --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/right2leftpod/support

Otaku Spirit Animecast hosts sit down to review the manga series Solanin. Tips: https://streamelements.com/otakuspirit/tip Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/OtakuSpirit Merch: https://otaku-spirit.creator-spring.com/ YouTube: https://youtube.com/otakuspirit Discord: https://discord.com/invite/rF8JKFCscT OSMusic: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5aQWhNSReEJN27iO8xTIEQ Website: https://OtakuSpirit.com

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Andra försöket att få ut detta avsnitt pga teknikstrul. Samrecension av Peacemaker, metarecension av recensionsboken All of the Marvels, omtuggning av Eternals, skräckserien Something is Killing the Children, animerade dubletten Batman The Long Halloween, knas-mangan Goodnight Punpun och Daniel Ahlgrens Vår enda utväg är avstängd är det som avhandlas i detta avsnitt.

Take the Manga Mavericks 2021 Podcast Survey and get entered into our FREE MANGA giveaway! Click the link to take the survey and listen to the show for details! - https://s.surveyplanet.com/1m409qcf We all know manga is translated from japanese to english, but do you ever think about how the actual text is placed on the page, and who places it there? It doesn't magically appear out of thin air - manga letterers are the folks responsible for putting the words you read on the page, which is not always an easy task, as lettering is more than just fitting words into a balloon, which is hard enough in of itself, but requires creativity and ingenuity to replicate the feel of the original text with creative solutions and hand-drawn effects, and even cleaning, touching up, and redrawing the original art! We've had several manga Letterers on the show to discuss their work before, but today is an especially red-letter day, because we've brought on a dream team, some of the best in the business, to spell out what a manga letterer does and lay down the letter of the law for a letter-perfect walkthrough of the art, process, and career of manga lettering! Joining us on for this auspicious and ambitious roundtable are returning special guests, longtime lettering enthusiast and breakout letterer Aidan, (letterer of Otaku Elf, School Zone Girls, and Toki), Final Fantasy XXV and COR enthusiast Ace Christman (letterer of Black Clover, World Trigger, and Goodnight Punpun), the hashtag LEGEND ™ himself Brandon Bovia (letterer of Kaiju No. 8, Dragon Ball Super, and Snow White with the Red Hair), and welcoming to the first time on the show a real lettering maverick, the queen of letterers - Sara Linsley (letterer of Sweat and Soap, Dandadan, That Wolf Boy is Mine!)! Join us as we spend over three hours discussing the ins and outs of Manga Lettering, including different workflows, the best and worst fonts, working with editors and handling corrections, and many humorous anecdotes about the joys (and frustrations) of the craft! We discuss how essential the art of lettering is, and how it can really define the look of the series just as much as the rest of the artwork, even if many readers don't consciously pay attention to it. We also explore how the work of letterers has evolved over the years, and what publishers can and should do to help make their jobs easier. We cover a lot of ground that will hopefully give you all great insight into one of the most interesting aspects of comics, and it's a bread-and-butter letter of thanks from us to all the hardworking folks responsible for making the words in our comics fun to read! As we've outlined on the show and in our Community Shout-outs, there is a wealth of resources out there to learn more about the craft and career of lettering and I'm glad that even more attention is being brought to discussing the work of manga letterers in particular. I hope that our own letterer's roundtable has provided a worthwhile and valuable contribution to this collection of helpful and educational resources and I hope we'll continue to produce and provide even more spotlights on the work of different letterers and the lettering of different series in upcoming podcasts and profiles now and in many years to come! For a complete list of links and Community Shout-Outs mentioned in this episode, please visit this podcast's webpage at: http://all-comic.com/2022/manga-mavericks-ep-187-letterers-roundtable/ PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:00 - Take the Manga Mavericks 2021 Podcast Survey! 01:45 - Intro 04:47 - New Patron Shout-Out 06:13 - Guest Spots on OverMangaCast (Mashle, Mermaid Saga) LETTERERS ROUNDTABLE!: 09:46 - Introducing our Roundtable! 13:30 - What is Lettering in comics, and what is the job of a letterer? What is good lettering, and what is bad lettering? 18:45 - What are the differences between lettering for western comics versus localized manga? 21:56 - Manga Letterer Origin Stories 22:11 - Sara's History 23:15 - Aidan's History 26:52 - Ace's History 31:50 - Brandon's History 35:55 - What skills, tools, and backgrounds help you thrive as letterers? 1:05:15 - What is the process of Manga Lettering? 1:05:53 - Ace's Workflow 1:08:28 - Sara's Workflow 1:11:40 - Ace's Anecdote about Drawing SFX by Hand 1:13:35 - Aidan's Workflow 1:15:55 - Brandon's Workflow 1:17:35 - Humorous Observations 1:20:25 - Redrawing SFX and Speedlines 1:22:10 - What is work life like as a manga letterer? How do you maintain a Work/Life Balance? 1:31:05 - Working with Editors and Handling Corrections 1:37:56 - Funny Lettering Mishaps 1:41:45 - Fonts & Glyphs: What makes a good font, and what makes a bad one? 2:00:48 - Bad Fonts 2:05:35 - Limitations with Fonts & World Balloons 2:07:37 - Fonts as Part of a Series's Identity 2:14:17 - Who Pays for the Licenses for Fonts? 2:19:50 - How Much Should Your Rates Be? Avoiding Being Exploited as a Freelancer 2:27:15 - What Can Publishers Do To Help Make Letterers' Jobs Easier? 2:41:35 - Favorite and Most Challenging Lettering Projects 2:42:00 - Sara 2:42:18 - Ace 2:45:50 - Aidan 2:48:40 - Brandon 2:50:20 - Sara, Part 2 2:51:10 - Brandon, Part 2 2:58:00 - Q&A's: 2:58:30 - Favorite Part of the Process? 3:03:50 - Is it ok to use parts of the original SFX art while redrawing it? 3:05:33 - How do you redraw art that requires an advanced drawing ability to redo? 3:09:35 - What's a Comic that Really Inspires Your Lettering? 3:15:35 - Favorite Japanese Sound Effect? 3:16:25 - Which Mangaka Use Lettering Really Effectively? 3:20:55 - Desert Island Scenario: What one Sound Effect Font, Dialogue Font, and Typeface would you pick? 3:23:45 - Closing Thoughts & Guest Plugs 3:27:36 - Community Shout-Outs 3:47:40 - Show Plugs & Podcast Wrap-Up Enjoy the show, and follow us on twitter at @manga_mavericks, on tumblr at mangamavericks.tumblr.com, and on Youtube! 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Summer has come to an end, and with the changing of seasons comes another Sorta-Seasonal episode! Where we chose a handful of seasonal anime to watch and review. This time we're talking about Tokyo Revengers, Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid S, Idaten Deities Know Only Peace, My Hero Academia S5, and Spirit Chronicles!Let us know what your favorite anime of the Summer season was! My Hero Academia S5 20:45Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid S 33:15Spirit Chronicles 47:30Idaten Deities Know Only Peace 59:15Tokyo Revengers 1:28:17 Support The Adventure!Patreon Join The Adventure!DiscordTwitter Instagram animexbrotherspodcast@gmail.com All The Links, On One Tree!https://linktr.ee/AnimeBrothersPodcast Intro Song:YungxHarm - No Cap Freestyle feat vacaation Follow YungxHarm   Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/yungxharm/Twitter: @YungxHarmFacebook:https://m.facebook.com/yungxharm/Soundcloud:https://soundcloud.com/yungxharm471 Follow vacaation   Instagram:https://instagram.com/vacaation?igshiTwitter: @vacaation_Facebook:https://m.facebook.com/vacaation/Soundcloud:https://soundcloud.com/vacaation86

The Four-Color Flashback, that most venerated non-Gobbledyween tradition, has been around in some form for nearly all of this podcast's 11 years. And yet--we've never discussed manga, the world's most popular comics format. Paul and Arlo have decided to rectify that with the first volume of Inio Asano's Goodnight Punpun, the surreal exploration of one young boy's troubled adolescence. Punpun Punyama has a crush on the new girl at school, stays with his hipster uncle because of his abusive dad, hears the voice of God, and is beginning to familiarize himself with the art of self-pleasure. Oh, he and his whole family are also rendered as simple little cartoon bird and/or ghost people, while the world around them is drawn in gorgeous detail by Asano. The boys share their limited experience with manga, Arlo enjoys weird vagina monsters, and Paul has an epiphany.   Next: free(style) as a bird(boy).     BREAKDOWN 00:00:55  -  Intro / Guest 00:04:58  -  Main Topic 01:16:40  -  Outro / Next     LINKS Goodnight Punpun: A Masterpiece of Millennial Fiction by Jamie Redgate, Books & Bao Goodnight Punpun and Good Morning Depression by John Smith, Ani-Gamers Manga Review: Goodnight Punpun by Jack Poskus, NEIU Independent Goodnight Punpun is the Strangest Manga of the Year (and One of the Best) by Tom Speelman, Comics Alliance The Depths of Despair: Oyasumi Punpun Manga by Lumi(?), Lumi Reviews Things       MUSIC “Baby Blue” by Fishmans, Kuuchuu Camp (1996) “Iko Iko” by The Dixie Cups, Chapel of Love (1964)     GOBBLEDYCARES National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/  Support AAPI communities and those affected by anti-Asian violence: https://www.gofundme.com/c/act/stop-aapi-hate Support the AAPI Civic Engagement Fund: https://aapifund.org/ Support Black Lives Matter and find anti-racism resources: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/

It shouldn't really come as any great surprise to anyone but it turns out the boys have been living their lives in sin...comic book sin. Now it's time to beg for forgiveness. Join the safe space on holy ground and prepare to pass your own judgement as each of the crew bear their souls in a hopes to avoid an eternity of damnation in comic book hell. We also have news, some lovely reviews, a nice letter and sort of possibly a sinful dream. SHOW NOTES: 00:00 : Intro & News 53:00 Reviews : - Star Wars: War of the Bounty Hunters Alpha - Marjorie Finnegan Temporal Criminal #1 - Heroes Reborn #1 - Carnage: black, white & blood #3 - Flash #769 - Goodnight Punpun vol.2 - The Blue Flame #1 1:39:20 COMIC BOOK CONFESSIONAL 2:06:40 BA’s PA  2:11:03 Sandman Tales

Patrick and Bob compare and contrast episode 34 of Gundam Wing and G Gundam to learn what works and does not about each of them.  Bob struggles to accept his growing color blindness. Patrick thinks his drink has been poisoned, but Lev refuses to be his taste-tester. Was the beverage tainted? Find out on this week's episode of Zaku Talk! E-mail the host as zakutalkcast@gmail.com Goodnight Punpun available at: https://www.amazon.com/Goodnight-Punpun-Vol-Inio-Asano/dp/1421586207 Evangelion is... a show you are already well familiar with, most likely. Don Hertzfeld's 'World of Tomorrow' Kicktarter is available at: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/worldoftomorrow/world-of-tomorrow-the-first-three-episodes-on-blu-ray/description Opening song - Erupting Burning Finger by Kohei Tanaka Ending song - Just Communication by Two-Mix Artwork by Kiley Mantis zaku, talk, gundam, skeyhill, quixotic, wing, g, skerry, communication, erupting, burning, finger, thirty, four, 34

We talk about Goodnight Punpun and how much it resonated with Jozy. The boys try to convince each other to watch a series they like and Alex must choose between Bryan and Jozy's waifus. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

This week on A Novel Console, Chris and Karradyne finally announce the winners of the Patreon giveaway. They also talk about a mysterious listener, Karradyne's shelf project, and a Stressful Game Study. Then Karradyne explores the weird life of a bird boy in Goodnight Punpun. Afterwards, Chris helps the Exalted One save the world in Fire Emblem Awakening. They finish off the episode by having two mediocre "Mexican" meals.⁣⁣You can contact us at:anovelconsole@gmail.comFacebook.com/anovelconsoleTwitter.com/anovelconsoleInstagram: @anovelconsolePatreon.com/anovelconsoleOther Streaming Platforms:anovelconsole.carrd.coOur art was done by:Instagram: @metamorphikei

This week the gang are joined by writer and artist Zoe Thorogood (The Impending Blindness of Billie Scott) to talk about the creation of her fantastic debut comic, experimenting with art, pitching to publishers, deadlines and loads more. There is also tons of laughs, comic books to check out, new babies, impending kickstarters and more! Great stuff to check out this week - Zoe Thorogood, The Impending Blindness of Billie Scott, Angel, Avery Hill, Vyper Kickstarter, Spacewarp, Goodnight PunPun, Snake Claws: The Forbidden Manual, Foot Fist Frankenstein, Fear Agent CLICK HERE TO GET COPIES OF OUR ANTHOLOGY - AWESOME COMICS Let us know what you think! Email: awesomecomicspod@gmail.com  Join the discussion today at our facebook group Awesome Comics Talk Check out the folks who sponsor this lil show - the mighty folks at Comichaus! If you love our Intro/Outro music, then check out the brilliant Chad Fifer and more of his musical badassery at www.chadfifer.bandcamp.com  

Patrick and Bob compare and contrast episode 3 of Gundam Wing and G Gundam to learn what works and does not about each of them.  Bob finds Heero's abilities unbelievable, meanwhile a boxing ring forms around the Earth in the Future Century. Goodnight Punpun by Inio Asano: https://www.amazon.com/Goodnight-Punpun-Vol-Inio-Asano/dp/1421586207 Opening song - Erupting Burning Finger by Kohei Tanaka Ending song - Just Communication by Two-Mix Artwork by Kiley Mantis zaku, talk, gundam, skeyhill, quixotic, wing, g, skerry, communication, erupting, burning, finger, three, 3

Callum and Zach explore the works of Inio Asano, famous for such manga as Goodnight Punpun, Dead Dead Demons DeDeDe De Destruction, Solanin, and more! We also briefly chat about Shuzo Oshimi, Gantz, Berserk, and why A Girl on the Shore is one of the hardest manga to recommend to people.

We try to figure out what we just read in our last manga episode.

This 2007 manga serial by Inio Asano seems like a simple story about a middle-school boy growing up in Japan. But we find that using symbolic simplicity together with the detailed, weird world of adults, Asano has been described as the voice of his generation. Interested in the media we discussed this episode? Please support the show by purchasing it through our affiliate store: Goodnight PunPun, Volume 1 Additional Resources: INIO ASANO INTERVIEW — “REALITY IS TOUGH, SO READ THIS MANGA ABOUT CUTE GIRLS AND FEEL BETTER” The disaffected world of Inio Asano GOODNIGHT PUNPUN Is A Horrifying Glance In The Mirror Preview: Inio Asano’s Goodnight Punpun is an ode to life’s awkwardness ‘GOODNIGHT PUNPUN’ IS THE STRANGEST MANGA OF THE YEAR (AND ONE OF THE BEST) Saying Goodbye to Childhood in Goodnight Punpun Interview: Goodnight Punpun Creator Inio Asano

The Raleigh SuperCon, Cadence Comic Art, Chris Bachalo, Jose Delbo, Marvel-O-Rama: Infinity Wars Prime #1, Venom #4, Amazing Spider-Man #2, and The Sentry #2, Swamp Thing, Deadpool, The Unexpected #1, Image-O-Rama: The Magic Order #2 and Evolution #7, Valiant-O-Rama: Bloodshot: Salvation and X-O Manowar, Goodnight Punpun, plus a whole mess more!

Time Codes: 00:00:32 - Introduction 00:02:47 - Broken promises 00:04:09 - Dead Dead Demon's De De De De Destruction, Vol. 1 01:01:16 - The Troublemakers 01:58:46 - Wotakoi: Love Is Hard for Otaku, Vol. 1 02:20:52 - Wrap up 02:22:11 - Contact us Fully Loaded On the last episodein The Comics Alternative's monthly manga series -- a show that was supposed to be the May episode, but was actually a late April show -- Shea and Derek promised that they would provide an additional manga episode at the very end of May, and that thatshow would be the realMay show. As reality unfolded, the two guys had problems in coordinating their schedules and being available at the same time. And as a result, you get this episode. But it's an extra-long episode, one that includes discussions of not two but three recent manga releases. They begin with the first volume in a the latest series from one of their favorites, Inio Asano. Dead Dead Demon's De De De De Destruction (VIZ Media) is an unusual work that, in many ways, reminds the guys of Goodnight Punpun they reviewed in March 2016, a title that they especially loved. And they appreciate this new work at least as much. This new book begins as a realistic narrative of Tokyo schoolgirls and their everyday interactions at school. Soon, though, the reader discover that this is not a normal environment, but one where the city is, literally, living under the shadow of a giant mysterious spaceship that visited them three years previously. Next they turn to a notable new release from Retrofit/Big Planet Comics, Baron Yoshimoto's The Troublemakers. Translated and edited by Ryan Holmberg, this is a collection of six short works of gekiga that vary in narrative approach, theme, and (to a lesser degree) style. All of these pieces were originally released between 1966 and 1974, and in a variety of publications. The volume ends with a magnificent essay, providing history and context, by the book's editor. This book marks the first translation of Yoshimoto's into English. The guys conclude with a completely different kind of book, Fujita's Wotakoi: Love Is Hard for Otaku, Vol. 1(Kodansha Comics). The title is a series of episodes -- think of a sitcom -- of a small group of young workers, all of whom are otaku (those with obsessive interests in very specific, especially fan-based, media and culture) and interact in everyday scenarios, at work and otherwise. The guys aren't near as enthusiastic about this work as they are with the others reviewed in this episode. However, Derek is more open to Wotakoithan Shea. In fact, Shea even wonders if the emphases in this series may not even be counterproductive, if not harmful, to consumer health.

In this episode James and Nick talk Goodnight Punpun, The Defenders, and more!

Angela and Kelly spend a week catching up on current events. Kelly talks about what she saw on her trip to Japan, including the Weekly Shonen Jump Exhibition in Tokyo and lots of ads for Golden Kamuy, and Angela catches us up on some major comics news items from the past few weeks, like the failed Deadpool cartoon and what's going on with the Batgirl film. Plus: Kelly talks about why she hates Funko Pops and we mourn the late Isao Takahata. Book reviews: Citrus by Saburouta, Goodnight Punpun by Inio Asano Twitter: @onepanellater | Show notes: onepanellater.com

Time Codes: 00:00:27 - Introduction 00:03:14 - Contexts and caveats 00:11:32 - Our favorite comics of 2017 02:09:06 - Wrapping up our favorites, and honorable mentions 02:13:52 - Contact us Paul and Derek are back with The Comics Alternative's annual "Favorites" episode. This is where the Two Guys share what they consider to be the best comics of the past year. Usually this year-end show is released as the very last regular review episode of each year, but this time around the guys had to postpone the recording due to family issues. But we're not far from the end of 2017, and Paul and Derek wanted to get the show out in as timely a manner as possible. So here you have it, the Two Guys' 10 favorite titles of 2017: Paul's Top 10 of 2017 The Best We Could Do: An Illustrated Memoir - Thi Bui (Abrams) Mech Cadet Yu - Greg Pak and Tak Miyazawa (BOOM! Studios) Golden Kamuy - Satoru Noda (VIZ Media) Tenements, Towers and Trash: An Unconventional Illustrated History of New York City - Julia Wertz (Black Dog & Leventhal) Lighter Than My Shadow - Katie Green (Lion Forge) Pope Hats #5 - Ethan Rilly (Adhouse) Spinning - Tillie Walden (First Second) Nightlights - Lorena Alvarez (Nobrow Press) Eartha - Cathy Malkasian (Fantagraphics) My Favorite Thing Is Monsters - Emil Ferris (Fantagraphics) Derek's Top 10 of 2017 Goodnight Punpun, Vols 5-7 - Inio Asano (VIZ Media) Doom Patrol - Gerard Way and Nick Derington / Shade, The Changing Girl – Cecil Castellucci and Marley Zarcone (Young Animal - DC Comics) Everything Is Flammable - Gabrielle Bell (Uncivilized Books) Cartoon Clouds - Joseph Remnant (Fantagraphics) Education - John Hankiewicz (Fantagraphics) The Abominable Mr. Seabrook – Joe Ollmann (Drawn and Quarterly) Uncomfortably Happily - Yeon-sik Hong (Drawn and Quarterly) Grass Kings - Matt Kindt and Tyler Jenkins (BOOM! Studios) / Royal City - Jeff Lemire (Image Comics) Palookaville 23 - Seth (Drawn and Quarterly) My Favorite Thing Is Monsters - Emil Ferris (Fantagraphics) The Honorable Mentions…These Titles Almost, but Just Didn't Quite, Make It onto Each Guy's List For Paul Black - Kwanza Osajyefo, Tim Smith III, Jamal Igle, Khary Randolph and Sarah Litt (Black Mask Comics) Motor Girl - Terry Moore (Abstract Studio) Rock Candy Mountain - Kyle Starks (Image Comics) Mister Miracle - Tom King and Mitch Gerads (DC Comics) Giant Days - John Allison and Lissa Treiman (BOOM! Box) Crickets # 6 - Sammy Harkham (Fantagraphics) Boundless - Jillian Tamaki (Drawn and Quarterly) House of Women - Sophie Goldstein (Fantagraphics) Savage Town - Declan Shalvey and Philip Barrett (Image Comics) The Stone Heart - Faith Erin Hicks (First Second) Mighty Jack and the Goblin King - Ben Hatke (First Second) Uncomfortably Happily - Yeon-Sik Hong (Drawn and Quarterly) For Derek Happy Hour in America #1 - Tim Lane (Fantagraphics) Fire!!: The Zora Neal Hurston Story - Peter Bagge (Drawn and Quarterly) Her Bark and Her Bite - James Albon (Top Shelf) Unreal City - D.J. Bryant (Fantagraphics) Time and Vine - Thom Zahler (IDW) Resist! - Francoise Mouly and Nadja Spiegelman Calamity Jane: The Calamitous Life of Martha Jane Cannary - Christian Perrissin and Matthieu Blanchin (IDW) Lighter Than My Shadow - Katie Green (Lion Forge)  

Rikuo has a crisis of faith in his new robot buddies when an upstart android steals the spotlight from him at a piano competition. Misaki also discovers that yet another patron at Eve no Jikan is a robot. Also featuring: Back Street Girls, Happiness, Boku wa Mari no Naka, and Goodnight Punpun. Haven’t seen Eve no […] Read this post in its entirety at 57: Extremely Insensitive (Eve no Jikan 5)

Welcome to Multiversity Manga Club! Each month your intrepid hosts Zach Wilkerson, Emily Richardson, and Walter Richardson will pick a new series to discuss, usually focusing on the first few volumes. It’s like the old Manga Club, but for your ears! But that’s not all — each month we will also discuss the past month’s worth of chapters in various ongoing series we are currently reading, usually those running in Weekly Shonen Jump. Our eleventh book club choice is "Goodnight Punpun" by Inio Asano. We also discuss the previous month in some of our favorite (and least favorite) Weekly Shonen Jump series. Join us next month as we discuss "Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind" by Hayao Miyazaki.

Thanksgiving is tomorrow, and the folks at The Comics Alternative all gather around the virtual table to share what they are thankful for in terms of comics and comics culture. Pulling up a seat this year are Gwen, Paul, Sean, Gene, Edward, and Derek. Among the many things that they're thankful for are First Second's Science Comics and Secret Coders series, local comics shops (Comix Revolution in Evanston, IL, and Heroes Aren't Hard to Find in Charlotte, NC) and local conventions (such as CAKE), being able to meet your comics heroes, such as Gary Panter and Trina Robbins, the conclusion of Inio Asano's Goodnight Punpun series, Fantagraphics and its always impressive output, such as this year's Now and How to Read Nancy, Françoise Mouly and Nadja Spiegelman's Resist!, Craig Yoe, the growing number of publishers of Franco-Belgian comics, having dinner with Gilbert Hernandez and his family, Kodansha Comics and its ongoing efforts to publish quality editions of classic (and not-so-classic) manga, and the many creators and publicists who help to make this podcast possible! What more could one ask for in a holiday podcast episode? Well...maybe some pie.

Welcome to Multiversity Manga Club! Each month your intrepid hosts Zach Wilkerson, Emily Myers, and Walter Richardson will pick a new series to discuss, usually focusing on the first few volumes. It’s like the old Manga Club, but for your ears! But that’s not all — each month we will also discuss the past month’s worth of chapters in various ongoing series we are currently reading, usually those running in Weekly Shonen Jump. Our ninth book club choice is “Berserk" by Kentaro Miura. We also discuss the previous month in some of our favorite (and least favorite) Weekly Shonen Jump series. Join us next month as we discuss "Goodnight Punpun" by Inio Asano.

There is tremendous skill and craft underpinning this incredibly, but not completely, depressing work.

Welcome to our mega-sized 150th episode! Seamus is out but Dawn “Usamimi” from the Anime Nostalgia Podcast returns to talk about horror manga! We take an in-depth look at Junji Ito’s earlier work Tomie and talk about Junji Ito’s other works, the live-action movie series, answer what qualifies as horror, and suggest other horror manga! We also discuss rewatching Eureka Seven: AO, seeing Kiki's Delivery Service in theaters, praise for Goodnight Punpun, the lovable delinquents of Slam Dunk & Yu Yu Hakusho, the guilty pleasures of Dragon Ball Super, finally watching My Hero Academia, the bad seasons of Yamishibai: Japanese Ghost Stories, the reboot of Magical Circle(Mahoujin Guru Guru), the upcoming Netflix’s CG reboot of Saint Seiya, the live-action Ajin: Demi-Human, the Psycho-Pass season that ‘shall not be discussed’, hate watching The Lost Village, hype for Devilman Crybaby, Masaaki Yuasa’s The Night is Short, Walk On Girl & Lu Over the Wall, bio-flesh horror in A.I.C.O. Incarnation, the anime adaptation of Golden Kamuy, bad CG in BERSERK, the live-action One Piece TV show, and an email from BEASTARS creator Paru Itagaki!!!

It's time to look at the current Previews catalog from Diamond, and for this month Derek is joined by Paul, the new cohost of the monthly Young Readers series. Paul has helped out on earlier Previews shows, and as Andy has jokingly pointed out, on those occasions the episodes have tended to clock in on the longish side. And indeed, that's what happens this week! But the lengthiness of the April Previews show is filled not only with choice solicits, but also with critical commentary, astute observations, and even a couple of soapbox rants. In their highlights from this month's catalog, the guys discuss offerings from: Dark Horse Comics - Briggs Land: Lone Wolves #1, Bankshot #1, Calla Cthulhu, and the trade of Dead Inside DC/Vertigo - Shade, the Changing Girl, Vol. 1: Earth Girl Made Easy and a new edition of It's a Bird... IDW Publishing/Top Shelf - Clue #1, Surfside Girls: The Secret of Danger Point, and Super Weird Heroes: Preposterous but True! Image Comics - Crosswind #1, The Divided States of Hysteria #1, Shirtless Bear-Fighter #1, and Tokyo Ghost Deluxe Edition AdHouse - Tarantula Aftershock Comics - Jimmy's Bastards #1 and Babyteeth #1 Alternative Comics - King Cat Comics and Stories #77 Big Planet/Retrofit Comics - Canopy Black Mask Studios - The Skeptics and Beautiful Canvas #1 BOOM! Studios - The Unsound #1 Cinebook - Alone, Vol. 7: The Lowlands Clarion Books - Fish Girl and Lint Boy Dynamite Entertainment - Blood Brothers #1 Dover Publications - Kafkaesque Drawn and Quarterly - If Found...Please Return to Elise Gravel Fantagraphics Books - A New Low, Ripple: A Predilection for Tina, All Time Comics: Blind Justice #1, and Vague Tales Farrah, Straus and Giroux - Four Points, Book 2: Knife's Edge First Second - The Big Bad Fox and Making Scents Knopf Publishing - Rickety Stitch and Gelatinous Goo, Vol. 1: The Road to Epoli Kodansha Comics - Appleseed Alpha, Vol. 1 Lion Forge - Noble, Vol. 1 #1 and Jazz Maynard, Vol. 1 #1 Nobrow - Garbage Night Oni Press - The Sixth Gun, Book One: Cold Dead Fingers (Square One Edition), Heartthrob, Season Two #1, and Angel City: Town without Pity Sunday Press - Foolish Questions and Other Odd Observations: Rube Goldberg, Early Comics 1909-1919 Ten Speed Press - The Life-Changing Manga of Tidying Up Titan Comics - Normandy Gold #1 and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo-Millennium #1 Udon Entertainment - Manga Classics: The Count of Monte Cristo and Manga Classics: The Jungle Book Valiant Entertainment - Secret Weapons #1 VIZ Media - Golden Kamuy, Vol. 1, Manga in Theory and Practice: The Craft of Creating Manga, and Goodnight Punpun, Vol. 6 Z2 Comics - Murder Ballads Rutgers University Press - Superman: The Persistence of an American Icon  

Alternatively titled: Dr. Stockholm, Or: How I Learned To Stop Hating and Love Black Clover. ^ I was thinking of making that the episode title but I thought it would be too long. But yes, today's episode is all about the up-and-coming Shonen Jump hit, Black Clover, to celebrate it passing 100 chapters, two years of serialization, and an upcoming anime. Colton never continued with Black Clover past the first chapter, but since the start of the year, he's been working his way through the series in preparation of doing this very podcast. It was a tumultuous journey, full of ups and downs as Colton struggled to decide whether he enjoys or hates the series. And now, three months later, he finally has his answer. I won't spoil his position, but to quote a certain letterer, "Hooray for stockholm syndrome!" Who is this "certain letterer" I'm referring to, you ask? Why, she's only our special guest for this episode, the one and only Annaliese Christman, the official english letter for Black Clover and World Trigger in Viz's Weekly Shonen Jump, not to mention a ton of other Viz titles including Terraformars and Goodnight Punpun. In the face of Annaliese's excited cries of "BLACK CLOVER!" even the cynical, cold-hearted Colton couldn't help but warm up to the series. But just in case, we had another backup prepared in the form of good friend and frequent guest Maxy Barnard of Friendship! Effort! Victory!, whose favorite currently-running Shonen Jump manga happens to be, you guessed it, Black Clover. Poor Colton. He never stood a chance... But seriously, talking with Annaliese was an absolute delight, as she dived into her experiences as a letterer and the challenges of the profession. Not to mention delving into details and factoids about manga publishing not often talked about, including insight regarding Black Clover's translator "HC Language Solutions Inc." (which in retrospect we could've easily researched, but still!). She also shares interesting anecdotes about her experiences meeting with Tabata-sensei and Katayama-san at Jump Festa, and helps us answer questions regarding the Black Clover light novel everyone's curious about! Not to mention providing a ton of fun observations and passionate discussion on Black Clover itself! If you're a fan of Black Clover, our nearly two and a half hour discourse on the series is surely not to be missed! But, to quote Asta, we're not done yet! Before we get to the discussion we have to cover the news first, and somehow manage to take care of it in less than an hour? What! That can't possibly be right, can it? Yes, we changed format a bit and decided to talk news without our guests before we did the discussion, which in retrospect really worked out in our favor since we were able to be more efficient taking care of news and had more time to be able to devote to the discussion itself. Expect this format to continue going forward. Anyways, news topics this week include new details on the upcoming Rurouni Kenshin: Hokkaido Arc manga, new manga adaptations coming to Netflix next year, and a poll where japanese fans ranked the manga they most wanted to see adapted into anime...with surprising results! Oh, and LumRanmaYasha rants a little bit about how terrible the Fuuka anime's major plot change is and why it makes no sense and misguided and infuriating. Oh man, is that a topic that could make for it's own podcast one of these days... PODCAST BREAKDOWN: Part 1: News 00:22 - Intro & Updates! 3:17 - New Yen Press Licenses! 5:37 - One Peace Books Will Publish the Mikagura School Suite Light Novels & Manga 6:13 - Dark Horse Will Finally Release More Drifters and Blood Blockade Battlefront Volumes! 8:23 - Ikumi Fukuda launches manga adaptation of Nana Toshi Monogatari novel by Yoshiki Tanaka 10:23 - Weekly Shonen Sunday News 14:00 - Tonkatsu DJ Agetaro Will End in 2 chapters 15:17 - New Manga by Coolkyoushinja On the Way 17:20 - Sasaki Hisashi Reveals New Details of the Upcoming Rurouni Kenshin: Hokkaido Arc Manga 19:47 - CLAMP’s New HIGH&LOW Manga Debuts in Weekly Shonen Magazine 22:11 - Dead Dead Demon’s Dedededestruction Will Be On Hiatus Until Fall 22:57 - Netflix News 27:00 - Kino’s Journey is Getting a New Anime 29:11 - Harper Collins Japan launches Otome Dolce manga 31:31 - Rumiko Takahashi Has Over 200 Million Copies of Manga in Print Worldwide! 33:41 - Leiji Matsumoto Aims to Link All His Works Together! 35:11 - The Reason Why the Fuuka Anime Diverged From the Manga! 40:11 - Anime! Anime!’s 2017 List of Manga That Should Be Adapted Into Anime Part 2: Black Clover Discussion w/Annaliese Christman & Maxy Barnard 47:20 - Interview with Annaliese Christman 1:10:52 - Black Clover Discussion Q&As: 2:31:07 - Twitter Comments 2:36:20 - “Is Daisuke Ashihara Recovering Okay?” 2:39:39 - “Did Daisuke Ashihara Know About the Amount of Characters He Would Introduce in the Story Ahead of Time?” 2:41:35 - “Does Gauche’s Mirror Reflect at the Speed of Light?” 2:43:03 - “What is Our Favorite Arc of Black Clover So Far?” 2:47:30 - “Did We Like How the Light Novel Characters Were Used in the Recent Arc?" 2:49:19 - “Will the Black Clover Light Novel be Localized?” 2:51:20 - "Are We Excited For the Black Clover Anime?" 2:54:03 - “Opinions on Tabata’s Editor, Tatsuhiko Katayama?” 2:56:46 - “Is Black Clover Really Popular in Japan?” 3:03:16 - “How Long Do We Think Black Clover Will Run For?” 3:04:56 - “Why Were the Light Novel Characters Introduced in the Manga?” 3:06:30 - “Would We Prefer a Long-Running or Seasonal Black Clover Anime?” 3:06:50 -“Do You Think Tabata Has Most of the Plot Planned Out?” 3:07:43 - “Which Protagonist Does Tabata Prefer?” 3:08:24 - Wrap-Up Enjoy the show, and follow us on twitter at @manga_mavericks, on tumblr at mangamavericks.tumblr.com, and now on Youtube! You can also follow the hosts at @sniperking323 and @lumranmayasha, and special guests Annaliese Christman at @kaitou_ace and Maxy Barnard at @MaxyTheBee. If you want to see more Shonen Jump discussion from us, you're in luck, because in our next episode we'll be discussing My Hero Academia with the host of the Ass Backwards Anime Podcast, Doctor! Don’t forget to also like and subscribe to us on Youtube and iTunes and leave us reviews to help us curate the show and create better content! If there are any topics, series or mangaka you would like to see us talk about on the show, drop us a line in the comments below, or e-mail us at mangamavericks@gmail.com! Thanks for listening!

Alternatively titled: Dr. Stockholm, Or: How I Learned To Stop Hating and Love Black Clover. ^ I was thinking of making that the episode title but I thought it would be too long. But yes, today's episode is all about the up-and-coming Shonen Jump hit, Black Clover, to celebrate it passing 100 chapters, two years of serialization, and an upcoming anime. Colton never continued with Black Clover past the first chapter, but since the start of the year, he's been working his way through the series in preparation of doing this very podcast. It was a tumultuous journey, full of ups and downs as Colton struggled to decide whether he enjoys or hates the series. And now, three months later, he finally has his answer. I won't spoil his position, but to quote a certain letterer, "Hooray for stockholm syndrome!" Who is this "certain letterer" I'm referring to, you ask? Why, she's only our special guest for this episode, the one and only Annaliese Christman, the official english letter for Black Clover and World Trigger in Viz's Weekly Shonen Jump, not to mention a ton of other Viz titles including Terraformars and Goodnight Punpun. In the face of Annaliese's excited cries of "BLACK CLOVER!" even the cynical, cold-hearted Colton couldn't help but warm up to the series. But just in case, we had another backup prepared in the form of good friend and frequent guest Maxy Barnard of Friendship! Effort! Victory!, whose favorite currently-running Shonen Jump manga happens to be, you guessed it, Black Clover. Poor Colton. He never stood a chance... But seriously, talking with Annaliese was an absolute delight, as she dived into her experiences as a letterer and the challenges of the profession. Not to mention delving into details and factoids about manga publishing not often talked about, including insight regarding Black Clover's translator "HC Language Solutions Inc." (which in retrospect we could've easily researched, but still!). She also shares interesting anecdotes about her experiences meeting with Tabata-sensei and Katayama-san at Jump Festa, and helps us answer questions regarding the Black Clover light novel everyone's curious about! Not to mention providing a ton of fun observations and passionate discussion on Black Clover itself! If you're a fan of Black Clover, our nearly two and a half hour discourse on the series is surely not to be missed! But, to quote Asta, we're not done yet! Before we get to the discussion we have to cover the news first, and somehow manage to take care of it in less than an hour? What! That can't possibly be right, can it? Yes, we changed format a bit and decided to talk news without our guests before we did the discussion, which in retrospect really worked out in our favor since we were able to be more efficient taking care of news and had more time to be able to devote to the discussion itself. Expect this format to continue going forward. Anyways, news topics this week include new details on the upcoming Rurouni Kenshin: Hokkaido Arc manga, new manga adaptations coming to Netflix next year, and a poll where japanese fans ranked the manga they most wanted to see adapted into anime...with surprising results! Oh, and LumRanmaYasha rants a little bit about how terrible the Fuuka anime's major plot change is and why it makes no sense and misguided and infuriating. Oh man, is that a topic that could make for it's own podcast one of these days... PODCAST BREAKDOWN: Part 1: News 00:22 - Intro & Updates! 3:17 - New Yen Press Licenses! 5:37 - One Peace Books Will Publish the Mikagura School Suite Light Novels & Manga 6:13 - Dark Horse Will Finally Release More Drifters and Blood Blockade Battlefront Volumes! 8:23 - Ikumi Fukuda launches manga adaptation of Nana Toshi Monogatari novel by Yoshiki Tanaka 10:23 - Weekly Shonen Sunday News 14:00 - Tonkatsu DJ Agetaro Will End in 2 chapters 15:17 - New Manga by Coolkyoushinja On the Way 17:20 - Sasaki Hisashi Reveals New Details of the Upcoming Rurouni Kenshin: Hokkaido Arc Manga 19:47 - CLAMP’s New HIGH&LOW Manga Debuts in Weekly Shonen Magazine 22:11 - Dead Dead Demon’s Dedededestruction Will Be On Hiatus Until Fall 22:57 - Netflix News 27:00 - Kino’s Journey is Getting a New Anime 29:11 - Harper Collins Japan launches Otome Dolce manga 31:31 - Rumiko Takahashi Has Over 200 Million Copies of Manga in Print Worldwide! 33:41 - Leiji Matsumoto Aims to Link All His Works Together! 35:11 - The Reason Why the Fuuka Anime Diverged From the Manga! 40:11 - Anime! Anime!’s 2017 List of Manga That Should Be Adapted Into Anime Part 2: Black Clover Discussion w/Annaliese Christman & Maxy Barnard 47:20 - Interview with Annaliese Christman 1:10:52 - Black Clover Discussion Q&As: 2:31:07 - Twitter Comments 2:36:20 - “Is Daisuke Ashihara Recovering Okay?” 2:39:39 - “Did Daisuke Ashihara Know About the Amount of Characters He Would Introduce in the Story Ahead of Time?” 2:41:35 - “Does Gauche’s Mirror Reflect at the Speed of Light?” 2:43:03 - “What is Our Favorite Arc of Black Clover So Far?” 2:47:30 - “Did We Like How the Light Novel Characters Were Used in the Recent Arc?" 2:49:19 - “Will the Black Clover Light Novel be Localized?” 2:51:20 - "Are We Excited For the Black Clover Anime?" 2:54:03 - “Opinions on Tabata’s Editor, Tatsuhiko Katayama?” 2:56:46 - “Is Black Clover Really Popular in Japan?” 3:03:16 - “How Long Do We Think Black Clover Will Run For?” 3:04:56 - “Why Were the Light Novel Characters Introduced in the Manga?” 3:06:30 - “Would We Prefer a Long-Running or Seasonal Black Clover Anime?” 3:06:50 -“Do You Think Tabata Has Most of the Plot Planned Out?” 3:07:43 - “Which Protagonist Does Tabata Prefer?” 3:08:24 - Wrap-Up Enjoy the show, and follow us on twitter at @manga_mavericks, on tumblr at mangamavericks.tumblr.com, and now on Youtube! You can also follow the hosts at @sniperking323 and @lumranmayasha, and special guests Annaliese Christman at @kaitou_ace and Maxy Barnard at @MaxyTheBee. If you want to see more Shonen Jump discussion from us, you're in luck, because in our next episode we'll be discussing My Hero Academia with the host of the Ass Backwards Anime Podcast, Doctor! Don’t forget to also like and subscribe to us on Youtube and iTunes and leave us reviews to help us curate the show and create better content! If there are any topics, series or mangaka you would like to see us talk about on the show, drop us a line in the comments below, or e-mail us at mangamavericks@gmail.com! Thanks for listening!

This week Dawn “Usamimi” from the Anime Nostalgia Podcast is back to talk about one of her favorite series, Sailor Moon! We examine everything from the differences of the manga vs. the anime to the recently aired Sailor Moon Crystal! Also on this episode, Dawn’s been reading Goodnight Punpun and recommends Naoki Urasawa's Manben for a look behind the scenes of creating manga, darfox checks out Reiraku and likes the unique art of BEASTARS, we celebrate the English release of My Brother’s Husband and Ichi-F, we discuss the difficulty of translating and the slippery slope of fan-translations, and we’re hyped for devilman crybaby by Masaaki Yuasa but not so much for Eureka Seven Hi-Evolution!!!

In this episode, Danika Harrod from Vice (formerly a brand manager at Crunchyroll) joins Evan and David to talk about Inio Asano’s manga A Girl on the Shore, aka “by far Asano’s horniest work.” Before that, though, the hosts talk about Mob Psycho 100, Berserk, and The Osamu Tezuka Story. Topics include: A Boy at the Club, Game of Thrones with Senpai, and eating the poop. Runtime: 1 hour, 10 minutes Direct Download RSS Feed Subscribe via: iTunes, Sticher, Google Music Send us Feedback! More episodes Show Notes Opening/Ending Song: “Blues Machine” by Scott Gratton Evan went to the club. All three hosts are watching Mob Psycho 100. Danika is watching Berserk. Teekyu is definitely the same thing as Berserk. Evan is reading The Osamu Tezuka Story (look for his review on Ani-Gamers). A Girl on the Shore is by Inio Asano Other Asano manga: Solanin, Goodnight Punpun, Nijigahara Holograph, What a Wonderful World Twitter: Ani-Gamers, Evan, David, Danika Evan writes for Otaku USA Magazine and just hosted his final episode of the Crunchycast. Danika is working for Vice and makes awesome music!

For the March episode of The Comics Alternative's manga series, Shea and Derek discuss two recent releases, both by Inio Asano: A Girl on the Shore (Vertical Comics) and Goodnight Punpun, Vol. 1 (VIZ Media). Before they plunge into those titles, though, they provide a bit of context about Asano's style and briefly discuss his other works that have been translated into English. The guys primarily reference Solanin and Nijigahara Holograph as key Asano texts, but they also mention the two-volume series of short stories, What a Wonderful World. In many ways, Derek feels that A Girl on the Shore is a cross between Solanin's emphasis on relationships and Nijigahara Holograph's fractured or more experimental narration. The guys also spend a good amount of time talking about the sexually explicit nature of the recent book. Most of A Girl on the Shore centers on its protagonists, Kuome and Isobe, slowly exploring one another, and much of that exploration is sexual in nature. However, neither Shea nor Derek feel that the visualizations are gratuitous in any way, and that Asano even complicates his explicitness through certain intriguing artistic choices. Next, the guys turn to a completely different kind of story, and one that's a little more challenging to wrap your brain around. Goodnight Punpun originally ran for thirteen volumes in Japan, and this month VIZ Media began releasing the English translation in larger, two-in-one editions. In this first volume, we're introduced to Punpun Punyama, a weird, largely silent bird-like creature who is supposedly a young human boy as are all of the other characters in the story. (Only the Punyama family is depicted as abstracted birds...although for all we know, this is a world where abstracted birds living with humans has been normalized.) While the storyline of this first volume is fairly straightforward -- primarily a quest narrative for Punpun and his friends, and mostly involving Punpun's love interest, Aiko -- the manner of storytelling isn't. At times Asano's art is surreal or even psychedelic, and the events that occur can be downright trippy. Derek is fascinated by the hipster figure of god that keeps popping up throughout the book, and Shea likens Asano's style to something approximating magical realism. All in all, this first installment of Goodnight Punpun is a fun punch in the gut that has the guys eagerly anticipating the next volumes to be released later this year. But then again, as far as Shea and Derek are concerned, any Inio Asano is worth eagerly anticipating.

Hello human friends! Welcome to the sleepiest-ever episode of The Trades. In this episode you will find: some gossip, some poop jokes, discussions of Goodnight Pupun, Mister Wolf, No Mercy, the MCU, aaaaaaaaand how to pronounce 'kitsch.' Brief TWs for mention of domestic violence in Goodnight Punpun, also Aaron makes a joke about becoming a drug mule and i could understand if that bothers you.

Welcome to our last Goodnight Punpun retrospective! We’ll be covering the final chapters and discussing what happens, talk about our favorite moments from the series, and ponder if the ending leaves Punpun happy or in hell!! GOOD VIBRATIONS!!!(covers chapters 122-147)

After taking a sidetrack talking about wrestling, dakazu loves the Dragon Quest 5 fanfic web comic Katachikubi dashita ossan no ato tsuketara tenkuu no tsurugi wo mitsuketa(How I stalked some dude with an exposed nipple and stumbled upon the Zenithian Sword) and the touching recollection of a mangaka’s recovery from the ICU, Shinde Ikikaerimashita Repo(I died and came back to Life: The Report). Then we dive into Goodnight Punpun and the dark choices that awakens Punpun to whom he always was!!!(covers chapters 100-121)

We kick off this episode with more Billy Bat! Then dakazu learns the true powers of licensed Disney songs in Sexy Joyuu-chan - Girigiri Mosaic while Seamus learns about the final twist in Orange. After that we explore more Goodnight Punpun and discuss Sachi and Punpun’s somewhat healthy relationship.(covers chapters 79-99)

Welcome to part 3 of our continued retrospective of Goodnight Punpun! We’ll be discussing the truth behind God and the eccentric Pegasus ensemble!!(covers chapters 57-78) Also, Seamus gets to the twist of Orange, we look into the science of ‘shipping’ characters, and we breakdown the next chapter of Billy Bat!!!

On this episode dakazu is in love with a Edo period Japanese astronomer in Tenchi Meisatsu, Billy Bat starts its final arc, we lament the 3D animated BLAME! movie coming out this year, and spend lots of time getting into dark topics for our continuing retrospective of Goodnight Punpun!!!(covers chapters 35-56)

This week we discuss the holiday break for manga magazines, darfox8 explains why he didn’t start Fairy Tail at the beginning, and dakazu talks about popular manga getting bloated. Then darfox8 revisits A Silent Voice, Hajime no Ippo, and Berserk from Triple Dip 9. Finally, we begin our retrospective read-through of Inio Asano’s Goodnight Punpun and discuss everything from the dark plot to the crazy side characters.(covers chapters 1-34)

Time for another Triple Dip! This week we check out Goodnight Punpun(Oyasumi Punpun), Prison School, and BECK! Seamus also reads about A Drifting Life from a book on Drawn & Quarterly Publishers and dakazu loves the anime shorts of Wakakozake. Enjoy!!!