Podcasts about Kiyohiko Azuma

In this episode of the biweekly podcast, The Art of Comics, creators Paul Duffield and Jaws Stone discuss the heartwarming slice of life comedy, Yotsuba&!, by Kiyohiko Azuma.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 volume 1 of Belzebubs by JP Ahonen, so if you want to read along with us, pick up a copy and read it over the next two weeks!To support the podcast and access the AoC Podcast Discord, you can join Jaws' Patreon

In this episode of the biweekly podcast, The Art of Comics, creators Paul Duffield and Jaws Stone discuss the groundbreaking cyberpunk epic, Akira, by Katsuhiro Otomo.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 volume 1 of Yotsuba&! by Kiyohiko Azuma, so if you want to read along with us, pick up a copy and read it over the next two weeks!To support the podcast and access the AoC Podcast Discord, you can join Jaws' Patreon

No WJReview desta vez, discutimos Azumanga Daioh, o clássico mangá de comédia e slice of life de Kiyohiko Azuma. Será que essa história divertida sobre o cotidiano de um grupo de estudantes é realmente um ícone do gênero ou apenas uma leitura casual? Descubra ouvindo o Podcast! Obs: este programa tem Spoilers, então, por favor, leia o mangá antes de ouvir o episódio! Você foi avisado!

Ohayooo ! Cette semaine, je vous présente 8 mangas vraiment "feel good" à commander ou demander pour Noël ! Des mangas "doudous" qu'on est content.e.s de retrouver à chaque tome !

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This episode we're talking about our Favourite Reads of 2022! (Some of them were even published in 2022!) We discuss our favourite things we read for the podcast and our favourite things we read not for the podcast. Plus: Many more things we enjoyed this year, including video games, manga, graphic novels, food, and more! You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Spotify, or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | Jam Edwards Favourite Fiction For the podcast Anna Things We Lost in the Fire by Mariana Enríquez, translated by Megan McDowell, narrated by Tanya Eby Episode 158 - Audiobook Fiction Jam Confessions of the Fox by Jordy Rosenberg Episode 160: Biographical Fiction & Fictional Biographies Matthew Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata, translated by Ginny Tapley Takemori, narrated by Nancy Wu Episode 158 - Audiobook Fiction Meghan Stalingrad by Vasily Grossman, translated by Robert Chandler and Elizabeth Chandler Episode 164 - Military Fiction Not for the podcast Jam Thirsty Mermaids by Kat Leyh Episode 147 - Contemporary Fantasy Matthew Semiosis by Sue Burke Meghan Black Helicopters by Caitlín R. Kiernan Anna The Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa, translated by Philip Gabriel Favourite Non-Fiction For the podcast Matthew Soviet Metro Stations by Christopher Herwig and Owen Hatherley Episode 141 - Architecture Non-Fiction Meghan The Last Stargazers: The Enduring Story of Astronomy's Vanishing Explorers by Emily Levesque Episode 149 - Astronomy & Space Anna Unholy: How White Christian Nationalists Powered the Trump Presidency, and the Devastating Legacy They Left Behind by Sarah Posner Episode 162 - Investigative Journalism Jam Gods of the Upper Air: How a Circle of Renegade Anthropologists Reinvented Race, Sex, and Gender in the Twentieth Century by Charles King Episode 145 - Anthropology Non-Fiction Not for the podcast Meghan Fashion Is Spinach: How to Beat the Fashion Racket by Elizabeth Hawes Anna Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories that Make Us by Rachel Aviv Jam Into the Minds of Babes: How Screen Time Affects Children From Birth to Age Five by Lisa Guernsey Matthew X-Gender, vol. 1 by Asuka Miyazaki, translated by Kathryn Henzler, adapted by Cae Hawksmoor Other Favourite Things of 2022 Anna Tasting History with Max Miller Debunking the Myths of Leonardo da Vinci Jam Dirty Laundry/“Garbage Tuesday” French tacos (Wikipedia) Matthew Unpacking Meghan Favourite manga: Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!, vol. 1 by Sumito Oowara, translated by Kumar Sivasubramanian Runner-Ups Anna Video Games: Crashlands Wobbledogs YouTube: Ryan Hollinger (horror movie reviews) Podcasts:  American Hysteria Maintenance Phase You Are Good Other (Audio)Books: Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law by Mary Roach Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age by Annalee Newitz Orlando: A Biography by Virginia Woolf (Wikipedia) Dying of Whiteness: How the Politics of Racial Resentment Is Killing America's Heartland by Jonathan M. Metzl Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty The Invisible Kingdom by Patrick Radden Keefe Off the Edge: Flat Earthers, Conspiracy Culture, and Why People Will Believe Anything by Kelly Weill I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara Jam Favourite classic:  The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde Episode 151 - Classics Favourite manga:  Witch Hat Atelier by Kamome Shirahama, translated by Stephen Kohler (Wikipedia)  Favourite Album:  Laurel Hell by Mitski (Wikipedia) Working for the Knife (YouTube) Favourite AAA video game:  Pokemon Legends: Arceus (Wikipedia) Favourite indie video game:  Wytchwood Favourite Wordle spin-off:  Worldle Matthew Video game: Hyper Light Drifter Manga Dai Dark by Q Hayashida, translated by Daniel Komen My Dress Up Darling by Shinichi Fukuda, translated by  Taylor Engel Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun by Izumi Tsubaki, translated by Leighann Harvey Descending Stories by Haruko Kumota, translated by Matt Treyvaud Yotsuba&! by Kiyohiko Azuma, translated by Amy Forsyth Biomega, vol. 1 (just the first volume really, it does not stick the landing) by Tsutomu Nihei, translated by John Werry Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service by Eiji Otsuka and Housui Yamazaki, translated by Toshifumi Yoshida Disappearance Diary by Hideo Azuma, translated by Kumar Sivasubramanian and Elizabeth Tiernan Graphic novels: Beetle and Hollowbones by Aliza Layne A Gift for a Ghost by Borja González, translated by Lee Douglas Making Comics: Storytelling Secrets of Comics, Manga and Graphic Novels by Scott McCloud Books Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots Meghan Favourite new-to-me author: Zviane Favourite work of translation: The Route of Ice and Salt by José Luis Zárate, translated by David Bowles Podcast non-fiction runner up:  Raw Concrete: The Beauty of Brutalism by Barnabas Calder Podcast fiction runner up: Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys Non-fiction The Great Beanie Baby Bubble: Mass Delusion and the Dark Side of Cute by Zac Bissonnette Sum It Up: 1,098 Victories, a Couple of Irrelevant Losses, and a Life in Perspective by Pat Summitt and Sally Jenkins Vengeance is Mine, All Others Pay Cash by Eka Kurniawan, translated by Annie Tucker Runner up graphic novels: Himawari House by Harmony Becker Taproot by Keezy Young Shadow Life by Hiromi Goto and Ann Xu Sunny Sunny Ann! by Miki Yamamoto, translated by Aurélien Estager (French) L'homme qui marche by Jirō Taniguchi, translated by Martine Segard (French, available in English as The Walking Man) Something Is Killing the Children by James Tynion IV and Werther Dell'Edera  Le petit astronaute by Jean-Paul Eid (French) Tony Chu détective cannibale by John Layman with Rob Guillory (French, available in English as Chew) Radium Girls by Cy. (French) Queen en BD by Emmanuel Marie and Sophie Blitman (French) Memento mori by Tiitu Takalo (French) Enferme-moi si tu peux by Anne-Caroline Pandolfo and Terkel Risbjerg (French) Links, Articles, Media, and Things Episode 140 - Favourite Reads of 2021 Episode 142 - Sequels and 2022: The Year of Book Two ChatGPT (Wikipedia) There no longer appears to be an easy way to find images sent through Google Chat anymore, so no screenshots of fake podcast co-hosts discussing reptile fiction. Sorry! I Am a Cat by Natsume Sōseki (Wikipedia) Brian David Gilbert - The Perfect PokéRap 24 Travel Non-Fiction Books by BIPOC Authors America in an Arab Mirror: Images of America in Arabic Travel Literature by Kamal Abdel-Malek Meeting Faith: The Forest Journals of a Black Buddhist Nun by Faith Adiele Due North: A Collection of Travel Observations, Reflections, And Snapshots Across Colors, Cultures and Continents by Lola Akinmade Åkerström All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes by Maya Angelou The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches by Matsuo Bashō, translated by Nobuyuki Yuasa The Travels of Ibn Battutah by Ibn Battuta Around the Bloc: My Life in Moscow, Beijing, and Havana by Stephanie Elizondo Griest A Stranger in the Village: Two Centuries of African-American Travel Writing edited by Farah Jasmine Griffin & Cheryl J. Fish I Wonder as I Wander: An Autobiographical Journey by Langston Hughes Red Dust: A Path Through China by Ma Jian, translated by Flora Drew A Small Place by Jamaica Kincaid An African in Greenland by Tété-Michel Kpomassie Blue Highways by William Least Heat-Moon Buttermilk Graffiti: A Chef's Journey to Discover America's New Melting-Pot Cuisine by Edward Lee The Adventure Gap: Changing the Face of the Outdoors by James Edward Mills The Middle Passage by V.S. Naipaul Travelling While Black: Essays Inspired by a Life on the Move by Nanjala Nyabola Catfish and Mandala: A Two-Wheeled Voyage Through the Landscape and Memory of Vietnam by Andrew X. Pham An Indian Among los Indígenas: A Native Travel Memoir by Ursula Pike Looking for Transwonderland: Travels in Nigeria by Noo Saro-Wiwa From Heaven Lake: Travels Through Sinkiang and Tibet by Vikram Seth Ten Thousand Miles Without a Cloud by Sun Shuyun Richard Wright's Travel Writings: New Reflections by Virginia Whatley Smith Kinky Gazpacho: Life, Love & Spain by Lori L. Tharps Give us feedback! Fill out the form to ask for a recommendation or suggest a genre or title for us to read! Check out our Tumblr, follow us on Twitter or Instagram, join our Facebook Group, or send us an email! Join us again on Tuesday, January 3rd we'll be talking about Sports non-fiction! Then on Tuesday, January 17rd we'll be discussing our 2023 Reading Resolutions!

This week Jam, Jeff, and JD read "Yotsuba&!" by Kiyohiko Azuma, for a breath of fresh air and a story with the lowest stakes imaginable. We get into reliving childhood, the importance of a good translator, top tier comedic pacing, and ask who this comic is actually supposed to be for (Is it us? Is it made for us three?) We're not going to ignore some of the gross ecchi, but we'll also have a hard time not just laughing all the way through the episode. Music by Sleuth. Our next episode will be on VanCAF 2022.

The TradeWaiters return with part two of "The Golden Age" by Roxanne Moreil and Cyril Pedrosa. Hannah Myers rejoins us after our long absence, and we check in on how Tilda is doing in her war to reclaim the throne of Antrevers. It turns out, she's not doing great! Join us as we talk about what's in the magic box, what's in a revolution, and the importance of both good government and good panel composition. Music by Sleuth. Our next episode will be on volumes one and two of "Yotsuba&!" by Kiyohiko Azuma.

durée : 00:01:48 - BD bande dessinée - Chaque dimanche, Laetitia de Germon vous fait découvrir un manga "feel good", léger, et qui met de bonne humeur. Premier épisode : "Yotsuba & !", de Kiyohiko Azuma, chez Kurokawa.

Dans ce dix-neuvième épisode, nous parlerons du manga français Pink Diary en compagnie de son autrice, la dessinatrice et scénariste Jenny. Publié en 2006, Pink Diary est le tout premier manga shojo (soit manga pour fille) à paraître en France. Il suit sur huit tomes un groupe de collégiens jusqu'à leurs premiers pas d'adulte et traite avec sensibilité et justesse de problématiques propres à l'adolescence, telles que l'amour, l'éloignement, le harcèlement scolaire ou encore l'anorexie. C'est un manga avec lequel beaucoup d'entre nous avons grandi, et c'est pourquoi nous discuterons avec son autrice de son processus de création ainsi que de ses sources d'inspiration. Nous aborderons également d'autres aspects de sa carrière, tels que sa participation aux dessins animés Totally Spies et Martin Mystère. Très bonne écoute à tous ! . . Crédits audio : - Kuroha → https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeb0oy4qVFel4VUnBz8dSLQ - Pink → https://www.youtube.com/c/pinkxo - Riddiman → https://www.youtube.com/c/ProdRiddiman/videos - Wildcapster → https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHxyG4R1-ODIk3i4tppAeTg . . Jenny : - Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/_jennys_fantasies/ - Pink Diary → https://www.editions-delcourt.fr/mangas/series/serie-pink-diary/album-pink-diary-integrale-t01-t02 . . Références mentionnées : - Comme un garçon x Jenny → - La rose écarlate - Missions x Patricia Lyfoung → - Martin Mystère → - Les légendaires - Résistance x Patrick Sobral → - Radiant x Tony Valente → - Totally Spies → - Video Girl Ai x Masakazu Katsura → - Yotsuba to! x Kiyohiko Azuma → . . Retrouvez "Univers Alternatif" sur : - Spotify → https://open.spotify.com/show/2xKr9mHhSyXArcA7aMrQ6E - Mail → alternatif.pod@gmail.com - Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/univers.alternatif/ - Twitter → https://twitter.com/u_alternatif

We could hardly wait to release Part 2 of our Summer Reading Guide! This one has a theme! Why? Because we are homeschoolers. Ha! With the Olympics starting at the end of July, we have a special Summer Guide to suit the summer! 1:14 Homeschooling Moments of the Week Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir Ep 38 Summer Reading Guide Pt 1 4:45 Topic Talk: Summer Reading Guide Pt 2 Middle Grade 6:00 The Cat Who Went to Heaven by Elizabeth Coatsworth 6:46 The Thing About Luck by Cynthia Kadohata 8:30 The Big Wave by Pearl S Buck 8:56 All the Ways Home by Elsie Chapman 10:26 Cool Japan Guide by Abby Densen 11:34 Both 11:51 10 Best Manga for Beginners article 12:30 Yotsuba&! (Vol #1) by Kiyohiko Azuma 13:52 The Last Cherry Blossom by Kathleen Burkinshaw 16:40 High School 16:45 Pure Invention: How Japan's Pop Culture Conquered the World by Matt Alt 18:30 I Love You So Mochi by Sarah Kuhn 20: 30 They Called Us Enemy by George Takei (we rec reading this with your MG too, but side by side) 24:17 Ink and Ashes by Valynn E Maetani 26:00 Tokyo Ever After by Emiko Jean 27:24 Make It Personal Far Bookends Mindy liked a lot, but not what we wanted on the Guide: 28:27 The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa 28:32 The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino Made it to the Guide: 28:46 The Wild Goose by Ogai Mori (FREE on Kindle!) 30:15 Strange Weather in Tokyo by Hiromi Kawakami 31:31 Shogun by James Clavell 33:25 Near Bookends 34:35 National Geographic Kids' Japanese Fast Facts 34:50 Japanese Pod 101 YouTube Channel 35:07 Japanese Fairy Tales by Yei Theodora Ozaki (free on YouTube) 35:36 Japanese Soul Cooking by Tadashi Ono 35:50 Picture books (see below) 35:57 Bookend Homeschoolers Japan BINGO CARD! Bookend Homeschoolers on Instagram Mindy at gratefulforgrace Rachel at colemountainhomeschool Don't forget to download your Summer Reading Guide Pt 2 AND your Bookend Homeschoolers BINGO Card! (Did you listen to Summer Guide Pt 1 and download the PDF?) Other Links: Learn about Haiku Learn about Japanese Culture in 30 minutes Picture Books: I Live in Tokyo by Mari Takabayashi Time for Bed, Miyuki (series) by Roxane Marie Galliez Suki's Kimono by Chieri Uegaki available kindle kids Eyes That Kiss in the Corners by Joanna Ho

PRESENTACIÓN LIBROS 00:01:50 Loba Negra (Juan Gómez Jurado) 00:05:00 La cruz ardiente. Forastera #5 (Diana Gabaldón) 00:09:15 Dear Evan Hansen (Val Emmich) 00:14:10 Yotsuba vol 1-10 (Kiyohiko Azuma) 00:16:05 Fábulas vol 1 (Bill Willingham) 00:18:30 El lector de Julio Verne (Almudena Grandes) 00:20:45 La madre de Frankenstein (Almuena Grandes) 00:25:50 Atelier of whitch hat vol 1-5 (Kamome Shirahama) PELÍCULAS 00:29:45 Repaso #Oscars2020 00:33:35 Judy 00:37:40 Mientras dure la guerra 00:43:00 Miss Americana 00:50:45 PD: Todavía te quiero 00:52:50 The death and life of Marsha P. Johnson SERIES 00:57:50 Locke & Key (T1) 01:02:10 Little America (T1) 01:04:20 Mysthic Quest (T1) 01:08:20 Spinning out (T1) 01:11:30 Soundtrack (T1) 01:13:40 High Fidelity (T1) 01:16:35 Arrow (T8) 01:18:50 Shameless (T10) 01:20:45 The good place (T4) - SPOILERS 01:28:45 DESPEDIDA En este programa suenan: Radical Opinion (Archers) / Siesta (Jahzzar) / Place on fire (Creo) / I saw you on TV (Jahzzar) / Bicycle Waltz (Goodbye Kumiko)

dakazu is back and ready to dive into more manga with a new Triple Dip! This week we dive into Machida-kun no Sekai, Sensei no Shiroi Uso, Yotsuba&! Remember to send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our tumblr! http://mangamachinations.tumblr.com Join our Discord server and come talk to us! http://discord.me/mangamac Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro Song: “More One Night” by Chito & Yuuri from Girls’ Last Tour, Opening, Introductions, Listener Questions: Is Inio Asano’s popularity tied to his weird art style? 00:06:42 - darfox wrote an amazing essay on BEASTARS and race parables 00:09:30 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST “Prologue”, darfox is reading & watching Black Clover, we talk about the inconsistent quality in long-running anime 00:13:04 - Newcomers to Megalo Box are getting upset about spoilers from Ashita no Joe 00:15:49 - dakazu has come around on Magical Girl Site and is now enjoying it 00:17:21 - dakazu gives a sad update about the newest chapter of Jitsuroku: Nakumade Bokorarete Hajimete Koi ni Ochimashita 00:22:01 - Risou no Himo Seikatsu is just another lite novel based male fantasy fulfillment manga, Chimoguri Ringo to Kingyobachi Otoko has a weird premise that dakazu digs 00:25:56 - News: Anime adaptions for The Promised Neverland, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba and Kaguya-sama: Love is war 00:27:25 - We ponder what causes manga artists to work with different publishers, Publisher Shogakukan puts an anti-piracy ad in Weekly Big Comic Spirits 00:30:25 - Viz Media chooses not to publish English versions of Rurouni Kenshi: Hokkaido Arc after Nobuhiro Watsuki’s child pornography charges, dakazu rants about publisher Shueisha releasing unfinished manuscripts in Weekly Shonen Jump 00:38:01 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: One Shot of Ultra-Gash Inferno by Suehiro Maruo, we’ll be reading this collection of Maruo’s most disturbing & extreme works for a single episode retrospective review with listener Chris for Canada 00:39:38 - Main Segment Triple Dip: Sensei no Shiroi Uso/Machida-kun no Sekai/Yotsuba&!, Transition Song: “Shadow and Truth” by ONE III NOTES from ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Dept., we’ve read the beginning of each manga for discussion and to decide if we’d keep reading and pick a favorite 00:40:43 - Sensei no Shiroi Uso by Akane Torikai 00:56:32 - Machida-kun no Sekai by Yuki Andou 01:09:09 - Yotsuba&! by Kiyohiko Azuma 01:20:13 - Next Week’s Topic: Ultra-Gash Inferno, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “wish men” by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster

dakazu is gone this week so Darfox and Seamus have to decipher Inio Asano by themselves! Remember to send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our tumblr! http://mangamachinations.tumblr.com Join our Discord server and come talk to us! http://discord.me/mangamac Time Stamps: 00:00:00 - Intro Song: “Linda Mcmahon’s Theme” by Mike Stock & Pete Waterman from WWE, Opening and Introductions. 00:03:55 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Yu Yu Hakusho Episode Preview Song, Seamus kicks it off with Aposimz and we talk about how differently Nihei Tsutomu is handling some of his story 00:08:37 - Seamus talks about sports manga with Farewell, My Dear Cramer and Shojo Fight. His patience and interest in sports manga remains ever so selective. 00:11:46 - Darfox talks about the fetished fueled manga Gigant and how manga artist Hiroya Oku’s work have some B Movie stylings, in premise and execution. 00:19:23 - Main Segment Creator Cross Section: Where we look at various works made by one creator and compare and contrast any possible repeating motifs or themes, this time we look at Inio Asano’s Solanin and Dead Dead Demon’s DeDeDeDe Destruction, Transtion Song: “Solanin” by Asain Kung Fu Generation from Solanin, Darfox and Seamus note the difference in tone and lightheartedness between Inio’s earlier work and speculate what exactly Dead Dead Demon’s DeDeDeDe Destruction ongoing plot will be like. 01:07:07 - Next Week’s Topic: Triple Dip where we read the first volume of three different manga, including: Machida-kun no Sekai by Yuki Andou, Sensei no Shiroi Uso by Akane Torikai, and Chapter 54 of Yotsuba&! by Kiyohiko Azuma as recommended by listener Curtis from Canada, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “Solanin” with vocals from Aoi Meiko from Solanin.

Find visuals to go with this episode at http://studycomics.club/post/156204482625/ep108allagesfavescohostkid This week, Paul's sick, so he calls on his favorite guest, Cohost Kid, to talk about some of her favorite current comics reads, namely the DC Secret Hero Society books (by Derek Fridolis and Dustin Nguyen from Scholastic) Yotsuba (or Yotsuba&!) by Kiyohiko Azuma from Yen Press, and the Donald Ducks and Uncle Scrooge comics by Carl Barks and Don Rosa collected by Fantagraphics. Find out more or subscribe to the podcast at http://studycomics.club Let's dig (sorta) deep!

So it's come to this, anime comedies. and luckily our listeners picked a good one.

Podcast manga review of Yotsuba volume 6 by Kiyohiko Azuma. Translated by Amy Forsyth. Originally published in Japan by Media Works. Published in the US by Yen Press, $10.99, Rated All Ages. From the back cover: Yotsuba's getting a biiike!! Didja know the wheels of a bike go round and round and round and round...oh, Yotsuba's getting dizzy...whoooa... My Grade: A+

What's up ADV Manga? I used to buy your books back in the day. Oh, the good old days when you were gonna release 1000 manga volumes. You released Volume 1 of Yotsuba by Kiyohiko Azuma, creator of Azumanga Daioh, in June 2005, Volume 2 in August and Volume 3 in October of that same year. Then things started to hit a snag. Yotsuba, along with other titles like Gunslinger Girl, Aria, and Cromartie High School, disappeared from shelves. Yes, the great disaster of ADV manga had begun. Volume 4 of Yotsuba didn't come out till July 2007! By that time I was very leery of buying ADV titles because you never knew when the next volume would come out. At first I boycotted Gunslinger Girl because it had been so long since the last volume that I had to go back to the first volume and reread the series. But I couldn't resist picking up the then new Yotsuba volumes. It ends up that I was hesitant for good reason. After printing Volume 5 in October 2007, ADV manga apparently died and Yotsuba was locked up in their basement, along with the other titles I mentioned up above. So far, only Yotsuba and a few others like Aria and Peacemaker have been able to find a way to escape from their dungeon of manga death.  You would think Gunslinger and Cromartie would have been picked up by now. I think Cromartie would be a good fit for Dark Horse. Gunslinger? I think Seven Seas. But anyways, back to my main point. Yen is putting out a new edition of Yotsuba with new translations.  And get this, they are releasing the first 6 volumes next month! Volume 7 is set for December 2009 with Volume 8 set for April 2010. Yen currently has the covers for volumes 1-6 up at: http://yenpress.us/?page_id=636 I don't really like the fact that they are clumping 6 volumes in one month. They should have spaced it out. If they had, like one volume per month, I would have bought each book as it came out. Since so many are coming out together, what I plan to do is just buy the first and sixth volumes. I already own 1-5 of the ADV editions, so I just want to compare the translations and printing quality of the first books to see how they differ and if it's worth buying the other four that I already have. If you are a One Piece AND Yotsuba fan, prepare to die of starvation, or hopefully, your parents are rich. Or you have a really good job. Or if you aren't living with your parents, maybe move in until this plague of riches passes over! Oh yeah, if you can answer this, you win a Sesho No-Prize!: "Who is Javier Lopez?" Think and discuss amongst yourselves.

He's the creator of "Azumanga Daioh" and "Yotsuba&!," two series well worth your time. That said, after we did the podcast, I came home and found some things out.  Corrections/updates to the podcast follow after the break. First off, Kiyohiko Azuma is really a guy.  It's been generally assumed that because he draws really cute stuff and has a first name ending in the "-ko" suffix (usually reserved for girls) that "he" was really a "she."  That's not the case, and we should've found this out before we did the podcast.  So, my bad. *does the "my bad" dance* The other thing is that Yen Press has only acquired the rights to volume six of "Yotsuba&!"  Finding this out certainly diminishes some of the excitement that I had while recording the podcast, but there's some fun to be had in speculating why it's the only volume they've announced.  I'm betting that either Azuma or Media Works (the company that publishes the series in Japan) is gunshy about licensing out the series again after the debacle that their relationship with ADV Manga turned into.  So, they're only giving Yen rights to that one volume (plus the previous five, which I hear they're negotiating with what's left of ADV Manga for the rights to use their translations) to see how this shakes out. Or, it could be that with what the economy the way it is, Yen is just putting out volume six to see if it'll still sell.  I can't fault them for thinking like that, but I think they'll be pleasantly surprised once the volume is released.  The series inspires a certain... "fervor" among a lot of anime and manga fans on the internet (there's a reason Yotsuba is one of the many mascots of 4chan) to the point where even if they've already read scanlations online, they'll pick up the print version because they love it that much. Anyway, even if it does turn out to be just one volume, more "Yotsuba&!" is a good thing no matter which way you look at it.  And if Yen Press does drop the ball... then I'll just go back to hoping that Dark Horse picks it up.

Podcast Episode 80 Manga Review: Yotsuba&! Volume 5 by Kiyohiko Azuma, creator of Azumanga Daioh. Translated by Javier Lopez. Originally published in Japan by Media Works. Published in US by ADV manga, $9.99, Rated All Ages. Yotsuba continues her long road to understanding the world as she encounters the money powered Cardbo, a friendly robot made of cardboard, who is actually Miura. Then it's on to helping Ena's family with their housework, visiting a videostore, a planetarium, and on to a dip in the sea as the whole gang goes on a beach trip. My Rating: A The website I mention in the podcast is: http://www.japanaradio.com/ It plays all kinds of J-pop and anime related music. You can listen for free or you can subscribe for better sound quality. You must download the orban plug-in on the top right corner under tune-in to be able to hear the streams. Then you just click on whatever format and speed you have. Or you can also find it on Itunes when you click on the radio icon then international.

This week I've finally got a podcast finished! I know most artists have problems cutting the infamous second album but I fell on my third one! On this week's show I talk about the manga Yotsuba&, the anime The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, catch up with the news and introduce a new segment! The shows structure has been changed around a little thanks to some helpful pointers from a fellow podcaster. Hopefully you guys won't have to wait so long for show 04! Anywho if you need to contact me with hints, questions, comments, requests for reviews and anything else then drop me a line @: eeeperschoice- at -gmail.com eeeperschoice- at -podomatic.com Eeeper's Choice Podcast Eeeper's Choice Voicemail Also at GoogleTalk Voicemail @ eeeperschoice- at -gmail.com Links: ANN page on Kiyohiko Azuma ANN page on Yotsuba&! ANN page on Cyber City Odeo 808 Central Park Media Home Page (Good luck searching for Cyber City there!) ANN page on The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Official Haruhi Suzumiya Site Promos this week: Anime World Order Podcast Jeepneyfied Podcast with Mishi! NinjaConsultant Podcast Otaku Generation Podcast Shadowfalls Podcast Post Note: In reviewing this show I realised I've made some mistakes within the show. Itai! I thought I'd edited these out but I guess they must slipped through. I'm putting together a new show right now so while thats on the burner, I'll reedit the third show! Sayoonara!