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This week our buddy CrossXhunteR joins us as we talk about Sarazanmai and other anime from the 2019 spring season along with new series from the 2019 summer season like Vinland Saga!!! 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: “Massara” by KANA-BOON from Sarazanmai, Opening 00:01:54 - Announcing the winners to our BEASTARS giveaway, Introductions 00:03:45 - Learning about CrossXhunteR’s origins in anime/manga fandom 00:06:08 - CrossXhunteR got back into anime after trading series like Log Horizon and Death Parade on the Geekbox forums 00:10:35 - The Kase-san and... series got CrossXhunteR into romance and yuri manga 00:16:24 - CrossXhunteR shares a few of his favorite manga like Actually, I am..., Kiss and White Lily for My Dearest Girl, and Mousou Telepathy 00:21:55 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST “Prologue”, CrossXhunteR has been enjoying Neko no Otera no Chion-san 00:23:35 - The sweet romance of Kakao 79% is right up CrossXhunteR’s alley 00:25:28 - CrossXhunteR appreciates the character’s names in Komi Can't Communicate 00:27:38 - CrossXhunteR has questions about the use of honorifics in English translations 00:31:39 - dakazu and CrossXhunteR both dislike reading the Pig Latin in Dr. STONE 00:35:20 - Darfox started reading Tom King’s Mister Miracle 00:39:05 - dakazu has been reading a dark tale about a girl who loves controlling another girl’s life in Saeism 00:44:04 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Retrospective on Tokyo Tarareba Girls, we will continue our comprehensive review of Akiko Higashimura’s horror comedy manga(covers volumes 8-9) 00:45:59 - Main Segment Anime Interlude: Transition Song: “Dash&Daaash!!” by Fudanjuku from Gunjou no Magmell, We review anime from the 2019 spring season and discuss anime from the upcoming 2019 summer season 00:48:18 - Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba 00:56:23 - One Punch Man 2 01:04:04 - Sarazanmai 01:08:38 - *SPOILERS* Attack on Titan Season 3 Part 2 01:15:06 - Kono Oto Tomare! 01:17:42 - Fruits Basket 01:22:27 - Carole & Tuesday 01:28:07 - RobiHachi 01:29:42 - Senryu Girl 01:31:36 - Yatogame-chan Kansatsu Nikki 01:32:47 - Joshi Kausei 01:34:36 - *SPOILERS* The Rising of the Shield Hero 01:38:47 - Dororo 01:41:40 - We Never Learn: BOKUBEN 01:42:54 - Dr. STONE 01:53:14 - Vinland Saga 01:59:05 - To the Abandoned Sacred Beasts 02:03:16 - Fire Force 02:11:18 - Cop Craft 02:17:36 - Astra Lost in Space 02:22:28 - How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift? 02:32:06 - Are You Lost? 02:35:33 - O Maidens In Your Savage Season 02:41:03 - Granbelm 02:44:29 - given 02:46:52 - Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Season 2 02:49:00 - Karakai Jouzu no Takagi-san 2 02:51:55 - Wasteful Days of High School Girl 02:54:47 - Magical Sempai 02:55:53 - Do You Love Your Mom and Her Two-Hit Multi-Target Attacks? 02:59:18 - If It's for My Daughter, I'd Even Defeat a Demon Lord 03:03:32 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Tokyo Tarareba Girls, House Keeping, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “wish men” by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster
We follow up our last episode by checking out the 2006 anime film adaptation of Tekkonkinkreet! We compare the anime to Taiyo Matsumoto’s manga and talk about why it looks like so much like a Masaaki Yuasa film! 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: “A Town In Blue” by Asian Kung-Fu Generation from Tekkonkinkreet, Opening, Introductions, Upcoming Retrospective on Tokyo Tarareba Girls, Social Media 00:01:37 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST “Prologue”, The new character in Samurai 8: The Tale of Hachimaru presents some problematic gender stereotyping for Darfox and dakazu 00:06:30 - dakazu really likes Sakumo Okada’s Oni Shine for it’s dual dynamic between two demons brothers pretending to be human who are jealous of each other 00:09:22 - Tokyo Alien Brothers is another manga about human impersonating brothers but here they are aliens inspecting Earth as a possible site for colonization 00:13:53 - dakazu drops Kiss and White Lily for My Dearest Girl 00:14:48 - News: Blade of the Immortal started a spin-off sequel called Mugen no Juunin: Bakumatsu no Sho and will be getting a new anime adaptation to cover the whole series 00:18:20 - The live-action Akira movie directed by Taika Waititi will premier 5/21/21 00:27:10 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Guest Gaiden with John from Manga Log Podcast, John will join us to talk about starting his manga podcast along with discussion on the Manga Plus series Blue Flag by Kaito 00:28:06 - Main Segment Manga in Motion: Tekkonkinkreet, Transition Song: “White’s Dream” by Plaid from Tekkonkinkreet, we review the 2006 anime film directed by Michael Arias 00:29:12 - dakazu explains how Michael Arias’s work on a CG pilot film of Tekkon Kinkreet might have led him to the director role 00:30:07 - Seamus points out how you can choose to either watch the movie or read the manga and doing both doesn’t really add anything 00:30:59 - Darfox and dakazu disagree about Yuu Aoki’s performance as White 00:33:39 - dakazu thought the film’s direction was too direct and not subtle unlike the voice acting 00:34:27 - Darfox explains the connections this movie has with Masaaki Yuasa’s Mind Game through anime Studio 4°C 00:37:36 - Seamus praises the non-distinct design of Treasure Town in the film 00:38:44 - We agree that adapting the manga too closely messes with the overall flow of the story 00:39:56 - Darfox thought the editing made the fate of Kimura confusing 00:41:39 - dakazu was disappointed that they didn’t make full use of the random vendor from the beginning and the end of the manga 00:42:26 - dakazu points out the connection Storyboard lead Kouji Morimoto has with other Manga in Motion titles we’ve covered 00:43:00 - Darfox nominates Mind Game as a future movie to cover 00:43:52 - We give our final thoughts on Tekkonkinkreet 00:45:53 - dakazu praises the chill electronica soundtrack by Plaid 00:46:48 - Next Week’s Topic: Blue Flag by Kaito with John from Manga Log Podcast, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “wish men” by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster
This week we read about relationships that meet and travel at trains and train stations in Asumiko Nakamura's Maiden Railways! 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: “New Stranger” by sora tob sakana from Hi Score Girl, Opening, Introductions, Social Media, Update to our RSS feed 00:02:14 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST “Prologue”, Seamus gets to talk about Kiss and White Lily for My Dearest Girl because dakazu started reading it 00:07:08 - *SPOILERS* dakazu breaks down the entire story of Boku no Namae wa ‘Shonen A’ 00:14:11 - Fukushuu no Miboujin goes to a darker place that dakazu wasn’t expecting 00:17:13 - dakazu loved the short series about the world’s luckiest girl trying to save a boy who’s misfortune is causing the moon to fall on Earth in Yakubyougami to Baka Megami 00:20:19 - News: The conversation about Crunchyroll’s translator fee takes us into tangents of wrestling and Walmart 00:33:10 - Denpa Books will be distributed by Consortium in September 2019 00:33:54 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Manga in Motion for The Night Is Short, Walk on Girl, we’ll be reviewing Masaaki Yuasa’s 2017 movie about a girl who likes to drink and read books 00:35:00 - Main Segment One Shot: Maiden Railways, Transition Song: “Catch up, latency” by Union Square Garden from Run with the Wind, we review this collection of stories about relationships and trains by Asumiko Nakamura 00:36:55 - Darfox really enjoyed this manga 00:38:03 - Seamus noticed the characters all had long bodies 00:39:51 - dakazu was surprised to see how much of a train otaku Nakamura was 00:41:23 - dakazu explains how shoujo magazines often release one shot stories that are later collected into a volume release 00:43:09 - dakazu liked how Nakamura used atypical shoujo-style backgrounds in panels 00:44:15 - We love the ghost story Night after Night 00:46:41 - We compare the husband and wife relationships of Savarin Thursdays and All Aboard for a Romantic Getaway 00:48:45 - We discuss He Lives in Iriuda 00:50:32 - Seamus really liked Overpass Crossing and Blue and White Ream 00:54:04 - Darfox and dakazu learn's that they're at bad at picking up queer ques from LGBTQ+ relationships 00:56:08 - dakazu thinks A Day Off was and extra chapter Nakamura added to the volume release 00:56:58 - Seamus notes how trains and train stations are used to help represent the status of relationships 00:58:15 - dakazu points out the significance of the Katase-Enoshima train station 00:59:49 - We give our final thoughts 01:01:56 - Next Week’s Topic: The Night is Short, Walk on Girl, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “wish men” by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster
The Adventure Zone: Here There Be Gerblins is finally available in sweet, sweet paperback! We laughed, we cried, we did a fantastic Magic Brian impression. Other things we talk about: Melissa's Long Ass List is at the bottom of the notes Libby (by Overdrive) My Brother, My Brother, and Me The Adventure Zone (the podcast) TAZ Animated TAZ Zine Tess Stone's rad comic Sluggy Freelance We're giving away a copy of the book! We have an extra copy of the TAZ graphic novel, so we’re doing a giveaway. If you’re in the US (because international shipping is killer) and want a chance to win, email us at comicadventurescast@gmail.com with the subject line 'TAZ Giveaway' and include a sentence or two about your favorite comic. (or your favorite TAZ character, if you don’t have a favorite comic). If you're cool with reading your recommendation on the air, let us know! The contest lasts until the end of August - we’ll draw a name on August 31st. Find us online at: twitter.com/thecomiccast twitter.com/widewildblue (Melissa) twitter.com/AndrewDLarkin (Andrew) And check out our Ko-fi! For extended show notes, visit our blog! Questions or comments? Email us at comicadventurescast@gmail.com. Comic Adventures is a project of Let’s Make Comics, a Chicago-based comics collective, and produced by Andrew Larkin and Melissa Sayen. Our theme song is Adventure Music! by Munchybobo. Melissa's Long Ass List: Spinning by Tillie Walden Moonstruck by Grace Ellis and Shae Beagle Black Clover v1-4 by Yuki Tabata Tokyo Ghoul v1 by Sui Ishida Haikyuu v1 by Haruichi Furudate Hayate x Blade v1-11 by Shizuru Hayashiya Murciélago v1-8 by Yoshimurakana Kase-san v1-4 by Hiromi Takashima Kiss and White Lily for My Dearest Girl v1-2 by Canno Rule of Standing on Tiptoe by Puku Okuyama Seven Days v1-2 by Venio Tachibana and Rihito Takarai I Hear the Sunspot v1 by Yuki Fumino My Sempai by Hebiko Habuyama Samejima-Kun And Sasahara-Kun by Koshino What Did You Eat Yesterday v1 by Fumi Yoshinaga
On this episode we answer an email about In Clothes Called Fat, Seamus finds more shiritori in Kiss and White Lily for My Dearest Girl, darfox is rewatching Eureka Seven, dakazu finds two bad manga in Rock Me Amadeus and Otogibanashi Battle Royal(Fairy Tale Battle Royale) but loves the world of RAFNAS by WOMBS creator Yumiko Shirai! Then we discuss the new trailer for the Netflix Death Note movie, rejoice in the announcement of the Junji Ito Collection anime, and explain why Welcome to the Ballroom is streaming on Twitch. Finally, we continue our retrospective review of I am a Hero by wrapping up the Gotemba Outlet Mall arc and diving into the Kurusu arc next!!!(covers chapters 82-117)
This week Seamus likes the secondary couple in the yuri manga Kiss and White Lily for My Dearest Girl, the other shoe finally drops in Chi no Wadachi, darfox and dakazu compare their reading styles, darfox shares his thoughts on the newest arc of Happiness, dakazu comes across the most bizarre and blatant health scam in X-POWER~4th Dimensional Body Enhancement~, and he takes a look at the new Tsutomu Nihei series APOSIMZ(Ningyou no Kuni). Then for our Triple Dip, we discuss BEASTARS, Moteki, and Ichi the Killer!!!