198 - One Shot 13 - My Solo Exchange Diary with Jocelyne Allen

198 - One Shot 13 - My Solo Exchange Diary with Jocelyne Allen

Special episode this week as returning guest translator Jocelyne Allen joins us! She back to answer more questions about translating, help us discuss LGBTQ+ representation in manga, and review the recently released My Solo Exchange Diary which she translated!

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Time Stamps:

  • 00:00:00 - Intro Song: "More One Night" by Chito & Yuuri from Girls' Last Tour, Opening, Introductions
  • 00:03:09 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST "Prologue", darfox is excited about getting his Spanish edition of BEASTARS
  • 00:06:26 - We discuss why a manga like WOMBS may never get an official English release
  • 00:10:40 - Questions: Jocelyne explains the process of translating for simultaneously published manga
  • 00:21:17 - News: Publisher Kodansha joins Shogakukan in putting anti-piracy ads in their manga magazines
  • 00:27:28 - We discuss how LGBTQ+ representation in manga has changed over the past 20 years, how the TV drama of My Brother's Husband brings LGBTQ+ to the Japanese mainstream, how getting more queer creators helps with better representation
  • 00:45:28 - Listener Quetions: Jocelyne picks her favorite manga she would want be translated into English immediately: including Witch Hat Atelier, Rinshi!! Ekoda-chan, and Akachan Honbucho
  • 00:51:12 - Jocelyne tells us which manga was most difficult to translate and what manga are easy to translate
  • 00:58:55 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Anime Interlude where we'll be discussing the past Spring 2017 season of anime and some of our highly anticipated picks for Summer 2017
  • 00:59:29 - Main Segment One Shot: My Solo Exchange Diary, Transition Song: "Shadow and Truth" by ONE III NOTES from ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Dept., we talk about Kabi Nagata's follow up to My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness, explore the themes of expectations vs. perception, dive into what makes Nagata's manga so relatable to the reader, ponder what effects putting out autobiographical manga might have on the artist, explain the stigmata towards mental health in Japanese culture, praise the visual representations of Nagata's explanations, and take a trip to bummertown
  • 01:30:43 - Next Week's Topic: Anime Interlude, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: "wish men" by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster

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097 - Triple Dip 16 - Delicious in Dungeon, Detroit Metal City, Shamo

097 - Triple Dip 16 - Delicious in Dungeon, Detroit Metal City, Shamo

This week we discuss the trailers for the Blame! and A Silent Voice movie trailers, dakazu is excited about the re-serialization of Hi Score Girl, and we have a discussion about various manga that cover geek culture, such as Genshiken, Knights of the Dinner Table and Record of Lodoss War! Then we check out 3 new manga for another edition of Triple Dip! This time we look at Shamo, Detroit Metal City, and Delicious in Dungeon(Dungeon Meshi)!!!

1 Aug 20161h 17min

096 - Saikyo Selections 3 - Case Closed

096 - Saikyo Selections 3 - Case Closed

We kick off this week's episode with an emergency Billy Bat update and discuss the megaton reveal from the newest chapters! Then it's time for another Saikyo Selections! We check out various cases(covers chapters 40-44, 62-67, 92-98) from the most popular shonen mystery series Case Closed(Detective Conan) while trying to break down the series and the genre!!!

25 Jul 20161h 8min

095 - Side by Side 3 - Over Drive vs. Yowamushi Pedal

095 - Side by Side 3 - Over Drive vs. Yowamushi Pedal

On this episode dakazu laments over terrible manga but loves twisted relationships in the autobiographical Nikkan Yandere Fuufu Manga(Yandere Married Couple), Seamus checks out a cute Korean web comic Spirit Fingers, and darfox digs the distinct art style of the Mob Psycho 100 anime! Then we compare and contrast the 2 cycling manga Yowamushi Pedal and Over Drive for another Side by Side!!!

18 Jul 20161h 1min

094 - One-shot 1 - G Senjou Heaven's Door

094 - One-shot 1 - G Senjou Heaven's Door

On this episode Seamus finishes A Drifting Life while dakazu talks about boys who love yaoi in The Highschool Life of a Fudanshi(Fudanshi Koukou Seikatsu) and an autobiographical manga about overcoming anxiety and connecting with others in My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness! We also start a new section called One Shot where we'll be doing single episode retrospectives on a shorter manga. Listen as we discuss Shojo Fight manga artist Yoko Nihonbashi's previous work G Senjou Heaven's Door!!

11 Jul 20161h 3min

093 - Triple Dip 15 - Shojo Fight, Mustard Chocolate, Chimamire Sukeban Chainsaw

093 - Triple Dip 15 - Shojo Fight, Mustard Chocolate, Chimamire Sukeban Chainsaw

After taking a quick wrestling tangent, Seamus continues with Yoshihiro Tatsumi in A Drifting Life, dakazu talks about the new 3D Berserk anime, and darfox explains the wackiness of Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ! Then, for Triple Dip, we revisit some newly translated manga dakazu has talked about! We discuss the beginning of Chimamure Sukeban Chainsaw, Mustard Chocolate, and Shojo Fight!!!

4 Jul 20161h 1min

092 - Manga in Motion 8 - Trigun: Badlands Rumble

092 - Manga in Motion 8 - Trigun: Badlands Rumble

This week Seamus dives into Yoshihiro Tatsumi's autobiography manga A Drifting Life while dakazu and darfox hash out all things grim dark with Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam and it's polar opposite sequel, the upbeat Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ. Then darfox leads us our discussion of our Manga in Motion selection Trigun: Badlands Rumble! Love & Peace!!!

27 Jun 201641min

091 - Monster part 9

091 - Monster part 9

Welcome to the final episode of our retrospective on Naoki Urasawa's Monster!!! We finish covering the final chapters, examine the controversial ending, and give our final thoughts on the series as a whole!(covers chapter 142-162)

20 Jun 20162h 3min

090 - Monster part 8

090 - Monster part 8

On our penultimate retrospective of Monster we move on from Martin's arc, learn about the twins' origins, and prepare for the finale by having Seamus predict who will live and who will die!!!(covers chapters 123-141) Also, dakazu has been re-reading Hunter x Hunter, Seamus finds more political elements in A Bride's Story(Oyomegatari), and we take a quick tangent with soccer and comic strips!

13 Jun 20161h 31min

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