200 - Guest Gaiden 1 - The Bride was a Boy with Morgana Santilli

200 - Guest Gaiden 1 - The Bride was a Boy with Morgana Santilli

Join us for the 200th episode of Manga Machinations! We celebrate with special guest Morgana Santilli aka “Manga Maven” from the Comicopia Comics Store! She’s here to answer our questions about selling manga and to share some of her current favorite LGBTQ+ and Josei manga!

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Time Stamps:

  • 00:00:00 - Intro Song: “Smile Bomb” by Matsuko Mawatari from Yu Yu Hakusho, Opening, Introductions
  • 00:03:27 - Morgana explains the secret origins to her manga/anime fandom, we talk about the changes made to the very first English localization of the Sailor Moon manga
  • 00:14:53 - Morgana tells us how she started working at Comicopia and became the store’s manga buyer
  • 00:17:59 - Questions: Morgana tells us whether there is a crossover between customers buying manga and Western comics, we express our concerns with Western comics
  • 00:26:38 - We discuss if there is animosity between manga readers and Western comics readers, we lament over the stereotypes and stigma manga receives
  • 00:35:05 - Morgana tells us how she decides what manga to order for Comicopia
  • 00:38:52 - Morgana gives her opinion on if buying new releases when they come out helps support them the most
  • 00:42:30 - Morgana gives some insight about buying manga through different distributors
  • 00:46:02 - Morgana talks about how the culture of Comicopia was formed and the benefits of making a welcoming place for LGBTQ+ customers
  • 00:55:02 - Morgana tells us what age group gets into seinen manga
  • 00:58:15 - News: Rumiko Takahashi was finally inducted into the Will Eisner Comic Awards Hall of Fame, Morgana wishes manga weren’t isolated in the Best U.S. Edition of International Material-Asia category
  • 01:08:52 - The Akira 35th Anniversary Edition wins the Eisner Award for Best Publication Design
  • 01:12:58 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Triple Dip where we read the first volume of three different manga, including: Yawara! A Fashionable Judo Girl by Naoki Urasawa, Nana by Ai Yazawa, and Goblin Slayer by Kumo Kagyuu & Kousuke Kurose
  • 01:13:43 - Main Guest Picks Galore: Transition Song: “Fiction” by sumika from Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku, Morgana presents LGBTQ+ and Josei manga that she’s excited to share with us, Including:
  • 01:14:49 - The Bride was a Boy by Chii
  • 01:26:47 - Claudine by Riyoko Ikeda
  • 01:28:28 - That Blue Sky Feeling by Okura & Coma Hashii and Classmates by Asumiko Nakamura
  • 01:30:42 - Go for it, Nakamura! by Syundei & I Hear the Sunspot: Theory of Happiness by Yuki Fumino
  • 01:31:37 - Our Dreams at Dusk: Shinagami Tasogare by Yuhki Kamatani
  • 01:37:25 - Tokyo Tarareba Girls by Akiko Higashimura
  • 01:47:11 - Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku by Fujita
  • 01:54:48 - Thank yous, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “wish men” by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster

Episoder(568)

008 - Billy Bat part 8

008 - Billy Bat part 8

This week we continue to give Junji Ito love with discussion about his Uzumaki: Spiral into Horror horror series and take a look at his comedy Ito Junji no Neko Nikki: Yon & Mu(Cat Diary)! Afterwords, we carefully dissect the wealth of new information in Billy Bat given to us by the Kurusu Moon arc!(covers chapters 106-117)

20 Okt 20141h 2min

007 - Billy Bat part 7

007 - Billy Bat part 7

This week darfox rants about the ending of Claymore, we lament over lackluster manga endings, and dakazu recommends Jisatsutou. Then we dive deep into the true protagonist of Billy Bat with the Golden Bat arc! Also included: rants about factual errors of New Jersey!(covers chapters 93-105)

15 Okt 20141h 20min

006 - Billy Bat part 6

006 - Billy Bat part 6

Even though we say 5 in the intro, this is indeed episode 6! This week dakazu rants about Naruto(AGAIN!) and we dive deep into speculation over the mysteries of Billy Bat while finishing the Bat Village arc!(covers chapters 78-93)

10 Okt 20141h 17min

005 - Billy Bat part 5

005 - Billy Bat part 5

This week we darfox continues to rave about Junji Ito, dakazu discovers the most amazing webcomic ever by Ishida Sui of Tokyo Ghoul fame, and we rant about the cutthroat business of Popularity polls in manga serialization magazines. We also continue our Billy Bat analysis as we begin the Devivie/Bat Village arc!(chapters 63-77)

6 Okt 201459min

004 - Billy Bat Part 4

004 - Billy Bat Part 4

Sit down for a megaton of an episode! Seamus raves about farts after finishing Gyo: The Death-Stench Creeps, darfox gives Uzumaki: Spiral into Horror some love, and dakazu is squeamish over the hyper violence of Magical Girl Apocalypse(Magical Girl of the End). Then the hosts dive deep into Billy Bat and spend over an hour discussing minutia in the conclusion of the JFK assassination arc!(covers chapters 42-62)

3 Okt 20141h 42min

003 - Billy Bat Part 3

003 - Billy Bat Part 3

This week we get into mecha sharks running on gas with Junji Ito’s Gyo: The Death-Stench Creeps, complain about how we can’t remember who’s who in Claymore, and we continue our Billy Bat analysis with the JFK assassination arc while fact checking Wikipedia against the new main character Lee Harvey Oswald!(chapters 28-41)

29 Sep 201439min

002 - Billy Bat Part 2

002 - Billy Bat Part 2

This week Seamus gets spiritual with Budda, dakazu gets real angry about Naruto, and we try to work our way through the dreaded 'Ninja arc' of Billy Bat(chapters 16-27)

22 Sep 201452min

001 - Billy Bat Part 1

001 - Billy Bat Part 1

Welcome to the inaugural episode of Manga Machinations! This episode we talk about our manga origins, various Naoki Urasawa works, and our in depth discussion of Billy Bat!(chapters 1-15)

15 Sep 201439min

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