Manga Machinations10 Sep 2018

207 - Manga in Motion 31 - Little Witch Academia

This week we look at the 2012 anime project that grew into it's own full television show, Little Witch Academia! We'll be looking at the original short and the crowd funded movie!

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Timestamps:

00:00:00 - Intro Song: "Shiny Ray" by YURiKA from Little Witch Academia, Opening, Introductions, Adventure Time, Corrections about Tokyo Tarareba Girls
00:03:45 - Listener Email: Do we listen to music or do anything else to enhance our manga reading experience?
00:09:32 - Soundtracks for manga, manga artist who multitask while drawing
00:16:51 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST "Prologue", darfox thinks Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba has a strong 1st chapter
00:19:50 - dakazu explains to darfox why random characters were suddenly appearing in Black Clover, we examine the lack of permanence in shonen manga
00:28:03 - Seamus was surprised with the story pacing in After Hours but accepted it after learning there are only 3 total volumes
00:34:52 - dakazu revisits his favorite R-rated space development drama, Moonlight Mile
00:39:58 - News: We discuss the #BoycottVIZ controversy from Shueisha issuing copyright strikes on YouTube
00:52:01 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: 4 More Years, 4-year Anniversary with guest Ryan Higgins from the Comic Conspiracy podcast where we'll be asking comic industry questions and answering questions on lite novels
00:55:11 - Main Segment Manga in Motion: Little Witch Academia/Little Witch Academia: The Enchanted Parade, Transition Song: Opening from The Worst Witch, we talk about the origins of Little Witch Academia, notice the close resemblance to The Worst Witch children's books from 1970, enjoy the lack of fan-service, praise the dynamic animation Trigger is known for, complain about the annoying main character, lament how unoriginal and generic it is, make predictions about the TV series, and discuss other Kickstarted anime projects
01:19:30 - Next Week's Topic: 4-Year Anniversary, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: "wish men" by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster

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