208 - 4 More Years - 4 year Anniversary Special with Ryan Higgins

208 - 4 More Years - 4 year Anniversary Special with Ryan Higgins

Please join us for our special 4 year anniversary of Manga Machinations! We’ve asked our friend Ryan Higgins from the Comic Conspiracy store and podcast to join us as we talk about the comics industry through a retail store and learn how manga is sold!

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Timestamps:

  • 00:00:00 - Intro Song: “New Stranger” by sora tob sakana from Hi Score Girl, Opening, Introductions, tropical storms
  • 00:04:34 - Update on our podcast feed and re-uploaded episodes
  • 00:05:42 - Listener Emails: Announcing our next Retrospective review
  • 00:09:05 - dakazu read the end of Dorohedoro, we discuss other ongoing decade-long comics and manga projects
  • 00:13:13 - We talk about our preference for physical or digital media, comparing web manga sites to their Western equivalents
  • 00:23:23 - Main Segment Comics & Manga sales: Transition Song: “Don’t Make Me Wild Like You” by Etsuko Nishio from Ranma ½, Ryan recaps his history that lead him to be the owner of Comics Conspiracy, Ryan talks about the single issue sales of Ranma ½
  • 00:27:56 - We discuss what we think caused the recent resurgence of the manga market
  • 00:33:10 - Round table discussion about manga/anime piracy linked to early days of fan translations compared to modern options
  • 00:38:52 - Ryan tells us why he only carries the 1st volume of most manga, he explains the importance of pre-ordering for retail stores
  • 00:49:45 - Banpresto figures sell really well, Ryan looks at newsletters and forums for his manga suggestions
  • 00:54:13 - darfox wants to know why Ryan stocked My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness, Dragon Ball is the best selling manga franchise for Ryan
  • 00:59:46 - we love it when more unknown manga find success
  • 01:02:56 - darfox wonders if the Western success of One Punch Man and My Hero Academia is linked to their superhero themes
  • 01:08:39 - Ryan weighs in the rise of digital comics/manga releases and what it means for physical retailers like him
  • 01:13:49 - Listener Questions: Ryan recommends some independent comics and horror comics
  • 01:18:59 - A quick synopsis of the Comics Conspiracy podcast
  • 01:22:58 - Ryan want to know why light novel titles are so damn long
  • 01:33:36 - darfox asks Ryan about Tom King’s The Vision
  • 01:40:28 - Next Week’s Topic: Seamus on Seinen, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “wish men” by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster

Episoder(568)

024 - Slam Dunk part 9

024 - Slam Dunk part 9

On this episode Seamus2389 finishes Girl Friends and we tangent to the grossness of Bunny Drop, dakazu talks about Mob Psycho 100 by the author of One Punch Man, and we dive into the penultimate part of our Slam Dunk retrospective where Shohoku faces off against the National champions Sannou!!(covers chapters 216-242)

24 Feb 201558min

023 - Slam Dunk part 8

023 - Slam Dunk part 8

This week darfox explores muscle suited teenagers who hunt ancient technology in Spriggan, dakazu shares a shoujo manga that stars a guy in My Love Story!!, and we discuss Shohoku’s 1st match of the Interhigh against Toyotama in part 8 of our Slam Dunk discussion!!(covers chapters 186-215)

16 Feb 20151h 8min

022 - Slam Dunk part 7

022 - Slam Dunk part 7

Despite some technical issues, this week Seamus gets his yuri on with Girl Friends, dakazu rants about nonsensical panel layouts in Blood Blockade Battlefront, and we delve into part 7 of our Slam Dunk discussion with the Shohoku vs Ryonan rematch!!(covers chapters 149-185)

9 Feb 20151h 10min

021 - Slam Dunk part 6

021 - Slam Dunk part 6

Get ready for the crazy train as dakazu tells us about Zero, Hotel Californina, and SXMCN, while darfox8 appreciates the details of the hunt in Jisatsutou. Then in part 6 of our Slam Dunk discussion, we have a surprising amount of discussion in the fanfic-like match between Ryonan and Kainan!!!(covers chapters 134-148)

3 Feb 20151h 4min

020 - Slam Dunk part 5

020 - Slam Dunk part 5

This week dakazu explores fetish fuel in the harem manga Actually, I am..., sheds tears over tragic death and rescue in Gaku, and Seamus finds factual errors in Vinland Saga. And we delve deep into the Shohoku vs Kainan match in part 5 of our Slam Dunk retrospective!!(covers chapters 99-133)

26 Jan 20151h 27min

019 - Slam Dunk part 4

019 - Slam Dunk part 4

After discussing the finer points of international coke, this week Seamus gets into Vikings with Vinland Saga and dakazu talks about primitive tribes living on terraformed Venus in Gyoseiki. Then we delve deep into Slam Dunk by discussing the Shohoku vs Shoyo match!!(covers chapters 79-98)

19 Jan 201552min

018 - Slam Dunk part 3

018 - Slam Dunk part 3

Prepare yourselves as we start up with a Billy Bat update, darfox finishes The Flowers of Evil to find inner peace and worms, dakazu loves the simple art and adult tales of Shinya Shokudo, and we ponder how our Sports manga turned into a high school gang manga in part 3 of our retrospective of Slam Dunk!(covers chapters 49-78)

13 Jan 201552min

017 - Slam Dunk part 2

017 - Slam Dunk part 2

We took a week off for the holidays but now we’re back! On this episode darfox continues to find his inner worm with The Flowers of Evil, Seamus becomes our official Shoujo(girl) manga specialist by reading Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun, and we discuss the Ryonan practice match arc of our main series Slam Dunk!!(covers chapters 26-48)

5 Jan 201540min

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