280 - Prose Picks 1 - Last and First Idol

280 - Prose Picks 1 - Last and First Idol

Morgana and Darfox are out this week so Seamus leads the charge into the uncharted territory of light novels this week! We'll be reviewing Gengen Kusano's award winning Last and First Idol to see how dakazu handles reading a book without pictures!!!

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Timestamps:

  • 00:00:00 - Intro Song: "Massara" by KANA-BOON from Sarazanmai, Opening, Introductions
  • 00:01:00 - Revealing our fantastic new host avatars by Chess Albaneze
  • 00:02:47 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST "Prologue", *SPOILERS* dakazu finished the epic sci-fi war series Juuza no Ulna
  • 00:10:44 - dakazu is excited for Boys Run the Riot with its trans-man narrative
  • 00:15:38 - News: Editor-in-Chief of Jump+ tweets about the increase in readership for Manga PLUS after major scanlation groups stopped working on Weekly Shonen Jump manga
  • 00:23:20 - Netflix officially announces the live-action One Piece series with Eiichiro Oda overseeing production
  • 00:27:05 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: One Shot on Ghost in the Shell: Global Neural Network, we will review this anthology of stories by Western comic creators that take place in the world of Ghost in the Shell
  • 00:28:04 - Main Segment Prose Picks: Last and First Idol, Transition Song: "Fiction" by sumiko from Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku, we read and review the award winning hard sci-fi tales by newcomer Gengen Kusano
  • 00:29:07 - Seamus explains the connection between this book and the British science fiction novel Last and First Man
  • 00:30:44 - dakazu explain why he doesn't like light novels in general
  • 00:33:32 - We breakdown the plot of the first story Last and First Idol
  • 00:36:56 - Seamus thought this story was trying to take the piss out of Last and First Man
  • 00:40:26 - We discuss how the creative and transcendental ideas fall flat from the lack of interesting plot or characters to connect them
  • 00:42:52 - We breakdown the plot of the second story Evolution Girls and compare it to Spore
  • 00:47:59 - We breakdown the plot of the third story Dark Seiyuu and how its main concept of aether has been scientifically debunked
  • 00:51:24 - dakazu notes the inclusion of casual cannibalism that adds to the edgelord factor of these stories
  • 00:54:48 - Seamus explains what Jainism is until dakazu recognizes it from Osamu Tezuka's Buddha
  • 00:55:48 - We discuss the prose filled with casual swearing that gives the book a juvenile tone
  • 00:58:50 - dakazu doesn't understand why certain words weren't translated for a better explanations
  • 01:03:58 - We share our final thoughts on the book
  • 01:11:00 - Next Week's Topic: Ghost in the Shell: Global Neural Network, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: "wish men" by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster

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033 - Nausicaa part 5

033 - Nausicaa part 5

We start with a long awaited Billy Bat update! Then prepare yourself for rants against underage hentai dubbing in Koe de Oshigoto! and more of the same stuff in the new Naruto: The Seventh Hokage and the Scarlet Spring(Naruto Gaiden). Finally we get existential with insects and mutant mold in our Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind retrospective!!(covers vol. 5)

27 Apr 20151h 6min

032 - Nausicaa part 4

032 - Nausicaa part 4

After we ponder a communal hikikomori lifestyle, Seamus learns about shogi in March comes in like a lion(3-gatsu no Lion), dakazu finds an adult spin on roommate comedy 2DK, and darfox prepares more destiny in Boruto: Naurto the Movie! Afterwords we dig into a huge info dump in the next part of our Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind retrospective!!(covers vol. 4)

20 Apr 201557min

031 - Nausicaa part 3

031 - Nausicaa part 3

Spring anime is here! Both darfox and dakazu are enjoying Blood Blockade Battlefront(Kekkai Sensen), Rin-ne(Kyoukai no Rinne), and My Love Story!!(Ore Monogatari!!) but not Ultimate Otaku Teacher(Denpa Kyoushi) or The Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-chan(Nagato Yuki-chan no Shoushitsu). Meanwhile Seamus discusses wives of the Caspian Sea in A Bride's Story(Otoyomegatari). Then we continue our Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind retrospective as Nausicaä goes to war!(covers vol. 3) Also some bonus talk about the Hayao Miyazaki documentary The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness!!

13 Apr 20151h 17min

030 - Nausicaa part 2

030 - Nausicaa part 2

This week dakazu talks about another cooking manga What Did You Eat Yesterday?Kinou Nanitabeta? that's about a gay male couple, along with a Magical Girl parody manga Magical Girl Ore(Mahou Shoujo Ore)! Then we jump into Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind and compare the events of both film and manga to each other!(covers vol. 2)

6 Apr 201558min

029 - Nausicaa part 1

029 - Nausicaa part 1

We start off by delving into non-fiction manga with Ichi-F: A Worker's Graphic Memoir of the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant. Then darfox gives an update on Jisatsutou, Seamus is back to his yuri ways in Sweet Blue Flowers, and Nana to Kaoru leads dakazu to explain censorship laws? Finally, we begin our next retrospective of Hayao Miazaki's acclaimed manga Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind!!!(covers vol. 1)

30 Mar 20151h 8min

028 - Triple Dip 2 - Buddha, Wandering Son, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

028 - Triple Dip 2 - Buddha, Wandering Son, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

This week dakazu learns about Ainu eating habits in Golden Kamuy before have one final rant about Bunny Drop. Afterwords we have our newly named Triple Dip section! This time we take a look at 1 volume each of Wandering Son, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, and Buddha!

23 Mar 201554min

027 - Triple Dip 1 - Bunny Drop, One Punch Man, BLAME!

027 - Triple Dip 1 - Bunny Drop, One Punch Man, BLAME!

On this episode Seamus catches up on Vinland Saga, dakazu hungers for grilled Basilisk in Delicious in Dungeon, and then gives an update on Magical Girl Apocalypse. After that we delve into our new section Triple Dip, where we read 1 volume of 3 different manga! This week we take a look at One Punch Man, Bunny Drop, and BLAME!.

16 Mar 20151h 8min

026 - Anime Interlude 2 - Death Parade

026 - Anime Interlude 2 - Death Parade

Time for another anime interlude with special guest kenzo! But first dakazu's obsession with food leads him to the Vegetarian focused Nigakute Amai, while kenzo enjoys laughing at Boku Girl.Then we get our anime on with Parasyte, Z Gundam, Assassination Classroom, Eccentric Family, Yurikuma Arashi, Yatterman Night, Aldnoah.Zero, Maria the Virgin Witch, Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, Death Parade, our most anticipated new anime, and an epic kenzo rant about Noitamina!!

9 Mar 20151h 39min

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