283 - Saikyo Selections 12 - Space Brothers

283 - Saikyo Selections 12 - Space Brothers

This week Darfox talks about Masaaki Yuasa's Ride Your Wave and dakazu is saddened by the abrupt ending of Oni Shine. Then we examine the long running popular series Space Brothers! What will Seamus and Darfox think of Chuya Koyama's comedic tale of two brothers pursing their childhood dreams of going to space!?

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Timestamps:

  • 00:00:00 - Intro Song: "Feel So Moon" by Unicorn from Space Brothers, Opening, Introductions, Request for more emails
  • 00:02:00 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST "Prologue", Darfox thought Ride Your Wave was the most straight forward Masaaki Yuasa anime he's seen
  • 00:13:19 - *SPOILERS* Oni Shine ended abruptly due to cancellation and dakazu is upset with the ending
  • 00:18:17 - *SPOILERS* dakazu was enjoying Aura Battler Dunbine until the morose ending that reflected director Yoshiyuki Tomino's depression
  • 00:24:43 - News: New Seven Seas Entertainment licenses include Blue Giant and What the Font?! – A Manga Guide to Western Typeface
  • 00:28:21 - Record of Lodoss War-Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth is a metrodvania-style platformer coming soon to Steam
  • 00:29:51 - Kodansha is releasing a 20th Anniversary edition of Chobits
  • 00:30:49 - Witch Hat Atelier creator Kagome Shirahama will guest at this year's Toronto Comic Art Festival
  • 00:31:54 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Retrospective on Girls' Last Tour, we will be reviewing this series by Tsukumizu about two girls wandering through a desolate world(covers volumes 1-3)
  • 00:33:05 - Main Segment Saikyo Selections: we examine the beginning and parachute drone arc of Space Brothers by Chuya Koyama, Transition Song: "Space Brothers' Theme" by Toshiyuki Watanabe from Space Brothers
  • 00:38:37 - Darfox thinks the first chapter of Space Brother is one of the strongest openings to any series
  • 00:42:22 - dakazu points out the obvious comparisons of Pico and Vincent's backstory to October Sky
  • 00:43:29 - Darfox and dakazu love how Mutta has an ability to succeed by failing forward
  • 00:45:25 - Seamus was uninterested in the positive space romanticism and we make comparisons to Planetes and Moonlight Mile
  • 00:48:05 - We discuss the wide all-ages appeal of Space Brothers and how it's surprisingly funny
  • 00:52:24 - *SPOILERS* We talk about the framing of the world from current arcs of Space Brothers compared to real-life geopolitics
  • 00:57:54 - *SPOILERS* Darfox asks dakazu if there is an ending coming soon
  • 01:00:33 - dakazu explains how new chapters are released semi-weekly despite Space Brother serialization in Weekly Morning Magazine
  • 01:01:42 - We compare Koyama's clean and unique character art style to Naoki Urasawa
  • 01:05:22 - dakazu explains the underwater training arc that he originally wanted to cover for the podcast
  • 01:08:43 - We wrap up our final thoughts on Space Brothers
  • 01:10:07 - Next Week's Topic: Girls' Last Tour, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: "wish men" by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster

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059 - Blame! part 5

059 - Blame! part 5

On this episode we welcome the return of the mangaka in Billy Bat, then we reach the ends of the Megastructure and Killy's journey as we finish our Blame! retrospective and we give our final thoughts on the series and the cyber dungeon.(covers chapters 51-65)

9 Nov 20151h 41min

058 - Blame! part 4

058 - Blame! part 4

Get ready for tales of a 40 year old slacker dad in I'll Give It My All… Tomorrow, mysterious dream sequences in new chapters of Billy Bat, and the biggest appearance of characters with actual names in our penultimate discussion of Blame!!!!(covers chapters 38-50)

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057 - Blame! part 3

057 - Blame! part 3

On this episode Seamus finds more teenage drama in orange, dakazu finds another cooking manga with single fathers in Papa to Oyaji to Uchi Gohan and then rants about the horror of Shiritsu Hakanai Gakuen(Hakanai Private High School; No Pants, No Problem). Then it's another epic discussion of Blame! as we wrap up the Toha Heavy Industries arc and discuss the possible connection between Killy and Seu!!!(covers chapters 25-37)

26 Okt 20151h 20min

056 - Blame! part 2

056 - Blame! part 2

This week we start off with a Billy Bat update hour, Seamus continues with Planetes, darfox and dakazu discuss the ending of the Blood Blockade Battlefront(Kekkai Sensen) anime, we talk about the One Punch Man anime, and end with a long recap of the next set of Blame! chapters in our Retrospective!!!(covers chapters 12-24)

12 Okt 20151h 46min

055 - Blame! part 1

055 - Blame! part 1

On this episode Seamus talks about the space garbage men of Planetes, darfox goes deep into Prison School, and dakazu follows teenage serial killers in Kamisama, Kisama wo Koroshitai.(God, I want to kill you)! Then we discuss the mystery and lore of the world of Blame! and determine that protagonist Killy is a wizard!!!(covers chapters 1-11)

5 Okt 20151h 27min

054 - Manga in Motion 2 - Memories

054 - Manga in Motion 2 - Memories

It's all anime this week on Manga Machinations! We discuss the decline of bookstores, do a 2015 spring/summer anime wrap-up, and get deep into Katsuhiro Otomo's 1995 anime film Memories for our Manga in Motion section!!!

28 Sep 201548min

053 - Manga in Motion 1 - Tokyo Godfathers

053 - Manga in Motion 1 - Tokyo Godfathers

The week we start out new segment Manga in Motion, where we discuss anime films. Our first pick is Tokyo Godfathers by Satoshi Kon! Also, darfox talks about vampires in Happiness, Seamus catches up on Hi Score Girl, we discuss the struggle of manga artist Shuho Sato vs. his publishers, and we see if Boob Morning returns in volume 2 of I am a Hero!

21 Sep 20151h 16min

052 - Triple Dip 8 - Thermae Romae, Kingdom, I am a Hero

052 - Triple Dip 8 - Thermae Romae, Kingdom, I am a Hero

This week we talk about new Vinland Saga chapters, the horror/comedy Chimamire Sukeban Chainsaw, and discuss the 1st volumes of Thermae Romae, Kingdom, and I am a Hero for Triple Dip!!!

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