381 - Manga in Motion 51 - Lu over the Wall

On this episode we conclude the cancer patient arc, move onto the psychiatry ward, and talk a lot about The Wire as we continue our retrospective on Shuho Sato's Give My Regards to Black Jack! Remember to send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our tumblr! http://mangamachinations.tumblr.com Join our Discord server and come talk to us! http://discord.me/mangamac Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro Song: "I am Just Feeling Alive" by UMI KUUN from Young Black Jack, Opening, Introductions 00:02:09 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST "Prologue", dakazu is enjoying women's football with Farewell, My Dear Cramer 00:10:20 - The extra round episodes of Hi Score Girl on Netflix resolve the cliffhanger from the season finale 00:11:32 - News: A new season of Hi Score Girl will start October 2019 00:12:23 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Retrospective on Give My Regards to Black Jack, we will conclude our comprehensive review of Shuho Sato's manga(covers volumes 11-13) 00:13:08 - Main Segment Retrospective: Give My Regards to Black Jack, Transition Song: "LIFE is... ?another story?" by Ken Hirai from Give My Regards to Black Jack, comprehensive review of Shuho Sato's medical drama 00:13:59 - We talk about the end of the cancer patient arc 00:17:07 - We praise the appropriate amount of dramatic moments for the patient, Mrs. Tsujimoto, but think Dr. Usami's pep-talk was a bit much 00:19:06 - We were satisfied with how this story arc was resolved 00:20:29 - We discuss if Sato's storytelling has improved since the beginning of the series 00:22:02 - We dive into Saito's next internship with the Psychiatry ward 00:29:19 - Darfox and dakazu talk about whether the scenes of discrimination against the new patient, Mr. Ozawa, felt heavy-handed 00:32:08 - We talk about the major event that push the story of this psychiatry arc 00:37:48 - Darfox and Seamus are reminded of The Wire and other shows that portray problems with the media 00:40:03 - dakazu explains the reference to Osamu Tezuka's Black Jack 00:41:33 - dakazu talks about his experiences working with special needs clients and the representation he found in this manga compared to what he wanted 00:46:00 - We find out that Sato has taken this story line from the Osaka school massacre of 2001 00:48:50 - We make a few prediction on how this arc will end 00:50:57 - Darfox and Seamus continue to compare this manga to The Wire 00:54:07 - We give our final thoughts about what we read this week 00:55:52 - Next Week's Topic: Give My Regards to Black Jack, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: "wish men" by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster

25 Mar 201957min

This week we continue learning about modern Japanese medicine through the lens of Shuho Sato's Give My Regards to Black Jack! Remember to send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our tumblr! http://mangamachinations.tumblr.com Join our Discord server and come talk to us! http://discord.me/mangamac Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro Song: "I am Just Feeling Alive" by UMI KUUN from Young Black Jack, Opening, Introductions, Gaelic Football 00:03:25 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST "Prologue", Darfox reads volume 1 of Mob Psycho 100 and praises ONE's bad art 00:08:18 - We discuss the similarities between ONE and Nobuyuki Fukumoto 00:12:25 - Is Kichijoji the Only Place to Live? opens Seamus into the manga genre of real estate 00:17:43 - dakazu checks out the brand new prequel to Jisatsutou(Suicide Island) called Muhoutou(Lawless Island) 00:23:05 - Finding out that Otto no Chinpo ga Hairanai is non-fiction has dakazu agreeing that "truth is stranger than fiction" 00:30:54 - News: BEASTARS anime will premier October 2019 00:32:54 - VIZ will be releasing a deluxe edition of Kazuo Umezu's horror classic The Drifting Classroom 00:35:09 - VIZ launches VIZ Originals which will publish original graphic novels by manga-inspired creators 00:43:45 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Retrospective on Give My Regards to Black Jack, we will continue our comprehensive review of Shuho Sato's manga(covers volumes 8-10) 00:44:15 - Main Segment Retrospective: Give My Regards to Black Jack, Transition Song: "LIFE is... 〜another story〜" by Ken Hirai from Give My Regards to Black Jack, comprehensive review of Shuho Sato's medical drama 00:46:10 - We talk about Saito's brief stint in Pediatrics 00:49:52 - We ponder if Sato got his storylines from the current news headlines 00:53:23 - We discuss whether we should start fact checking the medical information presented in this manga 00:55:43 - Saito's next arc takes him into the world of cancer patients and the problem Japan faces with approving new anti-cancer drugs 00:59:18 - The romance between Dr. Usami and Noriki within the flashback leaves much to be desired 01:04:23 - Darfox questioned the Japanese laws regarding disclosure presented in this arc 01:06:41 - We praise this series for showing nuance in the three different ideologies of each doctor 01:08:55 - Seamus looks ups some facts about full-disclosure in Japanese medical practice that match the information presented in the manga 01:13:19 - We debate the appropriateness of Sato's portrayal of cancer patient Mrs. Tsujimoto compared to other media 01:21:33 - We share how reading a manga with such heavy themes of mortality and disease have effected us 01:22:47 - Darfox thinks the two female characters are presented as a reflection of Saito's righteous passion and rational mind 01:26:26 - Seamus was surprised to see anti-cancer drug testing facts but relieved nothing like the talking prenatal twins appeared in these volumes 01:27:42 - We some final thoughts about the series so far 01:28:30 - Next Week's Topic: Give My Regards to Black Jack, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: "wish men" by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster

18 Mar 20191h 29min

On this episode we begin our retrospective review of Shuho Sato's Give My Regards to Black Jack! Remember to send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our tumblr! http://mangamachinations.tumblr.com Join our Discord server and come talk to us! http://discord.me/mangamac Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro Song: "I am Just Feeling Alive" by UMI KUUN from Young Black Jack, Opening, Introductions, Curry 00:01:29 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST "Prologue", Seamus checks out some dramatic scenes in volume 5 of Shojo Fight 00:05:51 - Seamus explains the difference between cramer and cremer 00:06:52 - The ending of Starving Anonymous is REALLY nuts *FULL SPOILERS* 00:12:09 - dakazu reads some more Kakegurui -Compulsive Gambler - from last week's Triple Dip 00:14:44 - News: 3rd season of the anime Psycho-Pass is announced 00:15:50 - Darfox gives *FULL SPOILERS* on the twist of Psycho-Pass and why the protagonist Akane was great 00:21:19 - The popular 90's action manga Spriggan will be getting an anime adaptation 00:23:35 - Rumors about the live-action One Piece show being on Netflix and discussing what we want from it 00:26:12 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Retrospective on Give My Regards to Black Jack, we will continue our comprehensive review of Shuho Sato's manga(covers volumes 5-7) 00:26:47 - Main Segment Retrospective: Give My Regards to Black Jack, Transition Song: "LIFE is... 〜another story〜" by Ken Hirai from Give My Regards to Black Jack, comprehensive review of Shuho Sato's medical drama 00:29:08 - We discuss the introduction of main character Eijirou Saito and his harsh reality check with the world of doctors 00:31:06 - Seamus doesn't like Saito's idealistic character and would prefer the attending doctors characters who have more experience 00:32:25 - We talk about the 1st story arc with the comatose old man on life support 00:35:20 - We get into the heavy drama of cardiac surgery patient Mr. Miyamura and Dr. Kita's putting down the scalpel 00:39:12 - Darfox recognizes Sato has an agenda when presenting the evil doctors in this arc 00:42:31 - Seamus wonders if Saito will eventually suffer from burnout after caring so much for each patient 00:43:37 - We laugh about how useless Saito is and the fits he throws 00:44:17 - We get into the heavy subject matter of newborn intensive care unit with the prenatal twins in the 4th arc 00:50:36 - We discuss the dramatic storytelling and the questionable scenes of the prenatal twins talking to each other 00:58:23 - dakazu praises Sato's believable characterization of the father 01:00:02 - We remember to discuss the 3rd arc about fellow intern Hisayoshi Michiba and concept of a family oriented doctor 01:01:45 - We introduce some other side characters and lament that some of them don't even have names 01:05:47 - Seamus enjoys the medical information introduced in this and points out that Saito is the audience surrogate to learn these facts 01:09:48 - We talk about Sato's beautiful use of heavy ink lines and shadowing to show dramatic scenes 01:06:49 - dakazu compares this series to another medical manga Team Medical Dragon 01:14:22 - We share our thoughts about the series so far and give some predictions about what will happen next 01:20:07 - Next Week's Topic: Give My Regards to Black Jack, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: "wish men" by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster

11 Mar 20191h 21min

This week Seamus is back to check out Crocodile Baron, Kakegurui - Compulsive Gambler-, and Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba for a Triple Dip! Remember to send us emails! manga@alltalkpodcast.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our tumblr! http://mangamachinations.tumblr.com Join our Discord server and come talk to us! http://discord.me/mangamac Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro Song: "New Stranger" by sora tob sakana from Hi Score Girl, Opening, Introductions 00:02:08 - Listener Questions: We discuss the potential behind a manga subscription aggregate service in the future 00:11:13 - We recap how we started Manga Machinations and share our future goals 00:19:49 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST "Prologue", Seamus visited JAPAN HOUSE in Los Angeles to see This is MANGA – the Art of NAOKI URASAWA exhibit 00:25:13 - We explain what tea towels are to Darfox 00:28:09 - Gintama still hasn't ended after it's run in JUMP GIGA so they will end it on soon to be released Gintama App 00:29:27 - dakazu felt the live-action Gintama movie was good because the self-deprecating comedy fit 00:34:26 - Seeing the live-action Kagura character made dakazu realize just how unrealistic the body proportions of shonen heroines are 00:37:41 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Retrospective on Give My Regards to Black Jack, we will do a comprehensive review of Shuho Sato's manga about the problems within Japanese Medicare(covers volumes 1-4) 00:38:50 - Main Segment Triple Dip: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba/Kakegurui - Compulsive Gambler -/Crocodile Baron, Transition Song: "Deal with the devil" by Tia from Kakegurui, we read the beginning of each manga to see if we'd keep reading it before picking our favorite 00:39:30 - Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba by Koyoharu Gotouge 00:58:36 - Kakegurui - Compulsive Gambler - by Homura Kawamoto & Toru Naomura 01:19:53 - Crocodile Baron by Takuya Okada 01:35:53 - Next Week's Topic: "Give My Regards to Black Jack", Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: "wish men" by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster

4 Mar 20191h 37min

On this episode we get Darfox to checkout a slew of titles available in English(and Spanish) through Shueisha's globally available MANGA Plus app! Remember to send us emails! MangaMachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our tumblr! http://mangamachinations.tumblr.com Join our Discord server and come talk to us! http://discord.me/mangamac Time Stamps: 00:00:00 - Intro Song: "New Stranger" by sora tob sakana from Hi Score Girl, Opening, Introductions, shout-outs 00:01:59 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST "Prologue", dakazu didn't think the live-action adaptation of Asahinagu was very good 00:07:08 - Satoru Noda's debut title Supinamarada! shares similar jokes and some characters to his next work Golden Kamuy 00:10:01 - Toripan is a light-hearted comedy about birds and their sometimes hilarious behavior 00:13:09 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Triple Dip where we read the first volume of three different manga, including: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba by Koyoharu Gotouge, Crocodile Baron by Takuya Okada, and Kakegurui – Compulsive Gambler by Homura Kawamoto & Toru Naomura 00:16:10 - Main Segment Darfox Dabbles: MANGA Plus, Transition Song: "FIRE GROUND" by Official HIGE DANdism from Hinomaru Sumo, dakazu explains the difference between the MANGA Plus and Shonen Jump Manga & Comics apps, we talk about 9 manga available through MANGA Plus, Including: 00:23:35 - Land Lock by Ai Odahara 00:29:04 - Nano Hazard by Shosho Kurihara & Kazaana 00:36:47 - Spotless Love: This Love Cannot Be Any More Beautiful by Otaro Maijo & Arata Momose 00:44:02 - Hinomaru Sumo by Kawada 00:53:26 - Hell's Paradise: Jigokuraku by Yuji Kaku 01:00:52 - Soloist in A Cage by Shiro Moriya 01:10:13 - Blue Flag by KAITO *HEAVY SPOILERS* 01:18:18 - KoLD8: King of the Living Dead by Pageratta 01:23:57 - Abyss Rage by Nariaki Narita 01:32:03 - Darfox gives his final thoughts and picks his favorites 01:35:53 - Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: "wish men" by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster

25 Feb 20191h 37min

This week we check out the 2019 Alita: Battle Angel: a live-action adaptation of Yukito Kishiro's Sci-Fi seinen series! Have dakazu and Darfox finally found a good manga movie adaptation?! Remember to send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our tumblr! http://mangamachinations.tumblr.com Join our Discord server and come talk to us! http://discord.me/mangamac Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro Song: "New Divide" by J2 Feat. Avery from Alita: Battle Angel, Opening, Introductions, French 00:02:05 - Listener Emails: Manga suggestion from Leo 00:04:45 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: "Dragon Ball Z" OST "Prologue", We recommend the Manga Log podcast 00:06:06 - dakazu finds the post-murderer life in Boku no Namae wa "Shounen A" to be a little unrealistic 00:13:34 - GROUNDLESS is a war manga that's oozes with World War II aesthetic 00:17:44 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Darfox Dabbles, Darfox will check out some available manga on Shueisha's Manga Plus app 00:20:52 - Main Segment Manga in Motion: Transition Song: "Motorball" by Tom Holkenborg from Alita: Battle Angel, we discuss newly released James Cameron dream project directed by Robert Rodriguez 00:21:49 - We start with our expectations we had after seeing 'bug-eyed' Alita in the trailers 00:23:22 - We praise the film for keeping the essence of Battle Angel Alita despite changing the story from the source material 00:25:09 - We compare this good adaptation to other failed ones like the Bleach movie 00:26:56 - Alita is a strong female hero and Darfox praises her characterization 00:28:08 - *SPOILERS FROM THIS POINT ON* We discuss the use of the F-word and Rodriguez's use of clean violence 00:30:28 - Darfox thought the beginning felt like a cheesy young adult novel 00:33:32 - We discuss differences between the villian Grewishka and his manga counterpart Makaku 00:36:15 - The movie completely changes the character of Desty Nova 00:37:09 - dakazu breaks down how the movie combines the first three story arcs of Battle Angel Alita 00:38:41 - We feel side characters like Chiren and Vector were under utilized compared to Zapan 00:42:00 - The changes they made to Nova ruin possible story arcs that could've been done in a sequel 00:43:58 - dakazu compares Alita's backstory in the movie to her origins from the manga 00:46:23 - dakazu explains how the movie's ending pissed off his wife and how it was handled differently in the manga 00:51:52 - We love the design of the cyborgs, the look of Iron town, and the wonderful action sequences 00:53:34 - Darfox wishes there was more Motorball scenes and compares it to how Speed Racer focused on the race 00:55:16 - Guillermo del Toro helped James Cameron start this project and technology behind Avatar helped to complete it 00:58:05 - We're happy to hear the creator of Battle Angel Alita, Yukito Kushiro, loved this movie 00:59:29 - We compare a bad scene to a good scene between Alita and Hugo 01:00:27 - While Christoph Waltz as Ido was fantastic, dakazu is mad his nurse Gerhad was just used as scenery 01:02:26 - Darfox wasn't a fan of Hugo's teen friends 01:03:38 - We praise Robert Rodriguez for making movies with diverse representation 01:04:23 - We explore the foreign sensation of having an adaptation we can recommend 01:06:54 - We have doubts about Alita: Battle Angel having financial success 01:07:53 - We talk about potential adaptations we'd like to see and the upcoming live-action Cowboy Bebop & One Piece 01:10:10 - We laugh about the awful Dragonball: Evolution 01:11:49 - We give our final thoughts 01:12:57 - Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: "wish men" by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster

18 Feb 20191h 14min

On this episode we continue our review of Frankenstein: Junji Ito Story Collection with stories about Toru Oshikiri, a scary doll, unfortunate face clamps, and the Ito family dog Non-non! Remember to send us emails! MangaMachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our tumblr! http://mangamachinations.tumblr.com Join our Discord server and come talk to us! http://discord.me/mangamac Time Stamps: 00:00:00 - Intro Song: "Shichiten Battou no Blues" by THE PINBALLS from Junji Ito: Collection, Opening, Introductions, our website project 00:07:40 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST "Prologue", Darfox puts Black Clover on blast for the current filler episodes 00:10:54 - The newest volume of Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction makes way for more predictions from Seamus 00:18:31 - We discuss reading ongoing manga and the release schedules for official English volumes 00:20:22 - dakazu talks spoilers for the end of the dark adult series Naraku no Hitsuji 00:27:05 - dakazu really likes the group of half monster/half human detectives in Kemono Jihen 00:30:22 - News: BEASTARS is getting an anime adaptation but we have a lot of concerns 00:43:15 - The screenings of I want to eat your pancreas were preceded by cast interviews filled with spoilers 00:45:41 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Manga in Motion for Alita: Battle Angel, we'll be reviewing the newly released James Cameron dream project directed by Robert Rodriguez 00:47:52 - Main Segment Retrospective: Frankenstein: Junji Ito Story Collection, Transition Song: "Otogai no Uchuu" by JYOCHO from Junji Ito: Collection, we review the rest of the stories from the book 00:49:42 - dakazu talks about how earlier Junji Ito works show heavy influence from an almost shoujo-like art style 00:51:29 - Darfox weighs on his favorite of the Oshikiri stories 00:52:40 - The alternate universe plot makes us wonder how each of the Oshikiri stories are tied together 00:54:32 - Darfox points out how many Junji Ito stories have some obvious plot holes about victims not escaping horrific places 00:57:00 - Darfox felt a strong presence from translator Jocelyn Allen in the Face-Firmly in Place story 00:58:03 - We agree that The Hell of the Doll Funeral was solely made so Ito could draw that final page 00:59:26 - dakazu found a lot of humor in Face-Firmly in Place 01:00:13 - The stories of Non-non felt like a predecessor for Junji Ito's Cat Diary: Yon & Mu 01:02:00 - Seamus comments about eeriness of the final page of The Strange Tales of Oshikiri: The Walls 01:02:59 - We discuss the use of [ghost orb] as apposed to [will-o'-wisp] 01:04:40 - We give our final thoughts 01:05:42 - Next Week's Topic: Frankenstein: Junji Ito Story Collection, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: "wish men" by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster

11 Feb 20191h 7min

This week we dive into the wonderful horror of Frankenstein: Junji Ito Story Collection! We'll specifically be reviewing Ito's take on Frankenstein! Remember to send us emails! MangaMachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our tumblr! http://mangamachinations.tumblr.com Join our Discord server and come talk to us! http://discord.me/mangamac Time Stamps: 00:00:00 - Intro Song: "Shichiten Battou no Blues" by THE PINBALLS from Junji Ito Collection, Opening, Introductions, Kingdom Hearts 3, shout-outs 00:07:40 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST "Prologue", we go into spoilers for the final volume of After Hours 00:12:27 - We gab on about drama adaptations and learn that Seamus' loathes Boys over Flowers 00:17:08 - dakazu loves how Monkey Peak is like a classic horror movie that lasts for hours 00:20:51 - dakazu talks about the re-serialization of Ryoko and World Trigger after a long hiatus 00:23:13 - The combinations of food and fantasy makes Tondemo Skill de Isekai Hourou Meshi an isekai series that dakazu can get behind 00:27:40 - News: We discuss the wonderful global launch of Shueisha's MANGA PLUS app 00:33:05 - We comment of Deb Aoki's twitter thread about the increase of vertical manga layouts for smartphones 00:37:51 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Continuing our review of Frankenstein: Junji Ito Story Collection, we'll cover the rest of the stories in this book 00:38:19 - Main Segment Retrospective: Frankenstein: Junji Ito Story Collection, Transition Song: "Monster Mash" by Bobby Pickett, we review the Frankenstein story from Frankenstein: Junji Ito Story Collection 00:39:22 - We look at the changes Ito made to the story from Mary Shelly's original novel 00:42:42 - We praise the fantastic artwork and design of the Monster 00:45:58 - We examine the portrayal of both the Monster's suffering and Dr. Frankenstein's madness 00:48:29 - Seamus explains how lots of the internal dialogue from the novel was not included 00:51:48 - Darfox starts talking about rocks on shingles being exclusive to Japan 00:52:49 - dakazu has some questions about Dr. Frankenstein and Elizabeth's incestual relationship 00:54:42 - Seamus likes this as a Junji Ito horror manga but not necessarily as an full adaption of the novel 00:57:19 - We talk about the 'Dude! Let Me In! I'm A Fairy!' meme born from this manga 00:58:15 - We discuss the various iterations of Frankenstein in movies and comics 01:00:10 - We get into how the children's television show Wishbone covered Frankenstein and other questionable books 01:03:22 - We give our final thoughts on this story 01:03:58 - Next Week's Topic: Frankenstein: Junji Ito Story Collection, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: "wish men" by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster

4 Feb 20191h 5min