Manga Machinations19 Feb 2018

178 - Princess Jellyfish part 6

This episode we discuss the public perception of manga where we are and how to increase the US manga reading audience! And of course more Princess Jellyfish!

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Timestamps:

00:00:00 - Intro Song: "Just Between Us" by Chatmonchy from Princess Jellyfish, Opening, Introductions, Listener Emails: Discussing our usernames,
00:05:38 - how is manga perceived where we live?
00:11:17 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST "Prologue", Seamus asks if a certain character in The Promised Neverland is a racist stereotype
00:21:12 - Subtitles and numbering in manga volumes
00:25:13 - darfox is bummed about the mini-break March comes in like a Lion is taking and not impressed with the animation from the dungeon arc of Black Clover, Mudazumo Naki Kaikaku: Princess of Japan focuses on the high school girl descendant of Emperor Hirohito battling Donald Trump in mahjong and dakazu is not having any of it
00:31:06 - dakazu is enjoying Sanzoku Diary artist Kentaro Okamoto's writer debut in Sounan desu ka? despite some panty shots
00:34:11 - the post-war drama Areyo Hoshikuzu has ended, we share stories about re-reading manga
00:38:40 - News: we expand on Deb Aoki's twitter question about how to get more people in the US to read manga
00:51:11 - Tomorrow's Joe creator Tetsuya Chiba addressing manga piracy, manga artist Takashi Yoshida critique of the publishers, changes to Crunchyroll site's Kodansha manga catalog
00:58:47 - debating the price of manga
01:02:33 - 1st image from live-action adaptation of My Brother's Husband, Alita: Battle Angel getting delayed til December
01:03:37 - Tomorrow's Joe 50th anniversary project Megalo Box looks like it shares story similarities with characters
01:06:59 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Retrospective review of Princess Jellyfish by Akiko Higashimura, We'll be reading and discussing volumes 14-15
01:07:15 - Main Segment Retrospective: Transition Song: "Kime no KIREI ni kizuite Okure" by Sambomaster from Princess Jellyfish, retrospective review of Princess Jellyfish by Akiko Higashimura, We enjoy the hilarious betrayal of the Amarz, go into our disappointment of the new flamboyantly gay Usami character, make predictions of who will end up with Tsukimi, and ponder if Higashimura's philosophy on romance takes inspiration from her real life(covers volumes 12-13)
01:48:39 - Next Week's Topic: Princess Jellyfish, House Keeping, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off, Sign Off Song: "wish men" by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster

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