183 - Creator Cross Section 3 - Shotaro Ishinomori

This week we’ll be examining manga by the late, great Shotaro Ishinomori. He was a huge influence on children’s superhero shows in Japan. Does his manga hold up? We’re here to find out!

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Timestamps:

• 00:00:00 - Intro Song: “A.I.am Human” by MONKEY MAJIK from Cyborg 009: Call of Justice, Opening, Introductions
• 00:02:06 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST “Prologue”, we confirm darfox’s hand fetish as he talks about My Hero Academia
• 00:06:23 - We discuss Kohei Horikoshi’s rocky road to success with his 2 failed series, Oumagadoki Doubutsuen & Barrage
• 00:08:36 - dakazu rants about the difficult competition between serializations in Shonen Jump
• 00:12:15 - Updates for the tumblr, the Hakyu Hoshin Engi anime is strangely only for people who know the source material
• 00:17:37 - dakazu reads a pretty generic zombie manga Crueler than Dead
• 00:19:41 - The silly comedy of Space Battle Ship Tiramisù peaks dakazu’s intrests while Pentabu to Sensha would be a prime example for Hayao Miyazaki’s hate of military otaku
• 00:23:51 - dakazu explains some Japanese urban legends from the horror/romance/battle manga Terror Night
• 00:27:53 - Houkago Teibou Nisshi is a simple slice of life about fishing and reminds dakazu of similar manga like Wana Girl
• 00:31:41 - dakazu wonders how much swearing will be in the upcoming English release of Oops! I Messed Up and Made the Wrong Person into a Magical Girl!
• 00:34:47 - News: Paru Itagaki wore a Legomu chicken mask when accepting BEASTARS’s 2018 Cartoon Grand Prize, we find out where Legomu placed on the BEASTARS character popularity poll
• 00:38:37 - announcement of Vinland Saga anime adaptation
• 00:41:13 - The Hi Score Girl anime is back and starting July 2018, the saga of the SNK lawsuit against Hi Score Girl
• 00:48:41 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Anime Interlude, guest Miki’s Stopwatch will join us to talk about the winter 2018 anime season and the upcoming spring titles we’re looking forward to
• 00:49:27 - Main Segment Creator Cross Section: Transition Song: “What’s the justice?” by globe from Cyborg 009: The Cyborg Soldier, we examine Shotaro Ishinomori’s shonen manga:
• 00:56:45 - Cyborg 009,
• 01:14:54 - Sabu & Ichi’s Detective Stories,
• 01:27:40 - Kamen Rider,
• 01:35:52 - Robot Detective,
• we discuss his common theme of cyborgs & humanity, the unfortunately racist caricatures that reflect the 1960’s, how his various projects were cross-media, and his scene transitions through paneling and backgrounds
• 01:49:48 - new Manga Machinations Discord server, Next Week’s Topic: Anime Interlude, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “wish men” by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster