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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009 - Billy Bat part 9

009 - Billy Bat part 9

We've finally done it this week! In our final episode of Billy Bat discussion, we catch to all current chapters released, hypothesize about where the story will go next, and solve the mystery behind the Black & White Billy Bats!!!(covers chapters 118-125)

27 Okt 20141h 35min

008 - Billy Bat part 8

008 - Billy Bat part 8

This week we continue to give Junji Ito love with discussion about his Uzumaki: Spiral into Horror horror series and take a look at his comedy Ito Junji no Neko Nikki: Yon & Mu(Cat Diary)! Afterwords, we carefully dissect the wealth of new information in Billy Bat given to us by the Kurusu Moon arc!(covers chapters 106-117)

20 Okt 20141h 2min

007 - Billy Bat part 7

007 - Billy Bat part 7

This week darfox rants about the ending of Claymore, we lament over lackluster manga endings, and dakazu recommends Jisatsutou. Then we dive deep into the true protagonist of Billy Bat with the Golden Bat arc! Also included: rants about factual errors of New Jersey!(covers chapters 93-105)

15 Okt 20141h 20min

006 - Billy Bat part 6

006 - Billy Bat part 6

Even though we say 5 in the intro, this is indeed episode 6! This week dakazu rants about Naruto(AGAIN!) and we dive deep into speculation over the mysteries of Billy Bat while finishing the Bat Village arc!(covers chapters 78-93)

10 Okt 20141h 17min

005 - Billy Bat part 5

005 - Billy Bat part 5

This week we darfox continues to rave about Junji Ito, dakazu discovers the most amazing webcomic ever by Ishida Sui of Tokyo Ghoul fame, and we rant about the cutthroat business of Popularity polls in manga serialization magazines. We also continue our Billy Bat analysis as we begin the Devivie/Bat Village arc!(chapters 63-77)

6 Okt 201459min

004 - Billy Bat Part 4

004 - Billy Bat Part 4

Sit down for a megaton of an episode! Seamus raves about farts after finishing Gyo: The Death-Stench Creeps, darfox gives Uzumaki: Spiral into Horror some love, and dakazu is squeamish over the hyper violence of Magical Girl Apocalypse(Magical Girl of the End). Then the hosts dive deep into Billy Bat and spend over an hour discussing minutia in the conclusion of the JFK assassination arc!(covers chapters 42-62)

3 Okt 20141h 42min

003 - Billy Bat Part 3

003 - Billy Bat Part 3

This week we get into mecha sharks running on gas with Junji Ito's Gyo: The Death-Stench Creeps, complain about how we can't remember who's who in Claymore, and we continue our Billy Bat analysis with the JFK assassination arc while fact checking Wikipedia against the new main character Lee Harvey Oswald!(chapters 28-41)

29 Sep 201439min

002 - Billy Bat Part 2

002 - Billy Bat Part 2

This week Seamus gets spiritual with Budda, dakazu gets real angry about Naruto, and we try to work our way through the dreaded 'Ninja arc' of Billy Bat(chapters 16-27)

22 Sep 201452min

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