284 - Girls' Last Tour part 1

284 - Girls' Last Tour part 1

On this episode Darfox rejoices in the English release of Blood on the Tracks while dakazu checks out a new manga made by an Osamu Tezuka AI called Paidon! Then we begin our retrospective on the empty world of Girls' Last Tour by Tsukimizu and discuss it's themes of finality.

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Timestamps:

  • 00:00:00 - Intro Song: "More One Night" by Chito & Yuuri from Girls' Last Tour, Opening, Introductions, Heavy Irish accents
  • 00:01:45 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST "Prologue", Darfox is excited about the English edition of a Manga Machination favorite, Blood on the Tracks
  • 00:08:28 - *SPOILERS* dakazu finished Devil's Line and enjoyed it
  • 00:12:48 - Satoko and Nada creator Yupechika's one shot Marin no Uchuu Ryokou is about a girl who meets her dead mother on a space simulator ride
  • 00:14:42 - News: Paidon is a manga created by an AI that studied Osamu Tezuka manga for the TEZUKA2020 Project
  • 00:20:54 - Shuho Sato hypothesizes that Kodansha's low quality of their digital editions are from scanning print images
  • 00:26:34 - Public backlash about the name of a character in My Hero Academia makes creator Kohei Horikoshi issue an apology
  • 00:33:25 - Japanese blu-ray of High Score Girl II will feature a bonus manga chapter with a reveal of Ono's mother
  • 00:34:14 - Glacier Bay Books will be publishing a collections of works from 12 indie artists called ~Glaeolia~
  • 00:35:44 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Retrospective on Girls' Last Tour, we will be finishing this series by Tsukumizu about two girls wandering through an empty city(covers volumes 4-6)
  • 00:35:54 - Main Segment Retrospective: Girls' Last Tour, Transition Song: "Ugoku, Ugoku" by Chito & Yuuri from Girls' Last Tour, comprehensive review of Tsukimizu's manga about two girls surviving in an giant empty city structure(covers volumes 1-3)
  • 00:39:08 - We explore the obvious similarities between this manga and BLAME!
  • 00:41:06 - We discuss the themes of finality and the melancholy tone that resonate in the longer story arcs
  • 00:52:36 - Seamus points out the re-occurrence of fish throughout the story
  • 00:55:49 - We talk about our favorite single chapter episodes
  • 00:57:36 - We speculate on why the girls are dressed in military garb and drive around in a World War 2 era motorcycle tank Kettenkrad
  • 01:01:41 - We praise Tsukimizu's art style and compare her character work to Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction
  • 01:03:13 - Darfox doesn't want a lore dump about the history of the world unless it's discovered through the eyes of the girls
  • 01:07:44 - Seamus explain how the philosophical dialogue between the girls are a staple for dying earth science fiction stories
  • 01:12:18 - Darfox and Seamus can't give specific predictions about how the story will end because the title implies the girls will die
  • 01:14:23 - dakazu is happy to hear Darfox and Seamus are both enjoying this series
  • 01:15:30 - 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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017 - Slam Dunk part 2

017 - Slam Dunk part 2

We took a week off for the holidays but now we're back! On this episode darfox continues to find his inner worm with The Flowers of Evil, Seamus becomes our official Shoujo(girl) manga specialist by reading Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun, and we discuss the Ryonan practice match arc of our main series Slam Dunk!!(covers chapters 26-48)

5 Jan 201540min

016 - Slam Dunk part 1

016 - Slam Dunk part 1

After last week's anime talk, Seamus was inspired to start watching Kill la Kill but also found the time to read about preteen romance in Love at Fourteen. dakazu talks about Survival by the author of Golgo 13 and giant high school girl soldiers in the sci-fi manga Joshi kouhei. Then we begin discussing our new series Slam Dunk and the origins of the Naruto vs Sasuke rivalry with Hanamichi vs Rukawa!(covers chapters 1-25)

22 Dec 201444min

015 - Anime Interlude 1 - Parasyte -the maxim-

015 - Anime Interlude 1 - Parasyte -the maxim-

This week darfox learns about survival in Jisatsutou and dakazu thinks manga Wozniak is cute in Steve Jobs. Then we're joined by our anime expert kenzo to talk about all the anime we're watching: including Broken Blade, From the New World, Gundam: Reconguista in G, Psycho-Pass, Yowamushi Pedal, World Trigger, SHIROBAKO, Parasyte, Rage of the Bahamut: Genesis, The Seven Deadly Sins, and much more!

16 Dec 20141h 4min

014 - Parasyte part 5

014 - Parasyte part 5

After missing a week due to technical issues(Ireland internet), we're back! Darfox shares tales of creepy teens in The Flowers of Evil(Aku no Hana) and then we wrap up our Parasyte read through of the final chapters and review the series as a whole!(covers chapters 49-64)

8 Dec 20141h 23min

013 - Parasyte part 4

013 - Parasyte part 4

This week we have a quick Billy Bat update with new chapters 126-127, dakazu gets hungry over Nobunaga no Chef(Nobunaga's Chef), and we finish off the Tamiya Ryoko arc of Parasyte!!(covers chapters 32-48)

24 Nov 20141h 15min

012 - Parasyte part 3

012 - Parasyte part 3

This week we have a long discussion/rant about the end of Naruto. We also extend our Parasyte discussion because darfox can't get enough tentacle action!(covers chapters 17-31)

17 Nov 20141h 7min

011 - Parasyte part 2

011 - Parasyte part 2

This week we discuss the creepy live-action Nana to Kaoru movie, dakazu tries to explain what Ikigami is, and we catch up on current Naruto & Bleach. Then we jump into our Parasyte read-through by discussing the Mom arc(covers chapters 9-16)

10 Nov 201446min

010 - Parasyte part 1

010 - Parasyte part 1

On this episode darfox reads Nana to Kaoru to learn about doms and subjects(?), dakazu rants about the downfall of Bleach, and we start our read through of Parasyte and learn to love tentacle gore!(covers chapters 1-8)

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