273 - Morgana’s Manga Makeup 1 - Vinland Saga, Golden Kamuy, Shojo FIGHT!

Dec 16, 2019

We’re launching a new episode where our new host Morgana will read her way through some of Manga Machinations favorites! It’ll be Morgana’s first time reading through these manga and we’re excited to hear what she thinks! She’ll be checking out Vinland Saga, Golden Kamuy, and Shojo FIGHT!!!!

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Timestamps:

• 00:00:00 - Intro Song: “Reimei” by Sayuri x MY FIRST STORY from Golden Kamuy, Opening, Introductions, Seamus in absentia, Counting the days to Christmas
• 00:02:53 - Listener Emails: Discussing dynamic style over visible readability in Tokyo Ghoul
• 00:09:02 - Sharing our experiences with fighting games
• 00:13:58 - Talking about things we’re happy that are ending and what we’re looking forward to in 2020
• 00:17:48 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST “Prologue”, Morgana knows Darfox and dakazu are excited that she’s read BEASTARS volume 4
• 00:24:06 - Thanking @kpossibles​ for their suggestion to cover BL in a future Triple Dip episode
• 00:25:33 - dakazu is concerned with the narrative that gender is linked to sexual attraction in Kojinsa Arimasu
• 00:36:45 -  News: New publishing imprint BDP launching a Kickstarter for their first book Magician A by Natsuko Ishitsuyo
• 00:41:42 - Warner Brothers have removed the live-action Akira film from their schedule
• 00:52:08 - Interview of Tatsuya Moriyama from Kodansha Overseas Licensing Department breaks down international manga sales
• 00:58:39 - Comics Beat’s The 100 Best Comics of the Decade list includes a few manga choices
• 01:06:34 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown:  2019 Year End Review with Manga Mavericks, we’ll be presenting our Top 3 lists for anime from 2019
• 01:07:27 - Main Segment Darfox Dabbles: Morgana’s Manga Makeup, Transition Song: “MUKANJYO” by Survive Said The Prophet from Vinland Saga, Morgana will read manga previously covered on Manga Machinations before she joined, Including:
• 01:09:11 - Golden Kamuy by Satoru Noda
• 01:13:52 - Morgana explains how she rates books on Goodreads
• 01:32:21 - Vinland Saga by Makoto Yukimura
• 01:47:38 - Shojo FIGHT! by Yoko Nihonbashi
• 02:12:11 - dakazu was annoyed with the misalignment of 2-page spreads and the abundance of cursing in the digital edition by Kodansha
• 02:18:37 - We discuss giving and receiving recommendations for manga that aren’t personally for us
• 02:21:07 - Morgana picks her favorite out of the 3 series she read
• 02:24:50 - Next Week’s Topic: 2019 Year End Review Anime, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “wish men” by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster