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