275 – 2019 Year End News & Manga Review
Welcome to the final episode of Manga Machinations for 2019! Seamus is back, which means all the hosts are ready to discuss all the news stories from this year before sharing their personal top 3 manga, honorable mentions, and worst manga of the year!!!
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Timestamps
- 00:00:00 – Intro Song: “New Stranger” by sora tob sakana from Hi Score Girl, Opening, Introductions, Social Media
- 00:00:58 – Listener Emails: Clarifying our points from our discussion on Kojinsa Arimasu
- 00:13:09 – Reviewing News of 2019: We discuss the good news from 2019 like the British Museum’s Manga Exhibit and Akiko Higashimura’s Eisner win
- 00:21:17 -We talk about various titles published this year along with the launch of new publishers like Square Enix and new manga services from Manga Planet and MyAnimeList
- 00:28:36 – We discuss the scandals of Manga Rock, Japanese publishers joining forces to battle manga piracy, and the end of scan groups like Manga Stream
- 00:39:22 – We revisit the strange news stories of 2019 like Serial Experiments Lain becoming open source and the father-daughter relationship reveal of Keisuke Itagaki and Paru Itagaki
- 00:43:11 – We discuss some anime/movie specific news like the saga of the live-action Akira movie and the various controversies of Neon Genesis Evangelion on Netflix
- 00:50:46 – We discuss the bad news of 2019 including the tragic arson attack on Kyoto Animation
- 00:57:47 – We take a moment to remember the deaths of Hideo Azuma, Monkey Punch, and Kazuo Koike
- 00:59:08 – Manga of 2018: Transition Song: “Catch up, latency” by UNISON SQUARE GARDEN from Run with the Wind, We share our best & worst manga we read in 2019
- 01:00:17 – An Invitation from a Crab by panpanya
- 01:01:49 – Give My Regards to Black Jack by Shuho Sato
- 01:10:50 – Tokyo Tarareba Girls by Akiko Higashimura
- 01:14:33 – Muhyo & Roji’s Bureau of Supernatural Investigation by Yoshiyuki Nishi
- 01:18:24 – Our Dreams at Dusk: Shimanami Tasogare by Yuhki Kamatani
- 01:19:24 – Memoirs of Amorous Gentlemen by Moyoco Anno
- 01:26:30 – Outdoors by Yuichi Yokoyama
- 01:28:27 – Vinland Saga by Makoto Yukimura
- 01:37:57 – Gyakutai Chichi ga Youyaku Shinda by Piyoro Arai
- 01:40:58 – Kono Oto Tomare! by Amyu
- 01:45:02 – Reflecting on all our top 3 lists
- 01:46:25 – BEASTARS by Paru Itagaki
- 01:48:12 – The Full-Time Wife Escapist by Tsunami Umino
- 01:49:07 – ASTRA LOST IN SPACE by Kenta Shinohara
- 01:50:07 – Hibiki: Shousetsuka ni Naru Houhou by Paru Itagaki
- 01:51:15 – The Magnificent Grand Scene by Cuvie
- 01:51:52 – Ooku: The Inner Chambers by Fumi Yoshinaga, To Your Iternity by Yoshitoki Oima , Land of the Lustrous by Haruko Ichikawa
- 01:54:03 – Nicola Traveling Around the Demons’ World by Asaya Miyanaga
- 01:57:10 – We praise the global launch of Manga PLUS
- 01:57:52 – Mad Bull 34 by Kazuo Koike & Noriyoshi Inoue
- 01:59:03 – Razor by Kazuo Koike & Kazuhiro Iga
- 02:01:42 – B – Brahms 20-sai no Tabiji by Rusu Key, Ijousha no Ai by Daisuke Chida
- 02:03:06 – Kunihachibu by Hiroaki Kakamu
- 02:08:56 – The Cornered Mouse Dreams of Cheese by Setona Mizushiro
- 02:13:03 – We take one last moment to reflect on 2019 and share what we’re excited for in 2020
- 02:16:01 – Next Episode Preview and Rundown: New Chapter Check-in, dakazu and Darfox will be going full spoilers with the newest chapters of their favorite manga series, House Keeping, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “Auld Lang Syne” by Home Free