391 – Blue Giant part 2
On this episode we preview Doomsday Cleaning, Darfox and dakazu talk about Chinese splatter film Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky, and they praise Tatsuki Fujimoto’s latest one shot Goodbye, Eri! Then we wrap up our Retrospective on Shinichi Ishizuka’s jazz manga Blue Giant!!!
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Timestamps:
- 00:00:00 -Intro Song: “Jazz it Up” by Wesly Thomas, Opening, Introductions
- 00:01:19– Listener Mail: Our recommendations for comedy manga and our favorite comedic manga moments
- 00:15:14 – Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: “Funkymania” by The Original Orchestra, We love the beautifully drawn post-apocalypse short story of Doomsday Cleaning
- 00:19:18 – Chinese cult film Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky is a surprisingly faithful adaptation of the manga
- 00:30:06 – *SPOILERS* Darfox and dakazu rave over Tatsuki Fujimoto’s Goodbye, Eri
- 00:42:44 – Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Morgana’s Manga Makeup, Morgana will read manga previously covered on Manga Machinations before she joined, including: The Fable by Katsuhisa Minami, Gambling Apocalypse Kaijiby Nobuyuki Fukumoto, and Crocodile Baron by Takuya Okada
- 00:44:23 – Main Segment Retrospective: Blue Giant, Transition Song: “A Sophisticated Place” by John Van Houdt, We review Shinichi Ishizuka’s jazz manga about Dai and his journey to become the greatest saxophone player in the world(covers omnibuses vols. 7-10)
- 01:57:21 – Next Week’s Topic: The Fable/Gambling Apocalypse Kaiji/Crocodile Baron, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “Crazy for Your Love” by Orkas