464 – 9 Year Anniversary Retrospective Redux 4 – Pluto with Aidan Clarke
We’re celebrating 9 years of Manga Machinations by revisiting Pluto! We’re joined by manga letterer Aidan Clarke to talk about all things Naoki Urasawa! We discuss Monster, Yawara!, Master Keaton, 20th Century Boys, and especially Billy Bat!!!
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Timestamps:
- 00:00:00 – Intro Song: “Are You Ready For Me Baby” by Funk Giraffe, Opening, Introductions
- 00:02:53 – Darfox and Amber’s review of Netflix‘s One Piece
- 00:04:01 – Support us on the Manga Machinations Ko-fi
- 00:05:52 – Aidan’s manga and anime origins
- 00:10:41 – Aidan shares his love of Naoki Urasawa manga
- 00:16:25 – We deep dive into Billy Bat along with Naoki Urasawa‘s strengths and weaknesses
- 00:38:23 – Aidan talks about working as a manga letterer
- 00:42:11 – Next Episode Preview and Rundown: One Shot on Tatsuki Fujimoto Before Chainsaw Man, We will review the 2 volume collection of Tatsuki Fujimoto‘s one shot works
- 00:43:14 – Main Segment Retrospective Redux: Pluto, Transition Song: “It’s Over” by Generation Lost, We revisit Naoki Urasawa‘s adaptation of the classic Astro Boy story “The Greatest Robot on Earth”
- 02:03:25 – Thanking Aidan Clarke
- 02:06:48 – Reflecting on 9 years of Manga Machinations
- 02:14:03 – Next Week’s Topic: Tatsuki Fujimoto Before Chainsaw Man, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “Crazy for Your Love” by Orkas