294 - Manga in Motion 43 - Paranoia Agent

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05/10/20 • 130 min

On this episode dakazu finds the perfect manga for Manga Machinations with Olympia Kyklos and learns that Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 isn’t completely terrible. Then we cancel Carl Jung and the collective unconsciousness as we breakdown Satoshi Kon’s Paranoia Agent!!!

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Timestamps:

00:00:00 - Intro Song: “Dream Island Obsessional Park” by Susumu Hirasawa from Paranoia Agent, Opening, Introductions
00:01:17 - Listener Emails: Manga suggestions and digital manga readers
00:14:04 - Announcing super moves in anime and manga
00:21:59 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST “Prologue”, Mari Yamazaki’s Olympia Kyklos features ancient Greeks who get inspired by Osamu Tezuka and professional wrestling
00:28:35 - dakazu thought Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 took advantage of it’s CG animation for some unique effects
00:35:36 - Morgana could relate to the narrative of Lucy Knisley’s Stepping Stones
00:36:38 - News: Inuyasha anime sequel Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon announcement
00:43:56 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Retrospective on Yu Yu Hakusho, a comprehensive look at Yoshihiro Togashi’s popular manga about a teenage delinquent turned spirit detective(covers volumes 7-10)
00:44:32 - Main Segment Manga in Motion: Paranoia Agent, Transition Song: “White Hill - Maromi's Theme” by Susumu Hirasawa from Paranoia Agent, we examine Satoshi Kon’s animated TV series
02:09:09 - Next Week’s Topic: Yu Yu Hakusho, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “wish men” by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster

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Timestamps:

00:00:00 - Intro Song: “Dream Island Obsessional Park” by Susumu Hirasawa from Paranoia Agent, Opening, Introductions
00:01:17 - Listener Emails: Manga suggestions and digital manga readers
00:14:04 - Announcing super moves in anime and manga
00:21:59 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST “Prologue”, Mari Yamazaki’s Olympia Kyklos features ancient Greeks who get inspired by Osamu Tezuka and professional wrestling
00:28:35 - dakazu thought Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 took advantage of it’s CG animation for some unique effects
00:35:36 - Morgana could relate to the narrative of Lucy Knisley’s Stepping Stones
00:36:38 - News: Inuyasha anime sequel Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon announcement
00:43:56 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Retrospective on Yu Yu Hakusho, a comprehensive look at Yoshihiro Togashi’s popular manga about a teenage delinquent turned spirit detective(covers volumes 7-10)
00:44:32 - Main Segment Manga in Motion: Paranoia Agent, Transition Song: “White Hill - Maromi's Theme” by Susumu Hirasawa from Paranoia Agent, we examine Satoshi Kon’s animated TV series
02:09:09 - Next Week’s Topic: Yu Yu Hakusho, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “wish men” by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster

Previous Episode

293 - Yu Yu Hakusho part 2

This week Darfox is finally ready to read Gambling Apocalypse: KAIJI while Seamus and dakazu discuss the unpredictable changes in To Your Eternity! Then we continue our Retrospetive review of Yoshihiro Togashi’s Yu Yu Hakusho as Yusuke and the gang fully transition into shonen battle manga antics!!!

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Timestamps:

00:00:00 - Intro Song: “Smile Bomb” by Matsuko Matawari from Yu Yu Hakusho, Opening, Introductions, Waiting for libraries to reopen
00:01:44 - Listener Emails: The meaning behind Yu Yu Hakusho’s title and characters
00:06:47 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST “Prologue”, Darfox has finally purchased the first volume of Gambling Apocalypse: KAIJI
00:13:11 - *SPOILERS* dakazu and Seamus discuss the wildly different current arc of To Your Eternity
00:25:34 - We tangent to discuss Breaking Bad
00:29:18 - Morgana is in love with the gorgeous The Art of Junji Ito: Twisted Visions
00:33:27 - A Man and His Cat perfectly captures how cat owners feel about their cats
00:34:26 - dakazu finished Paidon and thought it was a success as a Osamu Tezuka-like manga but it had no ‘wow’ factor
00:41:11 - dakazu loves Isekai Ojisan because it has video game humor and satirizes the isekai genre
00:45:01 - News: Kaori Tsurutani’s BL Metamorphosis is now available from Seven Seas Entertainment
00:46:48 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Manga in Motion on Paranoia Agent, we’ll be reviewing all 13 episodes of Satoshi Kon’s 2004 thriller/horror anime
00:49:00 - Main Segment Retrospective: Yu Yu Hakusho, Transition Song: “The Homework Doesn’t End” by Matsuko Matsuwari from Yu Yu Hakusho, comprehensive review of Yoshihiro Togashi’s manga about Yusuke Urameshi's journey from ghost to spirit detective!(covers volumes 4-6)
02:14:59 - Next Week’s Topic: Paranoia Agent, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “wish men” by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster

Next Episode

295 - Yu Yu Hakusho part 3

This week Morgana teases more BEASTARS, Seamus can’t process what’s happening in Land of the Lustrous, and dakazu read a manga adaptation of Nobel Prize winning The Unwomanly Face of War! We also discuss Shueisha’s JUMP Manga School before getting back to our Yu Yu Hakusho Retrospective where we examine the Dark Tournament and find it exactly like wrestling booking!!!

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Timestamps:

00:00:00 - Intro Song: “Smile Bomb” by Matsuko Matawari from Yu Yu Hakusho, Opening, Introductions, The correct inflection of Yu Yu Hakusho
00:01:05 - Listener Emails: Power scaling in shonen battle manga
00:06:42 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST “Prologue”, We talk around spoilers of BEASTARS Vol. 7
00:12:46 - Seamus isn’t sure how to process what happens in Land of the Lustrous yet
00:16:13 - dakazu is enjoying a manga adaptation of Svetlana Alexievich’s Nobel Award winning The Unwomanly Face of War
00:19:20 - News: Tsutomu Nihei designs his own stylized Japanese font called TOA Heavy Industries
00:22:04 - JUMP Manga School is a 10-part course on creating manga taught by JUMP editors and manga artists
00:38:19 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Retrospective on Yu Yu Hakusho, a comprehensive look at Yoshihiro Togashi’s popular manga about a teenage delinquent turned spirit detective(covers volumes 11-13)
00:39:37 - Main Segment Retrospective: Yu Yu Hakusho, Transition Song: “The Homework Doesn’t End” by Matsuko Matsuwari from Yu Yu Hakusho, comprehensive review of Yoshihiro Togashi’s manga about Yusuke Urameshi's journey from ghost to spirit detective!(covers volumes 7-10)
01:44:19 - Next Week’s Topic: Yu Yu Hakusho, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “wish men” by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster