394 - Saikyo Selections 15 - City Hunter

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05/08/22 • 138 min

Welcome to the start of our Multimedia Retrospective on City Hunter! Throughout the rest of this month of May we’ll be looking at various iterations of the girl chasing private detective, Ryo Saeba! For this first episode we will be examining the original manga and the various spinoffs by Tsukasa Hojo! And stay tuned after the episode for a bonus spoiler discussion on The Batman!!!

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Timestamps:

Intro Song: “Crime Scene’” by DoGBeaT, Opening, Introductions, Darfox is busy from being too handsome - 00:00:00
Listener Mail: Our favorite “Haha” podcast moments - 00:03:55
Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: “Funkymania” by The Original Orchestra, Morgana wants listeners to check out Lost Lad London and Let’s Go Karaoke! - 00:10:12
*SPOILERS* Darfox read Oshi no Ko and enjoyed it - 00:13:28
dakazu thinks Koyoharu Gotouge could comfortably retire from the weekly manga grind - 00:24:37
Black Clover continues to be an inconsistent mess of animation quality for dakazu - 00:26:08
dakazu’s wife was bothered by some occasional mispronounced Italian in Ristorante Paradiso - 00:27:37
Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Manga in Motion on City Hunter, we will review the 1993 Chinese action comedy film adaptation directed by Wong Jing and starring Jackie Chan - 00:31:56
Main Segment Saikyo Selections: City Hunter, Transition Song: “Sunset Ride” by HVRDVR, we examine the beginning of City Hunter by Tsukasa Hojo for review and we discuss the various adjacent manga series of Cat’s Eye and Angel Heart - 00:33:36
Next Week’s Topic: City Hunter, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “Crazy for Your Love” by Orkas - 01:32:01
Bonus spoiler-talk about The Batman - 01:33:40

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Timestamps:

Intro Song: “Crime Scene’” by DoGBeaT, Opening, Introductions, Darfox is busy from being too handsome - 00:00:00
Listener Mail: Our favorite “Haha” podcast moments - 00:03:55
Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: “Funkymania” by The Original Orchestra, Morgana wants listeners to check out Lost Lad London and Let’s Go Karaoke! - 00:10:12
*SPOILERS* Darfox read Oshi no Ko and enjoyed it - 00:13:28
dakazu thinks Koyoharu Gotouge could comfortably retire from the weekly manga grind - 00:24:37
Black Clover continues to be an inconsistent mess of animation quality for dakazu - 00:26:08
dakazu’s wife was bothered by some occasional mispronounced Italian in Ristorante Paradiso - 00:27:37
Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Manga in Motion on City Hunter, we will review the 1993 Chinese action comedy film adaptation directed by Wong Jing and starring Jackie Chan - 00:31:56
Main Segment Saikyo Selections: City Hunter, Transition Song: “Sunset Ride” by HVRDVR, we examine the beginning of City Hunter by Tsukasa Hojo for review and we discuss the various adjacent manga series of Cat’s Eye and Angel Heart - 00:33:36
Next Week’s Topic: City Hunter, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “Crazy for Your Love” by Orkas - 01:32:01
Bonus spoiler-talk about The Batman - 01:33:40

Previous Episode

393 - Triple Dip 61 - The Legend of the Strongest, Kurosawa!, Sunrise Snack Bar, Ragna Chronicle

Seamus is back so we’re doing a Triple Dip based on series from Manga Planet Library! We’ll be checking out The Legend of the Strongest, Kurosawa!, Sunrise Snack Bar, and Ragna Chronicles! We also discuss My Summer of You, Fujimoto Tatsuki Tanpenshuu, and the end of Golden Kamuy and Chi. ~Chikyu no Undou ni Tsuite~!!!

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Timestamps:

00:00:00 - Intro Song: “Are You Ready For Me Baby” by Funky Giraffe, Opening, Introductions, Special guest star Seamus
00:02:17 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: “Funkymania” by The Original Orchestra, Morgana checks out the BL My Summer of You
00:03:28 - The intricate art of Jeremy Bastian shines in Cursed Pirate Girl
00:09:12 - Reading Leonard Cohen reminded Morgana of seeing him in concert
00:12:47 - Darfox saw The Batman and takes us on a random tangent to video games
00:21:31 - dakazu enjoyed the endings of Golden Kamuy and Chi. ~Chikyu no Undou ni Tsuite~
00:24:10 - dakazu loved learning about Tatsuki Fujimoto’s through his short story collections Fujimoto Tatsuki Tanpenshuu
00:29:46 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Saikyo Selection on City Hunter, We will examine various iterations of the popular action comedy series, starting with the original manga by Tsukasa Hojo
00:34:16 - Main Segment Triple Dip: Sunrise Snack Bar/Ragna Chronicles/The Legend of the Strongest, Kurosawa!, Transition Song: “It’s Over” by Generation Lost, We read the first volume of three different series from Manga Planet Library for discussion and to see if we’d continue reading it before picking our favorite, Including:
00:42:13 - Sunrise Snack Bar by Rena Yamamoto
00:57:23 - Ragna Chronicles by Masaya Hokazono
01:11:40 - The Legend of the Strongest, Kurosawa! by Nobuyuki Fukumoto
01:34:13 - We pick our favorite out of the three manga
01:37:54 - Next Week’s Topic: City Hunter, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “Crazy for Your Love” by Orkas

Next Episode

395 - Manga in Motion 53 - Jackie Chan’s City Hunter

This week dakazu talks about Our Flag Means Death being BL, more series from Manga Planet Library, and Jiro Matsumoto’s Ichigeki and beautiful place! Then it’s time for Part 2 of our City Hunter Multimedia Retrospective where we examine the Chinese action comedy film City Hunter starring Jackie Chan!!!

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Timestamps:

Intro Song: “Crime Scene’” by DoGBeaT, Opening, Introductions - 00:00:00
Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: “Funkymania” by The Original Orchestra, dakazu knows why Morgana likes the very BL pirate show Our Flag Means Death - 00:01:48
dakazu was busy reading GAIRA - Confidential Records of Mythical Beasts and Doctor Mordrid and Chilling Messages from Manga Planet Library - 00:07:01
dakazu finished Jiro Matsumoto’s Ichigeki - 00:11:37
beautiful place is another Jiro Matsumoto manga - 00:14:42
Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Manga in Motion on City Hunter, we will review the original 1987 anime adaptation - 00:25:16
Main Segment Manga in Motion: Jackie Chan’s City Hunter, Transition Song: “Sunset Ride” by HVRDVR, we review the 1993 Chinese action comedy film adaptation directed by Wong Jing and starring Jackie Chan - 00:26:46
Next Week’s Topic: City Hunter, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “Crazy for Your Love” by Orkas - 01:22:56