165 - One Shot 8 - A Distant Neighborhood

Seamus is out sick this week but it isn't stopping us from doing a One Shot retrospective on A Distant Neighborhood! Remember to send us emails! [email protected] Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our tumblr! http://mangamachinations.tumblr.com Join our Discord server and come talk to us! http://discord.me/mangamac Time Stamps: 00:00:00 – Intro Song: "Back Alley Space Boy" by The Cobra Twisters from Daiguard, Opening, Introductions, Social Media Rundown, Listener Emails: Seven Seas Entertainment licensing My Solo Exchange Diary, best of the year podcast, our goals for 2018 00:14:48 – News: death of voice actress Hiromi Tsuru 00:16:09 – Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST "Prologue", darfox catches up on Blood Blockade Battlefront & Beyond, we discuss the bullying arc of March Comes in like a Lion 00:22:10 – dakazu explains the significance of the Iyami character in Naoki Urasawa's new series Mujirushi 00:28:54 – dakazu is getting frustrated with the main character of Land of the Lustrous, dakazu loves how Akiko Higashimura splits the page layout between serious history and comedy in Yukibana no Hana 00:34:44 – Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Triple Dip where we read the first volume of three different manga including: Mardock Scramble by Yoshitoki Oima, Shigurui by Takayuki Yamaguchi, and Coppelion by Tomonori Inoue 00:39:13 – Main Segment One Shot: Transition Song: "Free Bird" by New Cinema Tokage from Project ARMS, single episode retrospective on A Distant Neighborhood by Jiro Taniguchi, we examine the story and discuss the simple art style Taniguichi uses 00:53:53 – Next Week's Topic: Triple Dip on Mardock Scramble, Shigurui, and Coppelion, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: wish men by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster