233 - Give My Regards to Black Jack part 1

On this episode we begin our retrospective review of Shuho Sato's Give My Regards to Black Jack! 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 Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro Song: "I am Just Feeling Alive" by UMI KUUN from Young Black Jack, Opening, Introductions, Curry 00:01:29 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST "Prologue", Seamus checks out some dramatic scenes in volume 5 of Shojo Fight 00:05:51 - Seamus explains the difference between cramer and cremer 00:06:52 - The ending of Starving Anonymous is REALLY nuts *FULL SPOILERS* 00:12:09 - dakazu reads some more Kakegurui -Compulsive Gambler - from last week's Triple Dip 00:14:44 - News: 3rd season of the anime Psycho-Pass is announced 00:15:50 - Darfox gives *FULL SPOILERS* on the twist of Psycho-Pass and why the protagonist Akane was great 00:21:19 - The popular 90's action manga Spriggan will be getting an anime adaptation 00:23:35 - Rumors about the live-action One Piece show being on Netflix and discussing what we want from it 00:26:12 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Retrospective on Give My Regards to Black Jack, we will continue our comprehensive review of Shuho Sato's manga(covers volumes 5-7) 00:26:47 - Main Segment Retrospective: Give My Regards to Black Jack, Transition Song: "LIFE is... 〜another story〜" by Ken Hirai from Give My Regards to Black Jack, comprehensive review of Shuho Sato's medical drama 00:29:08 - We discuss the introduction of main character Eijirou Saito and his harsh reality check with the world of doctors 00:31:06 - Seamus doesn't like Saito's idealistic character and would prefer the attending doctors characters who have more experience 00:32:25 - We talk about the 1st story arc with the comatose old man on life support 00:35:20 - We get into the heavy drama of cardiac surgery patient Mr. Miyamura and Dr. Kita's putting down the scalpel 00:39:12 - Darfox recognizes Sato has an agenda when presenting the evil doctors in this arc 00:42:31 - Seamus wonders if Saito will eventually suffer from burnout after caring so much for each patient 00:43:37 - We laugh about how useless Saito is and the fits he throws 00:44:17 - We get into the heavy subject matter of newborn intensive care unit with the prenatal twins in the 4th arc 00:50:36 - We discuss the dramatic storytelling and the questionable scenes of the prenatal twins talking to each other 00:58:23 - dakazu praises Sato's believable characterization of the father 01:00:02 - We remember to discuss the 3rd arc about fellow intern Hisayoshi Michiba and concept of a family oriented doctor 01:01:45 - We introduce some other side characters and lament that some of them don't even have names 01:05:47 - Seamus enjoys the medical information introduced in this and points out that Saito is the audience surrogate to learn these facts 01:09:48 - We talk about Sato's beautiful use of heavy ink lines and shadowing to show dramatic scenes 01:06:49 - dakazu compares this series to another medical manga Team Medical Dragon 01:14:22 - We share our thoughts about the series so far and give some predictions about what will happen next 01:20:07 - Next Week's Topic: Give My Regards to Black Jack, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: "wish men" by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster