258 - State of Shonen 1 - We Never Learn

When Seamus is away, shonen will save the day! Morgana is back as an official member of the hosts this episode so we discuss the current arcs and happenings of our favorite shonen manga series, such as We Never Learn, Black Clover, Fire Force, and more!!! Remember to send us emails! [email protected] Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our new website! https://mangamachinations.com 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: "Seishun Seminar" by Study from We Never Learn, Opening, Morgana's official host debut, Introductions, Social Media 00:02:31 - Listener Emails: Manga suggestions for Tokyo Shinobi Squad, Spy x Family, HEART GEAR 00:07:47 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST "Prologue", Darfox accidentally read Mission: Yozakura Family instead of Spy x Family 00:11:50 - We talk about the difficulty of predicting manga success in Weekly Shonen Jump 00:15:13 - Darfox checked out some newly released episodes of Carole & Tuesday on Netflix 00:17:17 - Taiyo Matsumoto's Cats of the Louvre is a strange manga about cats that Morgana loved 00:20:34 - Morgana is reading Parasyte and surprised she didn't read it sooner 00:21:29 - Neil Gaiman's Snow, Glass, Apples is a beautiful dark twist on Snow White 00:24:09 - dakazu found a sequel to Nana to Kaoru called Nana to Kaoru Last Year 00:29:06 - Franken Fran Frantic is sequel that seems like a cash-in to dakazu 00:30:26 - Vampire familiars battling in Shiga Hime isn't original but filled with amazing body horror art 00:33:15 - dakazu read Natsume Ono's Have a Great Sunday and loved the story about an old writer hanging out with his son and son-in-law every Sunday 00:35:55 - News: Controversy over scanlations with the Manga Rock app on Apple and Google Play stores 00:45:11 - We discuss the reality of manga artists like Junji Ito who need to work constantly to make a living 00:51:18 - An anime for Junji Ito's Uzumaki will be airing on Toonami in 2020 00:54:20- The Japanese voice actors were interviewed for the 25th anniversary of Yu Yu Hakusho 00:57:35 - Leaked outtake recordings from Funimation have cast members of Dragon Ball Z making juvenile jokes and homophobic slurs 01:03:06 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Creator Cross Section, where we examine CLAMP and their manga throughout their career: including X, Cardcaptor Sakura, Clover, Chobits, xxxHOLiC, and Gate 7 01:04:29 - Main Segment State of Shonen, Transition Song: "Inferno" by Mrs.GREEN APPLE from Fire Force, we discuss the current arcs and happenings of various shonen manga series, Including: 01:06:16 - We Never Learn by Taishi Tsutsui 01:15:16 - Fire Force by Atsushi Ohkubo 01:21:51 - Yu Yu Hakusho by Yoshihiro Togashi 01:25:42 - Dr. STONE by Riichiro Inagaki & Boichi 01:28:53 - Black Clover by Yuki Tabata 01:39:57 - My Hero Academia by Kohei Horikoshi 01:44:41 - Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba by Koyoharu Gotouge 01:47:34 - Chainsaw Man by Tatsuki Fujimoto 01:59:30 - Hajime no Ippo by George Morikawa 02:14:03 - Komi Can't Communicate by Tomohito Oda 02:20:38 - Boys Over Flowers by Yoko Kamio 02:22:26 - Yowamushi Pedal by Wataru Watanabe 02:25:43 - Next Week's Topic: Creator Cross Section on CLAMP, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: "wish men" by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster