The Heike Story, Sakugan, and Deep Insanity with Professor Ederlyn Peralta!

This week, hosts Sal and Cruz are joined once again by Peralta, who brings along her sister, Professor and writer for Comic Book Resources, Ederlyn Peralta! Together, the quartet tackle a genre of adaptations, from the epic "The Heike Story", to "Sakugan" and "Deep Insanity: The Lost Child", but first: an interview with Ederlyn about teaching, writing, and classical Japanese literature! (0:00) Introduction (1:10) Interview with Ederlyn (2:48) What it's like to be a college professor (4:29) Can you learn Japanese from anime? (8:01) Translation woes (9:06) What did you decide to learn Japanese? (14:55) How do you decide what to write about? (17:59) The best Harem of all time! (20:13) Finding test subjects for articles (21:11) How do you decide what to write about? (25:23) Getting support from friends and family (29:05) Casual Peraltas vs. Educator Peraltas (31:59) Getting hired as a college professor (34:29) How to get students interested in reading (36:48) Metamorphosis: Franz Kafka or Shindo L.? (39:23) What got you into anime? (43:31) What's your anime taste? (46:41) Dealing with troublesome kids and their parents (52:43) Some more questions? (56:24) Figure collecting (59:18) Deep Insanity: The Lost Child REVIEW (1:09:08) Sakugan REVIEW (1:20:33) The Heike Story REVIEW (1:32:35) Reading recommendations (1:37:15) Discussion on historical epics (1:45:25) Japan trip and travel anxiety (1:50:42) Outro Check out Lyn's twitter! Lyn's work on CBR! Visit us at our website!