Manga Recon

5:29pm: A Manga-Ka's Apartment
From the book Tokyo, A Certain Style. Text and photographs by Kyoichi Tsuzuki. First published in Japan in 1997. Click the small images to see 'em larger. Bonus points if you can guess who's room it is (we don't know).



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5:19pm: Noooo!! BOOM!!
From Even a Monkey Can Draw Manga:

2:15pm: Manga Recon Show #009: Schedule of a Weekly MangaKa
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OP & ED: Theme from Blazing Transfer Student, "Blazing Transfer Student" by Toshihiko Seki.


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Manga Adaptations Discussion:
- Haruhi Suzumiya
- InuKami
- .hack//XXXX
- Gurren Lagan

- Family Complex has a great description of eye surgery, couched in a very boring regular story. Here's my review.

- Peach Pit was hospitalized recently
- Who is Kazuo Koike?

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Burning Pen! Screaming Pen! Blue Flame!
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Blog post about the horizontal gutters being wider than the vertical gutters in manga.

I was talking about good and bad paneling examples from One Pound Gospel and S.A.. I can't find the S.A. example, but here's a nice sequence from One Pound Gospel:

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Mr. X talks about Mampu

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Hikaru No Go paneling where the "camera" is placed below the board. In this sequence, Akira is playing Go on the internet.</center>

I mention the School of Visual Arts. (Pratt is also good.)

Unimpressive art in an autobiographical comic that made all the critics' top ten lists:
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In Japan, a bad run is a circulation of 50,000. In the U.S. a great circulation for manga is 5,000 - even though we've got four times the population.

The Yasha Craig Ape is from Grappler Baki.

Link to AWO's coverage of Lady Snowblood. It's at 37:28 - 57:52 in their show.

Kochikame has been around forever!

What are ikimen?

Bakuman

9:33pm: Manga Recon Show #008: YaoiCast #002 [Explicit 18+]
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OP: "Lookin' Cute / Feelin' Cute" by Gay Pimp
ED: "Fa***ty Attention" by Adam Joseph

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0:55-8:15 - Picnic as reviewed by Kate
8:15-9:58 - Can't Win With You - excerpt read by Gina
9:58-13:55 - Same Cell Organism as reviewed by Kari
13:55-14:28 - Brief mention of Little Crybaby by me
14:28-25:30 - Say Please reviewed as reviewed by Alison, with a discussion of rape in manga



All of these titles are recommended, except Little Crybaby, which was terrible.

12:08am: Manga Recon Show #008: YaoiCast #001 [Explicit 18+]
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0-10:25 - "Only the Ring Finger Knows" - the manga, reviewed by Clio
10:25-14:00 - uke and seme types
14:00- "Desire" reviewed by Gina
16:20 - More BL terms
19:41 - "Rising Storm" reviewed by Z.

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BL terms:

Bobuge = BL game
Chikiku Seme = demonic seme (very violent)
DiveIn = well thats self explanitory
GataiUke = replacement uke (a narcissistic uke who wants to replace anoher uke. they often have similar features to the uke they are rivals with).
JKin = characters that look like those from Johnny's boys bands
Kemoshota = animals with little boys
Kentauros = dogboys/catboys/rabbit-boys...
Nyotaika = characters that obviously look like women
Riba = role reversal manga (uke and seme switch)
RoboYaoi = sci-fi BL with mecha
SasoiUke = an uke from a normal background that captures the heart of a superior seme
Souke / Souseme = ideal uke/seme or obviously one or the other
Yaora = yaoi lover (doesn't read BL sticks to doujinshi)

11:16pm: Manga Recon Show #007 - King of Editors
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King of Editors Henshuu Ou Hensyuo? by Tsuchida Seiki 土田世紀 Serialized in Big Comic Originally 15 volumes, but the SB edition may be fewer volumes If you can read Japanese, here's a wiki page about it. I think there may be a drama based on it called "Hensyuo" that aired on Fuji TV in 2000, but no torrents exist. If you can get a hold of this show somehow, email me!

Panels we talked about on the show.

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11:49am: Manga Recon Show #006
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These reviews are also posted (in text form) on my "Manga Recon" column on Popcultureshock.com

Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life, Volumes 1 & 2 by Bryan Lee O'Malley Published by Oni Press Who Would Like This Book: Fans of Love Roma and American indy comics lovers who think that most indy comics are too depressing. Who Would Hate This Book: Hardcore hipster haters - but even then they might like it.
Robot: Super Color Comic works selected by Range Murata Digital Manga Publishing Who Would Like This Book: Otaku who are not overly concerned with narrative. Who Would Hate This Book: Your parents, so don't leave it laying around the house.
Ultra Cute, Volume 1 by Nami Akimoto Tokyopop Who Would Like This Book: 4th-6th grade girls. Who Would Hate This Book: Boys, and also me.
Dokebi Bride, Volume 1 by Marley Published by NETCOMICS Who Would Like This Book: Anyone interested in reading manhwa that is really Korean in nature, and not just a pale imitation of Japanese fantasy manga. Who Would Hate This Book: Really harsh art critics.

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11:42am: Manga Recon Show #005
Manga Recon Show #005 Direct Download:

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These reviews are also posted (in text form) on my "Manga Recon" column on Popcultureshock.com You can direct complaints and discussion to this forum thread.

These reviews are made possible by Pop Culture Shock, (also known as Buzzscope) which is loosely associated with Midtown Comics.

These reviews were written and read by ninjaconsultant:

	Darkside Blues Story by Hideyuki Kikuchi Art by Yuho Ashibe ADV Manga The movie was imported by US Manga Corps
	Loveless volume 1 Yun Kouga Tokyopop
	Aria Kosue Amano ADV Manga The anime series is not yet available in North America
	Happy Mania Moyoco Anno Tokyopop
	Pastel Toshihiko Kobayashi Del Ray

Other Mentions:

• Akira Kurasawa's Dreams
• Josh in Japan podcast particularly the Dating Episode
• Big Big Truck and her great AMVs

Music/Sound Clips:

• "Jump in the Line" by Harry Belafonte, from the Harry Belafonte: Greatest Hits CD
• Why Harry Belafonte? Because of this AMV.
• Audio clips from the Darkside Blues movie.
• "Master and Servant" by Depeche Mode


• "Rainbow" by ROUND TABLE feat. Nino, the end theme of Aria the Animation.
• "Sex in the City" theme song, possibly by Douglas J. Cuomo
• Audio clips from the most excellent American Astronaut movie. Also check out the soundtrack by the Billy Nayer Show, since it is a sci-fi western musical.

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12:55pm: Manga Recon Show #004
Manga Recon Show #004 Direct Download:

This entry is cross-posted on the mangacast.

These reviews are also posted (in text form) on my "Manga Recon" column on Buzzscope.com You can direct complaints and discussion to this forum thread.

These reviews are made possible by Buzzscope, which is loosely associated with Midtown Comics.

These reviews were written and read by mr_cutiepants:

	Angel Diary volume 1 Kara Lee YunHee Ice Kunion
	Saint Marie volume 1 Yang Yeo-Jin ADV Manga
	MeruPuri volume 1 Matsuri Hino Shojo Beat Manga

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12:12am: Manga Recon Show #003
Manga Recon Show #003 Direct Download:

This entry is cross-posted on the mangacast.

These reviews are also posted (in text form) on my "Manga Recon" column on Buzzscope.com You can direct complaints and discussion to this forum thread.

These reviews are made possible by Buzzscope, which is loosely associated with Midtown Comics.

My regular podcast is the Ninjaconsultant podcast, which you can subscribe to here:

If you only want to hear future Manga Recon podcasts, you can subscribe to this feed:

I wrote reviews of the following books, and the reviews were read by ali_wildgoose:

	Dramacon volume 1 Svetlana Chmakova (svetlania) Tokyopop
	Comic Party volume 4 Sekihiko Ino Tokyopop
	Brother volume 1 Yuzuha Ougi One Drama Queen
	The Young Magician volume 1 Narushima Yuri CMX

9:20am: Manga Recon Show #002
Manga Recon Show #002 Direct Download:

This entry is cross-posted on the mangacast.

These reviews are also posted (in text form) on my "Manga Recon" column on Buzzscope.com

These reviews are made possible by Buzzscope, which is loosely associated with Midtown Comics.


My regular podcast is the Ninjaconsultant podcast, which you can subscribe to here:

If you only want to hear future Manga Recon podcasts, you can subscribe to this feed:

I wrote reviews of the following books, and the reviews were read by ali_wildgoose:

	Tokyo Boys and Girls volume 1 Miki Aihara Shojo Beat Manga
	The Devil Does Exist volume 1 Takanashi Mitsuba CMX
	Lady Snowblood volume 1 Kazuo Koike and Kazuo Kamimura Dark Horse
	Cromartie High School volume 3 Eiji Nonaka ADV Manga

9:30pm: Manga Recon Show #001
Manga Recon Show #001 Direct Download:

I've made this entry to cross-post on mangacast, and I fully intend to, just as soon as I can figure out how Feedburner works.

These reviews are also posted on my "Manga Recon" column on Buzzscope.com, and I've pretty much read them straight from the column, but I have added the occasional audio note here and there. Buzzscope is loosely associated with Midtown Comics, which is right here in the heart of New York City.

I hope to have some kind of MangaRecon feed where if you really like MangaRecon, you can just subscribe to that. I intend to include all the manga reviews as regular Ninja Consultant shows, unless I get a ton of complaints or something.

Also, sorry to Andrew - your interview will be later than ever, and for those of you waiting for part three of David Ng... maybe this weekend I'll put another show up? We'll see what happens.

Here's the manga I reviewed:

	Love Roma Minoru Toyoda Del Ray
	Pieces of a Spiral Tachibana Kaimu CMX
	Ouran High School Host Club Bisco Hatori Shojo Beat
	Tenjo Tenge, Volume 3 Oh! Great CMX
	The Wallflower, Volume 1 Tomoko Hayakawa Del Ray
	The Wallflower, Volume 2 Tomoko Hayakawa Del Ray

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