Manga in Your Ears

Manga in Your Ears

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Manga in Your Ears episodes

  • Fullmetal Alchemist (11–20) / Dinosaur Sanctuary

    The Brewers and the Rays will face off in the World Series starting Friday. Let's go Brew Crew, but will be happy for the Rays if they pull it off too. A first time World Series champion is exciting.

    This episode, we’re talking about Hiromu Arakawa’s Fullmetal Alchemist published by Viz and Itaru Kinoshita’s Dinosaur Sanctuary published by Seven Seas.

    Fullmetal Alchemist credits:

    • Translation: Akira Watanabe (volume 11-20)
    • English Adaptation: Jake Forbes (volume 11-20)
    • Touch-Up Art & Lettering: Wayne Truman (volume 11-19), Susan Daigle-Leach (volume 20)
    • Design: Amy Martin (volume 11-16), Florian Fangohr (volume 17), Julie Behn (volume 18-20)
    • Editor: Andy Nakatani (volume 11-13), Annette Roman (volume 14-19), Alexis Kirsch (volume 20)
    • Dinosaur Sanctuary credits:

      • Translation: John Neal
      • Lettering: JM Iitomi Crandall
      • Logo design: M. Lyn Hall (volume 7-8)
      • Cover design: Hannah Carey (volume 2-4), Mariel Dágá (volume 5-8)
      • Proofreader: Leighanna DeRouen (volume 1), Krista Grandy (volume 2, 5-8), Danielle King (volume 3-4)
      • Senior copy editor: Dawn Davis (volume 1)
      • Copy editor: Leighanna DeRouen (volume 2-8)
      • Editor: Linda Lombardi
      • Production designer: Christina McKenzie
      • Production manager: Lissa Pattillo (volume 1-2), John Ramirez (volume 3)
      • Prepress technician: Jules Valera, Melanie Ujimori (volume 2-3)
      • Print manager: Rhiannon Rasmussen-Silverstein
      • Editor: Linda Lombardi (volume 4-)
      • Managing editor: J.P. Sullivan (volume 3)
      • Editor-in-chief: Julie Davis
      • Associated publisher: Adam Arnold
      • Publisher: Jason DeAngelis
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        Show notes:

        1:03 - We talk about Fullmetal Alchemist

        Very spoiler-y for these 10 volumes.

        30:23 - We talk about Dinosaur Sanctuary

        Content warning: Mention of suicide.

        Next time is Fullmetal Alchemist 21-27 and World End Solte.

        49 min
      • Fullmetal Alchemist (1–10) / The Girl with the Sanpaku Eyes

        Well the first WPBL season is over and the Los Angeles Queens defeated by beloved San Francisco Firebells in the finals in a full five games. Ayami Sato pitched a complete game shutout, and it was awesome, besides the result.

        This episode, we're talking about Hiromu Arakawa's Fullmetal Alchemist published by Viz and Shunsuke Sorato's The Girl with the Sanpaku Eyes published by Denpa.

        Fullmetal Alchemist credit:

        • English Adaptation:Egan Loo (volume 1), Jake Forbes (volume 3
        • Translation: Akira Watanabe
        • Touch-up Art & Lettering: Wayne Truman
        • Design: Amy Martin
        • Editor: Jason Thompson (volume 1-7), Urian Brown (volume 8-9), Andy Nakatani (volume 10)
        • Series Consultation: Egan Loo (volume 2-4)
        • The Girl with the Sanpaku Eyes credits:

          • Translator: David Goldberg (volume 1-4), Zhuchka (volume 5)
          • Proofreading: Patrick Sutton (volume 1-4), Andrea Coh (volume 5)
          • Production: Glen Isip, Nichole Dochych
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            Read Helen's review of volume one of The Girl with the Sanpaku Eyes at The OASG.

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            Show notes:

            0:48 - We talk about Fullmetal Alchemist

            Semi-spoiler-y for these 10 volumes

            31:44 - We talk about The Girl with the Sanpaku Eyes

            Next time is Fullmetal Alchmist (volumes 11-20) and Dinosaur Sanctuary

            46 min
          • Library Wars / A Witch’s Life in Mongol

            The San Francisco Firebells are 6-4, and they are currently atop the WPBL standings. I encourage everyone to watch women's baseball.

            This episode, we're talking about Kiiro Yumi's Library Wars (original concept by Hiro Arikawa) published by Viz and Tomato Soup's A Witch's Life in Mongol published by Yen Press.

            Library Wars credits:

            • English translation and adaptation: Kinami Watabe (volume 1)
            • English translation: Kinami Watabe (volume 2-10), John Werry (volume 11-15)
            • Touch-up art and lettering: Sean McCoy (volume 1)
            • Adaptation and lettering: Sean McCoy (volume 2-9)
            • Lettering: Annaliese Christman (volume 10-15)
            • Design: Courtney Utt (volume 1-2), Amy Martin (volume 3-15)
            • Editor: Pancha Diaz (volume 1-4), Megan Bates (volume 5-15)
            • A Witch's Life in Mongol credits:

              • Translator: Amanda Haley
              • Lettering: Aila Nagamine
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                Show notes:

                0:40 - We talk about Library Wars

                Editor's note: Slight correction, I said the manga was written by Hiro Arikawa. That's incorrect, as indicated in the credits above; he wrote the original light novel. Kiiro Yumi both wrote and illustrated the manga.

                29:04 - A Witch's Life in Mongol

                Next time is (a third ish of) Fullmetal Alchemist and The Girl with the Sanpaku Eyes

                47 min
              • Doughnuts Under a Crescent Moon / Ramen Wolf and Curry Tiger

                The World Cup finals are upon us! I have no rooting interest, but go Cucurella and Enzo.

                This episode, we're talking about Shio Usui's Doughnuts Under a Crescent Moon and Emboss's Ramen Wolf and Curry Tiger, both published by Seven Seas.

                Doughnuts Under a Crescent Moon credits:

                • Translator: Jenny McKeon
                • Adaptation: Cae Hawksmoor
                • Lettering and Retouch: Rina Mapa
                • Cover Design: KC Fabellon
                • Proofreader: Dawn Davis, Kurestin Armada
                • Editor: Jenn Grunigen
                • Prepress Technician: Rhiannon Rasmussen-Silverstein
                • Production Manager: Lissa Pattillo
                • Managing Editor: Julie Davis
                • Associate Publisher: Adam Arnold
                • Publisher: Jason DeAngelis
                • Ramen Wolf and Curry Tiger credits:

                  • Translator: Nan Rymer
                  • Adaptation: David Lumsdon
                  • Lettering: Ray Steeves
                  • Cover Design: H.Qi
                  • Proofreader: Danielle King
                  • Senior Editor: Shanti Whitesides
                  • Production Designer: Christa Miesner (volume 2)
                  • Production Manager: Lissa Pattillo
                  • Prepress Technician: Jules Valera, Melanie Ujimori (volume 2)
                  • Print Manager: Rhiannon Rasmussen-Silverstein (volume 1)
                  • Editor-in-Chief: Julie Davis
                  • Associate Publisher: Adam Arnold
                  • Publisher: Jason DeAngelis
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                    Show notes:

                    0:58 - We talk about Doughnuts Under a Crescent Moon

                    15:29 - We talk about Ramen Wolf and Curry Tiger

                    Next time is Library Wars and A Witch's Life in Mongol

                    31 min
                  • Talk to My Back / On and Off: Work-Life Imbalance

                    It's the World Cup! GO KOREA!! And Scotland.

                    This episode, we're talking about Murasaki Yamada's Talk to My Back published by Drawn & Quarterly and Shinnosuke Kanazawa's On and Off: Work-Life Imbalance published by Square Enix.

                    Talk to My Back credits:

                    • Translation: Ryan Holmberg
                    • Font and sound effect lettering: Sophie Yanow
                    • On and Off: Work-Life Imbalance credits:

                      • Translator: Jenny McKeon
                      • Letterer: Rebecca Sze
                      • Cover Designer: Katie Lee G
                      • Editor: Edward Hong
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                        Show notes:

                        0:30 - We talk about Talk to My Back

                        22:22 - We talk about On and Off: Work-Life Imbalance

                        Next time is Doughnuts Under a Crescent Moon and Ramen Wolf and Curry Tiger

                        37 min
                      • Ōoku: The Inner Chambers / The Otaku Love Connection

                        The Chicago White Sox are 25-24, they current hold the second wild card spot, and their prized free agent acquisition, Munetaka Murakami, has a 157 wRC+ and 1.7 fWAR. We may be back?

                        This episode, Fumi Yoshinaga's Ōoku: The Inner Chambers published by Viz and Chiyu Amairo's The Otaku Love Connection published by Square Enix.

                        Ōoku: The Inner Chambers credits:

                        • Translation and adaptation: Akemi Wegmüller
                        • Touch-up art and lettering: Monlisa De Asis
                        • Design: Frances O. Liddell (volume 1, 3-6), Fawn Lau (volume 2, 7-12), Yukiko Whitley (volume 13-14, 18-19)
                        • Editor: Pancha Diaz
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                          Show notes:

                          1:26 - We talk about Ōoku: The Inner Chambers

                          24:57 - We talk about The Otaku Love Connection

                          Next time is Talk to My Back and On and Off: Work-Life Imbalance.

                          41 min
                        • Otherside Picnic

                          It is 1990 and we are engaged in a questionable war in the middle east. It is 2001 and we are engaged in a questionable war in the middle east. It is 2003 and we are engaged in a questionable war in the middle east. It is 2026 and we are engaged in a questionable war in the middle east.

                          This episode, the fourth of Light Novels In Your Ears, we're talking about Iori Miyazawa's (with illustrations by shirakaba) Otherside Picnic published by J-Novel Club.

                          Otherside Picnic credits:

                          • Translation: Sean McCann
                          • Editor: Krys Loh
                          • As always, you can find me on bsky @nidokorn, and my co-hosts Helen (@WanderinDreamr) and Apryll (@manjiorin) and the podcast on bsky at those places in the parenthesis. You can find both of their writing at The Organization of Anti-Social Geniuses, more of Helen’s writing at Narrative Investigations, and my writing at the Fandom Post and Awko Tako.

                            Read Helen's review of Otherside Picnic over at The OASG.

                            Join the unofficial Taiiku Podcast discord, the OSMCast discord. Or the second unofficial Taiiku Podcast discord, the Third Impact Anime discord. Both used with permission.

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                            Show notes:

                            No show notes. We just talk about Otherside Picnic.

                            Next time is Ōoku: The Inner Chambers and The Otaku Love Connection

                            30 min
                          • Tamaki & Amane / Hirayasumi

                            The Winter Olympics are happening right now, which means I'm watching a lot of curling. I am going to become a curling sicko.

                            This episode, we're talking about Fumi Yoshinaga's Tamaki & Amane published by Yen Press and Keigo Shinzō's Hirayazumi published by Viz.

                            Tamaki & Amane credits:

                            • Translation: Taylor Engel
                            • Lettering: Adnazeer Macalangcom
                            • Hirayasumi credits:

                              • Translation: Jan Mitsuko Cash
                              • Touch-up art & lettering: Elena Diaz
                              • Design: Jimmy Presler
                              • Editor: Holly Fisher
                              • As always, you can find me on bsky @nidokorn, and my co-hosts Helen (@WanderinDreamr) and Apryll (@manjiorin) and the podcast on bsky at those places in the parenthesis. You can find both of their writing at The Organization of Anti-Social Geniuses, more of Helen’s writing at Narrative Investigations, and my writing at the Fandom Post and Awko Tako.

                                Join the unofficial Taiiku Podcast discord, the OSMCast discord. Or the second unofficial Taiiku Podcast discord, the Third Impact Anime discord. Both used with permission.

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                                Show notes:

                                1:29 - We talk about Tamaki & Amane

                                19:39 - We talk about Hirayasumi

                                Next time is a mystery!

                                41 min
                              • Frau Faust / Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You

                                The Bears crashed out of the playoffs, but it is almost fantasy baseball draft season, and thus almost baseball season.

                                This episode, we're talking about Kore Yamazaki's Frau Faust published by Kodansha and Jinushi's Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You published by Square Enix.

                                Frau Faust credits:

                                • Translation: Stephen Paul
                                • Lettering: Lys Blakeslee
                                • Editing: Ajani Oloye
                                • Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You credits:

                                  • Translator: Amanda Haley
                                  • Letterer: Kyla Aiko (volume 1-2, 4-5), Arbash Mughal (volume 3)
                                  • Title Logo Designer: Ti Collier (volume 2)
                                  • Cover Designer: Ti Collier (volume 1), Jules Bird (volume 2-5)
                                  • Editor: Jennifer Sherman
                                  • As always, you can find me on bsky @nidokorn, and my co-hosts Helen (@WanderinDreamr) and Apryll (@manjiorin) and the podcast on bsky at those places in the parenthesis. You can find both of their writing at The Organization of Anti-Social Geniuses, more of Helen’s writing at Narrative Investigations, and my writing at the Fandom Post and Awko Tako.

                                    Join the unofficial Taiiku Podcast discord, the OSMCast discord. Used with permission.

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                                    Show notes:

                                    1:25 - We talk about Frau Faust

                                    17:19 - We talk about Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You

                                    Next time is Tamaki & Amane and Hirayasumi

                                    45 min
                                  • Top Manga of 2025

                                    brb buying an etsy witch to manifest a Seattle Torrent home goal

                                    This episode, we're counting down our favorite manga that we read this year.

                                    As always, you can find me on bsky @nidokorn, and my co-hosts Helen (@WanderinDreamr) and Apryll (@manjiorin) and the podcast on bsky at those places in the parenthesis. You can find both of their writing at The Organization of Anti-Social Geniuses, more of Helen’s writing at Narrative Investigations, and my writing at the Fandom Post and Awko Tako.

                                    Join the unofficial Taiiku Podcast discord, the OSMCast discord. Used with permission.

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                                    Show notes:

                                    0:37 - Number threes

                                    18:29 - Number twos

                                    35:53 - Number ones

                                    46:34 - Also rans

                                    Next time is Frau Faust and Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You

                                    1 hr

                                  About Manga in Your Ears

                                  From the publisher's feed

                                  The Manga in Your Ears podcast is hosted by Kory, Helen, and Apryll where they talk about one already completed manga and one recently completed or currently running manga every three weeks.

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