ScreenTone Club

ScreenTone Club

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ScreenTone Club episodes

  • E121 - Nodame Cantabile, Burn the House Down

    In this episode of ScreenTone Club Elliot and Andy get into a pair of mysteries - what is sneaky housekeeper Shizuka Yamauchi up to, and how the hell does human trainwreck Megumi Noda manage to survive living alone?

    Series Discussed: Nodame Cantabile Vol. 1, Burn The House Down Vol. 1Assignments for next Episode: Slasher Maidens Vol. 1, Oshi no Ko Vol. 1

    TIMECODES:
    0:00:45 - Valentines! 
    0:02:30 - Elliot’s Pick: Nodame Cantabile
    0:09:30 - Character Opinions
    0:15:30 - Wavelengths and Vibes 
    0:19:30 - Protagonist Syndrome / Andy is not a Romantic
    0:22:30 - Sparse Art? 
    0:26:30 - A Threat and a Promise
    0:30:00 - Andy’s Pick: Burn the House Down
    0:31:30 - What ARE Names?
    0:33:45 - Soap Opera Melodrama!
    0:38:00 - Instagram Life
    0:42:45 - Asynchronous Warfare
    0:46:00 - Artwork Tension
    0:51:30 - The Tyranny of Linearity 
    0:55:00 - Comparison to Giant Robo OVA (!) 
    0:56:00 - SPOILER WARNING FROM HERE
    1:07:30 - END OF SPOILERS
    1:09:15 - Our Picks for Next Episode! 
    0:10:15 - Closedown!

    If you enjoy this episode, please consider backing us on Patreon - from only US$3 a month you get bonus episodes and other perks as well, including the ability to vote on topics for us to cover!

    We have a Discord! Join us!

    We are affiliates on BookWalker - using this link when shopping there will give us a small kickback, helping cover the cost of manga for the podcast!

    The intro music is Track 8 on Resting State by HOME, used here under the CC-BY 3.0 license.

    1 hr 12 min
  • E120 - My Stepmom's Daughter Is My Ex (LN), Rainbow Days

    In this episode of ScreenTone Club Elliot and Andy get all romantic and talk about people you probably shouldn't date - impossibly dense Shoujo protagonists and (perhaps worse) your step-sister!

    Series Discussed: My Stepmom's Daughter Is My Ex (LN) Vol. 1, Rainbow Days Vol. 1Assignments for next Episode: Nodame Cantabile Vol. 1, Burn The House Down Vol. 1

    TIMECODES:
    0:03:00 - Elliot’s Pick:  My Stepmom's Daughter Is My Ex (Light Novel)
    0:05:30 - Porky Pig Impression 
    0:11:00 - Pandering!!
    0:16:00 - “Hormones and Emotions” 
    0:23:30 - Light Novel Prescription 
    0:25:15 - Andy’s Pick: Rainbow Days
    0:29:00 - Anti-Camaraderie 
    0:34:30 - “Empty” 
    0:38:00 - “Doki Doki Development”
    0:42:15 - Elliot Would Not Smooch
    0:44:15 - Our Picks for Next Episode! 
    0:45:15 - Closedown!

    If you enjoy this episode, please consider backing us on Patreon - from only US$3 a month you get bonus episodes and other perks as well, including the ability to vote on topics for us to cover!

    We have a Discord! Join us!

    We are affiliates on BookWalker - using this link when shopping there will give us a small kickback, helping cover the cost of manga for the podcast!

    The intro music is Track 8 on Resting State by HOME, used here under the CC-BY 3.0 license.

    47 min
  • E119 - Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou (Yokohama Shopping Trip), My Wonderful World

    In this episode of ScreenTone Club Elliot and Andy start off the year with a pair of cafe visits - one fraught with stress and self-discovery and the other... very much not!

    Series Discussed: Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou (Yokohama Shopping Trip) Vol. 1, My Wonderful World Vol. 1Assignments for next Episode: My Stepmom's Daughter Is My Ex (LN) Vol. 1, Rainbow Days Vol. 1

    TIMECODES:
    0:01:45 - Bursting!
    0:03:00 - Andy’s Pick: My Wonderful World   
    0:09:00 - Web Accessibility! 
    0:16:00 - Notes vs Key 
    0:18:00 - Cafe Times!!!
    0:22:15 - “Tantrummy” 
    0:26:45 - One More Thing
    0:28:30 - Elliot’s Pick: Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou (Yokohama Shopping Trip)
    0:30:00 - Getting Gripes Out Of The Way 
    0:35:00 - KissFTP
    0:39:30 - Perfect Pick  
    0:46:30 - Otaku no Aware 
    0:53:30 - Goldilocks Manga 
    0:59:30 - Timeless Quality  
    1:02:30 - Our Picks for Next Episode! 
    1:03:15 - Closedown!

    If you enjoy this episode, please consider backing us on Patreon - from only US$3 a month you get bonus episodes and other perks as well, including the ability to vote on topics for us to cover!

    We have a Discord! Join us!

    We are affiliates on BookWalker - using this link when shopping there will give us a small kickback, helping cover the cost of manga for the podcast!

    The intro music is Track 8 on Resting State by HOME, used here under the CC-BY 3.0 license.

    1 hr 5 min
  • BONUS: 2022 Retrospective!

    In this episode of ScreenTone Club Elliot and Andy convene a special session to talk about the series that we covered in 2022 and which ones have stuck with us! Also including a special "Disappointment of the Year" award to help us get something off our chests!

    TIMECODES:
    0:00:45 - Happy New Year!
    0:02:30 - Nights With A Cat 
    0:04:30 - “Feline Friend” 
    0:06:15 - Shadows House
    0:09:30 - Layers of Shadows 
    0:11:30 - Vampeerz
    0:16:00 - Skip and Loafer
    0:22:15 - We Demand More People Read Skip and Loafer  
    0:23:00 - “HYPER STANS”  
    0:23:45 - Mob Psycho 100
    0:26:00 - Emotional Centre 
    0:29:00 - Origin Stories   
    0:30:00 - Ciguatera
    0:33:15 - Blue Giant
    0:35:00 - “Meandering Soulful Journey”
    0:37:30 - Successful New Years Resolution! 
    0:41:30 - Jazz Tourist Elliot  
    0:43:15 - Goodbye Eri
    0:47:00 - Protest  
    0:49:00 - FullMetal Alchemist! 
    0:50:15 - “Wooden Spoon Up The Bum” Prize! 
    0:51:45 - Cannot Be Directly Ripped Off 
    0:53:45 - Longevity
    0:55:00 - Elliot’s Disappointment of the Year! 
    0:57:30 - Star Trek TNG Skip Rules 
    0:59:30 - Andy’s Disappointment of the Year! 
    1:02:45 - Elliot Needs Help
    1:07:30 - Grand Prize Winner!!
    1:10:15 - “The Feeling of Reality”
    1:14:30 - 4-Dimensional Manga? 
    1:18:15 - “We Will Fight You”
    1:19:00 - Closedown

    If you enjoy this episode, please consider backing us on Patreon - from only US$3 a month you get bonus episodes and other perks as well, including the ability to vote on topics for us to cover!

    We have a Discord! Join us!

    We are affiliates on BookWalker - using this link when shopping there will give us a small kickback, helping cover the cost of manga for the podcast!

    The intro music is Track 8 on Resting State by HOME, used here under the CC-BY 3.0 license.

    1 hr 21 min
  • E118 - Reincarnated as a Sword (LN), Colorless

    In this episode of ScreenTone Club Elliot and Andy get whisked away to a pair of fantasy lands, one without colour and one without any sense of restraint!

    Series Discussed: Reincarnated as a Sword (LN) Vol. 1,  Colorless Vol. 1Assignments for next Episode: Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou Vol. 1, My Wonderful World Vol. 1

    TIMECODES:
    0:00:45 - Elliot is having a lot of worrying realisations
    0:03:00 - Elliot’s Pick: Reincarnated as a Sword (LN)
    0:04:15 - “Stat Humping”
    0:08:00 - “Paternalistic Angle”
    0:16:00 - Spiders and Vending Machines
    0:17:15 - Diablo 2!
    0:19:30 - Maths A-level Goblin
    0:21:30 - Elliot has been playing Pokemon Violet
    0:24:15 - Playing into Stereotype
    0:26:15 - Patreon Plug!
    0:26:15 - Andy’s Pick: Colorless
    0:30:00 - The Quest for a Decent Cuppa
    0:32:45 - Spot Colours (kinda)
    0:37:30 - Diluted?
    0:39:00 - A long time in development
    0:42:15 - MEGANE MOE
    0:45:15 - Hey who is this Main Character
    0:50:45 - COLOUR
    0:51:15 - Our picks for next episode!
    0:52:15 - Closedown!

    If you enjoy this episode, please consider backing us on Patreon - from only US$3 a month you get bonus episodes and other perks as well, including the ability to vote on topics for us to cover!

    We have a Discord! Join us!

    We are affiliates on BookWalker - using this link when shopping there will give us a small kickback, helping cover the cost of manga for the podcast!

    The intro music is Track 8 on Resting State by HOME, used here under the CC-BY 3.0 license.

    54 min
  • E117 - Sheeply Horned Witch Romi, Chasing after Aoi Koshiba

    In this episode of ScreenTone Club Elliot and Andy end up stuck at the end of the world and, perhaps worse, a high school reunion party! 

    Series Discussed: Sheeply Horned Witch Romi Vol. 1, Chasing after Aoi Koshiba Vol. 1Assignments for next Episode: Reincarnated as a Sword (LN) Vol. 1,  Colorless Vol. 1

    TIMECODES:
    0:01:45 - Patreon Changes!
    0:02:00 - Elliot’s Pick: Sheeply Horned Witch Romi
    0:06:00 - Get your Bingo Card out!
    0:08:45 - “Cutesyly Horny”
    0:14:15 - “Fleshy” Art
    0:19:30 - Curious
    0:22:15 - Andy’s Pick: Chasing after Aoi Koshiba
    0:23:45 - DOING IT FOR THE ‘GRAM
    0:25:30 - “Zero-to-Yuri”
    0:29:00 - High School Debut and the Pathology behind it
    0:32:15 - Atemporality
    0:34:30 - EastEnders (Apologies to our non-UK listeners)
    0:38:45 - Artwork Feast or Famine
    0:44:30 - Karl Marx and the Discounted Supermarket Toilet Paper
    0:45:30 - Pricing and Availability 
    0:48:30 - Our Picks for Next Episode!
    0:49:30 - Closedown

    If you enjoy this episode, please consider backing us on Patreon - from only US$3 a month you get bonus episodes and other perks as well, including the ability to vote on topics for us to cover!

    We have a Discord! Join us!

    We are affiliates on BookWalker - using this link when shopping there will give us a small kickback, helping cover the cost of manga for the podcast!

    The intro music is Track 8 on Resting State by HOME, used here under the CC-BY 3.0 license.

    51 min
  • E116 - My Dear Detective: Mitsuko’s Case Files, Crazy Food Truck

    In this episode of ScreenTone Club, Elliot and Andy uncover a mystery! Were there food trucks in the early 1930's???? (Probably)

    Series Discussed: My Dear Detective: Mitsuko’s Case Files Vol. 1, Crazy Food Truck Vol. 1Assignments for next Episode:  Sheeply Horned Witch Romi Vol. 1, Chasing after Aoi Koshiba Vol. 1

    TIMECODES:
    0:00:45 - Chocolate Crimes!
    0:02:15 - Andy’s Pick: Crazy Food Truck
    0:06:15 - “But...”
    0:09:15 - “Rule of Cool”
    0:15:45 - Familiarity breeding contempt
    0:18:15 - “No Duh”
    0:20:30 - Fist of the North Star digression
    0:22:00 - Please stay dumb
    0:23:30 - Elliot’s Pick: My Dear Detective: Mitsuko’s Case Files
    0:27:45 - Hair! Fashion! Scenery!
    0:29:30 - Untapped potential
    0:34:30 - Plot by bullet points
    0:38:00 - Setting as series
    0:41:00 - Needs *something*
    0:46:30 - Our picks for next episode!

    If you enjoy this episode, please consider backing us on Patreon - from only US$3 a month you get bonus episodes and other perks as well, including the ability to vote on topics for us to cover!

    We have a Discord! Join us!

    We are affiliates on BookWalker - using this link when shopping there will give us a small kickback, helping cover the cost of manga for the podcast!

    The intro music is Track 8 on Resting State by HOME, used here under the CC-BY 3.0 license.

    48 min
  • E115 - Franken Fran, Days on Fes

    In this episode of ScreenTone Club, Elliot and Andy go to a music festival and have a whole lot of fun- oh dear, Elliot's fallen over and injured himself. Good thing there is a scarred female doctor here to help- wait, a Faustian bargain? Oh nooooooo!

    Series Discussed: Franken Fran Vol. 1, Days on Fes Vol. 1Assignments for next Episode:  My Dear Detective: Mitsuko’s Case Files Vol. 1, Crazy Food Truck Vol. 1

    TIMECODES:
    0:01:00 - Nap Time Club
    0:03:30 - Andy’s Pick: Days on Fes 
    0:08:15 - Laid Back Camp Comparisons a-go-go
    0:11:00 - “Stories” 
    0:15:45 - Furious BL Shipping
    0:19:45 - “Juicy Things Left Un-Squeezed”
    0:26:00 -  BREAK
    0:27:15 - Elliot’s Pick: Franken Fran 
    0:28:15 - “Message Board of Ill-Repute”
    0:30:30 - Chapter 2 is all you need, really.
    0:31:45 - Elliot is rude to Scanlators (Sorry)
    0:34:00 - Purient - Word of the Episode
    0:36:15 - “Creepy-Cute”
    0:45:00 - Impact
    0:48:30 - Our Picks for Next Episode!
    0:50:45 - Closedown!

     

    If you enjoy this episode, please consider backing us on Patreon - from only US$3 a month you get bonus episodes and other perks as well, including the ability to vote on topics for us to cover!

    We have a Discord! Join us!

    We are affiliates on BookWalker - using this link when shopping there will give us a small kickback, helping cover the cost of manga for the podcast!

    The intro music is Track 8 on Resting State by HOME, used here under the CC-BY 3.0 license.

    53 min
  • September 2022 Bonus Episode Preview: The Elusive Samurai

    This is a Preview for our September 2022 Patreon Bonus episode on the Manga The Elusive Samurai!

    Become a Patron for a mere $1 a month and you'll get this and all previous BONUS episodes of the podcast! 

    https://www.patreon.com/screentoneclub

    If you enjoy this episode, please consider backing us on Patreon - from only US$3 a month you get bonus episodes and other perks as well, including the ability to vote on topics for us to cover!

    We have a Discord! Join us!

    We are affiliates on BookWalker - using this link when shopping there will give us a small kickback, helping cover the cost of manga for the podcast!

    The intro music is Track 8 on Resting State by HOME, used here under the CC-BY 3.0 license.

    3 min
  • Extra Episode: Elliot's Crab Bucket!

    In this extra episode of ScreenTone Club, Elliot has been left unsupervised and so has pulled out a plastic bucket full of questionable manga he wants to show you!

    These are all titles that Elliot has read but not nominated to cover on the podcast for whatever reason, and so now he is going to tell you all about them like some kind of weird show-and-tell.

    Both the regular episode and the October Bonus Episode are delayed, with regular service resuming in Early November - this extra episode was recorded and released to keep the feed warm while Andy is extremely busy with Real Life.

    TIMECODES: 
    0:02:00 - So What is Going on Here?
    0:03:00 - Devil Ecstasy
    0:06:00 - “Essence”
    0:08:00 - “It will not leave you indifferent”
    0:09:15 - Girl in the Arcade
    0:12:30 - My Lovey Dovey Wife is a Stone Cold Killer
    0:15:00 - To Save the World, Can You Wake Up the Morning After with a Demi-Human?
    0:15:15 - CONTENT WARNING: Sexual Assault played for laughs
    0:17:00 - Pun Alert
    0:21:15 - “I Don’t Think Anyone Should Read This”
    0:22:15  - BOSS WIFE
    0:25:00 - Red Flags A Go Go
    0:26:45 - Do You Like Big Girls?
    0:28:15 - “Getting On With It”
    0:30:00 - “Oh No! My Junk!”
    0:31:15 - Closedown and Apologies / Housekeeping

    If you enjoy this episode, please consider backing us on Patreon - from only US$3 a month you get bonus episodes and other perks as well, including the ability to vote on topics for us to cover!

    We have a Discord! Join us!

    We are affiliates on BookWalker - using this link when shopping there will give us a small kickback, helping cover the cost of manga for the podcast!

    The intro music is Track 8 on Resting State by HOME, used here under the CC-BY 3.0 license.

    33 min

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