This episode, we're talking about two Naoki Urasawa manga. Our older series is Sneeze, and our newer series is Asadora, both published by Viz.

Sneeze credits:

• Translation: John Werry
• Touch-up Art and Lettering: Steve Dutro
• Cover and Interior Design: Yukiko Whitley
• Editor: Annette Roman

Asadora credits:

• Translation: John Werry
• Touch-up Art and Lettering: Steve Dutro
• Design: Jimmy Presler
• Editor: Karla Clark

The song you heard in this episode was "What Do You Want from Me" by Pink Floyd.

As always, you can find me on Twitter @ImpassionateK, and my co-hosts Helen (@WanderinDreamr) and Apryll (@manjiorin) on Twitter 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.

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Show notes:

1:22 - We talk about Sneeze

19:25 - We talk about Asadora

Next time is What the Font?! – A Manga Guide to Western Typeface and Wandering Witch: The Journey of Elaina.

Been watching a lot of mechanical keyboard related things, and bought one for my work setup (currently, I'm moving my existing mechanical keyboard, which is just some Razer one I bought, back and forth). So if you also like them, you know, teach me everything.

Anyway. This time, Chris (@gokuffy), Chris (@antoniuspius), and I continue through David Lynch's filmography with Lost Highway. Then Ink (@ink_just_ink), Basil (@itsbasiltime), and I talk about RE-MAIN, the water polo anime.

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Show notes:

0:30 - Chris, Chris, and I talk about Lost Highway

1:07:23 - Ink, Basil, and I talk about RE-MAIN

1:48:17 - Questions from you, the listeners

Next time is Straight Story and Backflip!!

I just saw USMNT qualified for the World Cup (which exactly dates when I edited and wrote this), and if I were USWNT I would QRT that with something snide about how they're always there, and the men are just catching up.

This episode, I have two special guests, Chris and Ink, with me to talk about three of Denpa's Shuzo Oshimi manga: Miss Kusakabe, Waltz, and Shino Can't Say Her Name. Grab Denpa's manga over at denpa.pub.

Miss Kusakabe credits:

Waltz credits:

Shino Can't Say Her Name credits:

As always, you can find me on Twitter @ImpassionateK, and my co-hosts Helen (@WanderinDreamr) and Apryll (@manjiorin) on Twitter 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.

You can find the guests on this episode on Twitter too: Chris is @gokuffy and Ink is @ink_just_ink. And you can listen to the Oldtaku no Radio podcast on Flowers of Evil over at Ani-Gamers.

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Show notes:

0:41 - We talk about Miss Kusakabe

16:16 - We talk about Waltz

29:01 - We talk about Shino Can't Say Her Name

Next time, Helen and Apryll are back to talk about Naoki Urasawa's Sneeze and Asadora!

Watching spring training games is this weird exercise in determining whether any given player will be anything, or maybe they're just taking a spot to give others a rest. Or maybe they're younger folks with real promise. Or maybe they just had a particularly good game that day.

This episode, we're talking about Nozomu Mochitsuki (author) and Gilse's (illustrator) Tearmoon Empire published by J-Novel Club.

Tearmoon Empire credits:

• Translator: David Teng
• Editors: Samantha J. Moore, Hannah N. Carter

The song you heard in this episode was "Back in Time" by Huey Lewis and the News.

As always, you can find me on Twitter @ImpassionateK, and my co-hosts Helen (@WanderinDreamr) and Apryll (@manjiorin) on Twitter 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.

Read Helen's reviews of Tearmoon Empire volume 1-2, volume 3, volume 4, and volume 5-6 over at The OASG.

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Show notes:

No show notes. We just talk about Tearmoon Empire.

Next time is a special episode where Chris and Ink join Kory to talk about some Shuzo Oshimi.

The NCAA tournament is about to start, which means more pain for my alma mater Iowa State. I was all in on Hoiball, all in on the Holy Prohman Empire, and now I'm all in on whatever they're calling T. J. Otzelberger's Iowa State. Also the women's team is doing way better, so I'll probably be watching them more...

This episode, we're talking about CLAMP's Suki published by Viz (formerly Tokyopop) and Hiroaki Samura's Wave, Listen to Me! published by Kodansha.

Suki credits:

• Translator: Ray Yoshimoto
• English adaptation: Carol Fox
• Retouch and lettering: Fae Kuen (volume 1), Abelardo Bigting (volume 2-3)
• Cover design: Christian Lownds
• Graphic designer: Anna Kernbaum
• Editor: Jake Forbes
• Managing editor: Jill Freshney
• Production coordinator: Antonio DePietro (volume 1)
• Production managers: Jennifer Miller, Mutsumi Miyazaki
• Art director: Matt Alford
• Editorial director: Jeremy Ross (volume 1)
• Digital imaging manager: Chris Buford (volume 2-3)
• Pre-press manager: Antonio DePietro (volume 2-3)

Wave, Listen to Me! credits:

• Translation: Adam Hirsch
• Additional translation: Jiajing Sun
• Lettering: Darren Smith
• Additional lettering and layout: Michael Martin
• Editing: Alexandra Swanson, Vanessa Tenazas

The songs you heard in this episode were "aranami" by tacica and "pride" by Harumi from the Wave, Listen to Me! anime.

As always, you can find me on Twitter @ImpassionateK, and my co-hosts Helen (@WanderinDreamr) and Apryll (@manjiorin) on Twitter 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.

Read Helen's review of volumes 1-3 and volumes 4-5 of Wave, Listen to Me! on The OASG.

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Show notes:

0:50 - We talk about Suki

15:49 - We talk about Wave, Listen to Me!

Trying to get into hockey more, and watching some Kraken hockey as I edited part of this podcast. While I still do not know much about the rules and the advanced stats like I like (I gotta find a Kraken podcast...), I have a feeling this last place 17-36-5 team with 39 points is not that good.

Anyway. This time, Chris (@gokuffy) and Chris (@antoniuspius) join me in a return to the town of Twin Peaks with Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me. Then Chris, Ink (@ink_just_ink), and Jared (@JLayneNelson) join me to talk about Chihayafuru 3.

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Show notes:

0:30 - Chris, Chris, and I talk about Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me

You can hear our new cat for the first time around the 30 minute mark of the podcast. And also throughout randomly.

1:14:00 - Chris, Ink, Jared, and I talk about Chihayafuru 3

2:26:19 - Questions from you, and also me

Next time is Lost Highway and RE-MAIN.

MLB is in a lockout because the billionaire owners don't want to give any inch to players that, for the most part, do not and will never make millions. They can afford it.

This episode, we're talking about PEYO's Boy Meets Maria published by Seven Seas. Then we talk about Kousuke Oono's The Way of the Househusband published by Viz.

Spoiler alerts for Boy Meets Maria through that discussion. And trigger warnings for sexual assault on a minor.

Boy Meets Maria credits:

• Translation: Amber Tamosaitis
• Adaptation: Lora Gray
• Lettering: Danya Shevchenko
• Cover design: Hanase Qi
• Proofreader: Kurestin Armada
• Copy editor: Jenn Frunigen
• Prepress technician: Rhiannon Rasmussen-Silverstein
• Production associate: Christa Meisner
• Production manager: Lissa Pattillo
• Managing editor: Julie Davis
• Associate publisher: Adam Arnold
• Publisher: Jason DeAngelis

The Way of the Househusband credits:

• Translation: Sheldon Drzka
• English adaptation: Jennifer LeBlanc
• Touch-up art & lettering: Bianca Pistillo
• Design: Alice Lewis
• Editor: Jennifer LeBlanc

The song you heard in this episode is "Kokoro (I Fall to Pieces)" by The Slants. I used a different version from the linked version though.

As always, you can find me on Twitter @ImpassionateK, and my co-hosts Helen (@WanderinDreamr) and Apryll (@manjiorin) on Twitter 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.

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Show notes:

1:26 - We talk about Boy Meets Maria

14:48 - We talk about The Way of the Househusband

Next time is Suki and My Dress Up Darling.

AEW is very nice. Very evil.

This episode, we're talking about Mari Yamazaki's Thermae Romae published by Yen Press as our old series. For our new series, we're talking about Kyouka Izumi (novels), Oumiya (story), Reiko Sakurada's (art) The Savior's Book Cafe Story in Another World.

Thermae Romae credits:

• Translation: Stephen Paul
• Lettering: Lys Blakeslee

The Savior's Book Cafe in Another World credits:

• Translation: Alexa Frank
• Adaptation: Rebecca Schneidereit
• Lettering: Jennifer Skarupa
• Original cover design: Sachie Ijiri
• Cover design: Hanase Qi
• Proofreader: Danielle King
• Copy editor: Dawn Davis
• Editor: Shannon Fay
• Print manager: Rhiannon Rasmussen-Silverstein
• Production associate: Christa Meisner
• Production manager: Lissa Pattillo
• Managing editor: Julie Davis
• Associate publisher: Adam Arnold
• Publisher: Jason DeAngelis

The song you heard in this episode was "I've Been Waiting for You" by Neil Young.

As always, you can find me on Twitter @ImpassionateK, and my co-hosts Helen (@WanderinDreamr) and Apryll (@manjiorin) on Twitter 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.

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Show notes:

0:48 - We talk about Thermae Romae

18:18 - We talk about The Savior's Book Cafe Story in Another World

Next time is Boy Meets Maria and Way of the Househusband.

Chelsea won a match while we recorded this, which is good. And the Clippers won after coming back from 30+ down. So I feel like this podcast is a good luck charm? Or these are extreme coincidences. But who knows with sports fandom.

Anyway. This time, we're back talking about movies. But not David Lynch movies; our favorite movies of 2021. Joining me in this venture is Chris (@gokuffy) and Corey (@Modandrocker).

There are some issues with Corey's audio here between connection issues and application issues. But hopefully it's mostly ok ish.

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Show notes:

0:45 - Number fives

24:25 - Number fours

51:57 - Number threes

1:14:41 - Number twos

1:21:31 - This after a lot of the trouble with Corey's audio happened, and we switched recording platforms and Corey started podcasting from his phone. I put in an interlude.

1:32:01 - Number ones

1:54:13 - Also rans

2:08:11 - Worst ofs

Next time is back to David Lynch with Fire Walk with Me and Chihayafuru 3.

It is my opinion that MLB players should, on whole, be paid more and owners should be taxed more.

Anyway. This episode, it is our annual January episode, and we are counting down our top five favorite anime of the past year, in this case 2021. Joining me on this four hour tour is Chris (@gokuffy), Chris (@antoniuspius), Helen (@WanderinDreamr), and Patz (@PatzPrime).

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Show notes:

0:30 - Number fives

45:41 - Number fours

1:08:13 - Chris rolls through his three to ones before we continue with fours

1:19:39 - Number fours resume

1:34:41 - Number threes

2:01:12 - Number twos

2:37:59 - Number ones

3:13:39 - Also rans

Next time is top movies of 2021. It's back on the Taiiku Podcast after 2020 was over at 2D or Not 2D Podcast.