185 - Manga in Motion 27 - Wolf Children

Manga Machinations

This week we check out another Mamoru Hosoda film, Wolf Children!

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Timestamps:

• 00:00:00 - Intro Song: “Ne ne” by Masakatsu Takagi from Wolf Children OST, Opening, Introductions
• 00:01:18 - Manga Machinations Discord server, reading a comment about outsourcing
• 00:04:01 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST “Prologue”, Darfox brings up the controversy over female characters in the anime of My Hero Academia
• 00:06:39 - Seamus runs into some backstory and swearing with more Frau Faust and The Ancient Magus’ Bride
• 00:10:35 - The modern storylines of Gegege no Kitaro & Lupin III are fun but the art of Kitaro is strange
• 00:14:12 - Devils Line is reminiscent of True Blood, dakazu is jumping into Legend of Galactic Heroes with the new anime
• 00:17:33 - The inside baseball you learn in Gurazeni: Money Pitch is fascinating
• 00:19:28 - Magical Girl Ore is a hilarious comedy but dakazu didn’t like the pop songs, the first episode of Magical Girl Site borders on torture porn
• 00:24:42 - dakazu couldn’t put down the exciting sci-fi/military drama Juuza no Ulna
• 00:30:08 - Ginga no Shinanai Kodomotachi e is a disturbing tale of immortality that kept dakazu up at night
• 00:35:54 - News: The Seven Deadly Sins season 2 is being released on a weekly schedule on Netflix
• 00:38:25 - upcoming live-action drama of In This Corner of the World, Ghibli co-founder Isao Takahata has passed away
• 00:41:53 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Triple Dip where we read the first volume of three different manga, including: Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou by Hitoshi Ashinano, Helter Skelter by Kyoko Okazaki, and Hanako and the Terror of Allegory by Sakae Esuno
• 00:43:49 - Main Segment Manga in Motion: Transition Song: “Meguri” by Masakatsu Takagi from Wolf Children OST, review of Mamoru Hosoda’s Wolf Children, we discuss common Hosoda themes of heavy breathing & montages, the simple yet emotional story, Hosoda’s fursona, how it glorifies country life, and compare this to other Hosoda films.
• 01:09:06 - Next Week’s Topic: Triple Dip on Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou, Helter Skelter, and Hanako and the Terror of Allegory, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “wish men” by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster