210 - Manga in Motion 32 - Bleach

Manga Machinations

This episode we look at the recent live-action adaptation of Bleach and ask ourselves the question “was this ever good to begin with?”

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Timestamps:

• 00:00:00 - Intro Song: “Milk” by [Alexandros] from Bleach, Opening, Introductions, Birthdays
• 00:02:52 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST “Prologue”, Reading more Seven Shakespeares makes Seamus realize he doesn’t know that much about William Shakespeare
• 00:09:41 - *SPOILERS* dakazu thought the ‘ending’ of Gintama was hilarious, background song: “Tenipuri te iina” by Takeshi Konomi from The Prince of Tennis
• 00:15:58 - Desuraba makes dakazu question the type of manga that is published on official web-manga sites
• 00:19:27 - dakazu is loving Yoshihiro Tatsumi’s A Drifting Life
• 00:23:09 - News: Inio Asano married The Teacher’s White Lie creator Akane Torikai
• 00:25:25 - @IyasuN translated Rene Hoshino’s An African Boy Grew up in Japan
• 00:28:04 - BEASTARS will be getting a French release in 2019, we discuss how English publishers of manga specifically pick titles they know will be successful in the West
• 00:35:03 - Junji Ito is joining a campaign against manga piracy
• 00:36:50 - The release of Alita: Battle Angel has been pushed back to February 14 2019
• 00:40:26 - The other Kaiji spin-off Ichinichi Gaishutsuroku Hanchou will be getting an anime this fall
• 00:44:00 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Retrospective on Ode to Kirihito, we will reviw this Tezuka Osamu title(covers chapters 1-11)
• 00:27:43 - Main Segment Manga in Motion: Transition Song: “Number One” by Hazel Fernandes from Bleach, we complain about Bleach in general, argue over the look of Ichigo, regret everything about movie version Rukia, praise the CG and action, be disappointed that they failed to make a good movie or a faithful adaptation, and question our decisions to keep doing this
• 01:15:57 - Next Week’s Topic: Ode to Kirihito, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “Tane wo Maku Hibi” by Kousuke Atari from Bleach