Sunday, January 15, 2023

'Sunday Morning Manga' for Jan 15 2023

The image features two of the main characters from the anime "Servamp." Behind a set of chains, there is the vampire Kuro, a young man with light hair and bags under his eyes and wearing a furry jacket, and Mahiru, a high school student with a bright smile. Behind them are other characters, including the vampire Jeje, who wears bandolier of bullets and three papers bags on his head.



On today’s stream: What nostalgia and my dissertation has to do with Servamp. Watch along today at 11 AM EST on Twitch and YouTube





An initial transcript for today’s stream is below. 


A recording of this stream is available as a podcast at Substack and Patreon.


Wednesday, January 4, 2023

Audio Commentary Now on Patreon: 'Bungo Stray Dogs' Season 4 Episode 1

A younger Fukuzawa, a swordsman and assassin with light hair and a scarf, appears in a flashback at the beginning of Season 4 Episode 1 of the anime "Bungo Stray Dogs."


My Patreon is now live! You can also listen here.

And the first reward (at the $5 level) is early access to my first audio commentary, this one about something that just premiered today, Season 4 Episode 1 of the literary anime Bungo Stray Dogs!

This audio commentary will start being free and public on Tuesday, January 10, 2023--but you can listen to it early for $5 at this link.

Thank you for your consideration!

Audio commentary description:

A new season of Bungo Stray Dogs has begun! How will Season 4 start off? Another light novel adaptation (maybe the second Chuuya one?) or just jump into the ongoing manga adaptation? Listen to my predictions and conjectures before jumping into an audio commentary to the episode that you can listen to while watching Season 4 Episode 1 on Crunchyroll (#JustAMeeting). 

And share your thoughts about today's episode in the comments section!

(The actual commentary to listen along to doesn't start until 9:22. Spoiler warning for content up to Chapter 105 of the Bungo Stray Dogs manga.)

This episode will go free and public on Tuesday, January 10, 2023.

Edit, 1/10/23: The audio is now free on Patreon and Substack, and you can listen on YouTube as well. A transcript is available here.



Sunday, January 1, 2023

'Sunday Morning Manga' for Jan 1 2023

The titular character of "Magu-chan: God of Destruction"--a blob-shaped small one-eye creature--has disguised himself atop a kagami mochi dessert display for New Year's Day in Japan.



On today’s stream: How would a Spy x Family film work? Plus, a New Year’s Day reaction to Chapter 27 of Magu-chan: God of Destruction!


And read along as well: an initial script for today’s stream is below. 





This stream is also available as a podcast at Substack.



Friday, December 23, 2022

What Makes Something a Christmas Movie?

 To cut to the chase: if you watch it during the holiday season, then it’s a holiday movie–enough said. 


Image: “Snowing in front of a historic movie theater, the Whiteside, in Corvallis, Oregon. Homeless person to the right, walking with covered shopping cart.” Author: Bridges2Information/ Laurie Bridges. Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International. Wikimedia.



Image: “Snowing in front of a historic movie theater, the Whiteside, in Corvallis, Oregon. Homeless person to the right, walking with covered shopping cart.” Author: Bridges2Information/ Laurie Bridges. Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International. Wikimedia.


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