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208 - 4 More Years
Category: Games & Hobbies
Duration: 01:43:38
Publish Date: 2018-09-16 19:00:00
Description: Please join us for our special 4 year anniversary of Manga Machinations! We've asked our friend Ryan Higgins from the Comic Conspiracy store and podcast to join us as we talk about the comics industry through a retail store and learn how manga is sold! Please check out Comics Conspiracy for all your comic buying needs! https://www.comicsconspiracy.biz/ Listen to Ryan on the Comics Conspiracy podcast! http://www.geekbox.net/archives/category/podcasts/comic-conspiracy/ Follow Ryan Higgins on twitter! @ryanhigginsryan Remember to send us emails! manga@alltalkpodcast.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our tumblr! http://mangamachinations.tumblr.com Join our brand new Discord server and come talk to us! http://discord.me/mangamac Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro Song: “New Stranger” by sora tob sakana from "Hi Score Girl", Opening, Introductions, tropical storms 00:04:34 - update on our podcast feed and re-uploaded episodes 00:05:42 - Listener Email: Announcing our next Retrospective review 00:09:05 - dakazu read the end of Dorohedoro, we discuss other ongoing decade-long comics and manga projects 00:13:13 - we talk about our preference for physical or digital media, comparing web manga sites to their Western equivalents 00:23:23 - Main Segment Comics & Manga sales, Transition Song: "Don't Make Me Wild Like You" by Etsuko Nishio from "Ranma 1/2", Ryan recaps his history that lead him to be the owner of Comics Conspiracy, Ryan talks about the single issue sales of "Ranma 1/2" 00:27:56 - We discuss what we think caused the recent resurgence of the manga market 00:33:10 - roundtable discussion about manga/anime piracy linked to early days of fan translations compared to modern options 00:38:52 - Ryan tells us why he only carries the 1st volume of most manga, he explains the importance of pre-ordering for retail stores 00:49:45 - Banpresto figures sell really well, Ryan looks at newsletters and forums for his manga suggestions 00:54:13 - darfox wants to know why Ryan stocked "My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness", "Dragon Ball" is the best selling manga franchise for Ryan 00:59:46 - we love it when more unknown manga find success 01:02:56 - darfox wonders if the Western success of "One-Punch Man" and "My Hero Academia" is linked to their superhero themes 01:08:39 - Ryan weighs in the rise of digital comics/manga releases and what it means for physical retailers like him 01:13:49 - Listener Questions: Ryan recommends some independent comics and horror comics 01:18:59 - A quick synopsis of the Comics Conspiracy podcast 01:22:58 - Ryan want to know why light novel titles are so damn long 01:33:36 - darfox asks Ryan about Tom King's "The Vision" 01:40:28 - Next Week’s Topic: Seamus on Seinen, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “wish men” by sunbrain from "Beet the Vandel Buster"
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