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Join us for the 200th episode of Manga Machinations! We celebrate with special guest Morgana Santilli aka "Manga Maven" from the Comicopia Comics Store! She's here to answer our questions about selling manga and to share some of her current favorite LGBTQ+ and Josei manga!
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Time Stamps:
00:00:00 - Intro Song: “Smile Bomb” by Matsuko Mawatari from "Yu Yu Hakusho", Opening, Introductions
00:03:27 - Morgana explains the secret origins to her manga/anime fandom, we talk about the changes made to the very first English localization of the "Sailor Moon" manga
00:14:53 - Morgana tells us how she started working at Comicopia and became the store's manga buyer
00:17:59 - Questions: Morgana tells us whether there is a crossover between customers buying manga and Western comics, we express our concerns with Western comics
00:26:38 - We discuss if there is animosity between manga readers and Western comics readers, we lament over the stereotypes and stimga manga receives
00:35:05 - Morgana tells us how she decides what manga to order for Comicopia
00:38:52 - Morgana gives her opinion on if buying new releases when they come out helps support them the most
00:42:30 - Morgana gives some insight about buying manga through different distributors
00:46:02 - Morgana talks about how the culture of Comicopia was formed and the benefits of making a welcoming place for LGBTQ+ customers
00:55:02 - Morgana tells us what age group gets into seinen manga
00:58:15 - News: Rumiko Takahashi was finally inducted into the Will Eisner Comic Awards Hall of Fame, Morgana wishes manga weren't isolated in the Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia category
01:08:52 - The "Akira" 35th Anniversary Edition wins the Eisner Award for Best Publication Design
01:12:58 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Triple Dip where we read the first volume of three different manga, including: "Yawara! A Fashionable Judo Girl" by Naoki Urasawa, "Nana" by Ai Yazawa, and "Goblin Slayer" by Kumo Kagyuu & Kousuke Kurose
01:13:43 - Main Guest Picks Galore: , Transition Song: “Fiction” by sumika from "Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku",
Morgana presents LGBTQ+ and Josei manga that she's excited to share with us, Including:
01:14:49 - "The Bride was a Boy"
01:26:47 - "Claudine"
01:28:28 - "That Blue Sky Feeling" & "Classmates"
01:30:42 - "Go for it, Nakamura!" & "I Hear the Sunspot: Theory of Happiness"
01:31:37 - "Shinagami Tasogare"
01:37:25 - "Tokyo Tarareba Girls"
01:47:11 - "Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku"
01:54:48 - Thank yous, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “wish men” by sunbrain from "Beet the Vandel Buster" |