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Podcast: Manga Machinations
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198 - One Shot 13 - My Solo Exchange Diary
Category: Games & Hobbies
Duration: 01:33:09
Publish Date: 2018-07-08 19:00:00
Description: Special episode this week as returning guest, translator Jocelyne Allen, joins us! She back to answer more questions about translating, help us discuss LGBTQ+ representation in manga, and review the recently released "My Solo Exchange Diary" which she translated! Check out Jocelyn's blog & her professional website! http://brainvsbook.com http://kaikatsu.ca 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 Time Stamps: 00:00:00 - Intro Song: “More One Night” by Chito & Yuuri from "Girls’ Last Tour", Opening, Introductions 00:03:09 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST “Prologue”, darfox is excited about getting his Spanish edition of "BEASTARS" 00:06:26 - We discuss why a manga like "WOMBS" may never get an official English release 00:10:40 - Questions: Jocelyne explains the process of translating for simultaneously published manga 00:21:17 - News: Publisher Kodansha joins Shogakukan in putting anti-piracy ads in their manga magazines 00:27:28 - We discuss how LGBTQ+ representation in manga has changed over the past 20 years, how the TV drama of My "Brother’s Husband" brings LGBTQ+ to the Japanese mainstream, how getting more queer creators helps with better representation 00:45:28 - Listener Quetions: Jocelyne picks her favorite manga she would want be translated into English immediately: including "Witch Hat Atelier", "Rinshi!! Ekoda-chan", and "Akachan Honbucho" 00:51:12 - Jocelyne tells us which manga was most difficult to translate and what manga are easy to translate 00:58:55 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Anime Interlude where we’ll be discussing the past Spring 2017 season of anime and some of our highly anticipated picks for Summer 2017 00:59:29 - Main Segment One Shot: "My Solo Exchange Diary", Transition Song: “Shadow and Truth” by ONE III NOTES from "ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Dept.", we talk about Kabi Nagata’s follow up to "My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness", explore the themes of expectations vs. perception, dive into what makes Nagata’s manga so relatable to the reader, ponder what effects putting out autobiographical manga might have on the artist, explain the stigmata towards mental health in Japanese culture, praise the visual representations of Nagata’s explanations, and take a trip to bummertown 01:30:43 - Next Week’s Topic: Anime Interlude, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “wish men” by sunbrain from "Beet the Vandel Buster"
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