283 - Saikyo Selections 12 - Space Brothers

Published: Feb. 24, 2020, 12:04 a.m.

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This week Darfox talks about\\xa0Masaaki Yuasa\\u2019s\\xa0Ride Your Wave\\xa0and dakazu is saddened by the abrupt ending of\\xa0Oni Shine. Then we examine the long running popular series\\xa0Space Brothers! What will Seamus and Darfox think of\\xa0Chuya Koyama\\u2019s comedic tale of two brothers pursing their childhood dreams of going to space!?

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Timestamps:

  • 00:00:00\\xa0- Intro Song: \\u201cFeel So Moon\\u201d by Unicorn from\\xa0Space Brothers, Opening, Introductions, Request for more emails
  • 00:02:00\\xa0-\\xa0Whatchu Been Reading:\\xa0Transition Song:\\xa0Dragon Ball Z\\xa0OST \\u201cPrologue\\u201d, Darfox thought\\xa0Ride Your Wave\\xa0was the most straight forward\\xa0Masaaki Yuasa\\xa0anime he\\u2019s seen
  • 00:13:19\\xa0- *SPOILERS*\\xa0Oni Shine\\xa0ended abruptly due to cancellation and dakazu is upset with the ending
  • 00:18:17\\xa0- *SPOILERS* dakazu was enjoying\\xa0Aura Battler Dunbine\\xa0until the morose ending that reflected director\\xa0Yoshiyuki Tomino\\u2019s depression
  • 00:24:43\\xa0-\\xa0News:\\xa0New Seven Seas Entertainment licenses include\\xa0Blue Giant\\xa0and\\xa0What the Font?! \\u2013 A Manga Guide to Western Typeface
  • 00:28:21\\xa0-\\xa0Record of Lodoss War-Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth\\xa0is a metrodvania-style platformer coming soon to Steam
  • 00:29:51\\xa0- Kodansha is releasing a 20th Anniversary edition of\\xa0Chobits
  • 00:30:49\\xa0-\\xa0Witch Hat Atelier\\xa0creator\\xa0Kagome Shirahama\\xa0will guest at this year\\u2019s Toronto Comic Art Festival
  • 00:31:54\\xa0-\\xa0Next Episode Preview and Rundown:\\xa0Retrospective\\xa0on\\xa0Girls\\u2019 Last Tour, we will be reviewing this series by\\xa0Tsukumizu\\xa0about two girls wandering through a desolate world(covers volumes 1-3)\\xa0
  • 00:33:05\\xa0-\\xa0Main Segment Saikyo Selections:\\xa0we examine the beginning and parachute drone arc of\\xa0Space Brothers\\xa0by\\xa0Chuya Koyama, Transition Song: \\u201cSpace Brothers\\u2019 Theme\\u201d by Toshiyuki Watanabe from\\xa0Space Brothers
  • 00:38:37\\xa0-\\xa0Darfox thinks the first chapter of\\xa0Space Brother\\xa0is one of the strongest openings to any series
  • 00:42:22\\xa0- dakazu points out the obvious comparisons of Pico and Vincent\\u2019s backstory to\\xa0October Sky
  • 00:43:29\\xa0- Darfox and dakazu love how Mutta has an ability to succeed by failing forward
  • 00:45:25\\xa0- Seamus was uninterested in the positive space romanticism and we make comparisons to\\xa0Planetes\\xa0and\\xa0Moonlight Mile
  • 00:48:05\\xa0- We discuss the wide all-ages appeal of\\xa0Space Brothers\\xa0and how it\\u2019s surprisingly funny
  • 00:52:24\\xa0- *SPOILERS* We talk about the framing of the world from current arcs of\\xa0Space Brothers\\xa0compared to real-life geopolitics
  • 00:57:54\\xa0- *SPOILERS* Darfox asks dakazu if there is an ending coming soon
  • 01:00:33\\xa0- dakazu explains how\\xa0new chapters are released semi-weekly despite\\xa0Space Brother\\xa0serialization in\\xa0Weekly Morning Magazine
  • 01:01:42\\xa0- We compare Koyama\\u2019s clean and unique character art style to\\xa0Naoki Urasawa
  • 01:05:22\\xa0-\\xa0dakazu explains the underwater training arc that he originally wanted to cover for the podcast
  • 01:08:43 -\\xa0We wrap up our final thoughts on\\xa0Space Brothers
  • 01:10:07\\xa0- Next Week\\u2019s Topic:\\xa0Girls\\u2019 Last Tour, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: \\u201cwish men\\u201d by sunbrain from\\xa0Beet the Vandel Buster
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