This week we wrap up our Retrospective review of Ode to Kirihito by Osamu Tezuka! Remember to send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our tumblr! http://mangamachinations.tumblr.com Join our 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, Christmas decorations 00:01:55 - Listener Emails: Comparing manga reading habits to anime viewing habits, the zeitgeist of new media, the convenience of streaming services and digital distribution effecting how anime/manga is consumed 00:20:26 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST “Prologue”, Seamus talks about his lack of historical knowledge for Ooku: The Inner Chambers 00:26:34 - Darfox about some free samples of Aposimz, Battle Angel Alita: Holy Night and Other Stories, Shibuya Goldfish, and Junji Ito’s Frankenstein 00:37:46 - dakazu is apprehensive about diving into Tsutomu Takahashi’s Nazi story of Neun 00:43:03 - Ningen Karimenchu Tsuzuki continues Taeko Uzuki’s struggles with Schizophrenia and her loving relationship with her elder boyfriend 00:47:34 - News: Kengo Hanazawa throws some shade on Inio Asano in the 2000th issue of Big Comic Spirits 00:52:36 - Members from the Sailor Moon musical in Japan will be performing at the 2019 National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington DC 00:53:46 - Shueisha will be releasing a special issue called Paralympic Jump in association with the Paralympics 00:54:56 - The fans of Karakuri Circus were concerned about the anime adaptation because of the limited episodes but creator Kazuhiro Fujita says it’s about getting the best moments from the series into this adaptation 00:59:54 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Triple Dip where we read the first volume of three different manga, including: Scum’s Wish by Mengo Yokoyari, Starving Anonymous by Yuu Kuraishi & Kazu Inabe, and The Fable by Katsuhisa Minami 01:01:55 - Main Segment Retrospective Review: Transition Song: “? no Boomerang” by Tomoko Tokugaki from The Three-Eyed One, retrospective review of Ode to Kirihito by Tezuka Osamu, we discuss the fates of the antagonists, talk about all the references to Jesus, interpret Tezuka’s disdain for doctors, praise the reoccurring artistic themes, detest the negative use of mental illness, debate forgiveness vs vengeance, explain the postmortem problems with Urabe, and wonder why the Monmow epidemic was never resolved.(covers chapters 11-20) 01:39:20 - Next Week’s Topic: Scum’s Wish & Starving Anonymous & The Fable, House Keeping, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “wish men” by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster