Jd, Colton, and Manga & Mascara guest artist, Arcadia Page, talk their favorite inventions from Gundam, Dr. Slump, and Doraemon, and whether inventions from anime and manga are more than just science fiction.
Episode Title: “Anywhere Doors to Comical Inventions”
Episode Count: 12
Run Time: 00:45:42
Host(s): Jd Banks, Colton Solem
Executive Producer: Sean Russell
Recording Date: August 9, 2014
Release Date: September 27, 2014
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Song Credits: Made by Jd Banks
COMICAL INVENTIONS
We asked the question, “What are your favorite inventions from anime or manga?”
FROM TWITTER
Jason Thompson @mockman The solar-system-engulfing megastructure from BLAME!…. Hmm… No, maybe I better choose something else…
Deb Aoki @debaoki I want the Doraemon translator jelly/konnyaku.
Dirty ∀IR @CureVIR Version 2.0 Shizuma Drives (from Giant Robo) would be neat.
Sean Gaffney @Toukochan Excel‘s mini-selves that can disarm nuclear devices.
Jahmere Durham @The2ndJoker I’m gonna need Gan-tsuku from Robotics Notes to be real.
Jamie Lynn Lano @jamieism space elevator from Gundam. 🙂
Edward Sizemore @edsizemore Astro Boy
GAME: REAL OR SCI-FI
Is Fullmetal Alchemist’s automail real or sci-fi?
Is Osamu Tezuka’s animal communication device real or sci-fi?
Is Bubblegum Crisis’s Sexaroid real or sci-fi?
Is Ghost in the Shell’s cloaking device real or sci-fi?
Are Appleseed and Patlabor’s exosuits real or sci-fi?
Is AD Police’s cyborg body real or sci-fi?
MANGA REFERENCES
- Doraemon (Fujiko Fujio)
- Dragon Ball Z (Akira Toriyama)
- Dr. Slump (Akira Toriyama)
- GinTama (Hideaki Sorachi)
- Gundam Wing (Koichi Tokita)
REFERENCES
- Life Lessons: The Gintama Manga
- Manga & Mascara (Arcadia Page)
- Princess of Tennis by Jamie Lynn Lano
- Wings by Arcadia Page
TECHNOLOGY REFERENCES
- Animal Translation Device
- >BowLingual
- Bionic man
- Military exoskeleton
- Sex Robots
- Transplanting human into robot
- Tricorders
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