In celebration of Yuri’s Night, Colton from Gintama Life Lessons comes on the Manga Corner to share some life lessons about manga featuring aliens. But they’re not just aliens—they’re mean, powerful, and sometimes, funny mean worlds.
MANGA CORNER
Episode Title: “Mean Worlds”
Episode Count: 09
Run Time: 00:43:59
Host(s): Jd Banks, Colton
Executive Producer: Sean Russell
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Opening: Made by Jd Banks
SYNOPSIS
Manga has always been a platform for teaching its readers life lessons. Whether it’s believing in ourselves or learning how to fall in love, there’s something hiding between the lines. This episode, Colton and Jd look at two recent manga, Gintama and World Trigger, and the life lessons they bring to their audiences. Jd digs up some scrolls from Japanese art history to relate Gintama while Colton picks apart the pros and cons of World Trigger.
LINKS
>Colton
Life Lessons: The Gintama Manga Podcast
Another Day, Another Adventure Podcast
Scroll of Frolicking Animals and Humans (Chou Jinbutsu Giga) by Bishop Toba Sojo, 12th century
Dejima (“foreigner island” in Nagasaki Bay during the Edo Period)
REFERENCED ANIME
Death Note
Dragon Ball Z
EMMA
Eyeshield 21
Gintama
G.T.O.
I’s
Ninja Gaiden
Ooku
Under the Umbrella
World Trigger
Yamada and the 7 Witches
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