This week on Notaku the spotlight is on you, the listeners, as Setsuken and myself turn over the Topic of the Week to your questions. Keep ’em coming and we’ll keep answering them! Plus, one of my favorite mangaka that you’ve probably never heard of.
Timecodes:
Introduction & Feedback –0:00:10
What we’re Watching – 00:10:40
The Anime News – 00:33:02
Topic of the Week – 01:07:32
Manga Recommendation Corner – 01:37:55
Haiku Challenge – 01:47:25
Red
September 30, 2020 at 7:42 amThanks for the answers and the podcast, learned a lot of cool things. Next podcast can’t come soon enough.
Guardian Enzo
September 30, 2020 at 10:10 amThanks, Red! They’re a lot of work but fun to record.
Princess Usagi
October 1, 2020 at 5:58 amI loved your discussion on which Hunter x Hunter character you would go on a road trip with! Knov might be another good road trip companion, if he used his Hide and Seek ability to make portals on your outward bound trip, so you could save money and time by skipping the driving altogether for the return trip!
Guardian Enzo
October 1, 2020 at 9:03 amThat’s true, but Knov doesn’t strike me as a super-fun sort of guy to hang with (Morel might actually be more companionable). We’d also have to specify, are you talking pre-breakdown or post-breakdown Knov?
Princess Usagi
October 2, 2020 at 6:39 amDefinitely pre-breakdown Knov-it would be best to travel with him in a more stable state. True, he isn’t as fun as some of the other characters, but maybe a road trip would bring out a different side of him no-one’s seen before.
Also, thank you to you and Setsuken for your answers to my question and going so far as to ask your friend Jake’s opinion! (I’m glad I’m not the only one who gets peeved at drastically different titles)
On the topic of overlooked historical eras, I agree about the Heian era/Genpei War era (I think technically the Genpei War is a part of the Heian era?). The Heian period is my favorite era and I really wish they made more anime about that time. There is 1 Heian-era anime, Chouyaku Hyakuninisshu: Uta Koi, based on the Hyakuninisshu poem anthology. The art was beautiful and it had an interesting take on the poems.
Guardian Enzo
October 2, 2020 at 10:54 amYes, I enjoyed that series but I’d really like to see the events of Heike Monogatari specifically in anime once in a while. The Genpei War is more or less considered the end of the Heian Era, I believe.
Riv
October 3, 2020 at 12:18 pmThank you for the historical recs and discussion! I remember starting to watch Angolmois but forget why I didn’t continue it. I’ll have to go back and take a second look at it.