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#21 Our Blood Oath (Ft. Viz translator Stephen Paul) Mar 08, 2021

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In this episode, we're talking about Our Blood Oath and we're joined by the series's official Viz translator Stephen Paul (best known for also being the One Piece translator). Tune in for a talk about vampires, crystals, and family. Also, you might hear a hint about what the One Piece is.

Show Notes:

Episode art by Jennifer Zhu (IG: art_by_toast)
You can find our guest at translatosaurus
Shonen Flop has a discord! Find it at https://discord.gg/4hC3SqRw8r

Shoutouts:

Flicks XRayed: flicksxrayed.com
Play Comics: playcomics.com
Harpy Hour: harpyhourpodcast.com
A Podcast Most Fowl: a-podcast-most-fowl.pinecast.co
FatBoisAnime: @fatboisanime1

#20 Oumagadoki Zoo (Ft. Midnight) Feb 22, 2021

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In this episode, we, and our guest Midnight from MidnightxCross discuss the manga Oumagadoki Zoo. The first Shonen Jump work from My Hero Academia creator Kohei Horikoshi. Tune in as we venture into the challenges of creating the most popular zoo in the world, talking animals, and features a number of characters that later became heroes in MHA.

Show Notes:

Episode art by Jennifer Zhu (IG: art_by_toast)
You can find our guest Midnight's Youtube Channel at youtube.com/c/midnightxcross

Shoutouts:

The F Plus (@TheFPlus): thefpl.us
Faustian Nonsense presents the Lavender Tavern (@FaustNonsense): faustiannonsense.com/lavendertavern
3 Hours Later (@3hrs_later): linktr.ee/3hourslater
The Cabinet of Dr. Mystery (@openthecabinet): flowcode.com/page/cabinetofmystery
That Song From That Movie (@TSFTMpod): linktr.ee/TSFTM
We'll Get It Right Next Year: wgirny.libsyn.com

#19 B. Ichi (ft. Riley Hopkins) Feb 10, 2021

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Before Fire Force and Soul Eater, there was B. Ichi. A tale of superpowered clowns, bones, and 2000s music references. In this episode, we and our guest Riley Hopkins discuss Okubo's original manga series before he made it big.

Show Notes:

Episode art by Jennifer Zhu (IG: art_by_toast)
You can find Riley @RevRyeBread and his other works at linksmithgames..com, revryebread.itch.io, and narutohead.band
DiggingInTheDome @diggingdome
The Universal Wrestling Podcast @TheUWPod
Snowflake Sports Podcast @SportsSnowflake
Game for a movie podcast @GameForAMovieP1
True Crime Real Time Pod @TrueCrimeRTPod

#18 ne0;lation (ft. Andrew Sherman) Jan 25, 2021

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ne0;lation is the tale of hotdog-driven expert hacker "cracker" Arata One. One teams up with fellow teenagers Daigo and Yuko to rid the world of evil through the power of computers. Features a manga pitch by David and we're joined by Andrew Sherman from the ARGonauts podcast.

Show Notes:

Episode art by Jennifer Zhu (IG: art_by_toast)
You can find Andrew at @argonautspod
'32 KickUp: 32kickup.com
Open Shudders: @ashudders
My Hero Academia Podcast: @MHAPod
Riddle Me That! True Crime Podcast: @PodcastRiddle
You Should Have Ghosted: @ghostedpod

#17 Tokyo Shinobi Squad (ft. Alex Ptak from Ballin' Out Super) Jan 11, 2021

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The year is 2049, 20 years ago Japan opened up its borders to the world and built a hyperloop, the most incredible infrastructure in history. The only ones keeping the peace are Shinobi, Japan's vigilante heroes who learn how to use magic by reading ancient kung fu tutorials known as ninpo scrolls. The coolest of all Shinobi tho is Narumi Jin, who everyone thinks is strong and rad. Check out how strong and rad he is as we, and our guest Alex Ptak from Pod Damn America discuss.

Show Notes:

Episode art by Jennifer Zhu (IG: art_by_toast)
You can find Alex Ptak's at alexptak.com
What The Trailer Podcast: anchor.fm/whatthetrailer
The Insanely Dangerous Retro Podshow: linktre.ee/tidrpodshow
Wow!! Cool Robot!!!: noisespace.xyz/shows/wow-cool-robot
Whatthesmut: https://whatthesmut.podbean.com/
The Jury Room Podcast: https://juryroompodcast.com/

MAL Description:

Tokyo, 2049... Thanks to the Galapagos Reform enacted by the government, Russia, China, America, and Japan are now connected by a Hyper Loop system. This globalization has turned Tokyo into the most crime-ridden city in the world. To fight the rising crime, those who have been working in the shadows since the Sengoku period are needed... They are... the Shinobi!

#16 Barrage (ft. Dan Harrison) Dec 28, 2020

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Before Kohei Horikoshi created My Hero Academia, he had a lesser-known series - Barrage. Barrage is set in Industria, a planet that after the integration of aliens has become overrun with crime. It is the tale of Astro, a street kid who ends up swapping places with the current prince (who looks just like him) so the prince can try and live a normal life. His first duty as a royal is for him, and his guard Tiamat, to journey across the land to bring peace by defeating evildoers. Tune in as we, and our special guest musician Dan Harrison discuss.

Show Notes:

Episode art by Jennifer Zhu (IG: art_by_toast)
Be sure to review us on iTunes to get a shoutout on the next episode! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/shonen-flop/id1516326666
You can listen to Dan Harrison on Spotify, and find him on social media @danharrisonmusic (dnharrisonmusic on Twitter)
Cinema Roulette: @RouletteCinema
One Crime At A Time Podcast: @onecrimepod
East Coast Avengers Podcast: @eastcoastavngrs
GrandRapidains Play Video Games: @grand_video

MAL Description:

The discovery of alien life has turned the once serene planet Industria into a world of racism and perpetual conflict. Young orphan Astro lives his life with one goal: to work hard and earn enough wages to care for a group of fellow orphans he has adopted as his own family. Astro's simple life is disrupted when he encounters Bulge, the Crown Prince of Industria who is his age and shares his exact face. The prince is fleeing his royal obligations in pursuit of debauchery.

The royal military captures Astro after mistaking him for the prince, ripping the young orphan away from the family he cares about. With the King of Industria misidentifying Astro as his own son, the boy is forced into the royal lifestyle. He spends his days training in the art of combat under the high-ranking young soldier Tiamat, whose only perceivable weakness is a crippling fear of women.

After foiling an assassination plot and awakening the powers of the ancient lance Orgue, Astro is sent off with Tiamat to train with his new weapon to end the petty conflict between humans and aliens across the planet's surface.

#15 Hungry Joker (ft. musician Tre Watson) Dec 14, 2020

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From the creator of Black Clover, Yūki Tabata, comes Hungry Joker. Hungry Joker is the tale of Heidi, a boy genius scientist with amnesia trying to discover the secret of his past. All he remembers is a black apple, which he has obtained amongst a pile of mysterious glowing corpses as a child. It turns out the black apple is a Eureka, a type of magical artifact that provides its eater gravity powers. Heidi and a secret society of Eureka users "White Joker" have to travel across the world fighting those that would use their Eureka's for evil.

Show Notes: • Episode art by Alia Gestl (IG: aliagestl) • Can find our guest Tre Watson at @trewatsonmusic • Greatest Gaming Show Ever by Kami Jace: bit.ly/3mTdFYY • Ads4Podcasts: @Ads4Podcasts • Reel Talk: A Movie Podcast: @Reel_cast • Blood and Firewater Podcast: @bfwpodsquad • Married Mash Podcast: @MarriedMash

MAL Description:

Follows the adventures of a scientist Haiji and his assistant Chitose. One day the doctor is called to resolve a mystery about a glowing corpse. From the will of an unknown power the corpse then transforms into a monster and Haiji has to defeat it, to learn all about a mysterious black apple which can regenerate itself and which when eaten will enable someone to control gravity...

#14 Chainsaw Man (ft. James Mitchel) Nov 30, 2020

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After his father commits suicide due to being unable to pay back the Yakuza for his dead mother's medical bills, teenager Denji is stuck with his debt. He winds up having to hunt devils, magical beings that are powered by fear. After a fatal incident, Denji fuses with the chainsaw devil Pochiata becoming the half-human half-devil Chainsaw Man. He ends up being recruited by the Public Safety Devil Hunters, a government-run anti-devil police force consisting mostly of humans who have gained power through contracts with devils, run by the mysterious and all-controlling Makima.

Show Notes: • Episode art by Alia Gestl (IG: aliagestl) • Support your local library • Dads on Dayquill podcast: linktr.ee/DadsonDayquill • The Animated Gamers Podcast: linktr.ee/TheAnimatedGamersPodcast • Beer'd Al Podcast: t.co/YzRBhyTs2n?amp=1 • Check out Geeksploration's Kickstarter which is in its final days: kickstarter.com/projects/1471158849/space-oddities-1

MAL Description:

Denji has a simple dream—to live a happy and peaceful life, spending time with a girl he likes. This is a far cry from reality, however, as Denji is forced by the yakuza into killing devils in order to pay off his crushing debts. Using his pet devil Pochita as a weapon, he is ready to do anything for a bit of cash.

Unfortunately, he has outlived his usefulness and is murdered by a devil in contract with the yakuza. However, in an unexpected turn of events, Pochita merges with Denji's dead body and grants him the powers of a chainsaw devil. Now able to transform parts of his body into chainsaws, a revived Denji uses his new abilities to quickly and brutally dispatch his enemies. Catching the eye of the official devil hunters who arrive at the scene, he is offered work at the Public Safety Bureau as one of them. Now with the means to face even the toughest of enemies, Denji will stop at nothing to achieve his simple teenage dreams.

#13 Time Paradox Ghostwriter (ft. Chris Osborne) Nov 16, 2020

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Time Paradox Ghostwriter is the story of Teppei Sasaki, a failed manga artist trying to get into Shonen Jump. Home after his latest rejection, his microwave is struck by lightning and spits out a copy of SJ 10 years into the future. One of the series - White Knight - is so great he copies as a one-shot. It not only gets published but becomes a huge hit. One problem, however, the future creator of the series, Itsuki Aino, ends up becoming his assistant. Sasaki has to deal with the harsh reality of being a manga creator, while also dealing with feelings of inferiority due to his plagiarism.

Show Notes:

Episode art by Alia Gestl (IG: aliagestl)
Be sure to review us on iTunes to get a shoutout on the next episode! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/shonen-flop/id1516326666
You can find our guest Chris at playcomics.com
Anime Research Group: @research_anime
Surprise Scenarios Podcast: @scenarios_pod
The Weekly Cooldown: @WkCooldown
Below the Line: kjlabuz.substack.com
Snowflake Sports: LuckyProfession

MAL Description:

Rookie manga artist Teppei Sasaki has worked tirelessly to become serialized in the pages of Weekly Shounen Jump only to be rejected again and again. When the latest one-shot he placed all his hopes in is dismissed, Teppei resolves that after four long years, he should just quit. But just as he makes the decision, lightning strikes his apartment, fusing his microwave and fridge together. As he inspects the mess, the microwave miraculously spits out a magazine: an issue of Shounen Jump from 10 years in the future.

Frontlining this issue is a new serialization titled "White Knight" by Itsuki Aino, a debut so flawless that it moves Teppei deeply. When the issue disappears thereafter, Teppei believes that the idea came from his own imagination and quickly works to copy it down as a one-shot. Submitting it to Shounen Jump, the editors are amazed and decide that the work is good enough to run as a series. With his dreams finally realized, Teppei works to refine the one-shot and it debuts soon after. Meanwhile, elsewhere, a 17-year-old Itsuki Aino opens the latest issue of Shounen Jump to find her fledgling story within its pages, a truth that will soon come crashing down upon Teppei.

#12 Stealth Symphony (ft. artist Victoria Jeon) Nov 02, 2020

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From the creator of Baccano! and Durarara!! comes Stealth Symphony. Set in a fantasy-meets-technology world, you're just as likely to see a Lizardman as you are an advertisement for the latest cell phone. This manga is about Jig, a human who has been fused with a powerful dragon artifact that's cursed to act violently to hostile threats. Jig goes to the city of Jinbō-chō in hopes of finding a cure, and we follow his adventures as he adjusts to city life, makes new friends, and learns to use his powers. However, things go completely off the rails from there to the degree Hideo Kojima would be impressed. You'll have to tune in to find out more.

Show Notes:

Episode art by Alia Gestl (IG: aliagestl)
You can find Tori on Twitter/IG: @HiMissVictoria
Twisted & Uncorked: twistedanduncorked.wixsite.com/podcast
Online Warriors Podcast: onlinewarriorspodcast.com
Not Suitable For Adults Podcast: .spreaker.com/show/not4adultscast
Super Scouts, donate to their Kickstarter: kickstarter.com/projects/monsteroftheweek1/super-scouts-3-final-issue
Brands Mean a Lot, where between now and Nov 10th they'll be donating $5 to the Doe Fund. You can find the article on RGB merchandise here: https://brandsmeanalot.substack.com/p/rbg-merch-machine and learn more about The Doe Fund here: https://www.doe.org/

MAL Description:

In a world where elves, dwarves, and invisible dragons live in harmony inside a metropolitan city, Jig sets out to find someone or something that can unleash the curse that he carries on his back. As he attempts to survive in the city of Jinbocho, a city filled with fantastic secrets and organizations, he encounters many powerful individuals who set out to either destroy him or save him. Will Jig be able to discover the true secret of his curse, or will it lead him to his own demise?

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