200 - Guest Gaiden 1 - The Bride was a Boy with Morgana Santilli

Join us for the 200th episode of Manga Machinations! We celebrate with special guest Morgana Santilli aka “Manga Maven” from the Comicopia Comics Store! She’s here to answer our questions about selling manga and to share some of her current favorite LGBTQ+ and Josei manga!

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Time Stamps:

• 00:00:00 - Intro Song: “Smile Bomb” by Matsuko Mawatari from Yu Yu Hakusho, Opening, Introductions
• 00:03:27 - Morgana explains the secret origins to her manga/anime fandom, we talk about the changes made to the very first English localization of the Sailor Moon manga
• 00:14:53 - Morgana tells us how she started working at Comicopia and became the store’s manga buyer
• 00:17:59 -  Questions: Morgana tells us whether there is a crossover between customers buying manga and Western comics, we express our concerns with Western comics
• 00:26:38 - We discuss if there is animosity between manga readers and Western comics readers, we lament over the stereotypes and stigma manga receives
• 00:35:05 - Morgana tells us how she decides what manga to order for Comicopia
• 00:38:52 - Morgana gives her opinion on if buying new releases when they come out helps support them the most
• 00:42:30 - Morgana gives some insight about buying manga through different distributors
• 00:46:02 - Morgana talks about how the culture of Comicopia was formed and the benefits of making a welcoming place for LGBTQ+ customers
• 00:55:02 - Morgana tells us what age group gets into seinen manga
• 00:58:15 - News: Rumiko Takahashi was finally inducted into the Will Eisner Comic Awards Hall of Fame, Morgana wishes manga weren’t isolated in the Best U.S. Edition of International Material-Asia category
• 01:08:52 - The Akira 35th Anniversary Edition wins the Eisner Award for Best Publication Design
• 01:12:58 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Triple Dip where we read the first volume of three different manga, including: Yawara! A Fashionable Judo Girl by Naoki Urasawa, Nana by Ai Yazawa, and Goblin Slayer by Kumo Kagyuu & Kousuke Kurose
• 01:13:43 - Main Guest Picks Galore: Transition Song: “Fiction” by sumika from Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku, Morgana presents LGBTQ+ and Josei manga that she’s excited to share with us, Including:
• 01:14:49 - The Bride was a Boy by Chii
• 01:26:47 - Claudine by Riyoko Ikeda
• 01:28:28 - That Blue Sky Feeling by Okura & Coma Hashii and Classmates by Asumiko Nakamura
• 01:30:42 - Go for it, Nakamura! by Syundei & I Hear the Sunspot: Theory of Happiness by Yuki Fumino
• 01:31:37 - Our Dreams at Dusk: Shinagami Tasogare by Yuhki Kamatani
• 01:37:25 - Tokyo Tarareba Girls by Akiko Higashimura
• 01:47:11 - Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku by Fujita
• 01:54:48 - Thank yous, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “wish men” by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster