Taiiku Podcast

I'm trying to get into soccer, so I've started to follow LAFC, the new club in LA. It just started, I just moved here. It's like it was destiny. I am all in on Vela, I guess? Also if anyone wants to teach me about soccer on twitter, tweet me! This episode, we're talking about Kyoko Shitou's The Key to the Kingdom published by CMX (RIP) and Inio Asano's Dead Dead Demon's DeDeDeDe Destruction publis...

The White Sox were snowed out for three straight games and suck with runners in scoring position. It's baseball season. Also I went to a Rockies and Dodgers game recently, and those were very good experiences mostly because they didn't involve White Sox baseball (which is currently bad). But anyway, the future is soon. This episode, we're talking about CLAMP's Cardcaptor Sakura published by Dark H...

Baseball is finally back! Opening day happened, and several games were snowed out because the weather is ridiculous and unstoppable. The White Sox were, until recently, undefeated after come-from-behind victories against the hated Kansas City Royals, so it's been ok until they went to Canada. This episode, we're talking about Yukito Kishiro's Battle Angel Alita and Mitsuru Kubo's Again!!, both pub...

Well school has been kicking Helen's ass and I moved to California, so it's been a while since last time. But we're back and the same as ever! This episode, we're talking about Ichigo Takano's Orange published by Seven Seas and Hiromu Arakawa's Silver Spoon published by Yen Press. The song you heard at the top was "Oto no Naru Hō e" by Goose House from the Silver Spoon anime. Apryll said it was th...

This is the first time a Taiiku and Manga In Your Ears episode have hit the same day, and it probably won't be the last? Various circumstances will, I'm sure, press the matter once again and I'll be editing into the late evening hours editing once again months or years down the road. This episode, we're talking about Yoshitoki Ōima's A Silent Voice and To Your Eternity, both published by Kodansha....

Baseball is back! Pitchers and catchers have reported, Jake Odorizzi has moved from Tampa Bay to Minnesota, and Eric Hosmer has finally signed somewhere. Sorry San Diego. This time is Chris's favorite show of the year, the top movies show! This time, we're covering, of course, our favorites from 2017. Unfortunately, no one talked about Lady Bird because both Camellia and I, at least, have kicked i...

Oops, this is a bit late. But by the time I finish, it will perhaps be Valentine's listening? It's also the winter Olympics in PyeongChang and Chloe Kim, the Korean-American snowboarding phenom that won a gold medal for the US, has won the hearts of millions. Anyway, this time Chris ( @gokuffy ) and Corey ( @Modandrocker ) join me to talk about Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Then Chris, Camellia ( @wil...

Uh, I'm done editing the episode and I forgot to write my stupid introduction thing. Uhhhhh... Please sports pundits, stop saying the White Sox should sign Mike Moustakas. It's just a bad idea. This episode, we're talking about Makoto Yukimura's Planetes published by Dark Horse and Kaiu Shirai and Posuka Demizu's The Promised Neverland published by Viz Media. That song you heard at the top was "Wo...

I just wrote one of these for the Taiiku Podcast three days ago, so I'm not really sure what to write this time. Today, I was able to eat dinner before recording this podcast, so I'm gonna count that as an accomplishment. It's the little things! This episode, we're talking about Arina Tanemura's Phantom Thief Jeanne and Satoru Noda's Golden Kamuy both published by Viz Media. That song you heard at...

Andrew McCutchen was traded to the Giants while I was editing this podcast, so that was the super exciting news for today. Perhaps the free agents will eventually sign as well... Also the Bears have assembled their (all white) major coaching staff, and they look great on paper besides the thing I just said. Hopefully they'll at least win football games. This time is just our top anime of 2017 show...

Playoff football is on and, as of writing this, the Kansas City Chiefs blew a pretty big lead against the Tennessee Titans. Plus there's seemingly some drama going on in New England that could cause either Belichick or Brady to split off from the team, though I'll believe that when I see it. But I digress. This time, Chris ( @gokuffy ) joins me to continue the Kurosawa series with Stray Dog. Then...

It's been in the negative 20s and 30s here recently, which is Very Cold. So we start the new year with the only way we know how, a cold that Helen and I both coincidentally got. Sorry for sounding nasal-y in this episode, but it's just what happens when it's Very Cold everywhere. This episode, we're talking about Miyuki Kobayashi and Natsumi Ando's Kitchen Princess published by Kodansha (formerly...

It's winter again, I almost fell outside this morning because of the ice, and the snow is beginning to fall and stick to the ground here in Iowa. So you know it's time for... ...Our now annual (???) Reverse Thieves Anime Secret Santa podcast! Chris ( @gokuffy ) and Patz ( @PatzPrime ) join me to discuss their choices. First up is Chris with Girls und Panzer , next is Patz with Love Live, and lastl...

It's coming to the end of the anime season, and I've already finished Recovery of an MMO Junkie and Juni Taisen, with more coming in the following weeks. I always like the one week between seasons. Gives me time to procrastinate on watching everything else. This episode, we're talking about Ai Yazawa's Paradise Kiss published by Vertical Comics and Akiko Higashimura's Princess Jellyfish published...

Iowa State is in a bowl game! First time since 2012, and this time they are going to Memphis to play...the Memphis Tigers. This is a rig!!! This episode, we're talking about Kyousuke Motomi's QQ Sweeper and it's sequel manga, Queen's Quality , both published by Viz Media. That song you heard at the top of the episode was "Helpless" from the Hamilton soundtrack. As always, you can find me on Twitte...

We're getting closer to the winter meetings in Major League Baseball and, for those of you that read both these and the Manga In Your Ears introductions, you'll know I'm very excited for anything baseball. Or, actually, just listen to any of the baseball anime podcasts we've done over here on Taiiku. But anyway, Shohei Ohtani could be days away from signing with a team and Giancarlo Stanton seems...

Man, there is so much going on in baseball right now. And it isn't even the winter meetings yet! Derek Jeter and company are trying to get payroll way down for the Marlins, and the Cardinals and Giants have reportedly made trade offers for 59-homer-man Giancarlo Stanton. Meanwhile in Atlanta, they've had some hard penalties levied on them for breaking a variety of rules, including losing top prosp...

NBA basketball has been back for a while, but NCAA basketball has been missing in the interim. Having a shorter season means they start later and end earlier, but it also means that I might suffer less through what might be a miserable Iowa State Cyclone basketball season. This episode, Chris ( @gokuffy ) and Camellia have joined me to keep the break on Kurosawa coming with David O. Russell's Thre...

It's, goodness, two weeks away from Thanksgiving. The days get darker earlier, which sucks because now I leave work when it's dark outside. It's also getting cold in Iowa, and has been for a week or so, and I'm definitely getting back into the regular ways of cold mornings. It involves more snoozing of the alarm clock and heat. This episode, we're talking about Naoki Urasawa and Osamu Tezuka's Plu...

A Halloween episode of the Taiiku Podcast for everyone! I haven't written one of these for Taiiku in a while. My fledgling mango podcast is doing alright I guess, and I'm writing some introduction over there every two weeks, but this is a monthly podcast so I feel like it's been forever. I also haven't recorded basically anything in a while for this podcast either because my memory is terrible and...

Episode lucky number seven, unlike the movie Lucky Number Slevin, which is an alright movie and has Lucy Liu, but anyway. The Dodgers and Astros are in the midst of the World Series as I type this and I'm missing the hot action (seriously, it's 90+ degrees in Los Angeles) as I type this, so let's get on with it! This time, we're talking about Moyoco Anno's Insufficient Direction published by Verti...

This has been a long time coming for I guess all of us, at least in terms of Complex Age. Apryll has a pull quote on the back of the volumes, and Helen and I previously covered volume one over on Taiiku. If it hasn't been obvious yet, our current series we're covering in this episode is Yui Sakuma's Complex Age published by Kodansha. And our classic series is Nobuaki Tadano's 7 Billion Needles pub...

Baseball has entered the playoffs and, I think by at least some metrics, my White Sox did a little better that expectations would have them at beginning of the season. Rookies came up and performed, and a few craft veterans keep helping in more ways than just on the field. But this is about sports anime, and that's what we're here to talk about. At least it was gonna be before my audio for Yowaped...

Welcome to episode five! We're halfway to a milestone. Around this time in the Taiiku Podcast, I imagine I sort of had an idea of what the heck I was doing, and rolled with it. Then I learned a bunch of stuff I was doing wrong over the subsequent months, and general improving at editing, which I'm sure will be the case again come three years from now. But I digress. This time, we're talking about...

We're back on schedule, hopefully for the long haul this time (or at least until the holidays). This time, we're covering Kaoru Mori's Emma and HERO and Daisuke Hagiwara's Horimiya , both published by Yen Press. That song you heard at the top of the episode is "Silhouette of a Breeze" by Kunihiko Ryo from the Emma anime. As always, you can find me on Twitter @ImpassionateK , and my co-hosts Helen...