Taiiku Podcast

Given that there are three sports leagues trying to do bubbles in Florida, the hotspot of COVID in the entire world, does not bode well for the start of the NBA and WNBA, nor the continuation of MLS, but hopefully they can all get through the entire seasons without any cases and without any casualties. At least NWSL appears to be in full swing and doing very well, so I continue to be hopeful. MLB...

I love sports. I'm glad sports is coming back in the US; I have been quite enjoying the NWSL tournament. But MLS and MLB's train wrecks have been absolutely terrifying to watch, not that either NBA or NHL have been smooth either. I, fortunately(?) have not heard much about the WNBA's start, but I hope it is seamless. But the preventative measures these leagues have in place is simply not enough, b...

NJPW just came back with the New Japan Cup, and I have been really enjoying this... AEW has been around all this time, but seeing these new wrestlers in a country that at least takes regular illness seriously by wearing masks when you go out makes it feel different (in a good way) than AEW putting on shows in Jacksonville, which does not seem safe. It could be equally unsafe, but who knows. The Sh...

I said this in the latest episode of the Taiiku Podcast's post, and retweeting things from the Manga In Your Ears Twitter account, but Black Lives Matter. Please donate to organizations if you can, and keep tweeting, call your legislature, protest, and vote. And through it all, stay safe; there's still a pandemic on. This episode, we're talking about Moyoco Anno's In Clothes Called Fat published b...

I've been tweeting sparsely on my own account, and retweeting vigorously on my account, Taiiku's account, and Manga In Your Ears' account of the current events, but Black Lives Matter. I reserve this space for sports ramblings, but this is more important. I don't know what reach we have here at my little podcast, but whatever we have, I will use for this. Please donate if you can, keep tweeting ab...

This episode, it's a SPOILERCAST of the Koyoharu Gotouge's Demon Slayer manga, published by Viz! If you haven't finished the manga, don't listen to this episode. The song you heard in the episode was "Gurenge" by LiSA from the Demon Slayer anime. As always, you can find me on Twitter @ImpassionateK , and my co-hosts Helen ( @WanderinDreamr ) and Apryll ( @manjiorin ) on Twitter at those places in...

I got home three minutes after The Last Dance started, so I will instead edit this podcast with fury to...watch those episodes tomorrow after work. Here's two podcasts in a row for everyone! Chris ( @gokuffy ), Chris ( @antoniuspius ) and I talk about Kurosawa's first color movie, Dodeska'den! Then Ink ( @AnimatedInk ) and I talk about Hinomaru Sumo! Listen Show notes: 0:30 - Chris, Chris, and I t...

We've done 70 episodes, and I have grown and learned so much about podcasting and editing in the interim, even starting up another podcast (where we're running out of ideas of things to talk about, so you should suggest us some titles over at @MangaInYourEars ). Thank you for listening. So for our 70th! We celebrate Mifune's 100th. Chris ( @gokuffy ), Chris ( @antoniuspius ), and I discuss his fin...

I need to watch more KBO, but they're on so early, and I forget to watch the ESPN on demand streams. Someone's gotta remind me, so I can properly root for the Giants. This episode, we're talking about Syundei's Total Eclipse of the Eternal Heart and Kodama Naoko's I Married My Best Friend to Shut My Parents Up, both published by Seven Seas. The song you heard in the episode was Bonnie Tyler's Tota...

I am extremely open about this, but it's not like I yell "I AM KOREAN" at the top of every episode, but I am Korean. I was adopted too, and I don't know much about Korean culture, history, or anything else. Which is why I'm glad books such as Banned Book Club exist, so I can read about some history by way of comics. This time, I'm doing something a little different; I'm interviewing Ryan Estrada ,...

The Busan Lotte Giants are 5-0 baby!! Top of the KBO, the hometown team finally comes through. Can't wait to be disappointed at some point this season. This episode, I have a special guest, Chris ( @gokuffy ), talking about two adaptations of No Longer Human! The first is Usamaru Furuya's, published by Vertical, then it's Junji Ito's, published by Viz. The song you heard in this episode was " Huma...

The KBO is slowly coming back with no fans preseason games, and I cannot wait to try to stay up until like midnight or later to watch my beloved Lotte Giants play baseball. This episode, we're talking about KAITO's Cross Manage and Blue Flag, both published by Viz. The song you heard in the episode was " The Girl " by Run River North. As always, you can find me on Twitter @ImpassionateK , and my c...

Going out is hard now, not just because it is relatively anxiety inducing, but because the masks fog up my glasses and the bandanas keep falling off, so it's a lose-lose-lose proposition no matter what. My only release is running, which is a different kind of lose. This episode we're talking about Natsume Ono's Ristorante Paradiso and Inio Asano's Downfall, both published by Viz. It's also more sp...

These random musings that I'm pretty sure no one reads are about to get way different, not that they already have. But since we're all stuck inside, or should be stuck inside if not for your terrible Republican governor and/or our terrible Republican president, but I look really forward to the two dnd games I'm running now. That said, I'm also running out of ideas... We're back for my favorite epi...

Podcasts are a good way, during this time of stay-at-home orders and global pandemics, to have real human interaction with real other humans, and not just coworkers over IM or email or gritting through your teeth at the other folks in line at the grocery store, praying they don't cough. Anyway, stay safe everyone, and wash your hands. This episode, we're talking about Shinobu Ohtaka's Magi publish...

I, as my Manga In Your Ears co-hosts, have been working from home for the past few days in an attempt not to spread a pandemic. Sports has stopped in the US and Canada, so I can't even talk about my newfound fandom of the Vancouver Canucks (not that I know anything about hockey still). On the plus side, the air quality in LA is GREAT. Ban cars. This episode, we're talking about Riyoko Ikeda's Rose...

I don't have much to say here sports wise, because the sports things are basically they should cancel them all because of this COVID-19 stuff, because it is better to miss sports than, you know, die. Wash your hands, be cautious, stay safe. This time is our 69th episode (nice), not counting half episodes and a few other special episodes, and it's a big one! It's Chris ( @gokuffy ) and Patz ( @Patz...

Koreans have had a good 2020 so far! Setting aside the injury to Son Heung-min, they have taken over the local US awards show, I don't remember the name of it. And, most importantly, the GOAT Younghoe Koo has been re-signed by the Atlanta Falcons. Let's go, 2020, the year of Koreans. We're back for one of our favorite episodes of the year! Chris ( @gokuffy ) and Corey ( @Modandrocker ) join me to...

A lot of excitement is said about trades and acquisitions when it comes to sports, but it is true what the MLBPA said in that there are real lives being affected and being thrown around like commodities or just their stats, and just gotta say, that is a very bad thing about sports. I'm a little late with this December episode, but I didn't actually record Kandagawa Jet Girls until later into Janua...

Mookie Betts was traded to the Dodgers! Except maybe not because of medical particulars surrounding Brusdar Graterol, the greatest name in baseball, but also a fireballing probably reliever when the Red Sox wanted a starter. I sure hope this trade still goes through, because I will be a very sad Dodger fan if it does not. If they can keep Kenta Maeda, though, that'd be cool. This episode, we're ta...

I've gone on a terrible journey into a downward spiral of shoe fandom, and let me say it has been both fascinating and troubling. I've only bought a few, but look how many more I want! They're all (mostly actually a limited number) are good. We're back for our annual anime extravaganza! This one may be our shortest yet, but we still talk about some truly great anime. As always, Chris ( @gokuffy )...

We're back from holiday break! The Astros cheated to win the World Series and get to another one, and also in the season in between. The players should be much more punished than they are, but labor negotiations maybe?!?! This episode, we're talking about Yuki Midorikawa's Natsume's Book of Friends published by Viz and Akiko Higashimura's Blank Canvas: My So-Called Artist's Journey published by Se...

I usually talk about sports to lead into the rest of the post, because I have a lot of random quick thoughts about sports that I want to rant about on Twitter or whatever, but they're too long for a tweet. Instead, I'll write about writing about things, having run out of sports things to write about. And also, between first Gundam The Origin manga and now Giant Gorg, I am very generally interested...

I think I mentioned somewhere in these ramblings that I became a Clippers fan the moment Kawhi signed and Paul George was traded there, and with that has apparently come a passing interest in shoes. So RIP me for an added random fandom. Also my audio is still weird and wonky and not great, so apologies for that. Hopefully I have fixed it for the next podcast...we'll see. This episode, we're just c...

Whoops, it's been two week and I completely forgot to edit this episode, so here's what's about to be two episodes in quick succession! Hope you don't mind. Also I got a new motherboard and reinstalled windows, so my audio may be of very questionable quality. Apologies in advance. This episode, we're talking about Akimi Yoshida's Banana Fish published by Viz and Kaori Ozaki's The Golden Sheep publ...