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Hey folks, just a quick update from me explaining some of the unfortunate audio errors in the Witch Hat episode - hopefully the file should be fixed now and available for your listening pleasure! 
Sorry to those who listened and thanks to the eagle eared listener who flagged it... Fingers crossed they're not present in episode 98 or any future episodes! New processes will be implemented (and old mice reinstated) to make sure this doesn't happen again...
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Rei Kiriyama is a shogi prodigy who has overcome incredible hardship to become a professional player. Despite having his own Tokyo apartment at 17, he's incredibly lonely. After a young hostess takes pity on him, Rei is invited more and more to spend time with the Kawamoto sisters, who are themselves dealing with grief... Can they help to heal each others wounds? Or will they sink under the weight of their collective grief?
This week, Mat is joined once again by Ramzee to discuss the excellent March Comes In Like A Lion by Chica Umino. Join us as we discuss the thawing of Rei's emotions, our hopes and fears about how this series balances tragedy on a knife's edge, and the excellent cat (and dog) energy that can be found within!
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Show Notes
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Link to the Manben Episode with Chica Umino
Link to Ramzee and Claude T.C's new book, Rex Power!
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Manga
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Hikaru No Go by Yumi Hotta and Takeshi Obata
Yu-Gi-Oh by Kazuki Takahashi
Ping Pong by Taiyō Matsumoto
Hunter x Hunter by Yoshihiro Togashi
Honey and Clover by Chica Umino
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Coco is a young girl who's had put her dreams of becoming a witch aside because she was not born one... However a child's curiosity can never be quenched, and so after discovering that magic is something one does with a pen and ink, Coco can't help but test out the book of spells and wand she received as a child from a mysterious figure in a brimmed hat...  with disastrous results!
Before she knows it, her mother is turned to stone and needs the assistance of Qifrey, a witch seemingly obsessed with the brimmed hats, to help her reverse the spell she cast! She joins his Atelier as an apprentice, but Coco soon learns the road to saving her mother and fulfilling her dreams won't be so easy! 
On this week's podcast, Mat is joined by artist and designer Allie Oldfield to discuss Witch Hat Atelier by Kamome Shirahama! Join us as we get into the incredible world Shirahama's created: discussing not only it's wonderful magic system, but the metaphor at it's heart. We even talk about the fantastic exhibition at Angouleme of Shirahama's original manuscripts, as well as the many, many artistic influences we see on the pages of the manga!
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Show Notes
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Mangaka, Artists and Writers
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Alphonse Mucha
Brothers Grimm
Gustav Doré
Tove Jansson
John Tenniel
Lewis Carroll
C.S. Lewis
J.R.R. Tolkien
Terry Pratchett
Chica Umino
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Anitrendz TCAF Interview with Shirahama 
Crunchy Roll Germany Interview with Shirahama
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To the casual observer, Yoh Asakura seems like a laid back teenager with street and book smarts in equal measure, but unbeknown to his new classmates, Yoh is actually a shaman: a human blessed with the powers to not only commune with the dead, but also use their abilities to help their shaman wielders! 
However, Yoh can't live a peaceful life forever! Between his classmate Manta discovering his ability, the constant attention of restless souls and rival shaman seeking him out, Yoh's dreams of living a carefree life soon turn to him focusing on becoming the Shaman King: a shaman so powerful they can channel the power of the great spirit and reshape the world!
This week, Mat's joined once again by designer / illustrator Bastian Najdek to talk about Hiroyuki Takei's Shaman King! We get into how big this manga was for Bastain (and in Poland in general) growing up, Takei's friendship with Eiichiro Oda, as well as the series' odd publishing history and sequels!
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Show Notes
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The Takei Doc we talk about all episode from Achipel
Link to Polish Publisher, Studio JG's version of Shaman King!
Manga
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Shaman King: Flowers by Hiroyuki Takei
Shaman King: The Super Star by Hiroyuki Takei
One Piece by Eiichiro Oda
Dragon Ball by Akira Toriyama
D.Gray-man by Katsura Hoshino
Chainsaw Man by Tatsuki Fujimoto
Dandadan by Yukinobu Tatsu
H2 by Mitsuru Adachi
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A young girl is given a rose signet ring by a mysterious prince who saves her life... But when she grows up and finds herself at Ohtori Academy, where the student council also hold matching rings and end up challenging her to duel, what is young Utena Tenjo to do but throw herself in head first? 
This week, Mat is joined by Sarah and Joe of the Shoujoe Podcast to discuss Revolutionary Girl Utena by Chiho Saito and Be-Papas! As Shoujoe are currently watching Utena for their podcast, we spend a lot of this episode comparing and contrasting the manga to the anime, delving deeper into this cross media franchises' creative process before highlighting the strengths of each version of this classic shoujo story!
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Show Notes
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Utena Specific!
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The very insightful Wiki page of Utena
2017 interview with Chiho Saito and Kunihiko Ikuhara 
NYCC INTERVIEW WITH SAITO AND IKUHARA
1998 UTENA CD ROM(!) INTERVIEWS
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Manga / Anime
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Red River by Chie Shinohara
Kodocha by Mino Obana
Chainsaw Man by Tatsuki Fujimoto
The Rose of Versailles by Riyoko Ikeda
Skip Beat! by Yoshiki Nakamura
Ouran High School Host Club by Bisco Hatori
Kime no Todoke by Karuho Shiina

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