# More Than Headlines | K Manga, Girls Band Cry, Look Back, Blue Box, Dandadan, Negative Positive Angler, How I Attended an All Guys Mixer

An episode of [Sakura Society | An Anime Appreciation Podcast](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1667084472), 27 Oct 2024, 42 min.

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The twenty first episode of More Than Headlines, your go-to podcast for all things anime is here and so is the Yakuza, so please be on your best behaviour! Join hosts Brendan White and Courtney Smith every week as they dive into the latest news, rumors, and must-know updates from the world of anime. Whether you're a seasoned otaku or just getting started, this is your ticket to staying informed and entertained. Don't miss out on the freshest insights and hottest gossip in anime 🥳 Episode twenty one sees the anime rivals discussing: • K Manga is expanding, with mixed impressions... • Girls Band Cry is coming to Crunchyroll • Look Back review and Amazon Prime news • Negative Positive Angler, the potential cosy anime of the season? • Thoughts on lots of Fall anime such as Orb, Blue Box and How I Attended an All Guys Mixer • Manga impressions on Oshi no Ko and Smoking Behind the Supermarket With You • Plus lots more anime related yappage! If you enjoy the show, please rate, review, like, and subscribe to Sakura Society | An Anime Appreciation Podcast — and any other podcasts you love. It takes seconds, costs nothing, and means everything to us creators. (The algorithm only accepts 5 stars, just so you know.) • Stay up to date with me on Bluesky | Instagram | TikTok | Twitter • Join our Discord — a community full of anime and culture fans just like you • Follow my anime Spotify playlist My amazing sponsors: • Audio-Technica — the best in audio equipment • Iced Tea Aesthetics — anime streetwear done right (use code SAKURASOCIETY5 at checkout to save $5) • Japan Crate — Japanese snacks and treats delivered to your door (use code ATEBIT15 at checkout to save 15% + get free shipping) Affiliate links: • Captivate.fm - the best podcast hosting platform • Komi.io - the best linkinbio website • Riverside.fm - the best remote video/podcast recording platform

## Chapters

- 0:15 Intro to More Than Headlines
- 0:22 Welcome and Episode Overview
- 1:40 Anime News Discussion Begins
- 2:05 Kodansha's Manga Expansion
- 5:31 Look Back Cinematic Release
- 9:00 Crunchyroll Adds Girls Band Cry
- 11:41 Rapid Fire News Updates
- 18:07 What We've Been Watching
- 32:01 Brendan's Look Back Cinema Experience
- 37:39 Review of the Week
- 41:51 Outro and Final Thoughts

## Transcript

[0:15] Hello and welcome to More Than Headlines, your weekly anime news
[0:17] podcast powered by Audio Technica, made by Australians for
[0:21] global citizens.
[0:22] I'm your extremely humble host, Brendan White, AKA the salt
[0:25] and pepper senpai.
[0:26] And joining me in the studio, my trusted co host and rival, everyone's
[0:29] favorite anime menace, Ms.
[0:31] Courtney Smith.
[0:32] How the bloody hell are you?
[0:34] I'm good, how are you?
[0:36] I am doing fantastic.
[0:38] We are back here for episode 21 of the MTH podcast.
[0:42] It is October 26th at approximately 11:29 in the a.m.
[0:48] the year be flying by.
[0:51] It really is.
[0:51] I feel like the fact that we've, we're already up to episode
[0:56] 21.
[0:57] So we've had, we've discussed.
[1:00] Was it like three seasons of anime now?
[1:04] Almost.
[1:04] Yeah, yeah, we've been working it through, working it well.
[1:07] And the good thing is like you see most statistics about podcast
[1:12] startups is they rarely get beyond three episodes.
[1:15] So look at us, we are blazing a very aggressive and fun yet welcoming
[1:20] path here with more than headlines.
[1:22] So yeah, thanks to each and every one of you that has checked
[1:25] out the podcast in audio based or video based form.
[1:28] Because it means the world to little guys like ourselves.
[1:32] Yeah, I'm just a little guy.
[1:35] Just a little guy.
[1:36] Just a little guy with a bit of a menace streak.
[1:38] But we wouldn't change you.
[1:40] But should we do what we do every week, Courtney, and jump into
[1:44] some news?
[1:45] Let's read the news.
[1:46] You like the news.
[1:49] Oh Christian Bale, you never cease to move my organs.
[1:52] But what's the first bit of news?
[1:55] We'll leave that right there.
[1:57] Yep, not going to unpack that.
[1:59] So the first bit of news.
[2:01] That's exciting.
[2:02] But also I'm feeling a bit weird about it.
[2:05] Kodansha has expanded its online manga distribution service
[2:08] outside of the US to include Australia, New Zealand, Singapore
[2:12] and Canada.
[2:13] With this announcement, Kodansha have stated that they hope
[2:15] to expand to even more territory soon.
[2:19] Currently the manga reading app features over four titles which
[2:23] includes 60 simul pub series including Blue Lock, Rent a Girlfriend
[2:27] and A Love too.
[2:29] Captivating.
[2:31] So this app called K Manga, it came out last year, earlier this
[2:37] year and was basically us only.
[2:40] And my issue is.
[2:42] So while it does add a bunch of great series to the digital manga
[2:46] serialization lineup, so obviously we've got Viz and Shonen
[2:50] Jump.
[2:52] Unlike those apps, it doesn't use a subscription service system,
[2:56] but instead makes users pay for points which are then used to
[3:00] buy chapters.
[3:02] And the even bigger issue here is that not all chapters cost the
[3:08] same amount of points, which is really disappointing.
[3:11] I'm 100% with you on this.
[3:14] It is super predatory and I really hate this way of death by
[3:20] a thousand cutting to sort of fans of these manga that are desperate
[3:24] to jump ahead and read the chapters because you are penalized
[3:27] for reading ahead for the most part, like they will have because
[3:31] it's long standing.
[3:32] You get all these initial ones included for free or a couple to
[3:35] get you on the hook and then they're paying for chapters based
[3:39] off these points or credit based systems.
[3:41] I hate apps that do this type of stuff because it is gross and
[3:45] it gets super, super expensive.
[3:47] Like I remember off the back of solo leveling at the start of
[3:51] the year, I'm like, I need to read this.
[3:53] I want all of this world.
[3:55] And I think I ended up honing up maybe 90 bucks to just read my
[3:58] way through this in the span of like a week because I didn't want
[4:01] to wait for my little credit refresh to happen every month or
[4:04] whatever else.
[4:05] So it's really gross.
[4:07] I know businesses, their main goal is to make money because that's
[4:11] how businesses stay around and succeed.
[4:13] But this ain't it, dog.
[4:15] Like, yeah, pivot to the, to the Viz or the Shonen app based monthly
[4:19] subscription service because for the most part once people are
[4:22] subscribed, they're going to hang around for a long time where
[4:25] this feels like they're just sort of trying to do that dash for
[4:27] cash and get out.
[4:28] Like they've got you, you've paid for your credits or your points
[4:31] and then you might disappear because of the negative impact of
[4:34] this situation you're experiencing.
[4:36] So yeah, I'm, I'm not big on.
[4:37] This one and I think it's.
[4:39] You know, we had that interview with Brett like a few weeks
[4:43] back and we kind of discussed this kind of subscription based servicing.
[4:47] And while even for subscription based services, I think
[4:52] the reason that they work and the reason that they're good is that
[4:55] you kind of know like you're paying for the experience to watch.
[4:59] Right.
[4:59] And to have access to a lot of things at once.
[5:02] I think if you want to pay the extra to get the physical media and
[5:06] get the physical copies, that's okay.
[5:08] But I feel like what kmonger is doing is you're paying that kind
[5:13] of premium to have a physical copy, but you're not getting it.
[5:16] And of course there's no guarantee that it's going to be staying
[5:19] around.
[5:19] On that I completely agree.
[5:21] And I hope that the anti marketing campaign for this is not
[5:25] okay manga because yeah, I'm not about this life, but something
[5:30] that I am about.
[5:31] Courtney.
[5:32] Last week we reported that Look Back is in Australian cinemas
[5:35] from October 24th through to the 27th.
[5:38] As this episode comes out, maybe run to the cinema and you still
[5:41] might catch it in time.
[5:42] And while we're happy it has a cinematic release here in Australia,
[5:45] as I just mentioned this, for a very, very short period of time,
[5:48] in fact, Sunday is the last day, so get out while you can once
[5:52] you're done listening to this episode.
[5:53] But there is some good news.
[5:54] Look Back is coming to Amazon prime video globally on November
[5:58] 7th.
[5:59] So if you cannot make it to the cinema, check it out in a couple
[6:01] of weeks in the comfort of your own home.
[6:03] And obviously for us Aussies and Kiwis, this means that the film
[6:07] will be available from November 8th on Amazon PR Prime Video.
[6:10] Due to the kind of time zone differences there, we're still unsure
[6:15] currently whether it will be included for free on the platform
[6:18] or if you'll need to pay a little bit extra to buy or rent the
[6:22] movie.
[6:23] Honestly, I think because it's a new release it should be coming
[6:27] out for free.
[6:28] But we'll, we'll double check, we'll report back on that.
[6:31] Yeah, I'm, I'm not going to be at all surprised if they say, yep,
[6:34] you've got to pay $20 to rent or you know, 23 to own.
[6:38] Because Amazon is doing this more and more regularly with their
[6:42] films that they are getting early access to in parentheses.
[6:45] So we'll see.
[6:47] But I want to say first and foremost, this is great.
[6:50] We're very excited because when we first reported on look back,
[6:53] we weren't sure when, if or how this was going to get to Australian
[6:56] shores.
[6:57] And knowing that we had and are having a cinematic release currently
[7:01] and then two weeks later it's going to be dropping on, you know,
[7:04] the prime video streaming platform for people to check out
[7:07] at home.
[7:07] That's awesome.
[7:09] I went and checked it out at the cinema on Thursday.
[7:11] I really, really enjoyed it.
[7:13] It was me and I think three other people in the cinema, but we
[7:16] had a great old time.
[7:17] Three, yeah, it was, that was the disheartening part, I guess.
[7:21] Like me and three other people were in this cinema.
[7:24] I was a solo viewer as another solo.
[7:26] And then there was a couple of mates that were there too.
[7:29] And it wasn't in like the tiny 20 seat cinema.
[7:32] Like it was in one of the bigger cinema cinema room.
[7:36] So it did feel a little empty.
[7:38] But it was also nice to be able to soak this up in Silence without
[7:43] the noise of, you know, kids chattering or copious amounts of
[7:46] snacks getting chewed on.
[7:47] So I'll share my more in depth thoughts on look back in what we've
[7:51] been watching in, you know, a few minutes time.
[7:53] But yeah, enjoyed it.
[7:56] I'm planning on seeing it tomorrow because I've just had the
[8:00] most hectic week and tomorrow I said to my husband, I was like,
[8:05] before food shopping, it's an hour long.
[8:07] We're gonna go.
[8:08] We're just gonna go watch it.
[8:10] Even if I'm walking around the shops the rest of the day with tears
[8:12] in my eyes, I'll do it.
[8:15] But I am so glad that it's getting kind of an at home slash
[8:19] streaming release really quickly.
[8:22] I feel like the industry has just gotten better with this kind
[8:25] of thing with making things available globally and I think from
[8:31] now on I kind of expect this almost.
[8:35] But did you cry, Brendan, when you watched it?
[8:37] I did, yes.
[8:39] Oh my God.
[8:40] I.
[8:41] But I cry most things.
[8:42] I got teary eyed watching Negative Positive Angular this morning.
[8:46] So like, yeah, nothing is safe from my salty discharge.
[8:50] Oh God.
[8:51] Okay, let's.
[8:53] We're gonna move on to the next headline.
[8:55] We are.
[8:55] Before I get canceled.
[8:57] Yeah.
[8:58] What is the final headline here, Cody?
[9:00] In some of the best news I have heard all week, Crunchyroll
[9:05] is adding Girls Band Cry to ITS platform on November 6th.
[9:10] All 13 episodes will be available for streaming immediately.
[9:15] This makes me so happy.
[9:17] The series originally aired in April of this year, but wasn't legally
[9:21] available outside of Japan until late May.
[9:23] And even then it was only available in Indonesia initially.
[9:27] Only in August did Toei animation make the anime available
[9:30] digitally in the us so it is a weird, weird licensing journey that
[9:35] Girls Band Cry has gone on, but I'm happy that it's getting released
[9:40] to the greater masses.
[9:41] I feel like Toei really had this in their iron grip and I don't
[9:48] know why they were reluctant, I guess, to kind of export it, but
[9:55] they were.
[9:55] But I'm glad that we're finally getting this anime after
[9:58] seven months.
[9:59] It aired seven months ago.
[10:02] I've been waiting seven months to watch this show.
[10:05] I just want to see cute girls playing music.
[10:08] And you will see all that and more because Girls Bang Cry is great.
[10:12] I did watch it via other means because I needed to.
[10:16] And it's a great story.
[10:18] And I'm curious regarding the licensing.
[10:20] And this is just me spitballing and hypothesizing.
[10:23] I wonder if it's to do maybe with the music licensing because
[10:26] they do sort of bleed this into like a real life band that's
[10:30] touring and promoting now too.
[10:31] So maybe there is some regional based licensing issues and
[10:34] that's why it's been such a weird rollout, but overall super
[10:39] duper happy.
[10:40] I've been singing girls band criers praises for the last few months
[10:43] and seeing it finally end up on the major streamer hopefully means
[10:48] more eyes on this fantastic anime.
[10:50] And also wanted to shout out to Momoka and Subaru who are the
[10:53] best girls from this anime in my opinion.
[10:57] I've just seen so many people in the anime industry and community
[11:02] talking about this show and only hearing extremely good things,
[11:07] so I've been very jealous that I am a well behaved anime enjoyer
[11:15] because I haven't been able to watch it.
[11:16] But I'm so excited.
[11:18] What did we say November 6?
[11:20] So it'll be November 7 for Australia and Aotearoa.
[11:25] Yeah, fans, they can watch this all in one day, binge it and
[11:29] then go straight into look back like a day or so later.
[11:32] So you've got that sort of first, second week of November settled
[11:35] here with girls being cry and then look back just double feature
[11:38] it.
[11:38] Just good times.
[11:40] That sounds so fun.
[11:41] Actually, let's talk about on the Horizon Rapid Fire news presented
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[11:53] My God, Courtney.
[11:54] The spiciness in my inbox is I feel like it's hit a.
[11:58] Hit a threshold.
[11:59] But then I'm told that I'm completely wrong because it just
[12:02] constantly escalates every week when I get an email from Lizard
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[12:12] Yeah, be sure to sign up and subscribe to the Otaku Box because
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[12:18] Yeah, all of their kind of like original figures I think are
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[12:24] And while I don't have enough room on my shelves right now for
[12:29] their saucy original figures, when I get a new bookshelf I will
[12:34] and I will definitely be investing in some and quickly.
[12:38] Side note, in the most recent box, I know I've sort of derailed
[12:41] you a couple of times here, so I apologize.
[12:43] But there is actually in the most recent box, something that's
[12:46] a little wholesome and it's a pillow cover and it's got Anya from
[12:49] Spy Family on it and she's sort of having a nap and on the top
[12:52] it reads five more minutes like that is sweet and adorable.
[12:56] Once I get A pillow.
[12:57] I'll.
[12:57] I'll share some photos of it because it's going to jump on the
[13:00] bed there.
[13:00] But it's cute.
[13:02] It was sort of.
[13:02] It felt out of place.
[13:04] I have pillows, but I mean, like, another new square pillow to
[13:07] put this one in because it's one of like the, like a couch cushion
[13:10] one, like little square one.
[13:12] It's not like a bed pillow.
[13:13] Like, I'm not sleeping just on a mattress.
[13:16] I don't know.
[13:18] You have like, you have a bachelor vibes.
[13:21] Like, it wouldn't surprise me.
[13:23] I have many pillows.
[13:24] I've even got like a.
[13:25] Like some fancy one that's like all about breathing and like,
[13:28] regulates the air around your head.
[13:30] And I got memory foam ones.
[13:31] Like, I have many pillows.
[13:33] Thank you.
[13:33] Don't.
[13:33] Don't disrespect my pillow game.
[13:36] I like that.
[13:37] As soon as I started laughing, you were like, no.
[13:40] Yeah, I'm not going to spend without pillows.
[13:43] No way.
[13:47] Oh, thank you, Otaku Box.
[13:50] So, first news, Big news.
[13:53] Aro is coming to Sydney and Melbourne as a part of her world
[13:57] tour.
[13:59] I.
[14:00] So the tour is called Hibana and it's started starting on April
[14:06] 26 next year in Japan in Saitama.
[14:11] But there's going to be loads of concerts.
[14:13] Crunchyroll is doing pre sale tickets from November 19th.
[14:15] General tickets are going on sale November 22nd.
[14:18] So if you're keen, get in next month.
[14:21] Yeah, I'm.
[14:22] I'm keen, Courtney.
[14:23] I'm going to go check out Ardo for this because she is a powerhouse.
[14:26] She's got such a great, strong, empowering voice and she
[14:31] also lends her vocal talents to so many, like, heavy hitters from
[14:34] the anime world.
[14:35] So, yeah, I'm hyped for this.
[14:37] I'm gonna.
[14:37] Gonna go along and not understand the word she's singing,
[14:40] but I'm gonna have the best time and be blown away, I'm sure.
[14:43] No, definitely.
[14:43] I think I am not a huge fan of, I guess like anime music Live.
[14:53] I guess maybe I haven't like experienced it, so I can't really
[14:57] speak to that.
[14:57] But not something I'm super keen on yet.
[15:00] But my mind might be changed.
[15:03] I may be swayed.
[15:06] Other good news though is that my happy marriage is getting an OVA
[15:10] episode and it's going to be streaming worldwide on Netflix on
[15:13] November 22nd.
[15:15] So 23 for us, but I'm very excited.
[15:19] Get hyped.
[15:20] Anyone that hasn't watched My Happy Marriage.
[15:23] What the bloody hell are you doing?
[15:25] We've been singing its praises throughout 2024 so far.
[15:29] It is fantastic.
[15:30] It is on Netflix.
[15:31] We've got a second season on the way as well.
[15:33] And, you know, seeing what Mio and Kyoka are up to, I'm excited
[15:38] because this one really pulled at the heartstrings.
[15:40] It was beautiful.
[15:42] It was sad, it was heartbreaking.
[15:44] It was uplifting.
[15:46] And the fact that it weaves in like, just normalized, you know,
[15:50] sweet, heartfelt romance within this supernatural, magical
[15:53] element, like, it just worked for me.
[15:55] I didn't see it coming.
[15:56] But then once it hit, it landed, it executed and it was just
[16:00] a great story.
[16:01] It was one of my favorites from last year.
[16:03] It's also just so gorgeous.
[16:05] And it's got that historical element as well, which is really,
[16:08] really nice.
[16:09] Love to see it.
[16:10] And the second season premieres in January on Netflix and
[16:14] other streaming services, though we're not sure which ones
[16:17] just yet.
[16:19] And in some interesting news, what I think is very interesting.
[16:27] So some people may remember from a few seasons ago a Yuri romance
[16:32] anime called Whisper Me A Love Song, and it was supposed to have
[16:37] 12 episodes.
[16:38] It stopped at 10 and then went on hiatus indefinitely.
[16:43] I'm still waiting because I.
[16:45] Well, the show wasn't groundbreaking.
[16:46] It was cute and I liked it.
[16:49] But the news about this is that the studio have had their website
[16:56] domain name expire, so they've basically, they're off grid.
[17:02] Yeah.
[17:03] I'm curious if this is to do with financials.
[17:06] We.
[17:06] We hear a lot these days as far as the cost to make these episodes.
[17:11] Like, we've seen what's happened with Uzumaki after the fantastic
[17:15] first episode.
[17:16] And then episodes two, three and four were just a complete steaming
[17:19] pile of poo.
[17:20] So I wonder if maybe the funding for the studio cloud hearts
[17:25] has just ran dry and they've just gone under.
[17:27] So it's sad to see because, you know, incomplete stories is never
[17:31] a good thing in any form of media, especially for the fans that,
[17:34] you know, have that attachment to it.
[17:36] So I hope the 11th and 12th episodes do come eventually, but
[17:40] who knows?
[17:41] Who knows, Courtney?
[17:42] Not me.
[17:43] Yeah, it's.
[17:45] It'll be interesting to see, I think, you know, it was.
[17:48] It had delays already.
[17:49] There was a lot going on with this show.
[17:52] I'm definitely going to be moving it now, though, from my watching
[17:55] list to my on hold list.
[18:00] Hopefully that changes one day.
[18:01] Back to watching again, but that would be nice.
[18:07] Shall we talk about what we've been watching this week?
[18:09] We most certainly should.
[18:10] Courtney, where do you want to start us off?
[18:13] I feel like.
[18:14] So we've been watching A lot of the same stuff.
[18:18] So I think we can kind of go through the list.
[18:22] I'm going to start with Rama 1/2.
[18:24] I only watched episode 1 this week, so I was telling Brendan this.
[18:30] But for listeners and viewers, I'm already behind on the season,
[18:35] unsurprisingly.
[18:37] So my plan this week, well for this season is to watch episodes
[18:43] in order of everything.
[18:44] So this week I went and watched episode one of everything.
[18:46] I want to watch this season rather than like trying to catch
[18:49] up on everything in one week and watching up like episode three
[18:53] of everything.
[18:53] I've watched episode one of everything I'm watching.
[18:56] So I'm talking about episode one of everything.
[18:59] I love this.
[19:01] So rhyme one half.
[19:02] Episode one.
[19:03] Cute.
[19:04] Good fun.
[19:06] I liked that.
[19:07] And I guess this is like something with old anime.
[19:09] They kind of establish the backstory and the lore in the first
[19:12] episode so you can just enjoy the comedy and like the sitcom elements.
[19:17] So we know why that Rama and the dad dad granddad are a panda
[19:26] and a girl and also a boy and a human.
[19:32] Yes.
[19:33] It's just fun.
[19:34] It's easy to consume.
[19:37] Like I said last week, it's.
[19:38] It's gorgeously animated by Mapa where it does have that nostalgic
[19:41] feel.
[19:42] But also a little modernization in there too.
[19:44] But the vocal work is great on both the English and the Japanese
[19:51] vocal tracks depending on which way you want to go.
[19:53] The characters are great and yeah, it's a silly story, but it's
[19:58] easy to consume and understand and wrap your head around the world
[20:00] and the motives and the characters and the whole.
[20:03] Will they.
[20:03] Won't they end up together off the back of this arranged marriage
[20:07] is going to lead to hijinks, I'm sure.
[20:10] Yes, I think it will be cute.
[20:15] I'm excited.
[20:16] Obviously it's, you know, coming from the same mangaka as shows
[20:20] like Inuyasha and Urusei Yatsura.
[20:23] So it's similar vibes.
[20:25] Just cute and fun.
[20:28] No, nothing too high stakes.
[20:30] Which is nice.
[20:31] And we need that sometimes, right?
[20:32] It can't always be high stakes all the time because you need those
[20:36] quieter, more relaxed moments or viewings to balance out the emotional
[20:41] well being of yourself, I feel.
[20:43] Yes.
[20:45] Also actually, I'm gonna save this one for last.
[20:49] It's my favorite.
[20:49] But how?
[20:51] I attended an all guys mixer.
[20:53] Episode one.
[20:54] You aren't watching this, are you?
[20:56] I intend to, but I haven't got around to it.
[20:59] I've got a few and the next one you're going to mention too that
[21:01] are on my to watch list.
[21:02] But I haven't checked out any yet, so I'm going to listen on here.
[21:05] Okay.
[21:05] So I love this show.
[21:09] This show is about drag kings, so women who dress up as men.
[21:15] And it's so much fun and it's a great way, I think, to kind of
[21:19] show this community the drag scene.
[21:22] Even though it's not necessarily like as campy as western
[21:27] drag, it still kind of plays into that.
[21:29] And I think in the anime community, especially among cosplayers,
[21:33] it's really common for people to kind of dress in characters that,
[21:39] you know, are the opposite gender to them.
[21:42] And it's really cool.
[21:43] Like, when I was at pax, I saw so many female cosplayers cosplaying
[21:46] as these like, hot guys.
[21:48] And I was obsessed.
[21:49] Like, I would much rather walk up to a female cosplayer dress as
[21:52] a hot guy than walk as a male cosplayer dress as a hot guy.
[21:56] Yeah, that's fair.
[21:57] That's fair.
[21:58] I think the, the illusion and the mystery always adds to it.
[22:01] Right?
[22:01] And also it's like, how did you do this?
[22:04] How?
[22:04] Like, you're a gorgeous woman or a gorgeous man.
[22:07] Like, but how did you do this?
[22:08] Gender bends to become the opposite sex and look equally or
[22:12] even more so as gorgeous.
[22:13] Like, I love the, the mystery and just the intrigue of the cosplay
[22:19] and the drag wars.
[22:20] Like, it's art and I'm all about it.
[22:23] It is, it really is.
[22:24] So this show is really good, really fun set.
[22:27] We have an adult cast, so they're all going to university,
[22:29] which is really, really nice because we love adult cast anime.
[22:35] I also watched Orb on the Movements of the Earth episode one,
[22:39] and it was much darker than I was expecting.
[22:43] It kind of gives Fushi.
[22:46] What's the anime with Fushi vibes?
[22:49] Oh, my brain.
[22:51] To your eternity.
[22:53] Yeah, to your eternity vibes.
[22:55] So they have this scene in the first episode where a guy's like
[22:59] getting his nails, like, ripped off.
[23:00] It's like the opening scene basically.
[23:03] And when you open it up on Netflix, it's like gore.
[23:07] And I'm like.
[23:08] And like body horror.
[23:09] I'm like, oh, I'm sure it's not that bad.
[23:11] It was bad.
[23:12] I was like, oh my.
[23:17] Well, yes, that will be burned into my memory forever.
[23:21] I'm.
[23:21] I'm keen to check.
[23:23] Like, like the synopsis sounds interesting.
[23:25] It does sound like one of the most different anime of the fall
[23:28] season from just a narrative based standpoint.
[23:31] Now knowing that there is that sort of darker tone, it intrigues
[23:35] me even more.
[23:36] And also Again, like, Netflix have got some heavies in the fall
[23:39] season.
[23:40] Like, they have got some absolute fire in their sort of four
[23:44] lineup.
[23:44] So, yeah, it's good to see because it hopefully gets more eyes
[23:48] on those anime, but also more eyes on anime in general.
[23:50] So we all win.
[23:52] Yeah.
[23:53] So Orbs good.
[23:55] Blue box.
[23:56] I watched episode one, finally.
[23:59] I love this show.
[24:01] It is so cute.
[24:02] I just.
[24:03] All right, episode one.
[24:05] I love that he is, like, listening and he thinks she's transferring.
[24:09] And then she's like, no, it's not me.
[24:10] It's actually my family.
[24:11] And he's like, it's so embarrassing for him.
[24:14] I'm like, you little dork, you are such a loser.
[24:16] But I love it.
[24:18] And then he, like, lent her his jacket or whatever, and then
[24:23] she hands it back and she like says his name, like, his full name.
[24:26] He's like, oh, my God, how did you know my name?
[24:28] And she's like, I wonder how I knew.
[24:31] And then he looks.
[24:31] It's like written on his sweater.
[24:32] I'm like, you are a loser.
[24:35] Hey, don't be disrespecting Taiki like that.
[24:38] He is.
[24:38] He is the cutest.
[24:40] And him and Chinatsu or cheat are her friends.
[24:43] They're great.
[24:44] They're such a fantastic duo.
[24:47] Like you said, it's wholesome.
[24:49] The budding romance is great.
[24:52] The sport, like, the interweaving of the sports stories
[24:55] with her being the basketball star and him being the budding badminton
[24:59] player.
[25:00] I love that it's going to have sort of more at stake than just will
[25:04] they, won't they?
[25:04] As far as from a romantic standpoint.
[25:06] But yeah, I've been chewing through the manga, so I am way beyond
[25:11] this first season, but I'm not anywhere near less excited watching
[25:15] these episodes come out.
[25:16] Like, I watched episode four last night, and my heart is overflowing
[25:21] from this anime.
[25:22] Like, it's one of my favorites of the season so far.
[25:25] I just love that it feels so high school romance.
[25:29] Y Like, the kind of situations that they put in, like her kind of
[25:35] like teasing him a little and him getting a bit flustered is really,
[25:40] really nice and just comforting in a way.
[25:43] Yeah, it's real and relatable.
[25:45] Hey.
[25:45] Yeah, right.
[25:46] Like, it's just.
[25:47] It's nice.
[25:48] It's just nice.
[25:48] And it's beautiful.
[25:49] It's gorgeously animated.
[25:53] So the last thing I want to talk about is Yakuza Fiance Episode
[25:58] one.
[25:58] Have you watched this?
[26:00] I've watched the first three episodes, so yeah, I'm up to stuff.
[26:04] Yeah.
[26:05] Cool.
[26:06] So episode one.
[26:08] I really like that.
[26:10] This is darker than I thought it would be.
[26:14] I like that it really is like Crime Syndicate heavy.
[26:20] I also like that so far their relationship is toxic and messy and
[26:24] bad.
[26:25] And they have bad motives for like, being, you know, like in this
[26:29] kind of almost arranged marriage situation.
[26:32] And he's a bad boy.
[26:35] Yeah.
[26:37] It was uncomfortable to watch at times the first two episodes because
[26:41] they do not shy away, like you said, from the toxicity and just
[26:44] these abhorrent acts that have taken place.
[26:47] Like you sit there and go, you want to root for these two.
[26:49] But then it's like you guys are kind of both pieces of right
[26:52] now for various reasons, you know, some more so than others.
[26:55] Like Kirakawa is a bad son of a gun who's like taking pleasure
[27:00] in beating the piss out of people constantly and doing other
[27:04] things like that we see off camera potentially.
[27:06] As far as murder and God knows what.
[27:08] Like, it is not shying away from showing that legit Yakuza underbelly,
[27:14] which I like.
[27:15] And I hope the romance will become something a little bit more
[27:18] pure and sweet over time.
[27:19] Like we see little sprinkles of it as far as the will they, won't
[27:22] they?
[27:23] Especially in episode two and three where there's a bit of a power
[27:26] shift and stuff that starts to play out between the two leads.
[27:29] But yeah, the darkness, it really took me by surprise because
[27:32] I'm like, okay, this is going to be nice.
[27:34] And probably some whimsical based yakuza interjections into this
[27:38] love.
[27:38] And it's like, oh, they're dying, they're getting beaten to
[27:41] a pulp.
[27:42] There's like some, you know, abusive situations playing out here
[27:46] in this high school romance.
[27:47] You're like, oh, I don't know how.
[27:48] To feel because, like, it makes me think of Yakuza Housewife.
[27:57] House Husband.
[27:58] Yeah, anime.
[28:00] When I first started watching, I was like, oh, it's going to be
[28:03] like Way of the House Husband.
[28:04] But no, it's completely different and it's grittier and kind
[28:09] of sexier in a way.
[28:11] Like it's, you know, there are some light moments, but very far
[28:17] and few between so far.
[28:19] How was the heart rate when he took his shirt off when he's like
[28:21] tattooed up, Were you just like, oh, mamma mia.
[28:25] I.
[28:27] Yeah.
[28:27] What have you been watching?
[28:30] I've been watching a few things.
[28:32] The first one I wanted to highlight, I jumped into Negative
[28:35] Positive Angler this.
[28:37] This past week.
[28:38] Obviously I mentioned my fandom.
[28:42] Why not?
[28:43] That's the studio name.
[28:45] Oh, okay.
[28:46] I was like, yeah, so it's it's.
[28:49] The studio behind Negative Positive Angular is nuts.
[28:52] So what I've done in my notes is like what I've been watching.
[28:55] I'll list the anime and then beside that, in case I might forget,
[29:00] I'll list the studio sometimes.
[29:02] So that is why N capital U capital T is written there in parentheses.
[29:07] So now Courtney knows.
[29:09] And now the listeners and viewers know.
[29:12] No, because it literally, guys, it says on the script it says
[29:17] negative positive angler, brackets nut.
[29:20] And I'm like, Brennan, what have you been doing?
[29:23] We.
[29:24] We talk about that on More than Headlines After Dark.
[29:26] This is the.
[29:27] The morning session.
[29:28] This is the wholesome episode.
[29:29] So we'll park that for another time.
[29:32] I'm sorry, Please continue.
[29:34] That's all good.
[29:34] That's all good.
[29:35] But yeah, Negative Positive Angular.
[29:37] Sure.
[29:38] There are, you know, terminal ill diagnoses happening right off
[29:41] the rip.
[29:42] There's crippling debt, there's loan sharks chasing this
[29:45] boy and a suicide attempt all in the first five minutes.
[29:48] So you're like, oh boy, what have I signed up for here?
[29:51] This is dark, this is heavy.
[29:53] This is going to be emotionally draining.
[29:56] But then it takes a shift.
[29:58] And Negative Positive Angler feels just like the cozy anime of
[30:02] the season for me because you've got great life lessons, a
[30:06] really fun cast, gorgeous animation by nut.
[30:09] Shout out to them.
[30:11] And also just like some cool educational processes around fishing.
[30:16] Like I'm.
[30:16] I'm a fishing fiend.
[30:17] I've said that a few times on the pod and just in most of my life.
[30:20] And it's feeling like, yeah, npa.
[30:23] I'm going to use it in shorthand right now.
[30:25] This one's got me hook, line and sink.
[30:26] Accord.
[30:26] I'm all about it.
[30:27] And also there's a handsome character in here that I think is
[30:32] right up your alley.
[30:33] Let me just grab his name before I forget here.
[30:37] So this guy's name is Takaki and he's a handsome pink haired dude
[30:43] with some earrings.
[30:44] And he's just a nice guy that teaches Sasuke the way of the fisherman.
[30:50] And I feel he's gonna be your little old crush in this.
[30:53] The pink haired guy.
[30:55] Yeah, there is a silver haired guy too, but he doesn't really get
[30:58] much run.
[30:59] He's been in a couple of scenes in the first few episodes.
[31:02] But Mr.
[31:03] Pink Haired Guy, Takaki is going to be your boy.
[31:06] I can already see it now.
[31:07] The second he's on screen, I'm like, that's Courtney's man.
[31:10] It's the sleepy eyes that get me.
[31:15] I love a sleepy eyed Boy, stop laughing.
[31:22] Yeah, but negative, positive, angular.
[31:24] It's gorgeous.
[31:25] It's fun.
[31:26] Yes, the, the tone at the start where you're like man, this,
[31:29] this guy just tried to kill himself.
[31:30] He's you know, been diagnosed with some terminal illness.
[31:33] He's got two years left to give, is this going to be too heavy?
[31:36] But then yeah, they take a hard right and then it's all about
[31:39] the fishing life and then he starts to live again through his
[31:42] newfound love of fishing and friendship.
[31:44] And it's great.
[31:45] I'm all about it.
[31:46] It's fun.
[31:47] Well, it is called negative positive angle.
[31:52] Makes sense.
[31:54] It does make sense.
[31:55] But very enjoyable, Courtney.
[31:56] Very enjoyable and I mentioned it earlier in the news.
[32:00] I got along to check out.
[32:01] Look back in the cinema on Thursday me and three other Johnny
[32:05] Randos had a great time.
[32:08] Gorgeously animated story about friendship, personal growth,
[32:12] art and the pursuit of perfection.
[32:14] I think things in a lot of ways that interweave between us here
[32:17] on the pod and just general Pete, like people in general, I think
[32:20] there is some, some takeaways there that we can all relate to and
[32:23] empathize with.
[32:25] I really adored the dynamic of the confident Fujino and then the
[32:28] shut in Kiyamoto.
[32:30] So they're the two young aspiring manga cars from childhood
[32:34] doing their thing where Fujino is the, you know, the anime or the
[32:39] manga prodigy at school and she's doing these little weekly manga
[32:45] in the weekly news article that's going around the school.
[32:48] So everyone's like man, you're so good.
[32:50] And then Kiyomoto gets a chance to do her own thing and then
[32:54] her art style is better than Fujino.
[32:56] So there's this rivalry that develops and this sort of bond that
[33:00] builds off the back of this rivalry.
[33:02] And it's super cute but it's a coming of age story that proudly
[33:07] wears its heart on its painted sleeve and It's a delightful 58 minute
[33:11] watch that is very much worth your time in my opinion.
[33:14] Like it was sweet, it did not overstay its welcome.
[33:18] It told a very cute, clear and concise story over that hour runtime.
[33:23] There is some emotional moments that you know, hit pretty
[33:27] hard near the end.
[33:28] I'm gonna not spoil anything.
[33:29] But yeah, a couple of tears were shed at the back, you know,
[33:33] the final act of the, of the film.
[33:35] But yeah, really, really well done, gorgeously shot.
[33:38] I liked at times where they sort of slowed that frame rate down
[33:42] to like sub 15 seconds to sort of just break up the pacing and sort
[33:46] of the meandering through some of the landscapes.
[33:49] But yeah, Great time, great characters, great animation.
[33:52] And yeah, check it out whether you can get to the cinema tomorrow
[33:55] or, or today if you're listening to us on the 27th, or check
[33:59] it out on Prime Video in a little over, you know, two weeks
[34:01] time.
[34:02] When you said there was some crying in the back, you paused and
[34:07] I was like, oh, he's gonna say crying in the back of the cinema.
[34:10] And he said crying in the back half of the movie.
[34:12] I'm really disappointed that you didn't give us an insight into
[34:15] your experience.
[34:17] Well, I did cry.
[34:19] I shed some tears.
[34:20] I looked around and I think I was the only one of the four of us
[34:24] in the cinema that got a little teary eyed.
[34:26] But I'm just a emotional little guy, Courtney.
[34:29] But yeah, it's.
[34:31] It's fun, it's sweet and has some emotional hits.
[34:34] I want to see you cry.
[34:37] Okay.
[34:37] If we're ever watching anime together, there's a chance I'll be
[34:41] probably crying at some point.
[34:42] So.
[34:43] Yeah, me too.
[34:44] It's.
[34:44] It's on the roadmap for sure.
[34:46] Okay, good.
[34:47] Anyway, what have you been reading?
[34:49] Yeah, quick, quick sort of update.
[34:52] Been reading a lot.
[34:53] But I wanted to mention that now.
[34:55] Oshi.
[34:55] No, Season two has ended.
[34:57] I have powered through the manga and I am fully up to date on
[35:01] the manga.
[35:02] I've read 80 plus chapters the last couple of days.
[35:06] It is great.
[35:07] I'm not going to spill any tea here because the story, oh boy.
[35:11] You think you know where it's going after season two.
[35:13] You ain't got no idea.
[35:14] You ain't ready for the smoke to come.
[35:17] It is so much good, nasty dramatic nonsense and I'm here for
[35:23] it.
[35:23] So Courtney, get excited for season three or if you take the plunge
[35:27] on the manga.
[35:28] Like the manga is gorgeous.
[35:30] Like there is certainly some impact that you lose from the manga
[35:35] going to the anime because some of the animation choices and
[35:38] the artistic stylings, you can't do all that on a static panel.
[35:41] But it's still stunning, still hits hard.
[35:45] It's still that same familiar world we've gotten to know over the
[35:48] last two seasons, but really, really great.
[35:50] And the other one I've been working my way through, little cozy
[35:54] slice of life with a will they, won't they romance sort of
[35:57] caveat as well, called smoking behind the supermarket with you.
[36:01] Just, just fun.
[36:02] Just like this, you know, 40 something dude that doesn't really
[36:05] have much any of his life, that has a crush on this supermarket
[36:09] attendant, goes in there and says hello to her and that's the
[36:11] highlight.
[36:12] Of his days most of the time, because he's just, you know, a drone
[36:14] for the man in his life.
[36:16] But then randomly he goes to, you know, have a smoke behind the
[36:20] supermarket and he meets another girl behind the supermarket
[36:24] and they start to have a conversation.
[36:25] But little does he know, we know pretty quick.
[36:27] So I'll spoil it here because it happens, you know, pretty imminently.
[36:31] He does.
[36:31] He's not aware that the girl smoking behind the supermarket, who's
[36:34] out of her garb and it's got a bit more of an alternative casual
[36:37] look outside of work, is the same girl he's crushing on.
[36:41] So we start sort of almost building relationships between the
[36:45] girl he crushes on is the cashier clerk and the girl that's
[36:48] at the back that's a little bit more, you know, bad ass and alternative
[36:52] and having a cigarette and it's like, will they, won't they
[36:55] again?
[36:55] But it's just good, real talk and it's just been an easy read to
[37:00] sort of break up whatever else I'm doing during the week.
[37:02] It sounds so good.
[37:04] I want to read it.
[37:05] Yeah.
[37:06] Welcome to My God, Smoking behind the supermarket with you.
[37:08] Highly recommended.
[37:09] Very good.
[37:09] What?
[37:10] What app?
[37:11] What?
[37:14] Not one of the main ones.
[37:15] I'll leave it at that.
[37:16] Never mind.
[37:17] I'm sure it is on one of the main ones, but I just have all of
[37:20] mine in one.
[37:21] One directory because it just makes it easier.
[37:23] But I'll find it and I'll share it with you.
[37:25] But yeah, smoking behind the supermarket with you.
[37:27] Highly recommended.
[37:29] Okay.
[37:30] Cute.
[37:31] Okay, let's move into this.
[37:39] Okay, and this review of the week comes courtesy of dPrez82 on
[37:46] Apple Podcasts.
[37:47] The review headline reads A great Beginner friendly show.
[37:52] A lot of anime podcasts focus on the latest releases and assume
[37:55] the listener is already fully immersed in anime culture.
[37:58] Often they also skew towards a younger audience.
[38:02] Those people might also love this podcast, but what makes this
[38:05] one different is that some of the guests are older, lapsed anime
[38:08] fans just coming back to the medium.
[38:11] They may have grown up on the 90s Clash classics, but maybe aren't
[38:14] up to the seasonal releases of today.
[38:16] The hosts definitely know their stuff, so I wouldn't say this
[38:18] is a podcast just for beginners, but it strikes the perfect
[38:22] balance between making it very beginner friendly.
[38:25] Dprez82, we thank you for the fantastic words.
[38:33] Exactly what Courtney said.
[38:35] I agree 100 there.
[38:37] But yeah, if you wanted to get your review spoken about and heard
[38:42] in podcast form, you can do so over on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.
[38:46] Sadly, the algorithm only accepts five star reviews.
[38:49] But yeah, let your thoughts be heard on what we are doing good,
[38:53] great or otherwise here.
[38:55] And we will gladly air those thoughts on this podcast in future
[38:59] episodes.
[38:59] So thanks again to Deep Pritz 82.
[39:02] We appreciate you.
[39:04] Thank you, Courtney.
[39:05] That brings us to the official end of episode 21 of the More Than
[39:10] Headlines podcast.
[39:11] Have you got anything you wanted to mention or shout out before
[39:14] we close this down for another week?
[39:16] Yes.
[39:17] I have been playing this game called web fishing.
[39:22] And you, you can be a cat or a dog and you're fishing and it's like
[39:27] animal crossing, but only fishing.
[39:29] And you can catch a lot of fish.
[39:31] Fun.
[39:32] See, that's.
[39:33] That's right, my wheelhouse.
[39:34] Like I've said on this podcast, I am a slut fishing.
[39:37] Maybe I need to get web fishing into my rotation because
[39:40] I can't get.
[39:41] Enough $7.50on Steam right now.
[39:45] And it's.
[39:46] It's supposed to be like a chat fishing game, but I just play
[39:50] offline and like watch anime and I play it in the background.
[39:55] I love that.
[39:57] Yeah, yeah, yeah.
[39:58] Like, it's like no high stakes.
[40:00] Like you can actually play like while you're watching something
[40:03] else.
[40:03] Like, it's really good.
[40:05] Can you customize your cat or dog?
[40:08] Can.
[40:08] Can you select different breeds?
[40:09] Can I have a little Frenchie that I can fish with?
[40:12] Yeah, yeah.
[40:13] So you will not know.
[40:15] So it's like cat, dog and then mystery creature.
[40:19] I don't know, I forgot what it is.
[40:20] But you can pick different colors.
[40:23] So not necessarily different breeds, but different colors to like
[40:27] kind of signify that.
[40:28] So you could make one of your boys in the game and play as him
[40:34] and you can like customize loads of stuff.
[40:36] It's really good.
[40:37] Okay, I will check that out after this.
[40:39] And 7.50.
[40:40] You know, that's.
[40:41] That's nothing.
[40:42] Yeah, but if you wanted to spend a little less due to, you know,
[40:46] the interest rates and the cost of living consistently increasing,
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[41:32] You can follow Courtney at Cottony Underscore Sun.
[41:34] You can follow me at More than Senpai.
[41:38] But listeners, viewers, Segoy Squad, whether your anime be subbed,
[41:43] dubbed or still yet to come, enjoy yourself.
[41:46] And much love to all the gorgeous waifus and husbandos out
[41:50] there.
[41:51] Goodbye.

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