It finally time for Manga Machinations to review the BEASTARS anime! We have A LOT to say about the choices made adapting Paru Itagaki's phenomenal manga and we're not pulling any punches when it comes to this beloved series!!!
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Timestamps:
- 00:00:00 - Intro Song: "Wild Side" by Ali from BEASTARS, Opening, Introductions, Upcoming return of dakazu's reading
- 00:03:22 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST "Prologue", Seamus returns to Shojo Fight! and reaches the arc that connects the series to G Senjou Heaven's Door
- 00:10:50 - Darfox really appreciates ONE's comedic art in Mob Psycho 100
- 00:15:00 - *SPOILERS* The final arcs leading to the ending of The Seven Deadly Sins finally makes sense to dakazu now that they've announced a sequel series
- 00:22:22 - dakazu was disappointed that Record of Lodoss War-Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth was an early access game
- 00:24:43 - PSYCHO-PASS 3: First Inspector is a great end cap to the PSYCHO-PASS 3
- 00:26:43 - News: Kengo Hanazawa's Under Ninja has been licensed for release in April 2020
- 00:28:30 - Dark Horse Comics licenses Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! for release in September 2020
- 00:29:56 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Retrospective on No Longer Human, we'll be reading Junji Ito's manga adaptation of Osamu Dazai's famous novel(covers chapters 1-12)
- 00:31:18 - Main Segment Manga in Motion: BEASTARS, Transition Song: "BEASTARS" by Satoru Kosaki from BEASTARS, we review the 1st season of the anime adaptation by studio Orange
- 00:34:16 - The Spanish cast had passionate performances that Darfox finds common in Spanish dubbing while dakazu questioned some of the English casting choices
- 00:41:06 - dakazu found a multitude of questionable translation choices in the subtitles and English dub script
- 00:49:56 - We get into our issues with the 3D animation and it's combinations with interspersed traditional 2D animation
- 00:53:47 - Darfox compares the fight sequence between Legoshi and the Shishigumi Boss against the moment Legoshi pounces on Haru
- 00:57:11 - We discuss numerous scenes like that were cut from the story
- 01:00:11 - We explain why scenes like Legoshi's blood boiling fail to capture the dense world building Itagaki has put into the manga
- 01:04:50 - The short cameo of Legomu along with complete omissions of of favorite manga scenes left us unsatisfied
- 01:09:27 - We praise how Haru was extremely well represented in the anime and we examine the 2 experimental animated sequences
- 01:14:37 - We quickly run through various points including the multiple endings and subdued sexual tension between Legoshi and Louis
- 01:17:53 - We attempt to wrap up our thoughts on this anime adaptation
- 01:22:38 - Next Week's Topic: No Longer Human, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: "wish men" by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster
