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Howdy! And happy saturday to you all (Sunday for you in Asia, Oz and NZ).
Don't know if any of you knew or cared, but the MangaCast celebrated its first a week ago Friday. With SDCC steam-rolling in full force I really didn't make a big deal of it. I mean the Yomi's were celebration enough really. I got to shake some hands, pass out cards and acrylic and did my share of networking. Man, the manga industry is built on the backs of a ton of cool people. They really made the experience one to remember (even if its becoming a haze as I suffer from something that seriously feels like West Nile Fever).
Anywho, as we do every six months the MangaCast is going to make a shoutout! Some of you know the drill, because little has changed at here over the last 12 months.
Jarred and I still have not been cloned successfully, so we are still looking for others to join the MangaCast network. Jack has been a huge help and he has been a great example of a listener turned podcaster. But do not forget we also accept written reviews. My has been our Japan correspondent focusing on shojo manga. I have to say that even with her monthly reviews, that really helps the Manly Men of the MangaCast get in touch with our shojo side. We seriously need people to go to other cons and record live stuff. Email us at mangacast@gmail.com if you want to volunteer.
And since I spend almost all of my spare time reading manga, I don't know where to even start with the site. So we would also want to know how we can improve the place. Do you like the Japanese manga releases? Do you want more Maki Side Dishes? Do you want us to do less magazine info and more news/commentary? Are you like Brian who wants us to turn into the CurryCast? Should we just pack up and go somewhere else? We need some help figuring this all out. Leave us a comment if you have suggestions.
The MangaCast is nothing without your support and your comments, so please let us know how to make this a better community and a better manga loving network.
July 30 2006, 12:47:49 UTC 5 years ago
Anonymous
July 30 2006, 13:24:54 UTC 5 years ago
i seldom listen to the reviews though, but mostly because im lazy and would rather read than listen. it will be great to have transcripts and whatnots :)
July 30 2006, 16:33:13 UTC 5 years ago
July 30 2006, 15:48:32 UTC 5 years ago
Perhaps you'll need to find a correspondant to cover more BL and make the trip to Yaoicon for you this year. In terms of OEL in the BL scene, 2007 is going to be an interesting year.
-Tina
July 30 2006, 16:27:26 UTC 5 years ago
I will be there, but I would like to get a BL correspondant to fill in the rest of the gaps.
July 30 2006, 17:17:00 UTC 5 years ago
If you do make it, try not to end up in the bishie auction. LOL!
Anonymous
July 30 2006, 17:43:14 UTC 5 years ago
You are doing a great job, keep it up!
July 30 2006, 19:20:29 UTC 5 years ago
July 31 2006, 03:27:27 UTC 5 years ago
Taking reader-submitted audio/text reviews isn't a bad idea. The Weekly Anime Review guy does that with some sucess.
July 31 2006, 03:29:16 UTC 5 years ago
July 31 2006, 05:50:35 UTC 5 years ago
Behind the Maki - the Beer Swilling Biker Gang, behind the Basketball team, behind the manga readers that make the MangaMaki.
I don't know if Jarred's agent will allow this to happen anytime soon. Jarred's cool with it but the agent wants top dollar for the his autobiography. Especially with the new house coming.
July 31 2006, 05:44:51 UTC 5 years ago
Heh, I ain't stopping anyone.
July 31 2006, 16:25:56 UTC 5 years ago
Oh, and the curry recipes rock. My Curry Kung-Fu is still weak, I need more practice with the curry bread (the score is 1 for 11 on those) but I haven't died yet from any of them.
I also like how you put up the Japanese releases. It gives me a chance to attach an romanized name to a cover (esp. one's with a lot of kanji), I'm starting to figure out what publisher does what, and it also helps me find the books if I decide to go to Kino's and check it out.
One thought that I had recently for a new side dish...do a little rundown of manga you think would be good for people learning Japanese at certain levels. For example, when my friend started to learn basic kanji so he decided to pick up a couple manga, one of those was called Discommunication and it really helped him. So, give some opinions along the line of "If you can read at this level, check out this magazine and these are some fun titles from it."
Finally, I second the call for a searchable archive of sorts. I know next to nothing about web programming, but something where you can search by review, panel recording, or maki would be nice.
August 2 2006, 20:58:52 UTC 5 years ago
The best thing to do is the following:
http://community.livejournal.com/mangac
if you are looking for Maki type in mangacurrynomaki in the ??? section
same thing for galaxy angel or diamond previews you will get a list of all posts in that tag. The tag feature is great as long as you know how to use it.