This episode we look at the recent live-action adaptation of Bleach and ask ourselves the question “was this ever good to begin with?” Remember to send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our tumblr! http://mangamachinations.tumblr.com Join our Discord server and come talk to us! http://discord.me/mangamac Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro Song: “Milk” by [Alexandros] from Bleach, Opening, Introductions, Birthdays 00:02:52 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST “Prologue”, Reading more Seven Shakespeares makes Seamus realize he doesn’t know that much about William Shakespeare 00:09:41 - *SPOILERS* dakazu thought the ‘ending’ of Gintama was hilarious, background song: “Tenipuri te iina” by Takeshi Konomi from The Prince of Tennis 00:15:58 - Desuraba makes dakazu question the type of manga that is published on official web-manga sites 00:19:27 - dakazu is loving Yoshihiro Tatsumi’s A Drifting Life 00:23:09 - News: Inio Asano married The Teacher’s White Lie creator Akane Torikai 00:25:25 - @IyasuN translated Rene Hoshino’s An African Boy Grew up in Japan 00:28:04 - BEASTARS will be getting a French release in 2019, we discuss how English publishers of manga specifically pick titles they know will be successful in the West 00:35:03 - Junji Ito is joining a campaign against manga piracy 00:36:50 - The release of Alita: Battle Angel has been pushed back to February 14 2019 00:40:26 - The other Kaiji spin-off Ichinichi Gaishutsuroku Hanchou will be getting an anime this fall 00:44:00 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Retrospective on Ode to Kirihito, we will reviw this Tezuka Osamu title(covers chapters 1-11) 00:27:43 - Main Segment Manga in Motion: Transition Song: “Number One” by Hazel Fernandes from Bleach, we complain about Bleach in general, argue over the look of Ichigo, regret everything about movie version Rukia, praise the CG and action, be disappointed that they failed to make a good movie or a faithful adaptation, and question our decisions to keep doing this 01:15:57 - Next Week’s Topic: Ode to Kirihito, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “Tane wo Maku Hibi” by Kousuke Atari from Bleach