Manga: A Brief History

The History of Fun

Vox Media Podcast Network

Film Reviews, Tv & Film, Hobbies, Video Games, Leisure

4.8 • 605 Ratings

🗓️ 30 July 2018

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

This week on The History of Fun, Allegra Frank fills us all in on the origins of MANGA and its biggest franchise: Shonen Jump. Yes, if you've always been perplexed about the world of manga, this is the episode for you. And if you're already a fan of manga, there's a fair chance that we mispronounce at least one thing in this episode. Not Allegra, though. She's a pro. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the history of fun where we explore the hidden backstories behind the things you love to do.
0:14.4	My name is Russ Frustick, and today I am joined by Christopher Plant.
0:20.4	Chris? Yep. Hello. Hi. Are you there? Yeah, I'm here. Did you want more of an introduction for yourself? No, no. I was just going to let you do your thing. You thought you were going to, like, get some, like, accolades from me about how great you are? I... No, no. I was just, I'm just here for the ride.
0:38.9	Okay, well, ride along.
0:46.1	It is going to be an exciting ride hosted by your, oh boy, our one and only Allegra Frank, who's going to be talking about something that I, this might, of all of the
0:51.2	topics that we've ever covered on this show, show, I might know the least about this topic.
0:57.5	How's that for a setup for you?
0:59.1	Hey, wow.
1:00.5	I'm here to educate my boys.
1:03.7	What are we talking about today, Eligra?
1:07.4	We are talking about, before I get into it, my boys. I want to ask, I'm sure you guys grew up reading comics.
1:15.4	Not really.
1:16.5	Really?
1:17.5	I bought one comic when I was a kid, and it was when Superman died.
1:21.6	I bought that comic.
1:23.2	That's a good one.
1:24.1	What about you, Plant?
1:24.8	I read The Simpsons, and I read Cable, because the Terminator was cool, and Cable was just a knockoff of the Terminator.
1:36.8	Oh, I read a lot of Spider-Man, too.
1:38.9	Oh, I guess I read Calvin and Hobbs.
1:40.2	Does that count?
1:42.1	Sure.
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