Kira Kira Discusses... (Shayla Simons)

Annddd WERE BACK! From our short hiatus to bring you our interview with Marcus Williams, aka MarcusTheVisual! We talk everything about his career and work with his story, Tuskegee Heirs; to pop culture discussion on the how the black animation/creative community is looking different with the BLM Protest and what it would look like to actually improve the space for Black creatives. Join us for this amazing discussion and interview!

Links to MarcusTheVisual: 

https://marcusthevisual.com/

Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/marcusthevisual/?hl=en

Links of topics we discussed:

The World Ends with You The Animation- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bCmxvrGh3E

Hello yall! We are very excited to release our interview with the lovely Jacque Aye of Adorned by Chi and Founder of Chigami Studios. Adorned by Chi is a lifestyle brand that creates T shirt and stories centered around Magical Guys, Girls and Beings. If you want to follow her and her brand here are the links:

Jacque's Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/jacqueaye/?hl=en

Adorned by Chi Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/adornedbychi/?hl=en

Shop Adorned by Chi!:https://shop.adornedbychi.com/

We hope you enjoy the interview! 

Today on our show, we talk about Nostagic shows like Bakugan and Yu-Gi-Oh, current Animation news, and start a new segment where we try and creative a potential reboot out of The Cheetah Girls Movie!

Links talked about:

Close Enough Episode 1 out NOW: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkKNKtMjJ2o

No Straight Roads Sayu Gameplay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l98X0FakpkI&feature=youtu.be

https://www.awn.com/animationworld/framestores-wombstories-animation-captures-emotions-womens-life-changing-moments

https://www.awn.com/news/women-animation-class-2020-showcase-call-submissions

Today on our second episode, we discuss the Kingdom Hearts TV series, The Last of Us Part 2, An animated short that talks about mental health and of course the #BlackLivesMatter movement and the continuing racial tension going on in America. We felt that it would be irresponsible if we didn't discuss George Floyd and other Police Brutality victims.  SPOILER WARNING FOR: The Walking Dead 

Produced by Miki Callander 

Today's Links:

https://www.summergamefest.com/

https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/

https://youtu.be/Ivthlc9nxLI

https://www.maciverinstitute.com/white-supremacy-pyramid-jpg/

This week on Kira Kira Discusses, we have Maekan Kouya, a voice actress, singer, and content creator on YouTube, known for her work with comic dubs on Webtoons Siren's Lament and Asleep Beside You"! We discuss what its like working on comic dubs and how you can too!

Maekan's Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdbxY5R_v2eqCrmyUy2ShRg

Maekan's Twitter: https://twitter.com/maekankouya

Miki's New Animated Short!: https://youtu.be/FdO7MHlCkys

Audition for Maekan's New Comic Dub:https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yMLNoZKTGIU57YMxwe_59o-SdHC6SnYW0s3S5llOsk0/edit

Today on our show, we talk to our good friend,  illustrator, and web-comic creator Kenzie Sharp as we discuss some cartoons news and our host favorite webtoons series and more.

Links to Kenzie's Social Medias:

https://www.instagram.com/kenziesharpart/

https://www.instagram.com/constantlyobsessive/

Read My Boyfriend is the Bogeyman?!:

https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/my-boyfriend-is-the-boogeyman/list?title_no=326609  

Read Unrehearsed:

https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/unrehearsed-h/list?title_no=435181

Our Webtoon Recommendations:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/18JhdXg0FZ36mU-KpojoG19-zAHTM3d8TaMo9bLIy4B0/edit?usp=sharing

Hello yall! We have another great episode discussing current pop culture news and other stories. Please support us on our anchor site and we also officially have a fan discord, heres the invite: https://discord.gg/5bJsyQW

Links Discussed:

https://www.animationmagazine.net/shorts/dua-lipa-goes-fully-animated-in-hallucinate-mv-from-the-mill-titmouse/

https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/meet-drag-queen-revolutionizing-streaming-world-twitch-n1060021

This week on our show, we have the amazing Breana Williams, also known as Bre! She is a Production Coordinator at Disney Television Animation on the new reboot of The Proud Family. She is also a founding member of Black N Animated Podcast; an animation podcast to educate, inform and inspire black artists pursuing careers in animation. 

We discuss tips and insider advice on how to make it in the animation industry as well as Bre's experiences through herself and her podcast company!

Links to Bre's Instagram and Twitter:

https://www.instagram.com/breaanimator/

https://twitter.com/breanimator?lang=en

Black N Animated Podcast: 

https://www.blacknanimated.com/

https://twitter.com/Blacknanimated

Today on our episode, we discuss Miraculous Ladybug season 4 news, Japan's first black animation studio, and of course we break down the Play-station 5 reveal live-stream from design to its debut games!

Links from discussion:

https://afrotech.com/japans-first-major-anime-studio-is-owned-by-black-animators

 https://tephlonfunk.com/about/

https://www.instagram.com/p/CBWNHIhJWp4/?igshid=4i9cv7z41n1z

Join us on our 3rd episode, now with our first guest, Chloe Baylor aka snotnosedbat, about a variety of topics ranging from WOC representation, Pokemon types, and the social media platforms that influence our guest. 

Please follow her on Instagram and TikTok;

•   https://www.tiktok.com/@snotnosedbat?lang=en
• https://www.instagram.com/snotnosedbat/

Episode Produced by

Shayla Simons

Miki Callander