317 – Triple Dip 44 – Chainsaw Man, Blood on the Tracks, Super-Dimensional Love Gun
For our next October Extravaganza we have a trio of horror series perfect for Halloween! We’re checking out Super-Dimensional Love Gun, Blood on the Tracks, and Chainsaw Man! dakazu also talks about some new anime and we revisit the dark history behind the creator of the recently licensed Kirby Manga Mania!!!
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Timestamps:
- 00:00:00 – Intro Song: “Kaikai Kitan” by Eve from Jujutsu Kaisen, Opening, Introductions, Halloween fireworks and bonfires
- 00:03:17 – Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST “Prologue”, dakazu has been enjoying the Inuyasha sequel Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon
- 00:09:22 – Dragon Quest: The Adventures of Dai anime nostalgia fuel for dakazu
- 00:11:06 -dakazu is surprised about how good the Jujutsu Kaisen anime is
- 00:14:20 – dakazu and Morgana talk about Hideshi Hino’s Hell Baby
- 00:18:11 – Shokushu to Shachiku no At Home na Kankei is all about a loving relationship between an overworked salary man and the tentacles that live next door
- 00:22:39 – News: VIZ announces upcoming releases that include The Fist of the North Star, Junji Ito’s Sensor, and Taiyo Matsumoto’s No. 5
- 00:27:20 – Upcoming VIZ release Kirby Manga Mania by Hirokazu Hikawa who has returned to the manga industry after a dark history of ghost writing
- 00:36:46 – Subscription service Manga Planet is adding Nobuyuki Fukumoto’s The Legend of the Strongest, Kurosawa!, Gambling Emperor Legend Zero, and Gambling Apocalypse Kaiji
- 00:39:27 – Next Episode Preview and Rundown: One Shot on Venus in the Blind Spot, we will review the new Junji Ito story collection from VIZ
- 00:40:33 – Main Segment Triple Dip: Super-Dimensional Love Gun/Blood on the Tracks/Chainsaw Man, Transition Song: “Chainsaw Man” from Chainsaw Man, we read the beginning of each manga for discussion and to see if we’d continue reading it before picking our favorite of the three
- 00:42:18 – Super-Dimensional Love Gun by Shintaro Kago
- 01:12:16 – *SPOILERS* Blood on the Tracks by Shuzo Oshimi
- 01:36:48 – Chainsaw Man by Tatsuki Fujimoto
- 02:04:53 – We pick our favorite out of the three manga
- 02:08:20 – Next Week’s Topic: Venus in the Blind Spot, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “wish men” by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster