Keimusho no Naka

Currently reading a neat manga that outlines Japanese prison life by an author who actually spent 3 years in prison! Discussed on this episode!
~dakazu
Keimusho no Naka

Currently reading a neat manga that outlines Japanese prison life by an author who actually spent 3 years in prison! Discussed on this episode!
~dakazu
066 – Manga in Motion 5 – Steamboy

Happy Holidays! This week Seamus explains what St. Stephen’s Day is, while dakazu talks about the journal manga My Darling is a Foreigner and Blue Giant; a new manga about Jazz from the author of Gaku! Then Seamus gets his shoujo manga fix with orange and we talk about the technical achievements/shortcomings of our Manga in Motion title Steamboy; from AKIRA creator Katsuhiro Otomo!!!
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Merry Christmas! I’m celebrating by obsessively reading through this manga by the author of Gaku.
~dakazu
My Darling is a Foreigner

I’ve been reading a fun journal manga about the mangaka’s real-life foreign husband. Will discuss it on the next podcast episode!
~dakazu
065 – Triple Dip 11 – My Brother’s Husband, Golden Kamuy, Sakuranbo Syndrome

On this episode dakazu examines post World War 2 Japan and Japanese occupied China in the sobering Areyo Hoshikuzu. Then we revisit recently translated Golden Kamuy and My Brother’s Husband from dakazu’s Whatcha-Been-Reading, along with listener suggested Sakuranbo Syndrome for our Triple Dip!!!
Continue reading064 – Manga in Motion 4 – The Garden of Words

Seamus is back to talk about popular shoujo manga; including AKB49 – Renai Kinshi Jourei, Whispered Words(Sasameki Koto), Tenbin wa Hana to Asobu, and Kimi ga Suki!! Then dakazu explains the comedy of the long running Afro Tanaka series and we talk about teacher/student romances done right in The Garden of Words for Manga in Motion!!!
Continue reading063 – dakazu diversions 1 – Shonen Jump

Seamus and darfox are both out this week so dakazu solo-casts this episode, talking about all the current series he reads(or doesn’t) in Weekly Shonen Jump!!!
Continue reading062 – Triple Dip 10 – Ooku: The Inner Chambers, Ushio to Tora, Video Girl Ai

This week Seamus deals with cheesy storylines in Vinland Saga and dakazu can’t stop praising the Sci-Fi epic Imuri! Then, it’s time for more Triple Dip! We discuss gratuitous panty shots of Video Girl Ai, horror design in Ushio to Tora, and gush over male harems in feudal Japan from Ooku: The Inner Chambers!!!
Continue reading061 – Manga in Motion 3 – Angel’s Egg

On this episode Seamus finishes Planetes, dakazu talks about the JSDF in Rising Sun and kids playing golf in Rising Impact. Then we get into a lengthy discussion about manga spin-offs of other manga and look at Mamoru Oshii’s anime art film Angel’s Egg(Tenshi no Tamago)!!!
Continue reading060 – Triple Dip 9 – Berserk, Hajime no Ippo, A Silent Voice

Kenzo joins us this week to tell us about dropping Bleach, lamenting the end of Gintama, and his guilty pleasures of My Girlfriend is a T-Rex(T-Rex na Kanojo) and Boku Girl! Then it’s time for another Triple Dip! We look at the 1st volumes of Hajime no Ippo, Berserk, and A Silent Voice!!!
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