324 – Creator Cross Section 7 – Shigeru Tsuchiyama
On this episode Seamus discusses the penultimate volume of Ôoku: The Inner Chambers and dakazu learns about Miki Yakata’s breast cancer recovery in 27-sai no Nyugan Diary! Then we learn about the appeal of manga artist Shigeru Tsuchiyama through his mastery of drawing food and using simple storylines for a new Creator Cross Section!
Continue reading259 – Creator Cross Section 6 – CLAMP
This week the 4 hosts dive into the world of CLAMP with X, Cardcaptor Sakura, Clover, Chobits, xxxHOLiC, and Gate 7! There’s a lot to talk about from CLAMP’s ability to adapt into different aesthetics to their representation of female characters and relationships!!!
Continue reading240 – Creator Cross Section 5 – Kazuo Koike
On this episode we pay tribute to manga writer Kazuo Koike who passed away recently. We examine his themes of historical facts, violence, nudity, and tattoos throughout his work on Lone Wolf and Cub, Lady Snowblood, Crying Freeman, and Mad Bull 34!!!
Continue reading193 – Creator Cross Section 4 – Inio Asano
dakazu is gone this week so Darfox and Seamus have to decipher Inio Asano by themselves!
Continue reading183 – Creator Cross Section 3 – Shotaro Ishinomori
This week we’ll be examining manga by the late, great Shotaro Ishinomori. He was a huge influence on children’s superhero shows in Japan. Does his manga hold up? We’re here to find out!
Continue reading164 – Creator Cross Section 2 – Tsutomu Takahashi
This week we’ll be examining seinen manga artist Tsutomu Takahashi. What will first time readers, darfox and Seamus, think of this slightly unknown manga artist!? Tune in to find out!
Continue reading157 – Creator Cross Section 1 – Rumiko Takahashi
On this episode we can’t stop praising new Chi no Wadachi and BEASTARS chapters, we discuss pre-orders helping official manga releases, Seamus finds Queen’s Quality too melodramatic, dakazu dislikes Jaden Smith’s Netflix anime Neo Yokio, and he finally gets to read Onward Towards Our Noble Deaths. Then we start our new segment, Creator Cross Section, where we examine several works by one manga artist and look for common themes! Our first creator is Rumiko Takahashi and we look at Urusei Yatsura, Maison Ikkoku, Mermaid Forest, Ranma ½, and Inuyasha!!!
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