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Special episodes where we’re joined by a guest host

113 – Tezuka Osamu’s Phoenix part 1 with Toby Xi

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113 – Tezuka Osamu’s Phoenix part 1 with Toby Xi

Toby from The Comic Conspiracy podcast joins us to talk about his history with manga/anime this week! We discuss his favorites like Saint Saiya, Captain Future, Slam Dunk, City Hunter, and more! Also, darfox explains Yuri!!! on Ice to Toby, Seamus updates us on Mizuki Sigeru’s Showa, and dakazu gets into Boku no Shoukibo na Seikatsu where mangaka Shigeyuki Fukumitsu’s favorite subject is his wife. Finally, we unknowingly start a new retrospective series with Osamu Tezuka’s magnum opus, Phoenix!!!(covers volume 1-Dawn)

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112 – Manga in Motion 11 – Unico with Dawn “Usamimi”

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112 – Manga in Motion 11 – Unico with Dawn “Usamimi”

Special guest Dawn “Usamimi” from the Anime Nostalgia Podcast joins us this week! She tells us about how she got started in anime/manga fandom and we check out one of her favorite childhood anime movies The Fantastic Adventures of Unico for Manga in Motion! We also discuss A Silent Voice mangaka Yoshitoki Oima’s new series To Your Eternity, dakazu likes a new josei transgender clothing series Boy☆Skirt and the comedic intricacies of a real life husband in Shougi no Watanabe-kun!

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100 – Manga in Motion 9 – The Castle of Cagliostro and 2 year Anniversary Special with Ryan Higgins

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100 – Manga in Motion 9 – The Castle of Cagliostro and 2 year Anniversary Special with Ryan Higgins

Welcome to our 100th episode and 2 year anniversary!!! We’re joined by special guest Ryan Higgins from the Comic Conspiracy podcast to talk about the history of manga published in America, our secret origins for manga, the end of Bleach, Gundam anime, and Hayao Miyazaki’s take on Lupin the 3rd in The Castle of Cagliostro!!!

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