230 – Manga in Motion 35 – Alita: Battle Angel
This week we check out the 2019 Alita: Battle Angel: a live-action adaptation of Yukito Kishiro’s Sci-Fi seinen series! Have dakazu and Darfox finally found a good manga movie adaptation?!
Continue reading226 – Manga in Motion 34 – From Up on Poppy Hill
This week we watch Studio Ghibli’s From Up on Poppy Hill to see how Seamus and Darfox fare with their first Goro Miyazaki film.
Continue reading211 – Manga in Motion 33 – Animal World
Apologies in advance as Seamus had to skip this week’s podcast so we changed from our planned retrospective to another Manga in Motion instead. So at darfox’s request we look at the Chinese Animal World based on Gambling Apocalypse Kaiji!
Continue reading210 – Manga in Motion 32 – Bleach
This episode we look at the recent live-action adaptation of Bleach and ask ourselves the question “was this ever good to begin with?”
Continue reading207 – Manga in Motion 31 – Little Witch Academia
This week we look at the 2012 anime project that grew into it’s own full television show, Little Witch Academia! We’ll be looking at the original short and the crowd funded movie!
Continue reading202 – Manga in Motion 30 – Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honneamise
On this episode dakazu present’s Gainax’s first feature film Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honneamise to Darfox and Seamus!
Continue reading192 – Manga in Motion 29 – Mob Psycho 100
This week we take a look at the live-action adaptation of Mob Psycho 100 on Netflix!
Continue reading188 – Manga in Motion 28 – Pom Poko
On this episode we watch Pom Poko in honor of the late Isao Takahata!
Continue reading185 – Manga in Motion 27 – Wolf Children
This week we check out another Mamoru Hosoda film, Wolf Children!
Continue reading181 – Manga in Motion 26 – Fullmetal Alchemist 2017 with Paula & Haile
We’ve had to make some changes this week. The Triple Dip will be pushed back to next week. Instead we’re joined by special guests Paula and Haile, two of dakazu’s friends! They’re here to talk about composing music based on Junji Ito, LGBT representation in manga/anime, and our Manga in Motion pick, the live-action Full Metal Alchemist!
Make sure to check out Paula’s awesome webcomic Hoof Fellas and her amazing Spiral song! Also buy Haile’s shirts!
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