202 – 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!
Continue reading173 – Manga in Motion 25 – Devilman Crybaby
This week we look at Masaaki Yuasa’s Netflix hit Devilman Crybaby! We’ll be doing heavy spoiler talk about all 10 episodes and it’s differences from the original Go Nagai manga!
Continue reading168 – Manga in Motion 24 – In This Corner of the World
On this episode we’ll be reviewing In This Corner of the World, another anime hit from 2016, to find out if it can pull at darfox’s heartstrings!
Continue reading163 – Manga in Motion 23 – A Silent Voice
Darfox is back and we’re ready to review the anime movie adaptation of A Silent Voice for our main segment Manga in Motion!
Continue reading158 – Manga in Motion 22 – Robot Carnival
This week we reintroduce ourselves and answer emails, Seamus is excited for the upcoming official release of Shojo Fight, we look at the newest chapter of BEASTARS, and dakazu appreciates Fruits Takuhaibin for it’s mature themes without resorting to titillation. Then, for Manga in Motion, we review Robot Carnival! We praise the wonderful animation and music while examining the future careers of it’s many directors!!!
Continue reading156 – Manga in Motion 21 – Brave Story
This week Seamus reads another volume of Kiss and White Lily for my Dearest Girl, dakazu finishes Steve Jobs and Magical Girl Apocalypse, he questions the motivation of making an Amish girl the protagonist in Dare ga Kenja wo Koroshita ka?(Who Killed the Sage?), and we discuss if sharing stories of real people is exploitative in Uhyo! Tokyo-to Kita-ku Akabane! Then we talk about our main topic, Brave Story! We examine the novel it’s based on and compare it to the manga adaptation Brave Story: Shinsetsu!!!
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