350 – One Shot 41 – Our Dreams at Dusk: Shimanami Tasogare

350 – One Shot 41 – Our Dreams at Dusk: Shimanami Tasogare

Welcome to the start of our Pride Month Spectacular! We’re kicking things off with a One Shot on the excellent Our Dreams at Dusk: Shimanami Tasogare by Yuhki Kamatani! We also discuss *SPOILERS* for BEASTARS volume 12!!!

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349 – One Shot 40 – My Alcoholic Escape from Reality with Jocelyne Allen

349 – One Shot 40 – My Alcoholic Escape from Reality with Jocelyne Allen

*NOTE* We had some technical issues during the recording. Unfortunately some of Jocelyne’s audio is still garbled and will be presented as such.

Welcome to a very special episode where we dive into Nagata Kabi’s newest 
book, My Alcoholic Escape from Reality! We’re joined again by the translator of the book, Jocelyne Allen, as we discuss Nagata Kabi’s hospitalization and her struggles with her guilt from drawing non-fiction manga!!

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348 – Manga in Motion 48 – Ping Pong the Animation

348 – Manga in Motion 48 – Ping Pong the Animation

On this episode we mourn the sudden death of Kentaro Miura, talk about the vast impact of Berserk, and discuss the strenuous work schedules of manga artists! Then we review the fantastic Ping Pong the Animation and examine the changes director Masaaki Yuasa made to the Taiyo Matsumoto’s original manga!!!

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347 – Ping Pong part 2

347 – Ping Pong part 2

This week dakazu talks about Sui Ishida’s new series Chojin X and the end of pesuyama poppy’s Jibun(Onna) no Karada wo Yurusumade! Then we finish up our Retrospective on Taiyo Matsumoto’s fantastic sports series, Ping Pong!!!

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346 – Ping Pong part 1

346 – Ping Pong part 1

This episode Darfox is in absentia but that doesn’t stop us from starting a new Retrospective on Taiyo Matsumoto’s Ping Pong! Join us as we take a look at Matsumoto’s fantastic art work and cinematic use of perspectives that tells the tale of two friends who learn what competitive high school table tennis means to them!!!

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345 – Manga in Motion 47 – Homunculus

345 – Manga in Motion 47 – Homunculus

This week we take a quiz on foreign manga publishers and talk about book publisher Shueisha creating an app for independent game developers! Then we examine yet another lackluster live-action adaptation on Netflix with Homunculus!!!

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344 – One Shot 39 – Children of Mu-Town & Ripples

344 – One Shot 39 – Children of Mu-Town & Ripples

On this episode Morgana buys over $400 of BL, Darfox sees Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train, and dakazu loves the diversity of representation in Akachan Honbucho! Then we hope to get more pull quotes on Glacier Bay Books by reviewing Children of Mu-Town and Ripples!!!

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343 – Triple Dip 50 – Tokyo Revengers, Oishinbo, Generation Witch

343 – Triple Dip 50 – Tokyo Revengers, Oishinbo, Generation Witch

This week dakazu learns about the birth of the first weekly seinen manga magazine with Losers ~Nippon Hatsu no Seinen Mangashi no Tanjo~! He also decides to stop reading Meisou Senshi Nagata Kabi Gurume de GO!! For our main topic, we check out Tokyo RevengersOishinbo, and Generation Witch for a new Triple Dip!!!

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342 – One Shot 38 – Sakuran

342 – One Shot 38 – Sakuran

On this episode Morgana checks out Kageki Shojo! The Curtain Rises, Darfox started watching the Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba anime, and dakazu learns a new minor-sport with Shakunetsu Kabaddi! Then we dive into Sakuran, another gorgeous book by Moyoco Anno about the life of an Edo era courtesan!!!

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341 – Manga in Motion 46 – ON-GAKU: Our Sound

341 – Manga in Motion 46 – ON-GAKU: Our Sound

This week Morgana talks about Harley Quinn variant covers, Darfox chomps into the sadness burrito of Violet Evergarden the Movie, and dakazu thinks Bokurano: Ours is effective at being awful. We also can’t stop talking about how much we loved ON-GAKU: Our Sound! And tune in afterwards for a bonus spoiler discussion on Zack Snyder’s Justice League(The real Seamus Cut)!!!

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