250 – Tokyo Tarareba Girls part 1
We’re joined by the awesome Morgana “Manga Maven” Santilli as we jump into a full Retrospective on Akiko Higashimura’s Tokyo Tarareba Girls!!! How will we feel about Higashimura’s meta-commentary about women in their 30s needing love and marriage to find happiness?
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249 – Darfox Dabbles 5 – Weekly Shonen Sunday & Weekly Shonen Magazine 2
Seamus is away this week so we’ve taken the opportunity to do another Darfox Dabbles! We’re revisiting Weekly Shonen Sunday and Weekly Shonen Magazine to check out some of their newer series!!!
Continue reading248 – One Shot 21 – Abara
On this episode we take a look at Tsutomu Nihei’s short sci-fi series Abara! We talk about Nihei’s focus on bioorganic designs and compare it to his other works BLAME! and APOSIMZ!!!
Abara is available for purchase from VIZ.
247 – Manga in Motion 38 – Mind Game
It was a surprise that Seamus was available this week so we changed our schedule around to bring you another Manga in Motion instead! We take a look at the trippy avant-garde animation sequences in Masaaki Yuasa’s directorial debut, Mind Game!!!
Continue reading246 – Triple Dip 36 – In/Spectre, Yona of the Dawn, Hibiki: Shousetsuka ni Naru Houhou
On this episode we check out the yōkai mystery of In/Spectre, surmise the Asian influences from Yona of the Dawn, and analyze a blunt genius in Hibiki: Shousetsuka ni Naru Houhou for another round of Triple Dip!
Continue reading245 – Guest Gaiden 4 – Blue Flag with John from Manga Log Podcast
We’re happy to have the host of Manga Log join us this week! John is here to tell us about his fandom origins, why he decided to launch his own manga podcast, and discuss his favorite digital series, Blue Flag!!!
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You can read Blue Flag for free on MANGA Plus.
244 – Manga in Motion 37 – Tekkonkinkreet
We follow up our last episode by checking out the 2006 anime film adaptation of Tekkonkinkreet! We compare the anime to Taiyo Matsumoto’s manga and talk about why it looks like so much like a Masaaki Yuasa film!
Continue reading243 – One Shot 20 – Tekkon Kinkreet
This week we take a look at Taiyo Matsumoto’s Tekkon Kinkreet! We talk about Matsumoto’s French comic influenced art style and his story about two orphans living in the streets of the fantastical Treasure Town!!!
Continue reading242 – Manga in Motion 36 – The Night is Short, Walk on Girl
On this episode we check out Masaaki Yuasa’s The Night is Young, Walk on Girl! Will we be able to spot all the references to Tatami Galaxy?
Continue reading241 – One Shot 19 – Maiden Railways
This week we read about relationships that meet and travel at trains and train stations in Asumiko Nakamura’s Maiden Railways!
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