230 – Manga in Motion 35 – Alita: Battle Angel

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?!

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229 – Frankenstein: Junji Ito Story Collection part 2

229 – Frankenstein: Junji Ito Story Collection part 2

On this episode we continue our review of Frankenstein: Junji Ito Story Collection with stories about Toru Oshikiri, a scary doll, unfortunate face clamps, and the Ito family dog Non-non!

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228 – Frankenstein: Junji Ito Story Collection part 1

228 – Frankenstein: Junji Ito Story Collection part 1

This week we dive into the wonderful horror of Frankenstein: Junji Ito Story Collection! We’ll specifically be reviewing Ito’s take on Frankenstein!

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227 – Anime Interlude 9 – Run with the Wind

227 – Anime Interlude 9 – Run with the Wind

*We had some technical issues during recording. We apologize for the audio quality this episode.

On this episode Miki’s Stopwatch helps us review anime from the 2018 Fall season and check out some from the current 2019 winter season!!

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226 – Manga in Motion 34 – From Up on Poppy Hill

226 – 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.

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225 – One Shot 17 – An Invitation from a Crab

225 – One Shot 17 – An Invitation from a Crab

On this episode we review the surreal stories in An Invitation from a Crab by panpanya!

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224 – One Shot 16 – In Clothes Called Fat

224 – One Shot 16 – In Clothes Called Fat

This week we look into Moyoco Anno’s character study of an obese woman with In Clothes Called Fat!

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223 – Triple Dip 33 – The Full-Time Wife Escapist, Rainbow: Nisha Rokubou no Shichinin, Bokutachi ga Yarimashita 

223 – Triple Dip 33 – The Full-Time Wife Escapist, Rainbow: Nisha Rokubou no Shichinin, Bokutachi ga Yarimashita 

On this episode we look into the first volumes of The Full-Time Wife Escapist, Rainbow: Nisha Rokubou no Shichinin, and Bokutachi ga Yarimashita for another round of Triple Dip!

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222 – 2018 Year End Review with Morgana Santilli

222 – 2018 Year End Review with Morgana Santilli

Welcome to our special year end episode! This year returning guest Morgana “Manga Maven” Santilli joins us to pick our favorite manga & anime from 2018!

Check out Morgana’s website and follow her on twitter!

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221 – Guest Gaiden 3 – Interpreting with Jocelyne Allen

221 – Guest Gaiden 3 – Interpreting with Jocelyne Allen

This week translator extraordinaire Jocelyne Allen returns to answer our questions about working as an interpreter and how it differs from translating books!

Check out Jocelyne’s blog & her professional website!

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