100 – Manga in Motion 9 – The Castle of Cagliostro and 2 year Anniversary Special with Ryan Higgins
Welcome to our 100th episode and 2 year anniversary!!! We’re joined by special guest Ryan Higgins from the Comic Conspiracy podcast to talk about the history of manga published in America, our secret origins for manga, the end of Bleach, Gundam anime, and Hayao Miyazaki’s take on Lupin the 3rd in The Castle of Cagliostro!!!
Continue reading099 – One Shot 2 – Misu Misou
On this episode Seamus explains the relevance of certain characters related to Norse Mythology in Vinland Saga, dakazu loves the Gambling Apocalypse Kaiji comedy spin-off about evil organization middle management in Mr. Tonegawa: Middle Management Blues(Chuukan Kanriroku Tonegawa), and we catch up on another chapter of Billy Bat! Then for our One Shot retrospective, we look at Rensuke Oshikiri’s tragic tale of murderous middle schoolers in Misu Misou!!!
Continue reading098 – dakazu diversions 2 – Shonen Champion, Shonen Sunday, Shonen Magazine
Welcome to another solo-cast with dakazu! He’ll be talking about the other weekly shonen magazines and the manga series he reads in them, including Shonen Magazine, Shonen Sunday, and Shonen Champion!!!
Continue reading097 – Triple Dip 16 – Delicious in Dungeon, Detroit Metal City, Shamo
This week we discuss the trailers for the Blame! and A Silent Voice movie trailers, dakazu is excited about the re-serialization of Hi Score Girl, and we have a discussion about various manga that cover geek culture, such as Genshiken, Knights of the Dinner Table and Record of Lodoss War! Then we check out 3 new manga for another edition of Triple Dip! This time we look at Shamo, Detroit Metal City, and Delicious in Dungeon(Dungeon Meshi)!!!
Continue reading096 – Saikyo Selections 3 – Case Closed
We kick off this week’s episode with an emergency Billy Bat update and discuss the megaton reveal from the newest chapters! Then it’s time for another Saikyo Selections! We check out various cases(covers chapters 40-44, 62-67, 92-98) from the most popular shonen mystery series Case Closed(Detective Conan) while trying to break down the series and the genre!!!
Continue reading095 – Side by Side 3 – Over Drive vs. Yowamushi Pedal
On this episode dakazu laments over terrible manga but loves twisted relationships in the autobiographical Nikkan Yandere Fuufu Manga(Yandere Married Couple), Seamus checks out a cute Korean web comic Spirit Fingers, and darfox digs the distinct art style of the Mob Psycho 100 anime! Then we compare and contrast the 2 cycling manga Yowamushi Pedal and Over Drive for another Side by Side!!!
Continue reading094 – One-shot 1 – G Senjou Heaven’s Door
On this episode Seamus finishes A Drifting Life while dakazu talks about boys who love yaoi in The Highschool Life of a Fudanshi(Fudanshi Koukou Seikatsu) and an autobiographical manga about overcoming anxiety and connecting with others in My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness! We also start a new section called One Shot where we’ll be doing single episode retrospectives on a shorter manga. Listen as we discuss Shojo Fight manga artist Yoko Nihonbashi’s previous work G Senjou Heaven’s Door!!
Continue reading093 – Triple Dip 15 – Shojo Fight, Mustard Chocolate, Chimamire Sukeban Chainsaw
After taking a quick wrestling tangent, Seamus continues with Yoshihiro Tatsumi in A Drifting Life, dakazu talks about the new 3D Berserk anime, and darfox explains the wackiness of Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ! Then, for Triple Dip, we revisit some newly translated manga dakazu has talked about! We discuss the beginning of Chimamure Sukeban Chainsaw, Mustard Chocolate, and Shojo Fight!!!
Continue reading092 – Manga in Motion 8 – Trigun: Badlands Rumble
This week Seamus dives into Yoshihiro Tatsumi’s autobiography manga A Drifting Life while dakazu and darfox hash out all things grim dark with Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam and it’s polar opposite sequel, the upbeat Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ. Then darfox leads us our discussion of our Manga in Motion selection Trigun: Badlands Rumble! Love & Peace!!!
Continue reading091 – Monster part 9
Welcome to the final episode of our retrospective on Naoki Urasawa’s Monster!!! We finish covering the final chapters, examine the controversial ending, and give our final thoughts on the series as a whole!(covers chapter 142-162)
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