070 – Goodnight Punpun part 3
Welcome to part 3 of our continued retrospective of Goodnight Punpun! We’ll be discussing the truth behind God and the eccentric Pegasus ensemble!!(covers chapters 57-78) Also, Seamus gets to the twist of orange, we look into the science of ‘shipping’ characters, and we breakdown the next chapter of Billy Bat!!!
Continue reading069 – Goodnight Punpun part 2
On this episode dakazu is in love with a Edo period Japanese astronomer in Tenchi Meisatsu, Billy Bat starts its final arc, we lament the 3D animated BLAME! movie coming out this year, and spend lots of time getting into dark topics for our continuing retrospective of Goodnight Punpun!!!(covers chapters 35-56)
Continue reading068 – Goodnight Punpun part 1
This week we discuss the holiday break for manga magazines, darfox8 explains why he didn’t start Fairy Tail at the beginning, and dakazu talks about popular manga getting bloated. Then darfox8 revisits A Silent Voice, Hajime no Ippo, and Berserk from Triple Dip 9. Finally, we begin our retrospective read-through of Inio Asano’s Goodnight Punpun and discuss everything from the dark plot to the crazy side characters.(covers chapters 1-34)
Continue reading067 – Triple Dip 12 – Vagabond. Dragon Head, Saint Young Men
Happy New Year! Darfox8 is back and it’s time to get caught up on manga! This episode Seamus reads a new shoujo manga Horimiya, dakazu learns about the Japanese prison system in Keimusho no Naka(Doing Time), we have a quick update on new Billy Bat chapters, and we triple dip into Vagabond, Dragon Head, and Saint Young Men(Saint Oniisan)!!!
Continue reading066 – Manga in Motion 5 – Steamboy
Happy Holidays! This week Seamus explains what St. Stephen’s Day is, while dakazu talks about the journal manga My Darling is a Foreigner and Blue Giant; a new manga about Jazz from the author of Gaku! Then Seamus gets his shoujo manga fix with orange and we talk about the technical achievements/shortcomings of our Manga in Motion title Steamboy; from AKIRA creator Katsuhiro Otomo!!!
Continue reading065 – Triple Dip 11 – My Brother’s Husband, Golden Kamuy, Sakuranbo Syndrome
On this episode dakazu examines post World War 2 Japan and Japanese occupied China in the sobering Areyo Hoshikuzu. Then we revisit recently translated Golden Kamuy and My Brother’s Husband from dakazu’s Whatcha-Been-Reading, along with listener suggested Sakuranbo Syndrome for our Triple Dip!!!
Continue reading064 – Manga in Motion 4 – The Garden of Words
Seamus is back to talk about popular shoujo manga; including AKB49 – Renai Kinshi Jourei, Whispered Words(Sasameki Koto), Tenbin wa Hana to Asobu, and Kimi ga Suki!! Then dakazu explains the comedy of the long running Afro Tanaka series and we talk about teacher/student romances done right in The Garden of Words for Manga in Motion!!!
Continue reading063 – dakazu diversions 1 – Shonen Jump
Seamus and darfox are both out this week so dakazu solo-casts this episode, talking about all the current series he reads(or doesn’t) in Weekly Shonen Jump!!!
Continue reading062 – Triple Dip 10 – Ooku: The Inner Chambers, Ushio to Tora, Video Girl Ai
This week Seamus deals with cheesy storylines in Vinland Saga and dakazu can’t stop praising the Sci-Fi epic Imuri! Then, it’s time for more Triple Dip! We discuss gratuitous panty shots of Video Girl Ai, horror design in Ushio to Tora, and gush over male harems in feudal Japan from Ooku: The Inner Chambers!!!
Continue reading061 – Manga in Motion 3 – Angel’s Egg
On this episode Seamus finishes Planetes, dakazu talks about the JSDF in Rising Sun and kids playing golf in Rising Impact. Then we get into a lengthy discussion about manga spin-offs of other manga and look at Mamoru Oshii’s anime art film Angel’s Egg(Tenshi no Tamago)!!!
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