292 – Yu Yu Hakusho part 1

292 – Yu Yu Hakusho part 1

The time is finally here! We’ve been waiting over four years to start a Retrospective on Yu Yu Hakusho! Join us as we examine the first three volumes of Yoshihiro Togashi’s beloved series about the delinquent Yusuke Urameshi, who goes from ghost to spirit detective! Morgana and Darfox have lots of love for the anime but dakazu has issues with the loose English translations! We also answer emails and Seamus rereads Vinland Saga!!!

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290 – No Longer Human part 2

290 – No Longer Human part 2

This week dakazu tries to understand the end of Blue Flag and cries ! Then Seamus has some choice words for Junji Ito’s adaptation of No Longer Humanas we finish our Retrospective!!!

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285 – Girls’ Last Tour part 2

285 – Girls’ Last Tour part 2

This week we finish our retrospective on Tsukimizu’s Girls’ Last Tour! Join us as our discussion takes us through everything from existentialism to Buddhism to flashbacks!!!

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284 – Girls’ Last Tour part 1

284 – Girls’ Last Tour part 1

On this episode Darfox rejoices in the English release of Blood on the Tracks while dakazu checks out a new manga made by an Osamu Tezuka AI called Paidon! Then we begin our retrospective on the empty world of Girls’ Last Tour by Tsukimizu and discuss it’s themes of finality.

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278 – Retrospective Redux 2 – BLAME!

278 – Retrospective Redux 2 – BLAME!

This week we revisit the cyberpunk world of BLAME!. It’s Morgana’s first time reading a manga by Tsutomu Nihei and she has a lot to say about the impressive artwork and confusing story. How does returning to this sci-fi adventure hold up for the other hosts? Tune in to find out!!!

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260 – 5 Year Anniversary Retrospective Redux 1 – Parasyte

260 – 5 Year Anniversary Retrospective Redux 1 – Parasyte

Come join us as we celebrate 5 years of podcasting! dakazu’s made a top 5 list of the most bizarre/interesting manga he’s ever talked about and we take a look back at one of our first Retrospectives ever, Parasyte!

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254 – Tokyo Tarareba Girls part 4

254 – Tokyo Tarareba Girls part 4

On this episode we reach the end of our Tokyo Tarareba Girls Retrospective! The hosts and Morgana “Manga Maven” Santilli discuss the ending and how they feel about the series as a whole!!!

Make sure to follow Morgana on Twitter and check out her website!

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252 – Tokyo Tarareba Girls part 3

252 – Tokyo Tarareba Girls part 3

On this episode we celebrate with Morgana “Manga Maven” Santilli about Tokyo Tarareba Girls winning the Will Eisner Comic Industry Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material-Asia before we continue with our Retrospective review into volumes 6 & 7!!!

Make sure to follow Morgana on Twitter and check out her website!

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251 – Tokyo Tarareba Girls part 2

251 – Tokyo Tarareba Girls part 2

This week we continue our Retrospective on Akiko Higashimura’s Tokyo Tarareba Girls with Morgana “Manga Maven” Santilli! We also talk about bugs and critters for a long time!!!

Make sure to follow Morgana on Twitter and check out her website!

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