068 – 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)!!!
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One of the titles in our next Triple Dip is this manga about Jesus and Buddha living in Tokyo as roommates! This is my 1st time reading it and it’s hilarious!!
~dakazu
Keimusho no Naka
Currently reading a neat manga that outlines Japanese prison life by an author who actually spent 3 years in prison! Discussed on this episode!
~dakazu
066 – 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!!!
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Merry Christmas! I’m celebrating by obsessively reading through this manga by the author of Gaku.
~dakazu
My Darling is a Foreigner
I’ve been reading a fun journal manga about the mangaka’s real-life foreign husband. Will discuss it on the next podcast episode!
~dakazu
065 – 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!!!
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