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070 – Goodnight Punpun part 3
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
069 – 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 readingTenchi Meisatsu
Tenchi Meisatsu
Currently reading a wonderful biography manga about Japan’s 1st appointed astronomer Shunkai Shibukawa and his struggle to revise the 800 year old Chinese Xuanming calendar.
~dakazu
068 – Goodnight Punpun part 1
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
067 – 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 readingSaint Young Men
Saint Young Men
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
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
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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Blue Giant
Merry Christmas! I’m celebrating by obsessively reading through this manga by the author of Gaku.
~dakazu