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A Drifting Life

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A Drifting Life

An autobiographical manga about Yoshihiro Tatsumi’s journey to becoming a manga artist and being a leader in the gekiga-style manga movement.

I finally checked out this wonderful book recommended by our co-host Seamus. I’m a huge fan of Manga Michi and other memoirs about the golden age of manga creators in the 1950′s to 1960′s. However I wasn’t aware of how the gekiga style was popularized in western Japan so this really entertaining to read through.

The only part that bothered me was Tatsumi’s relationship with a young high school girl. While I appreciated his honesty about what happened it still wasn’t great to read about.

If you have any interest in how the greats like Takao Saito started then I highly recommend this series.

~dakazu

210 – Manga in Motion 32 – Bleach

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210 – Manga in Motion 32 – Bleach

This episode we look at the recent live-action adaptation of Bleach and ask ourselves the question “was this ever good to begin with?”

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093 – Triple Dip 15 – Shojo Fight, Mustard Chocolate, Chimamire Sukeban Chainsaw

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093 – 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!!!

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092 – Manga in Motion 8 – Trigun: Badlands Rumble

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092 – 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!!!

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043 – Triple Dip 6 – BECK, Goodnight Punpun, Prison School

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043 – Triple Dip 6 – BECK, Goodnight Punpun, Prison School

Time for another Triple Dip! This week we check out Goodnight Punpun(Oyasumi Punpun), Prison School, and BECK! Seamus also reads about A Drifting Life from a book on Drawn & Quarterly Publishers and dakazu loves the anime shorts of Wakakozake. Enjoy!!!

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