255 – Manga in Motion 39 – Mirai

255 – Manga in Motion 39 – Mirai

This week we take a look at Mamoru Hosoda’s latest anime movie, Mirai! Tune in to hear what we thought about this story about a boy learning to accept his baby sister and how it compares to Hosoda’s other films!!!

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253 – Anime Interlude 11 – Sarazanmai

253 – Anime Interlude 11 – Sarazanmai

This week our buddy CrossXhunteR joins us as we talk about Sarazanmai and other anime from the 2019 spring season along with new series from the 2019 summer season like Vinland Saga!!!

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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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247 – Manga in Motion 38 – Mind Game

247 – Manga in Motion 38 – Mind Game

It was a surprise that Seamus was available this week so we changed our schedule around to bring you another Manga in Motion instead! We take a look at the trippy avant-garde animation sequences in Masaaki Yuasa’s directorial debut, Mind Game!!!

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246 – Triple Dip 36 – In/Spectre, Yona of the Dawn, Hibiki: Shousetsuka ni Naru Houhou

246 – Triple Dip 36 – In/Spectre, Yona of the Dawn, Hibiki: Shousetsuka ni Naru Houhou

On this episode we check out the yōkai mystery of In/Spectre, surmise the Asian influences from Yona of the Dawn, and analyze a blunt genius in Hibiki: Shousetsuka ni Naru Houhou for another round of Triple Dip!

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244 – Manga in Motion 37 – Tekkonkinkreet 

244 – Manga in Motion 37 – Tekkonkinkreet

We follow up our last episode by checking out the 2006 anime film adaptation of Tekkonkinkreet! We compare the anime to Taiyo Matsumoto’s manga and talk about why it looks like so much like a Masaaki Yuasa film!

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242 – Manga in Motion 36 – The Night is Short, Walk on Girl

242 – Manga in Motion 36 – The Night is Short, Walk on Girl

On this episode we check out Masaaki Yuasa’s The Night is Young, Walk on Girl! Will we be able to spot all the references to Tatami Galaxy?

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240 – Creator Cross Section 5 – Kazuo Koike

240 – Creator Cross Section 5 – Kazuo Koike

On this episode we pay tribute to manga writer Kazuo Koike who passed away recently. We examine his themes of historical facts, violence, nudity, and tattoos throughout his work on Lone Wolf and Cub, Lady Snowblood, Crying Freeman, and Mad Bull 34!!!

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238 – Anime Interlude 10 – Dororo

238 – Anime Interlude 10 – Dororo

Miki’s Stopwatch returns and fights through his audio problems as we discuss anime from the 2019 winter season and new stuff from the 2019 spring season!!

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