165 – One Shot 8 – A Distant Neighborhood
Seamus is out sick this week but it isn’t stopping us from doing a One Shot retrospective on A Distant Neighborhood!
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164 – Creator Cross Section 2 – Tsutomu Takahashi
164 – Creator Cross Section 2 – Tsutomu Takahashi
This week we’ll be examining seinen manga artist Tsutomu Takahashi. What will first time readers, darfox and Seamus, think of this slightly unknown manga artist!? Tune in to find out!
Continue reading163 – Manga in Motion 23 – A Silent Voice
163 – Manga in Motion 23 – A Silent Voice
Darfox is back and we’re ready to review the anime movie adaptation of A Silent Voice for our main segment Manga in Motion!
Continue reading161 – Triple Dip 23 – Arakawa Under the Bridge, Princess Jellyfish, Toaru Ossan No VRMMO Katsudouki
161 – Triple Dip 23 – Arakawa Under the Bridge, Princess Jellyfish, Toaru Ossan No VRMMO Katsudouki
This week dakazu is back and it’s time to talk about the first volumes of three different manga for our Triple Dip section!
Continue reading156 – Manga in Motion 21 – Brave Story
156 – Manga in Motion 21 – Brave Story
This week Seamus reads another volume of Kiss and White Lily for my Dearest Girl, dakazu finishes Steve Jobs and Magical Girl Apocalypse, he questions the motivation of making an Amish girl the protagonist in Dare ga Kenja wo Koroshita ka?(Who Killed the Sage?), and we discuss if sharing stories of real people is exploitative in Uhyo! Tokyo-to Kita-ku Akabane! Then we talk about our main topic, Brave Story! We examine the novel it’s based on and compare it to the manga adaptation Brave Story: Shinsetsu!!!
Continue reading154 – Anime Interlude 5 – Welcome to the Ballroom
154 – Anime Interlude 5 – Welcome to the Ballroom
On this episode our buddy Miki’s Stopwatch stops by to join us in discussing this season’s hot(mostly not) anime and older stuff as well: Welcome to the Ballroom, Magical Circle(Mahoujin Guru Guru), Made in Abyss, Restaurant to Another World(Isekai Shokudou), Haibane Renmei, Ashita no Joe, Snow White with the Red Hair(Akagami no Shirayuki-hime), Love and Lies(Koi to Uso), Gamers!, Kakeguri: Compulsive Gambler, My First Girlfriend is a Gal(Hajimete no Gal), Clean Freak! Aoyama-kun(Keppeki Danshi! Aoyama-kun), and RIN-NE(Kyokai no Rinne)! Also, Miki praises BEASTARS & The Ancient Magus’ Bride, we talk about the money behind anime streaming services, we talk about finding a theater that will show obscure anime movies, we talk about the New York Review of Books reviewing Ichi-F, darfox notices a change in Shuzo Oshimi’s art style, dakazu loves a tale of imaginary girl training victims in Chuni no Danshi to Dairokkan, and we debate the appeal of dark, weird, interesting manga like Naraku no Hitsuji!!!
Continue reading153 – Manga in Motion 20 – Death Note 2017
153 – Manga in Motion 20 – Death Note 2017
This week dakazu’s been reading a lot! He’s amazed that Mizuki Shigeru was writing Watashi no Hibi when he was 91, checks out a decent rugby manga called Full Drum, sick of edgelord gore manga like Pygmalion, and finds a similar loser protagonist in Boys on the Run. Also, Seamus checks out volume 2 of Girl’s Last Tour, we check in with our weekly BEASTARS update, and dakazu has been deceived by the false advertising of GAMERS. Then we examine Netflix’s version of Death Note! We recap the original source material and weigh in on whether this movie is a good adaptation or not!
Continue reading151 – Triple Dip 22 – The Girl from the Other Side, Kekkaishi, Girls’ Last Tour
151 – Triple Dip 22 – The Girl from the Other Side, Kekkaishi, Girls’ Last Tour
This week we’re joined by fan of the show Dwayne! He takes a break from sending an email to talk about getting into manga with D.Grey-Man & Hellsing, reading sci-fi/fantasy novels, and watching Mobile Suit Gundam Wing. Also, Dwayne’s been reading Knights of Sidonia, we talk about the newest chapter of Chi no Wadachi, dakazu’s finds the erotic faces in the food manga Meshinuma hilarious, and we’re disappointed with the upcoming arc of Boruto: Naruto Next Genereations. Then we jump into our Triple Dip review by looking at The Girl from the Other Side, Girls’ Last Tour, and Kekkaishi!!!
Continue reading150 – One Shot 6 – Tomie with Dawn “Usamimi”
150 – One Shot 6 – Tomie with Dawn “Usamimi”
Welcome to our mega-sized 150th episode! Seamus is out but Dawn “Usamimi” from the Anime Nostalgia Podcast returns to talk about horror manga! We take an in-depth look at Junji Ito’s earlier work Tomie and talk about Junji Ito’s other works, the live-action movie series, answer what qualifies as horror, and suggest other horror manga! We also discuss rewatching Eureka Seven: AO, seeing Kiki’s Delivery Service in theaters, praise for Goodnight Punpun, the lovable delinquents of Slam Dunk & Yu Yu Hakusho, the guilty pleasures of Dragon Ball Super, finally watching My Hero Academia, the bad seasons of Yamishibai: Japanese Ghost Stories, the reboot of Magical Circle(Mahoujin Guru Guru), the upcoming Netflix’s CG reboot of Saint Seiya, the live-action Ajin: Demi-Human, the Psycho-Pass season that ‘shall not be discussed’, hate watching The Lost Village, hype for Devilman Crybaby, Masaaki Yuasa’s The Night is Short, Walk On Girl & Lu Over the Wall, bio-flesh horror in A.I.C.O. Incarnation, the anime adaptation of Golden Kamuy, bad CG in BERSERK, the live-action One Piece TV show, and an email from BEASTARS creator Paru Itagaki!!!
Continue reading146 – Manga in Motion 19 – I am a Hero Movie
146 – Manga in Motion 19 – I am a Hero Movie
This week we answer an email, we discuss the newest arc in BEASTARS, dakazu finishes Coppelion and watches the Welcome to the Ballroom anime, darfox is looking forward to FLCL2+3, we rejoice in the news of A Silent Voice getting a US theatrical release, and the teaser trailer of the live-action adaptation of BLEACH scrounges up mixed feelings. Then we take a break from our I am a Hero retrospective to check out the live-action adaptation that came out last year. We break down pros and cons of the film and compare it to the manga!
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