456 – Ryuko part 2

456 – Ryuko part 2

On this episode we discuss Helck, One-Punch Man, Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War, Barbeque, Drunk Invader, Spunk, and more! Then we finish out our Ryuko Retrospective!!!

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455 – Ryuko part 1

455 – Ryuko part 1

Seamus returns as we discuss bad variety television, Black Clover: Sword of the Wizard King, Level 1 Demon Lord & One Room Hero, Oshi no Ko, and more! Then we dive into the excellently drawn Yakuza princess action series of Ryuko for a new Retrospective!

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453 – dakazu diversions 5 – State of Shonen Magazines

453 – dakazu diversions 5 – State of Shonen Magazines

Apologies in advance as we had to change up our schedule this week. We have a short episode as dakazu runs solo to talk about the current state of Weekly Shonen Jump, Weekly Shonen Sunday, Weekly Shonen Magazine, and Weekly Shonen Champion!!!

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451 – One Shot 59 – Is Love the Answer?

451 – One Shot 59 – Is Love the Answer?

Welcome to the start of this year’s Pride and Panels! We’re looking at LGBTQIA+ content for the rest of June and we’re kicking things off with Uta Isaki‘s Is Love the Answer?! We also discuss Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable, Babanbabanban Vampire, Kashimashi Meshi, and more!!!

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447 – One Shot 58 – Dream Fossil

447 – One Shot 58 – Dream Fossil

On this episode we delve deep into the late Satoshi Kon’s origins as we review his collection of early manga shorts with a One Shot on Dream Fossil! dakazu also breaks down the newly released K Manga app in comparison to the new VIZ Manga subscription service!!!

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446 – Triple Dip 72 – PANDORA, Mothers, A Favorable Wind on Full Sails

446 – Triple Dip 72 – PANDORA, Mothers, A Favorable Wind on Full Sails

Seamus and Morgana are back as we try out another live recording this week! We discuss shonen manga, Free Comic Book Day, Skip and LoaferThe Prince of Tennis, and more! Then we review PANDORAMothers, and A Favorable Wind on Full Sails for a Glacier Bay Books Triple Dip!!!

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444 – Triple Dip 70 – [Oshi no Ko], My Home Hero, Heavenly Delusion

444 – Triple Dip 70 – [Oshi no Ko], My Home Hero, Heavenly Delusion

This week we talk about collectables, The Files of Young KindaichiNinja BatmanSkip and Loafer, and more! Then we examine three series that have new anime this season! We’ve got a Triple Dip on [Oshi no Ko]My Home Hero, and Heavenly Delusion!!!

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442 – One Shot 57 – Talk to My Back

442 – One Shot 57 – Talk to My Back

Seamus is back and living in America! We celebrate by talking about preferred manga states, Trigun Stampede, the United Red Army in Red, and more! Then we discuss the feminist alt-manga Talk to My Back by Yamada Murasaki for a new One Shot!!!

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441 – Shojo Showdown 5 – Skip・Beat!, The Wallflower, Godchild

441 – Shojo Showdown 5 – Skip・Beat!, The Wallflower, Godchild

On this episode Morgana has curated another selection of manga for a Shojo Showdown! We examine The Wallflower, Godchild, and Skip・Beat! to see if they make our shojo hearts go “doki doki”! We also talk about The Ichinose Family’s Deadly Sins, Hell’s Paradise, and more!!!

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438 – Planetes part 2

438 – Planetes part 2

This week we discuss monster girls in Sons of the ForestJunichiro Saito’s Musashino, the Blue Giant movie soundtrack, and more! Then we conclude our Retrospective on Makoto Yukimura’s hard science fiction series on space development, Planetes!!!

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