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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437 – Planetes part 1

437 – Planetes part 1

On this episode we talk about Sailor Moon translations, Something New, Gokurakugai, Demon Slayer – To the Swordsmith Village, and more! Then we start our long awaited Retrospective on Makoto Yukimura’s Planetes! We discuss the near-future story about space debris collectors and what puts the “hard” in hard science fiction!!!

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435 – One Shot 55 – The Girl That Can’t Get a Girlfriend

435 – One Shot 55 – The Girl That Can’t Get a Girlfriend

On this episode we talk about Nighttime for Just Us TwoBlissful LandThe JOJOLands, and more! Then we excitedly dive into Mieri Hiranishi’s hilarious autobiographical manga about an androgynous girl looking for the love of another androgynous girl!!!

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432 – Blank Canvas: My So-Called Artist’s Journey part 1

432 – Blank Canvas: My So-Called Artist’s Journey part 1

Join us for a new Retrospective on Akiko Higashimura’s autobiographical series about the art teacher who changed her life! Morgana and dakazu get personal with their own experiences relating to the fine arts and teaching! We also discuss live-action adaptions, video game manga, Yaiteru Futari, and more!!!

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430 – Twiple Dip 5 – Chainsaw Man, Kowloon Generic Romance, Drowning Love

430 – Twiple Dip 5 – Chainsaw Man, Kowloon Generic Romance, Drowning Love

On this episode we discuss masterpieces, Tezuka Osamu Ashisutanto no Shokutaku, Heiwa no Kuni no Shimazaki eTrigun Stampede, and more! Then we return to Kowloon Generic RomanceDrowning Love, and Chainsaw Man for a Twiple Dip!!!

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