230 – Manga in Motion 35 – Alita: Battle Angel

230 – Manga in Motion 35 – Alita: Battle Angel

This week we check out the 2019 Alita: Battle Angel: a live-action adaptation of Yukito Kishiro’s Sci-Fi seinen series! Have dakazu and Darfox finally found a good manga movie adaptation?!

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140 – Triple Dip 22 – Battle Angel Alita, Fist of the North Star, Blade of the Immortal 

140 – Triple Dip 22 – Battle Angel Alita, Fist of the North Star, Blade of the Immortal 

This week Seamus catches up on BEASTARS, Chi no Wadachi continues to entice us, reddit introduces darfox to 8-Sai Toshishita no Dousei no Ko ni Koishita(Fell in Love with a Girl 8 years younger) and Deai-kei Site de Imouto to Deau Hanashi(Met my Sister on a Dating Site), and dakazu’s next manga/anime binge will be ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Department! Then we jump into a bloody battle themed Triple Dip with Blade of the Immortal, Battle Angel Alita, and Fist of the North Star!!!

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084 – Monster part 2

084 – Monster part 2

On this episode Seamus takes a break from manga to talk about the Vertigo comics, we discuss Robert Rodriquez directing Alita: Battle Angel, darfox revisits the Prison School chapter from last week that has been re-edited, and dakazu finds a manga from his youth that was released from Dark Horse as single issue comics called Grey. Then it’s time for more Monster! Now that the prelude is over, we get into the dramatic thriller storyline of Dr Tenma pursing Johan!!!(covers chapters 17-32)

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